Top 10 Most Famous People from Germany
The Top Ten
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 - April 30, 1945) was a German politician of Austrian descent who served as the leader of the Nazi Party since 1921, Chancellor of Germany since 1933, and Führer of Nazi Germany since 1934. As dictator of Nazi Germany, he reversed the Treaty of Versailles, initiated World... read more
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 - April 30, 1945) was a German politician of Austrian descent who served as the leader of the Nazi Party since 1921, Chancellor of Germany since 1933, and Führer of Nazi Germany since 1934. As dictator of Nazi Germany, he reversed the Treaty of Versailles, initiated World... read more Unfortunately, he comes to mind for many people when Germany is mentioned.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include nine symphonies, five piano concertos, one... read more
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include nine symphonies, five piano concertos, one... read more A truly great composer and pianist. Probably the greatest musician ever.
The greatest musician of all time.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development... read more
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development... read more He was an incredibly intelligent man - perhaps the smartest human ever. He contributed to the development of the atomic bomb with the help of other scientists.
Einstein made groundbreaking scientific advancements that revolutionized our understanding of physics. His theory of relativity influenced the development of the atomic bomb, though Einstein himself was wary of the weapon.
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 - 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and the four-volume Das Kapital (1867-1883)... read more
Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 - 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and the four-volume Das Kapital (1867-1883)... read more
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Bach's work greatly influenced... read more
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Bach's work greatly influenced... read more
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI was born on April 16, 1927, in the town of Marktl, Germany. He served as the head of the Catholic Church in Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013... read more
Pope Benedict XVI was born on April 16, 1927, in the town of Marktl, Germany. He served as the head of the Catholic Church in Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013... read more
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant. 22 April 1724 - 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central figures of the Enlightenment.
Born in Königsberg (then part of East Prussia, now Kaliningrad, Russia), Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics,... read more
Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant. 22 April 1724 - 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central figures of the Enlightenment.Born in Königsberg (then part of East Prussia, now Kaliningrad, Russia), Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics,... read more
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c. 1398 – February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe... read more
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c. 1398 – February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe... read more
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel (born July 17, 1954) is a German former politician who served as the Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021). She was also the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (2000–2018). Growing up in East Germany, she was a cultural official for the Free German Youth, the youth organization... read more
Angela Dorothea Merkel (born July 17, 1954) is a German former politician who served as the Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021). She was also the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (2000–2018). Growing up in East Germany, she was a cultural official for the Free German Youth, the youth organization... read more The most powerful woman on Earth.
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist. One of the most discussed victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944 during the German occupation of the Netherlands. She... read more
Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist. One of the most discussed victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944 during the German occupation of the Netherlands. She... read more She was a Jewish-German girl who hid from the Nazis until several months or about a year before her capture.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. He is best known for his concepts such as the will to power, the Übermensch, and the declaration... read more
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. He is best known for his concepts such as the will to power, the Übermensch, and the declaration... read more
Otto von Bismarck
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890. In the 1860s, he engineered a series of wars that unified the German states, deliberately excluding Austria,... read more
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890. In the 1860s, he engineered a series of wars that unified the German states, deliberately excluding Austria,... read more
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas. His compositions, particularly those in the cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, revolutionized opera through their complex textures and expanded use of leitmotifs. Wagner also... read more
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas. His compositions, particularly those in the cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, revolutionized opera through their complex textures and expanded use of leitmotifs. Wagner also... read more
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.
He's best known for his Ninety-five Theses, which he is said to have nailed to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church in 1517, challenging the Catholic Church's practices... read more
Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.He's best known for his Ninety-five Theses, which he is said to have nailed to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church in 1517, challenging the Catholic Church's practices... read more
Max Planck
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (April 23, 1858 - October 4, 1947) was a German physicist who originated quantum theory. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery of energy quanta, introducing the constant h in the relation E = hν... read more
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (April 23, 1858 - October 4, 1947) was a German physicist who originated quantum theory. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery of energy quanta, introducing the constant h in the relation E = hν... read more
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler (27 December 1571 - 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher, and writer on music. He was a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion... read more
Johannes Kepler (27 December 1571 - 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher, and writer on music. He was a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion... read more
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and... read more
Johann Wolfgang Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and... read more
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (April 30, 1777 - February 23, 1855) was a German mathematician who made seminal contributions to number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, and differential geometry. His 1801 work Disquisitiones Arithmeticae laid the foundations for modern number theory... read more
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (April 30, 1777 - February 23, 1855) was a German mathematician who made seminal contributions to number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, and differential geometry. His 1801 work Disquisitiones Arithmeticae laid the foundations for modern number theory... read more
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Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist, spy, and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories, which were located in occupied Poland and the Protectorate... read more
Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist, spy, and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories, which were located in occupied Poland and the Protectorate... read more
Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German, and later American, aerospace engineer and space architect. He was instrumental in developing the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany during World War II. After the war, he moved to the United States and led the development of the Saturn V rocket that... read more
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German, and later American, aerospace engineer and space architect. He was instrumental in developing the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany during World War II. After the war, he moved to the United States and led the development of the Saturn V rocket that... read more
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