Science and Philosophy

• Hermann A. Haus
  • 1995 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Hermann von Helmholtz (born 1821, died 1894)

  German physicist and physiologist.

  • One of the originators of the principle of the conservation of energy (see list of Mathematicians, Physicists & Astronomers)
• Hermann J. Muller (born 1890, died 1967)

  American geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes.

  • 1946 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Hermann Staudinger (born 1881, died 1965)

  German chemist whose studies of polymers assisted in the development of many plastics.

  • 1953 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)

Sports

• Hermann Hénggi

  Swiss athlete.

  • 1928 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Pommel Horse (see list of Gold Medalists in Individual Gymnastics Events)
• Hermann ''The Herminator'' Maier (born 1972)

  Austrian bricklayer and athlete.

  • 1998 Olympic alpine skiing gold medal winner for Super-G and Giant Slalom (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Downhill Skiing)
• Hermann Weingértner

  German athlete.

  • 1896 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Horizontal Bars (see list of Gold Medalists in Individual Gymnastics Events)

The Literary World

• Hermann Hesse (born 1877, died 1962)

  Swiss novelist.

  • 1946 Nobel Prize winner for Literature (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature)
  • Wrote Steppenwolf (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)