Category

Baltic-German nobility

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Adam Johann von Krusenstern

Baltic German admiral and explorer in Russian service, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1770–1846)

Otto von Kotzebue

Baltic German explorer (1787–1846)

Hermann von Keyserling

Baltic German philosopher (1880–1946)

Alexander von Benckendorff

Russian general and statesman of Baltic German origin (1780s-1844)

Eduard von Keyserling

Baltic German writer (1855–1918)

Alexander Keyserling

Baltic German scientist (1815-1891)

Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter

Nazi leader (1884-1923)

Friedrich von Bernhardi

Prussian cavalry general and military historian (1849-1930)

Sven-Bertil Taube

Swedish singer and actor (1934–2022)

Otto Heinrich von Igelström

Russian general of Baltic German origin (1737-1823)

Carl Wolmar Jakob von Uexküll

Swedish-German writer, lecturer, philanthropist, activist, philatelist and politician of Baltic German origin (born 1944)

Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven

Member of the German resistance (1899–1944)

Princess Dorothea of Courland

German noble (1793-1862)

Wolter von Plettenberg

Master of the Livonian Order, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1450–1535)

Princess Wilhelmine, Duchess of Sagan

Duchess of Sagan (1781–1839)

Margarete von Wrangell

Baltic German agricultural chemist (1877-1932)

Konstantin von Benckendorff

Baltic German general and diplomat (1785-1828)

Karl Wilhelm von Toll

Russian Army general of Baltic German origin (1777-1842)

Friedrich Georg von Bunge

Baltic German historian and legal scholar (1802–1897)

Elisa von der Recke

German poet (1754-1833)

Harald Julius von Bosse

Baltic German artist (1812–1894)

Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1690-1774)

Elisabeth Järnefelt

Finnish mother of Finnish art and culture (1839-1929)

Baltic nobility

Privileged social class

Polish musician (1822–1874)

Harald von Loudon

German ornithologist (1876-1959)

Adrian von Fölkersam

German SS officer (1914–1945)

Alexander von Staël-Holstein

Baltic German orientalist (1877-1937)

Karl von Ditmar

Baltic German explorer and geologist (1822–1892)

Nikolai von Glehn

Baltic German landowner (1841–1923)

Eduard Georg von Wahl

Baltic German surgeon (1833-1890)

Karl von Bistram

Russian general of Baltic German origin (1770-1838)

Johann Freitag von Loringhoven

Teutonic knight (1430s-1494)

George Hoyningen-Huene

American photographer (1900–1968)

Alexandra Wolff Stomersee

Baltic German psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and psychologist (1894-1982)

Alexander of Courland

German prince (1658-1686)

Estonian Knighthood

noble corporation in Livonia

Irene von Meyendorff

Baltic German actress (1916–2001)

Adam von Bistram

Baltic German military personnel in Imperial Russian service (1774–1828)

Chilean politician (born 1974)

Heinrich von Behr

German officer (1902-1983)

Gerhard von Tiesenhausen

Baltic German architect (1878-1917)

Kazimierz Plater

Polish chess player (1915–2004)

Christoph Johann von Medem

Baltic German noble (1763-1838)

Andrey Rosenberg

Russian Imperial general of Baltic German origin (1739-1813)

Peter von Bilderling

Russian engineer (1844–1900)

Livonian Knighthood

noble corporation in Livonia

Anna von Kettler

Reinhold von Rosen

French soldier and officer (1605-1667)

Baltic German politician and painter (1884-1967)

Russian military commander (1747-1800)

Amalie Louise of Courland

Axel von Freytagh-Loringhoven

Baltic German judge and politician (1878-1942)

Freytag-Loringhoven

The Freytag von Loringhoven is a German noble family that originated in Westphalia. It was an Uradel family whose name is also spelled as Vrydach, Frydag, Freydag and various other slightly different spellings.

Pontus Brevern de la Gardie

Baltic German statesman (1814–1890)

Russian diplomat (1800-1854)

Gerhard von Maydell

Baltic German explorer (1835-1894)

Alexander von Güldenstubbe

Baltic German military personnel and statesman (1801–1884)

Association of the Four Baltic Noble Corporations

Baltic Germans organization established in 1949