List of Famous people born in Remscheid, Germany

Wilhelm Röntgen

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Röntgen
Born on March 27, 1845
Died on February 10, 1923 (aged 77)

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German mechanical engineer and physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. In honour of Röntgen's accomplishments, in 2004 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) named element 111, roentgenium, a radioactive element with multiple unstable isotopes, after him. The unit of measurement roentgen was also named after him.

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Wilhelm Girardet

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Girardet
Born on June 14, 1838
Died on May 4, 1918 (aged 79)
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Ludwig Poullain

First Name Ludwig
Last Name Poullain
Born on December 23, 1919
Died on February 10, 2015 (aged 95)
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Walther Peter Fuchs

First Name Walther
Last Name Fuchs
Born on March 13, 1905
Died on November 4, 1997 (aged 92)
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Oskar Schlitter

First Name Oskar
Last Name Schlitter
Born on January 10, 1868
Died on November 30, 1939 (aged 71)

Oscar Schlitter was a German banker. Reflecting the long-standing "hands-on" approach of banks in Germany, Schlitter was involved in several major commercial and industrial mergers. He played a leading role in the 1929 merger of the indebted German VGF company with the Dutch ENKA business, creating one of the leading European producers of rayon.

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Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt

First Name Caspar
Last Name Reinwardt
Died on March 6, 1854

Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt was a Prussian-born Dutch botanist. He is considered to be the founding father of Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia.

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