1
Karl Marx
(Philosopher & Economist - Famous for His Theory of 'Marxism' )
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92
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 5, 1818
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trier, Germany
Died: March 14, 1883
2
Otto von Bismarck
(Chancellor of the German Empire (1871 - 1890))
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24
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 1, 1815
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Schönhausen, Germany
Died: July 30, 1898
3
Max Weber
(Sociologist)
25
7
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: April 21, 1864
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Erfurt, Germany
Died: June 14, 1920
4
Max Planck
(German Theoretical Physicist and Originator of 'Quantum Theory')
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7
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 23, 1858
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kiel, Germany
Died: October 4, 1947
5
Felix Mendelssohn
(Best Known for His Solo Piano Composition 'Songs Without Words' and Founder of 'Leipzig Conservatory')
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3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 3, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: November 4, 1847
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
6
Walter Benjamin
(German Jewish Philosopher, Cultural Critic and Essayist)
11
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 15, 1892
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 26, 1940
7
Kurt Lewin
(Psychologist)
5
2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 9, 1890
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mogilno, Poland
Died: February 12, 1947
8
Karen Horney
(German Psychoanalyst Best Known for Founding Feminist Psychology in Response to Freud’s Theory of Penis Envy)
5
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 16, 1885
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany
Died: December 4, 1952
9
Max Stirner
(German Philosopher Best Known for His Work ‘The Ego and Its Own’)
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 25, 1806
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bayreuth, Germany
Died: June 26, 1856
10
Emil Cioran
(One of the Finest Philosophers and Critical Writers from Romania)
15
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 8, 1911
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rasinari, Romania
Died: July 20, 1995
11
Georg Simmel
(One of the First Generation of German Sociologists and Neo-Kantian Philosopher)
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0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: March 1, 1858
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 26, 1918
12
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
(German Mathematician Who Founded the Theory of Elliptic Functions)
10
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 10, 1804
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: February 18, 1851
13
Hjalmar Schacht
(Reichsminister of Economics (1934 - 1937))
5
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 22, 1877
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tinglev, Denmark
Died: June 3, 1970
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
14
Mihai Eminescu
(The National Poet of Romania and a Major Figure of Romanticism)
12
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 15, 1850
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Botoșani, Romania
Died: June 15, 1889
15
György Lukács
(Hungarian Marxist Philosopher, Literary Historian and One of the Founders of Western Marxism)
3
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 13, 1885
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: June 4, 1971
16
Ram Manohar Lohia
(Indian Politician and Independence Movement Activist)
1
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 23, 1910
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Akbarpur, India
Died: October 12, 1967
17
Sophie, Princess of Prussia
(Princess)
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0
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Richard Dedekind
(German Mathematician Known for His Important Contributions to Number Theory, Abstract Algebra and Modern Set Theory)
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28
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 6, 1831
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brunswick, Germany
Died: February 12, 1916
19
Rudolf Carnap
(Philosopher)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 18, 1891
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ronsdorf, Wuppertal, Germany
Died: September 14, 1970
20
Daniel Funke
(Journalist)
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0
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Eugen Goldstein
(Physicist)
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0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 5, 1850
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Gliwice, Poland
Died: December 25, 1930
22
Karl Liebknecht
(German Socialist and One of the Founders of the 'Communist Party of Germany')
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 13, 1871
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: January 15, 1919
23
Robert Schuman
(Politician)
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 29, 1886
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Clausen, Luxembourg
Died: September 4, 1963
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 18, 1984
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ronse, East Flanders, Belgium
25
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
(German Experimental Physicist Who Won the Nobel Prize for His Work on Inelastic Electron Collisions in Gases)
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1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 22, 1887
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: October 30, 1975
26
Robert Musil
(Austrian Novelist Known for His Monumental Unfinished Novel 'Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften')
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 6, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Klagenfurt, Austria
Died: April 15, 1942
27
Walter Hallstein
(Politician)
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 17, 1901
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mainz, Germany
Died: March 29, 1982
28
Lion Feuchtwanger
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 7, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: December 21, 1958
29
Werner Sombart
(German Economist and Sociologist Known for Coining the Term ‘Late Capitalism')
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 19, 1863
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ermsleben, Falkenstein, Germany
Died: May 18, 1941
30
Erich Neumann
(Psychologist)
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2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 23, 1905
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: November 5, 1960
31
Gregor Gysi
(Member of the Bundestag)
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0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 16, 1948
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Gotthold Eisenstein
(Mathematician)
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0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 16, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: October 11, 1852
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Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
(German Lawyer and Jurist Who is Regarded as a Pioneer of Sexology and the Modern Gay Rights Movement)
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0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 28, 1825
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Aurich, Germany
Died: July 14, 1895
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Joachim Sauer
(Quantum Chemist and Professor Emeritus of Physical and Theoretical)
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1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 19, 1949
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hosena, Senftenberg, Germany
35
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
(Former German Minister for Special Affairs (1990 - 1991))
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1
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Sven Hedin
(Swedish Geographer, Topographer and Explorer Who Published Books About His Travels All Over Asia and the Middle East)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 19, 1865
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: November 26, 1952
37
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge
(German Analytical Chemist)
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1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 8, 1794
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: March 25, 1867
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Gustav Heinemann
(President of West Germany (1969 - 1974))
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 23, 1899
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Schwelm, Germany
Died: July 7, 1976
39
Wolf Biermann
(Singer-songwriter)
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0
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Kurt Schumacher
(Politician)
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1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 13, 1895
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chełmno, Poland
Died: August 20, 1952
41
Alfred Doblin
(German Writer and Doctor Best Known for His Novels: ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’ and ‘The Three Leaps of Wang Lun’)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 10, 1878
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Szczecin, Poland
Died: June 26, 1957
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Franziska Giffey
(Politician)
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0
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Dieter Hallervorden
(Comedian)
2
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 5, 1935
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Fritz Fischer
(Historian)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 5, 1908
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ludwigsstadt, Germany
Died: December 1, 1999
45
Palina Rojinski
(Television Presenter)
1
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: April 21, 1985
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Konstantin von Neurath
(Diplomat)
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2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 2, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany
Died: August 14, 1956
47
Aron Nimzowitsch
(Danish Chess Player)
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1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 7, 1886
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
Died: March 16, 1935
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Hermann Grassmann
(German Polymath Best Known for His Work as a Mathematician)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 15, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Szczecin, Poland
Died: September 26, 1877
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Tsitsi Dangarembga
(Novelist)
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3
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Hans Modrow
(Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany)
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