German Empire
German Empire ranks 531st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wiesbaden, Hanau, and Plovdiv. Memorable people born in German Empire include Heinz Guderian, Max Born, and Edith Stein. Memorable people who died in German Empire include William I, German Emperor, Frederick III, German Emperor, and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. German Empire has been the birth place of many military personnels and physicists and the death place of many politicians and mathematicians. 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
Between 1879 and 1916, German Empire was the birth place of 23 globally memorable people, including Heinz Guderian, Max Born, and Edith Stein. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in German Empire including William I, German Emperor, Frederick III, German Emperor, and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.
People Born in German Empire
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Heinz Guderian
1888 - 1954
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 1
Max Born
1882 - 1970
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 2
Edith Stein
1891 - 1942
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 3
Otto Dix
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 4
Gerhard Domagk
1895 - 1964
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 5
Dietrich von Choltitz
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 6
Kurt Student
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 7
Werner von Haeften
1908 - 1944
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 8
Anna Anderson
1896 - 1984
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 9
Erich Auerbach
1892 - 1957
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 10
Lothar von Richthofen
1894 - 1922
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 11
Ludwig Guttmann
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in German Empire
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
1898 - 1995
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 15
Jakob Streitle
1916 - 1982
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 22
Frank Kugler
1879 - 1952
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 23
People Deceased in German Empire
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William I, German Emperor
1797 - 1888
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 1
Frederick III, German Emperor
1831 - 1888
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 2
Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
1808 - 1892
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 3
Julius von Mayer
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 4
Adam Opel
1837 - 1895
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 5
Johann Gustav Droysen
1808 - 1884
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 6
Adolf Anderssen
1818 - 1879
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 7
Hermann Grassmann
1809 - 1877
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 8
Ernst Kummer
1810 - 1893
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 9
Emil du Bois-Reymond
1818 - 1896
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 10
Ludwig Büchner
1824 - 1899
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 11
Mihály Munkácsy
1844 - 1900
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day German Empire were military personnels (5), physicists (2), physicians (2), politicians (2), and philosophers (1), while most who died were politicians (5), mathematicians (2), philosophers (2), physicists (1), and inventors (1).
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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 22 globally memorable people born in German Empire since 1700.
