Philosophers from Germany

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Germans Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Germans Philosophers 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 Philosophers.

1. #1

   

   Friedrich Nietzsche

   1844 - 1900

   HPI 90.17174 langs

   Nietzsche was a German philosopher who is most famous for his idea of the Übermensch.

2. #2

   

   Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

   1770 - 1831

   HPI 88.27137 langs

   Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is most famous for his dialectical philosophy, which is a system of thought that moves through thesis,...Read moreShow less

   Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is most famous for his dialectical philosophy, which is a system of thought that moves through thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.

3. #3

   

   Friedrich Engels

   1820 - 1895

   HPI 85.72127 langs

   Friedrich Engels is most famous for co-writing the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx.

4. #4

   

   Martin Heidegger

   1889 - 1976

   HPI 84.92113 langs

   Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher who is most famous for the idea of "being-in-the-world."

5. #5

   

   Hannah Arendt

   1906 - 1975

   HPI 82.2991 langs

   Hannah Arendt is most famous for her book "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil."

6. #6

   

   Johann Gottlieb Fichte

   1762 - 1814

   HPI 81.4080 langs

   Johann Gottlieb Fichte is most famous for his philosophy of transcendental idealism.

7. #7

   

   Nicholas of Cusa

   1401 - 1464

   HPI 80.3966 langs

   Nicholas of Cusa is most famous for his work on the infinite and the infinitesimal.

8. #8

   

   Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

   1775 - 1854

   HPI 80.3269 langs

   Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German philosopher who was most famous for his work in the philosophy of nature and the philosophy...Read moreShow less

   Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German philosopher who was most famous for his work in the philosophy of nature and the philosophy of mythology.

9. #9

   

   Karl Jaspers

   1883 - 1969

   HPI 80.2873 langs

   Karl Jaspers is most famous for his philosophical work in the field of existentialism. He was a German psychiatrist and philosopher who was...Read moreShow less

   Karl Jaspers is most famous for his philosophical work in the field of existentialism. He was a German psychiatrist and philosopher who was active in the 20th century. He was born in Oldenburg, Germany, on October 18, 1883, and died in Basel, Switzerland, on February 26, 1969.

10. #10

    

    Ludwig Feuerbach

    1804 - 1872

    HPI 80.2273 langs

    Ludwig Feuerbach was most famous for the idea that God is simply a projection of human qualities.