The Most Famous

Geologists from Germany

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This page contains a list of the greatest Germans Geologists. The pantheon dataset contains 90 Geologists, 12 of which were born in Germany. This makes Germany the birth place of the 3rd most number of Geologists behind United Kingdom and United States.

Top 10 German Geologists

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Germans Geologists of all time. This list of famous Germans Geologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Germans Geologists.

  1. #1
    Photo of Alfred Wegener

    Alfred Wegener

    1880 - 1930

    HPI 78.5680 langs

    Alfred Wegener is most famous for his theory of continental drift.

  2. #2
    Photo of Friedrich Mohs

    Friedrich Mohs

    1773 - 1839

    HPI 71.5943 langs

    Friedrich Mohs is most famous for his Mohs scale of mineral hardness.

  3. #3
    Photo of Beno Gutenberg

    Beno Gutenberg

    1889 - 1960

    HPI 65.8331 langs

    Beno Gutenberg was a German inventor who is most famous for inventing the first movable type printing press.

  4. #7
    Photo of Harry Rosenbusch

    Harry Rosenbusch

    1836 - 1914

    HPI 58.7016 langs

    German mineralogist and petrologist at Heidelberg University (1836–1914)

  5. #9
    Photo of Julius von Haast

    Julius von Haast

    1822 - 1887

    HPI 56.8319 langs

    German-born New Zealand geologist

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Germans Geologists grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Geologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 12 most globally memorable Geologists since 1700.

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