Johann Georg Hamann

Johann Georg Hamann was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg known as "the Wizard of the North" who was one of the leading figures of post-Kantian philosophy. His work was used by his student J. G. Herder as the main support of the Sturm und Drang movement, and is associated with the Counter-Enlightenment and Romanticism.

27 August 1730

Born on the same birth day (27 August): Carl Bosch • Carlos Moyá • Deco • Helmut Winklhofer • Juan Fernando Cobo • Kim Petras • Lyndon B. Johnson • Mack Brown • Milano Collection A. T. • Reece Shearsmith