German Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a German industrialist and politician.About the time of his election to the Reichstag, Stinnes b

Was a German industrialist and politician.About the time of his election to the Reichstag, Stinnes began to buy up leading German newspapers, one of his main objects being to organize a solid and powerful bloc of opinion in Germany in support of law and o

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the gold medal with his

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the gold medal with his partner Willi Eichhorn in the coxless pairs competition.

Was a German chess player.He won at Kiel 1893 (the 8th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier)[1] took 13th at L

Was a German chess player.He won at Kiel 1893 (the 8th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier)[1] took 13th at Leipzig 1894 (the 9th DSB-Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch won), shared 2nd with Ignatz von Popiel, behind Robert Henry Barnes, at Eisenach 1896 (the 10th DSB-Co

Was a German botanist from Stuttgart.This seems to have determined his career as a botanist, and he

Was a German botanist from Stuttgart.This seems to have determined his career as a botanist, and he started in 1828 those anatomical investigations which continued till his death. In 1832 he was appointed professor of botany in Tübingen, a post which he never left. Unmarried, his pleasures were in his laboratory and library, and in perfecting optical apparatus and microscopic preparations, for which he showed extraordinary manual skill. He was largely a self-taught botanist from boyhood, and, little influenced in his opinions even by his teachers, preserved always his independence of view on scientific questions. He received many honours during his lifetime, and was elected foreign fellow of the Royal Society in 1868.

Was an Austrian minstrel of the late Middle Ages. Hugo VII was the Count of Montfort-Bregrenz and Pf

Was an Austrian minstrel of the late Middle Ages. Hugo VII was the Count of Montfort-Bregrenz and Pfannberg, and was a respected politician, holding numerous high administrative posts. He made his political career in the service of the house of Habsburg: as commander in chief of the ducal Austrian troops in Italy, as Hofmeister of Duke Leopold IV, as governor of Styria (1412-1415), and as a vicar in Thurgau, Aargau, and the Black Forest. In 1373 he married Margaret of Pfannberg, thereby vastly increasing the area controlled by the house of Montfort. In 1399 he acquired Festenburg Castle in Oststeiermark.

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée and sabre events at the 1936 Summer O

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée and sabre events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brou

Was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but utterly unrelated in technique.Though he had several bursts of extraordinary productivity, particularly in 1888 and 1889, depression frequently interrupted his creative periods, and his last composition was written in 1898, before he died of syphilis.

Height 196 cm Year of Birth 1973 Nationality United States of America, German Position Small For

Height 196 cm Year of Birth 1973 Nationality United States of America, German Position Small Forward