Famous Germans 2
Austrians, Germans, German-Swiss
A Biographical Index
An alphabetical list of significant people, both living and dead, who were born in German-speaking Europe or had Germanic ancestors—handy for biographical projects or general inspiration. For some of them, you can click on the name to learn more.
Also see: Top 100 Germans | Germanic Inventors
A-B-C | D-E-F | G-H-I | J-K-L
M-N-O | P-Q-R | S-Z | Inventors
D-E-F (Part 2)
Adolf (Adi) Dassler (1900-1959)
Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913) German engineer and inventor of the diesel engine
Otto Dix (1891-1969) German expressionist painter and graphic artist
Ruth Dreifuss (1940- ) Swiss political figure, first woman president of Switzerland
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) German artist
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) Swiss writer of crime stories, dramas, and other German literature (Der Besuch der alten Dame)
Rudi Dutschke (1940-1979) Sociologist, former student rebellion leader in the late 1960s (APO and SDS)
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German scientist and theoretician
Elisabeth (1837-1898), better known as Sisi. Austrian royalty
Ludwig Erhard (1897-1977) German economist, first German chancellor after Adenauer, from 1963 to 1966
Erik H. Erikson (Homburger, 1902-1994) German-American psychoanalyst and university professor who coined the term "identity crisis"
Max Ernst (1891-1976) Dadaist/surrealist painter, sculptor, and graphic artist born in Brühl, Germany, now home to a new Max Ernst Museum - Web > Ernst bio (Guggenheim) | Artchive - Max Ernst | Max Ernst paintings (CSU Hayward)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) German physicist who developed an improved mercury-in-glass thermometer and invented the temperature scale that bears his name (and is now used only in the USA!) - Web > Fahrenheit - Wikipedia | D.G. Fahrenheit - BBC
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) German artist
Joseph (Joschka) Fischer (1948- ) German politician, foreign minister under chancellor Gerhard Schröder (1998 to present)
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Austrian inventor of psychoanalysis (with photos)
Friedrich der Große (Frederick the Great, 1712-1786) King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786.
Anton Fugger (1493-1560) Member of an important German banking family
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