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November Geburtstage (Birthdays)

3Adolf Dassler (1900-1978)

Schuster, Erfinder und Unternehmer / a German cobbler, inventor and entrepreneur who founded the German sportswear company Adidas

10Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Theologe und Sprachforscher / theologian and philologist, who was responsible for starting a new religion and his translation of the Bible became the first accepted German language

10Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)

Dichter, Dramatiker, und Schriftsteller / poet, dramatist, and writer, who is regarded as one of Germany’s great literary figures

15Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946)

Dramatist und Romanschriftsteller / dramatist and novelist, who is regarded among the most important promoters of literary naturalism and who received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1912

15Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (1891-1944)

Feldherr und Militärtheoretiker / a German general and military theorist. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served as field marshal in the Wehrmacht (Defense Force) of Nazi Germany during World War II

15Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907-1944)

Armeeoffizier, Oberst / army officer, colonel, who was one of the leading figures of the failed July 20 plot of 1944 to kill Adolf Hitler and seize power in Germany

15Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738-1822)

Astronom und Komponist / German-born British astronomer and composer. In 1781, he was the first to discover Uranus

15Wolf Biermann (1936-   )

Schriftsteller in Ostberlin / former East German writer in East Berlin and is a singer-songwriter today

16Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

Musiker und Komponist / famous German-American musician and composer

22Boris Becker (1967-   )

Tennisspieler / former world No. 1 professional tennis player. His Grand Slam singles titles included three Wimbledons, two Australian Opens and one US Open

22Andreas Hofer (1767-1810)

Feldherr in Innsbruck, Österreich / general from Austria, who helped save the city of Innsbruck during Napolean’s time

23Otto der 1. Oder der Große (912-973)

Kaiser / emperor during Germanic days of the Holy Roman Empire of the Germanic Nation

26Karl Benz (1844-1929)

Erfinder und Techniker / inventor and technician, who along with Gottlieb Daimler, invented the first car

28Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)

Philosoph / philospher and socialist, who wrote Das Kapital along with Karl Marx