List of Germans
This is a list of notable Germans . Persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
Architects
Walter Gropius Walter Gropius (1883–1969), architectCarl Ludvig Engel (1778–1840), architectLeo von Klenze (1784–1864), architectBalthasar Neumann (1687–1753), architect and engineerMatthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736), architectLudwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), architectKarl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841), architect and painterJohann Conrad Schlaun (1695–1773), architectGottfried Semper (1803–1879), architectAlbert Speer (1905–1981), architectWilhelm Kreis (1873–1955), architect
Artists
Häusliche Szene by Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch , 1831Horst Janssen , 1968
Hans von Aachen (1552–1615), mannerist painterAlbrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538), painterGertrud Arndt (1903–2000), photographer; pioneering self-portraitureErnst Barlach (1870–1938), sculptor and writerGünther Behnisch (1922–2010), architectPeter Behrens (1868–1940), architectSibylle Bergemann (1941–2010), photographerJoseph Beuys (1921–1986), artistHermann Biow (1804–1850), photographerElisabeth Böhm (1921–2012), architectGottfried Böhm (1920–2021), architectArno Breker (1900–1991), sculptorLovis Corinth (1858–1925), painterLucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), painterLucas Cranach the Younger (1515–1586), painterYitzhak Danziger (1916–1977), Berlin-born Israeli sculptorOtto Dix (1891–1969), painterLeon Draisaitl (born 1995), ice hockey player of the Edmonton OilersAlbrecht Dürer (1471–1528), painterEgon Eiermann (1904–1970), architect and designerMax Ernst (1891–1976), surrealist painterCarl Eytel (1862–1925), painter of desert landscapes in the American Southwest Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), painterDörte Gatermann (born 1956), architectWilli Glasauer (born 1938), artistWalter Gropius (1883–1969), architectGeorge Grosz (1893–1959), artistMatthias Grünewald (c. 1470 – 1528), German Renaissance painterJohann Gottlieb Hantzsch (1794–1848), painter (genre works )Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937–2020), painterHannah Höch (1889–1978), artistHans Holbein the Elder (c. 1465 – 1524), painterHans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497 – 1543), illustrator and painterJörg Immendorff (1945–2007), painterHelmut Jahn (1940–2021), architect and designerHorst Janssen (1929–1995), draftsman, graphic artist, woodcutter, watercolour painter, writerUlli Kampelmann (born 1952), sculptor and painterAnselm Kiefer (born 1945), painterMartin Kippenberger (1953–1997), painterErnst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938), painterLeo von Klenze (1784–1864), architectHans Kollhoff (born 1946), architectKäthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), painterChristian Lemmerz (born 1959), sculptor and scenographerMax Liebermann (1847–1935), painterMarkus Lüpertz (born 1941), painter and sculptorAugust Macke (1887–1914), painterHarro Magnussen (1861–1908), sculptorFranz Marc (1880–1916), painterHans Memling (c. 1430 – 1494), painterLudwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), architect and designerPaula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907), painterGeorg Muche (1895–1987), painter, printmaker, architect, author and teacherBill Kaulitz (born 1989), songwriter, composer, singer-songwriter, voice actor, film producer, and lyricistTom Kaulitz (born 1989), songwriter, singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, voice actor, film producer, and lyricistGeorg Listing (born 1987), bassist and pianistGustav Schäfer (born 1988), musician and drummer
Helmut Newton (1920–2004), photographerFrei Otto (1925–2015), architect and research scientistMax Pechstein (1881–1955), painterSigmar Polke (1941–2010), painterGerhard Richter (born 1932), painterJulius Runge (1843–1922), marine painterKarl Friedrich Schinkel , architect and painterOskar Schlemmer (1888–1943), choreographer, painter, sculptor and stage designerEberhard Schlotter (1921–2014), painterKarl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976), painterKurt Schwitters , painter and poetFritz Schumacher (1869–1947), architect and urban designerMax Slevogt , painterCarl Spitzweg (1808–1885), painterBirgit Stauch (born 1961), sculptorFritz Stoltenberg (1855–1921), landscape artist and marine painterFranz Stuck , painterYigal Tumarkin (1933–2021), Israeli painter and sculptorWolf Vostell (1932–1998), artistBertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), pioneering female photographerEmilie Winkelmann (1875–1951), architect
Company founders
Friedrich Alfred Krupp
Karl Albrecht (1920–2014) and Theo Albrecht (1922–2010), founder of Aldi Ludwig Bamberger (1823–1899), co-founder of Deutsche Bank [ 1] John Jacob Bausch (1830–1926), co-founder of Bausch & Lomb , makers of contact lenses and Ray-Ban sunglassesFriedrich Bayer (1825–1880), founder of what would become Bayer , chemical and pharmaceutical companyHans Beck (1929–2009), founder of Playmobil Paul Beiersdorf (1836–1896), founded Beiersdorf AG , manufacturers of Nivea , Eucerin Melitta Bentz (1873–1950), invented the coffee filter and started Melitta , manufacturers of coffee, paper coffee filters and coffee makersKarl Benz (1844–1929), inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile; co-founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz [ 2] Maximilian Delphinius Berlitz (1852–1921), founder of Berlitz Language Schools Carl Bertelsmann (1791–1850), founder of Bertelsmann AG, subsidiaries include Random House and BMG Johann Adam Birkenstock , in 1774 founded Birkenstock shoe companyHermann Blohm (1848–1930), in 1877, co-founder of Blohm+Voss , manufacturer of shipsCarl F. W. Borgward (1890–1963), founder of Borgward August Borsig (1804–1854), founder of Borsig WerkeRobert Bosch (1861–1942), industrialist, engineer and inventor; founder of Robert Bosch GmbH Hugo Boss (1885–1948), fashion designer, founder of Hugo Boss AG Max Braun (1883–1967), founder of Braun GmbH , makers of personal care appliances, coffee makers and other home appliancesAdolphus Busch (1839–1913), co-founder of Anheuser-Busch brewing companyAdolph Coors (1847–1929), founder of the Adolph Coors Company brewery, now part of MillerCoors Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), inventor and engineer; founder of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, now Daimler-Benz AG [ 3] Adolf Dassler (1900–1978), founder of sportswear company Adidas [ 4] Rudolf Dassler (1898–1974), founder of sportwear company Puma Adelbert Delbrück (1822–1899), co-founder of Deutsche Bank Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck (1830–1916), founder of company Schlesische AG für Bergbau und ZinkhüttenbetriebClaude Dornier (1884–1969), founder of Dornier Flugzeugwerke Friedrich Engelhorn (1821–1902), founder of the chemical company BASF Kaspar Faber (1730–1784), founder of Faber-Castell , manufacturers of office supplies, art supplies, writing instruments and leather goodsGünther Fielmann (1939–2024), founder of Fielmann Wilhelm von Finck (1848–1924), co-founder of Munich Re and Allianz Eduard Fresenius (1874–1946), founder of Fresenius Jakob Fugger the Elder (1368–1469), founder of Fugger bankMarcus Goldman (1821–1904), co-founder of Goldman Sachs Max Grundig (1908–1989), founder of Grundig Max Herz (1905–1965), co-founder of Tchibo Ernst Heinkel (1888–1958), founder of Heinkel , manufacturer of airplanesRichard Hellmann (1876–1971), founder of Hellmann's Mayonnaise Friedrich Karl Henkel (1848–1930), founder of Henkel J.A. Henckels , manufacturers of kitchen knives, scissors, cookware and flatwareAugust Horch (1868–1951), founder of Audi automobile company in 1909[ 5] Helmut Horten (1909–1987), founder of Horten AG August Howaldt (1809–1883), founder of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in 1835Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), founder of Junkers , manufacturer of airplanes in 1895Rudolph Karstadt (1856–1944), founder of Karstadt Ernst Keil (1816–1878), founder and publisher of Die Gartenlaube Carl Kellner (1826–1855), founder of Ernst Leitz GmbH, which later became Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and Leica Microsystems AG, producing cameras, geosurvey equipment and microscopesPeter Klöckner (1863–1940), founder of Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG and Klöckner & Co Carl Heinrich Theodor Knorr (1800–1875) founder of Knorr Friedrich Krupp (1787–1826), steel manufacturer and founder of the steel producers ThyssenKrupp AG Heinrich Lanz (1838–1905), founder of Heinrich Lanz AG Henry Lehman (1822–1855), Emanuel Lehman (1827–1907) and Mayer Lehman (1830–1897), German-born bankers, co-founders of Lehman Brothers Carl von Linde (1842–1934), founder of The Linde Group Henry Lomb (1828–1908), co-founder of Bausch & Lomb Friedrich Lürssen (1851–1916), founder of Lürssen in 1875, manufacturers of shipsOscar Ferdinand Mayer (1859–1955), founder of the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), founder of former bank Mendelssohn & Co. Friedrich Jacob Merck (1621–1678), founder of Merck KGaA (Engel-Apotheke in Darmstadt)George Merck (1867–1926), founder of Merck & Co. Willy Messerschmitt (1875–1978), founder of Messerschmitt , airplane manufacturerHeinrich Meyerfreund , founder of Garoto , chocolate company in Brazil Carl Miele (1869–1938), founder of Miele , manufacturer of domestic appliancesFrederick Miller (born as Friedrich Eduard Johannes Müller) (1824–1888), founder of the Miller Brewing Company in 1855
Dr. August Oetker August Thyssen
Josef Neckermann (1912–1992), founder of the company Neckermann August Oetker (1862–1918), founder of the company Dr Oetker Adam Opel (1837–1895), founder of the automobile company Adam Opel AG Salomon Oppenheim (1772–1828), founder of bank Sal. Oppenheim Ernest Oppenheimer (1880–1957), diamond and gold mining entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist, who controlled De Beers and founded the Anglo American Corporation of South AfricaWerner Otto (1909–2011), founder of Otto GmbH , now Otto Group, a mail order companyFerdinand Porsche (1875–1951), designer and founder of Porsche [ 6] Günther Quandt (1881–1954), industrial, entrepreneur of different companies (today includes BMW AG and Altana )Karl Friedrich Rapp (1882–1962), co-founder of Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH, which later became BMW AG [ 7] Emil Rathenau (1838–1915), founder of AEG Paul Reuter (1816–1899), pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting; founder of Reuters news agencyHans Riegel, Sr. (1893–1945), founder of Haribo , manufacturer of gummy and jelly sweetsNathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), founder of British company N M Rothschild & Sons Hugo Sack (1860–1909), cofounder of Sack & Kiesselbach and founder of Sack, GmbHErnst Christian Friedrich Schering (1824–1889), founder of the pharmaceutical company Schering AG Gustav Schickedanz (1895–1977), founder of Quelle Anton Schlecker (born 1944), founder of Schlecker Ernst Schmidt and Wilhelm Schmidt-Ruthenbeck (1906–1988), founders of Metro AG Fritz Sennheiser (1912–2010), founder of Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG, specializing in high fidelity productsGeorg von Siemens (1839–1901), co-founder of Deutsche Bank Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), inventor, founder of Siemens , electronics and electrical engineering companyAxel Springer (1912–1985), publisher, founder of Axel Springer SE J.S. Staedtler , in 1835 founded Staedtler Mars GmbH & Co. KG, suppliers of writing, artist, and engineering drawing instrumentsBruno Steinhoff (born 1937), founder of Steinhoff Henry E. Steinway (1797–1871), founder of the piano company Steinway & Sons Hugo Stinnes (1870–1924), co-founder of Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG August Storck-Oberwelland , in 1903 founder of Werther's Sugar Confectionery Factory, now August Storck AG Franz Ströher (born c. 1854–1936), in 1880 founded cosmetics company Wella AG Carl Tchilinghiryan (1910–1987), co-founder of Tchibo Carl von Thieme (1844–1924), founder of Allianz AG , financial services companyAugust Thyssen (1842–1926), founder of Walzwerk Thyssen & Co. in Mülheim an der RuhrFriedrich Thyssen (1804–1877), founder of Draht-Fabrik-Compagnie in AachenHermann Tietz (1837–1907), founder of Hertie , department storeLeopold Ullstein (1826–1899), founder of publishing company Ullstein Verlag Ernst Voss (1842–1920), in 1877, co-founder of Blohm+Voss , manufacturer of shipsCarl Walther (1858–1915), founder of Walther Moses Marcus Warburg (1763–1820) and Gershon Warburg (1765–1826), co-founder of M. M. Warburg & Co. , German bankSiegmund Warburg , founder of S. G. Warburg & Co. , British bankBartholomeus V. Welser (1484–1561), Welser brothers bankGeorg Wertheim (1857–1939), founder of Wertheim , department storeStef Wertheimer (born 1926), German-born Israeli industrialist, investor, philanthropist, billionaire, and former Member of the Knesset Aloys Wobben (1952–2021), founder of Enercon Reinhold Würth (born 1935), company Würth Carl Zeiss (1816–1888), founder of Carl Zeiss AG , maker of optical instrumentsFerdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), inventor of the Zeppelin ; founder of the Zeppelin Airship company
Heidi Klum
Fashion models
Johanna Acs (born 1992), model
Nadja Auermann (born 1971), supermodelEugen Bauder (born 1986)Charlott Cordes (born 1988)Zohre Esmaeli (born 1985 in Afghanistan), model, author, designerToni Garrn (born 1992)Lena Gercke (born 1988), winner of 2006 Germany's Next Topmodel [ 8] Stefanie Giesinger (born 1996), model[ 9] Jennifer Hof (born 1991), winner of 2008 Germany's Next Topmodel Alexandra Kamp (born 1966)Heidi Klum (born 1973), model and host of Project Runway Germany's Next Topmodel [ 10] Diane Kruger (born 1976), model and actressBarbara Meier (born 1986), winner of 2007 Germany's Next Topmodel Nico (1938–1988), model, singer and actressUschi Obermaier (born 1946), model and actressEva Padberg (born 1980)Tatjana Patitz (born 1966), supermodelClaudia Schiffer (born 1970), supermodelJulia Stegner (born 1984)
Karl Lagerfeld
Fashionmakers
Film and theatre
Actresses and actors
Hanna Maron Michael Herbig
Inga Abel (1946–2000), actressMario Adorf (born 1930), actor and writerHans Albers (1891–1960), actorIris Berben (born 1950), actressMoritz Bleibtreu (born 1971), actorGrit Boettcher (born 1938), actressEric Braeden (born Hans Gudegast, 1941), actor[ 11] Daniel Brühl (born 1978), actorHorst Buchholz (1933–2003), actorVicco von Bülow (also known as Loriot), actor and comedianZazie Beetz (born 1991), German born American actress[ 12] Hans Clarin (1930–2005), actorAugust Diehl (born 1976), actorMarlene Dietrich (1901–1992), actress[ 13] George Dzundza (born 1945), actorHeinz Erhardt (1909–1979), actor and comedianVeronica Ferres (born 1965), actressGert Fröbe (1913–1988), actorCornelia Froboess (born 1943), actressMartina Gedeck (born 1961), actressGötz George (1938–2016), actorHeinrich George (1893–1946), actorGustaf Gründgens (1899–1963), actorEva Habermann (born 1976), actress and modelEvelyn Hamann (1942–2007), actressBrigitte Helm (1908–1996), actressHenriette Hendel-Schütz (1772–1849), stage actress, mimoplastic performerMichael Herbig (born 1968), actor, director and comedianEmil Jannings (1884–1950), actorHarald Juhnke (1929–2005), actor and comedianHeidi Kabel (1914–2010), actressKlaus Kinski (1926–1991), actor; Polish-German father, German motherNastassja Kinski (born 1959), actress; daughter of actor Klaus Kinski Heidi Klum (born 1973), model and actressHildegard Knef (1925–2002), actress, singer and writerSebastian Koch (born 1962), actorThomas Kretschmann (born 1962), actor and modelDiane Kruger (born 1976), actress and model[ 14] Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), actressSiegfried Lowitz (1914–1999),actorHeike Makatsch (born 1971), actressHanna Maron (1923–2014), Israeli actressInge Meysel (1910–2004), actressBrigitte Mira (1910–2005), actressWilly Millowitsch (1909–1999), actorUlrich Mühe (1953–2007), actorArmin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930), actor
Luise Neumann (1818–1905)Uwe Ochsenknecht (born 1956), actorChristian Oliver , actorLilli Palmer (1914–1986), actressFranka Potente (born 1974), actressJürgen Prochnow (born 1941), actorLuise Rainer (1910–2014), actressHeinz Rühmann (1902–1994), actorOtto Sander (1941–2013), actorClaudia Schiffer (born 1970), actress and supermodelRomy Schneider (1938–1982), actressJessica Schwarz (born 1977), actressTil Schweiger (born 1963), actorMatthias Schweighöfer (born 1981), actorHanna Schygulla (born 1943), actressXenia Seeberg (born 1972), actress and modelTomer Sisley (born 1974), Israeli humorist, actor, screenwriter, comedian, and film directorKristina Söderbaum (1912–2001), actress and photographerGünter Strack (1929–1999), actorBarbara Sukowa (born 1950), actressHorst Tappert (1923–2008), actorKatharina Thalbach (born 1954), actressNora Tschirner (born 1981), actressUlrich Tukur (born 1957), actorNadja Uhl (born 1972), actressWolfgang Völz (1930–2018), actorFritz Wepper (born 1941), actorLuise del Zopp (1871–1946), actress, opera singer, screenwriter
Werner Herzog
Filmmakers
Uwe Boll , film directorAndreas Deja , animatorDoris Dörrie , female film directorBernd Eichinger (1949–2011), film producerRoland Emmerich (born 1955), film director (Stargate Independence Day Godzilla The Day After Tomorrow Harun Farocki (1944–2014), film directorRainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), film directorFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck , film director; Academy Award winnerWerner Herzog (born 1942), film directorOliver Hirschbiegel , film directorAlexander Kluge (born 1932), film directorCarl Koch (1892–1963), film director and writerFritz Lang (1890–1976), film directorErnst Lubitsch (1892–1947), film directorF.W. Murnau (1888–1931), film directorWolfgang Petersen (1941–2022), film directorAshwin Raman (born 1946), documentary filmmakerLeni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), female film directorHelma Sanders-Brahms (1940–2014), film directorPeter Schamoni (1934–2011), film directorVolker Schlöndorff (born 1939), film directorAndreas Schnaas (born 1968), film directorHans-Jürgen Syberberg (born 1935), film directorTom Tykwer (born 1965), film directorMargarethe von Trotta (born 1942), film directorRobert Wiene , film directorWim Wenders (born 1945), film directorWilliam Wyler , (1902–1981), film director
Literature
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Friedrich Schiller Gotthold Lessing Hermann Hesse Thomas Mann Günter Grass
Classic
Adam of Bremen (c. 1050 – c. 1085), medieval chronicler Joseph von Auffenberg (1798–1857), dramatistHeinrich Böll (1917–1985), authorBertolt Brecht (1898–1956), playwright and poetClemens Brentano (1778–1842), poet and novelistGeorg Büchner , dramatist and authorCharles Bukowski (1920–1994), German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writerWilhelm Busch (1832–1908), poet and satiristAnnette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), poetJoseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857), poetTheodor Fontane (1819–1898), novelist and poetJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), author and poetBrothers Grimm , collectors of fairy talesHeinrich Heine (1797–1856), poetJohann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), essayist and poetHermann Hesse (1877–1962), authorE.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822), authorFriedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843), poetErnst Jünger (1895–1998), writer and novelistErich Kästner (1899–1974), novelistHeinrich von Kleist (1777–1811), poet, dramatist and novelistGotthold Lessing (1729–1781), writerHeinrich Mann (1871–1950), author (brother of Thomas Mann )Thomas Mann (1875–1955), author (brother of Heinrich Mann )Karl May (1842–1912), authorTheodor Mommsen (1817–1903), A history of Rome Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914), poetNovalis (1772–1801), poet and novelistErich Maria Remarque (1898–1970), novelistFriedrich Schiller (1759–1805), poet and playwrightArno Schmidt (1914–1979), writerTheodor Storm (1817–1888), authorKurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), writer and satiristWalter von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 – c. 1230), poetChrista Wolf (1929–2011), novelist and essayistWolfram von Eschenbach (died 1220), poet
Major
Yehuda Amichai (born Ludwig Pfeuffer; 1924–2000), German-born Israeli poetErnst Moritz Arndt , poet, songwriter and patriotAchim von Arnim (1781–1831), poetBettina von Arnim (1785–1859), writer and novelistEzriel Carlebach (1909–1956), Israeli journalist and editorial writerMatthias Claudius (1740–1815), poet and writerMichael Ende (1929–1995), author of fantasy novels and children's booksErik Erikson (1902–1994), German-American writer, developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst Anne Frank (1929–1945), diarist and victim of the Holocaust Paul Gerhardt (c. 1606 – 1676), hymn writerLeah Goldberg (1911–1970), Israeli poetJoseph Görres (1776–1848), essayistWilhelm Hauff (1802–1827), writerPaul Heyse (1830–1914), writer and translatorJanosch (born 1931), author of artist and children's booksFriedrich Kellner (1885–1970), diarist of My Opposition Golo Mann (1909–1994), author and historian (second-oldest son of Thomas Mann )Klaus Mann (1906–1949), author (oldest son of Thomas Mann )Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843), writerPrince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), writer and landscape gardenerOtfried Preussler (1923–2013), author of children's booksWilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), novelistPeter Rühmkorf (1929–2008), poetNelly Sachs (1891–1970), poetLeopold Schefer (1784–1861), writer, poet and composerAugust Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), poet and translatorLudwig Tieck (1773–1853), poet, editor and novelistLudwig Uhland (1787–1862), poet, writer and playwrightGero von Wilpert (1933–2009), essayist
Contemporary
Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929–2022), essayist and poetGünter Grass (1927–2015), author; recipient, 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature Peter Härtling (1933–2017), authorRolf Hochhuth (1931–2020), playwrightWladimir Kaminer (born 1967), short story writerDaniel Kehlmann (born 1975), novelistSiegfried Lenz (1926–2014), authorFerdinand von Schirach (born 1964), author, screenwriter and lawyerBernhard Schlink (born 1944), author and professor of lawPatrick Süskind (born 1949), author and screenwriterRudolf von Waldenfels (born 1965), authorMartin Walser (1927–2023), playwright and novelist
Journalists
Mathematicians
Georg Cantor Carl Friedrich Gauss Georg Ohm Wilhelm Ackermann (1896–1962), mathematicianGeorg Cantor (1845–1918), mathematicianRichard Dedekind (1831–1916), mathematicianWalther von Dyck (1856–1934), mathematicianAlbert Einstein (1879–1955), mathematician, physicistGottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematicianPhilipp Furtwängler (1869–1940), mathematicianCarl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematicianErnst Hellinger (1883–1950), mathematicianDavid Hilbert (1862–1943), mathematicianCarl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804–1851), mathematicianErich Kähler (1906–2000), mathematicianJohannes Kepler (1571–1630), mathematician and astronomerFelix Christian Klein (1849–1925), mathematicianHermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (1885–1955), mathematicianGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), mathematicianKurt Mendelssohn (1906–1980), mathematicianHermann Minkowski (1864–1909), mathematicianAugust Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), mathematician, theoretical astronomerCarl Neumann (1832–1925), mathematicianEmmy Noether (1882–1935), mathematicianGeorg Ohm (1789–1854), mathematicianCarl Adam Petri (1926–2010), mathematician, computer scientistJulius Plücker (1801–1868), mathematicianBernhard Riemann (1826–1866), mathematicianAdam Ries (1492–1559), mathematician, physicist, archeologistGustav Roch (1839–1866) mathematicianEric Reissner (1913–1996), mathematician, engineerCarl David Tolmé Runge (1856–1927), mathematician, physicist, spectroscopistHeinrich Scherk (1798–1885), mathematicianHerman Schwarz (1843–1921), mathematicianCarl Ludwig Siegel (1896–1981), mathematicianRoland Sprague (1894–1967), mathematicianHeinrich Martin Weber (1842–1913), mathematicianKarl Weierstrass (1815–1897), mathematicianMax Zorn (1906–1993), mathematicianErich Ludendorff
Military
Heinrich Bürkle de la Camp (1895–1974), general who specialized as a medic and army doctorCarl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), Prussian professional soldier, military historian, and influential military theoristErich von Falkenhayn (1861–1922), general, Prussian Minister of War (1913–1915) and Chief of General Staff (1914–1916)August von Gneisenau (1760–1831), Prussian field marshal and chief of the Prussian General Staff (1813–1814)Heinz Guderian (1888–1954), military theorist and innovative general (1907–1945)Erich Hartmann (1922–1993), fighter pilot and air ace (1941–1970)Hermann Hohn (1897–1968), Wehrmacht generalAlfred Jodl (1890–1946), general, operations chief of the OKW Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), field marshal and commander of the Fourth Army (1939–1941) and Army Group Center (1941–43)Erich Ludendorff (1865–1937), general and Quartermaster General (1916–1918)Erich von Manstein (1887–1973), field marshal and professional soldier (1906–1944)Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891), field marshal, chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty yearsFriedrich Paulus (1890–1957), general and commander of the German Sixth Army , later promoted to Field Marshal (1910–1943)Günther Rall (1918–2009), third highest scoring fighter ace in history with 275 confirmed kills while serving as a pilot in the Luftwaffe in World War IIManfred von Richthofen , also known as the Red Baron (1892–1918), fighter pilot and air aceErwin Rommel (1891–1944), field marshal and commander of Afrika Korps (1942–1943) and Army Group B (1944)Albrecht von Roon (1803–1879), field marshal, Minister of War from (1859–1873)Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916–1982), Stuka dive-bomber pilot and air ace (1936–1945)Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953), field marshal and commander (1892–1945)Alfred von Schlieffen (1833–1913), field marshal, Strategist and Chief of General Staff (1891–1905)Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813), general and Prussian Minister of War (1808–1810)Michael Wittmann (1914–1944), SS captain and tank ace (1934–1944)
Music
Composers
Hans Zimmer Ludwig van Beethoven
Carl Friedrich Abel (1725–1787), composerMartin Agricola (1466–1506), composerSiegfried Alkan (1858–1941), composerCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), composer; son of Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), composer; son of Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composerKlaus Badelt (born 1967), film composer (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Miami Vice Ultraviolet 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing )Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composerMartin Böttcher (1927–2019), film composer (Karl May film adaptations )Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), composerMax Bruch (1838–1920), composerDieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637/39–1707), Danish-German organist and composer of the Baroque periodHanns Eisler (1898–1962), composerFriedrich von Flotow (1812–1883), composerChristoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), composerGeorg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759), composer, opera composerFanny Hensel (1805–1847), composerPaul Hindemith (1895–1963), composerEngelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921), composerAlbert Lortzing (1801–1851), composerGiacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), composerFelix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), composerLeopold Mozart (1719–1787), composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist; father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [ 15] Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), composerCarl Orff (1895–1982), composerJohann Pachelbel (1653–1706), composerHans Pfitzner (1869–1949), composerMax Reger (1873–1916), composerWolfgang Rihm (born 1952), composerLeopold Schefer (1784–1862), writer and composerClara Schumann (1819–1896), composerRobert Schumann (1810–1856), composer and songwriterHeinrich Schütz (1585–1672), composerCharlotte Seither (born 1965), classical composer, pianist and music educatorKarlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007), modern composerRichard Strauss (1864–1949), composer, opera composerGeorg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), composerRichard Wagner (1813–1883), composerCarl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), composerKurt Weill (1900–1950), composer (The Threepenny Opera September Song ")Hans Zimmer (born 1957), film composer (The Lion King Crimson Tide Gladiator The Dark Knight Inception Dune
Lena Meyer-Landrut Udo Lindenberg
Hans Albers (1891–1960), singer and actorThomas Anders (born 1963), singerLale Andersen (1905–1972), singerLou Bega (born 1975), singerAndrea Berg (born 1966), singer-songwriterWolf Biermann (born 1936), singer-songwriter and East German dissidentDieter Bohlen (born 1954), music producerAndreas Bourani (born 1983), singer-songwriterHans-Jürgen Buchner (born 1944), founder, composer, songwriter of the band Haindling Fritz Busch (1890–1951), conductorBushido (born 1978), rapperCampino (born 1962), lead singer of the band Die Toten Hosen Yvonne Catterfeld (born 1979), singerSarah Connor (born 1980), pop and soul singerMichael and Sandra Cretu , founders and performers of the musical project Enigma and the group Sandra Diana Damrau , coloratura soprano opera singerMarlene Dietrich (1901–1992), singerHerbert Dreilich (1942–2004), singer of the Band Karat Jürgen Drews (born 1945), singerKatja Ebstein (born 1945), singerFancy (born 1946), singerFrank Farian (born 1941), German record producer and songwriterHelene Fischer (born 1984), singerGertrude Förstel (1880–1950), operatic soprano, voice teacherPeter Fox (born 1971), singerWilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), conductor and composerRex Gildo (1936–1999), singerBernd Heinrich Graf, lead singer of the Band Unheilig
Antye Greie (born 1969), vocalist, musician and composerHerbert Grönemeyer (born 1956), singerGudrun Gut (born 1957), electronic musicianNina Hagen (born 1955), singerHeino (born 1938), pop singerWilly Hess (1859–1939), violinistNatalie Horler (born 1981), member of the band Cascada Annette Humpe (born 1950), singer of the bands Ideal and Ich + Ich Matthias Jabs (born 1955), guitarist of the band Scorpions Roland Kaiser (born 1952), singerBill Kaulitz (born 1989), lead singer of the band Tokio Hotel John Kay (musician) (born 1944), German–Canadian musicianGershon Kingsley (1922–2019), composerAlexander Klaws (born 1983), singerHildegard Knef (1925–2002), singerPeter Kraus (born 1939), singerMike Kogel , lead singer of the band Los Bravos Rolf Köhler (1951–2007), singer, musician and record producerPaul Kuhn (1928–2013), band leader and singerLaFee (born 1990), singerUte Lemper (born 1963), singerUdo Lindenberg (born 1946), singerMichail Lifits (born 1982), concert pianistTill Lindemann (born 1963), lead singer of the band Rammstein Georg Listing, bassist of the band Tokio Hotel
Frida Lyngstad , lead singer of the pop group ABBA Peter Maffay (born 1949), singerKlaus Meine , vocalist of the band Scorpions Reinhard Mey (born 1942)Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 1991), singerMarius Müller-Westernhagen (born 1948), singerKarl Münchinger (1915–1990), conductorAnne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963), violinist
Sido
Xavier Naidoo (born 1971)Meshell Ndegeocello (born 1969), born of American parents in GermanyNena (born 1960)Nicole (born 1964), singerKlaus Nomi (1944–1983)Lisa Otto (1919–2013), opera singerHedwig Reicher-Kindermann (1853–1883), opera singerMartin Rich (1905–2000), conductor and pianistMarianne Rosenberg (born 1955), singer-songwriterAnneliese Rothenberger (1924–2010), singerRalph Siegel (born 1945), senior songwriterSandra (born 1962), singerKool Savas (born 1975), half German, half Turkish singerGustav Schäfer , drummer of the band Tokio Hotel Michael Schenker (born 1955), guitar player of band UFO and solo careerRudolf Schenker (born 1948), guitarist of the band Scorpions ; brother of Michael Schenker Peter Schilling (born 1956), singerSido (born 1980), rapperCassandra Steen (born 1980), German-American singer-songwriter, and voice actressFarin Urlaub (born 1963), lead singer of the band Die Ärzte Lena Valaitis (born 1943), singerPaul van Dyk (born 1971), DJ, musician and record producerHannes Wader (born 1943), singer-songwriterClaire Waldoff (1884–1957), singerBruno Walter (1876–1962), conductor and composerKonstantin Wecker (born 1947), singer-songwriter
Philosophy
Immanuel Kant
Classic
Theodor Adorno (1903–1969), philosopher, sociologist and composerAlbertus Magnus (c. 1193 – 1280), medieval philosopher and theologianHannah Arendt (1906–1975), political theoristWalter Benjamin (1892–1943)Ernst Bloch (1885–1977)Jakob Böhme (1575–1624), mystic philosopherFranz Brentano (1838–1917), philosopher and psychologistRudolf Carnap (1891–1970), philosopherErnst Cassirer (1874–1945)Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911), philosopher, historian, psychologistLudwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), philosopherJohann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814), philosopherGottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician, logician and philosopherEduard von Hartmann (1842–1906), philosopherGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), philosopherMartin Heidegger (1889–1976), philosopherMax Horkheimer (1895–1973)Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), philosopherKarl Jaspers (1883–1969), philosopherImmanuel Kant (1724–1804), philosopherGottfried Leibniz (1646–1716), physicist, philosopherKarl Marx (1818–1883), philosopher and sociologist Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786), philosopherLorenz Christoph Mizler (1711–1778), philosopher active in PolandNikolaus Cusanus (1401–1462), philosopher, theologian, mathematicianFriedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), early existentialist philosopherFriedrich Schelling (1775–1854), philosopherMoritz Schlick (1882–1936), philosopherArthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), philosopherChristian Wolff (1679–1754), philosopher
Erich Fromm
Major
Bruno Bauer (1809–1882), political theorist and philosopherFriedrich Engels (1820–1895), philosopher, political economistRudolf Christoph Eucken (1846–1926), philosopherErich Fromm (1900–1980)Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002), philosopherWilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), philosopher, linguist , government functionary, diplomat; brother of Alexander von Humboldt Ludwig Klages (1872–1956), philosopherLeo Löwenthal (1900–1993)Karl Löwith (1897–1973)Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979)Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694), moral and political philosopherJohann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (1805–1879)Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929)Max Scheler (1874–1928), philosopherCarl Schmitt (1888–1985), political theoristGeorg Simmel (1859–1918), philosopher and sociologistMax Stirner (1806–1856), philosopherCarl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912–2007), philosopher and physicist
Contemporary
Hans Albert (1921–2023), philosopherKurt Flasch (born 1930), philosopherJürgen Habermas (born 1929), philosopher, social theoristDieter Henrich (1927–2022), philosopherOdo Marquard (1928–2015), philosopherJulian Nida-Rümelin (born 1954), philosopher and political theoristKonrad Ott (born 1959), moral philosopher and environmentalistPeter Sloterdijk (born 1947), philosopher and television hostRobert Spaemann (1927–2018), philosopherOswald Spengler (1880–1936), philosopher of history; best known for his book "The Decline of the West " (Der Untergang des Abendlandes) Ernst Tugendhat (1930–2023), philosopher
Politicians
Angela Merkel Ernst Thälmann
Miscellaneous
Rainer Barzel (1924–2006), leader of the party Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)August Bebel (1840–1913), co-founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany Rudolf von Bennigsen (1824–1902), founder of the National Liberal Party Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), Social Democratic leaderHeinrich von Brentano (1904–1964), Foreign Minister Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)Julius Curtius (1877–1948), Foreign Minister (German People's Party )Matthias Erzberger (1875–1921), Catholic Center party leaderJoschka Fischer (born 1948), Foreign Minister and vice chancellor 1998–2005 (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen )Heinrich Karl Fricke (1884–1945), diplomat, businessperson, and spyHans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016), former minister for foreign affairs (FDP)Jakob Grimm (1785–1863), parliamentarianWilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), parliamentarianGregor Gysi (born 1948), former leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism Georg Hornstein (1900–1942), resistance fighter during the period of National Socialism (Nazism)Alfred Hugenberg (1865–1951), leader of the German National People's Party Johann Jacoby (1805–1877), radical democrat in Prussia Luise Kähler (1869–1955), trade union leader, founding member of Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)Karl Kautsky (1854–1938), Social Democratic leader and theoreticianPetra Kelly (1947–1992), co-founder of the German Green Party Roland Koch (born 1958), Minister-President of HesseOskar Lafontaine (born 1943), socialist, former minister for financeFerdinand Lassalle (1825–1864), democrat and socialistKarl Liebknecht (1871–1919), socialistWilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900), co-founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)Rosa Luxemburg (1870–1919), left-wing Social Democratic leaderGudrun Masloch (born 1969), German ambassador to LatviaJakob Maria Mierscheid (born 1933), virtual parliamentarian (SPD)Hans Modrow (1928–2023), former leader of GDR, honorary chairman of PDSHermann Müller (1876–1931), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)Erich Ollenhauer (1901–1963), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)Antonie "Toni" Pfülf (1877–1933), female socialist (SPD)Walther Rathenau (1867–1922), foreign minister (DDP)Eugen Richter (1838–1906), liberal politicianWolfgang Schäuble (born 1942), Christian politician, financial minister (CDU)Carlo Schmid (1896–1979), politician who had vast influence on the content of the German Basic Law after World War IIGerhard Schröder (1910–1989), foreign minister, minister of the Interior (CDU)Kurt Schumacher (1895–1952), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the early years of the FRGBaron Heinrich vom Stein (1757–1831)Edmund Stoiber (born 1941), party leader of the CSU and former minister president of Bavaria Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988), Bavarian politician (CSU)Ernst Thälmann (1886–1944), leader of the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar periodHans-Jochen Vogel (1926–2020), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), federal minister of justiceOtto Wels (1873–1939), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), party leader of the liberal party (FDP)Klaus Wowereit (born 1953), social democrat politician (SPD)Clara Zetkin (1857–1933), socialist and fighter for women's rightsSilke Grimm (born 1967), German politician
Gustav Stresemann
Gustav Bauer (1870–1944), chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921), Imperial ChancellorOtto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Imperial ChancellorHeinrich Brüning (1885–1970), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre Party )Bernhard von Bülow (1849–1929), Imperial ChancellorLeo von Caprivi (1831–1899), Imperial ChancellorWilhelm Cuno (1876–1933), Chancellor of the Weimar RepublicConstantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre )Georg von Hertling (1843–1919), Imperial ChancellorAdolf Hitler (1889–1945), Leader of Nazi Germany , combining legally the offices of President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") (1933–1945)Photo of Chancellor Bismarck in the 1880s Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819–1901), Imperial ChancellorHans Luther (1885–1962), Chancellor of the Weimar RepublicWilhelm Marx (1863–1946), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre )Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929), Last Imperial ChancellorGeorg Michaelis (1857–1936), Imperial ChancellorFranz von Papen (1879–1969), Chancellor of the Weimar RepublicPhilipp Scheidemann (1865–1939), Chancellor of Weimar Republic (SPD)Kurt von Schleicher (1882–1934), last Chancellor of the Weimar RepublicGustav Stresemann (1878–1929), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (DVP)Joseph Wirth (1879–1956), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre )
Konrad Adenauer
(in chronological order)
Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967), first democratically elected Federal Chancellor in Western Germany (after World War II ) from 1949 to 1963 (Christian-Democratic Union, CDU)Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977), Federal Chancellor from 1963 to 1966 (CDU)Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988), Federal Chancellor from 1966 to 1969 (CDU)Willy Brandt (1913–1992), Federal Chancellor from 1969 to 1974 (Social Democratic Party, SPD)Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), Federal Chancellor from 1974 to 1982 (SPD)Helmut Kohl (1930–2017), Federal Chancellor from 1982 to 1998 (CDU)Gerhard Schröder (born 1944), Federal Chancellor from 1998 to 2005 (SPD)Angela Merkel (born 1954), Federal Chancellor from 2005 to 2021 (CDU)Olaf Scholz (born 1958), Federal Chancellor since 2021 (SPD)
Theodor Heuss
Presidents of Germany
(in chronological order)
Friedrich Ebert (1871–1925), first president of the Weimar Republic (SPD) 1919–25Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), field marshal, president 1925–34Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), combining legally both offices, president and chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler ") 1933–45Karl Dönitz (1891–1980), Admiral of the Fleet, after Hitler's death, president for 22 days, 1945
Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949:(in chronological order)
Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), Federal President 1949–59 (Liberal-Democratic Party, FDP)Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972), Federal President 1959–69 (CDU)Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976), Federal President 1969–74 (SPD)Walter Scheel (1919–2016), Federal President 1974–79 (FDP)Karl Carstens (1914–1992), Federal President 1979–84 (CDU)Richard von Weizsäcker (1920–2015), Federal President 1984–94 (CDU)Roman Herzog (1934–2017), Federal President 1994–99 (CDU)Johannes Rau (1931–2006), Federal President 1999–2004 (SPD)Horst Köhler (born 1943), Federal President 2004–10 (CDU)Jens Böhrnsen (born 1949), acting president since resignation of Köhler in 2010 (SPD)Christian Wulff (born 1959), Federal President 2010–12 (CDU)Horst Seehofer (born 1949), acting president since resignation of Wulff in 2012 (CDU)Joachim Gauck (born 1940), Federal President 2012–2017 (Independent)Frank-Walter Steinmeier (born 1956) Federal President since 19 March 2017 (SPD)
Erich Honecker Politicians of the East German Communist Party and regime Joseph Goebbels Personalities of the Nazi Party and regime Adolf Hitler
Artur Axmann (1913–1996), Hitler Youth leader (1940–1945)Klaus Barbie (1913–1991), the "Butcher of Lyon"Fedor von Bock (1880–1945), field marshal Martin Bormann (1900–1945), Nazi leaderEva Braun (1912–1945), Hitler's mistress and finally his wifeWilhelm Canaris (1887–1945), admiral and chief of the Abwehr Karl Dönitz (1891–1980), Admiral of the Fleet, briefly Hitler's successor as PresidentAnton Drexler (1884–1942), founder of German Workers' Party, which became the NSDAPAdolf Eichmann (1906–1962), Nazi SS -Obersturmbannführer Hans Frank (1900–1946), Governor-General of PolandRoland Freisler (1893–1945), Nazi judgeWilhelm Frick (1877–1946), Minister of the InteriorWalther Funk (1890–1960), Minister of EconomicsJoseph Goebbels (1897–1945), Chancellor of Germany , propaganda chief for the Nazis Hermann Göring (1893–1946), Nazi, Reich Marshal and chief of Luftwaffe Rudolf Hess (1894–1987), Hitler's private secretary, later Deputy FührerReinhard Heydrich (1904–1942), Nazi officer, head of the Sicherheitsdienst and RSHA Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945), Nazi head of the SS Rudolf Höss (1901–1947), commandant of Auschwitz Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946), Heydrich's successor at the RSHA Hans Kammler (1901 – c. 1945), author and organiser of first Death CampsWilhelm Keitel (1882–1946), field marshal, head of the OKW (1939–1945)Karl-Otto Koch (1897–1945), German first commandant of the Buchenwald concentration campRobert Ley (1890–1945), head of the German Labour FrontErich von Manstein (1885–1973), field marshal and commander of the Eleventh Army (1941–1942), Army Group Don (1942–43), and Army Group South (1943–1944)Josef Mengele (1911–1979), German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp AuschwitzErhard Milch (1892–1972), Göring's second-in-command, Air Inspector GeneralWalter Model (1891–1945), field marshal Heinrich Müller (1900–1945?), head of the Gestapo (1939–1945)Konstantin von Neurath (1873–1956), Foreign Minister in the early years of the regimeFranz von Papen (1879–1969), Deputy Chancellor in Hitler's first cabinetErich Raeder (1876–1960), Admiral of the FleetJoachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946), Nazi foreign ministerErnst Röhm (1887–1934), first Stabschef of the SA Erwin Rommel (1891–1944), Commander of the 7th Panzer Division and the Afrika Korps Alfred Rosenberg (1893–1946), Nazi ideologistGerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953), field marshal, Commander-in-Chief East (1939–40), commander of Army Group South (1939–1941), Commander-in-Chief West (1942–1945)Hjalmar Schacht , Minister of FinanceBaldur von Schirach (1907–1974), first Hitler Youth leaderAlbert Speer (1905–1981), "Hitler 's architect", Minister of ArmamentsGregor Strasser (1892–1934), left-wing Nazi leaderJulius Streicher (1885–1946), Nazi Party leader in Franconia
Wilhelm II Frederick the Great
Royalty
Alix of Hesse and Rhine (1872–1918), German princess by birth before marrying Tsar Nicholas II to become a Russian tsarinaAlbert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819–1861), Queen Victoria 's husband and consortAlbert (1828–1902), King of Saxony (1873–1902)Anne of Cleves (1515–1557), Queen of England from 6 January to 9 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII Anton (1755–1836), King of Saxony (1827–1836)Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1839–1914), Prince (1867–1881) and King (1881–1914) of RomaniaCatherine the Great (1729–1796), Empress of RussiaCharles IV (1316–1378), King of Germany 1346, Holy Roman Emperor 1355–78Charles V (1500–1558), King of Spain 1516, King of Germany 1519, Holy Roman Emperor 1530–56Charles (1823–1891), King of Württemberg (1823–1891)Claus von Amsberg (1926–2002), diplomat and husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1865–1927), King of Romania (1924–1927)Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1861–1948), Prince of Bulgaria (1887–1908), King (or Tsar) of the Bulgarians (1908–1918)Frederick I Barbarossa (1122–1190), King of Germany 1152, Holy Roman Emperor 1155–90Frederick I of Prussia (1657–1713), Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713), King in Prussia (1701–1713)Frederick I of Württemberg (1754–1816), Duke (1797–1803), Elector (1803–1806), and King (1806–1816) of WürttembergFrederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250), Holy Roman Emperor and King of JerusalemFrederick II of Prussia (1712–1786), King of Prussia (1740–1786)Friedrich III (1831–1888), German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888)Augustus II the Strong (1670–1733), Elector of Saxony (1694), King of Poland (1697–1733)Frederick Augustus I (1750–1827), Elector (1763–1806) and King (1806–1827) of SaxonyFrederick Augustus II (1797–1854), King of Saxony (1836–1854)Frederick Augustus III (1865–1932), King of Saxony (1904–1918)Frederick William I (1688–1740), King of Prussia (1713–1740)Frederick William II (1744–1797), King of Prussia (1786–1797)Frederick William III (1770–1840), King of Prussia (1797–1840)Frederick William IV (1795–1861), King of Prussia (1840–1861)George (1832–1904), King of Saxony (1902–1904)George V (1819–1878), King of Hanover (1851–1866)Henry I the Fowler (876–936), King of Germany 919Henry II (972–1024), King of Germany 1002, Holy Roman Emperor 1014–24Henry III (1017–1056), King of Germany 1039, Holy Roman Emperor 1046–56Henry IV (1050–1106), King of Germany 1056, Holy Roman Emperor 1084–1106Henry V (1081–1125), King of Germany 1106, Holy Roman Emperor 1111–25Henry VI (1165–1197), King of Germany 1190, Holy Roman Emperor 1191–97John (1801–1873), King of Saxony (1854–1873)Louis IV (1281–1347), King of Germany 1314, Holy Roman Emperor 1328–47Ludwig I (1786–1868), King of Bavaria (1825–1848)Ludwig II (1845–1886), King of Bavaria (1864–1886)Ludwig III (1845–1921), King of Bavaria (1913–1918)Maximilian I (1459–1519), King of Germany 1486, Holy Roman Emperor 1508–19Maximilian I (1756–1825), Elector (1799–1805) and King (1805–1825) of BavariaMaximilian II (1811–1864), King of Bavaria (1848–1864)Otto I the Great (912–973), King of Germany 936, Holy Roman Emperor 962–973Otto II (955–983), Holy Roman Emperor 973–983Otto III (980–1002), King of Germany 983, Holy Roman Emperor 996–1002Otto of Greece King of Bavaria (1815–1867), King of the Hellenes (1833–1862)Otto of Bavaria (1848–1916), King of Bavaria (1886–1913)Wilhelm I (1797–1888), German Emperor (1871–1888) and King of Prussia (1861–1888)Wilhelm II (1859–1941), German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888–1918)William I (1781–1864), King of Württemberg (1816–1864)William II (1848–1921), King of Württemberg (1891–1918)
Scientists and engineers
Wernher von Braun Nicolaus Copernicus, Tornaeus Borussus Mathematicus (N.C.,Prussian mathematician from Thorn/Torun). Copper engraving from 1597 Albert Einstein
Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806–1886), mineralogist, geologistMichael Albeck (born 1934), Israeli chemist; President of Bar-Ilan University Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), psychiatrist and neuropathologistPeter Apian (1495–1552), mathematician, astronomer and cartographerManfred von Ardenne (1907–1997), physicistAnton de Bary (1831–1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologistJohann Bayer (1572–1625), astronomerHenning Behrens (born 1940), economist and political scientistGeorg Bednorz (born 1950), physicist Nobel Prize for Physics Emil von Behring (1854–1917), physicianKarl Benz (1844–1929), inventor of the gasoline-powered automobileFriedrich Bessel (1784–1846), mathematicianHans Bethe (1906–2005), physicistHennig Brand (c. 1630 – c.1692 or c. 1710), alchemist; discoverer of phosphorus Max Born (1882–1970), physicistRobert Bosch (1861–1942), industrialistCarl F. W. Borgward (1890–1963), engineerKarl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), physicistWernher von Braun (1912–1977), space engineer, rocket scientistEduard Buchner (1860–1917), biochemist; recipient 1907 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the discovery of enzymesRobert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899), chemistAlfred Buntru (1887–1974), hydraulic engineer and SS officerGeorg Cantor (1845–1918), mathematicianConrad of Leonberg (1460–1511), humanist scholarNicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), Prussian astronomer who wrote and spoke German; he is also often considered as a PoleHans Gerhard Creutzfeldt , neuropathologistAdolf Daimler (1871–1913), mechanical engineerGottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), inventor and engineerGertrud Dorka (1893–1976), archaeologist, prehistorian and museum directorCarl Duisberg (1861–1935), chemist and industrialistRudolf Diesel (1858–1913), inventor of the Diesel engine Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), physicianAlbert Einstein (1879–1955), physicistGerhard Ertl (born 1936), physicistHans Jürgen Eysenck (1916–1997), psychologistDaniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), physicist, engineer, and glass blowerAdolf Eugen Fick (1829–1901), inventor of contact lensesWolfgang Finkelnburg (1905–1967), physicistHermann Emil Fischer (1852–1919), chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Friederike Fless (born 1964), president of the German Archaeological InstituteElvira Fölzer (1868–1928), early female archaeologistJoseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), physicistGottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician and logicistWilhelm Siegmund Frei (1885–1943), dermatologistErich Fromm (1900–1980), psychologistKlaus Fuchs (1911–1988), physicist and spyHans Geiger (1882–1945), physicistCarl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematicianOtto von Guericke (1602–1682), scientistJohannes Gutenberg (1398–1468), inventor of modern bookprinting
Johannes Hevelius
Fritz Haber (1868–1934), chemistErnst Haeckel (1834–1919), physicianOtto Hahn (1879–1968), chemistTheodor W. Hänsch (born 1941), physicistBernhard Hantzsch (1875–1911), ornithologistGeorg Hartmann (1865–1946), geographerFelix Hausdorff (1868–1942), mathematicianRobert Havemann (1910–1982), chemistErnst Heinkel (1888–1958), aircraft engineerWerner Karl Heisenberg (1901–1976), physicistHermann Helmholtz , physicistHeinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894), physicistJohannes Hevelius (1611–1687), astronomerDavid Hilbert (1862–1943), mathematicianMagnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935), physician, sexologist, founder of the first ever committee for LGBTQ+ rightsJohann Homann (1664–1724), geographerErich Hueckel (1896–1980), physicistAlexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), explorerCarl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804–1851), mathematicianAlfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931), neurologistHugo Junkers (1859–1935), aircraft engineer
Theodor Kaluza (1885–1954), mathematician, theoretical physicistFriedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896), chemistJohannes Kepler (1571–1630), astronomerGustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824–1887), physicistMartin Heinrich Klaproth (1743–1817), chemistFelix Klein (1849–1925), mathematicianKlaus von Klitzing (born 1943), physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803–1882), mineralogistRobert Koch (1843–1910), physicianWalter Karl Koch (1880–1962), surgeonAdolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (1818–1884), chemistLeopold Kronecker (1823–1891), mathematicianErnst Eduard Kummer (1810–1893), mathematicianEdmund Landau (1877–1938), mathematicianHermann Lattemann (1852–1894), balloon pilot and parachutistMax von Laue (1879–1960), physicistGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), mathematicianPhilipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (1862–1947), physicistRudolph Lennhoff (1866–1933), public health doctorAugust Leskien (1840–1916), linguistJustus von Liebig (1803–1873), chemistOtto Lilienthal (1848–1896), aviation pioneerFerdinand von Lindemann (1852–1939), mathematicianAlexander Lippisch (1894–1976), aerodynamicistFriedrich Loeffler (1852–1915), bacteriologistJohann Josef Loschmidt (1821–1895), physicist, chemistCornelia Lüdecke (born 1954), polar researcher, historianReimar Lüst (1923–2020), astrophysicist
(Albertus Magnus see "A")
Ludwig Immanuel Magnus , mathematicianSiegfried Marcus (1831–1898), automobile pioneerWilhelm Maybach (1846–1929), car-engine and automobile constructorWilhelm Messerschmitt (1898–1978), aircraft engineerLothar Meyer (1830–1895), chemistFranz Mertens (1840–1927), mathematicianAugust Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), mathematician, theoretical astronomerRalph Bernstein (born 1933), engineerJohannes Müller (1801–1858), physiologistWalther Nernst (1864–1941), physicistCarl Gottfried Neumann (1832–1925), mathematicianFranz Ernst Neumann (1798–1895), mathematicianClaus Noé (1938–2008), economistEmmy Noether (1882–1935), mathematicianGeorg Ohm (1789–1854), physicistWilhelm Ostwald , chemist; recipient 1909 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nicolaus Otto (1832–1891), coinventor of the Otto cycle Bernhard Philberth (1927–2010), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologianMax Planck (1858–1947), physicistJesco von Puttkamer (1933–2012), space scientist (NASA manager), engineer and authorBernhard Riemann (1826–1866), mathematicianAdam Ries (1492–1559), mathematicianWilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), physicist; inventor of x-rays
Werner von Siemens
Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786), chemistMatthias Jakob Schleiden (1804–1881), botanistHeinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), archaeologistChristian Friedrich Schonbein (1799–1868), chemistFriedrich Hermann Schottky (1851–1935), mathematicianTheodor Schwann (1810–1882), physiologistHermann Amandus Schwarz (1843–1921), mathematicianKarl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), physicistErnst Stromer (1871–1952), PaleontologistCarl Semper (1832–1893), ecologistCynthia Sharma (born 1979), infectious disease researcher, biologistWerner von Siemens (1816–1892), inventor, industrialistRolf Singer (1906–1994), mycologistArnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951), physicistEduard Adolf Strasburger (1844–1912), German-Polish professor; one of the most famous botanists of the 19th centuryGeorg Steller (1709–1746), naturalistWilliam Stern (1871–1938), psychologist, philosopherAlfred Stock (1876–1946), chemistLevi Strauss (1829–1902), jeansEmmy Mercedes Todtmann (1888–1973), glacial geologistMax Vasmer (1886–1962), linguistRudolf Virchow (1821–1902), pioneer of medicine
Otto Wallach , physicistHellmuth Walter (1900–1980), propulsionFelix Wankel (1902–1988), inventor of the Wankel engine Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), geologist, meteorologistKarl Weierstrass (1815–1897), mathematicianAugust Weismann (1834–1914), biologistCarl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912–2007), physicistHermann Weyl (1885–1955), mathematicianMaximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867), zoologistWilhelm Wien (1864–1928), physicistHeinrich Wohlwill (1874–1943), electrical engineerMieczysław Wolfke (1883–1947), Polish physicist of German descentWilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), physiologist, psychologistChristian Zeller (1822–1899, Rektor), mathematicianFerdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), inventor of the Zeppelin , founded the Zeppelin Airship companyErnst Zermelo (1871–1953), mathematicianKonrad Zuse (1910–1995), computer pioneer
Sportspeople
Boris Becker Franz Beckenbauer Marcel Goc Steffi Graf Jürgen Klinsmann Helene Mayer
Franziska van Almsick (born 1978), swimmerAdolf Anderssen (1818–1879), chess grandmasterTobias Arlt (born 1987), lugerRudi Ball (1911–1975), Hall of Fame ice hockey player, Olympic bronze 1932, World runner-up 1930, bronze 1934[ 16] Michael Ballack (born 1976), football playerKarin Balzer (1938–2019), hurdlerMarcel Barthel (born 1990), professional wrestlerDieter Baumann (born 1965), athleteFranz Beckenbauer (1945–2024), football playerBoris Becker (born 1967), tennis playerLudger Beerbaum (born 1963), equestrian; four-time Olympic Gold medalistElly Beinhorn (1907–2007), aviatorValery Belenky (born 1969), Soviet/Azerbaijan/German Olympic gymnastics champion (team combined exercises), bronze (individual combined exercises)Isaac Bonga , NBA player[ 17] Stefan Bellof (1957–1985), race car driverGretel Bergmann (1914–2017), internationally renowned high jumper of the 1930s was excluded from the 1936 Olympic team due to being Jewish.Frank Biela (born 1964), race car driverOliver Bierhoff (born 1968), football playerJérôme Boateng (born 1988), football playerTimo Boll , table tennis playerKathrin Boron (born 1969), scmomuller ; four-time Olympic gold medallistDaryl Boyle (born 1987), ice hockey player for GermanyAndreas Brehme (born 1960), football player and coachPaul Breitner (born 1951), football playerKai Budde (born 1979), professional Magic: The Gathering Bettina Bunge (born 1963), tennis playerRudolf Caracciola (1901–1959), race car driverRolf Decker , German-born American, football midfielder (US national team)Uschi Disl (born 1970), biathleteLeon Draisaitl (born 1995), ice hockey playerHeike Drechsler (born 1964), athleteMathew Dumba (born 1994), ice hockey playerStefan Effenberg (born 1968), football playerChristian Ehrhoff (born 1982), Olympian and National Hockey League hockey player; plays for the Buffalo Sabres David Elsner (born 1992), ice hockey forwardErich Gottlieb Eliskases (1913–1997), leading chess player of the 1930s–40s, represented Austria , Germany and Argentina in international competitionKornelia Ender (born 1958), swimmer; became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games (in 1976 ), all in world record timesKarin Enke (born 1961), speed skater; one of the most dominant of the 1980sJürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), boxerRudi Fink (born 1958), boxerBirgit Fischer (born 1962), kayakerSven Fischer (born 1971), biathleteTheodor Fischer , Olympic épée and foil fencerAlfred Flatow (1869–1942), gymnast, three-time Olympic champion (parallel bars , team parallel bars, team horizontal bar), silver (horizontal bar )Gustav Felix Flatow (1875–1945), two-time Olympic champion (team parallel bars, team horizontal bar)Heinz-Harald Frentzen (born 1967), racing driverTorsten Frings (born 1976), football playerGottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), Olympic football playerErika Geisen , IFBB professional bodybuilderNatalie Geisenberger (born 1988), lugerTimo Glock (born 1982), racing driverMarcel Goc , German Olympian and NHL hockey player; plays for the Nashville Predators Harold Goldsmith , born Hans Goldschmidt (1930–2004), American Olympic foil and épée fencerMario Gómez (born 1985), football playerSteffi Graf (born 1969), tennis playerMichael Greis (born 1976), biathleteMichael Gross (born 1964), swimmerRicco Groß (born 1970), biathleteJan Gustafsson (born 1979), chess grandmaster and Janistan head of stateLudwig Guttmann (1899–1980), founder of the Paralympics [ 18]
Tommy Haas (born 1978), tennis playerGeorg Hackl (born 1966), lugerHans Halberstadt (1885–1966), German-born American Olympic fencerDietmar Hamann (born 1973), football playerSven Hannawald (born 1974), ski jumperArmin Hary (born 1937), athleteThomas Häßler (born 1966), football playerNico Hülkenberg (born 1987), racing driverNick Heidfeld (born 1977), racing driverLilli Henoch (1899–1942), world records in discus, shot put, and 4x100-m relay; shot by the Nazis in LatviaJupp Heynckes (born 1945), retired footballer and current manager of FC Bayern Munich Julius Hirsch (1892–1945), Olympian football player and first Jewish member of the national team , two-time Germany team champion, awarded the Iron Cross during World War I, murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp .Ottmar Hitzfeld (born 1949), football player and managerLeah Horowitz (1933–1956), Israeli Olympic hurdlerMats Hummels (born 1988), football playerPeter Hussing (1948–2012), boxerRobert Hübner (born 1948), chess grandmasterReinhold Joest (born 1937), race car driver and racing team ownerKlaus Junge (1924–1945), one of the youngest German chess grandmastersEnriko Kehl (born 1992), muay thai kickboxingOliver Kahn (born 1969), football playerAndy Kapp (born 1967), curlerDirk Käsebier (born 1966), boxerFritz Keller (born 1957), football administratorUdo Kiessling (born 1955), first ice hockey player to compete at five Olympics Herbert Klein (1923–2001), Olympic bronze (200-m breaststroke); three world recordsRalph Klein (1931–2008), Berlin-born Israeli basketball player and coachJutta Kleinschmidt , rally driverReiner Klimke (1936–1999), equestrian; won six gold and two bronze medals in dressage at the Summer OlympicsJürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), football player and manager[ 19] Jürgen Klopp (born 1967), Liverpool football managerMiroslav Klose (born 1978), football playerGeorg Koch (born 1972), football playerMarita Koch (born 1957), sprint track and field athlete who collected 30 world records Olaf Kölzig (born 1970), German Olympian and National Hockey League goalie ; plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning Andreas Köpke (born 1962), football player (goalkeeper)Louis Krages (1949–2001), racing driver who raced under the pseudonym of "John Winter"Ingrid Krämer (born 1943), diver and Olympic championToni Kroos (born 1990), football playerUwe Krupp (born 1965), ice hockey player and coach; won the Stanley Cup and played in an NHL All-Star GameErich Kühnhackl (born 1950), ice hockey player; named Germany's ice hockey player of the 20th century and member of the IIHF Hall of Fame Kevin Kuske (born 1979), bobsledder; most successful Olympic athlete in bobsledding, winning four gold medals and two silver medalsPhilipp Lahm (born 1983), football playerAndré Lange , bobsledding championHermann Lang (1909–1987), champion race car driverBernhard Langer (born 1957), golferHenry Laskau (1916–2000), racewalker; won 42 national titles; Pan American Games champion; four-time Maccabiah championEmanuel Lasker (1868–1941), the second World Chess Champion (1894–1921)Jens Lehmann (born 1969), football player (goalkeeper)Ellen Lohr , racing driverJoachim Löw (born 1960), football player and manager of Germany Klaus Ludwig , racing driverMarion Lüttge (born 1941), javelin throwerBrooks Macek (born 1992), ice hockey player for GermanyFelix Magath (born 1953), football player and managerSepp Maier (born 1944), football playerJan Martín (born 1984), German-Israeli-Spanish basketball playerHenry Maske (born 1964), boxerJochen Mass , racing driverLothar Matthäus (born 1961), football playerRoland Matthes (1950–2019), swimmer and the most successful backstroke swimmer of all timesHelene Mayer (1910–1953), foil fencer, Olympic championGeorg Meier (1910–1999), motorcycle racerYona Melnik (born 1949), Israeli Olympic judokaMarkus Merk (born 1962), top-level football referee Christoph Metzelder (born 1980), football playerUlrike Meyfarth (born 1956), high jumperRosi Mittermaier (1950–2023), alpine ski championAndreas Möller (born 1967), football playerGerd Müller (1945–2021), football playerJörg Müller (born 1969), race car driverPetra Müller (born 1965), athleteThomas Müller (born 1989), football player
Dirk Nowitzki
Patricia Neske (born 1966), figure skaterGünter Netzer (born 1944), football playerManuel Neuer (born 1986), football player (goalkeeper)Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born 1966), speed skaterAron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935), Latvian-Danish German chess master and chess writerDirk Nowitzki (born 1978), National Basketball Association player[ 17] Kristin Otto (born 1966), Olympic swimming championSylke Otto (born 1969), lugerMesut Özil (born 1988), football playerClaudia Pechstein (born 1972), speed skaterUta Pippig (born 1965), athleteLukas Podolski (born 1985), football playerSarah Poewe (born 1983), South African-German swimmer, Olympic bronze (4 × 100 medley relay)Ellen Preis (Ellen Müller-Preis) (1912–2007), German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencerDaniel Prenn (1904–1991), German-Polish-British tennis player, highest world ranking # 6Birgit Prinz (born 1977), football playerLina Radke (1903–1983), athleteTeodor Regedziński (also known as Theodor Reger) (1894–1954), Polish chess master of German origin; father's name was RegerOtto Rehhagel (born 1938), football player and managerAnnegret Richter (born 1950), athleteLars Riedel (born 1967), athleteMaria Höfl-Riesch (born 1984), World Cup alpine ski racer Jochen Rindt (1942–1970), German-born racing driver who represented Austria during his career (one-time World Champion)Walter Röhrl , rally and racing driver (two-time Rally World Champion)Nico Rosberg (born 1985), former German–Finnish Formula One driver (one-time World Champion)Bernd Rosemeyer (1909–1938), racing driverKarl-Heinz Rummenigge (born 1955), football player
Max Schmeling Michael Schumacher Jan Ullrich Sebastian Vettel
Arian Sadiković (born 1994), professional Kickboxer former title challenger at One Championship (2022)Matthias Sammer (born 1967), football player and manager who won the 1996 Ballon d'Or Thomas Schaaf (born 1961), football player and managerMax Schmeling (1905–2005), World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionPaul Felix Schmidt (1916–1984), Estonian–German chess masterMartin Schmitt (born 1978), ski jumperBernd Schneider , football playerBernd Schneider , racing driverMehmet Scholl (born 1970), football playerAnja Schreiner , IFBB professional bodybuilderDetlef Schrempf (born 1963), German-American former NBA player[ 17] Carl Schuhmann (1869–1946), won four Olympic titles in gymnastics and wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics ; becoming the most successful athlete at the inaugural Olympics of the modern eraHarald Schumacher (born 1954), football playerMichael Schumacher (born 1969), racing driver (seven-time Formula One World Champion)[ 20] Ralf Schumacher (born 1975), racing driver; brother of Michael Schumacher Dennis Schröder , NBA player[ 17] Ralf Schumann (born 1962), pistol shooterBernd Schuster (born 1959), football player and managerRainer Schüttler , tennis playerArmin Schwarz (born 1963), racing driverWolfgang Schmidt (athlete) (born 1954), olympian track and field
Bastian Schweinsteiger (born 1984), football playerWerner Seelenbinder (1904–1944), wrestlerUwe Seeler (1936–2022), football playerDennis Seidenberg (born 1981), ice hockey playerKatja Seizinger , alpine ski championWolfgang Stark (born 1969), football refereeRenate Stecher (born 1950), athleteBritta Steffen (born 1983), swimmer; three-time Olympic medalist [ 21] Michael Stich (born 1968), tennis playerRolf Stommelen (1943–1983), racing driverHans Stuck (1900–1978), racing driverHans-Joachim Stuck , racing driver and son of HansMarco Sturm (born 1978), ice hockey player and coach; one-time NHL All-Star (1999 )Siegbert Tarrasch (1862–1934), chess grandmasterJoseph Taussig (1877–1947), German-born American football quarterback[ 22] Axel Teichmann (born 1979), cross-country skierRichard Teichmann (1868–1925), leading German chess player, easily of grandmaster strengthAxel Tischer (born 1986), professional wrestlerToni Turek (1919–1984), football playerJan Ullrich (born 1973), cyclistWolfgang Unzicker (1925–2006), chess grandmasterNicole Uphoff (born 1967), equestrianSebastian Vettel , Formula One driver (four-time World Champion)Berti Vogts , football player and managerJohannes Voigtmann (born 1992), basketball playerRudi Völler (born 1960), football playerSebastian Vollmer (born 1984), American football player, first German NFL draft pick; plays for the New England Patriots Katrin Wagner-Augustin (born 1977), sprint canoer Ralf Waldmann , motorcycle racerFritz Walter (1920–2002), football playerFritz Walter (born 1960), football playerUlrich Wehling (born 1952), won the nordic combined event in the Winter Olympics three consecutive times, in 1972 , 1976 , and 1980 Jens Weißflog (born 1964), ski jumperTobias Wendl (born 1987), lugerMoritz Wagner , NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers [ 23] [ 17] Isabell Werth (born 1969), equestrian and world champion in dressage ; holds the record for the most Olympic medals won by any equestrian athleteKati Wilhelm (born 1976), biathleteJoachim Winkelhock , racing driverManfred Winkelhock (1951–1985), racing driver; brother of Joachim Winkelhock Hans Günter Winkler (1926–2018), show jumping riderKatarina Witt (born 1965), figure skaterBärbel Wöckel (born 1955), sprinter Sigrun Wodars (born 1965), athleteJenny Wolf (born 1979), speed skaterErik Zabel (born 1970), cyclistChristian Ziege (born 1972), football player and managerJohannes Zukertort (1842–1888), German Polish-Jewish chessmaster
Pope Benedict XVI
Heinrich Abeken (1809–1872), theologianJohannes Agricola (1494–1566), Protestant reformerAlbertus Magnus , medieval philosopher and theologianEusebius Amort (1692–1775)Pope Benedict XVI (also known as Joseph Ratzinger) (1927–2022)Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), theologianJohannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558), Protestant reformer of Pomerania and Denmark; theologianRudolf Bultmann (1884–1976)Pope Clement II (1005–1047)Pope Damasus II (?–1048)Alfred Delp (1907–1945)Eugen Drewermann (born 1940)Johann Eck (1486–1543)Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824)Matthias Faber (1586–1653)Pope Gregory V (c. 972–999)Adolf Harnack (1851–1930)Hedwig of Andech (1174–1243)Johann Gottfried Herder , poet, translator, philosopher and theologianDietrich von Hildebrand (1889–1977)Clemens August Graf von Galen , beatified, cardinalThomas à Kempis (c. 1380 – 1471), canon regular Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), beatified, priestHans Küng (1928–2021)Karl Lehmann (1936–2018)Pope Leo IX (1002–1054)Martin Luther (1483–1546), Protestant Reformation Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560), Protestant Reformation Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786)Jürgen Moltmann (1926–2024), theologianBernhard Philberth (1927–2010), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologianKarl Rahner (1904–1989), theologianFriedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834), theologian, philosopherAlbert Schweitzer (1875–1965), musician, physician, pastor, philosopher and theologianDorothee Sölle (1929–2003)Edith Stein (1891–1942), saint, nun, victim of the HolocaustJohann Tetzel (1465–1519), monkCarsten Peter Thiede (1952–2004), theologian, New Testament historian, chaplainHelmut Thielicke (1908–1986), theologianPaul Tillich (1886–1965), theologian, philosopherPope Victor II (c. 1018 – 1057)
Militants
Others
Oskar Schindler Sigmund Jähn
Katja von der Bey , art historian, feministThomas Bach (born 1953), lawyer, former fencerFranz Borkenau (1900–1957), social scientistGottfried Gabriel Bredow (1773–1814), historianMoritz Brosch (1829–1907), historianDieter Claessens (1921–1997), sociologistThomas Druyen (born 1957), sociologistShlomo Eckstein (1929–2020), Israeli economist and president of Bar-Ilan University Gudrun Ensslin (1940–1977), terroristMichael Fassbender (born 1977), actorSiegfried Fischbacher (1939–2021), magician, conservationistReinhard Furrer (1940–1995), astronautAndreas Gaill (1526–1587), juristMargarete Gütschow (1871–1951), archaeologistHerschel Grynszpan (1921–1944), Polish-Jewish refugee turned assassinKerstin Günther (born 1967), business executiveJohann Gutenberg (c. 1390s – 1468), printerHildegard von Bingen (1098–1179), abbess, mysticRoy Horn (1944–2020), magician, conservationistKaren Horney , psychoanalystHeribert Illig (born 1947), historianPeter Hoffmann , awarded outstanding historianSigmund Jähn (1937–2019), first German in spaceBruno Kahl (born 1962), intelligence administrative lawyerErhart Kirfel , businessman, finance controller of the SPDHenry Kissinger (1923–2023), German-American diplomatRené König (1906–1992), sociologistSiegfried Kracauer Christian Frederick Martin (1796–1867), inventor of the steel-string guitarUlrike Meinhof (1934–1976), journalist and terroristUlf Merbold (born 1941), astronautKarl Neumeyer (1869–1941), Jewish juristCarl von Ossietzky (1889–1938), journalist and pacifist Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951), designer and founder of Porsche Ferry Porsche (1909–1998), automobile designer and son of Ferdinand PorscheFerdinand Alexander Porsche (1935–2012), designer and member of the Porsche family Ludwig Quidde (1858–1941), historian and pacifistLeopold von Ranke (1795–1886), historianPaul Reuter (1816–1899), entrepreneur, pioneer of telegraphy and news reportingDora Richter (1891–presumed 1933), first known woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery Margarete Rosenberg (1910–1985), lesbian Holocaust survivorMathias Rust (born 1968), aviator who landed on Moscow's Red Square in 1987Ruth Rissing-van Saan (born 1946), lawyer and chair judgeHelmut Schelsky (1912–1984), sociologistOskar Schindler (1908–1974), industrialist; credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust Hannelore Schmatz , mountaineerHeffa Schücking , environmentalistAlbert Schweitzer (1875–1965), physician, humanitarianHenry Shultz (1776–1851), emigrant to the United States, entrepreneurEll Smula (1914–1943), Ravensbrück concentration camp victim
Guy Spier , author and investorClaus von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), Operation Valkyrie Ilse Totzke (1913–1987), Holocaust survivorFrederick Trump (1869–1918), businessman, patriarch of the Trump family [ 24] Hans-Hasso von Veltheim (1885–1956) Indologist, AnthroposophistUlrich Walter (born 1954), astronautAlfred Weber , sociologistMax Weber , sociologistDiedrich Hermann Westermann (1875–1956), linguistRuth Westheimer (1928–2024), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, Doctor of Education , Holocaust survivor , and former Haganah sniper .William the Silent (1533–1584), German-born main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs[ 25] Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), art historian and archaeologistKarl Witte (1800–1883), jurist and scholar of Dante Alighieri Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf (1878–1954), gallery owner
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