20th-century German essayists

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)

German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)

German historian and philosopher (1880-1936)

German writer (1871–1950)

Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)

German sociologist, philosopher, and critic (1858–1918)

German philosopher (1874-1928)

German novelist and essayist (1929–2011)

German expressionist novelist (1878–1957)

German historian, psychologist, sociologist, student of hermeneutics, and philosopher (1833–1911)

Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer (1894-1989)

German author (1926-2014)

German novelist, poet (1886–1956)

German writer and editor (1929–2022)

German writer and academic (1944-2001)

German philosopher (born 1947)

German politician and activist (1947-1992)

German philosopher (1848–1915)

German-Swiss historian (1909-1994)

German theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist (1869-1937)

German philosopher (1905–1997)

German philosopher (1882–1950)

German actress and writer (1905-1969)

German philosopher (1863-1936)

German-Israeli philosopher (1897–1982)

German politician (1886-1961)

German author (1879-1951)

German philosopher

German playwright, novelist, and essayist

German philosopher (1851-1914)

German philosopher (1921–2023)

German writer (1911–2002)

German philosopher and educator (1846–1908)

Prussian Doctor (1849–1901)

German writer (1900–1996)

German artist and art collector (1878-1941)

German psychiatrist, writer, dramatist, poet, editor, publisher (1853–1921)

German writer (1929-2008)

East German writer (1922–1984)

German-Romanian writer (1952–2023)

German writer (1870-1967)

German writer (1933–2017)

German writer

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Marxist philosopher, social critic and journalist (1943–2012)

German writer (1902–1963)

German literary scholar (1907–2001)

Writer, sociologist and political scientist (1925–2024)

German-French writer (1883-1940)

German writer (1897–1975)

German writer (1901-1964)

German writer and journalist (1931–2015)

German philosopher (1880–1937)

American businessman, poet, humanitarian

German author

German translator and writer (1881–1920)

German poet, journalist and author (1872-1966)

German politician (1912-1993)