Category
page 1Writers from Berlin
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
Herta Müller
German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)
Frederick II of Prussia
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)
Nelly Sachs
Jewish German poet and playwright (1891-1970)
Paul Heyse
German writer (1830–1914)
Walter Benjamin
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
Herbert Marcuse
German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)
Georg Simmel
German sociologist, philosopher, and critic (1858–1918)
Erich von Manstein
German field marshal (1887-1973)
Ludwig Tieck
German poet, writer, and critic (1773–1853)
Ludwig Achim von Arnim
German poet and novelist
Walther Rathenau
German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922)
Moritz Schlick
German philosopher (1882-1936)
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
German philosopher (b. 1714)
Alfred von Schlieffen
Prussian Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff (1833-1913)
Eduard von Hartmann
German philosopher (1842–1906)
Ernst Zermelo
German mathematician (1871–1953)
Erich Auerbach
German philologist (1892-1957)
Jenny Erpenbeck
German opera director and writer (born 1967)
Hardy Krüger
German actor (1928–2022)
Karl Gutzkow
German writer (1811-1878)
Eugen Dühring
German antisemitic philosopher and economist (1833-1921)
Anne Wiazemsky
French actress and novelist (1947–2017)
Joachim Fest
German historian (1926–2006)
Franz Oppenheimer
German-Jewish physician, sociologist and political economist (1864-1943)
Christiane F.
German author
Rudolf Arnheim
German psychologist (1904-2007)
Gershom Scholem
German-Israeli philosopher (1897–1982)
Rahel Varnhagen
German writer
Georg Ebers
German egyptologist and novelist (1837–1898)
Sebastian Haffner
German journalist and author (1907–1999)
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
German political scientist (1916–2010)
Eduard Spranger
German psychologist (1882-1963)
Judith Kerr
British writer and illustrator (1923–2019)
Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder
German writer
Julia Franck
German writer
Erik Möller
German freelance journalist, software developer, author and former Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation
C. W. Ceram
German journalist (1915–1972)
Günter Kunert
German writer (1929-2019)
Hans Richter
German artist (1888–1976)
Hedwig Dohm
German feminist, writer, and opinion journalist (1831–1919)
Ulrich Plenzdorf
German author and dramatist (1934–2007)
Christoph Friedrich Nicolai
German writer (1733-1811)
Judith Hermann
German writer
Paul de Lagarde
German polymath, biblical scholar and orientalist (1827-1891)
Christian Berkel
German actor
Erich Neumann
German writer, psychologist and philosopher (1905-1960)
Robert Spaemann
German philosopher (1927–2018)
Bernd Lucke
German economist, professor, author (born 1962)
Albrecht Ritschl
German theologian (1822-1889)
Wladimir Kaminer
German writer
Monika Maron
German writer
Gerhard Rohlfs
German linguist (1892-1986)
Heinrich Gelzer
classical philologist and historian (1847-1906)
Immanuel Bekker
German classical scholar and philologist (1785-1871)
Adam Müller
German publicist, literary critic, political economist, and theorist of the state
Jean Dufresne
German chess player and chess composer (1829–1893)
Elke Erb
German poet and translator (1938–2024)
Leonard Nelson
German mathematician and philosopher (1882-1927)
Albrecht Behmel
German novelist, historian and playwright