- Louis The German
Louis (or Ludwig) the German (also known as Louis II or Louis the Bavarian) (804 - August 28, 876), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, was the King of Bavaria from 817, when his father partitioned the empire, and King of Eastern Francia from the Treaty of Verdun in 843 until his death. His early years were partly spent at the court of his grandfather, … - Patriarch German
His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch German (August 19, 1899 in Jošanička Banja, Kingdom of Serbia - August 27, 1991 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) was the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1958 to 1990. Nicknamed the "red patriarch" by his opponents, he was successful in revitalizing the Serbian Orthodox Church to a certain extent during the Communist period, … - Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel will be on a four-day trip to India her first trip as Chancellor along with a trade delegates. Continue reading German chancellor Angela Merkel four-day… - Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German monk, theologian, and church reformer. Luther's theology challenged the authority of the papacy by emphasizing the Bible as the sole source of religious authority and the church as a priesthood of all believers. According to Luther, salvation was attainable only by faith in Jesus as the messiah, a faith unmediated by the church. These ideas helped to inspire the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization. - Edward German
Sir Edward German (17 February 1862 - 11 November 1936) was an English musician and composer, best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music for the stage and as a successor to Arthur Sullivan in the field of English comic opera. - Mike German
Michael German OBE (born 1945), usually known as "Mike German", is leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, and member of the National Assembly for Wales for the South Wales East Region. In 1996, he was awarded the OBE for his public and political service. - Lindsey German
Lindsey German is a British Trotskyist politician and member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers' Party. Joining the International Socialists in the 1970s German became a full timer for the group by 1977 and has been employed by the organisation continuously since then. She was editor of "Socialist Review" for twenty years until 2004. When George Galloway was expelled by the Labour Party, … - Yael German
Yael German has been the mayor of Herzliya, Israel since 1998. German is the first female mayor in Herzliya and one of the few women who have served as mayors of Israeli cities. German has a bachelor's degree in general history from Tel Aviv University. She is married and has two children, and has been a citizen of Herzliya since 1979. In 1993 she became a member of the municipal council of Herzliya from the Meretz party. In 1998 she was elected to be the mayor of the city, … - Estéban Germán
Estéban Germán is a second baseman and utility player for the Kansas City Royals. Germán previously played for the Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics. As of August 15, 2006 his career numbers are a .299 batting average, with 1 home run and 24 RBI. As a member of the Royals he has really gotten the chance to step up his game and show other teams what he is made of. - William Manley German
William Manley German (May 25 1851 - March 31 1933) was an Ontario barrister and political figure. He represented Welland in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1900 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1891 to 1892, from 1900 to 1917 and from 1921 to 1925 as a Liberal member. He was born in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, the son of George German whose parents were United Empire Loyalists from New York state. - Robert German
Robert German (born Robert John German on June 16, 1978) is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is known for his unique vocal style which has drawn comparisons to such disparate influences as Louis Armstrong, Tori Amos and Tom Waits. - Anna German
Anna German was a popular Polish-Russian singer. - Franklyn Germán
Franklyn Miguel Germán Madé was born January 20, 1980 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic). He is a right-handed relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers franchise. As of the end of the 2006 season, he has a career ERA of 4.60, with 8 wins, 4 losses and 7 saves while appearing in 138 games, all in relief. He is a particularly large man for a pitcher, standing 6 ft 7 in (2.04 m) tall and weighing 260 lb (117 kg), which lends him a degree of batter intimidation, … - Jim German
James German (born November 6, 1917 in Louisville, Kentucky) was an American football quarterback in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Cardinals. He attended Centre College. - Metropolitan German
Saint Gherman (real name: Grigory) (? - November 6, 1568) was an archbishop of Kazan and later Metropolitan of Moscow. Gherman took monastic vows in Volokolamsk Monastery. Here he served under hegumen Guriy (who would become archbishop of Kazan) and was engaged in copying books. Upon organizing his flock in Kazan, St.Guriy called for Gherman and appointed him head of Bogoroditsky Monastery in Sviyazhsk. - Obadiah German
Obadiah German was born in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York on April 22, 1766. He became a lawyer in 1792 and practiced in Norwich, Chenango County, New York. He served in the State Assembly in 1798, 1804-1805, and 1807-1809. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican party and an ally of DeWitt Clinton. - Lester Stanley German
Lester Stanley German (born June 1, 1869, died June 10, 1934), also known as Les German, was a Major League Baseball player in the 1890's. Les German had a remarkable career as a professional shooter for the Parker Gun Co. of Meriden, Connecticut. Prior to his association with Parker, he played major league baseball, pitching for the New York Giants (1893 to 1897) under the legendary John McGraw. With his lifetime pitching record of 34 wins and 64 losses, … - Eugenio German
Eugênio Maciel German was a Brazilian chess master. In 1949, Eugênio German won a match against Jayme Schreibman Moses in Belo Horizonte (+2 –1 =1). In 1949, he tied for 3rd-4th in Rio de Janeiro (17th BRA-ch; Walter Cruz won). In 1950, he tied for 5-6th in Rio de Janeiro (18th BRA-ch; Jose Thiago Mangini won). In 1951, he won in Fortaleza (19th BRA-ch). In 1951/52, he took 4th in San Rafael (Erich Eliskases won). - Peter German
Peter German (born February 2, 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the AFL. He played 185 games with the club, mostly in the midfield. Since retiring he has become a successful coach. His first assignment was with Burnie in 1995 before he moved into the AFL. He was an assistant coach at Hawthorn and West Coast. - Lauren German
Lauren German (born November 29, 1978) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role as the hitchhiker in the 2003 remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", as well as for starring in the 2007 film "Hostel: Part II", in which she plays one of the lead characters. She is also known for her work in "A Walk To Remember", where she plays a popular and jealous ex-girlfriend. Her first acting role was as a "Lovestruck Woman" in "Down To You". - Aleksei German
Aleksei Yuryevich German (in, born on June 201938, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian film director - Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: "Benedictus PP. XVI"; Italian: "Benedetto XVI"), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany, is the 265th and reigning Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, and as such, Sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected on April 19, 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on April 24, 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. - Albert Einstein
This German born physicist is considered one of the world's greatest thinkers in history. Not only did he shape the way people think of time, space, matter, energy, and gravity but he also was a supporter of Zionism and peaceful living. Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm Germany, and spent most of his youth living in Munich, where his family owned a small electric machinery shop. He attended schooling in Munich, which he found unimaginative and dull. - Max Planck
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was a German physicist. He is considered to be the founder of quantum theory, and therefore one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. - Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II born (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as the 264th Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from October 16, 1978, until his death more than 26 years later, making his the second-longest pontificate in modern times after Pius IX's 31-year reign. He is the only Polish pope, and was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Adrian VI in the 1520s. - Jean Paul
Jean Paul (21 March 1763 - 14 November 1825), born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. - Karl Marx
Karl Marx (November 12 1897, Munich - May 8 1985, Stuttgart) was a German composer, conductor, and educator. Karl Marx first studied natural sciences, but, after having met Carl Orff, decided to make music his career, and studied musical composition with Orff, Siegmund von Hausegger, and Anton Beer-Waldbrunn among others. In 1928 he became choir director of the Munich Bach Society, and in 1929 was appointed professor for compositional technique at the Akademie der Tonkunst, … - Karl Heinrich Marx
There are few economists who have become both so reviled, and admired as Marx. Indeed some would even question whether Marx deserves to be called an economist; others would prefer terms like 'bungling and failed revolutionary'. However, there are certainly few economists who read so widely and wrote so much as Marx. Whether you love or loathe Marx, we cannot deny his writings had profound influence on the twentieth century. What Did Marx Believe? - Queen Of Prussia
The Queen of Prussia was the consort of the ruler of the Kingdom of Prussia, from its establishment in 1701 to its abolition in 1918. As all rulers of Prussia had to be male, there was never a Queen regnant of Prussia. Until 1806, the Queen of Prussia was also Electress of Brandenburg; after 1871, she was also German Empress. Until 1772, her title was "Queen in Prussia" (see King in Prussia). - Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum (born June 1, 1973) is an actress, TV presenter, fashion designer, television producer and singer hailing from Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. - Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher (pronounced /:Media:De-Michael-Schumacher.oggsmall>(help•info</small>/, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany) is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. According to the official Formula One website, he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen". He is the first German to win the Formula One World championship and is credited with popularising Formula One in Germany. - Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas" as they were later called). Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner always wrote the scenario and libretto for his works himself. Wagner's compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their contrapuntal texture, rich chromaticism, harmonies and orchestration, … - Michael Ballack
Michael Ballack is a German football player. He is the current captain of the German national team, and plays club football for Chelsea F.C. in the English FA Premier League. - Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. - Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (June 12, 1929 – early March 1945) was a Jewish girl who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Frank and her family moved to Amsterdam in 1933, after the Nazis gained power in Germany, and were trapped by the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. - Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (born 5 January 1956 in Detmold, Germany) has served as the Foreign Minister of Germany since 22 November 2005 in the Grand Coalition of Angela Merkel. In the first half of 2007 he was also President of the European Council. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). - Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher. His writing included critiques of religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy, and science, using a distinctive style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. Nietzsche began his career as a philologist before turning to philosophy. - Henry A. Kissinger
Newly declassified State Department documents obtained by the National Security Archive under the Freedom of Information Act show that in October 1976, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and high ranking U.S. officials gave their full support to the Argentine military junta and urged them to hurry up and finish the "dirty war" before the U.S. Congress cut military aid. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His output of over 600 compositions includes works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of European composers and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire. - Thomas Mann
Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 - August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul use modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, …
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