German Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Is a German composer well known for his left-wing political convictions. He left Germany for Italy i

Is a German composer well known for his left-wing political convictions. He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his politics and homosexuality. He continues to live in the village of Marino in the central Italian region of Lazio.An avowed Marxist and member of the Italian Communist Party, Henze has produced compositions honoring Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. The librettist of his requiem for Che Guevara, titled Das Floß der Medusa (The Raft of Medusa), was among several people arrested at the 1968 Hamburg premiere for placing a red flag on the stage. Henze spent a year teaching in Cuba, though he later became disillusioned with Castro. His music is extremely varied in style, having been influenced at various times by atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, and jazz.

Is a German television and film comedian.His career began in 1975, when Olm travelled to Berlin to b

Is a German television and film comedian.His career began in 1975, when Olm travelled to Berlin to begin his comedy career in the city's clubs, striking a partnership in 1976 with Jürgen von der Lippe among others, known as the Gebrüder Blattschuss.

Is a German physicist, an ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.Schlegel,

Is a German physicist, an ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.Schlegel, born and raised in Germany, graduated as an international exchange student from Lewis Central High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa before studying physics a

Is an Austrian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the firs

Is an Austrian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the featherweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Charles Catterall.

Was a German footballer. He played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1947 to 1957.

Was a German footballer. He played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1947 to 1957.

Was a German writer, translator, historian, and editor of German literature.Wollschläger is widely

Was a German writer, translator, historian, and editor of German literature.Wollschläger is widely known as the translator of Ulysses by James Joyce. He also translated the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe (together with Arno Schmidt), and novels by Raym

Is an Austrian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the seco

Is an Austrian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the middleweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Raúl Villareal.

Is a German conductor and composer. From 1959 to 1963 he was Kapellmeister of the Municipal Theatres

Is a German conductor and composer. From 1959 to 1963 he was Kapellmeister of the Municipal Theatres in Freiburg im Breisgau, after which he became Principal Conductor at the Stadttheater in Bonn. In 1964–65 he attended the Second Cologne Courses for New Music at the Rheinische Musikhochschule, under the artistic direction of Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 1968 he was called to Kiel, where he was General Music Director of the Kiel Opera House until 1972. In this year he began his activity as Principal Conductor of the Radio-Symphony Orchestra in Saarbrücken. In 1984 he became Head of the Hamburg State Opera and General Music Director of the orchestra there, changing in 1987 to the position of Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, where he worked until 1990.

Was a German boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was a German boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Is a German economist and former chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts. He was formerly

Is a German economist and former chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts. He was formerly a professor of economics at the Darmstadt University of Technology. As of April 2010[update], he is president of the International School of Management .

Is a German theoretical physicist, who works primarily in the field of nuclear physics. Weidenmülle

Is a German theoretical physicist, who works primarily in the field of nuclear physics. Weidenmüller studied in Bonn and from 1956 to 1957 in Heidelberg under J. Hans D. Jensen, who was his doctoral thesis advisor for his thesis on stripping reactions (Zeitschrift für Physik Bd.150, 1958, 389), in which the nuclei used as projectiles lose nucleons to the nuclei used as targets. He was from 1963 professor for theoretical physics at the University of Heidelberg. From 1968 he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics and was director there from 1972 until his 2001 retirement.

Is a German professor emeritus of experimental physics. Betz also investigates Radiesthesia and Dows

Is a German professor emeritus of experimental physics. Betz also investigates Radiesthesia and Dowsing, ten years in Order by the German Government.[2] for example the extensive Munich Scheunenexperimenten.

German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He was Foreign Minister of the Fede

German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He was Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1974 to 1982 and, after a two-week pause, from 1982 to 1992, making him Germany's longest serving Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor.

Was a German mathematician who worked primarily in analytic number theory. He is the author (with He

Was a German mathematician who worked primarily in analytic number theory. He is the author (with Heini Halberstam) of a definitive book[1] on sieve theory. Richert worked primarily in analytic number theory, and beginning around 1965 started a collaborat

Is a former East German ski jumper. In 1969 Aschenbach became junior world champion, and two years l

Is a former East German ski jumper. In 1969 Aschenbach became junior world champion, and two years later he won his first national championship (DDR). He won the FIS Ski Flying World Championships in 1973. 1974 was a banner year for Aschenbach, winning the Four Hills Tournament, and both ski jumping events at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. He also won the gold medal in the individual normal hill event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

Is a German economist and philosopher. He is considered one of the most important theorists on the f

Is a German economist and philosopher. He is considered one of the most important theorists on the field of Marx's theory of value. He began a long-term cooperation with Helmut Reichelt already from his years of university studies.

A German philosopher best known for his 1960 magnum opus, Truth and Method (Wahrheit und Methode).

A German philosopher best known for his 1960 magnum opus, Truth and Method (Wahrheit und Methode).

Is a German television actor and voice actor. He is best known as the German voice of Waylon Smither

Is a German television actor and voice actor. He is best known as the German voice of Waylon Smithers in The Simpsons, of Mark Hamil in the original Star Wars trilogy, and of Glen Quagmire in Family Guy since the fourth season.

Is a German university professor specializing in European medieval archaeology and post-medieval arc

Is a German university professor specializing in European medieval archaeology and post-medieval archaeology. Stephan's areas of specialization include interdisciplinary archaeological research in the first and second millennia A.D., medieval settlement and landscape archaeology, urban topography and architectural history, renaissance material culture (especially ceramics, glass, and oven tiles), economic history (especially pottery, metallurgy and glass production), and archaeometry.

Was a German diplomat best known for his service to the Nazi regime. Dieckhoff was interrogated afte

Was a German diplomat best known for his service to the Nazi regime. Dieckhoff was interrogated after the war and was called to testify at the Nuremberg trials, but he was never formally charged with any crime. During his American posting he was involved

Is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party (German: Freie Demokratische Partei/FDP). He wa

Is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party (German: Freie Demokratische Partei/FDP). He was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2003, and has been re-elected on one occasion. He has served as the Lower-Saxon Minister of Environment in the first cabinet Wulff and is currently serving as the Lower-Saxon Minister of Environment and Climate Protection in the second cabinet Wulff/McAllister.

Is a German President and CEO of the Swedish-based European broadcasting group Modern Times Group MT

Is a German President and CEO of the Swedish-based European broadcasting group Modern Times Group MTG AB [1] which is part of the Kinnevik Group, controlled by the Stenbeck family. He is the brother of Ursula von der Leyen, German Federal Minister of Labo

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the bronze medal as a me

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the bronze medal as a member of Germany's boat team in the Eights competition.

Is a German composer of avant-garde music. Since für Cello solo (written 1964), he has composed in

Is a German composer of avant-garde music. Since für Cello solo (written 1964), he has composed in all genres, including many pieces for unaccompanied solo instruments and theatre works. He has always remained outside of the mainstream and has never been associated with any of the many movements in postwar European music, though he did attend summer courses at Darmstadt in the 1980s. Today, Hespos is still relatively unknown in the United States.

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1976 he was a crew m

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1976 he was a crew member of the East German boat which won the gold medal in the eights event.