Top Celebrity Names Starting With Friedrich

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   Friedrich Schorlemmer

   Age 68 Male
   

   Politician, Theologian

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   Friedrich Schorlemmer, is a German Protestant theologian. He was a prominent member of the civil rights movement in the German Democratic Republic and has continued to take part in politics after German reunification in 1990.… read more

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   Friedrich Nietzsche

   1844 - 1900 Male
   

   Philosopher, Poet, Composer

   
   

   Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism, nihilism and postmodernism.… read more

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   Friedrich Hayek

   1899 - 1992 Male
   

   Austrian Economist and Political Philosopher; Nobel Memorial Prize Winner; Professor; Austrian School Member; Supported Free Markets and Liberal Democracy; Anti-marxist

   
   

   Friedrich August Hayek CH, born in Austria-Hungary as Friedrich August von Hayek, was an economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought. In 1974, Hayek shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his "pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and...… read more

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   Friedrich Accum

   1769 - 1838 Male
   

   Chemist

   
   

   Friedrich Christian Accum or Frederick Accum was a German chemist, whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous additives, and the promotion of interest in the science of chemistry to the general populace. From 1793 to 1821 Accum lived in London. Following an apprenticeship as an apothecary, he opened his own commercial laboratory enterprise.… read more

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   Friedrich Engels

   1820 - 1895 Male
   

   Political Philosopher

   
   

   Friedrich Engels was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research. In 1848 he co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx, and later he supported Marx financially to do research and write Das Kapital.… read more

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   Friedrich Schleiermacher

   1768 - 1834 Male
   

   Theologian, Philosopher

   
   

   Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher was a German theologian and philosopher known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant orthodoxy. He also became influential in the evolution of Higher Criticism, and his work forms part of the foundation of the modern field of hermeneutics. Because of his profound impact on subsequent Christian thought, he is often called the "Father of Modern Liberal Theology.… read more

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   Friedrich von Wieser

   1851 - 1926 Male
   

   Council Member, Founder, Economist

   
   

   Friedrich Freiherr von Wieser was an early member of the Austrian School of economics. Born in Vienna, the son of Privy Councillor Leopold von Wieser, a high official in the war ministry, he first trained in sociology and law. In 1872, the year he took his degree, he encountered Austrian-school founder Carl Menger's Grundsätze and switched his interest to economic theory.… read more

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   Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

   1775 - 1854 Male
   

   Philosopher

   
   

   Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, later von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German idealism, situating him between Fichte, his mentor prior to 1800, and Hegel, his former university roommate and erstwhile friend. Interpreting Schelling's philosophy is often difficult because of its ever-changing nature.… read more

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   Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze

   1739 - 1799 Male
   

   Field Marshal, French Revolutionary Wars

   
   

   Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze (20 April 1739 – 25 September 1799), was a Swiss-born field marshal in the Austrian army during the French Revolutionary Wars, campaigned in the Rhineland during the War of the First Coalition and in Switzerland in the War of the Second Coalition, notably at Battle of Winterthur in late May 1799, and the First Battle of Zürich in early June 1799. He was killed at the Second Battle of Zürich.… read more

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    Friedrich Kellner

    1885 - 1970 Male
    

    Judge, Politician, Infantryman

    
    

    August Friedrich Kellner was a mid-level official in Germany who worked as a justice inspector in Mainz and Laubach. During the First World War, Kellner was an infantryman in a Hessian regiment. After the war he became a political organizer for the Social Democratic Party of Germany, which was the leading political party during the time of the turbulent and short-lived Weimar Republic, Germany’s first period of democracy.… read more

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    Friedrich Kalkbrenner

    1785 - 1849 Male
    

    Pianist, Composer, Rival

    
    

    Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner was a German pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer who spent most of his life in England and France. Before the advent of Frédéric Chopin, Sigismond Thalberg and Franz Liszt, Kalkbrenner was by many considered to be the foremost pianist in France and England, even Europe. The only serious rival he had was Johann Nepomuk Hummel.… read more

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    Friedrich Schiller

    1759 - 1805 Male
    

    Poet, Philosopher, Historian, and Dramatist

    
    

    Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches.… read more

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    Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

    1730 - 1794 Male
    

    Baron, Inspector General, Major

    
    

    Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben, also referred to as the Baron von Steuben, was a Prussian-born military officer who served as inspector general and Major General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.… read more

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    Friedrich List

    1789 - 1846 Male
    

    Economist

    
    

    Georg Friedrich List was a leading 19th century German economist who developed the "National System" or what some would call today the National System of Innovation. He was a forefather of the German historical school of economics, and considered the original European unity theorist whose ideas were the basis for the European Economic Community.… read more

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    Friedrich Baumfelder

    1836 - 1916 Male
    

    Composer, Conductor, and Pianist

    
    

    Friedrich August Wilhelm Baumfelder was a German composer of classical music, conductor, and pianist. He started in the Leipzig Conservatory, and went on to become a well-known composer of his time. His many works were mostly solo salon music, but also included symphonies, piano concertos, operas, and choral works. Though many publishers published his work, they have since fallen into obscurity.… read more

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    Friedrich Hölderlin

    1770 - 1843 Male
    

    Poet

    
    

    Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin was a major German lyric poet, commonly associated with the artistic movement known as Romanticism. Hölderlin was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism, particularly his early association with and philosophical influence on his seminary roommates and fellow Swabians Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling.… read more

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    Friedrich Gulda

    1930 - 2000 Male
    

    Pianist, Composer, Musician

    
    

    Friedrich Gulda was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields.

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    Friedrich Fröbel

    1782 - 1852 Male
    

    Scholar, Philosopher

    
    

    Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (April 21, 1782 – June 21, 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Pestalozzi who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities. He developed the concept of the “kindergarten”, developed the Froebel Gifts educational toys, and also coined the word now used in German and English.… read more

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    Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

    1743 - 1819 Male
    

    Philosopher

    
    

    Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi was an influential German philosopher, literary figure, socialite and the younger brother of poet Johann Georg Jacobi. He is notable for coining the term nihilism and promoting it as the prime fault of Enlightenment thought particularly in the philosophical systems of Baruch Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Johann Fichte and Friedrich Schelling.… read more