German Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a German physician and consultant for aviation medicine with the Luftwaffe. He was recognised as

Was a German physician and consultant for aviation medicine with the Luftwaffe. He was recognised as a leading specialist in aviation medicine.[1] Becker-Freyseng was one of those convicted at the Doctor's Trial. Becker-Freyseng was initially recruited by Hubertus Strughold to take part in the Nazi human experimentation programme that he oversaw. Becker-Freyseng's particular area of experimentation was low-pressure-chamber research, in which he worked alongside Ulrich Luft, Otto Gauer and Erich Opitz.[3] The Department for Aviation Medicine was established in 1936 with Becker-Freyseng initially just attached before he was promoted to co-ordinator.[4] Unlike some of his colleagues in military medical research he was a member of the Nazi Party.[5] He also held the rank of Captain in the Medical Service.[1]

Was a German Romantic composer famous mainly for his piano music, some of which is included in the R

Was a German Romantic composer famous mainly for his piano music, some of which is included in the Royal Conservatory of Music's Syllabus. In 2006, the Trio ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen recorded Berens's three string trios, Op. 85, and the recording was released by the Intim Musik label (a Swedish company) in 2007. The booklet enclosed with the recording includes a detailed biographical note on the composer.

Was a German composer of classical music. Bischoff's two symphonies have been recorded on the record

Was a German composer of classical music. Bischoff's two symphonies have been recorded on the record label Classic Produktion Osnabrück, along with a 1926 Introduction und Rondo. His first symphony, dedicated Herrn Dr. Richard Strauss[3] was performed (premiered?) in Essen in the same festival (The 42nd Tonkünstler-Festival) in 1906 (May 24-8, 1906) that saw the premiere of Mahler's Sixth Symphony.[4]

Is a retired German football player. He spent 8 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern,

Is a retired German football player. He spent 8 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Kickers Offenbach and TSV 1860 München. He also participated in the 1972 Olympics for West Germany.

Was a German amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a memb

Was a German amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the German Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament as well as one match in the consolation tournament.

Was a 20th century Austrian writer, considered one of the major Modernists.He was acquainted with Ro

Was a 20th century Austrian writer, considered one of the major Modernists.He was acquainted with Robert Musil, Rainer Maria Rilke, Elias Canetti, Franz Blei and his devoted friend and inspiration, writer and former nude model Ea von Allesch and many others. In 1927 he sold the textile factory and decided to study mathematics, philosophy and psychology at the University of Vienna. He embarked on a full-time literary career only around the age of 40. At the age of 45, he published his first novel, The Sleepwalkers.

Is considered one of the best post-World War II Austrian climbers and one of the best climbers of al

Is considered one of the best post-World War II Austrian climbers and one of the best climbers of all time. He was particularly innovative in applying alpine style to Himalayan climbing. His accomplishments include:Buhl is the only mountaineer to have made the first ascent of an eight-thousander solo. Just a few weeks after the successful first ascent of Broad Peak (with Fritz Wintersteller and Marcus Schmuck), Buhl and Kurt Diemberger made an attempt on nearby, unclimbed Chogolisa peak (7654 m) in alpine style. Buhl died when he fell through a cornice on the southeast ridge near the summit of Chogolisa. His body was never found.

Was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was also a member

Was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the German relay team which was eliminated in the first of the 4x400 metre relay competition.

Was a German professional road bicycle racer, professional between 1929 and 1937. He won Liège-Bast

Was a German professional road bicycle racer, professional between 1929 and 1937. He won Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 1930. Buse was born in Berlin and died in Bremen.

Was a German astronomer. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.Vogel pioneered the use of the sp

Was a German astronomer. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.Vogel pioneered the use of the spectroscope in astronomy. He applied this instrument to chemically analyze planetary atmospheres and to determine the Sun's rotational period using the Doppler effect.In 1882, Vogel became the Director at the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam. and he is best known for a discovery he made there in 1890. Vogel found that the spectra of certain stars shifted slightly over time, moving toward the red and then later toward the blue. His interpretation of this result was that the star was moving toward and then away from the Earth, and that the accompanying spectral shifts were the result of the Doppler effect.

Was an eminent German historical linguist and Indo-Europeanist, who spent much of his career in the

Was an eminent German historical linguist and Indo-Europeanist, who spent much of his career in the United States. He received the doctorate in 1878 at the University of Göttingen with a dissertation on The Emergence of the Indo-Iranian Palatal Series (German: Die Entstehung der indoiranischen Palatalreihe), and his 1885 Habilitation degree at the University of Halle for The Inflection of Nouns with Threefold Gradation in Old Indic and in Greek: the Case of the Singular (German: Die Flexion der Nomina mit dreifacher Stammabstufung im Altindischen und im Griechischen – Die Casus des Singular).

Was a German intellectual. He made significant contributions to the study of medicine, politics and

Was a German intellectual. He made significant contributions to the study of medicine, politics and law. Descended from Lutheran clergy on both sides of his family, second-youngest of ten children, Conring showed early promise as a student. During his lif

Was a German farmer and riding-master who built equestrian arenas throughout the World. Hermann Duck

Was a German farmer and riding-master who built equestrian arenas throughout the World. Hermann Duckek’s attention to detail and performance excellence won him the title “Duke of Dirt” - in German, “Bodenpapst”. From the foundation of the “International D

Was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory, and is known for his disco

Was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory, and is known for his discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect. He was also the first person to describe the learning curve.[1] He was the father of the eminent Neo-Kantian philosopher Julius Ebbinghaus.After acquiring his PhD, Ebbinghaus moved to Berlin, where he spent several years before leaving to travel in France and England for the next three years. In England, he may have taught in two small schools in the South of the country (Gorfein, 1985). In London, in a used bookstore, he came across Gustav Fechner's book Elements of Psychophysics which arguably spurred him to conduct his famous memory experiments. He began his work in 1879, but he may have performed his first set of experiments on several students from the English schools he had taught at. In 1885,

Was a German chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902.In 1875 von Baeyer was a

Was a German chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902.In 1875 von Baeyer was asked to succeed Liebig at the University of Munich and Fischer went there with him to become an assistant in organic chemistry.In 1878 Fischer qualified as a Privatdozent at Munich, where he was appointed Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry in 1879. In the same year he was offered, but refused, the Chair of Chemistry at Aix-la-Chapelle.In 1881 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the University of Erlangen and in 1883 he was asked by the Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik to direct its scientific laboratory. Fischer, however, whose father had now made him financially independent, preferred academic work.

Was a German psychiatrist who was a native of Weimar. He was a pioneer of child and adolescent psych

Was a German psychiatrist who was a native of Weimar. He was a pioneer of child and adolescent psychology, and a founder of developmental psychopathology. He studied medicine at the Universities of Göttingen and Jena, and in 1869 received his medical doctorate. Afterwards he was an assistant to Carl Gerhardt (1833-1902), who was director of the Medical Clinic in Jena. From 1874 to 1880 he worked at the University of Würzburg, where he was an assistant to Franz von Rinecker (1811-1883).

Was a German football player and manager.The forward was a member of FC Schalke 04 squad, which won

Was a German football player and manager.The forward was a member of FC Schalke 04 squad, which won the German Championship in the years 1939, 1940 and 1942. He also won three caps with the German national team.Later on he served as a manager for Borussia Dortmund, winning the German Championship in 1963 and also making it to the final of the DFB-Pokal in the same year. Two years later he won the 1965 DFB-Cup with Dortmund. After switching to Meidericher SV he made it to the cup final once again in 1966, where his team was defeated by Bayern Munich. After several years at VfL Bochum, where he made the cup final yet again in 1968, he eventually switched to VfB Stuttgart.

Also known as Ermanno Fellsner, was an Austrian football player and manager from Vienna.Although he

Also known as Ermanno Fellsner, was an Austrian football player and manager from Vienna.Although he managed several clubs, Hermann is most remembered for his time at Bologna with whom he spent over a decade and led the club to four Italian League titles.

Was a German composer. The great-nephew of composer Heinrich Finck, Hermann was born in Pirna, and d

Was a German composer. The great-nephew of composer Heinrich Finck, Hermann was born in Pirna, and died at Wittenberg. After 1553 he lived at Wittenberg, where he was organist, and there, in 1555, was published his collection of wedding songs. Few details of his life have been preserved.

Was a visionary architect, painter, poet, essayist, toymaker and composer. He played an influential

Was a visionary architect, painter, poet, essayist, toymaker and composer. He played an influential role in the German expressionist architecture movement of the early 20th century but due to the harsh economic climate realised none of his projects. By 1922, Finsterlin had withdrawn from the circle of expressionist architects as they moved towards the New Objectivity movement, he moved to Stuttgart to concentrate on painting and writing.

Was a German composer and conductor. In 1882 he was appointed the first director of what would later

Was a German composer and conductor. In 1882 he was appointed the first director of what would later become the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra when he was named leader of a band of 100 musicians at the court of Tsar Alexander III.[2] He continued to hold this position until his death in 1907.

Was a German composer. Hermann Raupach was born at Stralsund in Germany, the son and pupil of compos

Was a German composer. Hermann Raupach was born at Stralsund in Germany, the son and pupil of composer and organist Christoph Raupach (1686-1744) and the nephew of Lutheran church historian Bernhard Raupach (1682—1745). Raupach was a harpsichordist, who became the assistant of Vincenzo Manfredini, at the Russian Imperial Court Orchestra in Saint Petersburg in 1755. In 1758 he was appointed a Kapellmeister and court composer. Some of his operas were performed in Russian. His Alceste (????????, 1758) is regarded as "the second Russian opera" (after Araja's Tsefal i Prokris, 1755). The role of Admet in this opera was sung by Dmitry Bortniansky, called the "Orpheus of the Neva River".

German politician and military leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party, second in command of the

German politician and military leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party, second in command of the Third Reich, designated successor to Adolf Hitler,

Was a German architect during the Nazi era, one of the two architects most favored and rewarded by A

Was a German architect during the Nazi era, one of the two architects most favored and rewarded by Adolf Hitler (the other being Albert Speer). Hermann Giesler completed his architectural study at the Academy for Applied Arts in Munich. Starting from 1930

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olymp

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the C-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972.