Alfred Eisenstaedt

Alfred Eisenstaedt

male, deceased (1995)
GermannativeofWestPrussia, German American, German Military, World War I, German-American, rangefinder camera…naturalized citizen of the United States, United States National Medal of Arts recipient, West Prussia, University of Michigan, master of the candid photograph
Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6 1898 - August 24 1995) was a German American photographer and photojournalist. He is renowned for his candid...
Heinz Guderian

Heinz Guderian

male, deceased (1954)
Achtung— Panzer!, GermannativeofWestPrussia, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, German Army, Military writer, Nazi Germany…Recipient of the Iron Cross, German
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was a military theorist and innovative General of the German Army during the Second World War. Germany's panzer forces were...
Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

male, deceased (1991)
actor, German, GermannativeofWestPrussia, from Pomerania, Polish-German, Polish-German actor…German B-movie actor, Aguirre The Wrath of God
Klaus Kinski (October 18, 1926 - November 23, 1991) was a German actor, famous for his ability to project on-screen intensity, and for his...
Max Stirner

Max Stirner

male, deceased (1856)
German philosopher, GermannativeofWestPrussia, anarchist, individualist anarchism, The Ego and Its Own, 19th Century German philosopher…German-language philosopher, German
Johann Kaspar Schmidt, better known as Max Stirner (the "nom de plume" he adopted from a schoolyard nickname he had acquired as a child because of...
Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer

male, deceased (1860)
German, philosopher, compassion, pessimism, will, The World as Will and Representation…19th Century German philosopher, aesthetics of music, German philosopher, GermannativeofWestPrussia, Humboldt University of Berlin faculty
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He is most famous for his work "The World as Will and Representation".
Georg Forster

Georg Forster

male, deceased (1794)
Scottish-German, GermannativeofWestPrussia, kassel, Mycologist, German, revolutionary…age of enlightenment, University of Mainz, Academy of Vilna, Fellow of the Royal Society
Johann Georg Adam Forster (November 27 1754 – January 10 1794) was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and re...
Heinz Galinski

Heinz Galinski

male, deceased (1992)
GermannativeofWestPrussia, congregation, auschwitz, concentration camp, Nazi concentration camp survivor, Jewish person…Jewish German history, West Prussia
Heinz Galinski (November 28, 1912 - July 19, 1992) was president of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland also known as Central Council of Jews...
Kurt Schumacher

Kurt Schumacher

male, deceased (1952)
GermannativeofWestPrussia, anti-communist, politician, Social Democratic Party of Germany, German
Dr. Kurt Schumacher (13 October 1895 - 20 August 1952), was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1945 to 1952.
Walther Nernst

Walther Nernst

male, deceased (1941)
Polish-German, GermannativeofWestPrussia, chemical affinity, third law of thermodynamics, physical chemistry, Photochemistry…German
Walther Hermann Nernst (June 25, 1864 - November 18, 1941) was a German chemist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical...
Johann Reinhold Forster

Johann Reinhold Forster

male, deceased (1798)
GermannativeofWestPrussia, ornithology, German, Entomologist, Scottish, Naturalist…Fellow of the Royal Society
Johann Reinhold Forster (October 22, 1729 - December 9, 1798) was a German naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the...