German Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a West German bobsledder who competed in the mid 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man ev

Was a West German bobsledder who competed in the mid 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1955 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. Koller also finished eighth in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

German Jewish mathematician and author of over 250 papers on number theory.

German Jewish mathematician and author of over 250 papers on number theory.

Was an Austrian-born composer. He wrote the score to The Battleship Potemkin and other films of Serg

Was an Austrian-born composer. He wrote the score to The Battleship Potemkin and other films of Sergei Eisenstein.[1] Meisel was one of the more important and pioneering figures in film music.[citation needed] Much of his work and the evidence of his significance was lost for more than fifty years.

Was a German composer, conductor, and music writer. In 1945 he moved to Munich, starting as a critic

Was a German composer, conductor, and music writer. In 1945 he moved to Munich, starting as a critic at the Neue Zeitung. He then became Musical Director of the cabaret Die Schaubude where he continued his collaboration with Erich Kästner; eventually, he set more than 60 of Kästner's works to music. In 1947 he became for two years chief conductor of the Bavarian State Operetta. He was made Professor in 1949 at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München; from 1952 to 1956 he was head of the music department of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. He then worked as a music critic for the paper Die Welt, and since 1962 for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bavaria and chairman of the Christian S

German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bavaria and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU). On January 18, 2007

Is a former international Austrian footballer.Krieger started his professional career at Austria Wie

Is a former international Austrian footballer.Krieger started his professional career at Austria Wien before moving abroad in 1975 to enjoy a very successful period at Ernst Happel's FC Brugge. With Brugge he won three league titles and a domestic cup title. In 1976 they reached the UEFA Cup Final against Liverpool, which they lost 4-3 on aggregate.

Is a German professional poker player best known for winning two World Series of Poker bracelets. Sc

Is a German professional poker player best known for winning two World Series of Poker bracelets. Scharf who still maintains his job as a professional airline pilot, began playing poker professionally in 1995. In 2001 and 2003 he won both of his two bracelets in the limit Omaha events at World Series of Poker (WSOP). In 2004 Scharf cashed in the money in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event coming in 15th place out of a field of 2,576 players, winning $275,000. As of 2008, Scharf's total live tournament winnings exceed $1,100,000. His 12 cashes as the WSOP account for $613,460 of those winnings.

Was an Austrian football player and manager.

Was an Austrian football player and manager.

Is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. Active in both Germany and North

Is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. Active in both Germany and North America between 1975 and 1985, Kirschner made over 250 career league appearances, scoring over 100 goals.

Is an Austrian football player currently playing for FC Pasching.

Is an Austrian football player currently playing for FC Pasching.

Was a German horticulturalist and botanist. He ended his career serving as the Director of the Russi

Was a German horticulturalist and botanist. He ended his career serving as the Director of the Russian Imperial Botanical Garden St. Petersburg.[1] He described and named many previously unknown species from around frontiers around the world as naturalists and explorers sent back biological collections. His official botanical author abbreviation is REGEL.

Is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s.

Is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s.

German social democratic theoretician and politician, a member of the SPD, and the founder of evolu

German social democratic theoretician and politician, a member of the SPD, and the founder of evolutionary socialism or reformism

Was a German legal scholar. He is best known for his editions of, and commentaries on, the legal wor

Was a German legal scholar. He is best known for his editions of, and commentaries on, the legal works of classical antiquity. He then studied at the universities of Heidelberg, Bonn, Berlin, and Göttingen, and graduated in 1826 with the thesis De mancipi

A German chemist and zymologist, the winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fer

A German chemist and zymologist, the winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation.

Was a German doctor of law and chess player. He won the Bavarian Chess Championship in 1913 and agai

Was a German doctor of law and chess player. He won the Bavarian Chess Championship in 1913 and again in 1942, and is often considered an important figure in the development of correspondence chess in the early 20th century. Dyckhoff was born in Augsburg and died in Bad Tölz.

Was a Baltic German pianist and composer. From 1925 he was professor of piano at the Cologne Academy

Was a Baltic German pianist and composer. From 1925 he was professor of piano at the Cologne Academy of Music but was forced to resign from his post by the Nazis in 1935 and became an 'inner exile', composing almost nothing until after the end of World War II. He resumed teaching as Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg in 1950, but died of a heart-attack in 1958. His students at Hamburg included Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky. There has been little revival of interest in his own music and all his post-World War II works remain in manuscript; considering his inter-war eminence, he has received remarkably little attention up to the present day, but in 2006 the cpo label began issuing a series of CDs of his orchestral works.

Was born in Breslau, the capital of the Prussian province of Silesia. He was the fourth child of a w

Was born in Breslau, the capital of the Prussian province of Silesia. He was the fourth child of a wealthy and cultivated banker who exposed his children to the best and brightest that Germany had to offer. Frequenters to the Franck home included such luminaries as Heine, Humboldt, Heller, Mendelssohn, and Wagner. His family’s financial position allowed Franck to study with Mendelssohn as a private student in Düsseldorf and later in Leipzig. As a talented pianist, he embarked upon a dual career as a concert artist and teacher for more than four decades during the course of which he held many positions.

Was an Austrian general during World War I who rose to the rank of field marshal in the Austro-Hunga

Was an Austrian general during World War I who rose to the rank of field marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army. On October 30, 1941 he was promoted into a German general-fieldmarshal.

Was a German botanist, zoologist and explorer who was born in Plauen. He is largely remembered for h

Was a German botanist, zoologist and explorer who was born in Plauen. He is largely remembered for his scientific exploration throughout South America.Between 1826 and 1832 Poeppig performed geographical, botanical and zoological studies in Chile, Peru and Brazil. During his time in these countries he described over 4,000 types of plants.

Is a German football manager and former player. He has had a long and varied career, particularly no

Is a German football manager and former player. He has had a long and varied career, particularly notable for being the last manager of the East German national team. He has recently been sacked from his second spell as manager of Dynamo Dresden.

Developed PEZ candy.In the 1920s Haas began to purchase peppermint oil from a chemist, and with it,

Developed PEZ candy.In the 1920s Haas began to purchase peppermint oil from a chemist, and with it, he created the candy known as PEZ”: a small, flat, minty candy in 1927. The name "PEZ" was coined from "Pfefferminze," the German word for peppermint. PEZ gradually gained popularity as an anti-smoking mint; however, Haas decided to broaden the appeal of PEZ. After World War II, PEZ Haas and colleagues developed small dispensers shaped like lighters; the PEZ dispenser debuted in 1947.

Was a German composer of operettas, operas and theatre music. He was born in Emmerich. His daughter

Was a German composer of operettas, operas and theatre music. He was born in Emmerich. His daughter was the actress and singer Evelyn Künneke. Künneke studied musicology and literature in Berlin, and was also an advanced student of Max Bruch. He worked as a repetiteur and chorus master at a Berlin operetta theater, the Neues Operettentheater am Schiffbauerdamm, but relinquished his post as chorus master after his opera Robins Ende (1909) was premiered in Mannheim and then received productions at 38 different German opera houses. Künneke later worked under Max Reinhardt and wrote incidental music for Reinhardt’s staging of Part Two of Goethe's Faust.

Was a German politician and jurist.In 1870 he left the government service, and in 1873 was appointed

Was a German politician and jurist.In 1870 he left the government service, and in 1873 was appointed to an administrative post in the service of the city of Berlin. He had been brought to the notice of the political world by some articles he wrote from 18

Is a professional ice hockey forward with the Phoenix Coyotes organization. Lewandowski was drafted

Is a professional ice hockey forward with the Phoenix Coyotes organization. Lewandowski was drafted 242nd overall in the 8th round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes. He currently plays for the HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the KHL.