Axel Springer
Bild Zeitung news publisher, founder of Axel Springer the largest in Europe, media mogul
1912-1985 (73)
Emil du Bois-Reymond
Physician, physiologist, pioneer in experimental electrophysiology, co-discovery of nerve action potential
1818-1896 (78)
britannica.com
local advertisementsEmil Fischer
Chemist, pioneer of the Fischer esterification, Fischer projection
1852-1919 (67)
nobelprize.org
Ferdinand Springer
Publisher, entrepreneur, co-founder of Springer-Verlag in 1842 with his father Julius Springer
1846-1906 (60)
Frank Land living
Computer programmer, pioneer of information theory, UK professor of Information Systems, Department of IT at the London School of Economics
1928- (97)
archivesit.org.uk
Frederick I of Prussia
1st King of Prussia from 1707-1713, Duke of Prussia, prince of Neuchâtel and the Hohenzollern dynasty, elector of Brandenburg and the Germans, founder of the Prussian Academy of Arts & Sciences
Frederick William IV
King of Prussia from 1840-1861 during the Revolution of 1848
1795-1861 (66)
Friedrich Flick, Jr. living
billionaire heir of Friedrich Flick Industrial Holdings, bought out Otto-Ernst Flick's family trust, sold Daimler-Benz interest for approximately $1 Billion.
1927- (98)
G.W.F. Hegel
Philosopher aka Hagel, GWF Hegel, atheist, nihilist, pioneer in German Prussian idealism and Western philosophy, Hermeticism, revolutionary, inventor of the Hegelian dialect (manufactured crisis), author of Elements of the Philosophy of Right in 1821
1770-1831 (61)
Heinz Berggruen
art dealer, founder of the Berggruen Art Museum
1914-2007 (93)
Magnus Hirschfeld
psychoanalyst, psychologist, sex educator, pervert, pioneer in transexualism, founder of the Insitute for Sexual Science, World League for Sexual Reform (1921), his books were burnt by the brown shirts, gay male, LGBTQ
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi propaganda minister for the German Reich from 1933-1945, psychologist, marketing communications
1897-1945 (48)
Julius Springer
Publisher, entrepreneur, founder of Springer-Verlag in 1842, Springer Science+Business Media, DVV Media Group
1817-1877 (60)
Ludimar Hermann
Speech scientist, physiologist, pioneer in acoustic phonetics and coined the term "word formant", discovery of the Hermann grid illusion in 1870 using an Edison phonograph and while listening to "On Sound" by John Tyndall
1838-1914 (76)
neuroportraits.eu
Markus Wolf
Stasi intelligence officer aka Mischa Wolf, spymaster aka The Man Without a Face, surveillance, Main Directorate for Reconnaissance during the Cold War, East Germany Ministry for State Security
1923-2006 (83)
nytimes.com
Mentona Moser
Social worker, pioneer in social work for Switzerland, writer, author, founding member of the Swiss Communist Party, opened one of the first birth control clinics in Zurich
1874-1971 (97)
Prince Frederick of Prussia
Prince of Prussia, military officer, House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1794-1863 (69)
Prince Heinrich "Henry" of Prussia
Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Prince of Prussia, naval officer of the Imperial Navy, House of Hohenzollern, brother of Wilhelm II
1862-1929 (67)
Vladimir Nabokov
Entomologist, novelist, writer, poet, author, translator
1899-1977 (78)
britannica.com
Walter Rathenau
Industrialist aka Walther Rathenau, chairman at General Electric Company in 1915, board member of GE since 1899, writer, journalist for the Weiner Press, whistleblower, German Democratic liberal politician, writer about the blue bloods of royalty, German foreign minister of the Weimar Republic, known as a secret Kaiser of Germany was assassinated in 1922, whistleblower, conspiracy researcher, wrote about the "Committee of 300"
1867-1922 (55)
biography.yourdictionary.com
Wilhelm the Great (Kaiser Wilhelm II)
King of Prussia aka Kaiser Wilhelm II, House of Hohenzollern, last German emperor from 1888-1918, cousin of George V