Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Contagia," was an early argument for the germ theory of disease. He was an important figure in the development of modern medicine.
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus was a German-born Dutch anatomist. He served a professor of medicine at the University of Leiden like his father Bernhard Albinus (1653–1721). He also published a large-format artistic atlas of human anatomy, with engravings made by Jan Wandelaar.
Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim was a Saxon anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist.
Jacob Fidelis Ackermann was a German professor of anatomy and surgery.
Dieter Borchmeyer is a German literary critic.
Johannes Karl Holzamer was a German philosopher, pedagogue and former director general of the German television station ZDF.
Hans Reimann (1889–1969) was a German satirist, novelist, and playwright. He wrote under the pseudonyms Max Bunge, Hans Heinrich, Artur Sünder, Hanns Heinz Vampir, and Andreas Zeltner.
Justus Ferdinand Christian Loder was a German anatomist and surgeon who was a native of Riga.
Josias Weitbrecht was a German professor of medicine and anatomy in Russia.
Johann Christian Rosenmüller was a German anatomist born near Hildburghausen, Thuringia. He was the son of theologian Johann Georg Rosenmüller (1736-1815).
Leopold Friedrich Günther von Goeckingk, also Göckingk was a Saxon-Prussian lyric poet, journalist, and royal Prussian official.
Johann Stephan Pütter was a German law lecturer and publicist. He was professor of law at the university of Göttingen from 1746 until his death. He exerted great influence on the law institutions of his time. His principal work is Historische Entwicklung der heutigen Staatsverfassung des Deutschen Reichs.
Karl Ritter von Schönhals was an Austrian general.
Joseph Ennemoser was a South Tyrolean physician and stubborn late proponent of Franz Mesmer's theories of animal magnetism. He became known to English readers through Mary Howitt's translation of his History of Magic.
Christian Joseph Berres Edler von Perez was an Austrian anatomist.
Julius Kollmann was a German anatomist, zoologist and anthropologist.
Friedrich Wilhelm Theile was a German physician and anatomist.
Fred K. Prieberg was a German musicologist. He was a pioneer in the field of history of music and musicians under the Nazi regime.
Franz Dumont was a German historian.
Jost Benedum was a German historian of medecine.
