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Sociologist
Anton Chekhov29 January 1860
Bertolt Brecht10 February 1898
Poet
Hermann Hesse02 July 1877
Poet & Novelist
Thomas Mann06 June 1875
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Erich Maria Remarque22 June 1898
Novelist
Ernst Jünger29 March 1895
Soldier, Author, Entomologist
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder26 October 1800
General, Historian
Heinrich Heine13 December 1797
Poet
E. T. A. Hoffmann24 January 1776
Author
Alfred Doblin10 August 1878
Writer, Doctor
Magnus Hirschfeld14 May 1868
Physician, Writer, Psychologist, Screenwriter,
Franz Halder30 June 1884
Soldier, Writer, Diarist
B. Traven23 February 1882
Novelist
Ludwig Beck29 June 1880
Writer, Military personnel
Lou Andreas-Salomé12 February 1861
Psychoanalyst
Dietrich Eckart23 March 1868
Poet
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870
Politician, Writer, Officer
Paul Bern03 December 1889
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Karl May25 February 1842
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer, Screenwriter
Otto Strasser10 September 1897
Journalist, Politician, Writer
Ernst Lubitsch29 January 1892
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Jacob Grimm04 January 1785
Philologist
Ilse Pröhl22 June 1900
Rudolf Hess' wife
Eduard Bernstein06 January 1850
Politician, Philosopher, Writer, Economist
Walther Rathenau29 September 1867
Politician, Engineer, Writer, Entrepreneur,
Friedrich Hölderlin20 March 1770
Poet
Cosima Wagner24 December 1837
Composer, Writer, Director
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche10 July 1846
Archivist
Karl Haushofer27 August 1869
Geopolitician, Political scientist, Educationist,
Philipp Mainlander05 October 1841
Philosopher
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George Grosz26 July 1893
Painter, Draughtsperson, Photographer, University
Kurt Schwitters20 June 1887
Painter, Artist, Sculptor, Graphic designer,
Victor Klemperer09 October 1881
Linguist, Politician, Writer, Autobiographer,
Ferdinand Lassalle11 April 1825
Writer, Politician, Economist, Lawyer, Philosopher
Thea von Harbou27 December 1888
Screenwriter
Adolf Anderssen06 July 1818
Chess player, Non-fiction writer
Wilhelm Grimm24 February 1786
Lexicographer, Anthropologist, Librarian, Writer,
Werner Lindemann07 October 1926
Writer
Ernst Bloch08 July 1885
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
Max Beckmann12 February 1884
Painter, Sculptor, Draftsperson, Printmaker,
Theodor Busse15 December 1897
Soldier, Writer, Officer
Hans Fallada21 July 1893
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs28 August 1825
Jurist, Writer, Journalist, Poet lawyer
Anita Berber10 June 1899
Dancer
Kurt von Tippelskirch09 October 1891
Military personnel, Military historian,
Ernst Toller01 December 1893
Playwright, Politician, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Karl Mannheim27 March 1893
Sociologist, University teacher, Writer
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven12 July 1874
Sculptor, Writer, Painter, Model, Poet, Artist
Arnold Ehret29 July 1866
Educator
Elizabeth von Arnim31 August 1866
Writer, Novelist
Hugo Ball22 February 1886
Writer, Poet, Theatre director
Marie d'Agoult31 December 1805
French author
Daniel Paul Schreber25 July 1842
Judge, Writer, Autobiographer
Friedrich Schlegel10 March 1772
Poet
David Strauss27 January 1808
Theologian
Rudolf Otto25 September 1869
Theologian, Politician, Philosopher, Non-fiction
Siegfried Wagner06 June 1869
Composer, Conductor, Writer
August Bebel22 February 1840
Politician, Writer
Lion Feuchtwanger07 July 1884
Writer, Playwright, Translator, Journalist
Carl Peters27 September 1856
Explorer
Dietrich von Hildebrand12 October 1889
Writer, Theologian, University teacher,
Theodor Fontane30 December 1819
Pharmacist, Writer, Poet, Historian, Translator,
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz12 August 1843
Military officer
Erich Auerbach09 November 1892
Linguist, Librarian, Writer, University teacher,
Paul Schmidt23 June 1899
Interpreter
Gerhart Hauptmann15 November 1862
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Novelist,
Frieda Lawrence11 August 1879
Writer
Frank Wedekind24 July 1864
Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Hanns Johst08 July 1890
Poet
Siegfried Kracauer08 February 1889
Writer
Paul Rée21 November 1849
Writer
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff10 January 1797
Writer
Bertha Pappenheim27 February 1859
Writer, Journalist, Social worker, Feminist
Kurt Tucholsky09 January 1890
Journalist, Poet lawyer, Satirist, Poet, Writer,
Stefan George12 June 1868
poet, writer, linguist, translator
Gustav Landauer07 April 1870
Politician, Translator, Writer, Journalist
Romano Guardini17 February 1885
Catholic priest, Writer, Theologian, University
Felix von Luckner09 June 1881
Writer, Military personnel
Wilhelm Busch15 April 1832
Poet, Painter, Essayist, Writer, Autobiographer
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi25 January 1743
Philosopher
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff10 March 1788
Poet
Felix Hausdorff08 November 1868
Mathematician, Writer, Topologist, University
Julius Wellhausen17 May 1844
Theologian, Hebraist, Arabist, Biblical scholar,
Hildebrand Gurlitt15 September 1895
Historian
Alexander von Kluck20 May 1846
General
Felix Hoffmann21 January 1868
Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer
Hermann Rauschning07 August 1887
Politician, Writer
Nelly Sachs10 December 1891
Poet, Playwright, Writer
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann23 February 1842
Philosopher
Rudolf Hilferding10 August 1877
Economist, Politician, Writer
Erich Mühsam06 April 1878
Essayist
Friedrich Hund04 February 1896
Physicist, University teacher, Non-fiction writer
Armin T. Wegner16 October 1886
Author