| bultmann | (n) a Lutheran theologian in Germany (1884-1976), Syn. Rudolf Bultmann, Rudolf Karl Bultmann |
| diesel | (n) German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913), Syn. Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, Rudolf Diesel |
| hess | (n) Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973), Syn. Walter Rudolf Hess, Walter Hess |
| hess | (n) Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987), Syn. Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess |
| mossbauer | (n) German physicist (born in 1929), Syn. Rudolf Ludwig Mossbauer |
| nureyev | (n) Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938), Syn. Rudolf Nureyev |
| rundstedt | (n) German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953), Syn. von Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt |
| serkin | (n) United States concert pianist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1903-1991), Syn. Rudolf Serkin |
| steiner | (n) Austrian philosopher who founded anthroposophy (1861-1925), Syn. Rudolf Steiner |
| steuben | (n) American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794), Syn. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben |
| virchow | (n) German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902), Syn. Rudolf Karl Virchow, Rudolf Virchow |
| wurlitzer | (n) United States businessman (born in German) who founded a company to make pipe organs (1831-1914), Syn. Rudolf Wurlitzer |
