Edith Stein

Edith Stein

female, deceased (1942)
Jewish, Carmelite spirituality, Catholic martyr of Modern Times, GermannativeofSilesia, Orthodox Judaism, University of Göttingen…German-language philosopher, Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, German natives of Silesia, from Silesia, university of freiburg
Edith Stein (October 12, 1891 - August 9, 1942) was a philosopher, a Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church, who died at...
Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Klose

male, 31 years old
Euro 2008 German Soccer Team nominee, GermannativeofSilesia, bayern munich, First Bundesliga footballer, Polish-German, FC Homburg player…from Silesia, German natives of Silesia, German national football team, German, silesia
Miroslav Klose is a German footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, as well as the German...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

male, deceased (1945)
GermannativeofSilesia, from Wrocław, writer, World War II, German Lutheran clergy, Protestant martyr of Modern Times…from Silesia, German natives of Silesia, German Resistance, German
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 - April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German Resistance movement...
Fritz Haber

Fritz Haber

male, deceased (1934)
GermannativeofSilesia, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Jewish, explosive, emigrate, Nobel laureate in Chemistry…German natives of Silesia, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg alumni, German, Technical University of Berlin
Fritz Haber (9 December, 1868 - 29 January, 1934) was a German chemist, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his development of...
Max Born

Max Born

male, deceased (1970)
GermannativeofSilesia, Erdős number 3, Lutheran, British, Fellow of the Royal Society, mathematician…German, Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, from Silesia, University of Heidelberg, University of Göttingen
Max Born (December 11, 1882 - January 5, 1970) was a German mathematician and physicist. He won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics
Manfred von Richthofen

Manfred von Richthofen

male, deceased (1918)
The Red Baron, German nobility, German, Aviator killed in shootdown, Luftstreitkräfte personnel, fighter pilot…GermannativeofSilesia, Recipient of the Pour le Mérite, Recipient of the Iron Cross, German military personnel killed in action One, German natives of Silesia
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (May 2, 1892 - April 21, 1918) was a German fighter pilot known as The Red Baron. He was the most...
Herbert Hupka

Herbert Hupka

male, deceased (2006)
Diyatalawa, World War II, revanchist, Bund der Vertriebenen, Ostpolitik, expelled…Expulsion of Germans after World War II, Social Democratic Party of Germany, GermannativeofSilesia, German Christian Democrat politician, silesia
Herbert Hupka (August 15, 1915 - August 24, 2006) was a German journalist and politician (CDU, formerly SPD). Hupka was born in Diyatalawa, Sri...
Kurt Masur

Kurt Masur

male, 82 years old
GermannativeofSilesia, Conductor, National Prize of East Germany, Brieg, Orchestre National de France, Kapellmeister…from Silesia, silesia, German
Kurt Masur (b. July 18, 1927) is a German conductor. He is particularly noted for his interpretation of German Romantic music. In 1982 he received...
Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

male, deceased (1923)
GermannativeofSilesia, General Electric, German-American, inventor, electrical engineer, socialist…National Inventors Hall of Fame, German natives of Silesia
Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865-October 26, 1923) was an American Mathematician and Electrical Engineer. He fostered the development of...
Martin Opitz

Martin Opitz

male, deceased (1639)
Lutheran hymnwriter, university town, Weißenburg, Bunzlau, Bolesławiec, Beuthen…Lower Silesia, University of Heidelberg, GermannativeofSilesia, University of Frankfurt, silesia
Martin Opitz von Boberfeld was a German poet, regarded as the greatest of that nation during his lifetime. Opitz was born in Bunzlau (Bolesławiec) i...