Category

German philanthropists

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Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, tied by Lewis Hamilton in 2020, and—at the time of his retirement—held the records for most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155), while he maintains the record for most fastest laps (77), among others.

German tennis player

German-American model, television personality and businesswoman

German economist, founder of World Economic Forum

German actor (1893–1943)

German violinist

Karlheinz Böhm

Austrian actor (1928–2014)

Christine of Hesse

Duchess Consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

Marie Elisabeth of Saxony

Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1610-1684)

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis

German noble, socialite

James Mayer de Rothschild

French banker (1792–1868)

Princess Theresa of Bavaria

Bavarian princess, scientist, philanthropist (1850-1925)

Duchess Diane, Duchess of Württemberg

Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

German prince (1862-1885)

German billionaire businessman and philanthropist (born 1944)

Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

Danish-German entrepreneur

Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy

German banker; father of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy

German Jewish publisher (1843-1920)

Gabriele Renate Homey

German philanthropist

Friede Springer

German heiress, business woman, billionaire and politician

Co-founder and first pastor of the Schwarzenau Brethren

Felix M. Warburg

German-American banker and philanthropist (1871–1937)

Jan Philipp Reemtsma

German literary scholar, sociologist and philanthropist (born 1952)

Betty de Rothschild, Baronne James de Rothschild

German Jewish entrepreneur and art collector (1851-1932)

Friedrich von Bodelschwingh

German theologian (1877-1946)

Johannes Gossner

German gallerist and art dealer

Sir Otto John Beit, 1st Baronet

German-British financier, philanthropist and art connoisseur (1865-1930)

Adolph, 10th Prince of Schwarzenberg

Czech noble (1890–1950)

Frank-Jürgen Richter

German businessman (born 1967)

Berthold Leibinger

German businessman (1930-2018)

Adelheid von Rothschild

member of the Rothschild family (1853–1935)

Monika, Princess of Hanover

Elisabeth von Herzogenberg

Gertrud Wilhelmine von Hindenburg

German philanthropist (1860–1921)

Franz Dominic Grassi

German merchant (1801-1880)

German lawyer (1815–1874)

German Jewish art collector (1852-1937)

Carl Hildebrand von Canstein

German theologian, jurist and writer (1667-1719)

Joseph Schülein

German philanthropist (1854-1938)

Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco

German socialite

German-Swiss physician

Christel DeHaan

Johanne Nathusius

German social worker & artist (1828–1885)

Harriet Bruce-Annan

Ghanaian programmer and humanitarian