okr on 12 March 2009
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johannes Gutenberg
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Martin Luther
Alexander von Humboldt
were the 5 historically greatest Germans in my opinion.
(I don't count Albert Einstein for Germany, as he understandably hated the country of his birth and Karl der Große/Charlemagne, as he was historically equally important for both, France and Germany).
Out of those 5 above I'd personally vote for J.S. Bach as the greatest one.
