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Max Planck
(German Theoretical Physicist and Originator of 'Quantum Theory')
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Birthdate: April 23, 1858
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kiel, Germany
Died: October 4, 1947
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Thomas Mann
(German Novelist Who Won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 6, 1875
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lübeck, Germany
Died: August 12, 1955
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Walter Benjamin
(German Jewish Philosopher, Cultural Critic and Essayist)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 15, 1892
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 26, 1940
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Sophie Scholl
(German Student and Anti-Nazi Political Activist)
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 9, 1921
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Forchtenberg, Germany
Died: February 22, 1943
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Joseph Campbell
(American Writer Best Known for His Book ‘The Hero with a Thousand Faces’)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 26, 1904
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: White Plains, New York, United States
Died: October 30, 1987
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Kurt Lewin
(Psychologist)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 9, 1890
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mogilno, Poland
Died: February 12, 1947
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Geli Raubal
(Austrian Woman Who Was the Half-Niece of Adolf Hitler)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 4, 1908
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Linz, Austria
Died: September 18, 1931
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Edda Göring
(Only Child of German Politician Hermann Göring and Actress Emmy Sonnemann)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 2, 1938
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: December 21, 2018
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Hjalmar Schacht
(Reichsminister of Economics (1934 - 1937))
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3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 22, 1877
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tinglev, Denmark
Died: June 3, 1970
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Lou Bega
(German Singer Best Known for His 1999 Song 'Mambo No.5')
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: April 13, 1975
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
(Prince)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 4, 1906
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany
Died: May 26, 1940
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Armin Laschet
(Leader of the Christian Democratic Union)
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1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 18, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aachen, Germany
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Inaara Aga Khan
(Aga Khan IV's ex wife)
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0
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Hans Adolf Krebs
(British Biologist Who was a Pioneer Scientist in the Study of Cellular Perspiration)
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1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 25, 1900
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hildesheim, Germany
Died: November 22, 1981
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Ludwig I of Bavaria
(King)
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: August 25, 1786
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: February 29, 1868
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Robert Schuman
(Politician)
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Birthdate: June 29, 1886
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Clausen, Luxembourg
Died: September 4, 1963
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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
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Veronica Ferres
(Actress)
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0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 10, 1965
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Solingen, Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Theodor Heuss
(First President of West Germany (1949 -1959))
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1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 31, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brackenheim, Germany
Died: December 12, 1963
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Max Horkheimer
(German Philosopher and Sociologist Famous for His Work in 'Critical Theory')
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 14, 1895
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, Germany
Died: July 7, 1973
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Ulrich Beck
(German Sociologist and One of the Most Cited Social Scientists in the World During His Lifetime)
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 15, 1944
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Slupsk, Poland
Died: January 1, 2015
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Karl von Frisch
(German-Austrian Ethologist and 1973 Winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology / Medicine)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 20, 1886
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: June 12, 1982
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Walter Hallstein
(German Diplomat, Academic, and Statesman)
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0
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Birthdate: November 17, 1901
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mainz, Germany
Died: March 29, 1982
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Lord Acton
(Historian and Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth)
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4
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 10, 1834
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: June 19, 1902
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Joachim Frank
(Nobel Prize-Winning German-American Biophysicist Known for Developing Cryo-EM)
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0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 12, 1940
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Weidenau, Siegen, Germany
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Dietrich Eckart
(Poet)
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1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: March 23, 1868
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany
Died: December 26, 1923
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Rudolf Jaenisch
(A Pioneer of Transgenic Science)
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Roman Herzog
(President of Germany (1994 - 1999))
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2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 5, 1934
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Landshut, Germany
Died: January 10, 2017
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Fereydoun Farrokhzad
(Known for his variety TV show 'Mikhak-e Noghrei' (The Silver Carnation) which introduced many artists)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 7, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Died: August 4, 1992
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Gershom Scholem
(Israeli Philosopher, Historian and Founder of the Modern, Academic Study of 'Kabbalah')
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 5, 1897
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: February 21, 1982
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Valdas Adamkus
(President of Lithuania (1998 - 2003, 2004 - 2009))
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1
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Lion Feuchtwanger
(Novelist)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 7, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: December 21, 1958
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Stephan Winkelmann
(Chief executive officer and Businessperson)
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1
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Eva Justin
(German Anthropologist Who Specialised in Scientific Racism)
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 23, 1909
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: September 11, 1966
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Alfred Einstein
(Physicist)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 14, 1879
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: April 18, 1955
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Fritz Gerlich
(German Historian and Journalist)
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: February 15, 1883
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Died: June 30, 1934
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Alexander Schmorell
(Russian-German Revolutionary Who Opposed the Nazi German Regime)
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1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 16, 1917
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Orenburg, Russia
Died: July 13, 1943
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Otto Loewi
(Former pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter)
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: June 3, 1873
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: December 25, 1961
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Erwin Panofsky
(German Art Historian)
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 30, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hannover, Germany
Died: March 14, 1968
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Carl Spitzweg
(Painter)
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Birthdate: February 5, 1808
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Germering, Germany
Died: September 23, 1885
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Theodor Geiger
(Professor)
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 9, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: June 16, 1952
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Jürgen Todenhöfer
(Author)
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Maria Furtwangler
(Actress)
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0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 13, 1966
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Munich, West Germany
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Gottfried Semper
(Architect)
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Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: November 29, 1803
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Altona, Hamburg, Germany
Died: May 15, 1879
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Eugen Fischer
(Professor of medicine, anthropology, and eugenics, and a member of the Nazi Party)
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 5, 1874
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: July 9, 1967
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Claudia Roth
(Member of the German Bundestag)
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Frank Appel
(CEO)
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Bastian Obermayer
(Journalist)
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0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: December 10, 1977
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rosenheim, Germany
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Robert Michels
(Sociologist)
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 9, 1876
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Died: May 3, 1936
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Theobald Boehm
(Inventor)
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Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: April 9, 1794
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: November 27, 1881
