Ferdinand Marcos | Ernst & Young | Ferdinand Magellan | Franz Ferdinand | Max Ernst | Ferdinand II of Aragon | Franz Ferdinand (band) | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | Ferdinand von Mueller | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor | Ferdinand I | Nick Nolte | Ferdinand | Ernst Haeckel | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | Ferdinand Foch | Rio Ferdinand | Ferdinand VII of Spain | Ferdinand de Lesseps | Ernst Mayr | Ernst Jünger | Ferdinand Porsche | Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor | Ferdinand II | Ferdinand Hodler | Ernst Zündel | Ferdinand I of Naples | Ferdinand III | Ernst Gombrich | Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden |
Borne in Heide, he was attracted early to plant sciences early and as a young man attracted the attention of director Ernst Ferdinand Nolte while a volunteer at the Botanischer Garten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.