* 1852 – Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician ( d. 1939 )

* 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician ( d. 1855 )

* 1881 – Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician ( d. 1940 )

* 1917 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician ( b. 1849 )

* 1495 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician ( d. 1557 )

* 1823 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician ( d. 1852 )

* 1842 – Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician ( d. 1922 )

* 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician ( d. 1975 )

* 1829 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician ( d. 1920 )

* 1956 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician ( d. 1991 )

* 1935 – Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician ( b. 1882 )

Albrecht Dürer (; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528 ) was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg.

* 1557 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician ( b. 1495 )

* 1825 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician ( b. 1765 )

* 1849 – Felix Klein, German mathematician ( d. 1925 )

* Walter Benz ( b. 1931 ), German mathematician known for his work on geometric planes

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (;, ) ( 30 April 177723 February 1855 ) was a German mathematician and physical scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.

In 1929 the Polish mathematician Marian Rejewski, who would solve the German Enigma cipher machine in December 1932, began studying actuarial statistics at Göttingen.

It was discovered in 1874 by Henry John Stephen Smith and introduced by German mathematician Georg Cantor in 1883.

Christian Goldbach ( March 18, 1690 – November 20, 1764 ) was a German mathematician who also studied law.

The CGS system goes back to a proposal in 1832 by the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.

February 14, 1943 ) was a German mathematician.

* 1750 – Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer ( b. 1671 )

* 1765 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician ( d. 1825 )

Hermann Hankel, renowned German mathematician made the following remark regarding Diophantus.

* 1867 – Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian ( b. 1785 )

* 1798 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet ( d. 1874 )

August Horch ( 12 October 1868 – 3 February 1951 ) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant which would eventually become Audi.

Bardot's other husbands were German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs ( 14 July 1966 – 1 October 1969 ) and Bernard d ' Ormale ( 16 August 1992 – present ).

In August 1944 at Mortain, stout defense and counterattacks against the German flanks by American and Canadian forces closed the Falaise pocket.

The Baralong Incidents were naval engagements of the First World War in August and September 1915, involving the Royal Navy Q-Ship, later renamed HMS Wyandra, and two German U-boats.

Christoph Ludwig Agricola ( November 5, 1667 – August 8, 1719 ) was a German landscape painter.

Though Adolf Hitler succeeded in garnering the support of many German industrialists, prominent traditionalists openly and secretly opposed his policies of euthanasia, genocide, and attacks on organized religion, including Claus von Stauffenberg, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Henning von Tresckow, Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen, and the monarchist Carl Friedrich Goerdeler.

A single attempt by the German army, on 12 August 1914, to use six regiments of massed cavalry to cut off the Belgian field army from Antwerp foundered when they were driven back in disorder by rifle fire.

German Uhlan s after the capture of Warsaw, August 1915

In 1841, the German linguist and poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics of " Das Lied der Deutschen " to Haydn's melody, lyrics that were considered revolutionary at the time.

Anne further honoured Churchill, after his leadership in the victories against the French of 13 August 1704 near the village of Blenheim ( German Blindheim ) on the river Danube ( Battle of Blenheim ), by granting him the royal manor of Woodstock, and building him a house at her own expense to be called Blenheim.

* 1849 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal ( d. 1945 )

The first shot of the war at sea was fired on 5 August 1914 by a destroyer of the 2nd Flotilla,, in an engagement with the German auxiliary minelayer.

* 1889 – Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist ( b. 1809 )

* 1893 – Georg August Rudolph, German politician ( b. 1816 )

During the run-up to the German general election in 2005, which was held ahead of schedule, Stoiber created controversy through a campaign speech held in the beginning of August 2005 in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

* August Euler ( 1868 – 1957 ) German pioneer aviator

On 9 August 2010, Eagle Rock Entertainment released Live – The Early Years in the UK as a DVD compilation that includes Fusion – Live in London ( 1976 ) along with never before released live performances at Brunel University ( 1973 ) and on a German TV show Rockpalast ( 1974 ).

* 1821 – August Schleicher, German linguist ( d. 1868 )

* 1840 – August Bebel, German politician ( d. 1913 )

* 1759 – Friedrich August Wolf, German archaeologist ( d. 1824 )

* 1714 – Gottfried August Homilius, German composer ( d. 1785 )

Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz ( also August Kekulé ; ) ( 7 September 1829 – 13 July 1896 ) was a German organic chemist.