Max Weber21 April 1864
Sociologist
Anton Chekhov29 January 1860
Hermann Hesse02 July 1877
Poet
Bertolt Brecht10 February 1898
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,
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870
Politician, Writer, Officer
Ludwig Beck29 June 1880
Writer, Military personnel
Houston Stewart Chamberlain09 September 1855
Racial theorist, Writer, Politician, Philosopher,
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
Karl Jaspers23 February 1883
Philosopher, Psychiatrist, Physician, Theologian,
Ernst Lubitsch29 January 1892
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Eduard Bernstein06 January 1850
Politician, Philosopher, Writer, Economist
Cosima Wagner24 December 1837
Composer, Writer, Director
Walther Rathenau29 September 1867
Politician, Engineer, Writer, Entrepreneur,
Ferdinand Lassalle11 April 1825
Writer, Politician, Economist, Lawyer, Philosopher
Victor Klemperer09 October 1881
Linguist, Politician, Writer, Autobiographer,
George Grosz26 July 1893
Painter, Draughtsperson, Photographer, University
Kurt Schwitters20 June 1887
Painter, Artist, Sculptor, Graphic designer,
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche10 July 1846
Archivist
Leopold von Ranke21 December 1795
Historian, Academic, University teacher, Writer
Karl Haushofer27 August 1869
Geopolitician, Political scientist, Educationist,
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs28 August 1825
Jurist, Writer, Journalist, Poet lawyer
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Wilhelm Grimm24 February 1786
Lexicographer, Anthropologist, Librarian, Writer,
Ernst Bloch08 July 1885
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
Ernst Toller01 December 1893
Playwright, Politician, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Max Beckmann12 February 1884
Painter, Sculptor, Draftsperson, Printmaker,
Hans Fallada21 July 1893
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Karl Mannheim27 March 1893
Sociologist, University teacher, Writer
Rudolf Otto25 September 1869
Theologian, Politician, Philosopher, Non-fiction
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven12 July 1874
Sculptor, Writer, Painter, Model, Poet, Artist
Adolf Anderssen06 July 1818
Chess player, Non-fiction writer
Lion Feuchtwanger07 July 1884
Writer, Playwright, Translator, Journalist
Gerhart Hauptmann15 November 1862
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Novelist,
August Bebel22 February 1840
Politician, Writer
Elizabeth von Arnim31 August 1866
Writer, Novelist
Dietrich von Hildebrand12 October 1889
Writer, Theologian, University teacher,
Anita Berber10 June 1899
Dancer
Theodor Fontane30 December 1819
Pharmacist, Writer, Poet, Historian, Translator,
Daniel Paul Schreber25 July 1842
Judge, Writer, Autobiographer
David Strauss27 January 1808
Theologian
Kurt von Tippelskirch09 October 1891
Military personnel, Military historian,
Theodor Busse15 December 1897
Soldier, Writer, Officer
Kurt Tucholsky09 January 1890
Journalist, Poet lawyer, Satirist, Poet, Writer,
Siegfried Wagner06 June 1869
Composer, Conductor, Writer
Friedrich Schlegel10 March 1772
Poet
Felix von Luckner09 June 1881
Writer, Military personnel
Gustav Landauer07 April 1870
Politician, Translator, Writer, Journalist
Hugo Ball22 February 1886
Writer, Poet, Theatre director
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff10 March 1788
Poet
Rudolf Hilferding10 August 1877
Economist, Politician, Writer
Frank Wedekind24 July 1864
Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Stefan George12 June 1868
poet, writer, linguist, translator
Romano Guardini17 February 1885
Catholic priest, Writer, Theologian, University
Felix Hausdorff08 November 1868
Mathematician, Writer, Topologist, University
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi25 January 1743
Philosopher
Wilhelm Busch15 April 1832
Poet, Painter, Essayist, Writer, Autobiographer
Nelly Sachs10 December 1891
Poet, Playwright, Writer
Julius Wellhausen17 May 1844
Theologian, Hebraist, Arabist, Biblical scholar,
Bettina von Arnim04 April 1785
Writer, Salon-holder, Composer, Novelist
Alexander von Kluck20 May 1846
General
Bertha Pappenheim27 February 1859
Writer, Journalist, Social worker, Feminist
Hermann Rauschning07 August 1887
Politician, Writer
Carl Peters27 September 1856
Explorer
Erich Auerbach09 November 1892
Linguist, Librarian, Writer, University teacher,
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann23 February 1842
Philosopher
Felix Hoffmann21 January 1868
Chemist, Inventor, Pharmacist, Non-fiction writer
Clemens Brentano09 September 1778
Poet
Else Lasker-Schüler11 February 1869
Poet
Johann Most05 February 1846
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Editor
Ludwig Bamberger22 July 1823
Economist
Ludwig Uhland26 April 1787
Poet
Gottfried Benn02 May 1886
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Novelist
Eugen Dühring12 January 1833
Philosopher
Christopher Memminger09 January 1803
Politician
Ludwig Tieck31 May 1773
Poet
Ernst Barlach02 January 1870
Sculptor, Printmaker, Writer, Playwright, Painter
Max Klinger18 February 1857
Painter
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck23 April 1876
Writer
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué12 February 1777
Writer
Bel Kaufman10 May 1911
Teacher
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff10 January 1797
Writer
Theodor Storm14 September 1817
Author
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben02 April 1798
Poet
Claus Schilling05 July 1871
Military physician, Non-fiction writer
Rudolf von Jhering22 August 1818
Jurist