Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant

male, deceased (1804)
philosopher, German native of East Prussia, Kantianism, Deontological ethics, classical liberalism, age of enlightenment…German-language philosopher, East Prussia, GermannativesofEastPrussia, German, Philosopher of law
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg in East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He is regarded as one of the most influential t...
Arnold Sommerfeld

Arnold Sommerfeld

male, deceased (1951)
German native of East Prussia, Oersted Medal recipient, physicist, Quantum Theory physicist, theoretical physics, quantum physics…German, GermannativesofEastPrussia
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (December 5, 1868 - April 26, 1951) was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and...
David Hilbert

David Hilbert

male, deceased (1943)
Relativists, craters of the Moon named after them, German native of East Prussia, Functional Analysis, Mathematical analyst, contributor to general relativity…German, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, GermannativesofEastPrussia, axiomatization of geometry, collection of problems
David Hilbert was a German mathematician, recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th...
Johann Gottfried Herder

Johann Gottfried Herder

male, deceased (1803)
enlightenment, Storm and Stress, Weimar Classicism, German native of East Prussia, Literary critic, age of enlightenment…German-language philosopher, GermannativesofEastPrussia, German nobility, German, German-language poet
Johann Gottfried von Herder (August 25, 1744 in Mohrungen, East Prussia - December 18, 1803 in Weimar) was a German philosopher, poet, and literary...
Rainer Barzel

Rainer Barzel

male, deceased (2006)
German native of East Prussia, GermannativesofEastPrussia, motion of no confidence, President of the Bundestag, German, Braunsberg…Minister of Intra-German Relations, East Prussia, Government minister of Germany, German Christian Democrat politician
Rainer Candidus Barzel (June 20 1924 - August 26 2006) was a German politician of the CDU. Born in Braunsberg, East Prussia, he served as Chairman...
Otto Wallach

Otto Wallach

male, deceased (1931)
University of Bonn faculty, German native of East Prussia, Nobel Laureate, German, Chemist, scientist…GermannativesofEastPrussia, university of bonn
Otto Wallach was a Jewish German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1910 for work on alicyclic compounds.
Johann Georg Hamann

Johann Georg Hamann

male, deceased (1788)
Magus im Norden, Königsberg, German native of East Prussia, philosopher, hegel, johann wolfgang von goethe…German, GermannativesofEastPrussia, The Glory of the Lord, Magus of the North
Johann Georg Hamann was an important philosopher of the German (Counter-)Enlightenment and a main proponent of the "Sturm und Drang" movement. He...
Wilhelm Wien

Wilhelm Wien

male, deceased (1928)
physicist, 1864-1928, German native of East Prussia, Mars, electromagnetism, Nobel laureate in Physics…GermannativesofEastPrussia, German
Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (January 13, 1864 - August 30, 1928) was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and...
Otto Braun

Otto Braun

male, deceased (1955)
Field Marshall Hindenburg, Preußenschlag, Reichsrat, communist, National Socialist, nsdap…German native of East Prussia, Social Democratic Party of Germany, East Prussia, GermannativesofEastPrussia, Prime Minister of Prussia
Otto Braun was a German Social Democratic politician who was Prime Minister of Prussia. Originally from Königsberg in East Prussia, Braun became a l...
Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig Hagen

Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig Hagen

male, deceased (1884)
German native of East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German, kaliningrad, hydraulic, physicist…University of Konigsberg, GermannativesofEastPrussia
Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig Hagen was a German physicist and hydraulic engineer. Hagen was born in Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia (today Kaliningrad, R...