- Amedie Mannheim
Amedie Mannheim (1831-1906) was the inventor of the modern slide rule. Around 1850, he introduced a new scale system that used a "runner" to perform calculations. This type of slide rule became known under the name of its inventor: the "Mannheim". - Lucie Mannheim
Lucie Mannhiem was a German singer and actress. Mannheim was born in Berlin where she studied drama and quickly became a popular figure appearing on stage in plays and musicals. Among other roles, she played 'Nora' in Ibsen's "A Doll's House", 'Marie' in Büchner's "Woyzeck", and 'Juliet' in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". She also began a film career in 1923, … - Karl Mannheim
Karl Mannheim (Mannheim Károly the original writting of his name March 27, 1893, Budapest – January 9, 1947, London) was a Jewish Hungarian-born sociologist, influential in the first half of the 20th century and one of the founding fathers of classical sociology. Mannheim rates as a founder of the sociology of knowledge. He studied in Budapest, Berlin—in 1914 he attended lectures by Georg Simmel—, Paris and Heidelberg. - Xavier Naidoo
Xavier Kurt Naidoo (born October 2, 1971 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German singer and songwriter of South African Indian descent, who sings in German and occasionally in English. He is known for his soulful voice and has collaborated with several famous artists such as the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, Deborah Cox and 3-P's Sabrina Setlur, along with the Swiss artist "Stress". His lyrics show his deep Christian beliefs. He sings in a number of styles, including R&B, soul, … - Ernst Zündel
Ernst Christof Friedrich Zündel is a German Holocaust denier and pamphleteer who was jailed several times in Canada for publishing literature which "is likely to incite hatred against an identifiable group" and for being a threat to national security, in the United States for overstaying his visa, and in Germany for charges of "inciting racial hatred." He lived in Canada from 1958 to 2000. - Wallis Bird
Wallis Bird (* 29 January 1982 in Wexford) is an Irish musician. She lives and works in Mannheim, London and Dublin. - Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969, in Mannheim, West Germany) is a former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player from Germany. Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Smith Court's 24. In December 1999, Graf was named the greatest female tennis player of the 20th century by a panel of experts assembled by the Associated Press. - Sepp Herberger
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Bertha Benz (born 3 May 1849 in Pforzheim, Germany, married inventor Karl Benz on 20 July 1872, and died 5 May 1944 in Ladenburg), was the first person to drive an automobile over a long distance. On 5 August 1888 and without her husband's knowledge, she drove her sons, Richard and Eugen, fourteen and fifteen years old, … - Uwe Ochsenknecht
Uwe Adam Ochsenknecht (born January 7 1956 in Mannheim) is a German actor and singer. Films he has starred in include "Schtonk!", "Das Boot" and the TV miniseries "Dune". He is married to Natascha Ochsenknecht and has three children with her. Wilson Gonzales Ochsenknecht and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht and a daughter who is named Cheyenne Savannah Ochsenknecht. His oldest son Rocco Stark is from an earlier girlfriend, lives in Munich, … - Rio Reiser
Rio Reiser, was a German rock musician and singer of the famous rock group Ton Steine Scherben. He was born Ralph Christian Möbius in Berlin and died at the age of 46 in the little German town of Fresenhagen. Rio Reiser was politically active during his whole life. In the early 70ies he participated in the squatter scene, for which he wrote the famous "Rauchhaussong". - Jochen Hecht
Jochen Hecht (b. 21 June, 1977 in Mannheim, Germany) is a forward in the National Hockey League. Along with Marco Sturm, he is one of the few German-born players in the league. In the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, the St. Louis Blues selected him in the second round, 49th overall, from Adler Mannheim of the German elite league. - Carl Stamitz
Karel Stamic (May 7, 1745 - November 9, 1801), who took the German form of his name Karl Philipp Stamitz and is now better known as Carl, was a Bohemian composer, violin, viola and viola d'amore virtuoso. He was the most prominent of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim school. Stamitz was born in Mannheim and was first taught music by Johann Stamitz, his father and founder of the Mannheim school. - Rudolf Scharping
Rudolf Scharping (December 2 1947 in Niederelbert) is a German politician (SPD). Scharping studied politics, sociology and law at the University of Bonn. He joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1966. He was Member of the Rhineland-Palatine Diet from 1975 to 1994. From 21 May 1991 to 15 October 1994 he was prime minister of the state. In 1994 he ran for chancellor against Helmut Kohl (CDU), lost, and became leader of the opposition. - Aloysia Weber
(Maria) Aloysia (Louise Antonia) Weber (born Zell or Mannheim, ca. 1759-1761 - died Salzburg 8 June, 1839) was a German soprano. She is remembered primarily for her association with the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She was one of the four daughters of the musical Weber family, her sisters being the soprano Josepha Weber (who premiered the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute); Constanze Weber, who married Mozart; and Sophie Weber. - Thomas Schaaf
Thomas Schaaf (born April 30, 1961 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German former footballer (defender), now a manager. Schaaf is a one club man: He has been at his current club, Werder Bremen, since July 1, 1972 and was a youth team player until 1978. After turning professional he played a total of 262 Bundesliga games before retiring in 1994. In his time as a Bundesliga player he scored 13 goals and helped the team to the German Bundesliga Championship in 1988 and 1993, … - Max Bruch
Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (January 6, 1838 - October 2, 1920) was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including a violin concerto which is a staple of the violin repertoire. Bruch was born in Cologne, Prussia, where he received his early musical training under the composer and pianist Ferdinand Hiller, to whom Robert Schumann dedicated his piano concerto. Ignaz Moscheles recognized his aptitude. He had a long career as a teacher, … - Robert Kahn
Robert Kahn (b. Mannheim, July 21, 1865; d. Biddenden, Kent, May 29, 1951) was a German composer, pianist, and music teacher. - Hermann Müller
"'"' (May 18, 1876 - March 20, 1931), born in Mannheim, was a German Social Democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister (1919-1920), and twice as Chancellor of Germany (1920, 1928-1930) under the Weimar Republic. In his capacity as Foreign Minister, he was one of the German signatories of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Müller's father was a champagne producer who died in 1892. In 1902 he married Frieda Tockus. They had one daughter, Annemarie, in 1905; however, … - Marion Caspers-Merk
Marion Caspers-Merk (born April 24, 1955 in Mannheim) is a German politician and member of the SPD. She is a member of the Bundestag and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health. - Christian Cannabich
Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich, was a German composer. Born in Mannheim, Cannabich was the son of the flautist and composer Martin Friedrich Cannabich (c. 1700-1773) and was also a pupil of Johann Stamitz (1717-1757). He joined the Mannheim court orchestra when aged only twelve in 1746/1747 as a violinist. In 1750, he went on to Rome to study music under Niccolò Jommelli and remained there until 1753. In 1759 he married Maria Elisabeth de la Motte, … - August von Kotzebue
August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (May 3, 1761 in Weimar - March 23, 1819 in Mannheim) was a German dramatist. One of Kotzebue's books was burned during the Wartburg festival in 1817. August von Kotzebue was murdered in 1819 by Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant member of the "Burschenschaften". The murder of Kotzebue gave Metternich the pretext to issue the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819, which dissolved the "Burschenschaften", … - Reinhard Bütikofer
Reinhard Hans Bütikofer is a German politician for the Alliance 90/The Greens party and one of the two current party leaders, together with Claudia Roth. Bütikofer was born in Mannheim and grew up in Speyer. He studied philosophy, sinology and history in Heidelberg, but did not finish his studies. He was engaged in the student's movement and one of the "K groups", the maoistic "Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland" (KBW). - Ignaz Holzbauer
Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer (born 1711 Vienna, died 1783 in Mannheim, Germany). He was a composer of symphonies, concertos, operas, and chamber music, and a member of the Mannheim school. His aesthetic style is in line with that of the Sturm und Drang "movement" of German art and literature. His operas include "Il figlio delle selve" (premiered Schwetzingen, 1753). Its success led to a job offer from the court at Mannheim, where he stayed for the rest of his life, … - Franz Xaver Richter
František Xaver Richter was a Czech composer, born at Holleschau in Moravia. He was one of the most important of the Mannheim symphonists. He joined the Mannheim Orchestra in 1747. From 1769 till his death he was musical director at the Strasbourg Cathedral. He wrote an oratorio, "La Deposizione della Croce" (1748), 28 masses, numerous motets and psalms, 69 symphonies, and much chamber music. - Christian Mayer
Christian Mayer (August 20, 1719 - April 16, 1783) was an Czech astronomer and teacher. He was born in Mederizenhi, Moravia, later part of Czechoslovakia. He became educated in Greek, Latin, mathematics, philosophy, and theology, although his place of studies is unknown. In his early twenties he decided to become a Jesuit, a path which caused him to leave his home due to the disapproval of his father. He entered the Society of Jesus in Mannheim in 1745. - Giselher Klebe
Giselher Klebe, b. 28. June 1925 in Mannheim, Germany, is a German composer. He composed more than 140 works, among them 14 operas, 7 symphonies, 15 solo concerts, chamber music, piano works, and sacral music. From 1957 to 1990, Klebe taught at the "Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie Detmold" composition and music theory. In 2002, the city of Detmold, where he still lives, made him an honorary citizen. - Franz Danzi
Franz Ignaz Danzi (June 15, 1763 - April 13, 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the noted Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi. Born in Schwetzingen, Franz Danzi worked in Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, where he died. Danzi lived at a significant time in the history of European concert music. His career, spanning the transition from the late Classical to the early Romantic styles, … - Franz Volhard
Franz Volhard was a German internist who was born in Munich. He studied medicine in Bonn, Strasbourg, and Halle. His instructors included Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger (1829-1910), Bernhard Naunyn (1839-1925), Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838-1921), and Joseph von Mering (1849-1908). In 1905 he became head of the medical department at the city hospital in Dortmund, and in 1908 director of the Krankenanstalt in Mannheim. - Karl Ludwig Sand
Karl Ludwig Sand (Wunsiedel, then in Prussia, October 5, 1795 - Mannheim, May 20, 1820) was a German university student and member of a liberal Burschenschaft (student association). He was executed in 1820 for the murder of the conservative dramatist August von Kotzebue the previous year in Mannheim. As a result of his execution, Sand became a martyr in the eyes of many German nationalists seeking the creation of a united German national state. - Albert Bassermann
Albert Bassermann was a stage and screen actor. He was born in Mannheim, Germany. His illustrious career was acknowledged when he received the Iffland-Ring from the respected classics scholar Friedrich Haase. While Bassermann himself attempted to bestow the Iffland-Ring, he outlived each of the three grantees he chose. Not wanting to be mistaken a fourth time, Bassermann deferred making a choice; instead, a group of German actors made the decision. - Constanze Mozart
Constanze Mozart (born Constanze Weber) (5 January 1763; Zell im Wiesental, Germany - 6 March 1842; Salzburg), a first cousin of the composer Carl Maria von Weber, was the wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She came from a family filled with musical talents. All of the Weber girls were gifted in vocal areas. Aloysia Weber especially created many characters in Mozart's operas. Mozart and Constanze Weber met in 1777 in Mannheim. - Alexander Popp
Alexander Popp (born november 4 1976) is a German former professional tennis player Born in Heidelberg, Germany. He currently lives in Mannheim, Germany and turned pro in 1997. He is 200cm tall and has a weight of 187 pounds. His career high ranking is 74 and holds a career high doubles ranking of 266 and has a career win/loss record of 45-65. - Willi Graf
Willi Graf was a member of the White Rose (Weiße Rose) resistance group in Nazi Germany. Willi Graf's family moved to Saarbrücken in 1922, where his father ran a wine wholesaler's. He went to school at the "Ludwigsgymnasium". It was not long before he joined, at the age of eleven, the "Bund Neudeutschland", a Catholic youth movement for young men in schools of higher learning, which was banned after Hitler and the Nazis came to power in 1933. - August Wilhelm Iffland
August Wilhelm Iffland (April 19, 1759-September 22, 1814) was a German actor and dramatic author. His father intended him to be a clergyman, but Iffland preferred the stage, and at eighteen ran away to Gotha in order to prepare himself for a theatrical career. He was fortunate enough to receive instruction from Hans Ekhof, and made such rapid progress that he was able to accept an engagement at the theater in Mannheim in 1779, beginning his rise into prominence. - Karl Mathy
Karl Mathy (March 17, 1807 - February 3, 1868), was a Badenese statesman. He was born at Mannheim. He studied law and politics at Heidelberg, and entered the Baden government department of finance in 1829. His sympathy with the revolutionary ideas of 1830, expressed in his paper the "Zeitgeist", cost him his appointment in 1834, and he made his way to Switzerland, where he contributed to the "Jeune Suisse" directed by Mazzini. - Nicolas de Pigage
Nicolas de Pigage was a French builder. His father was a chiseler. He began in 1743 to study at the École Militaire to change to the Académie Royale d'Architecture after only one year. His taskmaster was Jacques-François Blondel. Elector Carl Theodor ordered him to his court in Mannheim and in 1752 he became the "Oberbaudirector". Under his supervision Schloss Benrath was build in the years 1755 to 1773 in Düsseldorf-Benrath. - Peter Winter
Peter Winter was a German opera composer who followed Mozart and preceded Weber, acting a bridge between the two in the development of German opera. (His name is sometimes given as Peter von Winter.) Winter was born at Mannheim. A child prodigy on the violin, he played in the Mannheim court orchestra. Moving to Munich in 1778, he became director of the court theatre at which point he started to write stage works, at first ballets and melodramas. - Eugen Jochum
Eugen Jochum was an eminent German conductor. Born in Babenhausen, near Augsburg, Germany, Jochum studied the piano and organ in Augsburg and conducting in Munich. His first post was as a rehearsal pianist at Mönchen-Gladbach, and then in Kiel. He made his conducting debut with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in 1926, in a programme which included Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. In the same year he was appointed conductor at Kiel, … - Georg Joseph Vogler
Georg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler, was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist. Vogler was born at Pleichach in Würzburg. His father Jared Vogler, a violin maker, while educating him in the Jesuit college, encouraged his musical talent, which was so marked that at ten years old he could not only play the organ well, but had also acquired a fair command of the violin and some other instruments.
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