Founded 1386 by Rupert I of Wittelsbach, Count Palatinate and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Herbert Baxter Adams |
Historian |
16-Apr-1850 |
30-Jul-1901 |
Coined term political science |
| Felix Adler |
Educator |
13-Aug-1851 |
24-Apr-1933 |
Ethical Culture |
| Louis Agassiz |
Paleontologist |
28-May-1807 |
14-Dec-1873 |
Ichthyologist at Harvard |
| Hannah Arendt |
Philosopher |
14-Oct-1906 |
4-Dec-1975 |
Origins of Totalitarianism |
| Albert C. Barnes |
Curator |
2-Jan-1872 |
24-Jul-1951 |
Barnes Foundation |
| Auguste Beernaert |
Diplomat |
26-Jul-1829 |
6-Oct-1912 |
Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient |
| Daniel Bernoulli |
Mathematician |
8-Feb-1700 |
27-Mar-1782 |
Fluid dynamics |
| Manfred Bischoff |
Business |
22-Apr-1942 |
|
Chairman of EADS |
| Franz Boas |
Anthropologist |
9-Jul-1858 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Father of American Anthropology |
| Max Born |
Physicist |
11-Dec-1882 |
5-Jan-1970 |
Pioneer of quantum mechanics |
| Egon Brecher |
Actor |
16-Feb-1880 |
12-Aug-1946 |
So Dark the Night |
| James Bryce |
Historian |
10-May-1838 |
22-Jan-1922 |
The Holy Roman Empire |
| Walter Christaller |
Scientist |
21-Apr-1893 |
9-Mar-1969 |
Central Place Theory |
| Constantine I |
Royalty |
2-Aug-1868 |
11-Jan-1923 |
King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-22 |
| Wilhelm Cuno |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1876 |
3-Jan-1933 |
German Chancellor 1922-23 |
| Michael DeBakey |
Doctor |
7-Sep-1908 |
11-Jul-2008 |
Father of cardiovascular surgery |
| Wilhelm Dilthey |
Philosopher |
19-Nov-1833 |
1-Oct-1911 |
Methodology of the humanities |
| Jürgen Dormann |
Business |
12-Jan-1940 |
|
Chairman of ABB |
| Johann Eck |
Religion |
13-Nov-1486 |
10-Feb-1543 |
Martin Luther's Catholic opponent |
| Richard T. Ely |
Economist |
13-Apr-1854 |
4-Oct-1943 |
Introduction to Political Economy |
| Ludwig Feuerbach |
Philosopher |
28-Jul-1804 |
13-Sep-1872 |
Das Weses des Christentums |
| James Franck |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1882 |
21-May-1964 |
Franck-Hertz experiment |
| Sebastian Franck |
Religion |
c. 1499 |
c. 1542 |
German freethinker |
| Wilhelm Frick |
Government |
12-Mar-1877 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Authored the Nuremberg Laws |
| Erich Fromm |
Psychologist |
23-Mar-1900 |
18-Mar-1980 |
Psychoanalyst, Humanist |
| J. Willard Gibbs |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1839 |
28-Apr-1903 |
Elementary Principles in Statistical Mathematics |
| Felix Gilbert |
Historian |
21-May-1905 |
14-Feb-1991 |
To the Farewell Address |
| Albert Gobat |
Politician |
21-May-1843 |
16-Mar-1914 |
International Peace Bureau |
| Joseph Goebbels |
Government |
29-Oct-1897 |
1-May-1945 |
Reich Minister of Propaganda |
| Fritz Haber |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1868 |
29-Jan-1934 |
Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare |
| Theodor W. Hänsch |
Physicist |
30-Oct-1941 |
|
Quantum optics |
| Edwin J. Houston |
Inventor |
9-Jul-1847 |
1-Mar-1914 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
| Karl Jaspers |
Philosopher |
23-Feb-1883 |
26-Feb-1969 |
Existential thinker |
| Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1853 |
21-Feb-1926 |
Liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity |
| James E. Keeler |
Astronomer |
10-Sep-1857 |
12-Aug-1900 |
Composition of Saturn's rings |
| Jerome Kern |
Composer |
27-Jan-1885 |
12-Nov-1945 |
Show Boat |
| Wolfgang Ketterle |
Physicist |
21-Oct-1957 |
|
Bose-Einstein condensates |
| Alexandre Kojève |
Philosopher |
28-Apr-1902 |
4-Jun-1968 |
Hegelian philosopher, Europeanist |
| Gustav Krupp |
Business |
7-Aug-1870 |
16-Jan-1950 |
Industrialist, Nazi war criminal |
| Hans Heinrich Lammers |
Government |
27-May-1879 |
4-Jan-1962 |
Chief of the Reich Chancellery |
| Philipp Lenard |
Physicist |
7-Jun-1862 |
20-May-1947 |
Investigations of cathode rays |
| Fritz Lipmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1899 |
24-Jul-1986 |
Carbohydrate oxidation |
| Klaus J. Mangold |
Business |
6-Jun-1943 |
|
Executive Advisor to Diamler Chrysler |
| W. Somerset Maugham |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1874 |
16-Dec-1965 |
Of Human Bondage |
| Michael McMahon |
Politician |
12-Sep-1957 |
|
Congressman from New York, 2009-11 |
| Philipp Melanchthon |
Religion |
15-Feb-1497 |
19-Apr-1560 |
Confession of Augsburg |
| Dmitri Mendeleev |
Chemist |
8-Feb-1834 |
2-Feb-1907 |
Periodic Table of the Elements |
| Otto Meyerhof |
Scientist |
12-Apr-1884 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Glycogen-lactic acid cycle |
| Albert A. Michelson |
Physicist |
19-Dec-1852 |
9-May-1931 |
Measured the speed of light |
| F. W. Murnau |
Film Director |
28-Dec-1888 |
11-Mar-1931 |
Nosferatu, Sunrise |
| Robert E. Park |
Sociologist |
14-Feb-1864 |
7-Feb-1944 |
Race and Culture |
| Talcott Parsons |
Sociologist |
13-Dec-1902 |
8-May-1979 |
The Structure of Social Action |
| Julius Plücker |
Mathematician |
16-Jul-1801 |
22-May-1868 |
Analytical geometry |
| Sir William Ramsay |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1852 |
23-Jul-1916 |
Discovered noble gases |
| José Rizal |
Activist |
19-Jun-1861 |
30-Dec-1896 |
Philippine national hero |
| Matthias Jakob Schleiden |
Botanist |
5-Apr-1804 |
23-Jun-1881 |
Principles of Scientific Botany |
| Thomas D. Schoonover |
Historian |
27-May-1936 |
|
The United States in Central America |
| Hans Spemann |
Scientist |
27-Jun-1869 |
9-Sep-1941 |
Experimental embryology |
| Carl Spitteler |
Poet |
24-Apr-1845 |
29-Dec-1924 |
The Olympic Spring |
| Gianni Vattimo |
Philosopher |
4-Jan-1936 |
|
Postmodern philosopher |
| Gunther von Hagens |
Artist |
10-Jan-1945 |
|
Popularized cadaver art |
| Hermann von Helmholtz |
Physicist |
31-Aug-1821 |
8-Sep-1894 |
Law of Conservation of Energy |
| William Walker |
Military |
8-May-1824 |
12-Sep-1860 |
American "filibuster" |
| Otto Warburg |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1883 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Effect of oxygen on cancer |
| Max Weber |
Sociologist |
21-Apr-1864 |
14-Jun-1920 |
The Protestant Ethic |
| Alfred Wegener |
Scientist |
1-Nov-1880 |
Nov-1930 |
Continental drift |
| Henry Nelson Wieman |
Philosopher |
19-Aug-1884 |
19-Jun-1975 |
The Source of Human Good |
| John Sharp Williams |
Politician |
30-Jul-1854 |
27-Sep-1932 |
US Senator, Representative from Mississippi |
| Friedrich Wöhler |
Chemist |
31-Jul-1800 |
23-Sep-1882 |
Artificial creation of urea |
| Manfred Wörner |
Diplomat |
24-Sep-1934 |
13-Aug-1994 |
NATO Secretary General, 1988-94 |
| Wilhelm Wundt |
Psychologist |
16-Aug-1832 |
31-Aug-1920 |
Father of Experimental Psychology |
