German Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was an officer in the Prussian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.During the Waterloo Campaign of 1815,

Was an officer in the Prussian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.During the Waterloo Campaign of 1815, Lieutenant-General von Zieten commanded the Prussian I Corps. The corps fought a holding action against the French on 15 June, and was heavily engaged against the French the next day at the Battle of Ligny, and then again two days later on June 18 at the Battle of Waterloo.

Was an Austrian ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he participated

Was an Austrian ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he participated with the Austrian ice hockey team in the Olympic tournament.

Was a German Olympic fencer.

Was a German Olympic fencer.

Was a German composer of Romantic music and organist. Hans Fährmann was the son of the local school

Was a German composer of Romantic music and organist. Hans Fährmann was the son of the local school teacher and cantor. At an early age his basic musical education was taken in hand by his strict father - his piano lessons began when he was five-and-a-half. At the age of 12 he began organ lessons, and was called on regularly to play the organ as deputy at church services. At the age of 14, in 1874, he passed the entrance examination at the teacher training college in Dresden-Friedrichstadt with outstanding success - his interpretation of Beethoven's piano sonata No.l in F-minor caused a sensation. He studied there until 1880. He worked as an assistant teacher in Pieschen until 1882, and as a result of his teaching skills he was exempted from one year of studies.

Was a German painter and sculptor who lived and worked in Britain for much of his career, having esc

Was a German painter and sculptor who lived and worked in Britain for much of his career, having escaped the Third Reich. He was becoming successful as an artist when the Third Reich made his life in Germany impossible. He was one of the artists exhibited in the 1937 Degenerate Art Exhibition (Entartete Kunst) put on by the Nazis to highlight the modernist trends in art they opposed. Feibusch was one of a minority of artists included whose work was relatively conservative, and he was probably included for his Jewish heritage. His works in that exhibition, now lost, were two paintings of angels.

Was an Austrian classical composer, conductor, musicologist and writer.During his youth in Vienna, R

Was an Austrian classical composer, conductor, musicologist and writer.During his youth in Vienna, Redlich privately studied piano with Paul Weingarten and harmony and counterpoint with Hugo Kauder. He was a student of Carl Orff in Munich after 1921. He was a university student in both cities and studied German literature and musicology. Redlich served as répétiteur for the Berlin-Charlottenburg city opera in 1924-1925 and as opera conductor for the Stadttheater Mainz from 1925 to 1929. From 1929 until 1931, Redlich studied musicology at Frankfurt University and completed a dissertation on stylistic changes in Monteverdi's madrigals. From then until 1937, Redlich resided in Mannheim as a composer and writer. He moved back to in 1937 and, two years later, emigrated to Great Britain.

German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Was a mathematician who worked in group theory. He proved Fitting's theorem and Fitting's lemma, and

Was a mathematician who worked in group theory. He proved Fitting's theorem and Fitting's lemma, and defined the Fitting subgroup in finite group theory and the Fitting decomposition for Lie algebras and Fitting ideals in ring theory. After finishing his

Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning film score composer and producer from Germany

Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning film score composer and producer from Germany

Was a notable medieval German author. He was made a citizen of the city of Nuremberg, Germany in 145

Was a notable medieval German author. He was made a citizen of the city of Nuremberg, Germany in 1459 and master barber of the city in 1486. Folz was a reformer of the meistersangs, adding 27 new tones to those that had been allowed by the twelve "Alten Meister" (old masters) up to that point. His Meisterlieder (a type of song), of which he wrote about a thousand, were mostly devoted to religious questions. He also wrote twelve Fastnachtsspiele (short plays that made light of people in medieval society, for instance farmers, priests, and the bourgeoisie) in the same style as Hans Rosenplüt, but with more subtle language.

Was a German ornithologist.Gadow was born in Pomerania, the son of an inspector of the Prussian roya

Was a German ornithologist.Gadow was born in Pomerania, the son of an inspector of the Prussian royal forests. He studied at the universities of Berlin, Jena and Heidelberg. At Jena he studied under Ernst Haeckel and at Heidelberg under the anatomist Karl Gegenbaur. After graduation he travelled to the Natural History Museum in London at the request of Albert Günther, to work on the Museum's Catalogue of Birds.

Was a German explorer, insect trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected a

Was a German explorer, insect trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described many new species of exotic butterflies, especially in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World.

Was a German arts patron, businessman and politician of the Fugger family. He was the second son of

Was a German arts patron, businessman and politician of the Fugger family. He was the second son of Anton Fugger (1493–1560) and Anna Rehlinger. As befitted the family's new standing, he and his brothers Marx (1529–1597), Hieronimus (1533–1573) and Jakob

Was a German christian-democrat politician. He was the president of the European Parliament from 195

Was a German christian-democrat politician. He was the president of the European Parliament from 1956 to 1958 and from 1960 to 1962. In December 1928, he passed the assessor's examination and first worked as an advocate in Pforzheim. Since 1930 he also lectured in patent law.

Is a German experimental writer, composer, and social and economic analyst and critic. Hans G Helms

Is a German experimental writer, composer, and social and economic analyst and critic. Hans G Helms was born into a Jewish family, who were able to escape the Holocaust by using falsified papers. He spent his childhood and youth in Teterow and Berlin. He received his first musical education whilst young, learning the piano and theory from an immigrant from Byelorussia. During the Nazi era he became acquainted with Swing and jazz from secretly listening to “enemy transmitters”.

Is a German-born photographer and writer, who lives in Elba and in Laos. He was director of the Inte

Is a German-born photographer and writer, who lives in Elba and in Laos. He was director of the International Munich Theatre Festival from 1977 to 1983 and co-founder with Hans Werner Henze of the Munich Biennale[1] music theatre festival. He also helped to set up AIDA, an international human rights watch group for artists.

Is a German university professor for mathematics and scientific computing. He is managing director o

Is a German university professor for mathematics and scientific computing. He is managing director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing of the University of Heidelberg since 2005, and has been vice managing director from 1993 to 2004. Hans Georg Bock is a member of the European Mathematical Society's committee for developing countries (CDC-EMS) and responsible member for the region of Asia therein.

German-born American physicist, who co-developed the ion trap technique with Wolfgang Paul, for whic

German-born American physicist, who co-developed the ion trap technique with Wolfgang Paul, for which they both received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989

Was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 magnum opus, Truth an

Was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 magnum opus, Truth and Method (Wahrheit und Methode).Gadamer habilitated in 1929 and spent most of the early 1930s lecturing in Marburg. Unlike Heidegger, Gadamer was strongly anti-Nazi, although he was not politically active during the Third Reich. He did not receive a paid position during the Nazi years and never entered the Party; only towards the end of the War did he receive an appointment at Leipzig. In 1946, he was found by the American occupation forces to be untainted by Nazism and named rector of the university. Communist East Germany was no more to Gadamer's liking than the Third Reich, and he left for West Germany, accepting first a position in Frankfurt am Main and then the succession of Karl Jaspers in Heidelberg in 1949. He remained in this position, as emeritus, until his death in 2002 at the age of 102.

Is a controversial German historian, chiefly known "Wehrmachtsausstellung" (German Army Exhibition)

Is a controversial German historian, chiefly known "Wehrmachtsausstellung" (German Army Exhibition) in the 1990s. While highly controversial at that time, the exhibition is nowadays widely credited with opening the eyes of the German public to the war cri

Was a professional ice hockey player.[1] He represented Germany in the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Was a professional ice hockey player.[1] He represented Germany in the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Is a German artist and sculptor. Since 1959 he lives an works in Karlsruhe. His most important works

Is a German artist and sculptor. Since 1959 he lives an works in Karlsruhe. His most important works are the sculpture at the Elisabeth Selbert school in Karlsruhe and the Rappenbrunnen in Karlsruhe-Durlach. The sculpture at the Elisabeth Selbert school has a height of 3.10m (10 feet 2 inches) and is made of granite with a marmor sculpture. The Rappenbrunnen is also made of granite with a horse and bull head made of diabase which symbolize the names of the two crossing streets on which it has been erected.

Was a Field Marshal of Holy Roman Empire and the Electorate of Saxony, diplomat, and politician.Arni

Was a Field Marshal of Holy Roman Empire and the Electorate of Saxony, diplomat, and politician.Arnim was born in the Boitzenburger Land of Brandenburg. After studies at Frankfurt (Oder), Leipzig, and Rostock, he entered into service at the Prussian court at Königsberg in 1612, a post he had to leave the next year because of a duel. He served in the Swedish and Polish armies, before entering into the army of the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein in 1624.

Was a senior Nazi official, ending the war as Ministerialdirektor at the Propagandaministerium.Fritz

Was a senior Nazi official, ending the war as Ministerialdirektor at the Propagandaministerium.Fritzsche was born in Bochum (a city in the Ruhr Area) and served in the German army in 1917. Post-war he studied briefly at a number of universities before becoming a journalist for the Hugenberg Press and then involved in the new mass media of the radio, working for the German government. In September 1932 he was made head of the Drahtloser Dienst (the wireless news service). On May 1, 1933, he joined the NSDAP. Under Joseph Goebbels' Reich Ministry he continued to head the radio department before being promoted to the News Section at the Ministry. In mid-1938 he became deputy to Alfred Berndt at the German Press Division. Responsible for controlling German news, the agency was also called the Home or Domestic Press Division

German neuropathologist. He was born in Hamburg/Harburg and died in Munich.

German neuropathologist. He was born in Hamburg/Harburg and died in Munich.