Leadership

• Theodor Herzl (born 1860, died 1904)

  Austrian journalist and Jewish activist.

  • Founder of modern Zionism (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)

Science and Philosophy

• Theodor Mommsen (born 1817, died 1903)

  German classical scholar and historian.

  • Wrote several histories of Rome and works on Roman law (see list of Historians)
• Theodor Svedberg (born 1884, died 1971)

  Swedish chemist who invented the ultracentrifuge.

  • 1926 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)

The Literary World

• Theodor Mommsen (born 1817, died 1903)

  German classical scholar and historian.

  • 1902 Nobel Prize winner for Literature (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature)
• Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) (born 1904, died 1991)

  American children's writer.

  • Wrote The Cat in the Hat (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)