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.
Category All
Citizenship All
AE
Albert Einstein German Physicist 1879 – 1955
#
5
KM
Karl Marx German Economist 1818 – 1883
#
16
MW
Max Weber German Sociologist 1864 – 1920
#
268
JK
Johannes Kepler German Naturalist 1571 – 1630
#
283
FE
Friedrich Engels German Economist 1820 – 1895
#
347
WH
Werner Heisenberg German Physicist 1901 – 1976
#
416
CF
Carl Friedrich Gauss German Mathematician 1777 – 1855
#
449
MP
Max Planck German Physicist 1858 – 1947
#
513
WV
Wernher von Braun German Physicist 1912 – 1977
#
674
RK
Robert Koch German Biologist 1843 – 1910
#
951
WR
Wilhelm Röntgen German Physicist 1845 – 1923
#
1,141
MB
Max Born German Physicist 1882 – 1970
#
1,149
EH
Edmund Husserl German Mathematician 1859 – 1938
#
1,335
EH
Ernst Haeckel German Biologist 1834 – 1919
#
1,611
RV
Rudolf Virchow German Biologist 1821 – 1902
#
1,991
AM
Albertus Magnus German Chemist 1206 – 1280
#
2,047
LF
Ludwig Feuerbach German Anthropologist 1804 – 1872
#
2,092
EN
Emmy Noether German Mathematician 1882 – 1935
#
2,370
PE
Paul Ehrlich German Biologist 1854 – 1915
#
2,374
WV
Wilhelm von Humboldt German Linguist 1767 – 1835
#
2,461