- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"'"',, (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German polymath. Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, Humanism, science, and painting. His most enduring work, the two-part dramatic poem "Faust", is considered one of the peaks of world literature. Goethe's other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the bildungsroman "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship", … - Holger Börner
Holger Börner was a German politician of the SPD. He was Minister-President of Hesse from 1976 until 1987. As such he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1986/87, but only served until the Landtag elections of 24 April 1987 Afterwards (until 2003) he was chairman of the ":de:Friedrich Ebert Stiftung", the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, also known as (FES). - Hans-Georg Gadamer
Hans-Georg Gadamer (February 11, 1900 - March 13, 2002) was a German philosopher best known for his 1960 magnum opus, "Truth and Method" ("Wahrheit und Methode"). - Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 - 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor. - Klaus Fuchs
Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (December 29, 1911 - January 28, 1988) was a German-born theoretical physicist and atomic spy who was convicted of surreptitiously supplying information on the British and American atomic bomb research to the USSR during, and shortly after, World War II. Fuchs was an extremely competent scientist, … - Ludwig Beck
Ludwig August Theodor Beck (June 29, 1880 - July 21, 1944) was a German general and the Chief of the General Staff of the Oberkommando des Heeres during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany before World War II. Born in Biebrich in Hessen-Nassau, he was educated in the conservative Prussian military tradition. After serving on the Western Front in World War I, he was eventually promoted to the General Staff in 1933. - Hans Hotter
Hans Hotter was a German operatic bass-baritone, admired internationally after World War II for the power, beauty and intelligence of his singing, especially in Wagner's masterpieces. Born in Offenbach am Main, Hotter studied with Matthäus Roemer in Munich. He worked as an organist and choirmaster before making his operatic debut in Troppau in 1930. He performed in Germany and Austria under the Nazi regime, … - Alfred Druschel
Oberst Alfred Druschel (born 4 February, 1917 in Bindsachsen, Büdingen, Hesse; Killed in action on 1 October, 1945 near Aachen in Unternehmen Bodenplatte) was a German Luftwaffe combat pilot and Flying ace during World War II. He was the first combat pilot to be honored with the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Alfred Druschel was officially credited with seven aerial victories claimed in over 800 comabt missions, … - Hans Memling
Hans Memling (Memlinc) (c. 1430 - 11 August, 1494) was an Early Netherlandish painter, born in Germany, who was the last major fifteenth century artist in the Netherlands, the successor to Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, whose tradition he continued with little innovation. - Ray Bumatai
Ray Bumatai, byname of Raimund Bumatai (December 20, 1952 - October 6, 2005) was an American musician, singer, recording artist, and actor who worked in comedy and live entertainment in Waikiki and in live-action production and animation in Hollywood. Bumatai was born in in Offenbach am Main, Germany, the older brother of stand-up comedian Andy Bumatai. He had been active in motion pictures and television since the late 1980s. - John O. Meusebach
John O. Meusebach, born Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach, was at first a Prussian bureaucrat, later an American farmer, politician, and member of the Texas Senate. He was born in Dillenburg, Duchy of Nassau, one of four children of Baron Carl Hartwig Gregor von Meusebach, a judge solicitor, and Ernestine von Meusebach née von Witzleben. Upon arriving in Texas, he dropped his noble title and became simply John O. Meusebach. - Rudi Völler
Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team. He won the FIFA World Cup in 1990 as a player and coached the national team to second place at the 2002 World Cup. He was born in Hanau, Hesse. - Heinrich von Gagern
Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von Gagern statesman who argued for the unification of Germany. The third son of Hans Christoph Ernst, Baron von Gagern,a liberal statesman from Hesse, was born at Bayreuth, educated at the military academy at Münich, and, as an officer in the service of the duke of Nassau, fought at Waterloo. Leaving the service after the war, he studied jurisprudence at Heidelberg, Göttingen and Jena where he became member of the Urburschenschaft, … - Wolfgang Grams
Wolfgang Grams (March 6, 1953 - June 27, 1993) was a member of the German leftwing terrorist group Red Army Faction. He died during a botched police attempt to arrest him. According to the official version, Grams committed suicide.The ensuing uncertainty whether he had been executed by a policeman caused a scandal in Germany that resulted in the resignation of the German Interior Minister Rudolf Seiters and the sacking of the Chief Federal Prosecutor Alexander von Stahl. - Johann Philipp von Schönborn
Johann Philipp von Schönborn was the Archbishop of Mainz from 1647 until 1673, the Bishop of Würzburg from 1642 until 1673, and the Bishop of Worms from 1663 until 1673. His contemporaries gave him the honourable titles of "The Wise", "The German Solomon", and "The Cato of Germany". - Hermann Levi
Hermann Levi was a German orchestral conductor. Born in Gießen, he was the son of a Jewish rabbi. He was educated at Gießen and Mannheim, and came to Vincenz Lachner's notice. From 1855 to 1858 Levi studied at the Leipzig conservatorium, and after a series of travels which took him to Paris, he obtained his first post as music director at Saarbrücken, which post he exchanged for that at Mannheim in 1861. - Georg Ludwig Hartig
Georg Ludwig Hartig (September 2, 1764 - February 2, 1837), German agriculturist and writer on forestry, was born at Gladenbach, near Marburg. - Friedrich Adolf Riedesel
Friedrich Adolf Riedesel, Freiherr zu Eisenbach was the commander of a regiment of soldiers from the Duchy of Brunswick (Braunschweig) among the German units hired by the British during the American Revolution. They were known generically as "Hessians", though Riedesel's soldiers are more accurately referred to as Brunswickers. Beginning with memoirs published by one of his sons-in-law, the General came to be referred to as "von Riedesel" in American historical writing, … - Heinrich von Brentano
Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo (June 6, 1904 - November 14 1964) was a German conservative politician (CDU) and lawyer. Brentano was born in in Offenbach, Hesse. He was one of the founders of the CDU in Hesse and was a member of the German parliament from 1949. Between 1955 and 1961 he was Foreign Minister of Germany. He was an important figure in the foundation of the European Economic Community (EEC). - Georg Büchner
Karl Georg Büchner ; "Lenz" is a novella based on the life of the Sturm und Drang poet Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. In 1836 his second play, "Leonce and Lena" portrayed the nobility. His unfinished and most famous play, "Woyzeck", was the first literary work in German whose main characters were members of the working class. Published posthumously, it became the basis for Alban Berg's opera "Wozzeck" which premiered in 1925. - Rolf Hochhuth
Rolf Hochhuth (born April 1, 1931 in Eschwege) is a German author and playwright. Hochhuth is best known for his 1963 drama "Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel" ("The Deputy, a Christian Tragedy"), a controversial theater work because of its criticism of Pope Pius XII's role in World War II. It is acknowledged as a work of considerable literary merit by some, while publisher Ed Keating and journalist Warren Hinckle, … - Wilhelm Stuckart
Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart (November 16, 1902 - November 15, 1953) was a Nazi Party lawyer and official, and a state secretary in the German Interior Ministry. Stuckart was born in Wiesbaden. He joined the Nazi Party in 1922. He was heavily involved in the early Nazi approach towards Jews, co-writing the anti-Jewish "Nuremberg Laws" imposed by the Nazi-controlled Reichstag in 1935. Stuckart later represented Wilhelm Frick, the Interior Minister, … - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (August 8 1881 - c. November 13 1954) was a leading German field marshal during World War II. Born in Braunfels an der Lahn into an aristocratic family, von Kleist was educated in a German military school and served as a lieutenant of hussars and a regimental commander in World War I. After the war he served as a commander of a cavalry division from 1932 to 1935. With Admiral Wilhelm Franz Canaris the head of Abwehr, Military Intelligence, … - Wolfgang Mommsen
Wolfgang Justin Mommsen (November 5, 1930-August 11, 2004) was a left-wing German historian and the twin brother of Hans Mommsen. - Christian Daniel Rauch
Christian Daniel Rauch (January 2 1777 - December 3 1857) was a German sculptor. Rauch was born at Arolsen in the Principality of Waldeck. His parents were poor and unable to place him under efficient masters. His first instructor taught him little else than the art of sculpting gravestones, and Professor Ruhl of Kassel could not give him much more. - Stefan George
Stefan Anton George (July 12, 1868 - December 4, 1933) was a German poet, editor and translator. - Shannon Spruill
Shannon Claire Spruill (born July 17, 1975) is an American professional wrestler and valet. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling between 1999 and 2001 under the ring name Daffney. - Hans Mommsen
Hans Mommsen (born November 5, 1930) is a left-wing German historian and twin brother of Wolfgang Mommsen. - Dieter Rams
Dieter Rams (born May 20 1932 in Wiesbaden) is a German industrial designer closely associated with the consumer products company Braun. Rams was a key figure in the German Functionalist design renaissance of the late 1950s and 1960s. Eventually becoming head of Braun's design staff, Rams' influence in the advent of clean and simple Rationalist design was soon evidenced in many products. Rams once explained his design approach in the phrase "Weniger, … - Christian Dell
Christian Dell was a German silversmith. Dell was born in Offenbach am Main in Hesse. From 1907-11 he completed the silver forging studies at the academy. In 1912-13 he studied at the Saxon college of arts and crafts in Weimar. From 1922-25 he worked as a foreman of the metal workshop at the Bauhaus in Weimar. In 1926 he changed to the Frankfurt art school (Städelschule). The Nazi Party did not allow him to stay there in 1933, … - Birgit Hogefeld
Birgit Hogefeld (born 1956) was a member of the West German terrorist group the Baader-Meinhof Gang also known as the Red Army Faction (RAF). Born in Wiesbaden, Hogefeld joined the RAF in the eighties (around 1984) long after its founding members Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Ulrike Meinhof were dead. She became the girlfriend of fellow terrorist Wolfgang Grams and moved in with him. - Johann Heinrich Alsted
Johann Heinrich Alsted (March 1588 - November 9, 1638) was a German Protestant divine. He was some time professor of philosophy and theology at Herborn, in Nassau, and afterwards at Weissenburg (present Alba Iulia) in Transylvania, where he remained till his death in 1638. He was a prolific writer, and his "Encyclopaedia" (1630), the most considerable of the earlier works of that class, was long held in high estimation. - Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse
Otto I of Hesse (c. 1272, Marburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia-17 January, 1328), Landgrave of Hesse. He was a son of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse and his first wife Adelheid of Brunswick-Lunenburg. - Prince Philipp Of Hesse-Kassel
Prince and Landgrave Philipp of Hesse (6 November 1896-25 October 1980) was Head of the Electoral House of Hesse from 1940 to 1980. From 1933 to 1944 he served as Nazi Governor of Hesse-Nassau. - Justus Menius
Justus Menius (13 December 1499 - 11 August 1558) was a German Lutheran theologian, whose name is Latinized from "Jost" or "Just" (i.e. "Jodocus") "Menig". - Wolfgang Rübsam
Wolfgang Friedrich Rübsam is a German-American organist, pianist and pedagogue. - Erwin Piscator
Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator was a German theatrical director and producer who, with Bertolt Brecht, was the foremost exponent of epic theater, a genre that emphasizes the sociopolitical context rather than the emotional content or aesthetics of the play. - Wilhelm Herz
Wilhelm Herz was a motorbike racer and world-record holder. He was born in Lampertheim, Germany and started his career in 1932 with DKW and went over to NSU in 1939. He ran races on national and international courses like the Berlin AVUS, Grenzlandring, Helsinki, Hockenheimring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Isle of Man, Monza, Nürburgring, Schleizer Dreieck, Schottenring and Solitude. - Theodor Morell
Theodor (Theo) Gilbert Morell (July 22 1886 - May 26 1948) was German dictator Adolf Hitler's personal physician. Morell was well-known in Germany for his unconventional, holistic and alternative treatments. Although Morell had medical training and was licensed as a general practitioner in Germany long before he met Hitler, following World War II there were investigations into his practice along with interrogation by the Allies and he came to be widely regarded as a quack. - Gertrud Elisabeth Mara
Gertrud Elisabeth Mara [née Schmeling] (23 February 1749 - 20 January 1833 Reval) was a German singer born in Kassel, the daughter of a poor musician named Schmeling. From him she learnt to play the violin, and while still a child her playing at the fair at Frankfurt was so remarkable that money was collected to provide for her. She was helped by influential friends, and studied under Johann Adam Hiller in Leipzig for five years, alongside Corona Schröter, …
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