LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.berlin.de/

Population:
3,426,000 (2005)

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
Berliner Morgenpost
Die Welt

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Berlin

ZOO

Zoo	Founded
Berlin Zoological Garden	1844

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin	1946
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra	1923
Berlin Philharmonic	1882

OPERA

Opera	Founded
Komische Oper Berlin	1947
Deutsche Oper Berlin	1911
Berlin State Opera	1742

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
SoundCloud	2007
Ableton	1999

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Adolf von Baeyer	Chemist	31-Oct-1835	20-Aug-1917	Synthesized indigo
Steven C. Beering	Educator	20-Aug-1932		President of Purdue, 1983-2000
Walter Benjamin	Philosopher	15-Jul-1892	26-Sep-1940	The Arcades Project
Eduard Bernstein	Politician	6-Jan-1850	18-Dec-1932	Evolutionary Socialism
Elisabeth Bing	Activist	8-Jul-1914	15-May-2015	Natural childbirth movement
W. Michael Blumenthal	Government	3-Jan-1926		US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79
Curt Bois	Actor	5-Apr-1901	25-Dec-1991	Pickpocket in Casablanca
Rudy Boschwitz	Business	7-Nov-1930		US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91
Horst Buchholz	Actor	4-Dec-1933	3-Mar-2003	The Magnificent Seven
Ernst B. Chain	Scientist	19-Jun-1906	12-Aug-1979	Isolated penicillin
Katharine Cornell	Actor	16-Feb-1898	9-Jun-1974	The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Max Delbrück	Scientist	4-Sep-1906	10-Mar-1981	Molecular structure of viral genes (phages)
Marlene Dietrich	Actor	27-Dec-1901	6-May-1992	The Blue Angel
Karl Doenitz	Military	16-Sep-1891	2-Dec-1980	U-Boat admiral
Klaus Eppler	Attorney	8-May-1930		Retired Partner, Proskauer Rose
Paul Peter Ewald	Physicist	23-Jan-1888	22-Aug-1985	X-Ray crystallographer
Frank Eyck	Historian	13-Jul-1921	28-Dec-2004	Religion and Politics in German History
Hans Eysenck	Psychologist	4-Mar-1916	4-Sep-1997	Intelligence and personality
Thomas L. Farmer	Attorney	26-Jul-1923	5-Feb-2015	Overseas Development Council
Fritz Feld	Actor	15-Oct-1900	18-Nov-1993	Bringing Up Baby
Friedrich Karl Flick	Business	3-Feb-1927	5-Oct-2006	Richest man in Austria
Werner Forssmann	Doctor	29-Aug-1904	2-Jun-1979	Cardiac catheterization
Lukas Foss	Conductor	15-Aug-1922	1-Feb-2009	Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71
Frederick the Great	Royalty	24-Jan-1712	17-Aug-1786	King of Prussia, 1740-86
Frederick William IV	Royalty	15-Oct-1795	2-Jan-1861	King of Prussia, 1840-61
Henry Friedlander	Historian	24-Sep-1930	17-Oct-2012	The Origins of Nazi Genocide
Wilhelm Furtwängler	Conductor	25-Jan-1886	30-Nov-1954	Pre-War German conductor
Peter Gay	Historian	20-Jun-1923	12-May-2015	The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
Götz George	Actor	23-Jul-1938		Schtonk!
Magda Goebbels	Relative	11-Nov-1901	1-May-1945	Wife of Joseph Goebbels
Bill Graham	Business	8-Jan-1931	25-Oct-1991	Rock & roll promoter
J. A. S. Grenville	Historian	11-Jan-1928	7-Mar-2011	Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy
Walter Gropius	Architect	18-May-1883	5-Jul-1969	Founder of the Bauhaus school
George Grosz	Artist	26-Jul-1893	6-Jul-1959	German social caricaturist
Alexander Grothendieck	Mathematician	28-May-1928	13-Nov-2014	Grothendieck topologies
Albert Hague	Composer	13-Oct-1920	12-Nov-2001	Redhead
Veit Harlan	Film Director	22-Sep-1899	13-Apr-1964	Jud Süss
Eduard von Hartmann	Philosopher	23-Feb-1842	5-Jun-1906	Philosophy of the Unconscious
Gordon Hessler	Film Director	12-Dec-1930	19-Jan-2014	The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Karl M. von der Heyden	Business	?		Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 1996-2001
Paul von Heyse	Author	15-Mar-1830	2-Apr-1914	L'Arrabbiata
Peter B. Hirsch	Scientist	16-Jan-1925		Electron microscopy in metallurgy
Alexander von Humboldt	Geographer	14-Sep-1769	6-May-1859	Cosmos
Julia Jentsch	Actor	20-Feb-1978		The Edukators
Gottfried John	Actor	29-Aug-1942		GoldenEye
Nastassja Kinski	Model	24-Jan-1959		Cat People
Fritz Kolbe	Spy	25-Sep-1900	1971	Allied mole in WWII Berlin
Henry Koster	Film Director	1-May-1905	21-Sep-1988	The Bishop's Wife
Nicolette Krebitz	Actor	2-Sep-1971		The Tunnel
Willy Ley	Author	2-Oct-1906	24-May-1969	The Conquest of Space
Arthur O. Lovejoy	Historian	10-Oct-1873	30-Dec-1962	The Great Chain of Being
Ernst Lubitsch	Film Director	28-Jan-1892	30-Nov-1947	To Be or Not To Be
Christa Ludwig	Singer	16-Mar-1928		Operatic mezzo-soprano
Hans Luther	Head of State	10-Mar-1885	11-May-1962	German Chancellor 1925-26
Herbert Marcuse	Philosopher	19-Jul-1898	29-Jul-1979	One-Dimensional Man
Peter Max	Artist	19-Oct-1937		Psychedelic art has featured Statues of Liberty
Audra McDonald	Actor	3-Jul-1970		A Raisin in the Sun
Kurt Mendelssohn	Mathematician	7-Jan-1906	18-Sep-1980	Cryogenics and pyramids
Inge Meysel	Actor	30-May-1910	11-Jul-2004	Popular German TV actress
Stephan Minikes	Attorney	29-Aug-1938	24-Sep-2011	US Ambassador to the OSCE, 2001-05
Dominic Monaghan	Actor	8-Dec-1976		Charlie on Lost
Me'Shell NdegéOcello	Singer	29-Aug-1969		Eclectic R&B singer and bassist
Helmut Newton	Photographer	31-Oct-1920	23-Jan-2004	Celebrity photographer
Mike Nichols	Film Director	6-Nov-1931	19-Nov-2014	Primary Colors
Meret Oppenheim	Artist	6-Oct-1911	15-Nov-1985	Fur-covered teacup
Gerd Oswald	Film Director	9-Jun-1919	22-May-1989	A Kiss Before Dying
Pief Panofsky	Physicist	24-Apr-1919	24-Sep-2007	Stanford Linear Accelerator
Christiane Paul	Actor	8-Mar-1974		In July
Rudolf Peierls	Physicist	5-Jun-1907	19-Sep-1995	Frisch-Peierls Memorandum
John C. Polanyi	Chemist	23-Jan-1929		Infrared chemiluminescence
André Previn	Pianist	6-Apr-1929		Concert pianist and orchestral conductor
Hermann Prey	Singer	11-Jul-1929	22-Jul-1998	Operatic baritone, Figaro
John Price	Diplomat	18-Aug-1933		US Ambassador to Mauritius, 2002-05
Jürgen Prochnow	Actor	10-Jun-1941		Das Boot
Rex Reason	Actor	30-Nov-1928	19-Nov-2015	Adam MacLean on Man Without a Gun
Natacha Régnier	Actor	11-Apr-1972		The Dreamlife of Angels
Andrew Sachs	Actor	7-Apr-1930	23-Nov-2016	Manuel on Fawlty Towers
Nelly Sachs	Poet	10-Dec-1891	12-May-1970	O the Chimneys
Moritz Schlick	Philosopher	14-Apr-1882	22-Jun-1936	Positivist philosopher, Vienna Circle
Alexander von Schlippenbach	Pianist	7-Apr-1938		Improv pianist and bandleader
Karl Schnabel	Pianist	6-Aug-1909	27-Aug-2001	Modern Technique of the Pedal
Gershom Scholem	Historian	5-Dec-1897	21-Feb-1982	Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah
Max Schreck	Actor	6-Sep-1879	20-Feb-1936	Nosferatu
Klaus Schulze	Electronic Musician	4-Aug-1947		Synthesizer pioneer
Peter Sebastian	Diplomat	19-Jun-1926	22-Mar-2011	US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1984-87
Georg Simmel	Sociologist	1-Mar-1858	26-Sep-1918	Philosophy of Money
Elke Sommer	Actor	5-Nov-1940		Deadlier Than the Male
Willi Stoph	Head of State	9-Jul-1914	13-Apr-1999	East German leader, 1973-76
Gustav Stresemann	Head of State	10-May-1878	3-Oct-1929	German Chancellor 1923
Ludwig Tieck	Novelist	31-May-1773	28-Apr-1853	Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen
Walther von Brauchitsch	Military	4-Oct-1881	18-Oct-1948	Nazi general, failed to capture Moscow
Christoph von Dohnányi	Conductor	8-Sep-1929		Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1984-2002
Erich von Manstein	Military	24-Nov-1887	10-Jun-1973	Nazi general
Baldur von Schirach	Government	9-Mar-1907	8-Aug-1974	Hitler-Jugend, Gauleiter of Vienna
Karl-Heinrich von Stuelpnagel	Military	2-Jan-1886	30-Aug-1944	Nazi general, tried to overthrow Hitler
Henry C. Wallich	Economist	10-Jun-1914	16-Sep-1988	Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61
Bruno Walter	Conductor	15-Sep-1876	17-Feb-1962	Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33
Alfred Wegener	Scientist	1-Nov-1880	Nov-1930	Continental drift
Joseph Weizenbaum	Computer Programmer	8-Jan-1923	5-Mar-2008	ELIZA
Kaiser Wilhelm II	Head of State	27-Jan-1859	4-Jun-1941	Last of the German emperors
Adolf Windaus	Chemist	25-Dec-1876	9-Jun-1959	Investigated cholesterol, Vitamin D
Georg Wittig	Chemist	16-Jun-1897	26-Aug-1987	Wittig Reaction
Werner F. Wolfen	Attorney	15-May-1930		Former Partner, Irell & Manella
Dana Wynter	Actor	8-Jun-1931	5-May-2011	Sink the Bismarck!
Konrad Zuse	Engineer	22-Jun-1910	18-Dec-1995	Built first Turing-complete computer

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gerd Albrecht	Conductor	19-Jun-1935	2-Feb-2014	Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, 1998-2007
David Anderson	Diplomat	3-Jan-1937	4-Jul-1997	US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1981-85
Artur Axmann	Government	18-Feb-1913	24-Oct-1996	Hitler Youth leader
Rudolf Bahro	Philosopher	18-Nov-1935	5-Dec-1997	The Alternative in Eastern Europe
Ludwig Beck	Military	29-Jun-1880	20-Jul-1944	Supported failed coup against Hitler
Peter Behrens	Architect	14-Apr-1868	27-Feb-1940	Invented corporate identity
Gottfried Benn	Poet	2-May-1886	7-Jul-1956	Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot
Anita Berber	Actor	10-Jun-1899	10-Nov-1928	Scarlet whore of Berlin
Eduard Bernstein	Politician	6-Jan-1850	18-Dec-1932	Evolutionary Socialism
Boris Blacher	Composer	19-Jan-1903	30-Jan-1975	Die Nachtschwalbe
Michael Bohnen	Singer	2-May-1887	26-Apr-1965	Operatic bass baritone
Curt Bois	Actor	5-Apr-1901	25-Dec-1991	Pickpocket in Casablanca
Franz Bopp	Linguist	14-Sep-1791	23-Oct-1867	Comparative Grammar
Martin Bormann	Government	17-Jun-1900	2-May-1945	Adolf Hitler's adjutant
Horst Buchholz	Actor	4-Dec-1933	3-Mar-2003	The Magnificent Seven
Ferruccio Busoni	Pianist	1-Apr-1866	27-Jul-1924	Fantasia Contrappuntistica
Eric Dolphy	Jazz Musician	20-Jun-1928	29-Jun-1964	Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist
Marion Dönhoff	Journalist	2-Dec-1909	11-Mar-2002	Die Zeit
Friedrich Ebert	Head of State	4-Feb-1871	28-Feb-1925	German Chancellor, 1918-19
Johann Gottlieb Fichte	Philosopher	19-May-1762	27-Jan-1814	Critique of Revelation
Emil Fischer	Chemist	9-Oct-1852	15-Jul-1919	Peptide bond
Theodor Fontane	Author	30-Dec-1819	20-Sep-1898	Before the Storm
Frederick William III	Royalty	3-Aug-1770	7-Jun-1840	King of Prussia, 1797-1840
Roland Freisler	Government	30-Oct-1893	3-Feb-1945	Headed the Reich Ministry of Justice
Klaus Fuchs	Spy	29-Dec-1911	28-Jan-1988	Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR
Mikhail Glinka	Composer	21-May-1804	3-Feb-1857	Ruslan and Lyudmila
Magda Goebbels	Relative	11-Nov-1901	1-May-1945	Wife of Joseph Goebbels
Carl Goerdeler	Politician	31-Jul-1884	2-Feb-1945	Politician, hanged by the Nazis
Eugen Goldstein	Physicist	5-Sep-1850	25-Dec-1930	Cathode rays
George Grosz	Artist	26-Jul-1893	6-Jul-1959	German social caricaturist
Franz Guertner	Government	26-Aug-1881	29-Jan-1941	Reich Minister of Justice
Hugo Haase	Politician	29-Sep-1863	7-Nov-1919	German parliamentarian, Marxist, pacifist
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel	Philosopher	27-Aug-1770	14-Nov-1831	Phenomenology of Spirit
Gustav Hertz	Physicist	22-Jul-1887	30-Oct-1975	Franck-Hertz experiment
Georg Heym	Poet	30-Oct-1887	16-Jan-1912	Der ewige Tag
E. T. A. Hoffmann	Author	24-Jan-1776	25-Jun-1822	Das Fräulein van Scuderi
August Wilhelm von Hofmann	Chemist	8-Apr-1818	2-May-1892	Organic chemist, researched aniline
Friedrich von Holstein	Politician	24-Apr-1837	8-May-1909	Ran the German foreign office
Alexander von Humboldt	Geographer	14-Sep-1769	6-May-1859	Cosmos
Daniel Ernst Jablonski	Religion	20-Nov-1660	25-May-1741	Worked to unite protestantism
Karl Gustav Jacobi	Mathematician	10-Dec-1804	18-Feb-1851	Investigated elliptical functions
Joseph Joachim	Violinist	28-Jun-1831	15-Aug-1907	Virtuoso violinist, Joachim Quartet
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff	Physicist	12-Mar-1824	17-Oct-1887	Theory of spectrum analysis
Martin Heinrich Klaproth	Chemist	1-Dec-1743	1-Jan-1817	Discovered uranium, zirconium, titanium
Hildegard Knef	Actor	28-Dec-1925	1-Feb-2002	The Murderers Are Among Us
Johann Heinrich Lambert	Mathematician	26-Aug-1728	25-Sep-1777	Pyrometrie
Melvin J. Lasky	Journalist	15-Jan-1920	19-May-2004	Editor of journal Encounter
Max von Laue	Physicist	9-Oct-1879	23-Apr-1960	X-ray crystallography
Lilli Lehmann	Singer	24-Nov-1848	17-May-1929	Operatic, Wagnerian soprano
Richard Lepsius	Historian	23-Dec-1810	10-Jul-1884	German Egyptologist
Karl Lohmann	Chemist	10-Apr-1898	22-Apr-1978	Discovered ATP
Rosa Luxemburg	Activist	5-Mar-1871	15-Jan-1919	Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany
Anthony Mann	Film Director	30-Jun-1906	29-Apr-1967	El Cid
Moses Mendelssohn	Philosopher	26-Sep-1729	4-Jan-1786	Brilliant German-Jewish philosopher
Yehudi Menuhin	Violinist	22-Apr-1916	12-Mar-1999	Child prodigy violinist, conductor
Brigitte Mira	Actor	20-Apr-1910	8-Mar-2005	Fassbinder actress
Karl Philipp Moritz	Novelist	15-Sep-1757	26-Jul-1793	Anton Reiser
Hermann Mueller	Head of State	18-May-1876	20-Mar-1931	German Chancellor 1920, 1928-30
Friedrich Olbricht	Military	4-Oct-1888	20-Jul-1944	German general, failed coup plotter
Wilhelm Pieck	Head of State	3-Jan-1876	7-Sep-1960	President of East Germany, 1949-60
Johann Christian Poggendorff	Physicist	29-Dec-1796	24-Jan-1877	Annalen der Physik und Chemie
Johannes Popitz	Government	2-Dec-1884	2-Feb-1945	Prussian finance minister 1933-44
Samuel von Pufendorf	Legal Scholar	8-Jan-1632	13-Oct-1694	De iure natura et gentium
Leopold von Ranke	Historian	12-Dec-1795	23-May-1886	Prominent 19th century German historian
Johannes Rau	Head of State	16-Jan-1931	27-Jan-2006	President of Germany, 1999-2004
Franz Reuleaux	Mathematician	30-Sep-1829	20-Aug-1905	Father of modern kinematics
Ernst Ruska	Physicist	25-Dec-1906	27-May-1988	Inventor of the electron microscope
Giuseppe Sarti	Composer	28-Dec-1729	28-Jul-1802	I Due Litiganti
Friedrich Schleiermacher	Philosopher	21-Nov-1768	12-Feb-1834	A founder of Protestant theology
Werner von Siemens	Business	13-Dec-1816	6-Dec-1892	Founder of Siemens AG
Giuseppe Sinopoli	Conductor	2-Nov-1946	20-Apr-2001	Principal Conductor, Philharmonia, 1984-94
Max Stirner	Philosopher	25-Oct-1806	26-Jun-1856	Existential German nihilo-anarchist
Willi Stoph	Head of State	9-Jul-1914	13-Apr-1999	East German leader, 1973-76
Gustav Stresemann	Head of State	10-May-1878	3-Oct-1929	German Chancellor 1923
Peter Struck	Government	24-Jan-1943	19-Dec-2012	German Defense Minister, 2002-05
Bayard Taylor	Author	11-Jan-1825	19-Dec-1878	Europe seen with Knapsack
Ludwig Tieck	Novelist	31-May-1773	28-Apr-1853	Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen
Walter Ulbricht	Head of State	30-Jun-1893	1-Aug-1973	East German leader, 1960-73
Rudolf Virchow	Doctor	13-Oct-1821	5-Sep-1902	Pathology and progressive politics
Helmuth von Moltke	Military	26-Oct-1800	24-Apr-1891	German military strategist
Carl von Ossietzky	Activist	3-Oct-1889	4-May-1938	German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient
Claus von Stauffenberg	Military	15-Nov-1907	20-Jul-1944	Tried to kill Hitler in 1944
Erwin von Witzleben	Military	4-Dec-1881	8-Aug-1944	German general, tried to overthrow Hitler
August von Wassermann	Biologist	21-Feb-1866	16-Mar-1925	Syphilis test
Helene Weigel	Actor	12-May-1900	6-May-1971	The Berliner Ensemble
Richard von Weizsäcker	Head of State	15-Apr-1920	31-Jan-2015	President of Germany, 1984-94
Horst Wessel	Activist	9-Oct-1907	23-Feb-1930	Nazi martyr
Christa Wolf	Novelist	18-Mar-1929	1-Dec-2011	Divided Heaven
Arthur Zimmermann	Government	5-Oct-1864	6-Jun-1940	Zimmerman Telegram

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