German male non-fiction writers

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)

German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)

German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)

German politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)

German-Prussian general and military theorist

German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781)

German sociologist and philosopher (1929–2026)

German philosopher, theologian, poet (1744–1803)

German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)

Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)

German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)

German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)

German philosopher (1775–1854)

German philosopher (1806-1856)

former World Chess champion (1868–1941)

German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)

German scientist and satirist (1742-1799)

German reformer (1497-1560)

German philosopher (1900–2002)

Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)

German poet, critic and scholar, editor

German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose (1813–1837)

German general

German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886)

Baltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue (1893-1946)

German Field Marshal (1800–1891)

German field marshal (1887-1973)

German general (1890–1957)

German philosopher and logician (1891–1970)

German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)

German philosopher and sociologist (1895–1973)

German-Jewish philosopher and theologian (1729–1786)

German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician (1862–1934)

German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717–1768)

German polymath, physician, legal scholar and soldier (1486–1535)

German poet and writer (1733–1813)

German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)

German writer (1906–1949)

early Reformation-era German pastor who was a rebel leader during the German Peasants' War

German poet and politician (1787–1862)

German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866)

German-American theologian and philosopher

German chess champion, after Paul Morphy (1858-1860), second unofficial world chess champion (1851-1858, 1860-1865, 1867-1871), chess publicist

German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882)

German theologian (1884–1976)

German economist, sociologist, historian (1863-1941)

History of Political Philosophy scholar (1899-1973)

Prussian Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff (1833-1913)

German philosopher and psychologist as well as refounder of the theory of intentionality (1838–1917)

German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)

German general (1884–1972)

Chief of Germany's General Staff during the first two years of the First World War (1861-1922)

German humanist and satirist

Polish-born German literary critic (1920–2013)

German art historian (1892–1968)

German philosopher (1730-1788)

German historian (1808–1884)

German historian, writer and politician (1769-1860)