Henry The Lion

Henry The Lion

male, deceased (1195)
Henry the Lion was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which...

Jérôme Bonaparte

male, deceased (1860)
Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia was the youngest brother of Napoleon, who made him king of Westphalia (1807-1813). After 1848, when his ne...
Carl Schmitt

Carl Schmitt

male, deceased (1985)
Carl Schmitt (July 11 1888 - April 7 1985) was a German jurist, political theorist, and professor of law. Schmitt was born the son of a small...
Armin Laschet

Armin Laschet

male
Armin Laschet is a German politician. He studied law at the universities of Bonn and Munich. In Munich he became a member of K.D.St.V. Aenania...
Widukind

Widukind

male, deceased (807)
Widukind or Wittekind was a Saxon leader, duke of Saxony and the chief antagonist of Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars. He was the son of the...
Anne Catherine Emmerich

Anne Catherine Emmerich

female, deceased (1824)
Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich was a Roman Catholic Augustinian nun, stigmatic, mystic, visionary and ecstatic. She was born in Flamschen, a...

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

female, deceased (1848)
"'"' (January 10, 1797 - May 25, 1848) was a 19th century German author, and one of the most important German women poets. She was born at the...
Clemens Brentano

Clemens Brentano

male, deceased (1842)
Clemens Brentano, or Klemens Brentano (September 8, 1778 - July 28, 1842) was a German poet and novelist. He was born at Ehrenbreitstein, near...
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...
Josef Albers

Josef Albers

male, deceased (1976)
Josef Albers was a German artist, mathematician and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the...