|
Rank
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Hint
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Answer
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1
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Chancellor
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Konrad Adenauer
|
|
2
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Theologian
|
Martin Luther
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|
3
|
Economist
|
Karl Marx
|
|
4
|
Member of the White Rose
|
Sophie Scholl
|
|
4
|
Member of the White Rose
|
Hans Scholl
|
|
5
|
Chancellor
|
Willy Brandt
|
|
6
|
Composer
|
Johann Sebastian Bach
|
|
7
|
Poet
|
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
|
|
8
|
Printing press pioneer
|
Johannes Gutenberg
|
|
9
|
Chancellor and general
|
Otto von Bismarck
|
|
10
|
Theoretical physicist
|
Albert Einstein
|
|
11
|
Priest
|
Adolph Kolping
|
|
12
|
Composer
|
Ludwig van Beethoven
|
|
13
|
Chancellor
|
Helmut Kohl
|
|
14
|
Industrialist, founder of corporate namesake
|
Robert Bosch
|
|
15
|
Pop singer
|
Daniel Küblböck
|
|
16
|
Inventor
|
Konrad Zuse
|
|
17
|
Theologian
|
Joseph Kentenich
|
|
18
|
Physician
|
Albert Schweitzer
|
|
19
|
Actor, activist
|
Karlheinz Böhm
|
|
20
|
Composer
|
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
|
|
21
|
Chancellor
|
Helmut Schmidt
|
|
22
|
Politician
|
Regine Hildebrandt
|
|
23
|
Feminist, journalist
|
Alice Schwarzer
|
|
24
|
TV presenter
|
Thomas Gottschalk
|
|
25
|
Rock singer, actor, activist
|
Herbert Grönemeyer
|
|
26
|
Racecar driver
|
Michael Schumacher
|
|
27
|
Chancellor
|
Ludwig Erhard
|
|
28
|
Physicist
|
Wilhelm Röntgen
|
|
29
|
TV presenter, journalist
|
Günther Jauch
|
|
30
|
Pop singer, producer
|
Dieter Bohlen
|
|
31
|
Cyclist, 1997 Tour de France
|
Jan Ullrich
|
|
32
|
Tennis player
|
Steffi Graf
|
|
33
|
Physician
|
Samuel Hahnemann
|
|
34
|
Theologian
|
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
|
|
35
|
Tennis player
|
Boris Becker
|
|
36
|
Football player/coach
|
Franz Beckenbauer
|
|
37
|
Industrialist, his List
|
Oskar Schindler
|
|
38
|
Pop singer
|
Nena
|
|
39
|
Vice Chancellor
|
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
|
|
40
|
Actor
|
Heinz Rühmann
|
|
41
|
TV presenter
|
Harald Schmidt
|
|
42
|
King
|
Frederick II of Prussia
|
|
43
|
Philosopher
|
Immanuel Kant
|
|
44
|
TV presenter
|
Patrick Lindner
|
|
45
|
Pop singer
|
Hartmut Engler
|
|
46
|
Nun, poet, composer
|
Hildegard von Bingen
|
|
47
|
Pop singer
|
Heino
|
|
48
|
Federal President
|
Richard von Weizsäcker
|
|
49
|
Military officer
|
Claus von Stauffenberg
|
|
50
|
Actress
|
Marlene Dietrich
|
|
51
|
Physician
|
Robert Koch
|
|
52
|
Vice Chancellor
|
Joschka Fischer
|
|
53
|
Novelist
|
Karl May
|
|
54
|
Film director
|
Vicco von Bülow
|
|
55
|
Theologian
|
Albertus Magnus
|
|
56
|
Football player
|
Rudi Völler
|
|
57
|
Comedian
|
Heinz Erhardt
|
|
58
|
Rock singer
|
Roy Black
|
|
59
|
Racecar driver
|
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
|
|
60
|
Activist
|
Wolfgang Apel
|
|
61
|
Explorer
|
Alexander von Humboldt
|
|
62
|
Rock singer
|
Peter Kraus
|
|
63
|
Rocket scientist
|
Wernher von Braun
|
|
64
|
Basketball player
|
Dirk Nowitzski
|
|
65
|
Metal singer
|
Campino
|
|
66
|
Minister of Defence
|
Franz Josef Strauß
|
|
67
|
Physician
|
Sebastian Kneipp
|
|
68
|
Novelist
|
Friedrich Schiller
|
|
69
|
Composer
|
Richard Wagner
|
|
70
|
Figure skater
|
Katarina Witt
|
|
71
|
Football player
|
Fritz Walter
|
|
72
|
Pop singer
|
Nicole
|
|
73
|
Theologian
|
Friedrich von Bodelschwingh
|
|
74
|
Aviator
|
Otto Lilienthal
|
|
75
|
Journalist
|
Marion Gräfin Dönhoff
|
|
76
|
Novelist
|
Thomas Mann
|
|
77
|
Novelist
|
Hermann Hesse
|
|
78
|
Actress
|
Romy Schneider
|
|
79
|
Ski jumper
|
Sven Hannawald
|
|
80
|
Empress
|
Elisabeth Wittelsbach
|
|
81
|
Actor
|
Willy Millowitsch
|
|
82
|
Chancellor
|
Gerhard Schröder
|
|
83
|
Artist
|
Joseph Bueys
|
|
84
|
Philosopher
|
Friedrich Nietzsche
|
|
85
|
Activist
|
Rudi Dutschke
|
|
86
|
Priest
|
Karl Lehmann
|
|
87
|
Businesswoman
|
Beate Uhse
|
|
88
|
Women who rebuilt German cities
|
Trümmerfrauen
|
|
89
|
Physicist
|
Carl Fredrich Gauss
|
|
90
|
Football player
|
Helmut Rahn
|
|
91
|
Painter
|
Albrecht Dürer
|
|
92
|
Boxer
|
Max Schmeling
|
|
93
|
Businessman
|
Karl Benz
|
|
94
|
Emperor
|
Frederick II
|
|
95
|
Pop singer
|
Reinhard Mey
|
|
96
|
Novelist
|
Heinrich Heine
|
|
97
|
Would-be assassin
|
Georg Elser
|
|
98
|
Linguist
|
Konrad Duden
|
|
99
|
Composer
|
James Last
|
|
100
|
Football player
|
Uwe Seeler
|
|
101
|
Physician, activist
|
Jenny de la Torre Castro
|
|
|
Rank
|
Hint
|
Answer
|
|
102
|
Economist
|
Erich Gutenberg
|
|
103
|
Chess player
|
Emanuel Lasker
|
|
104
|
Philosopher
|
Rudolf Steiner
|
|
105
|
Theologian
|
Edith Stein
|
|
106
|
Rock singer
|
Farin Urlaub
|
|
107
|
Soul singer
|
Xavier Naidoo
|
|
108
|
Astronomer
|
Nicolaus Copernicus
|
|
109
|
Mathematician
|
Adam Ries
|
|
110
|
Businessman
|
Gottlieb Daimler
|
|
111
|
Writer
|
Erich Kästner
|
|
112
|
Politician, activist
|
Rosa Luxemburg
|
|
113
|
Playwright
|
Bertold Brecht
|
|
114
|
President of West Germany
|
Theodor Heuss
|
|
115
|
Emperor
|
Otto I
|
|
116
|
Psychoanalyst
|
Sigmund Freud
|
|
117
|
Businesswoman
|
Christine Lucci
|
|
118
|
Writer
|
Wilhelm Busch
|
|
119
|
Politician
|
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher
|
|
120
|
Rock musician
|
Udo Lindenberg
|
|
121
|
Theologian
|
Eugen Drewermann
|
|
122
|
Physician
|
Ferdinand Sauerbruch
|
|
123
|
Pop singer
|
Peter Maffay
|
|
124
|
Cardinal, activist
|
Josef Frings
|
|
125
|
Schoolgirl, admin of Internet forum
|
Silke Fritzen
|
|
126
|
Physicist
|
Max Planck
|
|
127
|
Federal President
|
Johannes Rau
|
|
128
|
Writer
|
Jacob Grimm
|
|
128
|
Writer
|
Wilhelm Grimm
|
|
129
|
Freiherr
|
Hieronymous Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen
|
|
130
|
Emperor
|
Wilhelm II
|
|
131
|
Journalist
|
Rudolf Augstein
|
|
132
|
Novelist
|
Heinrich Böll
|
|
133
|
Racecar driver
|
Ralf Schumacher
|
|
134
|
Diarist
|
Anne Frank
|
|
135
|
Emperor
|
Frederick I
|
|
136
|
Cosmonaut
|
Sigmund Jähn
|
|
137
|
Swimmer
|
Franziska van Almsick
|
|
138
|
Theologian
|
Clemens August Graf von Galen
|
|
139
|
King
|
Ludwig II
|
|
140
|
Physicist, businessman
|
Carl Friedrich Zeiss
|
|
141
|
Actress
|
Hildegard Knef
|
|
142
|
Businessman
|
Levi Strauss
|
|
143
|
Football coach
|
Seep Herberger
|
|
144
|
Actor
|
Klaus Kinski
|
|
145
|
Physicist, businessman
|
Werner von Siemens
|
|
146
|
Businessman
|
Ferdinand Porsche
|
|
147
|
Journalist
|
Peter Scholl-Latour
|
|
148
|
Poet
|
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
|
|
149
|
Magician
|
Siegfried Fischbacher
|
|
149
|
Magician
|
Roy Horn
|
|
150
|
Bobsledder
|
Christoph Langen
|
|
151
|
Singer, Eurovision
|
Michelle
|
|
152
|
Physicist
|
Manfred von Ardenne
|
|
153
|
Philosopher, mathematician
|
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
|
|
154
|
Philosopher
|
Arthur Schopenhauer
|
|
155
|
Novelist, journalist
|
Kurt Tucholsky
|
|
156
|
Businessman
|
Karl Hans Albrecht
|
|
156
|
Businessman
|
Theodor Paul Albrecht
|
|
157
|
Cardinal, future Pope
|
Joseph Ratzinger
|
|
158
|
Physicist
|
Werner Heisenberg
|
|
159
|
Actor
|
Harald Juhnke
|
|
160
|
Fictional
|
Till Eulenspiegel
|
|
161
|
Actor, comedian
|
Götz George
|
|
162
|
Engineer, inventor
|
Rudolf Diesel
|
|
163
|
Presenter, musician
|
Stefan Raab
|
|
164
|
Singer, actor
|
Hans Albers
|
|
165
|
Punk singer
|
Nina Hagen
|
|
166
|
Astronomer, mathematician
|
Johannes Kepler
|
|
167
|
Radio, TV presenter
|
Hans Rosenthal
|
|
168
|
Physician, journalist, activist
|
Rupert Neudeck
|
|
169
|
Comedian
|
Dieter Hildebrandt
|
|
170
|
Actress
|
Marie Theres Kroetz-Relin
|
|
171
|
Priest, activist
|
Kilian Saum
|
|
172
|
Reggae singer
|
Hans Söllner
|
|
173
|
East German politician, Mayor of Berlin
|
Gregor Gysi
|
|
174
|
Roman officer, tribal Germanic chieftain
|
Arminius
|
|
175
|
Novelist
|
Günter Wilhelm Grass
|
|
176
|
Actress
|
Inge Meysel
|
|
177
|
Pop singer
|
Hans Hartz
|
|
178
|
Fashion designer
|
Karl Lagerfeld
|
|
179
|
Football player
|
Oliver Kahn
|
|
180
|
Football player
|
Gerd Müller
|
|
181
|
Aviation pioneer
|
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
|
|
182
|
Engineer, inventor
|
Nicolaus Otto
|
|
183
|
Businesswoman
|
Grete Schickedanz
|
|
184
|
Communist, feminist
|
Clara Zetkin
|
|
185
|
Journalist, philosopher
|
Hannah Arendt
|
|
186
|
Federal President
|
Roman Herzog
|
|
187
|
Rocket physicist
|
Hermann Orberth
|
|
188
|
Comedian, actor
|
Karl Valentin
|
|
189
|
Pop singer
|
Frank Schöbel
|
|
190
|
Businessman
|
Jakob Fugger
|
|
191
|
Boxer
|
Henry Maske
|
|
192
|
Violinist
|
Helmut Zacharias
|
|
193
|
Football player
|
Michael Ballack
|
|
194
|
Scientist, film director
|
Bernhard Grzimek
|
|
195
|
Composer
|
Richard Strauss
|
|
196
|
Minister President of Bavaria
|
Edmund Stoiber
|
|
197
|
Pirate
|
Nikolaus Störtebeker
|
|
198
|
Presenter, comedian
|
Peter Frankenfeld
|
|
199
|
Physician, activist
|
Mildred Scheel
|
|
200
|
Model
|
Claudia Schiffer
|
|
Some trivia from them:
-Belgium ran three contests simultaneously on rival media channels: two for Dutch speakers, one for French speakers.
-Anger from no black Britons being featured in the original led to the creation of 100 Great Black Britons. Similarly, Ireland's Greatest spawned Ireland's Greatest Women, Ireland's Greatest Sportsperson and Ireland's Greatest Scientist.
-In the Greatest Croatian, Vlaho Bukovac was both #64 and #80 and Vladimir Prelog #57 and #96, due to counting error.
-The winner of The Greatest Czech...was fictional.
-South Africa's was so controversial that nobody but Mandela had their results published before the show was scrapped.
-Gandhi automatically won The Greatest Indian.
-Japan's contest allowed people to choose anyone, not just the Japanese. Napoleon was #24, Marie Antoinette was #54 and Cleopatra was #68.