German Famouse Personalities

Karl Ziegler

Karl Waldemar Ziegler was a German Chemist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 26 November 1898 German

Ferdinand Freiherr Von Richthofen

Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen was a German geographer, geologist and traveler. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, explorations, achievements and timeline.

Born: 05 May 1833 German

Heinrich Otto Wieland

Father of Biochemistry

Heinrich Otto Wieland was an eminent German scientist who won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 04 June 1877 German

Richard Kuhn

Richard Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1938. This biography profiles his childhood, life, career, research, achievements and timeline.

Born: 03 December 1900 German

Hermann Emil Fischer

Emil Fischer was a Nobel Prize winning chemist from Germany who is known for inventing the ‘Fischer Projection’ method. To know more about his childhood, career, profile and timeline read on

Born: 09 October 1852 German

Eduard Buchner

Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and a zymologist who won the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 20 May 1860 German

Albrecht Kossel

Albrecht Kossel was a distinguished German biochemist who received the ‘Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine’ in 1910.

Born: 16 September 1853 German

Walther Bothe

Walther Bothe was a German nuclear physicist who won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 08 January 1891 German

Ernst Boris Chain

Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 19 June 1906 German

Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer was a famous German organic chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1930. This biography profiles his childhood, life, research, career, achievements and timeline.

Born: 27 July 1881 German