berühmte Deutsche (Famous Germans)
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
Complete List of Famous Germans.
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