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Actors/ActressesInga Abel (1946-2000), actressMario Adorf (born 1930), actor , writerHans Albers (1891-1960), actorMark Bellinghaus (born 1963), activist, actor, poet, writerMoritz Bleibtreu (born 1971), actorEric Braeden (born Hans Gudegast, 1941), actorDaniel Brühl (born 1978), actorHorst Buchholz (1933-2003), actorSandra Bullock (born 1964), actorVicco von Bülow, aka Loriot, actor and comedianHans Clarin (1930-2005), actorGeorge Dzundza (born 1945), actorMarlene Dietrich (1901-1992), actressAugust Diehl (born 1976), actorHeinz Erhardt (1909-1979), actor and comedianGert Fröbe (1913-1988), actorMartina Gedeck (born 1961), actressGötz George (born 1938), actorHeinrich George (1893-1946), actorGustaf Gründgens (1899-1963), actorEva Habermann (born 1976), actress and modelBrigitte Helm (1908-1996), actressEmil Jannings (1884-1950), actorKlaus Kinski (1926-1991), actor, Polish-German father, German motherNastassja Kinski (born 1959), actress, daughter of Klaus KinskiHeidi Klum (born 1973), model and actressHildegard Knef (1925-2002), actress, singer, writerDiane Kruger (born 1976), model and actressSebastian Koch (born 1962) actorAlexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), actressHeike Makatsch (born 1971), actressWilly Millowitsch (1909-1999), actorArmin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930), actorLuise Neumann (1818-1905)Uwe Ochsenknecht (born 1956), actorChristian Oliver, actorFranka Potente (born 1974), actressJürgen Prochnow (born 1941), actorHeinz Rühmann (1902-1994), actorOtto Sander (born 1941), actorRomy Schneider, actressHanna Schygulla (born 1943), actressKristina Söderbaum (1912-2001), actress and photographerClaudia Schiffer (born 1970), actress and supermodelTil Schweiger (born 1963), actorXenia Seeberg (born 1972), actress and modelBarbara Sukowa (born 1950), actressNadja Uhl (born 1972), actressArtistsHans von Aachen (1552-1615), mannerist painterAlbrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538), painterErnst Barlach (1870-1938), sculptor (and writer)Günther Behnisch (born 1922) architectPeter Behrens (1868-1940) architectJoseph Beuys (1921-1986), artistArnold Böcklin (1827-1901), painterGottfried Böhm (born 1920) architectArno Breker (1900-1991), sculptorLovis Corinth (1858-1925), painterLucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), painterLucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586), painterAlbrecht Dürer (1471-1528), painterEgon Eiermann (1904-1970), architect and designerMax Ernst (1891-1976), surrealist painterCaspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), painterWalter Gropius (1883-1969), architectGeorge Grosz (1893-1959), artistHannah Höch - artistHans Holbein the Elder (c. 1465-1524), painterHans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543), illustrator, painterHarro Magnussen (1861-1908), sculptorJörg Immendorff, painterHelmut Jahn (born 1940) architect and designerAnselm Kiefer (born 1945), painterMartin Kippenberger (1953-1997), painterLeo von Klenze (1784-1864) architectHans Kollhoff (born 1946) architectKäthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), painterMax Liebermann, painterMarkus Lüpertz (born 1941), painter and sculptorFranz Marc (1880-1916), painterLudwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) architect, designerFrei Otto (born 1925) architect and research scientistSigmar Polke (born 1941), painterGerhard Richter (born 1932), painterKarl Friedrich Schinkel, architect, painterOskar Schlemmer (1888-1943), choreographer, painter, sculptor, stage & costume designerEberhard Schlotter (born 1921), painterKurt Schwitters, painter, poetFritz Schumacher (1869-1947) architect and urban designerMax Slevogt, painterCarl Spitzweg (1808-1885), painterBirgit Stauch (born 1961) SculptorFranz Stuck, painterComposersCarl Friedrich Abel (1725-1787), composerMartin Agricola (1466-1506), composerSiegfried Alkan (1858-1941), composerCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), composer, son of J. S. BachJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), composerLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), composerMartin Boettcher (born 1927), film-composer (Karl May movies)Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), composerMax Bruch (1838-1920), composerHanns Eisler (1898-1962), composerFriedrich von Flotow (1812-1883), composerGeorg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), composer, opera composerFanny Hensel, composerPaul Hindemith (1895-1963), composerEngelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921), composerAlbert Lortzing (1801-1851), composerGiacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), composerFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), composerWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), composer and musicianJacques 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 composerHeinrich Schütz (1585-1672), composerClara Schumann (1819-1896), composerRobert Schumann (1810-1856), composer, songwriterKarlheinz 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 (Threepenny Opera, "September Song")Hans Zimmer (born 1957), film-composerFilmmakersAndreas Deja, animatorUwe Boll, film directorFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film director, academy award winnerDoris Dörrie, female film directorRoland Emmerich, film directorRainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982), film directorWerner Herzog (born 1942), film directorOliver Hirschbiegel, 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 (born 1941), film directorLeni Riefenstahl (1902-2003), female film directorVolker Schlöndorff (born 1939), film directorAndreas Schnaas (born 1968), film directorTom Tykwer (born 1965), film directorRobert Wiene, film directorWim Wenders (born 1945), film directorRoyaltyAlix of Hesse and Rhine (1872-1918), was a German princess by birth before marrying Tsar Nicholas II to become a Russian tsarina.Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861), Queen Victoria's husband & consortAlbert (1828-1902), King of Saxony (1873-1902)Anton (1755-1836), King of Saxony (1827-1836)Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1839-1914), Prince (1867-1881) and King (1881-1914) of RomaniaCharles IV (1316-1378), King of Germany 1346, Holy Roman Emperor 1355-1378Charles V (1500-1558), King of Spain 1516, King of Germany 1519, Holy Roman Emperor 1530-1556Charles (1823-1891), King of Württemberg (1823-1891)Claus von Amsberg (1926-2002), diplomat and husband of Queen Beatrix of the NetherlandsFerdinand 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 1155-1190Frederick 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)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 1014-1024Henry III (1017-1056), King of Germany 1039, Holy Roman Emperor 1046-1056Henry IV (1050-1106), King of Germany 1056, Holy Roman Emperor 1084-1106Henry V (1081-1125), King of Germany 1106, Holy Roman Emperor 1111-1125Henry VI (1165-1197), King of Germany 1190, Holy Roman Emperor 1191-1197John (1801-1873), King of Saxony (1854-1873)Louis IV (1281-1347), King of Germany 1314, Holy Roman Emperor 1328-1347Ludwig 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 1508-1519Maximilian 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)Fashion modelsNadja Auermann (born 1971), supermodelEugen Bauder (born 1986)Charlott Cordes (born 1988)Toni Garrn (born 1991)Lena Gercke (born 1988), winner of Germany's Next Topmodel 2006Jennifer Hof (born 1991), winner of Germany's Next Topmodel 2008Alexandra Kamp (born 1966)Heidi Klum (born 1973), model and host of Project Runway and Germany's Next TopmodelDiane Kruger (born 1976) model turned actressBarbara Meier (born 1986), winner of Germany's Next Topmodel 2007Sara Nuru (born 1989), winner of Germany's Next Topmodel 2009Uschi Obermaier (born 1946), model and actressEva Padberg (born 1980)Nico (1938-1988), model, singer and actressTatjana Patitz (born 1966), supermodelClaudia Schiffer (born 1970), supermodelNico Schwanz (born 1978)Julia Stegner (born 1984)Manon von Gerkan (born 1972)Musicians and singersAcceptATBHans AlbersThomas AndersAmon DüülWolf Biermann (born 1936), singer-songwriter and East German dissidentBöhse OnkelzBushidoRolf KöhlerFritz Busch (1890-1951), conductorSarah Connor, pop/soul singerMichael and Sandra Cretu, founder-performers of Enigma (musical project) and Sandra (group)DJ TomekkFrank FarianWilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954), conductor and composerHerbert Grönemeyer (born 1956)Heino, popular singerBill Kaulitz, lead singer of Tokio HotelLaFeeReinhard Mey (born 1942)Marius Müller-WesternhagenAnne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963), violinistKarl Münchinger, conductorXavier NaidooNena (born 1960)Meshell Ndegeocello (born 1969)American parents not German.Klaus Nomi (1944-1983)Kool Savas, half German, half TurkishLisa Otto, opera singerMichael Schenker (born 1955), guitar player of UFO and solo careerSandraRammsteinPaffendorfSido (rapper)Tokio HotelHannes WaderBruno Walter (1876-1962), conductor and composerKonstantin WeckerPaul Van DykWilly Hess, violinistYvonne CatterfeldDieter Bohlen (born 1954), music-producerPhilosophersTheodor Adorno (1903-1969), philosopher, sociologist and composerAlbertus Magnus (c. 1193-1280), medieval philosopher and theologianHannah Arendt (1906-1975), political theoristBruno Bauer (1809-1882), political theorist and philosopherWalter Benjamin (1892-1940)Ernst Bloch (1885-1977)Jakob Böhme (1575-1624), mystic philosopherRudolf Carnap (1891-1970), philosopherErnst Cassirer (1874-1945)Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), philosopher, political economistLudwig Feuerbach (1804-1872), philosopherJohann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814), philosopherGottlob Frege (1848-1925), mathematician, logician and philosopherErich Fromm (1900-1980)Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002), philosopherJürgen Habermas (born 1929), philosopher, social theoristEduard von Hartmann (1842-1906), philosopherGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), philosopherMartin Heidegger (1889-1976), philosopherMax Horkheimer (1895-1973)Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), philosopherImmanuel Kant (1724-1804), philosopherLudwig Klages (1872-1956), philosopherGottfried Leibniz (1646-1716), physicist, philosopherLeo Löwenthal (1900-1993)Karl Löwith (1897-1973)Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979)Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and sociologistNikolaus Cusanus (1401-1462), philosopher, theologian, mathematicianFriedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), early existentialist philosopherBernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologianJohann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (1805-1879)Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929)Max Scheler (1874-1928), philosopherFriedrich Schelling (1775-1854), philosopherMoritz Schlick (1882-1936), philosopherCarl Schmitt (1888-1985), political theoristArthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), philosopherGeorg Simmel (1859-1918) philosopher and sociologistFerdinand Tönnies (1855-1936), philosopher, founder of German sociologyCarl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912-2007), philosopher and physicistPoliticiansMiscellaneousArminius (Herman the German) (18 or 17 BC - AD 21)August Bebel (1840-1913), co-founder of the SPDRudolf von Bennigsen (1824-1902), founder of the National Liberal Party.Eduard Bernstein (1850-1932), Social Democratic leaderJulius Curtius (1877-1948), Foreign Minister (DVP)Matthias Erzberger (1875-1921), Catholic Center party leaderJoschka Fischer (born 1948), Foreign Minister and vice chancellor 1998-2005 (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)Hans-Dietrich Genscher (born 1927), 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 (Germany)Alfred Hugenberg )1865-1951), leader of the DNVPJohann Jacoby (1805-1877), radical democrat in PrussiaKarl Kautsky (1854-1938), Social Democratic leader and theoreticianPetra Kelly (1947-1992), cofounder of the German Green PartyRoland Koch (born 1958), Minister-President of HesseFerdinand Lassalle (1825-1864), democrat and socialistKarl Liebknecht (1871-1919), SocialistWilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), co-founder of the SPDRosa Luxemburg (1870-1919), left wing Social Democratic leaderJakob Maria Mierscheid (born 1933), virtualparliamentarian (SPD)Hermann Müller (1876-1931), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)Hans Modrow (born 1928), former leader of GDR, honorary chairman of PDSWalther Rathenau (1867-1922), foreign minister (DDP)Eugen Richter (1838-1906), liberal politicianCarlo Schmid (1896-1979), politician, who had vast influence on the content of the German Basic Law after WW2.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 - party leader of the CSU and former minister president of BavariaFranz Josef Strauß (1915-1988), Bavarian Politician (CSU)Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944), leader of the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar periodGuido Westerwelle - party leader of the liberal party (FDP)Clara Zetkin (1857-1933), socialist and fighter for women's rightsChancellors of Germany 1871-1945Gustav 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 RepublicKonstantin Fehrenbach (1852-1926), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre)Georg von Hertling (1843-1919), Imperial ChancellorAdolf Hitler (1889-1945), combining legally both offices, President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1934-1945Prince 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)Chancellors of Germany (after World War II)Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), first democratically elected Federal Chancellor in Western Germany (after the second world war) 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 (born 1918), Federal Chancellor from 1974 to 1982 (SPD)Helmut Kohl (born 1930), Federal Chancellor from 1982 to 1998 (CDU)Gerhard Schröder (born 1944), Federal Chancellor from 1998 to 2005 (SPD)Angela Merkel (born 1954), Federal Chancellor since 2005 (CDU)Presidents of GermanyFriedrich Ebert (1871-1925), First President of the Weimar Republic (SPD) 1919-1925Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), Field Marshal, President 1925-1934Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), combining legally both offices, President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1934-1945Karl Dönitz (1891-1980), Admiral of the Fleet, after Hitler's death, President for 22 days, 1945Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949:Theodor Heuss (1884-1963), Federal President 1949-1959 (Liberal-Democratic Party, FDP)Heinrich Lübke (1894-1972), Federal President 1959-1969 (CDU)Gustav Heinemann (1899-1976), Federal President 1969-1974 (SPD)Walter Scheel (born 1919), Federal President 1974-1979 (FDP)Karl Carstens (1914-1992), Federal President 1979-1984 (CDU)Richard von Weizsäcker (born 1920), Federal President 1984-1994 (CDU)Roman Herzog (born 1934), Federal President 1994-1999 (CDU)Johannes Rau (1931-2006), Federal President 1999-2004 (SPD)Horst Köhler (born 1943), Federal President 2004-2010 (CDU)Jens Böhrnsen (born 1949), acting President since resignation of Köhler in 2010 (SPD)Politicians of the East German Communist Party and regimeOtto Grotewohl (1894-1964), minister president of the GDRErich Honecker (1912-1994), leader of the GDR until 1989Egon Krenz (born 1937), leader of the GDR after HoneckerErich Mielke (1907-2000), head of the StasiWilhelm Pieck (1876-1960), first president of the GDRHeinrich Rau (1899-1961), chairman of the German Economic Commission (predecessor of the East German government)Günter Schabowski (born 1929), member of politburoWilly Stoph (1914-1999), Premier of the GDRWalter Ulbricht (1893-1973), leader of the GDRPersonalities of the Nazi Party and regimeKlaus Barbie (1913-1991), the "Butcher of Lyon"Martin Bormann (1900-1945), nazi leaderEva Braun (1912-1945), Hitler's mistress and finally his wifeKarl Brandt (1904-1948)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 NSDAPHans Frank (1900-1946), Governor-General of PolandRoland Freisler (1893-1945), infamous Nazi-judgeWilhelm Frick (1877-1946), Minister of the InteriorWalter Funk (1890-1960), Minister of EconomicsJoseph Goebbels (1897-1945), Chancellor of Germany, propaganda chief for the NazisHermann Göring (1893-1946), Nazi, Reich Marshal and chief of LuftwaffeRudolf Hess (1894-1987), Hitler's private secretary, later Deputy FührerReinhard Heydrich (1904-1942), Nazi officer, head of the Sicherheitsdienst and GestapoHeinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Nazi head of the SSAdolf Hitler (1889-1945), Reichskanzler and Nazi leaderRudolf Höss (1900-1947), commandant of Auschwitz.Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903-1946), Heydrich's successor at the SDHans Kammler (1901-1945?), author and organiser of first Death CampsWilhelm Keitel (1882-1946), Field Marshal, head of the OKW (1939-45)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 (1941-42), Army Group Don (1942-43), and Army Group South (1943-44)Erhard Milch (1892-1972), Göring's second-in-command, Air Inspector GeneralKonstantin von Neurath (1873-1956), Foreign Minister in the early years of the regimeFranz von Papen (1879-1969), Deputy Chancellor in Hitler's first cabinet.Erich Raeder (1876-1960), Admiral of the FleetJoachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946), Nazi foreign ministerErnst Röhm (1887-1934), head of the SAAlfred Rosenberg (1893-1946), Nazi ideologistGerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief East (1939-40), commander of Army Group South (1939-41), Commander-in-Chief West (1942-45)Hjalmar Schacht, Minister of FinanceBaldur von Schirach (1907-1974), Hitler Youth leaderArthur Seyss-Inquart (1892-1946), Austrian Nazi leaderAlbert Speer (1905-1981), "Hitler's architect", Minister of ArmamentsGregor Strasser (1892-1934), Left-wing Nazi leaderJulius Streicher (1885-1946), Nazi Party leader in FranconiaScientists and engineersA-GNicolaus CopernicusOtto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806-1886), mineralogist, geologistPeter Apian (1495-1552), mathematician, astronomer and cartographerManfred von Ardenne (1907-1997), physicistAnton de Bary (1831-1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologistJohann Bayer (1572-1625), astronomerKarl Benz (1844-1929), inventor and engineerFriedrich Bessel (1784-1846), mathematicianHans Bethe (1906-2005), physicistMax Born (1882-1970), physicistRobert Bosch (1861-1942), industrialistCarl Ferdinand Braun, physicistWernher von Braun (1912-1977), space engineer, rocket scientistRobert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899), chemistGeorg Cantor (1845-1918), mathematicianNicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), astronomerHans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, neuropathologistGottlieb Daimler (1834-1900), inventor and engineerCarl Duisberg (1861-1935), chemist and industrialistRudolf Diesel (1858-1913), inventor of the Diesel engineAlbert Einstein (1879-1955), physicistHans Jürgen Eysenck (1916-1997), psychologistJoseph 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 spyCarl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), mathematician.H-JJohannes HeveliusFritz Haber (1868-1934), chemistErnst Haeckel (1834-1919), physicianOtto Hahn (1879-1968), chemistBernhard Hantzsch (1875-1911), ornithologistGeorg Hartmann (geographer) (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), mathematicianJohann Homann (1664-1724), geographerErich Hueckel (1896-1980), physicistAlexander von HumboldtCarl Gustav Jakob Jacobi (1804-1851), mathematicianAlfons Maria Jakob (1884-1931), neurologistHugo Junkers (1859-1935), Aircraft engineerK-LTheodor Kaluza (1885-1954), mathematician, theoretical physicistFriedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829-1896), chemistJohannes Kepler (1571-1630), astronomerGustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887), physicistFelix Klein (1849-1925), mathematicianWolfgang 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), mathematicianMax von Laue (1879-1960), physicistGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), mathematicianPhilipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (1862-1947), physicistAugust Leskien (1840-1916), linguistJustus von Liebig (1803-1873), chemistOtto Lilienthal (1848-1896), the aviation pioneerFerdinand von Lindemann (1852-1939), mathematicianAlexander Lippisch (1894-1976), aerodynamicistJohann Josef Loschmidt (1821-1895), physicist, chemistReimar Lüst (born 1923), astrophysicistM-R(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 astronomerJohannes Müller (1801-1858), physiologistWalther Nernst (1864-1941), physicistFranz Ernst Neumann (1798-1895), mathematicianCarl Gottfried Neumann (1832-1925), mathematicianClaus Noé (1938-2008), economistEmmy Noether (1882-1935), mathematicianGeorg Ohm (1789-1854), physicistWilhelm Ostwald, Nobel prize winning chemist, philosopherNikolaus Otto (1832-1891), coinventor of the Otto cycleBernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologianJesco von Puttkamer (born 1933), space-scientist (NASA-Manager), engineer and authorMax Planck (1858-1947), physicistBernhard Riemann (1826-1866) mathematicianAdam Riese (1492-1559), mathematicianWilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), physicistS-VCarl 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), physicistCarl Semper (1832-1893), ecologistRolf 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), jeansWerner von Siemens (1816-1892), inventor, industrialistMax Vasmer (1886-1962), linguistRudolf Virchow (1821-1902), pioneer of medicineW-ZOtto Wallach, physicistHellmuth Walter (1900-1980), propulsionFelix Wankel (1902-1988), inventor of the Wankel engineAlfred Wegener (1880-1930), geologist, meteorologistKarl Weierstrass (1815-1897), mathematicianAugust Weismann (1834-1914), biologistCarl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (born 1912), physicistHermann Weyl (1885-1955), mathematicianMaximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782-1867), zoologistWilhelm Wien (1864-1928), physicistMieczysław 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 ZeppelinErnst Zermelo (1871-1953), mathematicianKonrad Zuse (1910-1995), computer pioneerSportspersonsAdolf Anderssen (1818-1879), chess grandmasterMichael Ballack (born 1976), football playerKarin Balzer (born 1938), hurdlerDieter Baumann (born 1965), athleteFranz Beckenbauer (born 1945), football playerBoris Becker (born 1967), tennis playerElly Beinhorn (born 1907), aviatrixStefan Bellof (1957-1985), race car driverFrank Biela (born 1964), race car driverOliver Bierhoff (born 1968), football playerHeike Drechsler (born 1964), athleteTimo Boll, table tennis playerPaul Breitner (born 1951), football playerKai Budde (born 1979), professional Magic: The Gathering playerBettina Bunge (born 1963), tennis playerRudolf Caracciola (1901-1959), race car driverUrsula "Uschi" Disl (born 1970), biathleteChristian Ehrhoff, German Olympian and NHL hockey player currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks.Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (1913-1997) leading chess player of the 1930s-40s, represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competitionHarald Ertl (1948-1982), race car driverJürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), boxerRudi Fink (born 1958), boxerBirgit Fischer (born 1962), kayakerSven Fischer (born 1971), biathleteTorsten Frings (born 1976), football playerMarcel Goc, German Olympian and NHL hockey player currently playing for the Nashville Predators.Steffi Graf (born 1969), tennis playerMichael Greis (born 1976), biathleteMichael Groß (born 1964), swimmerRicco Groß (born 1970), biathleteGeorg Hackl (born 1966), lugerSven Hannawald (born 1974), ski jumperArmin Hary (born 1937), athleteNick Heidfeld (born 1977), racing driverPeter Hussing (born 1948), 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 grandmastersOliver Kahn (born 1969), football playerAndy Kapp (born 1967), curlerJutta Kleinschmidt, rally driverJürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), football player and coachMiroslav Klose (born 1978), football playerGeorg Koch (born 1972), football playerAndreas Köpke (born 1962), football player (goalkeeper)Olaf Kölzig (born 1970), German Olympian and NHL goalie currently playing for the Tampa Bay LightningLouis Krages (1949-2001), racing driver who raced under the pseudonym of "John Winter"Philipp Lahm (born 1983), football playerAndré Lange, Bobsledding championHermann Lang (1909-1987), Champion race car driverBernhard Langer (born 1957), golferEmanuel Lasker (1868-1941), the second World Chess Champion (1894-1921)Jens Lehmann (born 1969), football player (goalkeeper)Ellen Lohr, racing driverKlaus Ludwig, racing driverMarion Lüttge (born 1941), javelin throwerSepp Maier (born 1944), football playerHenry Maske (born 1964), boxerJochen Mass, racing driverLothar Matthäus (born 1961), football playerGeorg Meier (1910-1999) Motor-Cycle RacerChristoph Metzelder (born 1980), football playerUlrike Meyfarth (born 1956), high jumperRosi Mittermaier (born 1950), alpine ski championGerd Müller (born 1945), football playerJörg Müller, race car driverPetra Müller (born 1965), athletePatricia Neske (born 1966), figure skaterGunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born 1966), speed skaterDirk Nowitzki (born 1978), NBA starAron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935) Latvian-Danish German chess master and chess writerSylke Otto (born 1969), lugerClaudia Pechstein (born 1972), speed skaterUta Pippig (born 1965), athleteBirgit Prinz (born 1977), football playerLina Radke (1903-1983), athleteTeodor Regedziński (aka Theodor Reger) (1894-1954) Polish chess master of German origin, fathers name was RegerAnnegret Richter (born 1950), athleteLars Riedel (born 1967), athleteWalter Röhrl, rally and racing driver (2-times Rally World Champion)Bernd Rosemeyer (1909-1938), racing driverKarl-Heinz Rummenigge, football playerMax Schmeling (1905-2003), World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMartin Schmitt (born 1978), ski jumperPaul Felix Schmidt (1916-1984), an Estonian-German chess master.Bernd Schneider, racing driverBernd Schneider,football playerDetlef Schrempf (born 1963), former NBA starRainer Schüttler, tennis playerMichael Schumacher (born 1969), racing driver (7-times Formula One World Champion)Ralf Schumacher (born 1975), racing driver, brother of MichaelHarald Schumacher (born 1954), football playerRalf Schumann (born 1962), pistol shooterBastian Schweinsteiger (born 1984),football playerUwe Seeler (born 1936),football playerWerner Seelenbinder (1904-1944), wrestlerKatja Seizinger, alpine ski championRenate Stecher (born 1950), athleteMichael Stich (born 1968), tennis playerRolf Stommelen (died 1983), racing driverHans Stuck (died 1978), racing driverHans Joachim Stuck, racing driver and son of HansSiegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934), chess grandmasterAxel Teichmann (born 1979), cross-country skierRichard Teichmann (1868-1925), leading German chess player, easily of grandmaster strengthToni Turek (1919-1984), football playerJan Ullrich (born 1973), cyclistWolfgang Unzicker (1925-2006), chess grandmasterFranziska van Almsick (born 1978), swimmerSebastian Vettel, Formula One driverBerti Vogts, football player and coachRudi Völler (born 1960), football playerRalf Waldmann, motorcycle racerFritz Walter (1920-2002), football playerFritz Walter (born 1960), football playerJens Weissflog (born 1964), ski jumperKati Wilhelm (born 1976), biathleteJoachim Winkelhock, racing driverManfred Winkelhock (1951-1985), racing driver, brother of JoachimKatarina Witt (born 1965), figure skaterSigrun Wodars (born 1965), athleteErik Zabel (born 1970), cyclistJohannes Hermann Zukertort (1842-1888), German Polish-Jewish chessmasterTheologians, saints, beatified personsSee also List of German popesHeinrich Abeken (1809-1872), theologianJohannes Agricola (1494-1566), Protestant reformerAlbertus Magnus, medieval philosopher and theologianEusebius Amort (1692-1775)Pope Benedict XVI, a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger (born 1927)Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), TheologianJohannes Bugenhagen (1485-1558) Protestand Reformer of Pomerania and Denmark, TheologianRudolf BultmannAlfred DelpJohann Eck (1486-1543)Matthias Faber (1586-1653)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, cardinalAdolph Kolping (1813-1865), beatified, priestHans KüngKarl LehmannMartin Luther (1483-1546), of the Protestant ReformationPhilipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), Protestant ReformationMoses MendelssohnJürgen Moltmann (born 1926), theologianBernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologianKarl Rahner, 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 HolocaustCarsten Peter Thiede (1952-2004), theologian, New Testament historian, chaplainHelmut Thielicke, theologianPaul Tillich, theologian, philosopherWritersErnst Moritz Arndt - poet, songwriter, and patriotAchim von Arnim (1781-1831), poetBettina von Arnim (1785-1859), writer and novelistHeinrich Böll (1917-1985), authorBertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poetClemens Brentano (1778-1842), poet and novelistGeorg Büchner, dramatist and authorWilhelm Busch (1832-1908), poet and satiristMatthias Claudius (1740-1815), poet and writerAnnette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848), poetMichael Ende (1929-1995), author of fantasy novels and children's booksJoseph von Eichendorff (1788-1857), poetHans Magnus Enzensberger (born 1929), essayist and poetTheodor Fontane (1819-1898), novelist and poetPaul Gerhardt (c. 1606-1676), hymn writerJohann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832), author, poetJoseph Görres (1776-1848), essayistGünter Grass (born 1927), author, Nobel Prize in Literature 1999Brothers Grimm, famous collectors of fairy talesPeter Härtling, (born 1933), authorWilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), writerHeinrich Heine (1797-1856), poetJohann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), essayist and poetHermann Hesse (1877-1962), authorRolf Hochhuth (born 1931), playwrightE.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), authorFriedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), poetErnst Jünger (1895-1998), writer, novelistWladimir Kaminer (born 1967), short story writerErich Kästner (1899-1974), novelistDaniel Kehlmann (born 1975), novelistFriedrich Kellner (1885-1970, diarist My OppositionHeinrich von Kleist (1777-1811), poet, dramatist, novelistSiegfried Lenz (born 1926), authorGotthold Lessing (1729-1781), writerGolo Mann (1909-1994), author, historian (second-oldest of Thomas Mann)Heinrich Mann (1871-1950), author (brother of Thomas Mann)Klaus Mann (1906-1949), author (oldest son of Thomas Mann)Thomas Mann (1875-1955), author (brother of Heinrich Mann)Karl May (1842-1912), authorChristian Morgenstern (1871-1914), poetFriedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777-1843), writerNovalis (1772-1801), poet and novelistPrince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785-1871), writer and landscape gardenerWilhelm Raabe (1831-1910), novelistErich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), novelistRainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), poetPeter Rühmkorf (1929-2008), poetLeopold Schefer (1784-1861), writer, poet, and composerFriedrich Schiller (1759-1805), poet, playwrightAugust Wilhelm Schlegel (1767-1845), poet, translatorBernhard Schlink (born 1944), author, professor of lawArno Schmidt (1914-1979), writerTheodor Storm (1817-1888), authorPatrick Süskind (born 1949), author, screenwriterLudwig Tieck (1773-1853), poet, editor, novelistKurt Tucholsky (1890-1935), writer, satiristLudwig Uhland (1787-1862), poet, writer, playwrightMartin Walser (born 1927), playwright and novelistWalter von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 - c. 1230), poetGero von Wilpert (born 1933), essayistChrista Wolf (born 1929), novelist and essayistWolfram von Eschenbach (died 1220), poetMilitaryCarl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Prussian professional soldier, military historian, and influential military theoristErich von Falkenhayn (1861-1922), General, Prussian Minister of War (1913-15) and Chief of General Staff (1914-16)August von Gneisenau (1760-1831), Prussian field marshal and chief of the Prussian General Staff (1813-14)Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), Military theorist and innovative General (1907-1945)Erich Hartmann (1922-1993), fighter pilot and air ace (1941-1970)Alfred Jodl (1890-1946), general, operations chief of the OKWGünther von Kluge (1882-1944), field marshal and commander of the Fourth Army (1939-41) and Army Group Center (1941-43)Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937), General and Quartermaster General (1916-18)Erich von Manstein (1887-1973), Field Marshal and professional soldier (1906-1944)Friedrich Lauther (1890-1957), General and commander of the German Sixth Army, later promoted to Field Marshal (1910-1943)Manfred 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 (1942-43) and Army Group B (1944)Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916-1982), Stuka dive-bomber pilot and air ace (1936-1945)Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), Field Marshal and famed commander (1892-1945)Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913), Field Marshall, Strategist and Chief of General Staff (1891-1905)Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755-1813), General and Prussian Minister of War (1808-10)Michael Wittmann (1914-1944), SS-Captain and celebrated tank ace (1934-1944)OthersRodolphus Agricola (1443-1485)Franz Borkenau (1900-1957), social scientistHugo Boss, fashion designerDieter Claessens (1921-1997), sociologistGudrun Ensslin (1940-1977), terroristAdolf Eugen Fick, inventor of contact lensesAnne Frank (1929-1945), diarist and victim of the HolocaustReinhard Furrer (1940-1995), astronautHerschel GrynszpanJohann Gutenberg (c. 1390s - 1468), printerHildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), abbess, mysticAugust Horch (1868-1951), car designer and manufacturerKaren Horney, psychoanalystHeribert Illig (born 1947), historianSigmund Jähn (born 1937), the first German in spaceRené König (1906-1992), sociologistSiegfried KracauerUlrike Meinhof (1934-1976), journalist and terroristUlf Merbold (born 1941), astronautChristian Frederick Martin (1796-1867), Inventor of the steel-string guitarHeinrich Meyerfreund, founder of Garoto, a chocolate company in BrazilCarl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), journalist and pacifistFerdinand Porsche (1875-1951), designer and founder of PorscheFerry Porsche (1909-1998), automobile designer and son of Ferdinand PorscheFerdinand Alexander Porsche (born 1935), designer and member of the Porsche familyFerdinand Oliver Porsche (born 1961), lawyer, executive and family member of PorscheLudwig Quidde (1858-1941), historian and pacifistLeopold von Ranke (1795-1886), historianMathias Rust (born 1968), aviator who landed on Moscow's Red Square in 1987Helmut Schelsky (1912-1984), sociologistHannelore Schmatz, mountaineerSophie Scholl (1921-1943), member of the German resistance in WW2Heffa Schücking, environmentalistAlbert Schweitzer (1875-1965), physician, humanitarianHenry Shultz (1776-1851), emigrant to USA, entrepreneurEdith Stein (1891-1942), nun, victim of HolocaustJohann Tetzel (1465-1519), monkUlrich Walter (born 1954), astronautAlfred Weber, sociologistMax Weber, sociologistDiedrich Hermann Westermann (1875-1956), linguistAdi Dassler (1900-1978), founder of Adidas
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Actors/ActressesInga Abel (1946-2000), actressMario Adorf (born 1930), actor , writerHans Albers (1891-1960), actorMark Bellinghaus (born 1963), activist, actor, poet, writerMoritz Bleibtreu (born 1971), actorEric Braeden (born Hans Gudegast, 1941), actorDaniel Brühl (born 1978), actorHorst Buchholz (1933-2003), actorSandra Bullock (born 1964), actorVicco von Bülow, aka Loriot, actor and comedianHans Clarin (1930-2005), actorGeorge Dzundza (born 1945), actorMarlene Dietrich (1901-1992), actressAugust Diehl (born 1976), actorHeinz Erhardt (1909-1979), actor and comedianGert Fröbe (1913-1988), actorMartina Gedeck (born 1961), actressGötz George (born 1938), actorHeinrich George (1893-1946), actorGustaf Gründgens (1899-1963), actorEva Habermann (born 1976), actress and modelBrigitte Helm (1908-1996), actressEmil Jannings (1884-1950), actorKlaus Kinski (1926-1991), actor, Polish-German father, German motherNastassja Kinski (born 1959), actress, daughter of Klaus KinskiHeidi Klum (born 1973), model and actressHildegard Knef (1925-2002), actress, singer, writerDiane Kruger (born 1976), model and actressSebastian Koch (born 1962) actorAlexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), actressHeike Makatsch (born 1971), actressWilly Millowitsch (1909-1999), actorArmin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930), actorLuise Neumann (1818-1905)Uwe Ochsenknecht (born 1956), actorChristian Oliver, actorFranka Potente (born 1974), actressJürgen Prochnow (born 1941), actorHeinz Rühmann (1902-1994), actorOtto Sander (born 1941), actorRomy Schneider, actressHanna Schygulla (born 1943), actressKristina Söderbaum (1912-2001), actress and photographerClaudia Schiffer (born 1970), actress and supermodelTil Schweiger (born 1963), actorXenia Seeberg (born 1972), actress and modelBarbara Sukowa (born 1950), actressNadja Uhl (born 1972), actressArtistsHans von Aachen (1552-1615), mannerist painterAlbrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538), painterErnst Barlach (1870-1938), sculptor (and writer)Günther Behnisch (born 1922) architectPeter Behrens (1868-1940) architectJoseph Beuys (1921-1986), artistArnold Böcklin (1827-1901), painterGottfried Böhm (born 1920) architectArno Breker (1900-1991), sculptorLovis Corinth (1858-1925), painterLucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), painterLucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586), painterAlbrecht Dürer (1471-1528), painterEgon Eiermann (1904-1970), architect and designerMax Ernst (1891-1976), surrealist painterCaspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), painterWalter Gropius (1883-1969), architectGeorge Grosz (1893-1959), artistHannah Höch - artistHans Holbein the Elder (c. 1465-1524), painterHans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543), illustrator, painterHarro Magnussen (1861-1908), sculptorJörg Immendorff, painterHelmut Jahn (born 1940) architect and designerAnselm Kiefer (born 1945), painterMartin Kippenberger (1953-1997), painterLeo von Klenze (1784-1864) architectHans Kollhoff (born 1946) architectKäthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), painterMax Liebermann, painterMarkus Lüpertz (born 1941), painter and sculptorFranz Marc (1880-1916), painterLudwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) architect, designerFrei Otto (born 1925) architect and research scientistSigmar Polke (born 1941), painterGerhard Richter (born 1932), painterKarl Friedrich Schinkel, architect, painterOskar Schlemmer (1888-1943), choreographer, painter, sculptor, stage & costume designerEberhard Schlotter (born 1921), painterKurt Schwitters, painter, poetFritz Schumacher (1869-1947) architect and urban designerMax Slevogt, painterCarl Spitzweg (1808-1885), painterBirgit Stauch (born 1961) SculptorFranz Stuck, painterComposersCarl Friedrich Abel (1725-1787), composerMartin Agricola (1466-1506), composerSiegfried Alkan (1858-1941), composerCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), composer, son of J. S. BachJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), composerLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), composerMartin Boettcher (born 1927), film-composer (Karl May movies)Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), composerMax Bruch (1838-1920), composerHanns Eisler (1898-1962), composerFriedrich von Flotow (1812-1883), composerGeorg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), composer, opera composerFanny Hensel, composerPaul Hindemith (1895-1963), composerEngelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921), composerAlbert Lortzing (1801-1851), composerGiacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), composerFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), composerWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), composer and musicianJacques 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 composerHeinrich Schütz (1585-1672), composerClara Schumann (1819-1896), composerRobert Schumann (1810-1856), composer, songwriterKarlheinz 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 (Threepenny Opera, "September Song")Hans Zimmer (born 1957), film-composerFilmmakersAndreas Deja, animatorUwe Boll, film directorFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film director, academy award winnerDoris Dörrie, female film directorRoland Emmerich, film directorRainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982), film directorWerner Herzog (born 1942), film directorOliver Hirschbiegel, 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 (born 1941), film directorLeni Riefenstahl (1902-2003), female film directorVolker Schlöndorff (born 1939), film directorAndreas Schnaas (born 1968), film directorTom Tykwer (born 1965), film directorRobert Wiene, film directorWim Wenders (born 1945), film directorRoyaltyAlix of Hesse and Rhine (1872-1918), was a German princess by birth before marrying Tsar Nicholas II to become a Russian tsarina.Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861), Queen Victoria's husband & consortAlbert (1828-1902), King of Saxony (1873-1902)Anton (1755-1836), King of Saxony (1827-1836)Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1839-1914), Prince (1867-1881) and King (1881-1914) of RomaniaCharles IV (1316-1378), King of Germany 1346, Holy Roman Emperor 1355-1378Charles V (1500-1558), King of Spain 1516, King of Germany 1519, Holy Roman Emperor 1530-1556Charles (1823-1891), King of Württemberg (1823-1891)Claus von Amsberg (1926-2002), diplomat and husband of Queen Beatrix of the NetherlandsFerdinand 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 1155-1190Frederick 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)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 1014-1024Henry III (1017-1056), King of Germany 1039, Holy Roman Emperor 1046-1056Henry IV (1050-1106), King of Germany 1056, Holy Roman Emperor 1084-1106Henry V (1081-1125), King of Germany 1106, Holy Roman Emperor 1111-1125Henry VI (1165-1197), King of Germany 1190, Holy Roman Emperor 1191-1197John (1801-1873), King of Saxony (1854-1873)Louis IV (1281-1347), King of Germany 1314, Holy Roman Emperor 1328-1347Ludwig 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 1508-1519Maximilian 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)Fashion modelsNadja Auermann (born 1971), supermodelEugen Bauder (born 1986)Charlott Cordes (born 1988)Toni Garrn (born 1991)Lena Gercke (born 1988), winner of Germany's Next Topmodel 2006Jennifer Hof (born 1991), winner of Germany's Next Topmodel 2008Alexandra Kamp (born 1966)Heidi Klum (born 1973), model and host of Project Runway and Germany's Next TopmodelDiane Kruger (born 1976) model turned actressBarbara Meier (born 1986), winner of Germany's Next Topmodel 2007Sara Nuru (born 1989), winner of Germany's Next Topmodel 2009Uschi Obermaier (born 1946), model and actressEva Padberg (born 1980)Nico (1938-1988), model, singer and actressTatjana Patitz (born 1966), supermodelClaudia Schiffer (born 1970), supermodelNico Schwanz (born 1978)Julia Stegner (born 1984)Manon von Gerkan (born 1972)Musicians and singersAcceptATBHans AlbersThomas AndersAmon DüülWolf Biermann (born 1936), singer-songwriter and East German dissidentBöhse OnkelzBushidoRolf KöhlerFritz Busch (1890-1951), conductorSarah Connor, pop/soul singerMichael and Sandra Cretu, founder-performers of Enigma (musical project) and Sandra (group)DJ TomekkFrank FarianWilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954), conductor and composerHerbert Grönemeyer (born 1956)Heino, popular singerBill Kaulitz, lead singer of Tokio HotelLaFeeReinhard Mey (born 1942)Marius Müller-WesternhagenAnne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963), violinistKarl Münchinger, conductorXavier NaidooNena (born 1960)Meshell Ndegeocello (born 1969)American parents not German.Klaus Nomi (1944-1983)Kool Savas, half German, half TurkishLisa Otto, opera singerMichael Schenker (born 1955), guitar player of UFO and solo careerSandraRammsteinPaffendorfSido (rapper)Tokio HotelHannes WaderBruno Walter (1876-1962), conductor and composerKonstantin WeckerPaul Van DykWilly Hess, violinistYvonne CatterfeldDieter Bohlen (born 1954), music-producerPhilosophersTheodor Adorno (1903-1969), philosopher, sociologist and composerAlbertus Magnus (c. 1193-1280), medieval philosopher and theologianHannah Arendt (1906-1975), political theoristBruno Bauer (1809-1882), political theorist and philosopherWalter Benjamin (1892-1940)Ernst Bloch (1885-1977)Jakob Böhme (1575-1624), mystic philosopherRudolf Carnap (1891-1970), philosopherErnst Cassirer (1874-1945)Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), philosopher, political economistLudwig Feuerbach (1804-1872), philosopherJohann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814), philosopherGottlob Frege (1848-1925), mathematician, logician and philosopherErich Fromm (1900-1980)Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002), philosopherJürgen Habermas (born 1929), philosopher, social theoristEduard von Hartmann (1842-1906), philosopherGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), philosopherMartin Heidegger (1889-1976), philosopherMax Horkheimer (1895-1973)Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), philosopherImmanuel Kant (1724-1804), philosopherLudwig Klages (1872-1956), philosopherGottfried Leibniz (1646-1716), physicist, philosopherLeo Löwenthal (1900-1993)Karl Löwith (1897-1973)Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979)Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and sociologistNikolaus Cusanus (1401-1462), philosopher, theologian, mathematicianFriedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), early existentialist philosopherBernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologianJohann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (1805-1879)Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929)Max Scheler (1874-1928), philosopherFriedrich Schelling (1775-1854), philosopherMoritz Schlick (1882-1936), philosopherCarl Schmitt (1888-1985), political theoristArthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), philosopherGeorg Simmel (1859-1918) philosopher and sociologistFerdinand Tönnies (1855-1936), philosopher, founder of German sociologyCarl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912-2007), philosopher and physicistPoliticiansMiscellaneousArminius (Herman the German) (18 or 17 BC - AD 21)August Bebel (1840-1913), co-founder of the SPDRudolf von Bennigsen (1824-1902), founder of the National Liberal Party.Eduard Bernstein (1850-1932), Social Democratic leaderJulius Curtius (1877-1948), Foreign Minister (DVP)Matthias Erzberger (1875-1921), Catholic Center party leaderJoschka Fischer (born 1948), Foreign Minister and vice chancellor 1998-2005 (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)Hans-Dietrich Genscher (born 1927), 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 (Germany)Alfred Hugenberg )1865-1951), leader of the DNVPJohann Jacoby (1805-1877), radical democrat in PrussiaKarl Kautsky (1854-1938), Social Democratic leader and theoreticianPetra Kelly (1947-1992), cofounder of the German Green PartyRoland Koch (born 1958), Minister-President of HesseFerdinand Lassalle (1825-1864), democrat and socialistKarl Liebknecht (1871-1919), SocialistWilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), co-founder of the SPDRosa Luxemburg (1870-1919), left wing Social Democratic leaderJakob Maria Mierscheid (born 1933), virtualparliamentarian (SPD)Hermann Müller (1876-1931), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)Hans Modrow (born 1928), former leader of GDR, honorary chairman of PDSWalther Rathenau (1867-1922), foreign minister (DDP)Eugen Richter (1838-1906), liberal politicianCarlo Schmid (1896-1979), politician, who had vast influence on the content of the German Basic Law after WW2.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 - party leader of the CSU and former minister president of BavariaFranz Josef Strauß (1915-1988), Bavarian Politician (CSU)Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944), leader of the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar periodGuido Westerwelle - party leader of the liberal party (FDP)Clara Zetkin (1857-1933), socialist and fighter for women's rightsChancellors of Germany 1871-1945Gustav 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 RepublicKonstantin Fehrenbach (1852-1926), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre)Georg von Hertling (1843-1919), Imperial ChancellorAdolf Hitler (1889-1945), combining legally both offices, President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1934-1945Prince 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)Chancellors of Germany (after World War II)Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), first democratically elected Federal Chancellor in Western Germany (after the second world war) 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 (born 1918), Federal Chancellor from 1974 to 1982 (SPD)Helmut Kohl (born 1930), Federal Chancellor from 1982 to 1998 (CDU)Gerhard Schröder (born 1944), Federal Chancellor from 1998 to 2005 (SPD)Angela Merkel (born 1954), Federal Chancellor since 2005 (CDU)Presidents of GermanyFriedrich Ebert (1871-1925), First President of the Weimar Republic (SPD) 1919-1925Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), Field Marshal, President 1925-1934Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), combining legally both offices, President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1934-1945Karl Dönitz (1891-1980), Admiral of the Fleet, after Hitler's death, President for 22 days, 1945Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949:Theodor Heuss (1884-1963), Federal President 1949-1959 (Liberal-Democratic Party, FDP)Heinrich Lübke (1894-1972), Federal President 1959-1969 (CDU)Gustav Heinemann (1899-1976), Federal President 1969-1974 (SPD)Walter Scheel (born 1919), Federal President 1974-1979 (FDP)Karl Carstens (1914-1992), Federal President 1979-1984 (CDU)Richard von Weizsäcker (born 1920), Federal President 1984-1994 (CDU)Roman Herzog (born 1934), Federal President 1994-1999 (CDU)Johannes Rau (1931-2006), Federal President 1999-2004 (SPD)Horst Köhler (born 1943), Federal President 2004-2010 (CDU)Jens Böhrnsen (born 1949), acting President since resignation of Köhler in 2010 (SPD)Politicians of the East German Communist Party and regimeOtto Grotewohl (1894-1964), minister president of the GDRErich Honecker (1912-1994), leader of the GDR until 1989Egon Krenz (born 1937), leader of the GDR after HoneckerErich Mielke (1907-2000), head of the StasiWilhelm Pieck (1876-1960), first president of the GDRHeinrich Rau (1899-1961), chairman of the German Economic Commission (predecessor of the East German government)Günter Schabowski (born 1929), member of politburoWilly Stoph (1914-1999), Premier of the GDRWalter Ulbricht (1893-1973), leader of the GDRPersonalities of the Nazi Party and regimeKlaus Barbie (1913-1991), the "Butcher of Lyon"Martin Bormann (1900-1945), nazi leaderEva Braun (1912-1945), Hitler's mistress and finally his wifeKarl Brandt (1904-1948)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 NSDAPHans Frank (1900-1946), Governor-General of PolandRoland Freisler (1893-1945), infamous Nazi-judgeWilhelm Frick (1877-1946), Minister of the InteriorWalter Funk (1890-1960), Minister of EconomicsJoseph Goebbels (1897-1945), Chancellor of Germany, propaganda chief for the NazisHermann Göring (1893-1946), Nazi, Reich Marshal and chief of LuftwaffeRudolf Hess (1894-1987), Hitler's private secretary, later Deputy FührerReinhard Heydrich (1904-1942), Nazi officer, head of the Sicherheitsdienst and GestapoHeinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Nazi head of the SSAdolf Hitler (1889-1945), Reichskanzler and Nazi leaderRudolf Höss (1900-1947), commandant of Auschwitz.Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903-1946), Heydrich's successor at the SDHans Kammler (1901-1945?), author and organiser of first Death CampsWilhelm Keitel (1882-1946), Field Marshal, head of the OKW (1939-45)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 (1941-42), Army Group Don (1942-43), and Army Group South (1943-44)Erhard Milch (1892-1972), Göring's second-in-command, Air Inspector GeneralKonstantin von Neurath (1873-1956), Foreign Minister in the early years of the regimeFranz von Papen (1879-1969), Deputy Chancellor in Hitler's first cabinet.Erich Raeder (1876-1960), Admiral of the FleetJoachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946), Nazi foreign ministerErnst Röhm (1887-1934), head of the SAAlfred Rosenberg (1893-1946), Nazi ideologistGerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief East (1939-40), commander of Army Group South (1939-41), Commander-in-Chief West (1942-45)Hjalmar Schacht, Minister of FinanceBaldur von Schirach (1907-1974), Hitler Youth leaderArthur Seyss-Inquart (1892-1946), Austrian Nazi leaderAlbert Speer (1905-1981), "Hitler's architect", Minister of ArmamentsGregor Strasser (1892-1934), Left-wing Nazi leaderJulius Streicher (1885-1946), Nazi Party leader in FranconiaScientists and engineersA-GNicolaus CopernicusOtto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806-1886), mineralogist, geologistPeter Apian (1495-1552), mathematician, astronomer and cartographerManfred von Ardenne (1907-1997), physicistAnton de Bary (1831-1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologistJohann Bayer (1572-1625), astronomerKarl Benz (1844-1929), inventor and engineerFriedrich Bessel (1784-1846), mathematicianHans Bethe (1906-2005), physicistMax Born (1882-1970), physicistRobert Bosch (1861-1942), industrialistCarl Ferdinand Braun, physicistWernher von Braun (1912-1977), space engineer, rocket scientistRobert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899), chemistGeorg Cantor (1845-1918), mathematicianNicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), astronomerHans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, neuropathologistGottlieb Daimler (1834-1900), inventor and engineerCarl Duisberg (1861-1935), chemist and industrialistRudolf Diesel (1858-1913), inventor of the Diesel engineAlbert Einstein (1879-1955), physicistHans Jürgen Eysenck (1916-1997), psychologistJoseph 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 spyCarl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), mathematician.H-JJohannes HeveliusFritz Haber (1868-1934), chemistErnst Haeckel (1834-1919), physicianOtto Hahn (1879-1968), chemistBernhard Hantzsch (1875-1911), ornithologistGeorg Hartmann (geographer) (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), mathematicianJohann Homann (1664-1724), geographerErich Hueckel (1896-1980), physicistAlexander von HumboldtCarl Gustav Jakob Jacobi (1804-1851), mathematicianAlfons Maria Jakob (1884-1931), neurologistHugo Junkers (1859-1935), Aircraft engineerK-LTheodor Kaluza (1885-1954), mathematician, theoretical physicistFriedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829-1896), chemistJohannes Kepler (1571-1630), astronomerGustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887), physicistFelix Klein (1849-1925), mathematicianWolfgang 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), mathematicianMax von Laue (1879-1960), physicistGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), mathematicianPhilipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (1862-1947), physicistAugust Leskien (1840-1916), linguistJustus von Liebig (1803-1873), chemistOtto Lilienthal (1848-1896), the aviation pioneerFerdinand von Lindemann (1852-1939), mathematicianAlexander Lippisch (1894-1976), aerodynamicistJohann Josef Loschmidt (1821-1895), physicist, chemistReimar Lüst (born 1923), astrophysicistM-R(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 astronomerJohannes Müller (1801-1858), physiologistWalther Nernst (1864-1941), physicistFranz Ernst Neumann (1798-1895), mathematicianCarl Gottfried Neumann (1832-1925), mathematicianClaus Noé (1938-2008), economistEmmy Noether (1882-1935), mathematicianGeorg Ohm (1789-1854), physicistWilhelm Ostwald, Nobel prize winning chemist, philosopherNikolaus Otto (1832-1891), coinventor of the Otto cycleBernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologianJesco von Puttkamer (born 1933), space-scientist (NASA-Manager), engineer and authorMax Planck (1858-1947), physicistBernhard Riemann (1826-1866) mathematicianAdam Riese (1492-1559), mathematicianWilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), physicistS-VCarl 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), physicistCarl Semper (1832-1893), ecologistRolf 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), jeansWerner von Siemens (1816-1892), inventor, industrialistMax Vasmer (1886-1962), linguistRudolf Virchow (1821-1902), pioneer of medicineW-ZOtto Wallach, physicistHellmuth Walter (1900-1980), propulsionFelix Wankel (1902-1988), inventor of the Wankel engineAlfred Wegener (1880-1930), geologist, meteorologistKarl Weierstrass (1815-1897), mathematicianAugust Weismann (1834-1914), biologistCarl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (born 1912), physicistHermann Weyl (1885-1955), mathematicianMaximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782-1867), zoologistWilhelm Wien (1864-1928), physicistMieczysław 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 ZeppelinErnst Zermelo (1871-1953), mathematicianKonrad Zuse (1910-1995), computer pioneerSportspersonsAdolf Anderssen (1818-1879), chess grandmasterMichael Ballack (born 1976), football playerKarin Balzer (born 1938), hurdlerDieter Baumann (born 1965), athleteFranz Beckenbauer (born 1945), football playerBoris Becker (born 1967), tennis playerElly Beinhorn (born 1907), aviatrixStefan Bellof (1957-1985), race car driverFrank Biela (born 1964), race car driverOliver Bierhoff (born 1968), football playerHeike Drechsler (born 1964), athleteTimo Boll, table tennis playerPaul Breitner (born 1951), football playerKai Budde (born 1979), professional Magic: The Gathering playerBettina Bunge (born 1963), tennis playerRudolf Caracciola (1901-1959), race car driverUrsula "Uschi" Disl (born 1970), biathleteChristian Ehrhoff, German Olympian and NHL hockey player currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks.Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (1913-1997) leading chess player of the 1930s-40s, represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competitionHarald Ertl (1948-1982), race car driverJürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), boxerRudi Fink (born 1958), boxerBirgit Fischer (born 1962), kayakerSven Fischer (born 1971), biathleteTorsten Frings (born 1976), football playerMarcel Goc, German Olympian and NHL hockey player currently playing for the Nashville Predators.Steffi Graf (born 1969), tennis playerMichael Greis (born 1976), biathleteMichael Groß (born 1964), swimmerRicco Groß (born 1970), biathleteGeorg Hackl (born 1966), lugerSven Hannawald (born 1974), ski jumperArmin Hary (born 1937), athleteNick Heidfeld (born 1977), racing driverPeter Hussing (born 1948), 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 grandmastersOliver Kahn (born 1969), football playerAndy Kapp (born 1967), curlerJutta Kleinschmidt, rally driverJürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), football player and coachMiroslav Klose (born 1978), football playerGeorg Koch (born 1972), football playerAndreas Köpke (born 1962), football player (goalkeeper)Olaf Kölzig (born 1970), German Olympian and NHL goalie currently playing for the Tampa Bay LightningLouis Krages (1949-2001), racing driver who raced under the pseudonym of "John Winter"Philipp Lahm (born 1983), football playerAndré Lange, Bobsledding championHermann Lang (1909-1987), Champion race car driverBernhard Langer (born 1957), golferEmanuel Lasker (1868-1941), the second World Chess Champion (1894-1921)Jens Lehmann (born 1969), football player (goalkeeper)Ellen Lohr, racing driverKlaus Ludwig, racing driverMarion Lüttge (born 1941), javelin throwerSepp Maier (born 1944), football playerHenry Maske (born 1964), boxerJochen Mass, racing driverLothar Matthäus (born 1961), football playerGeorg Meier (1910-1999) Motor-Cycle RacerChristoph Metzelder (born 1980), football playerUlrike Meyfarth (born 1956), high jumperRosi Mittermaier (born 1950), alpine ski championGerd Müller (born 1945), football playerJörg Müller, race car driverPetra Müller (born 1965), athletePatricia Neske (born 1966), figure skaterGunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born 1966), speed skaterDirk Nowitzki (born 1978), NBA starAron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935) Latvian-Danish German chess master and chess writerSylke Otto (born 1969), lugerClaudia Pechstein (born 1972), speed skaterUta Pippig (born 1965), athleteBirgit Prinz (born 1977), football playerLina Radke (1903-1983), athleteTeodor Regedziński (aka Theodor Reger) (1894-1954) Polish chess master of German origin, fathers name was RegerAnnegret Richter (born 1950), athleteLars Riedel (born 1967), athleteWalter Röhrl, rally and racing driver (2-times Rally World Champion)Bernd Rosemeyer (1909-1938), racing driverKarl-Heinz Rummenigge, football playerMax Schmeling (1905-2003), World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMartin Schmitt (born 1978), ski jumperPaul Felix Schmidt (1916-1984), an Estonian-German chess master.Bernd Schneider, racing driverBernd Schneider,football playerDetlef Schrempf (born 1963), former NBA starRainer Schüttler, tennis playerMichael Schumacher (born 1969), racing driver (7-times Formula One World Champion)Ralf Schumacher (born 1975), racing driver, brother of MichaelHarald Schumacher (born 1954), football playerRalf Schumann (born 1962), pistol shooterBastian Schweinsteiger (born 1984),football playerUwe Seeler (born 1936),football playerWerner Seelenbinder (1904-1944), wrestlerKatja Seizinger, alpine ski championRenate Stecher (born 1950), athleteMichael Stich (born 1968), tennis playerRolf Stommelen (died 1983), racing driverHans Stuck (died 1978), racing driverHans Joachim Stuck, racing driver and son of HansSiegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934), chess grandmasterAxel Teichmann (born 1979), cross-country skierRichard Teichmann (1868-1925), leading German chess player, easily of grandmaster strengthToni Turek (1919-1984), football playerJan Ullrich (born 1973), cyclistWolfgang Unzicker (1925-2006), chess grandmasterFranziska van Almsick (born 1978), swimmerSebastian Vettel, Formula One driverBerti Vogts, football player and coachRudi Völler (born 1960), football playerRalf Waldmann, motorcycle racerFritz Walter (1920-2002), football playerFritz Walter (born 1960), football playerJens Weissflog (born 1964), ski jumperKati Wilhelm (born 1976), biathleteJoachim Winkelhock, racing driverManfred Winkelhock (1951-1985), racing driver, brother of JoachimKatarina Witt (born 1965), figure skaterSigrun Wodars (born 1965), athleteErik Zabel (born 1970), cyclistJohannes Hermann Zukertort (1842-1888), German Polish-Jewish chessmasterTheologians, saints, beatified personsSee also List of German popesHeinrich Abeken (1809-1872), theologianJohannes Agricola (1494-1566), Protestant reformerAlbertus Magnus, medieval philosopher and theologianEusebius Amort (1692-1775)Pope Benedict XVI, a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger (born 1927)Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), TheologianJohannes Bugenhagen (1485-1558) Protestand Reformer of Pomerania and Denmark, TheologianRudolf BultmannAlfred DelpJohann Eck (1486-1543)Matthias Faber (1586-1653)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, cardinalAdolph Kolping (1813-1865), beatified, priestHans KüngKarl LehmannMartin Luther (1483-1546), of the Protestant ReformationPhilipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), Protestant ReformationMoses MendelssohnJürgen Moltmann (born 1926), theologianBernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologianKarl Rahner, 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 HolocaustCarsten Peter Thiede (1952-2004), theologian, New Testament historian, chaplainHelmut Thielicke, theologianPaul Tillich, theologian, philosopherWritersErnst Moritz Arndt - poet, songwriter, and patriotAchim von Arnim (1781-1831), poetBettina von Arnim (1785-1859), writer and novelistHeinrich Böll (1917-1985), authorBertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poetClemens Brentano (1778-1842), poet and novelistGeorg Büchner, dramatist and authorWilhelm Busch (1832-1908), poet and satiristMatthias Claudius (1740-1815), poet and writerAnnette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848), poetMichael Ende (1929-1995), author of fantasy novels and children's booksJoseph von Eichendorff (1788-1857), poetHans Magnus Enzensberger (born 1929), essayist and poetTheodor Fontane (1819-1898), novelist and poetPaul Gerhardt (c. 1606-1676), hymn writerJohann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832), author, poetJoseph Görres (1776-1848), essayistGünter Grass (born 1927), author, Nobel Prize in Literature 1999Brothers Grimm, famous collectors of fairy talesPeter Härtling, (born 1933), authorWilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), writerHeinrich Heine (1797-1856), poetJohann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), essayist and poetHermann Hesse (1877-1962), authorRolf Hochhuth (born 1931), playwrightE.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), authorFriedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), poetErnst Jünger (1895-1998), writer, novelistWladimir Kaminer (born 1967), short story writerErich Kästner (1899-1974), novelistDaniel Kehlmann (born 1975), novelistFriedrich Kellner (1885-1970, diarist My OppositionHeinrich von Kleist (1777-1811), poet, dramatist, novelistSiegfried Lenz (born 1926), authorGotthold Lessing (1729-1781), writerGolo Mann (1909-1994), author, historian (second-oldest of Thomas Mann)Heinrich Mann (1871-1950), author (brother of Thomas Mann)Klaus Mann (1906-1949), author (oldest son of Thomas Mann)Thomas Mann (1875-1955), author (brother of Heinrich Mann)Karl May (1842-1912), authorChristian Morgenstern (1871-1914), poetFriedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777-1843), writerNovalis (1772-1801), poet and novelistPrince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785-1871), writer and landscape gardenerWilhelm Raabe (1831-1910), novelistErich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), novelistRainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), poetPeter Rühmkorf (1929-2008), poetLeopold Schefer (1784-1861), writer, poet, and composerFriedrich Schiller (1759-1805), poet, playwrightAugust Wilhelm Schlegel (1767-1845), poet, translatorBernhard Schlink (born 1944), author, professor of lawArno Schmidt (1914-1979), writerTheodor Storm (1817-1888), authorPatrick Süskind (born 1949), author, screenwriterLudwig Tieck (1773-1853), poet, editor, novelistKurt Tucholsky (1890-1935), writer, satiristLudwig Uhland (1787-1862), poet, writer, playwrightMartin Walser (born 1927), playwright and novelistWalter von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 - c. 1230), poetGero von Wilpert (born 1933), essayistChrista Wolf (born 1929), novelist and essayistWolfram von Eschenbach (died 1220), poetMilitaryCarl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Prussian professional soldier, military historian, and influential military theoristErich von Falkenhayn (1861-1922), General, Prussian Minister of War (1913-15) and Chief of General Staff (1914-16)August von Gneisenau (1760-1831), Prussian field marshal and chief of the Prussian General Staff (1813-14)Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), Military theorist and innovative General (1907-1945)Erich Hartmann (1922-1993), fighter pilot and air ace (1941-1970)Alfred Jodl (1890-1946), general, operations chief of the OKWGünther von Kluge (1882-1944), field marshal and commander of the Fourth Army (1939-41) and Army Group Center (1941-43)Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937), General and Quartermaster General (1916-18)Erich von Manstein (1887-1973), Field Marshal and professional soldier (1906-1944)Friedrich Lauther (1890-1957), General and commander of the German Sixth Army, later promoted to Field Marshal (1910-1943)Manfred 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 (1942-43) and Army Group B (1944)Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916-1982), Stuka dive-bomber pilot and air ace (1936-1945)Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), Field Marshal and famed commander (1892-1945)Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913), Field Marshall, Strategist and Chief of General Staff (1891-1905)Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755-1813), General and Prussian Minister of War (1808-10)Michael Wittmann (1914-1944), SS-Captain and celebrated tank ace (1934-1944)OthersRodolphus Agricola (1443-1485)Franz Borkenau (1900-1957), social scientistHugo Boss, fashion designerDieter Claessens (1921-1997), sociologistGudrun Ensslin (1940-1977), terroristAdolf Eugen Fick, inventor of contact lensesAnne Frank (1929-1945), diarist and victim of the HolocaustReinhard Furrer (1940-1995), astronautHerschel GrynszpanJohann Gutenberg (c. 1390s - 1468), printerHildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), abbess, mysticAugust Horch (1868-1951), car designer and manufacturerKaren Horney, psychoanalystHeribert Illig (born 1947), historianSigmund Jähn (born 1937), the first German in spaceRené König (1906-1992), sociologistSiegfried KracauerUlrike Meinhof (1934-1976), journalist and terroristUlf Merbold (born 1941), astronautChristian Frederick Martin (1796-1867), Inventor of the steel-string guitarHeinrich Meyerfreund, founder of Garoto, a chocolate company in BrazilCarl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), journalist and pacifistFerdinand Porsche (1875-1951), designer and founder of PorscheFerry Porsche (1909-1998), automobile designer and son of Ferdinand PorscheFerdinand Alexander Porsche (born 1935), designer and member of the Porsche familyFerdinand Oliver Porsche (born 1961), lawyer, executive and family member of PorscheLudwig Quidde (1858-1941), historian and pacifistLeopold von Ranke (1795-1886), historianMathias Rust (born 1968), aviator who landed on Moscow's Red Square in 1987Helmut Schelsky (1912-1984), sociologistHannelore Schmatz, mountaineerSophie Scholl (1921-1943), member of the German resistance in WW2Heffa Schücking, environmentalistAlbert Schweitzer (1875-1965), physician, humanitarianHenry Shultz (1776-1851), emigrant to USA, entrepreneurEdith Stein (1891-1942), nun, victim of HolocaustJohann Tetzel (1465-1519), monkUlrich Walter (born 1954), astronautAlfred Weber, sociologistMax Weber, sociologistDiedrich Hermann Westermann (1875-1956), linguistAdi Dassler (1900-1978), founder of Adidas
