German Famous Boy Names with Letter J

Was a German philosopher and publicist.[1] Bergk was professor of philosophy and jurisprudence at th

Was a German philosopher and publicist.[1] Bergk was professor of philosophy and jurisprudence at the University of Leipzig. A Kantian, he defended the French revolution in his Untersuchungen aus dem Natur-, Staats- und Völkerrechte (1796) and translated

Was a German composer and violinist. He was regarded as one of the foremost violinists in his days.

Was a German composer and violinist. He was regarded as one of the foremost violinists in his days. As a young boy, Birkenstock studied with Ruggiero Fedeli in Kassel, but he was soon sent to Berlin to engage in additional studies with Jean Baptiste Volumier. After that Birkenstock went to Bayreuth to study with Fiorelli. In 1708 he completed his studies with Francois Duval in Paris. Upon his return to Kassel, he became a member of the kapelle in 1708 where he stayed until 1722 when he embarked on a concert tour to Holland.

Was a German Baroque architect. After the War of the Palatine Succession, the Elector Johann Wilhelm

Was a German Baroque architect. After the War of the Palatine Succession, the Elector Johann Wilhelm initiated the reconstruction of Heidelberg giving Breuning and other architects a broad field of activity.

Was a German composer, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an e

Was a German composer, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. In many of these operas he collaborated with the poet Christian Felix Weiße. Furthermore, Hiller was a teacher who encouraged musical education for women, his pupils including Elisabeth Mara and Corona Schröter.[1]

Was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Has

Was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity of sacred music. Married to soprano Faustina Bordoni and a great friend of librettist Pietro Metastasio, whose libretti he frequently set, Hasse was a pivotal figure in the development of opera seria and 18th-century music.

Was the father of the composer Johann Bernhard Bach, and organist and municipal orchestra director o

Was the father of the composer Johann Bernhard Bach, and organist and municipal orchestra director of Erfurt, Germany. He was Johann Sebastian Bach's uncle and Johannes Bach's son. He was a violist and performer in the Stadtmusikanten Kompagnie in Erfurt. He was organist at the Kaufmannskirche and the Michaeliskirche; on 30 June 1682 he was named the director of the Ratsmusik; in 1694 he held the position of trade with the "Nurnberger Ware."

Was an Austrian actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in 1796.[1]P

Was an Austrian actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in 1796.[1]Problems with the printing of his play Mathilde von Altenstein caused him to fall into debt, and unable to afford to publish a new play he had written, Senefelder experimented with a novel etching technique using a greasy, acid resistant ink as a resist on a smooth fine-grained stone of Solnhofen limestone. He then discovered that this could be extended to allow printing from the flat surface of the stone alone, the first planographic process in printing.

Was an Austrian diplomat. Johann Amadeus was sent to the school of Oriental languages. He entered th

Was an Austrian diplomat. Johann Amadeus was sent to the school of Oriental languages. He entered the Austrian foreign office as an interpreter and was appointed dragoman to the embassy at Constantinople. In 1769 he was appointed chargé d'affaires, and in

Was a German musician, composer and music publisher. In 1774, as the patriarch of a Huguenot family,

Was a German musician, composer and music publisher. In 1774, as the patriarch of a Huguenot family, André founded one of the first music publishing houses to be independent of a bookshop, in Offenbach am Main. Among his closest friends in Offenbach were Goethe, at the time of his engagement to Anna Elisabeth Schönemann, and he is pictured in the seventeenth book of Goethe's autobiography Dichtung und Wahrheit with an Offenbach am Main background in 1775.

Was a German composer and musician. Amon composed around fifty works, including symphonies, concerti

Was a German composer and musician. Amon composed around fifty works, including symphonies, concerti, sonatas, and songs. He also wrote two masses, various liturgical works, and two operettas. who took Amon to Paris to study composition with Antonio Sacchini in 1781. Amon then traveled with Punto, often leading his orchestra, until 1789, when he became the musical director at Heilbronn. In 1817, he became kapellmeister to the Prince of Oettingen-Wallerstein, continuing in this position until his death at Wallerstein, Bavaria in 1825.[1]

Was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael

Was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, and like them, assisted in importing the grand Venetian style and the other features of the early Baroque into Protestant Germany. In 1636 he accepted a position in Nuremberg, and returned to the city of his birth; it was evidently a frustrating appointment for him, for he wrote of his time there bitterly, and in 1644 he went back to Frankfurt, where he remained for the rest of his life. His most productive time was the period in Nuremberg and the second Frankfurt employment, during which he wrote his theoretical treatises and composed the bulk of his church music.

Was a German pianist, composer and piano maker. In 1793 he married Nannette Streicher (1769–1833),

Was a German pianist, composer and piano maker. In 1793 he married Nannette Streicher (1769–1833), another piano maker and the daughter of Augsburg piano maker Johann Andreas Stein. In 1794 they moved to Vienna. From that time Streicher worked as a piano teacher and became increasingly known for his compositions. The Streicher piano-making business provided at least one fortepiano to Beethoven in his early years, of which the composer was fond, writing that it was "too good for me ... because it robs me of the freedom to produce my own tone".[1]

Was a German palaeontologist, zoologist and archaeologist.Wagner was a professor at the University o

Was a German palaeontologist, zoologist and archaeologist.Wagner was a professor at the University of Munich, and curator of the Zoologische Staatssammlung (State Zoology Collection). He was the author of Die Geographische Verbreitung der Säugethiere Dargestellt (1844-46).

Was a German and Austrian painter. Ziegler was born in Meiningen, and painted primarily landscapes.

Was a German and Austrian painter. Ziegler was born in Meiningen, and painted primarily landscapes. He traveled Austria and produced a collection of works depicting views of Vienna. [1] Ziegler committed suicide in Vienna.

Was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He was a member of

Was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria.

Was a German composer and music publisher. André wrote operas, symphonies, masses, and lieder, as w

Was a German composer and music publisher. André wrote operas, symphonies, masses, and lieder, as well as a still unfinished Lehrbuch der Tonsetzkunst (Textbook of the Art of Composition) in two volumes. In 1799, André purchased a large volume of Mozart's musical papers (the Mozart-Nachlass) from his widow Constanze, and brought them to Offenbach. This collection contained over 270 autographs and included the operas The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute, a series of string quartets and string quintets, several piano concertos, and Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

Was a Baltic German naturalist and explorer in Russian service.then part of the Russian Empire, and

Was a Baltic German naturalist and explorer in Russian service.then part of the Russian Empire, and studied medicine at the University of Frankfurt, obtaining his doctorate in 1767. In the following year he joined the Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences' expedition sent by Catherine II of Russia to explore the Russian empire's southern frontier. Güldenstädt travelled through Ukraine and the Astrakhan region, as well as the northern Caucasus and Georgia, both of which were almost entirely beyond the borders of the Russian empire, returning to St Petersburg in March 1775. The results of the expedition and Güldenstädt's edited expedition journal were published after his death by Peter Simon Pallas in Reisen durch Russland und im Caucasischen Gebürge (Travels in Russia and the Mountains of the Caucasus) (1787-91).

Was a high-ranking Austrian (from 1939, German) Nazi war criminal. He was the highest SS and Police

Was a high-ranking Austrian (from 1939, German) Nazi war criminal. He was the highest SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands and therefore the leading security and police officer there during the period of 1940-1945. He reported directly to the

Was a German-Austrian chess master and theoretician.Allgaier named as "German Philidor", was reputed

Was a German-Austrian chess master and theoretician.Allgaier named as "German Philidor", was reputed to be the strongest chess players in Europe at the Napoleonic era. In 1809, he as The Turk (Automaton Chess Player) defeated Napoleon I of France at Schön

Was a German theologian and Catholic church historian. In the following year he accepted the chairs

Was a German theologian and Catholic church historian. In the following year he accepted the chairs of exegesis and church history at the seminary of Posen. He defended with ardour the Archbishop of that city, Martin von Dunin, during his persecution by the Prussian government, became vicar-capitular, professor and regens at Hildesheim in 1845, and in 1853 was appointed to the chair of Church History in the University of Freiburg (Breisgau); at the same time he was appointed an ecclesiastical councillor (geistlicher Rat). He held that post until his death at Freiburg.

In 1715 Homann was appointed Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire. Giving such privileges to

In 1715 Homann was appointed Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire. Giving such privileges to individuals was an added right that the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire enjoyed.

Is a Catholic theologian.[1] He is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology, Emeritus, at Westphal

Is a Catholic theologian.[1] He is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology, Emeritus, at Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany. A student of Karl Rahner, he broke with Rahner's transcendental theology in a turn to a theology rooted in praxis. Metz is at the center of a school of political theology that strongly influenced Liberation Theology. He is one of the most influential post-Vatican II German theologians. His thought turns around fundamental attention to the suffering of others. The key categories of his theology are memory, solidarity, and narrative. Works in English include: The Emergent Church, Faith in History and Society, Poverty of Spirit, and Hope Against Hope. Collected articles can be found in A Passion for God: The Mystical-Political Dimension of Christianity, translated by Matthew Ashley and in John K. Downey, ed., Love's Strategy: The Political Theology of Johann Baptist Metz.

Was an important German Rococo sculptor.Straub came from a family of sculptors. His father Johann Ge

Was an important German Rococo sculptor.Straub came from a family of sculptors. His father Johann George Straub and his brothers Philipp Jakob, Joseph, and Johann Georg Straub were also sculptors, as was his nephew Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. J. B. Straub studied in Munich with the court sculptor Gabriel Luidl and then went to Vienna, where he worked from 1726 to 1734.In 1734 Straub returned to Munich. In 1737 he was appointed by Elector Karl Albrecht from Bavaria as the court sculptor. In the same year Straub married a daughter of the court engraver, Franz Xaver Späth.

Was an Austrian athlete and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lak

Was an Austrian athlete and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, he finished 12th and last in the two-man event. Four years later he finished 13th in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Was a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque.Like his brother Dominikus Zimm

Was a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque.Like his brother Dominikus Zimmermann he descended from an artist family of the Wessobrunner School.