German Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a German lutenist and arranger of the Renaissance. Gerle published three volumes of lute music t

Was a German lutenist and arranger of the Renaissance. Gerle published three volumes of lute music through Hieronymus Formschneider, a Nuremberg publisher. The first two were issued in 1532-33, and the last in 1552; this third volume refers to Gerle as "the elder" on the title page, so it is presumed that Gerle had either a son or another relative with the same name. The first publication contains an introduction to the performance of lute, viola da gamba (Grossgeigen), and rebec (Kleingeigen), as well as an explanation of musical notation, and is a significant source of information on performance practice. The book is primarily made up of intabulations of German composers such as Ludwig Senfl, Johann Walter, Heinrich Isaac, Thomas Stoltzer, and Paul Hofhaimer.

Was a German painter and graphic artist associated with the New Objectivity movement. Following the

Was a German painter and graphic artist associated with the New Objectivity movement. Following the fall of the Weimar Republic, Grundig was declared a degenerate artist by the Nazis, who included his works in the defamatory Degenerate Art exhibition in Munich in 1937. He expressed his antagonism toward the regime in paintings such as The Thousand Year Reich (1936). Forbidden to practice his profession, he was arrested twice—briefly in 1936, and again in 1938, after which he was interred in Sachsenhausen concentration camp from 1940–1944.

Is a successful former German show jumping rider. He is the only show jumper to win 5 Olympic gold m

Is a successful former German show jumping rider. He is the only show jumper to win 5 Olympic gold medals and 7 total Olympic medals, and the only equestrian in any discipline to compete and win medals in 6 different Olympic Games.

Was an Austrian weightlifter who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympic

Was an Austrian weightlifter who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was an Austrian mathematician who made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, t

Was an Austrian mathematician who made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory. He was a student at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna.He also studied in Strasbourg, Munich and Göttingen. He was appointed to the teaching staff in Vienna in 1905 and became professor of mathematics there in 1921. In session 1905-06 Hahn substituted for Otto Stolz at Innsbruck.

Was a German Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and team sabre events at

Was a German Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and team sabre events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World Wa

Was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the French Foreign Legion.

Is a diving pioneer and mainly known for his documentaries about sharks, the energon theory, and his

Is a diving pioneer and mainly known for his documentaries about sharks, the energon theory, and his commitment, later in life, to the protection of the environment.His Matura trip of 1937 to the Riviera, which included underwater hunting and photography, had a formative effect on him. After making expeditions to the Caribbean Sea and writing his first professional articles, in 1940 Hass switched from reading law to zoology studies and graduated in 1943. In his early diving he used rebreathers which he had made for him by the German diving gear makers Dräger: he had these sets made with the breathing bag on his back, as he did not like the bag-on-chest "frogman look".

Was a German conductor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As musical director in

Was a German conductor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As musical director in the town of Elberfeld he championed the works of the then unknown English composer Frederick Delius before that composer's works were heard in his native c

Was a German physicist. He received his PhD in 1935 at the University of Leipzig under Werner Heisen

Was a German physicist. He received his PhD in 1935 at the University of Leipzig under Werner Heisenberg with a thesis Über die Streuung von Licht an Licht nach der Diracschen Theorie (On the scattering of light by light based on Dirac's theory). Euler was the first physicist who was able to show that Paul Dirac's introduction of the positron opens the possibility that photons in electron-positron pair production scatter with each other and calculated in his PhD thesis, the cross section for this process.

Was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Ger

Was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played one match as back.

Was a German amateur football (soccer) player and physician who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics

Was a German amateur football (soccer) player and physician who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was also on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Reese was born in Bordesholm, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in September 1891. H

Was a German Olympic decathlete. He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Na

Was a German Olympic decathlete. He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal was won by American Glenn Morris, who also beat Sievert's record. Sievert was recommended to leave the sport after his injury.[1]

Was a West German bobsledder who competed in the mid 1950s.Henn also finished eighth in the four-man

Was a West German bobsledder who competed in the mid 1950s.Henn also finished eighth in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

A German-American doctor, an entomologist and a Behr studied medicine at the universities of Halle a

A German-American doctor, an entomologist and a Behr studied medicine at the universities of Halle and Berlin. There he obtained the title of doctor in 1843 and then he voyaged to Australia, Asia and South Africa. By 1847 he had accumulated large collections of plants and insects. He took part in the revolution of 1848 and had to flee Prussia. He went initially to Australia before emigrating to the United States of America. He practised medicine in San Francisco joining the School of Pharmacy of California. He was the vice-president of that society from 1887 to 1888. He became the conservator of the California Academy of Sciences in 1894. In addition to scientific publications, Behr wrote poetry and news articles. An avenue of San Francisco is dedicated to him.

Was a German ornithologist.Berlepsch studied zoology at the University of Halle. He used his inherit

Was a German ornithologist.Berlepsch studied zoology at the University of Halle. He used his inherited wealth to sponsor bird collectors in South America, including Jan Kalinowski and Hermann von Ihering. His collection of 55,000 birds was sold to the Sen

Was a German bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s.

Was a German bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s.

Was a German journalist and ministerial official in Nazi Germany.Hinkel, who joined the NSDAP in 192

Was a German journalist and ministerial official in Nazi Germany.Hinkel, who joined the NSDAP in 1921, and had served in the Freikorps, was from 1930 to 1932 the editor of the Völkischer Beobachter in Berlin. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, he becam

Is an Austrian singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier. In the 1970s, Hans Hinterseer bec

Is an Austrian singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier. In the 1970s, Hans Hinterseer became famous as a member of the Austrian Ski Team. He won six alpine skiing World Cup races in Slalom skiing and Giant Slalom skiing. In 1973 he won the alpi

Is an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Was a West German bobsledder who competed in the 1950s.Hohenester also finished eighth in the two-ma

Was a West German bobsledder who competed in the 1950s.Hohenester also finished eighth in the two-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

He was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and died in Isenheim, Alsace. He and his brother Sigismund Holbein

He was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and died in Isenheim, Alsace. He and his brother Sigismund Holbein painted religious works in the late Gothic style. Hans the Elder was a pioneer and leader in the transformation of German art from the Gothic to the Renaissance style.

A German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style.

A German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style.

Was a German operatic bass-baritone, admired internationally after World War II for the power, beaut

Was a German operatic bass-baritone, admired internationally after World War II for the power, beauty, and intelligence of his singing, especially in Wagner operas.Probably his best known vocal achievement was his Wotan in Der Ring des Nibelungen. Just in time to capture him in something like his prime vocal powers, his interpretation of this character in the operas Die Walkure and Siegfried was documented as part of the first commercial recording of the cycle in the early 1960s, with conductor Georg Solti and record producer John Culshaw. He also directed a complete Ring at Covent Garden from 1961 to 1964. His magnificent portrayal of Gurnemanz in Parsifal was preserved on record in Hans Knappertsbusch's second live recording at Bayreuth; in his old age he switched to the same opera's briefer, and less demanding, part of Titurel (also captured on record).

Was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World

Was a successful and highly decorated German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I and also active in World War II. By the end of World War I he was promoted Kapitänleutnant.