Words in english

• von Bismarck — Noun – English ～ German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)
• Heinrich von Kleist — Noun – English ～ German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811)
• John von Neumann — Noun – English ～ United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957)
• Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller — Noun – English ～ German romantic writer (1759-1805)
• Johann Gottfried von Herder — Noun – English ～ German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)
• Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen — Noun – English ～ German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
• Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt — Noun – English ～ German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)
• Karl von Clausewitz — Noun – English ～ Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)
• Karl von Frisch — Noun – English ～ Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)
• Josef von Sternberg — Noun – English ～ United States film maker (born in Austria) whose films made Marlene Dietrich an international star (1894-1969)
• Hugo von Hoffmannsthal — Noun – English ～ German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929)
• Erich von Stroheim — Noun – English ～ United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957)
• Hermann von Helmholtz — Noun – English ～ German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894)
• Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz — Noun – English ～ German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894)
• G. L. von Blucher — Noun – English ～ Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819)
• Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher — Noun – English ～ Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819)
• Friedrich August von Hayek — Noun – English ～ English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992)
• Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz — Noun – English ～ German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896)
• Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi — Noun – English ～ United States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986)
• Baron Alexander von Humboldt — Noun – English ～ German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)

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