Munich, Germany

German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist who was a central figure in the development of sociology and the social sciences

German historian and philosopher best known for his work <em>The Decline of the West</em> and his organic theory of civilization lifecycles

German-Austrian ethologist and Nobel laureate known for decoding the honeybee's waggle dance and advancing the study of animal communication

Russian politician who served as Mayor of Moscow for 18 years, overseeing significant urban development and economic expansion, and was a co-founder of the United Russia party

German physicist and Nobel laureate who formulated Wien's displacement law, calculating blackbody emission

Ukrainian politician and economist who served as the first President of Ukraine, leading the nation to independence from the Soviet Union

German writer, poet, and screenwriter, celebrated for his humorous children's books such as Emil and the Detectives, and his socially astute poetry

German organic chemist who won the 1930 Nobel Prize for his research on haemin and chlorophyll synthesis

German physician, writer, and chess theoretician, considered one of the strongest players and most influential theoreticians of the late 19th and early 20th century

Russian ballet dancer, prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi Theatre, and influential choreographer, actor, and ballet master

German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics and mentored a new generation of scientists

German biochemist who won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking work on sex hormones and discovered the first sex pheromone