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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
Gustav Gerneth (15 October 1905 – 21 October 2019) [7] was born in Stettin, German Empire (now Szczecin, Poland). [109] He worked in a shipping company and at a gas plant. During the Second World War, he was a mechanic in the German air force . [110] He married Charlotte Grubert in 1930 and the couple had three sons; she died in 1988.
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 ...
Max Bockmühl: He developed together with German Gustav Ehrhart Methadone in 1937 in Germany, working for I.G. Farbenindustrie AG at the Farbwerke Hoechst; Johann Elert Bode: Discovered the Titus-Bode Law; Ludwig Bölkow: Aeronautical pioneer. Was instrumental in the development of the Me 262, developed a new rotorhead concept for helicopters.
Germany: Helmut Fink 18 March 1901: 27 April 2009 (108) Last German Revolution veteran and last German World War I-era veteran, served in the Freikorps during the German Revolution of 1918 and 1919. Lived in Germany. [citation needed] Poland: Józef Kowalski: 2 February 1900: 7 December 2013 (113)
Germany: 14 billion Aldi Nord and Trader Joe's: 164 Hasso Plattner Germany: 12.1 billion SAP: 195 Georg Schaeffler Germany: 10.9 billion Schaeffler Group: 203 Friedhelm Loh Germany: 10.6 billion Friedhelm Loh Group: 232 Andreas Strüngmann Germany: 9.8 billion Hexal, BioNTech: 232 Thomas Strüngmann Germany: 9.8 billion Hexal, BioNTech: 256 ...
This is a list of notable German actors from 1895, the year of the first public showing of a motion picture by the Lumière brothers, to the present. Actors are listed in the period in which their film careers began and the careers of most spanned more than just one period.
Michael Maestlin (1550-1631), mathematician, astronomer, Kepler's mentor; Johannes Remus Quietanus, astronomer; Paul Hermann (1645-1696), botanist; Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), mathematician and astronomer, He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae ...