Anton Chekhov29 January 1860
Max Weber21 April 1864
Sociologist
Bertolt Brecht10 February 1898
Poet
Hermann Hesse02 July 1877
Poet
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
Alfred Doblin10 August 1878
Writer, Doctor
Franz Halder30 June 1884
Soldier, Writer, Diarist
Magnus Hirschfeld14 May 1868
Physician, Writer, Psychologist, Screenwriter,
Ludwig Beck29 June 1880
Writer, Military personnel
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870
Politician, Writer, Officer
Ernst Lubitsch29 January 1892
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Houston Stewart Chamberlain09 September 1855
Racial theorist, Writer, Politician, Philosopher,
Karl May25 February 1842
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer, Screenwriter
Karl Jaspers23 February 1883
Philosopher, Psychiatrist, Physician, Theologian,
Otto Strasser10 September 1897
Journalist, Politician, Writer
Eduard Bernstein06 January 1850
Politician, Philosopher, Writer, Economist
Paul Bern03 December 1889
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Kurt Schwitters20 June 1887
Painter, Artist, Sculptor, Graphic designer,
Walther Rathenau29 September 1867
Politician, Engineer, Writer, Entrepreneur,
Victor Klemperer09 October 1881
Linguist, Politician, Writer, Autobiographer,
George Grosz26 July 1893
Painter, Draughtsperson, Photographer, University
Cosima Wagner24 December 1837
Composer, Writer, Director
Leopold von Ranke21 December 1795
Historian, Academic, University teacher, Writer
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche10 July 1846
Archivist
Karl Haushofer27 August 1869
Geopolitician, Political scientist, Educationist,
Ferdinand Lassalle11 April 1825
Writer, Politician, Economist, Lawyer, Philosopher
Friedrich Schlegel10 March 1772
Poet
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Max Beckmann12 February 1884
Painter, Sculptor, Draftsperson, Printmaker,
Wilhelm Grimm24 February 1786
Lexicographer, Anthropologist, Librarian, Writer,
Hugo Ball22 February 1886
Writer, Poet, Theatre director
Karl Mannheim27 March 1893
Sociologist, University teacher, Writer
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven12 July 1874
Sculptor, Writer, Painter, Model, Poet, Artist
Rudolf Otto25 September 1869
Theologian, Politician, Philosopher, Non-fiction
Ernst Bloch08 July 1885
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
Hans Fallada21 July 1893
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Ernst Toller01 December 1893
Playwright, Politician, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Paul Reuter21 July 1816
Journalist, Writer, Publisher
Theodor Busse15 December 1897
Soldier, Writer, Officer
Lion Feuchtwanger07 July 1884
Writer, Playwright, Translator, Journalist
Kurt von Tippelskirch09 October 1891
Military personnel, Military historian,
Gerhart Hauptmann15 November 1862
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Novelist,
August Bebel22 February 1840
Politician, Writer
Bertha Pappenheim27 February 1859
Writer, Journalist, Social worker, Feminist
Daniel Paul Schreber25 July 1842
Judge, Writer, Autobiographer
Dietrich von Hildebrand12 October 1889
Writer, Theologian, University teacher,
Theodor Fontane30 December 1819
Pharmacist, Writer, Poet, Historian, Translator,
Adolf Anderssen06 July 1818
Chess player, Non-fiction writer
David Strauss27 January 1808
Theologian
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs28 August 1825
Jurist, Writer, Journalist, Poet lawyer
Siegfried Wagner06 June 1869
Composer, Conductor, Writer
Nelly Sachs10 December 1891
Poet, Playwright, Writer
Gustav Landauer07 April 1870
Politician, Translator, Writer, Journalist
Kurt Tucholsky09 January 1890
Journalist, Poet lawyer, Satirist, Poet, Writer,
Elizabeth von Arnim31 August 1866
Writer, Novelist
Frank Wedekind24 July 1864
Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Stefan George12 June 1868
poet, writer, linguist, translator
Clemens Brentano09 September 1778
Poet
Felix Hoffmann21 January 1868
Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer
Romano Guardini17 February 1885
Catholic priest, Writer, Theologian, University
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz12 August 1843
Writer, Military historian, Soldier
Felix von Luckner09 June 1881
Writer, Military personnel
Bettina von Arnim04 April 1785
Writer, Salon-holder, Composer, Novelist
Julius Wellhausen17 May 1844
Theologian, Hebraist, Arabist, Biblical scholar,
Erich Auerbach09 November 1892
Linguist, Librarian, Writer, University teacher,
Alexander von Kluck20 May 1846
General
Wilhelm Busch15 April 1832
Poet, Painter, Essayist, Writer, Autobiographer
Felix Hausdorff08 November 1868
Mathematician, Writer, Topologist, University
Else Lasker-Schüler11 February 1869
Poet
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi25 January 1743
Philosopher
Rudolf Hilferding10 August 1877
Economist, Politician, Writer
Ludwig Tieck31 May 1773
Poet
Carl Peters27 September 1856
Explorer
Hermann Rauschning07 August 1887
Politician, Writer
Johann Most05 February 1846
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Editor
Claus Schilling05 July 1871
Military physician, Non-fiction writer
Ludwig Uhland26 April 1787
Poet
Gottfried Benn02 May 1886
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Novelist
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué12 February 1777
Writer
Max Klinger18 February 1857
Painter
Ernst Barlach02 January 1870
Sculptor, Printmaker, Writer, Playwright, Painter
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann23 February 1842
Philosopher
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck23 April 1876
Writer
Albrecht Ritschl25 March 1822
Theologian, Philosopher, University teacher
Eugen Dühring12 January 1833
Philosopher
Friedrich Rückert16 May 1788
Poet
Christian Morgenstern06 May 1871
Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary editor,
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben02 April 1798
Poet
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler25 June 1884
Art historian
Rudolf Christoph Eucken05 January 1846
Philosopher, Writer, University teacher
August von Kotzebue03 May 1761
Playwright