German Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Is a German football player who plays Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Is a German football player who plays Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Is a Belgian artist. From 1991-1995, he studied at the Institut Saint-Luc, Brussels; from 1995–199

Is a Belgian artist. From 1991-1995, he studied at the Institut Saint-Luc, Brussels; from 1995–1999, he studied at the Ecole de Recherche Graphique, Brussels; from 2001–2002, he studied at the Jan van Eyck Academie. In 2005-2006, he was artist in residence, Projekt-Just, Düsseldorf.[1][2]

A German actor, best remembered for his part in The Magnificent Seven. He appeared in over sixty fil

A German actor, best remembered for his part in The Magnificent Seven. He appeared in over sixty films during his acting career from 1952-2002.His paternal grandparents were German immigrants from New Jersey and his maternal grandparents were from Denmark. Records show his father's family were originally named Rosenholz when they arrived in Germany 1903. During World War II he was evacuated to Silesia and at the end of the war found himself in a foster home in Czechoslovakia. He returned to Berlin as soon as he could. He barely finished his schooling before seeking theatre work, first appearing on stage in 1949. He soon left his childhood home in East Berlin to work in West Berlin.

Is an East German luger who competed in the 1960s. She was born in Werdau. She won the gold medal in

Is an East German luger who competed in the 1960s. She was born in Werdau. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. At the following Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she initially finished first after the competition was halted to three runs due to bad weather, but was disqualified with her East German teammates Anna-Maria Müller and Angela Knösel (who was fourth) when it was discovered that they had illegally heated their runners (which are used to guide the luge on the ice as it maneuvers down the track). Enderlein and Müller, who was second at the time, were stripped of their respective medals as a result.

Was an Austrian, then American chess player. Chajes was Jewish and was born in Brody, Galicia, in wh

Was an Austrian, then American chess player. Chajes was Jewish and was born in Brody, Galicia, in what is now Ukraine. In 1909, he won in Excelsior, MN (US Open-ch). In 1910, he took 2nd in Chicago. In January/February 1911, he tied for 3rd-4th in New York.

Was a Moravian-Austrian chess master.He took 11th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament (Wilhelm Stein

Was a Moravian-Austrian chess master.He took 11th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won).

Was a modernist architect and architectural writer, historian and archivist who emigrated to the Uni

Was a modernist architect and architectural writer, historian and archivist who emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1929.[1] In 1940 Stonorov, along with George Howe, worked on the design of housing developments in Pennsylvania with Louis Kahn.

Was a male tennis player from Germany. In 1914, he and Otto Froitzheim were member of the German Dav

Was a male tennis player from Germany. In 1914, he and Otto Froitzheim were member of the German Davis Cup team, playing a Davis Cup semifinal in Pittsburgh against Australia. World War One was declared in the middle of the match, but those monitoring the

Was a German freestyle and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 19

Was a German freestyle and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a German–American chess master.After World War I, he tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1922 (Fritz Säm

Was a German–American chess master.After World War I, he tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1922 (Fritz Sämisch won), and then emigrated to the United States. He played many times in the Manhattan Chess Club Championship[4] and other tournaments in New York.

Was a German pharmacist and entrepreneur who purchased Beiersdorf AG, which was then a laboratory an

Was a German pharmacist and entrepreneur who purchased Beiersdorf AG, which was then a laboratory and chemist's shop in Hamburg from Paul Carl Beiersdorf in 1890. Troplowitz soon expanded the company into selling brand-name merchandise as well.Under Troplowitz's ownership, the company developed several of its own products, including Nivea, Leukoplast, Labello, and an adhesive tape that would later be called "Tesa Film". As did Paul Beiersdorf, Troplowitz maintained a close business relationship with dermatologist Paul Gerson Unna. It was Unna's recommendation that Troplowitz hire Isaak Lifschütz, a chemist who discovered the emulsifying agent Eucerit, which is the main ingredient in Nivea.

Was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. After receiving his doctorate in 1869,

Was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. After receiving his doctorate in 1869, he became a paleontologist at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt. In 1875 he began work at the museum's Department of Herpetology. He was an uncle to not

A German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. After receiving his doctorate in 1869, he

A German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. After receiving his doctorate in 1869, he became a paleontologist at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt. In 1875 he began work at the museum's Department of Herpetology.

Was a German composer and trumpeter. Oskar Böhme, a son of Wilhelm Böhme, also a trumpeter, was bo

Was a German composer and trumpeter. Oskar Böhme, a son of Wilhelm Böhme, also a trumpeter, was born in Potschappel, a small town near Dresden, Germany. For much of his early career, after studying trumpet and composition in the Leipzig Conservatory of Music until graduating in 1885, it is unknown what Böhme's musical activities were, though it is probable he concertized, playing in smaller orchestras around Germany.

Was a German conductor and composer. An admirer of Gustav Mahler, Fried was the first conductor to r

Was a German conductor and composer. An admirer of Gustav Mahler, Fried was the first conductor to record a Mahler symphony. Fried also held the distinction of being the first foreign conductor to perform in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, Fried eventually left his homeland to work in the Soviet Union after the political rise of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party, and became a Soviet citizen in 1940.

Was a German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German boat Germania

Was a German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German boat Germania Ruder Club, Hamburg, which won the gold medal in the coxed fours final B.

Was a German biologist who was one of the first to apply the methods of comparative morphology to an

Was a German biologist who was one of the first to apply the methods of comparative morphology to animal behaviour, and was thus one of the founders of ethology. His extensive studies of behaviour in the Anatidae (ducks and geese) showed that instinctive behaviour patterns correlated with taxonomic relationships determined on the basis of morphological features. He also rediscovered the phenomenon of imprinting, reported in the 19th century by Douglas Spalding but not followed up at the time. His results were popularised by Konrad Lorenz, whose mentor he was. Lorenz regarded Heinroth as the true founder of the study of animal behaviour seen as a branch of zoology.

Was an Austrian film and theatre actor. Homolka's strong European accent, stocky appearance, bushy e

Was an Austrian film and theatre actor. Homolka's strong European accent, stocky appearance, bushy eyebrows and rather Slavic-sounding name led many to believe he was Eastern European or Russian, but he was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.Homolka started his career on the Austrian stage, and success there led to work in the much more prestigious German theatrical community in Munich and Berlin. His first movies were the German productions Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheins (The Adventures of a Ten Mark Note, 1926) and Hokuspokus (Hocuspocus, 1930). After the Nazi rise to power, he emigrated to Britain and later was one of many Jewish actors and theatrical people who fled Europe for the U.S.

Was a German-Russian mathematician. He was most famously known for his work on mathematical statisti

Was a German-Russian mathematician. He was most famously known for his work on mathematical statistics.Anderson was born from a German family in Minsk (now in Belarus), but soon moved to Kazan (Russia), on the edge of Siberia. His father, Nikolai Anderson

Was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits an

Was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes.Kokoschka's early career was marked by portraits of Viennese celebrities, painted in a nervously animated style. He served in the Austrian army in World War I and was wounded. At the hospital, the doctors decided that he was mentally unstable. Nevertheless, he continued to develop his career as an artist, traveling across Europe and painting the landscape.

Was a German-born Austrian economist.[1] He, along with John von Neumann, helped found the mathemati

Was a German-born Austrian economist.[1] He, along with John von Neumann, helped found the mathematical field of game theory (see Neumann-Morgenstern utility).He was educated in Vienna, and was a recipient of a three year fellowship financed by the Rockefeller Foundation. When Adolf Hitler took over Vienna through the Anschluss, Morgenstern was in the United States and decided it would be a good idea to stay. He became a member of the faculty at Princeton University, but gravitated toward the Institute for Advanced Study. His first book was "Economic Prediction". In 1944, he and von Neumann co-wrote Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, recognized as the first book on game theory. Morgenstern also wrote the book "On the accuracy of economic observations". He applied game theory to business. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States.

Was the first employment minister in Hesse, Germany after World War II. When the Nazi Party came to

Was the first employment minister in Hesse, Germany after World War II. When the Nazi Party came to power, Müller was declared one of their enemies. On 22 November 1933 the Gestapo arrested him. He spent three years in a penitentiary and was held until 1939 in a Nazi concentration camp. From June 1939 by August 1944 he found accommodation in the Offenbacher leather industry as an employee. In August 1944, he was again arrested for resisting the Nazis and imprisoned at Dachau.[1]

Was a German chemist. Due to the close contact of the Piloty family to the chemist Ludwig Knorr, who

Was a German chemist. Due to the close contact of the Piloty family to the chemist Ludwig Knorr, who later married as sister of Oskar Piloty, he started studying chemistry at the Adolf von Baeyer's laboratory of the University of Munich in 1888. After failing an exam by Bayer in 1889 he transferred to the University of Würzburg. He and his colleagues speculated that he failed because he fell in love with the daughter of Baeyer, Piloty married her in 1892.

Was a violinist and a composer of many pieces for violin and piano. Rieding's greatest claim to fame

Was a violinist and a composer of many pieces for violin and piano. Rieding's greatest claim to fame lies in his contribution to Hungarian music, and in particular, the musical life of Budapest. Born in Germany, he attended first the recently founded Academy of Musical Arts in Berlin, and later the Leipzig Conservatory. At the end of the 1860s, he moved to Vienna, where in 1871, the conductor, Hans Richter, at that time Musical Director of the National Opera House in Budapest, appointed Rieding as leader of the orchestra. He remained there for thirty-two years, and composed some violin concertos and many pieces for violin and piano. After his retirement in 1904, he lived in Cilli until his death in 1918.

Was a German footballer and one of the first footballers to play abroad in a foreign league. He was

Was a German footballer and one of the first footballers to play abroad in a foreign league. He was born in Mannheim, Germany.a talented striker with a natural instinct for scoring goals. Fueled by the desire to display his talents at a higher level, he signed with FC Bayern Munich in 1930. In his first season with FC Bayern, Rohr and his teammates barely missed out on the final round of the German Championship. In his second season with the club, FC Bayern went on to defeat Eintracht Frankfurt in the final and claim its first German Championship with a 2-0 victory. Ossi Rohr,