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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
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder26 October 1800
General, Historian
Heinrich Heine13 December 1797
Poet
Ernst Jünger29 March 1895
Soldier, Author, Entomologist
Alfred Doblin10 August 1878
Writer, Doctor
Magnus Hirschfeld14 May 1868
Physician, Writer, Psychologist, Screenwriter,
Franz Halder30 June 1884
Soldier, Writer, Diarist
Ludwig Beck29 June 1880
Writer, Military personnel
Houston Stewart Chamberlain09 September 1855
Racial theorist, Writer, Politician, Philosopher,
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870
Politician, Writer, Officer
Ernst Lubitsch29 January 1892
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
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
Eduard Bernstein06 January 1850
Politician, Philosopher, Writer, Economist
Kurt Schwitters20 June 1887
Painter, Artist, Sculptor, Graphic designer,
George Grosz26 July 1893
Painter, Draughtsperson, Photographer, University
Leopold von Ranke21 December 1795
Historian, Academic, University teacher, Writer
Cosima Wagner24 December 1837
Composer, Writer, Director
Walther Rathenau29 September 1867
Politician, Engineer, Writer, Entrepreneur,
Victor Klemperer09 October 1881
Linguist, Politician, Writer, Autobiographer,
Paul Bern03 December 1889
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Hugo Ball22 February 1886
Writer, Poet, Theatre director
Max Beckmann12 February 1884
Painter, Sculptor, Draftsperson, Printmaker,
Karl Haushofer27 August 1869
Geopolitician, Political scientist, Educationist,
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Lexicographer, Anthropologist, Librarian, Writer,
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Writer, Politician, Economist, Lawyer, Philosopher
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Theodor Fontane30 December 1819
Pharmacist, Writer, Poet, Historian, Translator,
Rudolf Otto25 September 1869
Theologian, Politician, Philosopher, Non-fiction
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche10 July 1846
Archivist
Gerhart Hauptmann15 November 1862
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Novelist,
Ernst Toller01 December 1893
Playwright, Politician, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Karl Mannheim27 March 1893
Sociologist, University teacher, Writer
Ernst Bloch08 July 1885
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
Adolf Anderssen06 July 1818
Chess player, Non-fiction writer
Frank Wedekind24 July 1864
Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Wilhelm Busch15 April 1832
Poet, Painter, Essayist, Writer, Autobiographer
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven12 July 1874
Sculptor, Writer, Painter, Model, Poet, Artist
Paul Reuter21 July 1816
Journalist, Writer, Publisher
Hans Fallada21 July 1893
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
August Bebel22 February 1840
Politician, Writer
Nelly Sachs10 December 1891
Poet, Playwright, Writer
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs28 August 1825
Jurist, Writer, Journalist, Poet lawyer
David Strauss27 January 1808
Theologian, Philosopher, Biographer, Writer
Lion Feuchtwanger07 July 1884
Writer, Playwright, Translator, Journalist
Kurt von Tippelskirch09 October 1891
Military personnel, Military historian,
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
Alexander von Kluck20 May 1846
General
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
Erich Auerbach09 November 1892
Linguist, Librarian, Writer, University teacher,
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
Julius Wellhausen17 May 1844
Theologian, Hebraist, Arabist, Biblical scholar,
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi25 January 1743
Philosopher
Felix Hoffmann21 January 1868
Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer
Else Lasker-Schüler11 February 1869
Poet
Johann Most05 February 1846
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Editor
Bertha Pappenheim27 February 1859
Writer, Journalist, Social worker, Feminist
Bettina von Arnim04 April 1785
Writer, Salon-holder, Composer, Novelist
Carl Peters27 September 1856
Explorer
Rudolf von Jhering22 August 1818
Jurist
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz12 August 1843
Writer, Military historian, Soldier
Hermann Rauschning07 August 1887
Politician, Writer
Rudolf Hilferding10 August 1877
Economist, Politician, Writer
Gottfried Benn02 May 1886
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Novelist
Eugen Dühring12 January 1833
Philosopher
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben02 April 1798
Poet
Max Klinger18 February 1857
Painter
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck23 April 1876
Writer
Christian Morgenstern06 May 1871
Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary editor,
Ernst Barlach02 January 1870
Sculptor, Printmaker, Writer, Playwright, Painter
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann23 February 1842
Philosopher
Claus Schilling05 July 1871
Military physician, Non-fiction writer
Albrecht Ritschl25 March 1822
Theologian, Philosopher, University teacher
Friedrich Hund04 February 1896
Physicist, University teacher, Non-fiction writer
Rudolf Christoph Eucken05 January 1846
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Berthold Auerbach28 February 1812
Poet, Writer, Poet lawyer
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