Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane

male, deceased (1898)
Theodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many to be the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer.
Frederick William III of Prussia

Frederick William III of Prussia

male, deceased (1840)
Frederick William III (August 3 1770 - June 7 1840) was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840.
Martin Chemnitz

Martin Chemnitz

male, deceased (1586)
Martin Chemnitz (November 9 1522 - April 8 1586) was an eminent second-generation Lutheran theologian, reformer, churchman, and confessor. In the...
Birgit Fischer

Birgit Fischer

female
Birgit Fischer (born 25 February 1962 in Brandenburg an der Havel, then East Germany) is a kayaker, who has won 8 gold medals over a record 6...
Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker

male, deceased (1941)
Emanuel Lasker (December 24, 1868 - January 11, 1941) was a German chess World Chess Champion and grandmaster, mathematician, and philosopher born...
Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer

male, deceased (1864)
Giacomo Meyerbeer (September 5, 1791 - May 2, 1864) was a noted German-born opera composer, and the first great exponent of Grand Opera.
Frederick III, German Emperor

Frederick III, German Emperor

male, deceased (1888)
Frederick III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling for 99 days until his death in 1888.
Erich Hoepner

Erich Hoepner

male, deceased (1944)
Erich Hoepner (September 14, 1886 - August 8, 1944) was a German general in World War II. A successful panzer leader, Hoepner was executed after...
Gottfried Benn

Gottfried Benn

male, deceased (1956)
Gottfried Benn (May 2, 1886 - July 7, 1956) was a German essayist, novelist and expressionist poet. A doctor of medicine, he became an early...
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

male, deceased (1852)
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (August 11 1778 - October 15 1852) was a German Prussian gymnastics educator and nationalist. He is commonly known as...