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Ruth Westheimer (1928–2024), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, Doctor of Education, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper. William the Silent (1533–1584), German-born main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs [25] Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), art historian and archaeologist
Germany: 8.1 billion Otto Group: 329 Michael Herz Germany: 7.9 billion Tchibo, Beiersdorf: 329 Wolfgang Herz Germany: 7.9 billion Tchibo, Beiersdorf: 358 Jürgen Blickle Germany: 7.4 billion SEW Eurodrive: 385 Nadia Thiele Germany: 7.1 billion Knorr-Bremse AG: 432 Wolfgang Marguerre Germany: 6.4 billion Octapharma: 432 Maximilian Viessmann ...
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity. For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians .
Germany A former medical professor at the University of Jena, Albrecht was accused of killing a patient in 1941, as part of the Nazi euthanasia program which carried out mass killings of the mentally ill and physically disabled. She was further linked to the deaths of 159 people at a hospital in Stadtroda. In 2005, Albrecht was ruled unfit to ...
Jack Steinberger: German-American-Swiss physicist, co-discovered the muon neutrino, shared 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics. Georg Wilhelm Steller: Chief naturalist on Vitus Bering's expedition during which Alaska was discovered (1741) and pioneer of Alaskan Natural History. Steller's sea cow (now extinct) was named after him.
Werner Otto (1909–2011), founder of Otto GmbH, now Otto Group, a mail order company; Hasso Plattner (born 1944), co-founder of SAP; Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951), designer and founder of Porsche; Günther Quandt (1881–1954), industrial, entrepreneur of different companies (today includes BMW AG and Altana (chemicals)
Ulrike Beisiegel (born 1952), German biochemist, researcher of liver fats and first female president of the University of Göttingen; Sibylle Günter (born 1964), theoretical physicist researching tokamak plasmas; Hanna von Hoerner (1942–2014), astrophysicist; Eva-Maria Neher (born 1950), German biochemist, microbiologist; Nina Papavasiliou ...
Lists of German people by school affiliation (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Lists of German people" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.