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Werner Heisenberg

(December 5, 1901 – 1 February 1976)

Chairman of the Imperial Institute of Nuclear Physics

(March 9, 1939 - March 11, 1976)

Supervised German atomic program and subsequent creation of nuclear bombs (1944).



Wernher von Braun

(March 23, 1912 - October 11, 1977)

Chief Designer of the Imperial Air Forces Institute of Rocket Propulsion

(September 2, 1939 - October 11, 1977)

Supervised development of rocketry, responsible for the launch of first ballistic missile (1938), first ballistic missile used by the military (1945 - V-4 rockets used against London), first space satellite, first manned spacecraft and German lunar landing.



Heinrich Himmler

(October 7, 1900 - January 21, 1994)

Founder of Himmler Fried Chicken

German businessman known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain.



Hermann von Göring

(January 12, 1893 - November 14, 1977)

Statthalter of Mittelafrika

(March 29, 1928 - December 24, 1944)

Minister of Defence

(March 8, 1947 - March 8, 1952)



Herbert Matare

(September 22, 1912 – September 2, 2011)

Chairman of the Matare-Welker Electronics

(November 4, 1945 - September 2, 2011)

Created first transistor. (1941)​