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berühmte Deutsche (Famous Germans)

März Geburtstage (Birthdays)

2SchurzCarl Schurz (1829-1906)
Staatsmann und Militärsoffizier / a German immigrant, who became a military officer, fought in the Civil War, and became a statesman in New York
10von SchlegelFriedrich von Schlegel (1772-1829)
Schriftsteller / author and philosopher of the Romantic period
13WolfHugo Wolf (1860-1906)
Musiker und Komponist / Austrian musician and composer, who put to music many poems from famous German and foreign poets
14EinsteinAlbert Einstein (1879-1955)
Physiker / physicist, who won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his Theory of Relativity and immigrated to the US
14Strauss IJohann Strauß I (1804-1849)
Musiker und Komponist / musician and composer from Vienna who was famous for his waltzes. His most famous piece is the Radetzky March
15BehringEmil von Behring (1854-1917)
Chemiker und Mediziner / chemist and doctor who discovered vaccine against diptheria and tetanus
16OhmGeorg Simon Ohm (1787-1854)
Physiker / physicist who worked in the field of electrical resistance, and a law was named after him
17DaimlerGottlieb Daimler (1834-1900)
Techniker / engineer and maschine builder, who built the first motor and helped create the first automobile
18DieselRudolf Diesel (1858-1913)
Techniker / engineer & inventor of diesel engine
18HebbelFriedrich Hebbel (1813-1863)
Dichter / dramtic writer and poet
18HahnOtto Hahn (1879-1968)
Chemiker / chemist who split uranium nucleus and led to the development of the atomic bomb
21GenscherHans-Dietrich Genscher (1927-2016)
Politiker / politician of the FDP (Free Democratic Party), who served from 1974 to 1992 as foreign minister and vice-chancellor and was very instrumental in “diplomatically deconstructing the Iron Curtain”
21BachJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Musiker und Komponist / musician and composer during the Barock period (early 1700’s) and wrote musical works for the church
23BraunWerner von Braun (1912-1977)
Raketeningenieur und Konstrukteur / rocket engineer and designer, who was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and in the US
23NoetherAmalie Emmy Noether (1882-1935)
Mathemathiker / mathematician best known for her contributions to algebra and theoretical physicals. Many consider her the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
27RontgenWilhelm Konrad von Röntgen (1845-1923)
Physiker / physicist who discovered X-rays
31BunsenRobert Bunsen (1811-1899)
Chemiker / chemist who invented the Bunsen burner
31HaydnJosef Haydn (1732-1809)
Musiker und Kompinist / Austrian musician and composer, whose musical works dealt with instrumental music and chamber music

Complete List of Famous Germans.

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