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10,601
George K. Kunowsky
German astronomer
Male
Germany
Judge
1786
1846
10,602
Franz Völker
German opera singer
Male
Germany
Artist
1899
1965
10,603
Frederick Albert Winsor
German inventor, one of the pioneers of gas lighting in the UK and France
Male
Germany
Engineer
1763
1830
10,604
Inge Müller
German poet
Female
Germany
Artist
1925
1966
suicide
10,605
Ferdinand Lindheimer
botanist (1801-1879)
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1801
1879
10,606
Wolfhart Zimmermann
physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1928
2016
10,607
Walter Pagel
pathologist and medical historian
Male
United Kingdom; Germany
Researcher
1898
1983
10,608
Joseph Wilpert
German priest and archaeologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1857
1944
10,609
Carl August Julius Milde
German bryologist and pteridologist (1824-1871)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1824
1871
10,610
Georg Volkens
German botanist (1855-1917)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1855
1917
10,611
Heinrich Rau
German Communist politician (1899–1961)
Male
German Democratic Republic
Politician
1899
1961
natural causes
10,612
Robert Lebeck
German photographer
Male
Germany
Artist
1929
2014
10,613
Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann
German admiral
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1895
1988
10,614
Victor Aronstein
German-Jewish doctor
Male
Germany
Physician
1896
1945
10,615
Meta Seinemeyer
German opera singer
Female
Germany
Artist
1895
1929
natural causes
10,616
Sophie Wörishöffer
German writer
Female
Germany
Artist
1838
1890
10,617
Wang Houjun
Chinese international football player and coach (1943-2012)
Male
People's Republic of China
Athlete
1943
2012
10,618
Werner Abrolat
German actor (1924-1997)
Male
Germany
Artist
1924
1997
10,619
Oswald Kaduk
SS officer
Male
Nazi Germany; West Germany
Military personnel
1906
1997
10,620
Otto von Corvin
German author
Male
Germany
Artist
1812
1886
10,621
Otto von Camphausen
Prussian statesman (1812-1896)
Male
Germany
Politician
1812
1896
10,622
Krystyna Ankwicz
actress (1907-1985)
Female
Poland
Artist
1907
1985
10,623
Jürgen Aschoff
German biologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1913
1998
10,624
Jerzy Marr
actor (1901-1962)
Male
Poland
Artist
1901
1962
10,625
Albert Bielschowsky
German historian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1847
1902
10,626
Karl von Bodelschwingh-Velmede
Prussian politician (1800-1873)
Male
Germany; Prussia
Politician
1800
1873
10,627
Paul Clemens von Baumgarten
German pathologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1848
1928
10,628
Tobias Cohn
Polish physician
Male
Germany; Ottoman Empire
Artist
1652
1729
10,629
Donat Nonnotte
French painter (1708-1785)
Male
France
Artist
1708
1785
10,630
Bernhard Gregory
Baltic German chess player
Male
Germany; Estonia; Russian Empire
Athlete
1879
1939
10,631
Gilles Allou
French portrait painter (1670-1751)
Male
France
Artist
1670
1751
10,632
Karl Arnold
painter, caricaturist and comics maker from Germany (1883-1953)
Male
Germany
Artist
1883
1953
10,633
Șerban Ionescu
Romanian actor (1950-2012)
Male
Romania
Artist
1950
2012
natural causes
10,634
Max Lilienthal
American rabbi
Male
United States of America; Germany
Rabbi
1814
1882
10,635
Johannes Metger
German chess player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1850
1926
10,636
Wilfried Paulsen
German chess player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1828
1901
10,637
Max Bodenheimer
German Zionist and lawyer
Male
Germany
Artist
1865
1940
10,638
Karl Wolfskehl
German writer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1869
1948
10,639
Yosef Porath
German-Israeli chess player
Male
Germany; Israel
Athlete
1909
1996
10,640
Alexander Baerwald
German architect (1877-1930)
Male
Germany
Artist
1877
1930
10,641
Paul Grümmer
German musician
Male
Germany
Artist
1879
1965
10,642
Moritz Lewitt
German chess player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1863
1936
10,643
Alfred Wiener
Founder of the Wiener lIbrary
Male
Germany
Journalist
1885
1964
10,644
Walter Süskind
Dutch rescuer of Jewish children
Male
Germany; Kingdom of the Netherlands
Merchant; resistance fighter
1906
1945
10,645
Eduard Dyckhoff
German chess player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1880
1949
10,646
Gustav Richter
SS officer
Male
Nazi Germany; German Empire; West Germany
Jurist
1912
1997
10,647
Carl Kockelkorn
German chess player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1843
1914
10,648
Ernst Johann Schmitz
German naturalist, ornithologist, entomologist and Roman Catholic priest
Male
Portugal; Germany
Researcher
1845
1922
10,649
Julius Guttmann
German rabbi and theologian
Male
Germany; Israel
Researcher
1880
1950
10,650
Tekla Trapszo
Polish actress
Female
Russian Empire; Second Polish Republic
Artist
1873
1944
10,651
Siegfried Gumbel
German lawyer and politician (1874-1942)
Male
Germany
Politician
1874
1942
capital punishment
10,652
Rudolf Borchardt
German poet
Germany
Artist
1877
1945
10,653
Gerard Hoffnung
German-born British musical humourist
Male
Germany
Artist
1925
1959
natural causes
10,654
Aron Freimann
historian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1871
1948
10,655
Heinrich Wagner
German chess player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1888
1959
10,656
Lazarus Geiger
German Jewish philosopher and philologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1829
1870
10,657
Max Baginski
German-American anarchist
Male
Germany
Philosopher; civil libertarianism
1864
1943
10,658
Israel Bruna
Czech rabbi
Male
Rabbi
1400
1480
10,659
Johann de Kalb
American general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1721
1780
10,660
Johann Siegfried Hufnagel
German entomologist
Male
Germany; Holy Roman Empire
Lepidopterist
1724
1795
10,661
Hermann Hoffmann
German botanist and mycologist (1819-1891)
Male
German Empire; North German Confederation; German Confederation
Researcher
1819
1891
10,662
Lothar Brühne
German composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1900
1958
10,663
Johannes Fallati
German statistician and economist (1809-1855)
Male
Germany
Politician
1809
1855
10,664
Johannes de Cuba
geologist (1430-1503)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1430
1503
10,665
Karl Philipp Conz
German poet and university teacher
Male
Germany
Artist
1762
1827
10,666
Peter Griess
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1829
1888
10,667
Lilly Becher
German writer
Female
German Democratic Republic
Artist
1901
1978
10,668
Reinhold Bernt
German film actor (1902-1981)
Male
Germany
Artist
1902
1981
10,669
Johann Heinrich Callenberg
German theologian
Male
Germany
Artist
1694
1760
10,670
Karl Duncker
German psychologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1903
1940
suicide
10,671
Miles Jackson-Lipkin
Hong Kong judge and criminal
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Judge
1924
2012
10,672
Max Jähns
German writer and military historian
Male
Germany
Artist
1837
1900
10,673
Geng Zhongming
King/Prince of Jingnan
Male
Qing dynasty
Military personnel
1604
1649
suicide
10,674
Hans Edmund Wolters
German ornithologist
Male
Germany
Ornithologist
1915
1991
10,675
Christian Ludwig Landbeck
German ornithologist
Male
Germany; Chile
Ornithologist
1807
1890
10,676
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1884
1945
10,677
Seymour Nebenzal
film producer
Male
United States of America; Germany
Film producer
1899
1961
10,678
John Bowes-Lyon
English cricketer and stock broker (1886-1930)
Male
United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Athlete
1886
1930
natural causes
10,679
Ernst Gutting
Catholic bishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1919
2013
10,680
Gerhard Hetz
swimmer
Male
Germany
Athlete
1942
2012
10,681
Josef Wirmer
German jurist and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime (1901-1944)
Male
Germany
Politician
1901
1944
capital punishment
10,682
Adolf Paul
Swedish writer
Male
Finland; Sweden; Germany
Artist
1863
1943
10,683
Karl Faulmann
German writer
Male
Austria; Germany
Artist
1835
1894
10,684
Anton Schlembach
German bishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1932
2020
10,685
Irene Sänger-Bredt
German mathematician, engineer
Female
Germany
Researcher
1911
1983
10,686
Maximilian Ziegelbauer
Roman Catholic Bishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1923
2016
10,687
Ludolf von Alvensleben
general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1844
1912
10,688
Eva Probst
German actress (1930-2018)
Female
Germany
Artist
1930
2018
10,689
Friedrich von Rabenau
German general
Male
Germany
Researcher
1884
1945
10,690
Eduard Paul Tratz
Austrian zoologist
Male
Austria; Germany
Researcher
1888
1977
10,691
Alexander Behm
German physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1880
1952
10,692
Carl Heinrich Edmund von Berg
German forester
Male
Germany
Researcher
1800
1874
10,693
Robert Teichmüller
German pianist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1863
1939
10,694
Trygve Hirsch
Norwegian barrister and writer
Male
Norway
Businessperson
1912
1992
10,695
Johann Wolf
German naturalist and ornithologist (1765–1824)
Male
Holy Roman Empire; German Confederation
Ornithologist
1765
1824
10,696
Hermann Bauer
German naval Admiral
Male
Germany
Researcher
1875
1958
10,697
Martin Fiebig
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1891
1947
10,698
Kalv Arnesson
Norwegian chieftain
Male
Norway
Explorer
990
1051
10,699
Felix Krueger
German Psychologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1874
1948
10,700
Marianne Cohn
French resisitance fighter
Female
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
Resistance fighter
1922
1944
homicide