Former state · 1877 – 1990
West Germany
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West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It was sometimes known as the Bonn Republic after its capital city of Bonn, or as the Second German Republic. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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Martin Heidegger1889 – 1976German philosopher (1889–1976)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Helmut_Kohl_(1996).jpg)
Helmut Kohl1930 – 2017Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Sandra Bullockb. 1964American actress and film producerSource: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Franz_Beckenbauer_(1975).jpg)
Franz Beckenbauer1945 – 2024German sports official and association football player (1945–2024)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Wernher von Braun1912 – 1977German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Otto_Hahn_(Nobel).jpg)
Otto Hahn1879 – 1968German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Herbert Marcuse1898 – 1979German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Oskar Schindler1908 – 1974German industrialist and Holocaust rescuer (1908–1974)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Jürgen Klinsmannb. 1964German footballer and managerSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen1907 – 1973German nuclear physicist (1907–1973)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Martin_Niem%C3%B6ller_(1952).jpg)
Martin Niemöller1892 – 1984German theologian (1892–1984)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Michael_Fassbender_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival_(3).jpg)
Michael Fassbenderb. 1977German-Irish actor (born 1979)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Erich Kästner1899 – 1974German children's writer (1899–1974)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Otto von Habsburg1912 – 2011Head of the House of Habsburg and German politicianSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Otto Heinrich Warburg1883 – 1970German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Roland_Emmerich_(6973286762).jpg)
Roland Emmerichb. 1955German filmmaker (born 1955)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Richard Kuhn1900 – 1967Austrian-German biochemist (1900-1967)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder1945 – 1982German filmmaker, playwright and actor (1945-1982)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Heinrich Otto Wieland1877 – 1957German Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1877-1957)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-%D0%97%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%B7_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%97_%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%E2%80%99%D1%94%D1%80-%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%89%D1%96_05_(cropped).jpg)
Egils Levitsb. 1955Latvian judge, jurist and politician (born 1955)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Paul Hindemith1895 – 1963German composer (1895–1963)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Werner Forssmann1904 – 1979German physician, Nobel prize winner (1904-1979)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Uwe_Seeler_1966_(cropped).jpg)
Uwe Seeler1936 – 2022German association football player (1936–2022)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Albert Kesselring1885 – 1960German Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall during World War II (1885–1960)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Hartmut Michelb. 1948German biochemist (1988 Nobel Prize)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Everything that happened
- 1972Munich massacreOlympic Village, MunichThe Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September. The militants infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine other Israeli team members hostage. Those hostages were later also killed by the militants during a failed rescue attempt.Source: Wikidata (country)