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Brothers Grimm
two German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers, folklorists and authors
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
Jürgen Habermas
German sociologist and philosopher (1929–2026)
Otto Hahn
German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)
Ferdinand Braun
German inventor and physicist (1909 Nobel Prize)
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
Adolf Butenandt
German biochemist (1903-1995)
Friedrich Wöhler
German chemist (1800-1882)
Friedrich Paulus
German general (1890–1957)
Gustav Heinemann
German politician, President of Germany 1969–1974 (1899–1976)
Hans Fischer
German chemist (1881–1945)
Karl Ziegler
German chemist (1898–1973)
Wilhelm Grimm
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)
Georg Wittig
German chemist (1979 Nobel Prize)
John Tyndall
Irish physicist (1820–1893)
Friedrich Carl von Savigny
German jurist (1779-1861)
Gottfried Benn
German novelist, poet (1886–1956)
Rudolf Bultmann
German theologian (1884–1976)
Leo Strauss
History of Political Philosophy scholar (1899-1973)
Costas Simitis
Greek jurist, economist, academic and politician (1936–2025)
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
German chemist (1818–1884)
Juris Hartmanis
Latvian computer scientist (1928–2022)
Hans Jonas
German philosopher (1903–1993)
Nicolai Hartmann
German philosopher (1882–1950)
Heinrich Anton de Bary
German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (1831–1888)
Adolf Fick
German-born physician and physiologist (1829-1901)
Friedrich Kohlrausch
German physicist (1840-1910)
Katarina Barley
German politician
Edward Frankland
English chemist (1825–1899)
Hans-Jochen Vogel
German politician (1926-2020)
Björn Höcke
German right-wing extremist politician
Helmut Hasse
German mathematician (1898–1979)
Rudolf Diels
German lawyer and civil servant, first Gestapo chief and protege of Gestapo founder Hermann Göring (1900-1957)
Anastasios Giannoulatos
former Primate of Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, Member of Academy of Athens, President of World Council of Churches, Honorary President of Religions for Peace
Ole Worm
Danish scientist (1588–1654)
Abraham Fraenkel
Israeli mathematician (1891-1965)
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
last Elector of Hesse-Kassel
Werner Jaeger
German-American classical philologist (1888-1961)
Ludwig Mond
British chemist and businessman (1839–1909)
Heidi Reichinnek
German politician
Wolfgang Clement
German politician and Manager (1940–2020)
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus
German zoologist, comparative anatomist and university lecturer (1835-1899)
Astrid Ivask
Latvian poet (1926-2015)
Claude Chevalley
French mathematician (1909-1984)
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German politician
Frederick Guthrie
British physicist
Thomas Schäfer
German politician (1966-2020)
Sevim Dağdelen
Turkish-German statesperson (born 1975)
Johannes Weiss
German theologian (1863-1914)
Eduard Schönfeld
German astronomer (1828-1891)
Georg Leibbrandt
Nazi leader (1899-1982)
Hans Mommsen
German historian (1930–2015)
Richard Altmann
German pathologist (1852-1900)
Heinrich Held
German politician (1868-1938)
Walter Bauer
German theologian (1877-1960)
Carme Junyent
Catalan linguist
Adolf Reichwein
German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the SPD, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (1898-1944)
Otto Dempwolff
German linguist and anthropologist (1871–1938)
Max Volmer
German chemist (1885–1965)
Alexander Crum Brown
Scottish organic chemist (1838–1922)