Most Famous German Scientists

Germany has produced 1,579 notable scientists throughout history, led by Albert Einstein. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Albert Einstein — German Physicist (1879–1955) , ranked #5
  2. Karl Marx — German Economist (1818–1883) , ranked #16
  3. Max Weber — German Sociologist (1864–1920) , ranked #268
  4. Johannes Kepler — German Naturalist (1571–1630) , ranked #283
  5. Friedrich Engels — German Economist (1820–1895) , ranked #347
  6. Werner Heisenberg — German Physicist (1901–1976) , ranked #416
  7. Carl Friedrich Gauss — German Mathematician (1777–1855) , ranked #449
  8. Max Planck — German Physicist (1858–1947) , ranked #513
  9. Wernher von Braun — German Physicist (1912–1977) , ranked #674
  10. Robert Koch — German Biologist (1843–1910) , ranked #951
  11. Wilhelm Röntgen — German Physicist (1845–1923) , ranked #1141
  12. Max Born — German Physicist (1882–1970) , ranked #1149
  13. Edmund Husserl — German Mathematician (1859–1938) , ranked #1335
  14. Ernst Haeckel — German Biologist (1834–1919) , ranked #1611
  15. Rudolf Virchow — German Biologist (1821–1902) , ranked #1991
  16. Albertus Magnus — German Chemist (1206–1280) , ranked #2047
  17. Ludwig Feuerbach — German Anthropologist (1804–1872) , ranked #2092
  18. Emmy Noether — German Mathematician (1882–1935) , ranked #2370
  19. Paul Ehrlich — German Biologist (1854–1915) , ranked #2374
  20. Wilhelm von Humboldt — German Linguist (1767–1835) , ranked #2461