Scientists and Physicians
- Hans Friedrich Karl Günther (1891–1968), German race researcher and eugenicist in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, also known as "Rassengünther" (Race Günther) or "Rassenpapst" (Race Pope). He is considered to be a major influence on National Socialist racialist thought, and was a member of the Nazi Party.
- Philipp Lenard (1862-1947), Nobel laureate and ideologue of the Deutsche Physik movement.
- Alfred Ploetz (1860–1940), German physician, biologist, and eugenicist who introduced the concept of racial hygiene in Germany. He was a member of the Nazi party. His brother Ernst Rüdin, also a committed National Socialist, praised him in 1938 as a man who "by his meritorious services has helped to set up our Nazi ideology."
- Johannes Stark (1874-1957), Nobel laureate and ideologue of the Deutsche Physik movement.
- Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer (1896–1969), German human biologist and eugenicist primarily concerned with racial hygiene and twin research.
- Eugen Fischer. German biologist, member of the Nazi Party, prominent in genetics and "racial hygiene".
- Fritz Lenz. German geneticist, member of the Nazi Party, and influential specialist in "racial hygiene".
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