Skip navigation

berühmte Deutsche (Famous Germans)

Mai Geburtstage (Birthdays)

1Rudolf IRudolf der erste von Hapsburg (1218-1291)
König / this Hapsburg king was the first ruler of the kingdom of Austria, which ruled from the 1200’s to 1918 over the Austro-Hungarian empire
2von RichthofenManfred von Richthofen (1882-1918)
Flugzeugführer / fighter pilot during World War One with the German Imperial Army Air Service, who was better known as the Red Baron, who is considered the top ace of the war, and who is officially credited with 80 air combat victories
4HerbartJohann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841)
Pädagoge und Philosoph / educator and philosopher who stressed the study of literature and history, not just Latin and math
5MarxKarl Marx (1818—1883)
Sozialist und Philosoph / philosopher and founder of Marxism, who proposed the theory of dialectical materialism and wrote Das Kapital
6FreudSigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Psycholog / psychoanalyist and doctor from Vienna, who said every dream can be related to the subconscious mind
7BrahmsJohannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Musiker und Komponist / musician and composer of a famous lullabye
9SchollSophie Scholl (1921-1943)
Politiker / political activist, who was one of the members of the Nazi resistance group called the White Rose
9StresemannGustav Stresemann (1878-1929)
Staatsmann und Politiker / statesman and politician, who was the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic until 1929
10von LiebigJustus von Liebig (1803-1873)
Chemiker / chemist who built the first modern laboratory in Germany
13TheresaMaria Theresa (1717-1780)
Königin von österreich / Habsburg queen of Austria during Prussia’s rise to power and married into the French royal family
14FahrenheitDaniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736)
Physiker / physicist who made changes to the thermometer, and a measuring scale was named after him
15von MetternichKlemens Lothar Wenzel von Metternich (1773-1859)
Staatsmann und Politiker / statesman and politician, who was the chancellor of Austria during Napolean’s reign over Europe and made deals with him to keep Austria’s independence
19FichteJohann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814)
Philosoph / philosopher who took Immanuel Kant’s philosophy (ethics and idealism) further and mixed it with religious and scientific overtones
21DurerAlbrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
Maler / greatest painter and etcher of the Renaissance period from Nürnberg, whose famous woodcarvings and etchings were betende Hände, Ritter, Tod und Teufel, and die apokalyptischen Reiter
22Richard WagnerRichard Wagner (1813-1883)
Musiker und Komponist / musician and composer, who was the first to write both the music and lyrics to his works (Ring of the Nibelungen and other German legends and sagas), and who was patronized and who was supported by King Ludwig of Bavaria
23LilienthalOtto Lilienthal (1848-1896)
Flugpionier / pioneer in the field of aviation and made the first gliding flight in 1891 and was known as Germany’s Wright Brothers
27Maximilian IMaximilian der 1. (1756-1825)
König / king of Bavaria, from the Wittelsbach family, who made Munich a cultural center; his son was Ludwig der 1., whose marriage started Oktoberfest
28Fischer-DieskauDietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012)
Sänger / one of the greatest baritone and opera singers of the 20th century
31FassbinderWerner Fassbinder (1946-1982)
Filmdirektor / film director in post-war Germany, who directed the Marriage of Maria Braun and Berlin Alexanderplatz

Complete List of Famous Germans.

For Educational Puposes Only.  Photos via Wikimedia Commons.