* 1869 – Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and set designer ( d. 1936 )

* 1868 – Peter Behrens, German architect and designer ( d. 1940 )

Albrecht Altdorfer ( c. 1480-February 12, 1538 ) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg.

Andreas Schlüter ( 20 May 1664 – May 1714 ) was a German baroque sculptor and architect associated with the Petrine Baroque style of architecture and decoration.

Since 1999, the German parliament has again assembled in Berlin in its original Reichstag building, which dates from the 1890s and underwent a significant renovation under the lead of British architect Sir Norman Foster.

Heinrich Himmler was the chief architect of the plan, and the German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler termed it " the final solution of the Jewish question " ().

In 2008 the German news magazine Der Spiegel described Himmler as one of the most brutal mass murderers in history, and the architect of the Holocaust.

Pei drew inspiration for his adjustments from the designs of the German architect Johann Balthasar Neumann, especially the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

* 1687 – Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect ( d. 1753 )

* 1886 – Ernst May, German architect ( d. 1970 )

* 1954 – Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect

* 1812 – Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect ( d. 1881 )

A physically imposing, deliberative, and reticent man, Ludwig Mies renamed himself as part of his rapid transformation from a tradesman's son to an architect working with Berlin's cultural elite, adding " van der " and his mother's surname " Rohe ", using the Dutch " van der ", rather than the German form " von " which was legally restricted to those of genuine aristocratic lineage.

* 1662 – Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect ( d. 1736 )

* 1883 – Walter Gropius, German architect, founded the Bauhaus school ( d. 1969 )

* 1738 – George Bähr, German architect ( b. 1666 )

* 1885 – Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect ( d. 1966 )

Among these is the Rufus Fenner Scott Mansion, designed by German architect J. L.

Founded by German merchant Georg Wertheim ( 1857 – 1939 ), designed by architect Alfred Messel ( 1853 – 1909 ), opened in 1897 and extended several times over the following 40 years, it ultimately possessed a floor area double that of the Reichstag, a 330-metre-long granite and plate glass facade along Leipziger Straße, 83 elevators, three escalators, 1, 000 telephones, 10, 000 lamps, five kilometres of pneumatic tubing for moving items from the various departments to the packing area, and a separate entrance directly from the nearby U-Bahn station.

For example, the town hall of Dorpat was designed by an architect from Rostock in Mecklenburg, while the university buildings were designed by Johann Wilhelm Krause, another German.

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ( May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969 ) was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.

* Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German painter and architect

* Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect ( Saxony )

** Walter Gropius, German architect ( b. 1883 )

* December 2 – Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, German architect, interior designer and designer ( b. 1883 )

At the time of his birth Grothendieck's mother was married to Johannes Raddatz, a German journalist, and his birthname was initially recorded as Alexander Raddatz.

* 1558 – Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer ( b. 1485 )

In 1919 Swiss painter Johannes Itten, German-American painter Lyonel Feininger, and German sculptor Gerhard Marcks, along with Gropius, comprised the faculty of the Bauhaus.

The design came from a painting by German artist Johannes M. Dietz.

Melanchthon and Johannes Brenz, with some other German Lutherans, actually started in 1552 on the journey to Trent.

* 1571 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer ( d. 1630 )

* 1964 – Johannes B. Kerner, German TV presenter

* 1516 – Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer ( b. 1462 )

In the German school of fencing, Johannes Liechtenauer ( Ms. 3227a ) and his successors ( specifically Andres Lignizer in Cod.

* 1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher ( d. 1665 )

1410 ), the poems of Oswald von Wolkenstein and Johannes von Tepl, the German versions of Pontus and Sidonia, and arguably the works of Hans Folz and Sebastian Brant ( Ship of Fools, 1494 ), among others.

Copernicus's new perspective-along with the accurate observations of Tycho Brahe-was used by German astronomer Johannes Kepler ( 1571 – 1630 ) to formulate laws regarding planetary motions that are still accepted today.

Several twentieth-century German writers, including Peter Bender, Johannes Lang, Karl Neupert, and Fritz Braun, published works advocating the hollow Earth hypothesis, or Hohlweltlehre.

Johannes Kepler (; December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630 ) was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer.

Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571, at the Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt ( now part of the Stuttgart Region in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, 30 km west of Stuttgart's center ).

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg ( ; 1398 – February 3, 1468 ) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe.

Johannes Rau (; 16 January 193127 January 2006 ) was a German politician of the SPD.

* 1665 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher ( b. 1622 )

* 1582 – Johannes Schultz, German composer ( d. 1653 )

* 1883 – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general ( d. 1948 )

* 1485 – Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer ( d. 1558 )

* 1862 – Walter Johannes Damrosch, German composer ( d. 1950 )

* 1901 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist ( b. 1843 )

* 1989 – Johannes Halbig, German musician ( Killerpilze )

* 1983 – Johannes Herber, German basketball player