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20th-century German inventors

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Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
Ferdinand Braun
German inventor and physicist (1909 Nobel Prize)
Emmy Noether
German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
Walther Bothe
German physicist, mathematician and chemist (1891-1957)
Ernst Ruska
German physicist (1906–1988)
Gerd Binnig
German physicist
Konrad Zuse
German computer scientist and engineer (1910 - 1995)
Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor (1875–1951)
Hans Geiger
German physicist (1882–1945)
Adolf Dassler
German entrepreneur, founder of Adidas shoe company (1900–1978)
Hugo Junkers
German aviation pioneer (1859–1935)
Felix Wankel
German mechanical engineer, inventor of the Wankel engine (1902-1988)
Walter H. Schottky
German physicist (1886–1976)
Curt O. Schaller
German cinematographer, Steadicam operator, photographer, inventor, designer and Academy Award winner
Paul Walden
Baltic German chemist (1863-1957)
Manfred von Ardenne
German researcher and applied physicist (1907-1997)
Melitta Bentz
German entrepreneur and inventor of the coffee filter (1873–1950)
Claudius Dornier
German aerospace engineer and inventor (1884–1969)
Hans von Ohain
German aerospace engineer (1911-1998)
Arthur Scherbius
German cryptographer (1878–1929)
Franz Joseph Emil Fischer
German chemist (1877-1947)
Artur Fischer
German inventor (1919–2016)
Heinrich Barkhausen
German physicist (1881-1956)
Hugo Schmeisser
German firearm designer (1884–1953)
Gunther von Hagens
German anatomist
Ricardo Wolf
German-Cuban inventor, Cuban ambassador to Israel and philanthropist (1887–1982)
Anton Flettner
German aviation pioneer (1885–1961)
Helmut Gröttrup
German engineer and inventor of the smart card (1916-1981)
Hans Tropsch
German chemist (1889-1935)
Walter Zapp
Estonian inventor of Baltic German origin (1905–2003)
Oskar Barnack
German optical engineer (1879–1936)
Willy Ley
German-American science and science-fiction writer (1906–1969)
Arthur Rudolph
rocket engineer (1906-1996)
Walter Bruch
German electrical engineer (1908–1990)
Karl Jatho
German aviation pioneer (1873-1933)
Fritz Hofmann
German chemist (1866–1956)
Johanna Budwig
German biochemist (1908–2003)
Didi Senft
German inventor and cycling fan
Rudolf Hell
German electrical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur (1901–2002)
Jürgen Hennig
German chemist known for magnetic resonance imaging
Horten brothers
aircraft designers
Oskar Messter
German cinema pioneer (1866-1943)
Julius Neubronner
German apothecary (1852-1932)
Engelbert Zaschka
German engineer, inventor and helicopter pioneer (1895–1955)
Otto Bayer
German chemist (1902-1982)
Paul Daimler
German automotive engineer (1869–1945)
Hans Beck
German inventor (1929–2009)
Karlheinz Brandenburg
German audio engineer
Georg von Arco
German physicist (1869–1940)
Max Knoll
German engineer (1897-1969)
Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe
German scientist and inventor (1872-1931)
Andreas Stihl
engineer and important inventor in the area of chainsaws
Ernst Stuhlinger
German rocket scientist (1913-2008)
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz
German mathematician (1903–1974)
Christian Hülsmeyer
German inventor and entrepreneur (1881-1957)
Paul Rudolph
physicist (1858-1935)
Gerhard M. Sessler
German inventor and electrical engineer
Karl Steinbuch
German computer scientist (1917–2005)
Hermann Föttinger
German engineer (1877–1945)