Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann von Helmholtz

male, deceased (1894)
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 - September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist. In the words of the 1911... More
Philipp Lenard

Philipp Lenard

male, deceased (1947)
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lénárd was a Hungarian-German physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905 for his research on ca... More
Reinhard Selten

Reinhard Selten

male, 78 years old
Reinhard Selten is a German economist. Selten was born in Breslau (Wrocław) in Lower Silesia, now in Poland. For his work in game theory, Selten w... More
Karl Barth

Karl Barth

male, deceased (1968)
Karl Barth (May 10, 1886 - December 10, 1968) (pronounced "Bart") a Swiss Reformed theologian, was one of the most influential Christian thinkers... More
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

male, deceased (1894)
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (February 22, 1857 - January 1, 1894) was the German physicist and mechanician for whom the hertz, an SI unit, is named. In... More
Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

male, 81 years old
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: "Benedictus PP. XVI"; Italian: "Benedetto XVI"), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria,... More
Joseph Schumpeter

Joseph Schumpeter

male, deceased (1950) (Austria)
Joseph Alois Schumpeter (February 8, 1883 - January 8, 1950) was an economist from Austria and an influential political scientist.
Ernst Moritz Arndt

Ernst Moritz Arndt

male, deceased (1860)
Ernst Moritz Arndt (December 26, 1769 - January 29, 1860), was a German patriotic author and poet. Early in his life, he fought for the abolition... More
Wolfgang Paul

Wolfgang Paul

male, deceased (1993)
Wolfgang Paul (August 10, 1913 - December 7, 1993) was a German physicist, who co-developed the ion trap. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in... More
Friedrich Hirzebruch

Friedrich Hirzebruch

male, 81 years old
Friedrich E.P. Hirzebruch is a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading... More