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

Erwin NeherErwin Neher
20 March 1944
Biophysicist

Herbert KroemerHerbert Kroemer
25 August 1928
Physicist
Robert HuberRobert Huber
20 February 1937
Biochemist

Johann DeisenhoferJohann Deisenhofer
30 September 1943
Biochemist

Hartmut MichelHartmut Michel
18 July 1948
Biochemist

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

J. Georg BednorzJ. Georg Bednorz
16 May 1950
Physicist
Joachim SauerJoachim Sauer
19 April 1949
Chemist, University teacher

Sebastian ThrunSebastian Thrun
14 May 1967
Computer scientist

Peter ScholzePeter Scholze
11 December 1987
Mathematician, University teacher
Jürgen SchmidhuberJürgen Schmidhuber
17 January 1963
Computer scientist

Rainer WeissRainer Weiss
29 September 1932
Physicist
Robert AumannRobert Aumann
08 June 1930
Mathematician, Economist, Educationist, University

Steve ShirleySteve Shirley
16 September 1933
Computer scientist, Feminist

Joseph WeizenbaumJoseph Weizenbaum
08 January 1923
Computer Scientist
Stefan HellStefan Hell
23 December 1962
Physicist, University teacher

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

Gerd FaltingsGerd Faltings
28 July 1954
Mathematician, University teacher

Peter GrünbergPeter Grünberg
18 May 1939
Physicist, University teacher

Gerhard ErtlGerhard Ertl
10 October 1936
Physicist, Chemist, University teacher
John Charles PolanyiJohn Charles Polanyi
23 January 1929
 
Rolf-Dieter HeuerRolf-Dieter Heuer
24 May 1948
Physicist