Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

male, deceased (1812)
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (February 23, 1744 - September 19, 1812) was the founder of the Rothschild family banking empire that would become one of...
Hans Globke

Hans Globke

male, deceased (1973)
Hans Josef Maria Globke was a jurist and high ranking public servant after World War II in the newly formed Federal Republic of Germany.
Ignatz Bubis

Ignatz Bubis

male, deceased (1999)
Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish leader, was the influential chairman (and later president) of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland (Central Council...
Paul Spiegel

Paul Spiegel

male, deceased (2006)
Paul Spiegel was leader of the Zentralrat der Juden (Central Council of Jews) in Germany and the main spokesman of the German Jews. He was widely...
Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

male, deceased (1856)
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a journalist, an essayist, and one of the most significant German romantic poets. He is remembered chiefly for...

Elazar Rokeach

male, deceased (1238)
Eleazar ben Judah ben Kalonymus of Worms (ca. 1176-1238) was a leading Talmudist and kabbalist, and the last major member of the "Chassidei...
Heinz Galinski

Heinz Galinski

male, deceased (1992)
Heinz Galinski (November 28, 1912 - July 19, 1992) was president of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland also known as Central Council of Jews...
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.
Yair Bacharach

Yair Bacharach

male, deceased (1702)
Rabbi Yair Chayim Bacharach was a German rabbi, initially in Koblenz and remainder of his life in Worms and Metz. His grandmother Chava was a...
Walther Rathenau

Walther Rathenau

male, deceased (1922)
Walther Rathenau was a German industrialist, politician, writer, and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.