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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

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
J. Georg BednorzJ. Georg Bednorz
16 May 1950
Physicist

Joachim SauerJoachim Sauer
19 April 1949
Chemist, University teacher

Peter ScholzePeter Scholze
11 December 1987
Mathematician, University teacher

Sebastian ThrunSebastian Thrun
14 May 1967
Computer scientist

Jürgen SchmidhuberJürgen Schmidhuber
17 January 1963
Computer scientist
Rainer WeissRainer Weiss
29 September 1932
Physicist

Joseph WeizenbaumJoseph Weizenbaum
08 January 1923
Computer Scientist

Steve ShirleySteve Shirley
16 September 1933
Computer scientist, Feminist

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

Peter GrünbergPeter Grünberg
18 May 1939
Physicist, University teacher

Gerhard ErtlGerhard Ertl
10 October 1936
Physicist, Chemist, University teacher
Ulf MerboldUlf Merbold
20 June 1941
Astronaut

Thomas C. SüdhofThomas C. Südhof
22 December 1955
Biochemist
Wendelin WernerWendelin Werner
23 September 1968
Mathematician

Viktor HamburgerViktor Hamburger
09 July 1900
Professor

Ernst StuhlingerErnst Stuhlinger
19 December 1913
Scientist
Klaus RothKlaus Roth
29 October 1925
Mathematician

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Thomas EisnerThomas Eisner
25 June 1929
Ecologist and entomologist
Friedrich HirzebruchFriedrich Hirzebruch
17 October 1927
Mathematician

Ralph F. HirschmannRalph F. Hirschmann
06 May 1922
Chemist

Wolfgang K. H. PanofskyWolfgang K. H. Panofsky
24 April 1919
Physicist

John Charles PolanyiJohn Charles Polanyi
23 January 1929
 
Rolf-Dieter HeuerRolf-Dieter Heuer
24 May 1948
Physicist
Vernon IngramVernon Ingram
19 May 1924
Professor

Gerson GoldhaberGerson Goldhaber
20 February 1924
Physicist

Peter ArmbrusterPeter Armbruster
25 July 1931
Physicist