List of Famous people named Wilhelm

Name Wilhelm is among the most common names in Germany, Austria. Shortened forms: Willi. Here are some famous Wilhelms:

Wilhelm II

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name II
Born on January 27, 1859
Died on June 4, 1941 (aged 82)
Born in Germany, Berlin

Wilhelm II, Anglicised as William II, was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918. Despite strengthening Germany’s position as a great power by building a blue-water navy and promoting scientific innovation, his tactless public statements and reckless foreign policy greatly antagonized the international community and ultimately plunged his country into World War I. When the German war effort collapsed after a series of crushing defeats on the Western Front in 1918, he was forced to abdicate, thereby bringing an end to the Hohenzollern dynasty’s three-hundred-year rule.

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Wilhelm I of Germany

Wilhelm I. Friedrich Ludwig von Hohenzollern
First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Germany
Born on March 22, 1797
Died on March 9, 1888 (aged 90)
Born in Germany

William I or Wilhelm I of the House of Hohenzollern was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and the first German emperor from 18 January 1871 until his death. William was the first head of state of a united Germany, and was also de facto head of state of Prussia from 1858 to 1861, serving as regent for his brother, Frederick William IV.

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Wilhelm Keitel

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Keitel
Born on September 22, 1882
Died on October 16, 1946 (aged 64)

Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel was a German field marshal and war criminal during the Nazi era who served as Chief of the Armed Forces High Command – the office given to the commander and highest-ranking officer of the Nazi Germany Armed Forces during World War II. In this capacity, Keitel signed a number of criminal orders and directives that led to a war of unprecedented brutality and criminality.

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Wilhelm Mohnke

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Mohnke
Born on March 15, 1911
Died on August 6, 2001 (aged 90)

Wilhelm Mohnke was one of the original members of the SS-Staff Guard (Stabswache) "Berlin" formed in March 1933. From those ranks, Mohnke rose to become one of Adolf Hitler's last remaining generals. He joined the Nazi Party in September 1931.

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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 Hensel

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Hensel
Died on November 26, 1861
Born in Germany, Brandenburg

Wilhelm Hensel was a German painter, brother of Luise Hensel, husband to Fanny Mendelssohn, and brother-in-law to Felix Mendelssohn.

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Wilhelm Reich

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Reich
Born on March 24, 1897
Died on November 3, 1957 (aged 60)
Born in Ukraine, Lviv Oblast

Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian doctor of medicine and psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud. The author of several influential books, most notably Character Analysis (1933), The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933), and The Sexual Revolution (1936), Reich became known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry.

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Wilhelm Zahn

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Zahn
Born on July 29, 1910
Died on November 14, 1976 (aged 66)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Wilhelm Zahn was a German Kriegsmarine officer during the Second World War. He was U-boat First Watch Officer, then became U-boat commander and was finally promoted to Korvettenkapitän on 1 April 1943. As commander of U-56 he was able to avoid detection by the destroyers surrounding HMS Nelson and came in close proximity to the British flagship, launching three torpedoes against her whilst she was carrying Winston Churchill and the high military command of the British Navy. Following that incident he became widely known as the "Man who almost killed Churchill" amongst the U-boat submariner corps. He was one of the commanding officers during the sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff which has been described as "Adolf Hitler's Titanic".

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Wilhelm Burgdorf

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name Burgdorf
Died on May 2, 1945
Born in Germany, Brandenburg

Wilhelm Emanuel Burgdorf was a German general during World War II, who served as a commander and staff officer in the German Army. In October 1944, Burgdorf assumed the role of the chief of the Army Personnel Office and chief adjutant to Adolf Hitler. In this capacity, he played a role in the forced suicide of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Burgdorf committed suicide in the Führerbunker on 2 May 1945 at the conclusion of the Battle of Berlin.

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Wilhelm, German Crown Prince

First Name Wilhelm,
Last Name Prince
Born on May 6, 1882
Died on July 20, 1951 (aged 69)
Born in Germany, Brandenburg

Wilhelm, German Crown Prince of Prussia was the eldest child and heir of the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II, and the last Crown Prince of the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. After the death of his grandfather Emperor Frederick III, Wilhelm became crown prince at the age of six, retaining that title for more than 30 years until the fall of the empire on 9 November 1918. During World War I, he commanded the 5th Army from 1914 to 1916 and was commander of the Army Group German Crown Prince for the remainder of the war. Crown Prince Wilhelm became head of the House of Hohenzollern on 4 June 1941 following the death of his father and held the position until his own death on 20 July 1951.

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