Category
page 1People of Baltic German descent
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)
Oliver Kahn
German association football player (born 1969)
Lena Meyer-Landrut
German singer (born 1991)
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
Adolf von Harnack
Baltic German theologian and prominent church historian (1851–1930)
Wolfgang Köhler
German-American psychologist and phenomenologist (1887-1967)
Nicolai Hartmann
German philosopher (1882–1950)
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
Austrian general (1717–1790)
Erhard Schmidt
German mathematician (1876–1959)
Rosa von Praunheim
German film director (1942–2025)
Felix Kersten
Finnish masseur for Heinrich Himmler (1898-1960)
Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven
German general (1914–2007)
Wolfgang Lüth
German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II (1913-1945)
Boris Blacher
German composer (1903-1975)
Nicolas de Staël
Russian painter (1914-1955)
Ursula Donath
East German middle distance runner (born 1931)
Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
German noble (1913-2006)
Otto Seeck
German classical historian (1850–1921)
Elsa Wagner
German actress (1881-1975)
Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen
German world war II U-boat commander (1913-2000)
Hellmuth Kneser
German mathematician (1898–1973)
Erik Hornung
German egyptologist (1933–2022)
Adrian von Renteln
German functionary and politician (NSDAP), MdR, and Shoah perpetrator (1897–1946)
Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg
German economist and noble (1905–1946)
Robert Gernhardt
German artist (1937-2006)
Eduard Erdmann
German musician (1896–1958)
Meinhard von Gerkan
German architect (1935–2022)
Elisabeth Schiemann
German botanist and geneticist (1881-1972)
Frank Thiess
German writer (1890–1977)
Andreas Meyer-Landrut
German diplomat (born 1929)
Wolfgang Ostwald
German physical chemist and biologist (1883-1943)
Arno Schickedanz
German politician, journalist and diplomat (1892-1945)
Ivar Lissner
German author, journalist, and spy (1909–1967)
Aristid von Grosse
American chemist (1905-1985)
Robert Taube
German actor (1880–1964)
Gero von Wilpert
German lexicographer, bibliographer, literary scholar, philologist and university teacher (1933-2009)
Marina von Ditmar
German actress (1914–2014)
Boris Meissner
Baltic German lawyer and social scientist (1915–2003)
Georg von Rauch
German historian (1904-1991)
Ida Orloff
Austrian actress (1889-1945)
Georg von Rauch
German anarchist (1947-1971)
Oscar von Gebhardt
German theologian (1844–1906)
Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut
German diplomat (born 1960)
Ida Kerkovius
Baltic German painter (1879-1970)
Axel von Freytagh-Loringhoven
Baltic German judge and politician (1878-1942)
Erich von Holst
German physiologist (1908-1962)
Klaus von Rautenfeld
German cinematographer (1909–1982)
Carl Erdmann
German historian (1898–1945)
Fred Bruemmer
Canadian photographer of Baltic German origin (1929–2013)
Harriet von Rathlef
German sculptor and writer (1887–1933)
Walter Masing
German physicist (1915-2004)
Emil Mattiesen
Baltic German composer, philosopher and academic (1875–1939)
Arved von Schultz
German geographer (1883–1967)
Olaf von Wrangel
German journalist and politician (1928-2009)
Erik von Loewis
German actor and director (1904–1986)
Harald Schultz
German General and Knight's Cross recipient (1895–1957)
John Gleich
German artist (1879-1930 or later)