German Empire
German Empire ranks 421st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Uruguay, Palma de Mallorca, and Gotha. Memorable people born in German Empire include Heinz Guderian, Max Born, and Edith Stein. Memorable people who died in German Empire include Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Julius von Mayer, and Adam Opel. German Empire has been the birth place of many military personnels, and physicians and the death place of many politicians, and philosophers. German Empire is located in Germany.
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1782 and 1916, German Empire was the birth place of 31 globally memorable people, including Heinz Guderian, Max Born, and Edith Stein. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in German Empire including Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Julius von Mayer, and Adam Opel.
People Born in German Empire
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Heinz Guderian
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1954
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 1
Max Born
PHYSICIST
1882 - 1970
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 2
Edith Stein
PHILOSOPHER
1891 - 1942
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 3
Otto Dix
PAINTER
1891 - 1969
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 4
Gerhard Domagk
PHYSICIAN
1895 - 1964
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 5
Dietrich von Choltitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1966
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 6
Kurt Student
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 7
Fritz Perls
PSYCHOLOGIST
1893 - 1970
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 8
Ernst vom Rath
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1938
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 9
Viktor Lutze
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1890 - 1943
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 10
Erich Auerbach
HISTORIAN
1892 - 1957
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 11
Lothar von Richthofen
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1922
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 12
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Franz Hössler
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1906 - 1945
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 16
Johann Kremer
PHYSICIAN
1883 - 1965
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 21
Max Wünsche
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1914 - 1995
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 22
Karl Arnold
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1958
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 24
Josef Gauchel
SOCCER PLAYER
1916 - 1963
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 26
Franz Dienert
SOCCER PLAYER
1900 - 1978
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 28
Ernst Loof
RACING DRIVER
1907 - 1956
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 31
People Deceased in German Empire
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Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1808 - 1892
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 1
Julius von Mayer
PHYSICIST
1814 - 1878
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 2
Adam Opel
INVENTOR
1837 - 1895
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 3
Adolf Anderssen
CHESS PLAYER
1818 - 1879
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 4
Johann Gustav Droysen
HISTORIAN
1808 - 1884
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 5
Ferdinand Cohn
BIOLOGIST
1828 - 1898
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 6
Ernst Kummer
MATHEMATICIAN
1810 - 1893
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 7
Alfred Brehm
WRITER
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 8
Hermann Grassmann
MATHEMATICIAN
1809 - 1877
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 9
Emil du Bois-Reymond
PHYSICIAN
1818 - 1896
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 10
Oswald Achenbach
PAINTER
1827 - 1905
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 11
Ludwig Büchner
PHILOSOPHER
1824 - 1899
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in German Empire
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Maria Katharina Kasper
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1820 - 1898
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 19
Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg
CHEMIST
1813 - 1899
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 20
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day German Empire were military personnels (8), physicians (3), politicians (3), soccer players (3), and physicists (2), while most who died were politicians (3), philosophers (3), mathematicians (2), painters (2), and chemists (2).
Occupational Trends
Throughout history military personnels have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day German Empire, including Heinz Guderian, Dietrich von Choltitz, and Kurt Student.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in German Empire since 1700.
