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Find out more about the greatest 21st Century German Scientists, including Kim Dotcom, Juliane Koepcke, Joachim Sauer, Peter Scholze and Gerd Faltings.

Famous 21st Century German Scientists

Juliane KoepckeJuliane Koepcke
10 October 1954
Lone Survivor of 1971 LANSA Plane Crash
Christiane Nüsslein-VolhardChristiane Nüsslein-Volhard
20 October 1942
Researcher

Gerd Binnig Gerd Binnig
20 July 1947
Physicist

Manfred EigenManfred Eigen
09 May 1927
Biophysical Chemist

Herbert KroemerHerbert Kroemer
25 August 1928
Physicist

J. Georg BednorzJ. Georg Bednorz
16 May 1950
Physicist
Erwin NeherErwin Neher
20 March 1944
Biophysicist

Robert HuberRobert Huber
20 February 1937
Biochemist

Hans Georg DehmeltHans Georg Dehmelt
09 September 1922
Physicist
Horst Ludwig StörmerHorst Ludwig Störmer
06 April 1949
Physicist

Hartmut MichelHartmut Michel
18 July 1948
Biochemist
Johann DeisenhoferJohann Deisenhofer
30 September 1943
Biochemist

Joachim SauerJoachim Sauer
19 April 1949
Chemist, University teacher

John B. GoodenoughJohn B. Goodenough
25 July 1922
Physicist

Peter ScholzePeter Scholze
11 December 1987
Mathematician, University teacher

Sebastian ThrunSebastian Thrun
14 May 1967
Computer scientist
Mai Thi Nguyen-KimMai Thi Nguyen-Kim
07 August 1987
Chemist

Christina PagelChristina Pagel
Researcher

Jürgen SchmidhuberJürgen Schmidhuber
17 January 1963
Computer scientist

Rainer WeissRainer Weiss
29 September 1932
Physicist
Steve ShirleySteve Shirley
16 September 1933
Computer scientist, Feminist

Hamed Abdel-SamadHamed Abdel-Samad
01 February 1972
Political scientist
Lisa SauermannLisa Sauermann
25 September 1992
Mathematician

Joseph WeizenbaumJoseph Weizenbaum
08 January 1923
Computer Scientist

Gerd FaltingsGerd Faltings
28 July 1954
Mathematician, University teacher
Stefan HellStefan Hell
23 December 1962
Physicist, University teacher

Wolfgang KetterleWolfgang Ketterle
21 October 1957
Physicist, University teacher
Joachim FrankJoachim Frank
12 September 1940
Biophysicist

Giulia EndersGiulia Enders
1990 AD
Writer

Ulf MerboldUlf Merbold
20 June 1941
Astronaut
Harald LeschHarald Lesch
28 July 1960
Physicist

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Peter GrünbergPeter Grünberg
18 May 1939
Physicist, University teacher
Thomas C. SüdhofThomas C. Südhof
22 December 1955
Biochemist

Wendelin WernerWendelin Werner
23 September 1968
Mathematician

Gerhard ErtlGerhard Ertl
10 October 1936
Physicist, Chemist, University teacher

Klaus RothKlaus Roth
29 October 1925
Mathematician
Friedrich HirzebruchFriedrich Hirzebruch
17 October 1927
Mathematician
Erik MöllerErik Möller
1979 AD
Journalist

Ernst StuhlingerErnst Stuhlinger
19 December 1913
Scientist

Tanja StadlerTanja Stadler
1981 AD
Mathematician

Viktor HamburgerViktor Hamburger
09 July 1900
Professor
Wolfgang K. H. PanofskyWolfgang K. H. Panofsky
24 April 1919
Physicist

Rolf-Dieter HeuerRolf-Dieter Heuer
24 May 1948
Physicist

Thomas EisnerThomas Eisner
25 June 1929
Ecologist and entomologist

Vernon IngramVernon Ingram
19 May 1924
Professor

Peter ArmbrusterPeter Armbruster
25 July 1931
Physicist
Ralph F. HirschmannRalph F. Hirschmann
06 May 1922
Chemist

Gerson GoldhaberGerson Goldhaber
20 February 1924
Physicist
Dietmar SeyferthDietmar Seyferth
11 January 1929
University teacher