German Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a German chemist. He discovered the Nessler's reagent. Neßler studied at the University of Frei

Was a German chemist. He discovered the Nessler's reagent. Neßler studied at the University of Freiburg from 1853 to 1856, when he attained his PhD. After his Ph.D. Neßler worked for some months with Lambert Heinrich von Babo and Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and then joined a chemical company in Karlsruhe.

Was a composer, conductor and musician of Westphalia. He is best remembered today as one of the best

Was a composer, conductor and musician of Westphalia. He is best remembered today as one of the best friends of Johannes Brahms, whom he met in Leipzig in 1853. [1] After studying philology and philosophy at the University of Tartu (then the University of Dorpat), concluding his exams in 1848, he began his career and avocation as tutor in Saint Petersburg. At this time he began publishing his first compositions. He also pursued further studies in Dresden from 1851/2.

Is an artist based in Leipzig and New York. Popp studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst

Is an artist based in Leipzig and New York. Popp studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig and he won the Robot Choice Award in 2003.[5] The Fraunhofer Institute, Bonn, and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT have both studied elements of Popp’s work which made unique advances in the field of artificial intelligence.[2]

Was a German diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he finished ninth in the 10 met

Was a German diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he finished ninth in the 10 metre platform event.

Was a German composer, pianist and organist. In his short life — he died at the age of 24 — he c

Was a German composer, pianist and organist. In his short life — he died at the age of 24 — he composed the Sonata on the 94th Psalm, in C minor, which was and still is one of the greatest organ works in the repertoire.a small village in the region of the Harz Mountains, Julius Reubke was the eldest son of organ and piano builder Adolf Reubke (1805-1875). Of Julius's five siblings, two brothers, Emil (1836-1884) and Karl (1840-1860), worked with their father; Emil became a partner in 1860 and owned the company from 1872. His brother Otto (1842-1913) was also a pianist, organist and composer; he prepared the Sonata on the 94th Psalm for its first publication in August 1871. Otto settled in Halle, where he was a professor at the University of Halle, and became its director in 1892. There were also two sisters, Meta and Alma.

Was a German violinist and composer. an oboist and composer, the younger Ruthardt became a violinist

Was a German violinist and composer. an oboist and composer, the younger Ruthardt became a violinist in the Stuttgart court orchestra at a young age in 1855, then Kapellmeister at the theatre in Riga from 1871 and in Leipzig from 1882. He also composed incidental music for Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's Halte-Hulda.

A prominent Nazi prior to World War II. He was the publisher of the Nazi Der St

A prominent Nazi prior to World War II. He was the publisher of the Nazi Der St

Was a physician and Social Democratic politician in Vienna, Austria. He is considered a leading pers

Was a physician and Social Democratic politician in Vienna, Austria. He is considered a leading personality of Red Vienna.

Was a German born American sculptor and teacher who immigrated to the United States leaving Prussia

Was a German born American sculptor and teacher who immigrated to the United States leaving Prussia after 1848 and resided in Detroit Michigan after 1855 .[1][2] During the Gilded Age, he became a "sculptor of great renown in the Detroit area."[3] The Jul

Was a German Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1912 and 1928 Summer Olympics. He was the twin broth

Was a German Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1912 and 1928 Summer Olympics. He was the twin brother of Hans Thomson, who also competed for Germany at the Olympics in fencing.

Was a German chemist. Tröger studied at the University of Leipzig from 1882 till 1888. During his P

Was a German chemist. Tröger studied at the University of Leipzig from 1882 till 1888. During his Ph.D. he synthesized in 1887 2,8-Dimethyl-6H,12H-5,11-methanodibenzo-[b,f][1,5]diazocine from p-toluidine and formaldehyde. This substance is now known as the Tröger's base. Because he was not able to give a structure of the new compound Johannes Wislicenus, the new director of the department, assigned a mediocre grade for Trögers thesis. It took another 48 years to confirm the structure of Tröger's base.

Was a German botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia.At an early age he showed a taste for natural h

Was a German botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia.At an early age he showed a taste for natural history, becoming acquainted with the Breslau physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyne. In 1851 he began studying at Charles University in Prague. In 1856 he graduated as doctor of philosophy, and then adopted a botanical career, establishing himself as Privatdozent for plant physiology in the University of Prague. In 1859 he was appointed physiological assistant to the Agricultural Academy of Tharandt (now part of the Technical University of Dresden); and in 1862 he was called to be director of the Polytechnic at Chemnitz,

Was a German general and staff officer, chiefly noted both for his military writings and his service

Was a German general and staff officer, chiefly noted both for his military writings and his service on Graf Moltke's staff during the Franco-Prussian War.

Austrian physician

Austrian physician

Was a German mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of sur

Was a German mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, such as the Weingarten equations.

Was a German bacteriologist who was a native of Altenburg, Thüringen. In 1900 he received his docto

Was a German bacteriologist who was a native of Altenburg, Thüringen. In 1900 he received his doctorate at Breslau, where he became an assistant to Carl Flügge (1847-1923) at the laboratory for hygiene and bacteriology. Afterwards he was an assistant in Dresden under pathologist Christian Georg Schmorl (1861-1932), in Paris at the Pasteur Institute under Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (1845-1916), in Hamburg under American-born hygienist William Philipps Dunbar (1863-1922), and at the Berlin institute of hygiene under Max Rubner (1854-1932).

Is a German footballer who currently plays for 1. FC Nuremberg.

Is a German footballer who currently plays for 1. FC Nuremberg.

Is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2009, he is the youth teams coordinat

Is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2009, he is the youth teams coordinator with F.C. Hansa Rostock.

Was a German composer, organist, and music theorist. He led an energetic, busy musical life; he comp

Was a German composer, organist, and music theorist. He led an energetic, busy musical life; he composed for the theatre and church, organised subscription concerts, and taught music theory, acoustics, aesthetics, composition, and instruments at the Gymnasium, which was affiliated to the Musikschule in 1806. He went to Stuttgart in December 1806 in the hopes of a post there as capellmeister or similar, but after being appointed Direktor beim Orchester by King of Württemberg in the April 1807, returned in 1808 to his former life in Biberach, where he remained for the rest of his life.

A German pianist, conductor, and television personality.Frantz began playing piano at the age of fou

A German pianist, conductor, and television personality.Frantz began playing piano at the age of four and later studied with Eliza Hansen and Wilhelm Kempff under a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, or German National Scholarship Foundation. He and another man won second place in a competition by playing a duet for violoncello and piano. In 1967, he won an international musical competition hosted by a famous German television station. He first played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,

Was an outstanding German jurist, ecclesiastical jurist, Professor of the University of Halle and al

Was an outstanding German jurist, ecclesiastical jurist, Professor of the University of Halle and also Geheimer Rat, count palatine and chancellor of the Duchy of Magdeburg. After his time at school in Hanover Justus Henning Boehmer studied law at the Uni

Was a German orientalist who made contributions to Semitic and Iranian philology. where he was a stu

Was a German orientalist who made contributions to Semitic and Iranian philology. where he was a student of Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838). From 1830 to 1852 he was a professor at the University of Kiel, where he was appointed curator in 1848. In 1852 he w

Is a field hockey player from Germany, who plays for French club Racing Club de Mexico. The midfield

Is a field hockey player from Germany, who plays for French club Racing Club de Mexico. The midfielder made his international senior debut for the German team on July 10, 1999 in a friendly against South Korea in Leipzig. As of November 12, 2005, Scharows

German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and worked on

German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic chemistry.

Is a German competition rower, world champion and Olympic champion.

Is a German competition rower, world champion and Olympic champion.