German Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was an Austrian philanthropist and the founder of SOS Children's Villages.Having experienced the hor

Was an Austrian philanthropist and the founder of SOS Children's Villages.Having experienced the horrors of war himself as a soldier in Russia, he was then confronted with the isolation and suffering of the many war orphans and homeless children as a child welfare worker after the end of the Second World War. In his conviction that help can never be effective as long as the children have to grow up without a home of their own, he set about implementing his idea for SOS Children's Villages.

Was a famous German strongman. Görner performed in various countries and achieved feats of strength

Was a famous German strongman. Görner performed in various countries and achieved feats of strength rarely matched to this day, most notably in lifts requiring exceptional gripping strength. Görner was born in Hänichen, Saxony, Germany. He started lifting

Was a German composer, conductor and teacher. He was educated by his father, composer Karl Graedener

Was a German composer, conductor and teacher. He was educated by his father, composer Karl Graedener. He then studied at the Vienna Conservatory. From 1862 he was organist at the Lutheran City Church in Vienna, and from 1864 violinist in the court's orchestra. He taught at the Vienna Conservatory from 1877 to 1913, being a professor from 1882. Between 1892 and 1896 he was director of the Wiener Singakademie. He died in Vienna.

Was a German composer. After studying in Berlin, he moved to Switzerland in 1863. After ten years sp

Was a German composer. After studying in Berlin, he moved to Switzerland in 1863. After ten years spent as a critic, pianist and conductor as well, he spent the last three years of his life composing. The conductor Felix Weingartner found it "incomprehensible that his delightful opera comique, 'Der Widerspanstigen Zähmung,' should have entirely disappeared from the repertoire."[1]

Is professor emeritus in theoretical physics at the University of Stuttgart. He is known as the foun

Is professor emeritus in theoretical physics at the University of Stuttgart. He is known as the founder of synergetics. After his studies in mathematics and physics in Halle (Saale) and Erlangen, receiving his Ph. D. in mathematics at the University of Erlangen and being guest lecturer at universities in the UK and U.S., he was appointed lecturer in theoretical physics at the university of Stuttgart. His research has been in non linear optics (his specialities are laser physics, particle physics, statistical physics and group theory).

Was a German mathematician who was born in Halle, Germany and died in Schramberg (near Tübingen), G

Was a German mathematician who was born in Halle, Germany and died in Schramberg (near Tübingen), Germany. He studied and worked with, among others, Möbius, Riemann, Weierstrass and Kronecker. His 1867 exposition on complex numbers and quaternions is part

Was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Prussian economist who is often regarded as the first to elaborate a general theory of margina

Was a Prussian economist who is often regarded as the first to elaborate a general theory of marginal utility.Gossen's book Die Entwicklung der Gesetze des menschlichen Verkehrs und der daraus fließenden Regeln für menschliches Handeln (The Development of

Is a German composer. He studied with Josef Matthias Hauer and was also self-taught. Hauer dedicated

Is a German composer. He studied with Josef Matthias Hauer and was also self-taught. Hauer dedicated his book Twelve-Tone Technique to Heiss. He later taught twelve-tone music at Darmstadt and composed electronic music at Cologne.

Was a German legal scholar and philosopher of Jewish descent.[1] He was active in the non-Marxist wi

Was a German legal scholar and philosopher of Jewish descent.[1] He was active in the non-Marxist wing of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the Weimar Republic. He attempted to formulate the theoretical foundations of the social-democrat

A German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. I

A German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. I

Was a German historian and jurist. He was compelled to take up jurisprudence in consequence of a ser

Was a German historian and jurist. He was compelled to take up jurisprudence in consequence of a serious disease of the eye, but never lost his fondness for history. In the year 1853 he graduated in Breslau with the dissertation: Justinianische Quasi-Pupi

German Orientalist and Biblical commentator, was born at Marburg, where he studied philosophy and th

German Orientalist and Biblical commentator, was born at Marburg, where he studied philosophy and theology from 1813 to 1817. In 1819 he became a teacher in the gymnasium at Hanau, but in 1822 resigned that appointment. After studying for some time at Hal

Was a German pharmacist, businessman and patron of art and sport.

Was a German pharmacist, businessman and patron of art and sport.

Was a German journalist and writer. He was born in Moosbach. After school in Weiden in der Oberpfalz

Was a German journalist and writer. He was born in Moosbach. After school in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, at Augustinus-Gymnasium Weiden Huber studied Roman Catholic theology and history in Munich at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. After univ

Is a German artist, founder of the Global Brainstorming Project (1991), a platform to provide commun

Is a German artist, founder of the Global Brainstorming Project (1991), a platform to provide communication of researchers, scientists with the general public by the means of art. Influenced by his teacher Joseph Beuys, Hack develops the "Soziale Plastik" of Beuys with a global aspect and is the first to import it into the cyberspace dimension. Hack's big size paintings on tarpaulin and works on paper deal with the challenges of global change and their cultural, social dimensions. Hack was one of the first media artists using the Internet, one of the most famous projects is the virtual roof http://www.hack-roof.de , where everybody could get a piece of the sky above a German city. Public interventions with the World Climate Refugee Camp, a model camp made of 1.000 miniature tents, since 2007 to visualize the plight of millions of climate refugees in the center of European cities, e.g. Berlin, London, Dublin, Madrid, Bruxelles, Hanover, Bremen, Bonn, Weimar, Frankfurt/Main.

Was a German astronomer, author and professor. Born in Cologne, Germany on September 14, 1844, he at

Was a German astronomer, author and professor. Born in Cologne, Germany on September 14, 1844, he attained his doctorate from the University of Cologne in 1874, and taught at the school. He was a member of the Selenographic Society and the crater Klein on the Moon is now named after him.

Was a German chemist and inventor, and together with Julius Vorster the founder of the Chemische Fab

Was a German chemist and inventor, and together with Julius Vorster the founder of the Chemische Fabrik Kalk. He was the second of six children of the master organ builder August Wilhelm Grüneberg and his wife Caroline Henriette née Breslich from Cammin.

Was a German entomologist from Halle. He was curator at the Berlin Zoological Museum from 1890 until

Was a German entomologist from Halle. He was curator at the Berlin Zoological Museum from 1890 until 1921 specialising in Coleoptera, Psocoptera and the “Neuroptera”. He died in Licherfelde.

Was a Austro-Hungarian-born, German (Transylvanian Saxon) physicist, and, along with the Russian Kon

Was a Austro-Hungarian-born, German (Transylvanian Saxon) physicist, and, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and the American Robert Goddard, one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. The three were never active collaborators: i

Was a distinguished German jurist.He was a professor at Freiburg University (1923-1929), Visiting Pr

Was a distinguished German jurist.He was a professor at Freiburg University (1923-1929), Visiting Professor, Columbia University(1927), Kiel University (1929-1933), dismissed from Kiel on both political and semitic grounds, 1933, lecturer at the 'University in Exile' and at City College, New York, 1933-34, lecturer at London School of Economics, All Souls College Oxford and Cambridge University, 1934-37, Assistant Director of Research in Law, Cambridge, 1937-1940.For further biographical details see: 'Hermann Ulrich Kantorowicz, eine Biographie by Karlheinz Muscheler' Duncker & Humbolt, Berlin, 1984.(Note by his son Frank Kantorowicz Carter: Kantorowicz had only one first name, though from 1904 to 1922 he regularly added the initial 'U' to distinguish himself from another Hermann Kantorowicz.

Was a German scholar in the fields of philology and comparative religion. He was born at Weilburg an

Was a German scholar in the fields of philology and comparative religion. He was born at Weilburg and educated at its Gymnasium. From 1853 he studied at Heidelberg, Munich, Göttingen and Bonn. In 1858 he had a teaching position at the Joachimsthalschen Gymnasium in Berlin.[2]

Was a German chess master.Born in Pomerania (Pomorze, Pommern), he had come to Berlin where particip

Was a German chess master.Born in Pomerania (Pomorze, Pommern), he had come to Berlin where participated in many chess tournaments in the 1890s. He tied for 8-9th at Cologne 1898 (the 11th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A, Ottokar Pavelka won), took 2nd, behind Julius Finn, at New York 1903, and tied for 5-6th at New York State Chess Association 1907

Is a former sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He represented West Germany and competed for

Is a former sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He represented West Germany and competed for the club TV Wattenscheid.

German champion race car driver.

German champion race car driver.