Max Weber21 April 1864
Sociologist
Anton Chekhov29 January 1860
Bertolt Brecht10 February 1898
Poet
Hermann Hesse02 July 1877
Poet
Thomas Mann06 June 1875
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Erich Maria Remarque22 June 1898
Novelist
Alfred Doblin10 August 1878
Writer, Doctor
Richard Strauss11 June 1864
Composer, Conductor, Librettist, Writer
Franz Halder30 June 1884
Soldier, Writer, Diarist
Max Stirner25 October 1806
Philosopher, Journalist, Writer, Anarchist
Heinrich Heine13 December 1797
Poet
Oswald Spengler29 May 1880
Writer, Historian, Philosopher, Sociologist,
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder26 October 1800
Writer, Officer, Historian
Magnus Hirschfeld14 May 1868
Physician, Writer, Psychologist, Screenwriter,
Ludwig Beck29 June 1880
Writer, Military personnel
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870
Politician, Writer, Officer
Houston Stewart Chamberlain09 September 1855
Racial theorist, Writer, Politician, Philosopher,
Karl Jaspers23 February 1883
Philosopher, Psychiatrist, Physician, Theologian,
Karl May25 February 1842
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer, Screenwriter
Otto Strasser10 September 1897
Journalist, Politician, Writer
Leopold von Ranke21 December 1795
Historian, Academic, University teacher, Writer
Kurt Schwitters20 June 1887
Painter, Artist, Sculptor, Graphic designer,
Ernst Lubitsch29 January 1892
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Eduard Bernstein06 January 1850
Politician, Philosopher, Writer, Economist
George Grosz26 July 1893
Painter, Draughtsperson, Photographer, University
Cosima Wagner24 December 1837
Composer, Writer, Director
Walther Rathenau29 September 1867
Politician, Engineer, Writer, Entrepreneur,
Paul Bern03 December 1889
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche10 July 1846
Archivist
Karl Haushofer27 August 1869
Geopolitician, Political scientist, Educationist,
Victor Klemperer09 October 1881
Linguist, Politician, Writer, Autobiographer,
Wilhelm Grimm24 February 1786
Lexicographer, Anthropologist, Librarian, Writer,
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Max Beckmann12 February 1884
Painter, Sculptor, Draftsperson, Printmaker,
Kurt Eisner14 May 1867
Politician, Writer, Journalist
Rudolf Otto25 September 1869
Theologian, Politician, Philosopher, Non-fiction
Ferdinand Lassalle11 April 1825
Writer, Politician, Economist, Lawyer, Philosopher
Ernst Toller01 December 1893
Playwright, Politician, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Wilhelm Busch15 April 1832
Poet, Painter, Essayist, Writer, Autobiographer
Ernst Bloch08 July 1885
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven12 July 1874
Sculptor, Writer, Painter, Model, Poet, Artist
Hugo Ball22 February 1886
Writer, Poet, Theatre director
Theodor Fontane30 December 1819
Pharmacist, Writer, Poet, Historian, Translator,
Karl Mannheim27 March 1893
Sociologist, University teacher, Writer
Hans Fallada21 July 1893
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
August Bebel22 February 1840
Politician, Writer
Gerhart Hauptmann15 November 1862
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Novelist,
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs28 August 1825
Jurist, Writer, Journalist, Poet lawyer
Paul Reuter21 July 1816
Journalist, Writer, Publisher
Kurt von Tippelskirch09 October 1891
Military personnel, Military historian,
Nelly Sachs10 December 1891
Poet, Playwright, Writer
Lion Feuchtwanger07 July 1884
Writer, Playwright, Translator, Journalist
Frank Wedekind24 July 1864
Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Kurt Tucholsky09 January 1890
Journalist, Poet lawyer, Satirist, Poet, Writer,
Siegfried Wagner06 June 1869
Composer, Conductor, Writer
Gustav Landauer07 April 1870
Politician, Translator, Writer, Journalist
Adolf Anderssen06 July 1818
Chess player, Non-fiction writer
David Strauss27 January 1808
Theologian, Philosopher, Biographer, Writer
Theodor Busse15 December 1897
Soldier, Writer, Officer
Stefan George12 June 1868
poet, writer, linguist, translator
Daniel Paul Schreber25 July 1842
Judge, Writer, Autobiographer
Felix Hausdorff08 November 1868
Mathematician, Writer, Topologist, University
Dietrich von Hildebrand12 October 1889
Writer, Theologian, University teacher,
Elizabeth von Arnim31 August 1866
Writer, Novelist
Romano Guardini17 February 1885
Catholic priest, Writer, Theologian, University
Felix von Luckner09 June 1881
Writer, Military personnel
Erich Auerbach09 November 1892
Linguist, Librarian, Writer, University teacher,
Julius Wellhausen17 May 1844
Theologian, Hebraist, Arabist, Biblical scholar,
Felix Hoffmann21 January 1868
Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer
Johann Most05 February 1846
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Editor
Bettina von Arnim04 April 1785
Writer, Salon-holder, Composer, Novelist
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz12 August 1843
Writer, Military historian, Soldier
Bertha Pappenheim27 February 1859
Writer, Journalist, Social worker, Feminist
Hermann Rauschning07 August 1887
Politician, Writer
Rudolf Hilferding10 August 1877
Economist, Politician, Writer
Gottfried Benn02 May 1886
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Novelist
Ernst Barlach02 January 1870
Sculptor, Printmaker, Writer, Playwright, Painter
Albrecht Ritschl25 March 1822
Theologian, Philosopher, University teacher
Claus Schilling05 July 1871
Military physician, Non-fiction writer
Friedrich Hund04 February 1896
Physicist, University teacher, Non-fiction writer
Christian Morgenstern06 May 1871
Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary editor,
Rudolf Christoph Eucken05 January 1846
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher
Berthold Auerbach28 February 1812
Poet, Writer, Poet lawyer
Herman Hesse02 July 1877
Louise Otto-Peters26 March 1819
Journalist, Writer