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Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art The Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (german: Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst, links=no) was first established on 28 November 1853 by King Maximilian II von Bayern. It is awarded to acknowledge and reward exc ...
, awarded to acknowledge and reward excellent and outstanding achievements in the fields of science and art. It is based in Bavaria, Germany.


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1853–1932

* 1853U. a. nach Hans Körner: ''Justinus Kerner und der bayerische Maximilians-Orden für Wissenschaft und Kunst (1853/54).'' In: ''Jahrbuch für schwäbisch-fränkische Geschichte.'' Band 31. Historischer Verein Heilbronn, Heilbronn 1986, S. 199–204 ** Science:
Andreas von Baumgartner Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...
(† 1865),
August Boeckh August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...
(† 1867),
Johann Caspar Bluntschli Johann Caspar (also Kaspar) Bluntschli (7 March 1808 – 21 October 1881) was a Swiss jurist and politician. Together with fellow liberals Francis Lieber and Édouard René de Laboulaye, he developed one of the first codes of international law a ...
(† 1881), Joseph Andreas Buchner († 1854),
Friedrich Creuzer Georg Friedrich Creuzer (; 10 March 1771 – 6 February 1858) was a German philologist and archaeologist. Life He was born at Marburg, the son of a bookbinder. After studying at Marburg and at the University of Jena, he went to Leipzig as a ...
(† 1858), Ignaz von Döllinger († 1890), Wilhelm von Dönniges († 1872), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg († 1876), Carl Friedrich Eichhorn († 1854), Johann Franz Encke († 1865), Johann Nepomuk Fuchs († 1856),
Carl Friedrich Gauß Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (; german: Gauß ; la, Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 177723 February 1855) was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields in mathematics and science. Sometimes refer ...
(† 1855),
Jacob Grimm Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law of linguistics, the co-author of th ...
(† 1863), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall († 1856),
Friedrich von Hermann Friedrich Benedikt Wilhelm von Hermann (5 December 1795 – 23 November 1868) was a German economist and statistician. Biography Friedrich von Hermann was born on 5 December 1795, at Dinkelsbühl in Bavaria. After finishing his primary education ...
(† 1868), Carl Friedrich Hermann († 1855), Alexander von Humboldt († 1859),
Justus von Liebig Justus Freiherr von Liebig (12 May 1803 – 20 April 1873) was a German scientist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and is considered one of the principal founders of organic chemistry. As a professor at t ...
(† 1873), Carl von Martius († 1868),
Hugo von Mohl Hugo von Mohl FFRS HFRSE (8 April 1805 – 1 April 1872) was a German botanist from Stuttgart. He was the first person to use the word "protoplasm". Life He was a son of the Württemberg statesman Benjamin Ferdinand von Mohl (1766–1845), ...
(† 1872), Johannes Müller († 1858),
Georg Simon Ohm Georg Simon Ohm (, ; 16 March 1789 – 6 July 1854) was a German physicist and mathematician. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his ...
(† 1854),
Leopold Ranke Leopold von Ranke (; 21 December 1795 – 23 May 1886) was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history. He was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival research and the analysis of ...
(† 1886),
Friedrich von Raumer Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer (14 May 1781 – 14 June 1873) was a German historian. He was the first scientific historian to popularise history in German. He travelled extensively and served in German legislative bodies. Biography He was bo ...
(† 1873),
Carl Ritter Carl Ritter (August 7, 1779September 28, 1859) was a German geographer. Along with Alexander von Humboldt, he is considered one of the founders of modern geography. From 1825 until his death, he occupied the first chair in geography at the Univer ...
(† 1859), Friedrich Carl von Savigny († 1861), Friedrich Wilhelm von Schelling († 1854),
Friedrich Christoph Schlosser Friedrich Christoph Schlosser (17 November 1776 – 23 September 1861) was a German historian, Professor of History at the University of Heidelberg and a Privy Councillor in Prussia. Early years He was born at Jever Jever () is the capital of ...
(† 1861), Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert († 1860), Carl Theodor von Siebold († 1885),
Carl August von Steinheil Carl August von Steinheil (12 October 1801 – 14 September 1870) was a German physicist, inventor, engineer and astronomer. Biography Steinheil was born in Ribeauvillé, Alsace. He studied law in Erlangen since 1821. He then studied astronomy i ...
(† 1870), Friedrich Wilhelm von Thiersch († 1860),
Friedrich Wöhler Friedrich Wöhler () FRS(For) HonFRSE (31 July 180023 September 1882) was a German chemist known for his work in inorganic chemistry, being the first to isolate the chemical elements beryllium and yttrium in pure metallic form. He was the firs ...
(† 1882),
Ferdinand Wolf Ferdinand Wolf (8 December 1796, Vienna – 18 February 1866, Vienna) was a scholar of Romance studies from Austria. He was an author of literary studies as well as a publisher of periodicals, including the ''Jahrbuch für Romanische und Eng ...
(† 1866) ** Art:
Albrecht Adam Albrecht Adam (16 April 1786 – 28 August 1862) was a Bavarian painter, who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte during the 1812 Russian campaign. He was attached as an official artist to the Bavarian contingent in Bonaparte's Grande Armée. Thr ...
(† 1862), Anton von Auersperg (Anastasius Grün) († 1876), Peter von Cornelius († 1867), Sebastian von Daxenberger (Karl Fernau) († 1878), Franz von Dingelstedt († 1881), Joseph von Eichendorff († 1857),
Emanuel von Geibel Emanuel von Geibel (17 October 18156 April 1884) was a German poet and playwright. Life Geibel was born at Lübeck, the son of a pastor. He was originally intended for his father's profession and studied at Bonn and Berlin, but his real interest ...
(† 1884), Franz Grillparzer († 1872), Heinrich Hess († 1863), Peter Hess († 1871),
Wilhelm von Kaulbach Wilhelm von Kaulbach (15 October 18057 April 1874) was a German painter, noted mainly as a muralist, but also as a book illustrator. His murals decorate buildings in Munich. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography E ...
(† 1874), Leo von Klenze († 1864),
Franz von Kobell Wolfgang Xavier Franz Ritter von Kobell (19 July 180311 November 1882) was a German mineralogist and writer of short stories and poems in Bavarian language, Bavarian dialect. Biography Kobell was born in Munich, Bavaria (where he also died), s ...
(† 1882), Franz Lachner († 1890),
Carl Friedrich Lessing Karl Friedrich Lessing (15 February 1808, Breslau – 4 January 1880, Karlsruhe) was a German historical and landscape painter, grandnephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and one of the main exponents of the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biogr ...
(† 1880), Heinrich Marschner († 1861),
Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera ''Robert le di ...
(† 1864), Johann Friedrich Overbeck († 1869),
Christian Rauch Christian Daniel Rauch (2 January 1777 – 3 December 1857) was a German sculptor. He founded the Berlin school of sculpture, and was the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century. Life Rauch was born at Arolsen in the Principality of ...
(† 1857),
Ernst Rietschel Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel (15 December 180421 January 1861) was a German sculptor. Life Rietschel was born in Pulsnitz in Saxony the third child of Friedrich Ehrgott Rietschel and his wife Caroline. From the age of 20 he became an art ...
(† 1861), Friedrich Rückert († 1866),
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (26 March 1794 – 24 May 1872) () was a German painter, chiefly of Biblical subjects. As a young man he associated with the painters of the Nazarene movement who revived the florid Renaissance style in religious ar ...
(† 1872),
Johann von Schraudolph Johann von Schraudolph (b. Oberstdorf im Allgäu, 1808; died 31 May 1879) was a German historical painter. His brother Matthias and his son Claudius were both also painters. As pupil and assistant of Heinrich Maria von Hess, he painted five sc ...
(† 1879), Karl Simrock († 1876), Louis Spohr († 1859),
August Stüler August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...
(† 1865),
August von Voit Richard Jakob August von Voit (17 February 1801 in Wassertrüdingen – 12 December 1870 in Munich) was a German architect specializing in glass and iron structures. Notable projects Voit designed the city hall of Annweiler am Trifels (Rhinela ...
(† 1870), Joseph Christian von Zedlitz († 1862), Friedrich Ziebland († 1873) * 1854 ** Science:
Christian August Brandis Christian August Brandis (13 February 179021 July 1867) was a German philologist and historian of philosophy. Biography Brandis was born at Hildesheim, and was the son of the physician Joachim Dietrich Brandis. His father moved to Copenhagen in ...
(† 1867), Eilhard Mitscherlich († 1863),
Karl Gustav Homeyer Karl Gustav Homeyer (13 August 1795 – 20 October 1874) was a German jurist who worked at the University of Berlin. his principal works include '' Sachsenspiegal'' and ''Dies Haus - und Hofmarken.'' Biography He was born at Wolgast, a small ...
(† 1874),
Johann von Lamont Johann von Lamont, FRSE (13 December 1805 – 6 August 1879), born John Lamont, was a Scottish-German astronomer and physicist. Biography Lamont was born at Corriemulzie near Inverey in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The son of Robert Lamont ( ...
(† 1879),
Adolf Friedrich von Schack Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (2 August 181514 April 1894) was a German poet, historian of literature and art collector. Background Schack was born at Brüsewitz near Schwerin. Having studied jurisprudence (1834–1838) at the universities o ...
(† 1894) ** Art: Justinus Kerner († 1862) * 1855 ** Science: Gustav Lejeune-Dirichlet († 1859), Friedrich Diez († 1876) * 1857 ** Science:
Wilhelm von Haidinger Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (or Wilhelm von Haidinger, or most often Wilhelm Haidinger) (5 February 179519 March 1871) was an Austrian mineralogist. Early life Haidinger's father was the mineralogist Karl Haidinger (1756–1797), who died w ...
(† 1871),
Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (4 November 1784 – 17 December 1868) was a German classical philologist and archaeologist. Biography Welcker was born at Grünberg, Hesse-Darmstadt. Having studied classical philology at the University of Giessen ...
(† 1868), Heinrich von Sybel († 1895),
Christian Lassen Christian Lassen (22 October 1800 – 8 May 1876) was a Norwegian-born, German orientalist and Indologist. He was a professor of Old Indian language and literature at the University of Bonn. Biography He was born at Bergen, Norway where he att ...
(† 1876) * 1858 ** Science:
Theodor von Bischoff Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (28 October 1807 in Hannover – 5 December 1882 in Munich) was a German physician and biologist. Biography He lectured on pathological anatomy at Heidelberg (1835-1843) and held professorships in anatomy an ...
(† 1882), Immanuel Bekker († 1871) ** Art: Moritz von Schwind († 1871), Moritz Hauptmann († 1868) * 1859 ** Science: Georg Heinrich Pertz († 1876), Max von Pettenkofer († 1901), Wilhelm Weber († 1891) ** Art:
Friedrich Hitzig Georg Friedrich Heinrich Hitzig (8 November 1811, in Berlin – 11 October 1881, in Berlin) was a German architect, born into the Jewish Itzig family, converted to Lutheranism. He was a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. After his diploma in ...
(† 1881),
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...
(† 1875) * 1860 ** Science: Ludwig von Döderlein († 1863),
Jacob Henle Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (; 9 July 1809 – 13 May 1885) was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Contagia," was an early argument f ...
(† 1885) ** Art: Friedrich Hebbel († 1863),
Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag (; 13 July 1816 – 30 April 1895) was a German novelist and playwright. Life Freytag was born in Kreuzburg (Kluczbork) in Silesia. After attending the school at Oels (Oleśnica), he studied philology at the universities of ...
(† 1895) * 1861 ** Science: Hieronymus von Bayer († 1876),
Carl Georg von Wächter Carl Joseph Georg Sigismund Wächter, from 1835 von Wächter, (24 December 1797 – 15 January 1880) was a leading German jurist in the 19th century. For a brief period he served as president of the . Biography Early life and educ ...
(† 1880),
Ludwig Häusser Ludwig Häusser (26 October 1818 – 17 March 1867) was a German historian. Biography Häusser was born at Cleebourg, in Alsace. Studying philology at Heidelberg in 1835, he was led by F. C. Schlosser to give it up for history, and after conti ...
(† 1867) ** Art:
Ernst Hähnel Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
(† 1891) * 1862 ** Art: Eligius von Münch-Bellinghausen (Friedrich Halm) († 1871),
Ernst Deger Ernst Deger (15 April 1809, Bockenem - 27 January 1885, Düsseldorf) was a German religious artist, in the style of the Nazarene movement. He is considered to be the main representative of Christian art in the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Life ...
(† 1885), Ferdinand Hiller († 1885),
Eduard Mörike Eduard Friedrich Mörike (8 September 18044 June 1875) was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk songs, while others were used by ...
(† 1875) * 1863 ** Science:
Hermann Kopp Hermann Kopp (born 21 August 1954, in Stuttgart) is a German composer and musician, presently living in Barcelona, Spain. Biography In the early eighties, Kopp released two vinyl records with a sound that can be vaguely classified as electroni ...
(† 1892), Wilhelm Wackernagel († 1869) ** Art:
Friedrich von Bodenstedt Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (22 April 1819 – 19 April 1892) was a German author. Biography Bodenstedt was born at Peine, in the Kingdom of Hanover. He was trained as a merchant in Braunschweig and studied in Göttingen, Munich and Berlin. ...
(† 1892),
August Riedel Johann Friedrich Ludwig Heinrich August Riedel (25 December 1799, Bayreuth – 6 August 1883, Rome) was a German painter who spent much of his career in Italy. Life and work His father was the architect . His mother was Marianne Eleonora (n ...
(† 1883) * 1864 ** Art:
Oskar von Redwitz Oskar Freiherr von Redwitz (28 June 1823 – 6 July 1891) was a German poet from Lichtenau, Bavaria. Having studied at the universities of Munich and Erlangen, he was apprenticed to the law in the Bavarian State service (1846–49). He next ...
(† 1891) * 1865 ** Science:
Wilhelm von Giesebrecht Friedrich Wilhelm von Giesebrecht (5 March 1814 – 17 December 1889) was a German historian. He was born in Berlin, the son of Karl Giesebrecht (died 1832), and a nephew of the poet Ludwig Giesebrecht (1792–1873). He studied under Leopold v ...
(† 1889), Robert Bunsen († 1899), Franz Bopp († 1867) * 1866 ** Science:
Friedrich Ritschl Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (6 April 1806 – 9 November 1876) was a German scholar best known for his studies of Plautus. Biography Ritschl was born in Großvargula, in present-day Thuringia. His family, in which culture and poverty were hereditar ...
(† 1876), Wilhelm Roscher († 1894), Hermann von Helmholtz († 1894) ** Art: Carl von Piloty († 1886),
Bonaventura Genelli Giovanni Bonaventura Genelli (28 September 179813 November 1868) was a German painter. Biography Genelli was born in Berlin in 1798. He was the son of Janus Genelli, a painter whose landscapes are still preserved in the Schloss at Berlin; and g ...
(† 1868) * 1867 ** Science: Georg Ludwig von Maurer († 1872),
Leonhard von Spengel Leonhard von Spengel (24 September 1803, in Munich – 8 November 1880, in Munich) was a German classical scholar. Biography He attended the lyceum in his hometown, where as a pupil of Joseph Kopp and Johann von Gott Fröhlich, he was encoura ...
(† 1880),
Christoph Friedrich von Stälin Christoph Friedrich von Stälin (4 August 1805, in Calw – 12 August 1873, in Stuttgart) was a German librarian and historian. He was the father of archivist Paul Friedrich von Stälin (1840–1909). From 1821 to 1825 he studied philosophy, t ...
(† 1873), Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer († 1888) ** Art:
Ludwig Knaus Ludwig Knaus (5 October 1829 – 7 December 1910) was a German genre painter of the younger 7 Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography He was born at Wiesbaden and studied from 1845 to 1852 under Sohn and Schadow in Düsseldorf. His early ...
(† 1910) * 1869 ** Science: Heinrich Wilhelm Dove († 1879), Robert von Mohl († 1875),
Richard Lepsius Karl Richard Lepsius ( la, Carolus Richardius Lepsius) (23 December 181010 July 1884) was a pioneering Prussian Egyptologist, linguist and modern archaeologist. He is widely known for his magnum opus ''Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien'' ...
(† 1884) ** Art: Karl Schnaase († 1875), Friedrich Preller († 1878) * 1870 ** Science:
Georg Waitz Georg Waitz (9 October 1813 – 24 May 1886) was a German medieval historian and politician. Waitz is often spoken of as the leading disciple of Leopold von Ranke, though perhaps he had more affinity with Georg Heinrich Pertz or Friedrich Christo ...
(† 1886), August Wilhelm von Hofmann († 1892) ** Art: Friedrich Drake († 1882) * 1871 ** Science: Gustav Rose († 1873), Theodor Mommsen († 1903),
Ferdinand Gregorovius Ferdinand Gregorovius (19 January 1821, Neidenburg, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia – 1 May 1891, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria) was a German historian who specialized in the medieval history of Rome. Biography Gregorovius was the son of Neide ...
(† 1891) ** Art: Johann Heinrich Strack († 1873), Paul Heyse (resigned 1887, † 1914), Andreas Achenbach († 1910), Wilhelm Heinrich von Riehl († 1897) * 1872 ** Science: Hermann Kolbe († 1884), Franz Neumann († 1895), Paul von Roth († 1892) ** Art:
Fritz Reuter Fritz Reuter (7 November 1810 – 12 July 1874; born as ''Heinrich Ludwig Christian Friedrich Reuter'') was a novelist from Northern Germany who was a prominent contributor to Low German literature. Early life Fritz Reuter was born at Stavenha ...
(† 1874) * 1873 ** Science: Carl Ernst von Baer († 1876), Emil Du Bois-Reymond († 1896) ** Art:
Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
(† 1883),
Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...
(† 1897),
August von Kreling August von Kreling (May 23, 1818 – April 23, 1876) was a German sculptor born in Osnabrück. He studied with Peter von Cornelius, and in 1853 became director of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg. He became a member of the Munich Academy in 1876 ...
(† 1876), Gottfried von Neureuther († 1887) * 1874 ** Science: Alexander Braun († 1877), Ernst Eduard Kummer († 1893) ** Art:
Adolph von Menzel Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (8 December 18159 February 1905) was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings. Along with Caspar David Friedrich, he is considered one of the two most prominent German painters of th ...
(† 1905),
Johannes Schilling Johannes Schilling (23 June 1828 in Mittweida – 21 March 1910 in Klotzsche near Dresden) was a German sculptor. Life and work Johannes Schilling was the youngest of five children. A year after his birth, his family moved to Dresden, where he g ...
(† 1910), Hermann von Lingg († 1905), Joseph Victor von Scheffel († 1886) * 1875 ** Science:
Friedrich Max Müller Friedrich may refer to: Names * Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' * Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other * Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Year ...
(† 1900),
Ernst von Brücke Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975- ...
(† 1892) ** Art: Theophilos von Hansen († 1891) * 1876 ** Science:
Friedrich von Spiegel Friedrich (von) Spiegel (11 July 1820 in Kitzingen – 15 December 1905 in München) was a German orientalist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of Iranian philology. Biography He was born in Kitzingen, studied at Erlangen, Leipzig, ...
(† 1905),
Konrad von Maurer Konrad Maurer, since 1876 Konrad von Maurer (April 29, 1823 – September 16, 1902) was a German legal historian. He was the son of legal historian and statesman Georg Ludwig von Maurer (1790–1872). Maurer is considered one of the most si ...
(† 1902), Carl von Hegel († 1901), Ludwig von Seidel († 1896) ** Art: Berthold Auerbach († 1882), Gottfried Keller († 1890), Franz von Lenbach († 1904) * 1877 ** Science:
Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of tel ...
(† 1891), Gustav Kirchhoff († 1887), Carl von Halm († 1882), Johann Gustav Droysen († 1884) * 1878 ** Science: Carl Ludwig († 1895) ** Art:
Franz Defregger Franz Defregger (after 1883 Franz von Defregger) (30 April 1835 – 2 January 1921) was an Austrian artist known for producing genre art and history paintings set in his native county of Tyrol. Biography Franz Defregger was born on 30 April ...
(† 1921),
Reinhold Begas Reinhold Begas (15 July 1831 – 3 August 1911) was a German sculptor. Biography Begas was born in Berlin, son of the painter Carl Joseph Begas. He received his early education (1846–1851) studying under Christian Daniel Rauch and Ludwig ...
(† 1911), Robert Franz († 1892) * 1879 ** Science: Christian August Friedrich Peters († 1880),
Albert von Kölliker Albert von Kölliker (born Rudolf Albert Kölliker'';'' 6 July 18172 November 1905) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist. Biography Albert Kölliker was born in Zurich, Switzerland. His early education was carried on in Zurich, ...
(† 1905) ** Art:
Ludwig Passini Ludwig Johann Passini (1832–1903) was an Austrian narrative and genre painter and printmaker. Personal life Ludwig Passini was born on 9 July 1832 in Vienna, the son of Louise Passini and the engraver Johann Nepomuk Passini.
(† 1903) * 1880 ** Science: Georg Curtius († 1885), Wilhelm von Planck († 1900) ** Art:
Arnold Böcklin Arnold Böcklin (16 October 182716 January 1901) was a Swiss symbolist painter. Biography He was born in Basel. His father, Christian Frederick Böcklin (b. 1802), was descended from an old family of Schaffhausen, and engaged in the silk tra ...
(† 1901), Heinrich von Ferstel († 1883) * 1881 ** Science: Eduard Zeller († 1908) ** Art:
Eduard von Bauernfeld Eduard von Bauernfeld (13 January 1802 – 9 August 1890), Austrian dramatist, was born at Vienna. Life Having studied jurisprudence at the University of Vienna, he entered the government service in a legal capacity, and after holding variou ...
(† 1890), Heinrich Laube († 1884), Julius Raschdorff († 1914) * 1882 ** Science:
Wilhelm von Gümbel Ritter (i. e. personal knight) Karl Wilhelm von Gümbel (11 February 1823 – 18 June 1898), Germany, German geologist, was born at Dannenfels, in the Palatinate (region), Palatinate of the Rhine, and is known chiefly by his researches on the ...
(† 1898),
Heinrich von Brunn Heinrich Brunn, since 1882 Ritter von Brunn (23 January 1822, Wörlitz – 23 July 1894, Josephstal near Schliersee, Upper Bavaria) was a German archaeologist. He was known for taking a scientific approach in his investigations of classical G ...
(† 1894), Konrad Bursian († 1883) ** Art: Theodor Storm († 1888) * 1883 ** Science:
Karl von Prantl Karl von Prantl (aka Carl von Prantl) (28 January 1820 – 14 September 1888) (after 1872: Karl, Ritter von Prantl) was a German philosopher and philologist. Biography He was born at Landsberg on the Lech. In 1843 he became doctor of philoso ...
(† 1888),
Karl von Voit Carl von Voit (31 October 1831 – 31 January 1908) was a German physiologist and dietitian. Biography Voit was born in Amberg, the son of August von Voit and Mathilde Burgett. From 1848 to 1854 he studied at the universities of Munich and Wür ...
(† 1908) ** Art: Friedrich von Schmidt († 1891),
Edward von Steinle Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
(† 1886) * 1884 ** Science:
Max Duncker Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker (15 October 1811 – 21 July 1886) was a German historian and politician. Life Duncker was born in Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, as the eldest son of the publisher Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker, Karl Duncker. He ...
(† 1886), Ernst Curtius († 1896) ** Art: Adolph von Wilbrandt († 1911),
Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...
(† 1886), Alfred von Meißner († 1885) * 1885 ** Science: Franz von Miklosich († 1891),
Karl Weierstraß Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (german: link=no, Weierstraß ; 31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897) was a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern mathematical analysis, analysis". Despite leaving university without a degree, ...
(† 1897),
Carl Gegenbaur Karl Gegenbaur (21 August 1826 – 14 June 1903)"Karl Gegenbaur – Encyclopædia Britannica" (biography), ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 2006, Britannica.coBritannica-KarlG was a German anatomist and professor who demonstrated that the field of c ...
(† 1903), Rudolf Clausius († 1888) ** Art: Eduard von Gebhardt († 1925),
Friedrich Spielhagen Friedrich Spielhagen (24 February 1829 – 25 February 1911) was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is ''Sturmflut'' and ...
(† 1911) * 1887 ** Science: Alfred von Arneth († 1897), Julius Ficker († 1902) ** Art:
Caspar von Zumbusch Kaspar lemens EduardZumbusch (23 November 1830 – 27 September 1915), as of 1888 Ritter von Zumbusch (a nobiliary particle), was a German sculptor, born at Herzebrock, Westphalia, who became a pre-eminent sculptor of neo-Baroque monuments in Vi ...
(† 1915), Adolf von Hildebrand († 1921), Friedrich August von Kaulbach († 1920),
Anton von Werner Anton Alexander von Werner (9 May 18434 January 1915) was a German painter known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Kingdom of Prussia.Fulbrook, Mary and John Breuilly (1997) ''German History Since 1800'' ...
(† 1915) * 1888 ** Science: Julius von Sachs († 1897),
Albrecht Weber Friedrich Albrecht Weber (; 17 February 1825 – 30 November 1901) was a Prussian - German Indologist and historian who studied the history of Jainism in India. Some older sources have the first and middle names interchanged. Weber was born in B ...
(† 1901), August Friedrich Kekulé († 1896) ** Art: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer († 1898),
Joseph Rheinberger Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (17 March 1839 – 25 November 1901) was a Liechtensteiner organist and composer, residing in Bavaria for most of his life. Life Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, whose father was the treasurer for Aloys II, Prince of Liecht ...
(† 1901) * 1889 ** Art: Wilhelm von Diez († 1907) * 1891 ** Science: Adolf von Baeyer († 1917) ** Art:
Herman Grimm Herman Grimm (6 January 1828 in Kassel16 June 1901 in Berlin) was a German academic and writer. Family and education Grimm's father was Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), and his uncle Jakob Grimm (1785–1863), the philologist compilers of indigenous ...
(† 1901) * 1892 ** Science:
Carl Adolph Cornelius Carl Adolf Cornelius (12 March 1819 – 10 February 1903) was a German historian. In the context of the 1848 revolutions he was elected to the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848/49, after which he switched from the schools sector to the universities ...
(† 1903),
Arthur von Auwers Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers (12 September 1838 – 24 January 1915) was a German astronomer. Auwers was born in Göttingen to Gottfried Daniel Auwers and Emma Christiane Sophie (née Borkenstein). He attended the University of G ...
(† 1915),
Rudolf Leuckart Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (7 October 1822 – 22 February 1898) was a German zoologist born in Helmstedt. He was a nephew to naturalist Friedrich Sigismund Leuckart (1794–1843). Academic career He earned his degree from the Uni ...
(† 1898), Fridolin von Sandberger († 1898) ** Art:
Ferdinand von Miller Ferdinand von Miller (18 October 1813 – 11 February 1887) was a German artisan who is noted for his furtherance of bronze founding. Biography Von Miller was born in Fürstenfeldbruck. After a sojourn at the academy in Munich and a preliminar ...
(† 1929), Max Bruch († 1920), Wilhelm von Hertz († 1902),
Rudolf von Seitz Rudolf (von) Seitz (15 June 1842 in Munich – 18 June 1910 in Munich) was a Germany, German Painting, painter, illustrator, and Interior design, designer. Career After early art instruction from his father, decorative painter and illustrator F ...
(† 1910) * 1893 ** Science:
Nathanael Pringsheim Nathanael Pringsheim (30 November 1823 – 6 October 1894) was a German botanist. Biography Nathanael Pringsheim was born at Landsberg, Prussian Silesia, and studied at the universities of Breslau, Leipzig, and Berlin successively. He graduat ...
(† 1894) ** Art: Friedrich von Thiersch († 1921), Georg von Hauberrisser († 1922),
Ludwig von Löfftz Ludwig von Löfftz (21 June 1845 – 3 December 1910) was a German genre and landscape painter. Biography He was born at Darmstadt. He was a pupil of August von Kreling and Karl Raupp at Nuremberg, then of Wilhelm von Diez at the Academy of F ...
(† 1910) * 1894 ** Science:
Wilhelm von Christ Wilhelm von Christ (2 August 1831 – 8 February 1906) was a German classical scholar. Biography He was born in Geisenheim in Hesse-Nassau. From 1854 till 1860 he taught in the Maximiliansgymnasium at Munich, and in 1861 was appointed professor o ...
(† 1906),
Karl von Zittel Karl Alfred Ritter von Zittel (25 September 1839 – 5 January 1904) was a German palaeontologist best known for his ''Handbuch der Palaeontologie'' (1876–1880). Biography Karl Alfred von Zittel was born in Bahlingen in the Grand Duchy o ...
(† 1904), August Weismann († 1914) * 1895 ** Science: Wilhelm Pfeffer († 1920) ** Art: Hubert von Herkomer († 1914),
Adolf Oberländer Adam Adolf Oberländer (1 October 1845, Regensburg29 May 1923, Munich) was a German caricaturist, illustrator, cartoonist and early comics artist. Biography He was born at Regensburg, but after 1847 lived in Munich. He studied painting at the ...
(† 1923),
Gabriel von Max Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max (23 August 1840 – 24 November 1915) was a Prague-born Austrian painter. Biography He was born Gabriel Cornelius Max, the son of the sculptor Josef Max and Anna Schumann. He studied between 1855 and 1858 at ...
(† 1915) * 1896 ** Science: Friedrich Kohlrausch († 1910),
Heinrich Brunner Heinrich Brunner ( en, Henry Brunner; 21 June 1840 – 11 August 1915) was a German historian. Life Brunner was born at Wels in Upper Austria. After studying at the universities of Vienna, Göttingen and Berlin, he became professor at the Un ...
(† 1915), Wilhelm Wattenbach († 1897) ** Art:
Wilhelm von Rümann Wilhelm von Rümann (11 November 1850 in Hanover – 6 February 1906 in Ajaccio) was a prominent German sculptor, based in Munich. Life Rümann was born in Hanover. He studied from 1872 to 1874 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (''Akademie ...
(† 1906) * 1897 ** Science:
Otto Ribbeck Johann Carl Otto Ribbeck (23 July 1827, in Erfurt – 18 July 1898, in Leipzig) was a German classical scholar. His works are mostly confined to criticisms of Latin poetry and to classical character sketches. Biography He was born at Erfurt in S ...
(† 1898),
Gustav Wiedemann Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (; 2 October 1826 – 24 March 1899) was a German physicist and scientific author. Life Wiedemann was born in Berlin the son of a merchant who died two years later. Following the death of his mother in 1842 he lived wi ...
(† 1899),
Simon Schwendener Simon Schwendener (10 February 1829 – 27 May 1919) was a Swiss botanist who was a native of Buchs in the Canton of St. Gallen. In 1856 he received his doctorate at the University of Zurich, where afterwards he was an assistant to Carl Wilhelm ...
(† 1919) ** Art: Joseph Joachim († 1907) * 1898 ** Science: Ernst Kuhn († 1920), Emil Fischer († 1919), Felix Klein († 1925),
Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer Karl Wilhelm Ritter von Kupffer (born Karl Wilhelm Kupffer; – 16 December 1902) was a Baltic German anatomist who discovered stellate macrophage cells that bear his name. Academic career He was the eldest son of pastor Karl Hermann Kupffer ( ...
(† 1902),
Karl Weinhold Karl Gotthelf Jakob Weinhold (26 October 1823, in Reichenbach – 15 August 1901, in Bad Nauheim) was a German folklorist and linguist who specialized in German studies. Biography Karl Weinhold was born in Reichenbach, Prussia on 26 October ...
(† 1901) ** Art: Joseph Brandt († 1915) * 1899 ** Science: Ludwig Boltzmann († 1906),
Ferdinand von Richthofen Baron Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen (5 May 18336 October 1905), better known in English as was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist. He is noted for coining the terms "Seidenstraße" and "Seidenstraßen" = "Silk Road(s)" or "Silk ...
(† 1905) ** Art: Wilhelm Raabe († 1910),
Gabriel von Seidl Gabriel von Seidl (9 December 1848 – 27 April 1913) was a German architect and a representative of the historicist style of architecture. Life and work Gabriel Seidl was born in Munich, Bavaria in 1848. He was the first son of the wealthy ba ...
(† 1913) * 1900 ** Science: August von Bechmann († 1907),
Karl Theodor von Heigel Karl Theodor von Heigel (23 August 1842 in Munich – 23 March 1915 in Munich) was a German historian. He was the brother of novelist Karl August von Heigel. He studied history at the University of Munich, obtaining his habilitation for histo ...
(† 1915), Hugo von Seeliger († 1924) * 1901 ** Science: Eduard von Wölfflin († 1908), Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen († 1923), Jakobus Hendrikus van ’t Hoff († 1911) ** Art: Karl von Perfall († 1907), Hans von Hopfen († 1904) * 1902 ** Science:
Karl von Amira Karl Konrad Ferdinand Maria von Amira (25 May 1863 – 14 December 1945) was a German jurist who served as Professor of Constitutional Law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He was a known expert on early Germanic law. Biography Karl ...
(† 1930),
Theodor von Sickel Theodor von Sickel (18 December 1826 – 21 April 1908) was a German-Austrian historian born in Aken, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia. He specialized in early European medieval history, and is considered to be the founder of modern dipl ...
(† 1908), Wilhelm Hittorf († 1914) ** Art:
Hans Thoma Hans Thoma (2 October 1839 – 7 November 1924) was a German painter. Biography Hans Thoma was born on 2 October 1839 in Bernau in the Black Forest, Germany. He was the son of a miller and was trained in the basics of painting by a painter of ...
(† 1924),
Franz von Stuck Franz von Stuck (February 23, 1863 – August 30, 1928), born Franz Stuck, was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Stuck was best known for his paintings of ancient mythology, receiving substantial critical acclaim with '' The ...
(† 1928),
Fritz von Uhde Fritz von Uhde (born Friedrich Hermann Carl Uhde; 22 May 1848 – 25 February 1911) was a German painter of genre and religious subjects. His style lay in-between Realism and Impressionism, he was once known as "Germany's outstanding impressioni ...
(† 1911) * 1903 ** Science:
Sigmund von Riezler Sigmund Riezler or Siegmund Riezler (after 1900 von Riezler; 2 May or 5 May 1843 in Munich – 28 January 1927 in Ambach) was a German historian. Biography He was educated at the University of Munich, and became a docent in 1869, and after te ...
(† 1900), Theodor Nöldeke († 1930), Ernst Abbe († 1905), Karl Neumann († 1925) * 1904 ** Science:
Ferdinand Zirkel Prof Ferdinand Zirkel Royal Society of London, FRS(For) HFRSE (20 May 183811 June 1912) was a German geologist and petrography, petrographer. Biography Zirkel was born in Bonn. Educated in his native town, he graduated PhD from the University o ...
(† 1912),
Hermann Usener Hermann Karl Usener (23 October 1834 – 21 October 1905) was a German scholar in the fields of philology and comparative religion. Life Hermann Usener was born at Weilburg and educated at its Gymnasium. From 1853 he studied at Heidelberg, ...
(† 1905) ** Art:
Carl Hocheder Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of te ...
(† 1917), Friedrich von Miller († 1921), Heinrich von Zügel († 1941) * 1905 ** Science:
Ernst Mach Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach ( , ; 18 February 1838 – 19 February 1916) was a Moravian-born Austrian physicist and philosopher, who contributed to the physics of shock waves. The ratio of one's speed to that of sound is named the Mach ...
(† 1916), Ferdinand von Lindemann († 1939), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff († 1931) * 1906 ** Science: Adolf Furtwängler († 1907), Karl Krumbacher († 1909), Paul von Groth († 1927),
Hermann Carl Vogel Hermann Carl Vogel (; ; 3 April 1841 – 13 August 1907) was a German astrophysicist. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. From 1882 to 1907 he was director of the Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam. He made extensive discoveries ...
(† 1907) ** Art: Albert von Keller († 1920),
Alfred Messel Alfred Messel (22 July 1853 – 24 March 1909) was a German architect at the turning point to the 20th century, creating a new style for buildings which bridged the transition from historicism to modernism. Messel was able to combine the structure, ...
(† 1909),
Wilhelm Jensen Wilhelm Hermann Jensen (15 February 183724 November 1911) was a German writer and poet. Biography Wilhelm Jensen was born at Heiligenhafen in the Duchy of Holstein (now Germany), the illegitimate son of Swenn Hans Jensen (1795–1855), the May ...
(† 1911) * 1907 ** Science: Hermann Paul († 1921),
David Hilbert David Hilbert (; ; 23 January 1862 – 14 February 1943) was a German mathematician, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hilbert discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many a ...
(† 1943), Carl von Linde († 1934) ** Art: Max Zenger († 1911),
Hans Grässel Hans Grässel (August 8, 1860 – March 10 or 11, 1939) was a German architect. Grässel studied and performed almost his entire career in Munich, and as the council architect of the city he created a series of cemeteries of which Munich Waldf ...
(† 1939), Louis Tuaillon († 1919) * 1908 ** Science:
Gustav Schmoller Gustav Friedrich (after 1908: von) Schmoller (; 24 June 1838 – 27 June 1917) was the leader of the "younger" German historical school of economics. He was a leading '' Sozialpolitiker'' (more derisively, '' Kathedersozialist'', "Socialist of t ...
(† 1917), Vatroslav Jagić († 1923),
Wilhelm Wundt Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (; ; 16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the fathers of modern psychology. Wundt, who distinguished psychology as a science from philosophy and ...
(† 1920), Carl Justi († 1912) ** Art:
Ludwig von Herterich Ludwig von Herterich (13 October 1856, Ansbach - 25 December 1932, Etzenhausen, today in Dachau) was a German painter and art teacher. He is best known as a painter of portraits and history paintings and is a representative of the Munich Scho ...
(† 1932) * 1909 ** Science:
Adolf von Harnack Carl Gustav Adolf von Harnack (born Harnack; 7 May 1851 – 10 June 1930) was a Baltic German Lutheran theologian and prominent Church historian. He produced many religious publications from 1873 to 1912 (in which he is sometimes credited ...
(† 1930),
Robert Koch Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( , ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera (though the Vibrio ...
(† 1910) ** Art: Hugo von Habermann († 1929), Ludwig Hoffmann († 1932) * 1910 ** Science: Otto Crusius († 1918),
Richard von Hertwig Richard Wilhelm Karl Theodor Ritter von Hertwig (23 September 1850 in Friedberg, Hesse – 3 October 1937 in Schlederloh, Bavaria), also Richard Hertwig or Richard von Hertwig, was a German zoologist and professor of 50 years, notable as the fir ...
(† 1937) ** Art: Leo Samberger († 1949),
Max Klinger Max Klinger (18 February 1857 – 5 July 1920) was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role of graphic arts and printmak ...
(† 1920),
Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...
(† 1949) * 1911 ** Science: Aurel Voss († 1931),
Karl von Goebel Karl Immanuel Eberhard Ritter von Goebel FRS FRSE (8 March 1855, Billigheim, Baden – 9 October 1932, Munich) was a German botanist. His main fields of study were comparative functional anatomy, morphology, and the developmental physiology of pl ...
(† 1932), Ewald Hering († 1918) ** Art:
Gustav Schönleber Gustav Schönleber (3 December 1851 in Bietigheim – 1 February 1917 in Karlsruhe) was a German landscape painter. Biography His father ran a small industrial plant and he received his primary education in Stuttgart. A childhood accident ...
(† 1917), Fritz Boehle († 1916),
Emanuel von Seidl Emanuel may refer to: * Emanuel (name), a given name and surname (see there for a list of people with this name) * Emanuel School, Australia, Sydney, Australia * Emanuel School, Battersea, London, England * Emanuel (band), a five-piece rock ban ...
(† 1919),
Angelo Jank Angelo Jank (30 October 1868 in Munich – 9 October 1940 in Munich) was a German animal painter, illustrator and member of the Munich Secession. He was the son of the German painter Christian Jank and specialized in scenes with horses and rider ...
(† 1940), Gerhart Hauptmann († 1946) * 1912 ** Science: Paul Ehrlich († 1915),
Emil Warburg Emil Gabriel Warburg (; 9 March 1846 – 28 July 1931) was a German physicist who during his career was professor of physics at the Universities of Strassburg, Freiburg and Berlin. He was president of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft 1899 ...
(† 1931),
Richard Schröder Richard Schröder (born 14 April 1921) was an SS-''Unterscharführer'' and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Born in Hamburg, Schröder completed trade school to work as a freight forwar ...
(† 1917) ** Art: Adolph Hengeler († 1927),
Joseph Wenglein Joseph Wenglein (5 October 1845, Munich – 18 January 1919, Bad Tölz) was a German landscape painter and illustrator. Life He was born in Munich and is known for landscapes.
(† 1919), Anton von Stadler († 1917) * 1913 ** Science: Friedrich Kluge († 1926),
Karl Binding Karl Ludwig Lorenz Binding (4 June 1841 – 7 April 1920) was a German jurist known as a promoter of the theory of retributive justice. His influential book, ''Die Freigabe der Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens'' ("Allowing the Destruction of Life ...
(† 1920), Theodor Boveri († 1915),
Otto Bütschli Johann Adam Otto Bütschli (3 May 1848 – 2 February 1920) was a German zoologist and professor at the University of Heidelberg. He specialized in invertebrates and insect development. Many of the groups of protists were first recognized by him. ...
(† 1920) ** Art: Gotthardt Kühl († 1915),
Hermann Hahn Hermann Hahn (28 November 1868, in Veilsdorf, Germany – 18 August 1945, in Pullach, Germany) was a German sculptor of the early 20th century. His public sculpture can be seen throughout cities in Germany and in Chicago. Hahn was born in 186 ...
(† 1942) * 1925 ** Science: Eduard Schwartz († 1940), Max Planck († 1947), Richard Willstätter († 1942), Wilhelm Wien († 1928) ** Art:
Max Liebermann Max Liebermann (20 July 1847 – 8 February 1935) was a German painter and printmaker, and one of the leading proponents of Impressionism in Germany and continental Europe. In addition to his activity as an artist, he also assembled an important ...
(† 1935), Max Slevogt († 1932), Theodor Fischer († 1938),
German Bestelmeyer German Bestelmeyer (8 June 1874 – 30 June 1942) was a German architect, university lecturer, and proponent of Nazi architecture. Most of his work was in South Germany. Life and career Bestelmeyer was born in Nuremberg, the son of a militar ...
(† 1942) * 1926 ** Art: Hans Pfitzner († 1949) * 1927 ** Science:
Georg Dehio Georg Gottfried Julius Dehio (22 November 1850 in Reval (now Tallinn), Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 21 March 1932 in Tübingen), was a Baltic German art historian. In 1900, Dehio started the "''Handbuch der deutschen Kunstgesch ...
(† 1932), Adolf Erman († 1937),
Edward Schröder Edward Schröder (18 May 1858 – 9 February 1942) was a Germanist and mediaevalist who was a professor at the University of Göttingen and published editions of numerous texts. Life and career Born in Witzenhausen and educated in Kassel, Sch ...
(† 1942),
Oswald Redlich Oswald Redlich (17 September 1858, in Innsbruck – 20 January 1944, in Vienna) was an Austrian historian and archivist, known for contributions made in the field of auxiliary sciences of history.Julius Diez Julius Diez (18 September 1870, Nuremberg – 15 May 1957, Munich) was a German artist, active in etching, drawing, painting and graphic design. 1870 births 1957 deaths German graphic designers German etchers Commanders Crosses of the ...
(† 1957),
Leopold von Kalckreuth :' Leopold Karl Walter Graf von Kalkreuth (15 May 1855 – 1 December 1928) was a German painter, known for portraits and landscapes. Biography A direct descendant of field-marshal Friedrich Adolf Graf von Kalckreuth, Leopold was born at Düsse ...
(† 1928) * 1928 ** Science: Lujo Brentano († 1931), Erich von Drygalski († 1949) ** Art:
Bernhard Bleeker Josef Bernhard Maria Bleeker (26 July 1881 – 11 March 1968) was a German sculptor. Life Bernhard Bleeker was born on 26 July 1881 in Münster, Westphalia, North (Germany). After training as a stonemason in Münster and Munich he worked on ...
(† 1968),
Fritz Erler Fritz Erler (15 December 1868 – 11 December 1940) was a German painter, graphic designer and scenic designer. Although most talented as an interior designer, he is perhaps best remembered for several propaganda posters he produced during W ...
(† 1940) * 1929 ** Art:
Hugo Lederer Professor Hugo Lederer (16 November 1871, in Znaim – 1 August 1940, in Berlin) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German sculptor. Lederer studied in Dresden under sculptor John Schilling from 1890, then briefly under Christian Behrens. His great ...
(† 1940) * 1930 ** Science:
Max Rubner Max Rubner (2 June 1854, Munich27 April 1932, Berlin) was a German physiologist and hygienist. Academic career He studied at the University of Munich and worked as an assistant under Adolf von Baeyer and Carl von Voit (doctorate 1878). Later ...
(† 1932),
Paul Wolters Paul Heinrich August Wolters (1 September 1858 in Bonn – 21 October 1936 in Munich) was a German classical archaeologist who specialized in ancient Greek and Roman art. He was the son of theologian Albrecht Wolters (1822–1878). He stu ...
(† 1936) ** Art: Paul Ernst († 1933),
Joseph Wackerle Joseph Wackerle (15 May 1880, Partenkirchen – 20 March 1959, Partenkirchen) was a German sculptor. His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics. Life Wackerle's grandfather was a w ...
(† 1959) * 1931 ** Science: Kurt Sethe († 1934),
Jakob Wackernagel Jacob Wackernagel (11 December 1853 – 22 May 1938) was a Swiss linguist, Indo-Europeanist and scholar of Sanskrit. He was born in Basel, son of the philologist Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806–1869). Biography Jacob Wackernagel was born on 11 ...
(† 1938), Walther von Dyck († 1934),
Arnold Sommerfeld Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld, (; 5 December 1868 – 26 April 1951) was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students for the new era of theoretica ...
(† 1951),
Max Lenz Max Albert Wilhelm Lenz (13 June 1850 – 6 April 1932) was a German historian. Biography Lenz was born to a Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian and devoutly Lutheran notary in Greifswald, Pomerania Province (1815-1945), Province of Pomerania. After gr ...
(† 1932) * 1932 ** Science: Carl Correns († 1933), Theodor Wiegand († 1936), Aloys Schulte († 1941) ** Art:
Oswald Bieber Oswald may refer to: People *Oswald (given name), including a list of people with the name *Oswald (surname), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters *Oswald the Reeve, who tells a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ''The Canterbur ...
(† 1955),
Max Feldbauer Max Feldbauer (1869–1948) was a German painter, associated with the Munich Secession. He is primarily known for rural, Bavarian scenes. Life and work His father, Josef Feldbauer, served as the Mayor of Neumarkt from 1868 to 1876. After h ...
(† 1948)


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* 1981 ** Science: Klaus Betke († 2011), Adolf Butenandt († 1995), Ernst Otto Fischer († 2007), Karl Ritter von Frisch († 1982),
Walter Künneth Walter Künneth (1 January 1901 in Etzelwang – 26 October 1997 in Erlangen) was a German Protestant theologian. During the Nazi era, he was part of the Confessing Church, and in the 1960s took part in the debate around the demands of Rudolf Bultm ...
(† 1997),
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (28 March 1911, in Esslingen am Neckar – 16 December 2000, in Allensbach) was a German physicist. He made contributions to nuclear spectroscopy, coincidence measurement techniques, radioactive tracers for biochemistry and me ...
(† 2000),
Golo Mann Golo Mann (born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann; 27 March 1909 – 7 April 1994) was a popular German historian and essayist. Having completed a doctorate in philosophy under Karl Jaspers at Heidelberg, in 1933 he fled Hitler's Germany. He followe ...
(† 1994), Theodor Maunz († 1993),
Max Spindler Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...
(† 1986) ** Art:
Axel von Ambesser Axel Eugen Alexander von Oesterreich (22 June 1910 – 6 September 1988), better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German playwright, actor and film director. Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hambur ...
(† 1988), August Arnold († 1983), Werner Egk († 1983),
Josef Henselmann Josef Henselmann (16 August 1898 in Sigmaringen – 19 January 1987) was a German sculptor and professor. Henselmann was born in Sigmaringen, Province of Hohenzollern. After studying at the Gymnasium he completed an apprenticeship to be a woo ...
(† 1987), Eugen Jochum († 1987), Carl Orff († 1982),
Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...
(† 1994), Hans Sedlmayr († 1984), Toni Stadler († 1982), Astrid Varnay († 2006) * 1984 ** Science: Hansjochem Otto Autrum († 2003),
Bernhard Bischoff Bernhard Bischoff (20 December 1906 – 17 September 1991) was a German historian, paleographer, and philologist; he was born in Altendorf (administrative division of Altenburg, Thuringia), and he died in Munich. Biography He was the son of E ...
(† 1991),
Ludwig Bölkow Ludwig Bölkow (30 June 1912 – 25 July 2003) was one of the aeronautical pioneers of Germany. Background Born in Schwerin, in then north-central Germany, in 1912, Bölkow was the son of a foreman employed by Fokker, one of the leading air ...
(† 2003),
Karl Bosl Karl Bosl (11 November 1908 – 18 January 1993) was a German regional historian. He held the chair for Bavarian regional history at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1960 until his retirement in 1977. Bosl was elected a full member ...
(† 1993), Ludwig Demling († 1995),
Ulrich Grigull Ulrich Grigull (12 March 1912 – 20 October 2003) was a German engineer. Between 1972 and 1980, he was rector and later president of the Technical University of Munich. Early life After graduating from the Stadtgymnasium in Königsberg, Grigu ...
(† 2003),
Hermann Heimpel Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Miss ...
(† 1988),
Rolf Huisgen Rolf Huisgen (; 13 June 1920 – 26 March 2020) was a German chemist. His importance in synthetic organic chemistry extends to the enormous influence he had in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to a large number of his H ...
, Bernhard Ilschner († 2006), Konrad Lorenz († 1989),
Reimar Lüst Reimar Lüst (; 25 March 1923 – 31 March 2020) was a German astrophysicist. He worked in European space science from its beginning, as the scientific director of the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) from 1962 and as Director Genera ...
, Rudolf Mößbauer († 2011),
Oswald von Nell-Breuning Oswald von Nell-Breuning (8 March 1890 – 21 August 1991) was a Roman Catholic theologian and sociologist. Born in Trier, Germany into an aristocratic family, Nell-Breuning was ordained in 1921 and appointed Professor of Ethics at the Sa ...
(† 1991),
Lothar Rohde Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG (, ) is an international electronics group specializing in the fields of electronic test equipment, broadcast & media, cybersecurity, radiomonitoring and radiolocation, and radiocommunication. The company provides p ...
(† 1985),
Michael Schmaus Michael Schmaus (17 July 1897 – 8 December 1993) was a German Roman Catholic theologian specializing in dogmatics. Life Schmaus was born in Oberbaar, Bavaria. He was ordained a priest in 1922 and got his doctorate in Catholic Dogmatic Theolo ...
(† 1993),
Günter Schmölders Günter Schmölders (29 September 1903 in Berlin – 7 November 1991 in Munich) was a German economist at Breslau and Cologne universities. Work He was among the early pioneers of behavioral studies in economics. His first works dealt with th ...
(† 1991),
Julius Speer The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...
(† 1984), Konrad Zuse († 1995) ** Art: Elisabeth Bergner († 1986), Kurt Böhme († 1989),
Georg Brenninger Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also * George (disambiguation) George may refer to: People * George (given name) * ...
(† 1988), Bernhard Degenhart († 1999), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau († 2012),
Rudolf Hartmann Rudolf Hartmann (1893–1972) was a German banker and reserve officer. Known as one of the most prominent cooperative bankers in Germany during and after the Nazi era, he has been revealed by recent research as a leading member of the military re ...
(† 1988), Hans Hartung († 1989),
Ludwig Hoelscher Ludwig Hoelscher (23 August 19078 May 1996) was a German cellist. He played internationally as a soloist, and was well known as a chamber musician, first playing from 1932 in Elly Ney's piano trio, then in the Strub Quartet and other formations. ...
(† 1996), Hans Egon Holthusen († 1997), Hans Hotter († 2003),
Wilhelm Kempff Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well known for his interpretations ...
(† 1991), Wolfgang Sawallisch († 2013),
Wolfgang Wagner Wolfgang Wagner (30 August 191921 March 2010) was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's ...
(† 2010),
Maria Wimmer Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
(† 1996),
Mac Zimmermann Mac or MAC most commonly refers to: * Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc. * Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth * A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese * Mac, ...
(† 1995) * 1986 ** Science:
Gustav Aufhammer Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: * Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short car ...
(† 1988),
Friedrich Ludwig Bauer Friedrich Ludwig "Fritz" Bauer (10 June 1924 – 26 March 2015) was a German pioneer of computer science and professor at the Technical University of Munich. Life Bauer earned his Abitur in 1942 and served in the Wehrmacht during World War ...
(† 2015),
Walter Bruch Walter Bruch (2 March 1908 – 5 May 1990) was a German electrical engineer and pioneer of German television. He was the inventor of Closed-circuit television. He invented the PAL colour television system at Telefunken in the early 1960s. In add ...
(† 1990), Herbert Franke († 2011),
Georges Köhler Georges may refer to: Places * Georges River, New South Wales, Australia * Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 19 ...
(† 1995), Kurt Magnus († 2003), Hans Raupach († 1997), Audomar Scheuermann († 2000),
Eugen Ulmer Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and p ...
(† 1988) ** Art:
Marianne Hoppe Marianne Hoppe (26 April 1909 – 23 October 2002) was a German theatre and film actress. Life and work Born in Rostock, Hoppe became a leading lady of stage and films in Germany. She was born into a wealthy landowning family and was initiall ...
(† 2002), Ernst Jünger († 1998), Theodor Müller († 1996),
Rudolf Noelte Rudolf Noelte (21 March 1921 – 8 November 2002) was a German film director, theater director and opera director. Filmography Film * '' The Castle'' (1968, based on '' The Castle'') Television * ''Pygmalion'' (1957, based on ''Pygmalion'') * ...
(† 2002),
Josef Oberberger Josef may refer to * Josef (given name) * Josef (surname) * ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film *Musik Josef Musik Josef is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded by Yukio Nakamura, and is the only company in Japan s ...
(† 1994), Hermann Prey († 1998), Sir
Georg Solti Sir Georg Solti ( , ; born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-servin ...
(† 1997),
Hans Wimmer Hans Wimmer (born 19 March 1907 in Pfarrkirchen; died 31 August 1992 in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population o ...
(† 1992) * 1988 ** Science:
Hans-Georg Beck Hans-Georg is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Hans-Georg Anscheidt (born 1935), Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion *Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1583–1641), Field Marshal of Holy Roman Empire and the Electo ...
(† 1999),
Otto Braun-Falco Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fr ...
(† 2018),
Wolfgang Clemen Wolfgang Clemen (9 March 1909 in Bonn, Germany – 16 March 1990 in Bad Endorf, Bavaria, Germany) was an eminent German literary scholar who helped reestablish English Studies in Germany after World War II. His father, Paul Clemen, was a well-known ...
(† 1990), Klaus von Klitzing,
Peter Lerche Peter Lerche (January 12, 1928 – March 14, 2016) was a German jurist. Between 1964 and 1996 he held a chair for constitutional law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His research interests also included media law. Born in Leitmer ...
(† 2014) ** Art: Erich Steingräber († 2013) * 1991 ** Science: Otto L. Lange († 2017),
Otto Meitinger Otto Meitinger (8 May 1927 in Munich – 9 September 2017) was a German architect and preservationist. From 1987 to 1995 he was president of the Technical University Munich. Life Meitinger was born as son of the first municipal architect of Mu ...
(† 2017),
Heinrich Nöth Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...
(† 2015), Hans Georg Zachau († 2017) ** Art:
Günter Bialas Günter Bialas (19 July 1907 – 8 July 1995) was a German composer. Life Bialas was born in Bielschowitz (today Bielszowice, a subdivision of Ruda Śląska) in Prussian Silesia. His father was the business manager of a German theatre, and his ...
(† 1995),
Alexander von Branca Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Ale ...
(† 2011),
Harald Genzmer Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to: Medieval Kings of Denmark * Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986) Kings of Norway * Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933) * Harald Greycloak (died 970) * Harald Hardrada ...
(† 2007), Werner Haftmann († 1999),
Ernst Maria Lang Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
(† 2014) * 1993 ** Science:
Heinrich Fries Heinrich de Fries (30 November 1887 – 11 September 1938) was a German architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928 ...
(† 1998),
Wolfgang Haber Wolfgang Haber (born 13 September 1925 in Datteln, Germany) is a biologist who helped establish the field of landscape ecology. Life Haber studied Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, and Geography at the University of Münster, Ludwig Maximilian Unive ...
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Robert Huber Robert Huber (; born 20 February 1937) is a German biochemist and Nobel laureate. known for his work crystallizing an intramembrane protein important in photosynthesis and subsequently applying X-ray crystallography to elucidate the protein's st ...
, Hans Maier, Anton Spitaler († 2003) ** Art: Sergiu Celibidache († 1996), Heinz Friedrich († 2004),
Rupprecht Geiger Rupprecht Geiger (26 January 1908 – 6 December 2009) was a German abstract painter and sculptor. Throughout his career, he favored monochromicity and color-field paintings. For a time, he concentrated solely on the color red. Life and work ...
(† 2009),
Wilhelm Killmayer Wilhelm Killmayer (21 August 1927 – 20 August 2017) was a German composer of classical music, a conductor and an academic teacher of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München from 1973 to 1992. He composed symphonies and son ...
(† 2017),
Fritz Koenig Fritz Koenig (20 June 1924 – 22 February 2017) was one of the most important international German sculptors of the 20th century. Koenig's main work and most famous work is ''The Sphere''. The world's largest bronze sculpture of modern tim ...
(† 2017),
Hermann Lenz Hermann Karl Lenz (26 February 1913 – 12 May 1998) was a German writer of poetry, stories, and novels. A major part of his work is a series of nine semi-autobiographical novels centring on his alter ego "Eugen Rapp", a cycle that is also known ...
(† 1998), Konstanze Vernon († 2013) * 1995 ** Science: Wolfgang Kaiser, Wolfhart Pannenberg († 2014), Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger, Willibald Sauerländer († 2018), Otto Speck, Hans F. Zacher († 2015) ** Art:
Martin Benrath Martin Benrath (9 November 1926 – 31 January 2000) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1954 and 2000. Partial filmography * ' (1954), as Michael Godeysen * ''The Angel with the Flaming Sword'' (1954), as J ...
(† 2000), Vicco von Bülow († 2011), Brigitte Fassbaender,
Hertha Töpper Hertha Töpper (; 19 April 1924 – 28 March 2020) was an Austrian contralto in opera and concert, and an academic voice teacher. A member of the Bavarian State Opera, she appeared in leading roles at major international opera houses and festivals ...
(† 2020), Martin Walser * 1998 ** Science:
Heinz Bauer Heinz Bauer (31 January 1928 – 15 August 2002) was a German mathematician. Bauer studied at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and received his PhD there in 1953 under the supervision of Otto Haupt and finished his habilitation in 1956, b ...
(† 2002),
Gerd Binnig Gerd Binnig (; born 20 July 1947) is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope. Early life and education Binnig wa ...
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Roland Bulirsch Roland Zdeněk Bulirsch (10 November 1932 – 21 September 2022) was a German mathematician specialising in numerical analysis. He studied and taught at the Technical University of Munich, and taught internationally as visiting professor. He was ...
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Horst Fuhrmann Horst may refer to: Science * Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben People * Horst (given name) * Horst (surname) * ter Horst, Dutch surname * van der Horst, Dutch surname Places Settlements Germany * Horst, ...
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Eveline Gottzein Eveline Gottzein (30 September 1931 – 24 December 2023) was a German engineer and honorary professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart. Early life and education After graduating from high school (1949), Gottzein traine ...
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Martin Lindauer Martin Lindauer (December 19, 1918 – November 13, 200 was a German behavioral scientist. Lindauer studied communication systems in various species of social bees including stingless bees and honey bees. Much of his work was done in collabora ...
(† 2008) ** Art: Rolf Boysen,
Lothar-Günther Buchheim Lothar-Günther Buchheim () (February 6, 1918 – February 22, 2007) was a German author, painter, and wartime journalist under the Nazi regime. In World War II he served as a war correspondent aboard ships and U-boats. He is best known for ...
(† 2007), Tankred Dorst, August Everding († 1999), Hans Werner Henze († 2012), Carlos Kleiber († 2004), Julia Varady * 1999 ** Science:
Knut Borchardt Knut Borchardt (2 June 1929 – 5 February 2023) was a German researcher, historian and former professor for history and economics at both the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Mannheim from 1962 to 1991. Moreover, he ...
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Wolfgang Frühwald Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words '' wolf'', meaning "wolf", and '' gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the reg ...
, Regine Kahmann, Arnulf Schlüter († 2011), Harald Weinrich,
Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker (born 26 July 1941 in Frankfurt) is a German geneticist, biochemist and research manager. His main fields of research are virus/cell interaction, the mechanisms of gene expression in higher cells and prion diseases. He was Pr ...
, Meinhart Zenk ** Art: Sir
Colin Davis Sir Colin Rex Davis (25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013) was an English conductor, known for his association with the London Symphony Orchestra, having first conducted it in 1959. His repertoire was broad, but among the composers with whom h ...
(† 2013), Edita Gruberová († 2021),
Thomas Holtzmann Thomas Holtzmann (1 April 1927 – 4 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1955 to 2004. Filmography References External links

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Friedhelm Kemp Friedhelm is a name of Germanic origin. It may refer to: *Friedhelm Busse (1929–2008), German national socialist politician and activist * Friedhelm Döhl (born 1936), German composer and professor of music * Friedhelm Eronat (born 1953), Geneva- ...
(† 2011), Elfriede Kuzmany († 2006),
Martha Mödl Martha Mödl (22 March 1912, Nuremberg – 17 December 2001, Stuttgart) was a German soprano, and later a mezzo-soprano. She specialized in large dramatic roles such as Isolde, Brünnhilde, and particularly Kundry, and is considered, along with Ast ...
(† 2001), Doris Schade,
Wieland Schmied Wieland Schmied (5 February 1929 – 22 April 2014) was an Austrian art historian and critic, curator, literary scholar and writer. He was professor of art history at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich since 1986 and its rector from 1988 unti ...
, Gisela Stein († 2009) * 2001 ** Science:
Adolf Birkhofer Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...
, Hans Blömer, Eva-Bettina Bröcker, Franz Mayinger,
Klaus Pinkau Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus *Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American basebal ...
, Hubert Ziegler († 2009) ** Art: Dieter Dorn,
Reiner Kunze Reiner Kunze (born 16 August 1933 in Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge, Saxony) is a German writer and GDR dissident. He studied media and journalism at the University of Leipzig. In 1968, he left the GDR state party SED following the communist Warsaw Pact ...
, Waltraud Meier,
Anne-Sophie Mutter Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist. She was supported early in her career by Herbert von Karajan. As an advocate of contemporary music, she has had several works composed especially for her, by Sebastian Currier, Henri ...
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Robert Spaemann Robert Spaemann (5 May 1927 – 10 December 2018) was a German Catholic philosopher. He is considered a member of the Ritter School. Spaemann's focus was on Christian ethics. He was known for his work in bioethics, ecology, and human rights. Al ...
(† 2018), Ruth Zechlin († 2007) * 2003 ** Science:
Eugen Biser Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and p ...
, Theodor Hänsch, Berthold Hölldobler, Elke Lütjen-Drecoll, Trutz Rendtorff,
Albrecht Struppler Albrecht ("noble", "bright") is a given name or surname of German origin and may refer to: First name * Albrecht Agthe, (1790–1873), German music teacher * Albrecht Altdorfer, (c. 1480–1538) German Renaissance painter * Albrecht Becker, (1906 ...
(† 2009) ** Art:
Hans-Busso von Busse Hans-Busso (Arthur Rudolf) von Busse (7 May 1930, Oppeln, Upper Silesia – 7 November 2009, Munich) was a German architect and academic. He designed, among others, the in Erding and a restaurant at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing. Select ...
(† 2009), Ruth Drexel († 2009),
Aribert Reimann Aribert Reimann (born 4 March 1936) is a German composer, pianist and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', the opera ''Lear (opera), Lear'', was written at the suggestion of Dietrich F ...
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Horst Stein Horst Walter Stein (born 2 May 1928 in Elberfeld, Germany; died 27 July 2008 in Vandœuvres, Switzerland) was a German conductor. Biography Stein's father was a mechanic. At school in Frankfurt, he studied piano, oboe, and singing. Later, h ...
(† 2008) * 2006 ** Science: Heinz Billing († 2017),
Claus-Wilhelm Canaris Claus-Wilhelm Canaris (1 July 1937 – 5 March 2021) was a German jurist. Until his retirement in 2005 he was professor of Private Law, Commercial law and Labour law the University of Munich. Life Canaris was born in Liegnitz, Germany. His fa ...
(† 2021), Dieter Henrich,
Volker ter Meulen Volker may refer to: * Volker (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname * Volker, Kansas City, a historic neighborhood in Kansas City * Volker Boulevard, Kansas City * ''Alien Nations'' (German: ''Die Völker''), a real-time ...
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Maria-Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle Maria-Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle (born 20 August 1935 in Kiel, Germany) is a German chemist. From 1974 to 2000, she was a professor of Physical Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich. Among other awards, she has received the 2000 Bavarian ...
, Dieter Seitzer ** Art: Cornelia Froboess, Kurt Moll († 2017),
Jürgen Rose Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 196 ...
* 2008 ** Science: Laetitia Boehm, Walter Neupert, Hans-Werner Sinn,
Paul Zanker Paul Zanker (born 7 February 1937) is the Professor of ''Storia dell’Arte Antica'' at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. Previously he was ''Professor of Classical Archaeology'' at the University of Munich (1976–2002) and the University of ...
** Art: Reinhold Baumstark, Sir Peter Jonas († 2020), Zubin Mehta * 2010 ** Science:
Gisela Anton Gisela Anton (born ''Gisela Glasmachers''; 27 March 1955 in Bullay) is a German experimental particle and astroparticle physicist. She was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 1994. Since 1995, she is a professor and Chair of Experime ...
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Harald zur Hausen Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (; born 11 March 1936) is a German virologist and professor emeritus. He has done research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobe ...
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Joachim Milberg Joachim Milberg (born 10 April 1943 in Verl (Westfalen)) is a German engineer and manager who served as CEO of Bayerischen Motorenwerke AG (BMW). He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW until July 2015. Milberg was Professor and Dean o ...
, Reinhard Rummel, Hubert Schmidbaur, Markus Schwaiger, Anna-Elisabeth Trappe ** Art: Diana Damrau,
Wilfried Hiller Wilfried Hiller (born 15 March 1941) is a German composer. He became known above all for his stage works for families, children and young people. Life and work Hiller was born the son of the teacher August Hiller and his wife Josepha Hiller, n ...
, Mariss Jansons († 2019), Otfried Preußler († 2013), Klaus Schultz * 2012 ** Science:
Manfred Broy Manfred Broy (born 10 August 1949, Landsberg am Lech) is a German computer scientist, and an emeritus professor in the Department of Informatics at the Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany. Biography Broy gained his Doctor of Philo ...
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Heinz Gerhäuser The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six conti ...
, Peter Gruss, Jörg Hacker,
Wolfgang A. Herrmann Wolfgang Anton Herrmann (born 18 April 1948) is a German chemist and academic administrator. From 1995 to 2019, he was President of the Technical University of Munich. Education Herrmann attended the Donau-Gymnasium Kelheim, where he passed th ...
, Doris Schmitt-Landsiedel ** Art:
Siegfried Jerusalem Siegfried Jerusalem (born 17 April 1940) is a German operatic tenor. Closely identified with the heldentenor roles of Richard Wagner, he has performed Siegfried, Siegmund, Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Tristan to wide acclaim. Since the 1990s, he has ...
, Ivan Liška, Siegfried Mauser, Herta Müller * 2014 ** Science: August Böck, Gerhard Ertl,
Gerhard Hirzinger Gerd Hirzinger received his Dipl.-Ing. degree and the doctorate, doctor’s degree from the Technical University of Munich, in 1969 and 1974 respectively. In 1969 he joined DLR (the German Aerospace Center) where he first worked on fast digital c ...
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Paul Kirchhof Paul Kirchhof (born February 21, 1943 in Osnabrück) is a German jurist and tax law expert. He is also a professor of law, member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and, a former judge in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (' ...
, Christian Meier, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard ** Art: Anita Albus, Sibylle Canonica, Jens Malte Fischer, Christian Gerhaher,
Gerhard Oppitz Gerhard Oppitz (born 5 February 1953, Frauenau) is a German classical pianist. He studied with Paul Buck, Hugo Steurer and Wilhelm Kempff. In 1981 he was appointed professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater MünchenWolfgang Rihm * 2016 ** Science: Lorraine Daston,
Dieter Oesterhelt Dieter Oesterhelt (10 November 1940 – 28 November 2022) was a German biochemist. From 1980 until 2008, he was director of the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried. Biography Oesterhelt studied chemistry at the University of Muni ...
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Peter Gülke Peter Ludwig Gülke (born 29 April 1934) is a German conductor and musicologist. Biography Born in Weimar, Gülke studied cello and musicology at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. He completed his doctorate in philosophy in Leipzi ...
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Brigitte Kronauer Brigitte Kronauer (29 December 1940 – 22 July 2019) was a German writer who lived in Hamburg. Her novels, written in the tradition of Jean Paul with artful writing and an ironic undertone, were awarded several prizes, including in 2005 the Geo ...
(† 2019), Edgar Reitz * 2018 ** Science: ,
Laurens Molenkamp Laurens W. Molenkamp (born 4 August 1956) is a professor of physics and Chair of Experimental Physics at the University of Würzburg. He is known for his work on semiconductor structures and topological insulators.Petra Schwille Petra Schwille (born 25 January 1968 in Sindelfingen) is a German professor and a researcher in the area of biophysics. Since 2011, she has been a director of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Bi ...
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Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger FBA (born 17 July 1955 in Bergisch Gladbach) is a German historian. She mainly researches the early modern period and has held the chair for early modern history at the University of Münster. Stollberg-Rilinger is o ...
** Art: Jonas Kaufmann, Norbert Miller, Jörg Widmann,
Michael Haneke Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, G ...
* 2021 ** Science: Reinhard Genzel * 2023 ** Science: Henry Kissinger


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Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art The Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (german: Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst, links=no) was first established on 28 November 1853 by King Maximilian II von Bayern. It is awarded to acknowledge and reward exc ...