Eugen Merzbacher
German-born American physicist
Died on Thursday June 6th 2013
Famous Dead People from Germany
Over 3,000 obituaries for famous people from Germany who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Franz Kelch
German singer
Died on Wednesday June 5th 2013
Atul Chitnis
German-born Indian IT specialist
Died on Monday June 3rd 2013
Hanfried Lenz
German mathematician
Died on Saturday June 1st 2013
Kurt Leichtweiss
German mathematician
Died on Sunday June 23rd 2013
Margret Göbl
German Olympic figure skater (1960)
Died on Friday June 21st 2013
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
German prince and Head of the House of Hesse
Died on Thursday May 23rd 2013
Lothar Schmid
German chess grandmaster
Died on Saturday May 18th 2013
Ernst Klee
German historian and writer
Died on Saturday May 18th 2013
Peter Schulz
German politician
Died on Friday May 17th 2013
Max Schirschin
German football player and manager (Rouen
Died on Thursday May 16th 2013
Lilo Ramdohr
German Resistance fighter
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Max Stadler
German politician
Died on Sunday May 12th 2013
Gerd Langguth
German politician and political scientist
Died on Sunday May 12th 2013
Grete Dollitz
German–born American radio presenter and classical guitarist
Died on Thursday May 9th 2013
Sarah Kirsch
German poet
Died on Sunday May 5th 2013
Ludwig G. Strauss
German physician and academic
Died on Wednesday May 29th 2013
Gerd Schmückle
German general
Died on Tuesday May 28th 2013
Eddi Arent
German actor
Died on Tuesday May 28th 2013
Gotthard Graubner
German painter
Died on Friday May 24th 2013
Erwin Hymer
German businessman
Died on Friday April 12th 2013
Angela Voigt
East German Olympic champion long jumper (1976)
Died on Thursday April 11th 2013
Bernhard Rieger
German Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Wednesday April 10th 2013
Hans Jäcker
German footballer (Eintracht Braunschweig)
Died on Sunday April 7th 2013
Herbert Werner
German Navy U-boat officer
Died on Saturday April 6th 2013
Ottmar Schreiner
German politician
Died on Saturday April 6th 2013
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German-born British-American novelist and screenwriter (A Room with a View
Died on Wednesday April 3rd 2013
Jürgen Warnke
German politician
Died on Saturday April 27th 2013
Rüdiger Butte
German politician
Died on Friday April 26th 2013
Toby E. Rodes
German businessman
Died on Saturday April 20th 2013
Hans-Joachim Walde
German Olympic medal-winning (1964
Died on Thursday April 18th 2013
Reinhard Lettmann
German Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Tuesday April 16th 2013
Helmut Kasimier
German politician
Died on Tuesday April 16th 2013
Helga Arendt
German Olympic sprinter (1988)
Died on Monday March 11th 2013
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
German Army officer and publisher
Died on Friday March 8th 2013
Hartmut Briesenick
German athlete
Died on Friday March 8th 2013
Alfred Post
German Olympic footballer (1952)
Died on Thursday March 7th 2013
Sabine Bischoff
German Olympic champion fencer (1984)
Died on Wednesday March 6th 2013
Dieter Pfaff
German actor
Died on Tuesday March 5th 2013
Johann Eekhoff
German economist
Died on Sunday March 3rd 2013
Heinz Patzig
German football player and manager (Eintracht Braunschweig)
Died on Thursday March 28th 2013
Walther Gerhold
German Marine-Schreiber-Obergefreiter in the Kriegsmarine during World War II
Died on Saturday March 2nd 2013
Christa Speck
German model
Died on Friday March 22nd 2013
Ludwig Zausinger
German footballer
Died on Friday March 1st 2013
Ludwig Leitner
German Olympic (1964) alpine skier and world champion
Died on Thursday March 21st 2013
Nasser El Sonbaty
German professional bodybuilder
Died on Wednesday March 20th 2013
Rolf Schult
German voice actor
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Hans Moretti
German illusionist and escapologist
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Paul Brasack
German U-boat commander during World War II
Died on Monday March 11th 2013
Martin Adolf Bormann
German theologian
Died on Monday March 11th 2013
Harald Siepermann
German animator (Tarzan
Died on Saturday February 16th 2013
Stefan Wigger
German television actor
Died on Wednesday February 13th 2013
Kurt Redel
German musician and conductor
Died on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Dieter Schütte
German publisher (M. DuMont Schauberg)
Died on Friday February 8th 2013
Jürgen Untermann
German linguist
Died on Thursday February 7th 2013
Wolfgang Abraham
German footballer
Died on Sunday February 3rd 2013
Robert Weimar
German academic
Died on Thursday February 28th 2013
Stéphane Hessel
German-born French author and diplomat
Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianist
Died on Friday February 22nd 2013
Hubert Schieth
German football player and manager
Died on Tuesday February 19th 2013
Gerhard Frey
German financier and politician
Died on Tuesday February 19th 2013
Otfried Preußler
German children's book author (The Robber Hotzenplotz)
Died on Monday February 18th 2013
Otto Beisheim
German billionaire businessman
Died on Monday February 18th 2013
Siegfried Gerstner
German army officer
Died on Friday January 11th 2013
Franz Lehrndorfer
German organist
Died on Thursday January 10th 2013
Werner Altegoer
German businessman and football administrator (VfL Bochum)
Died on Wednesday January 9th 2013
Carl Berner
German-born American supercentenarian
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski
German composer
Died on Saturday January 5th 2013
Thomas Schäuble
German politician
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2013
Georg Gärtner
German soldier and escapee
Died on Wednesday January 30th 2013
Gottfried Landwehr
German physicist
Died on Thursday January 24th 2013
Günther Maritschnigg
German Olympic wrestler
Died on Tuesday January 22nd 2013
Hans Massaquoi
German-born American journalist and author
Died on Saturday January 19th 2013
Jakob Arjouni
German author
Died on Thursday January 17th 2013
Princess Margarita of Baden
German aristocrat
Died on Tuesday January 15th 2013
Andreas Raab
German computer scientist
Died on Monday January 14th 2013
Jack Recknitz
German actor
Died on Sunday January 13th 2013
Ernst Albrecht
German politician
Died on Saturday December 13th 2014
Hans Wallat
German conductor and music director
Died on Thursday December 11th 2014
Otto Pöggeler
German philosopher
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2014
Ralph Giordano
German writer and publicist
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2014
Karl Otto Pöhl
German economist
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2014
Luise Rainer
German-born American actress (The Great Ziegfeld
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2014
André Wohllebe
German sprint canoer
Died on Monday December 29th 2014
Erich Retter
German footballer (VfB Stuttgart
Died on Saturday December 27th 2014
Claude Frank
German-born American pianist
Died on Saturday December 27th 2014
Fritz Sdunek
German professional boxing trainer (Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko
Died on Monday December 22nd 2014
Dieter Grau
German-born American rocket scientist
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2014
Fritz Rudolf Fries
German writer
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2014
Karl-Heinz Kurras
German police officer and Stasi member
Died on Tuesday December 16th 2014
Andreas Schockenhoff
German politician
Died on Saturday December 13th 2014
Philipp Fürst
German Olympic gymnast (1960
Died on Thursday November 6th 2014
Herbert Walter Levi
German-born American arachnologist
Died on Monday November 3rd 2014
Klaus Kreuzeder
German saxophonist
Died on Monday November 3rd 2014
Herman Sarkowsky
German-born American businessman and sports executive (Portland Trail Blazers
Died on Sunday November 2nd 2014