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This is a list of famous Germans.

Actors/Actresses

Mario Adorf, (born 1930), actor
Hans Albers, (1891-1960), actor
Moritz Bleibtreu, (born 1971), actor
Eric Braeden, (born Hans Gudegast, 1941), actor
Daniel Brühl, (born 1978), actor
Horst Buchholz, (1933-2003), actor
Vicco von Bülow, aka Loriot, actor, comedian, cartoonist
Hans Clarin, (1930-2005), actor
Geogre Dzundza (born 1945), actor
Marlene Dietrich, (1901-1992), actress
Heinz Erhardt, (1909-1979), actor and comedian
Gert Fröbe, (1913-1988), actor
Götz George, (born 1938), actor
Heinrich George, (1893-1946) actor
Gustaf Gründgens, (1899-1963) actor
Brigitte Helm, (1908-1996), actress
Emil Jannings, actor
Klaus Kinski, (1926-1991), actor, Polish-German father, German mother
Nastassja Kinski (born 1959), actress, daughter of Klaus Kinski
Hildegard Knef, (1925-2002), actress, singer, writer
Diane Kruger, (born 1976), model and actress
Alexandra Maria Lara, (born 1978) actress
Heike Makatsch, (born 1971) actress
Willy Millowitsch, (1909-1999), actor
Armin Mueller-Stahl, (born 1930), actor
Luise Neumann, (1818-1905)
Uwe Ochsenknecht, (born 1956), actor
Franka Potente (born 1974), actress
Jürgen Prochnow, (born 1941), actor
Heinz Rühmann, (1902-1994), actor
Otto Sander, (born 1941), actor
Romy Schneider, actress
Kristina Söderbaum, (1912-2001), actress and photographer
Claudia Schiffer, (born 1970) actress and supermodel
Til Schweiger, (born 1963) actor

Artists

Andreas Deja, Animator
Hans von Aachen, (1552-1615), mannerist painter
Albrecht Altdorfer, (1480-1538), painter
Ernst Barlach, (1870-1938), sculptor (and writer)
Günther Behnisch (born 1922) architect
Peter Behrens (1868 – 1940) architect
Joseph Beuys, (1921-1986), artist
Arnold Böcklin, (1827-1901), painter
Gottfried Böhm (born 1920) architect
Arno Breker, (1900 - 1991), sculptor
Lovis Corinth, (1858-1925), painter
Lucas Cranach the Elder, (1472-1553), painter
Lucas Cranach the Younger, (1515-1586), painter
Albrecht Dürer, (1471-1528), painter
Michael Ebel, (born 1970), painter
Egon Eiermann, (1904-1970), architect and designer
Max Ernst, (1891-1976), surrealist painter
Caspar David Friedrich, (1774-1840), painter
Walter Gropius, (1883-1969), architect
George Grosz, (1893-1959), artist
Hannah Höch - artist
Hans Holbein the Elder, (c.1465-1524), painter
Hans Holbein the Younger, (c.1497-1543), illustrator, painter
Jörg Immendorff, painter
Helmut Jahn (born 1940) architect and designer
Anselm Kiefer, (born 1945), painter
Martin Kippenberger, (1953 - 1997), painter
Leo von Klenze (1784 - 1864) architect
Hans Kollhoff (born 1946) architect
Käthe Kollwitz, (1867-1945), painter
Max Liebermann, painter
Markus Lüpertz, (born 1941), painter and sculptor
Franz Marc, (1880-1916), painter
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) architect, designer
Frei Otto (born 1925) architect and research scientist
Sigmar Polke, (born 1941), painter
Gerhard Richter, (born 1932), painter
Karl Friedrich Schinkel, architect, painter
Oskar Schlemmer, (1888-1943), choreographer, painter, sculptor, stage & costume designer
Eberhard Schlotter (born 1921), painter
Kurt Schwitters, painter, poet
Fritz Schumacher (1869-1947) architect and urban designer
Max Slevogt, painter
Carl Spitzweg, (1808-1885), painter
Franz Stuck, painter
Bernd Ullrich, (born 1949) painter and sculptor

Composers

Karl Friedrich Abel, (1725-1787), composer
Martin Agricola, (1466-1506), composer
Siegfried Alkan, (1858 - 1941), composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, (1714-1788), composer, son of J. S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach, (1685-1750), composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, (1770-1827), composer
Martin Boettcher, (1927), film-composer (Karl May movies)
Johannes Brahms, (1833-1897), composer
Max Bruch, (1838-1920), composer
Hanns Eisler, (1898-1962), composer
Friedrich von Flotow, (1812-1883), composer
Georg Friedrich Händel, (1685-1759), composer, opera composer
Fanny Hensel, composer
Paul Hindemith, (1895-1963), composer
Engelbert Humperdinck, (1854-1921), composer
Albert Lortzing, (1801-1851), composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer, (1791-1864), composer
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, (1809-1847), composer
Jacques Offenbach, (1819-1880), composer
Carl Orff, (1895-1982), composer
Johann Pachelbel, (1653-1706), composer
Hans Pfitzner, (1869-1949), composer
Max Reger, (1873–1916), composer
Wolfgang Rihm, (1952-), composer
Heinrich Schütz, (1585-1672), composer
Clara Schumann, (1819-1896), composer
Robert Schumann, (1810-1856), composer, songwriter
Karlheinz Stockhausen, (1928-), modern composer
Richard Strauss, (1864-1949), composer, opera composer
Georg Philipp Telemann, (1681-1767), composer
Richard Wagner, (1813-1883), composer
Carl Maria von Weber, (1786-1826), composer
Kurt Weill, (1900-1950), composer (Threepenny Opera, "September Song")
Hans Zimmer, (1957), film-composer

Filmmakers

Andreas Deja, Animator
Uwe Boll, film director
Doris Dörrie, female film director
Roland Emmerich, film director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, (1945-1982), film director
Werner Herzog, (born 1942), film director
Oliver Hirschbiegel, film director
Fritz Lang, film director
Ernst Lubitsch, (1892-1947), film director
F.W. Murnau, (1888-1931), film director
Wolfgang Petersen, (born 1941), film director
Anthony Radziwill (born Antoni Radziwiłł; 1959 – 1999) American television executive and filmmaker, descended from King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, Nephew of John F. Kennedy
Leni Riefenstahl, (1902-2003), female film director
Volker Schlöndorff, (born 1939), film director
Andreas Schnaas, (born 1968), film director
Tom Tykwer, (born 1965), film director
Robert Wiene, film director
Wim Wenders, (born 1945), film director

Royalty

Alix 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 & consort
Albert (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 Romania
Charles IV (1316-1378), King of Germany 1346, Holy Roman Emperor 1355-1378
Charles V, (1500-1558), King of Spain 1516, King of Germany 1519, Holy Roman Emperor 1530-1556
Charles (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 1155-1190
Frederick 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 Württemberg
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250), Holy Roman Emperor and King of Jerusalem
Frederick 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 Saxony
Frederick 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 919
Henry II (972-1024), King of Germany 1002, Holy Roman Emperor 1014-1024
Henry III (1017-1056), King of Germany 1039, Holy Roman Emperor 1046-1056
Henry IV (1050-1106), King of Germany 1056, Holy Roman Emperor 1084-1106
Henry V (1081-1125), King of Germany 1106, Holy Roman Emperor 1111-1125
Henry VI (1165-1197), King of Germany 1190, Holy Roman Emperor 1191-1197
John (1801-1873), King of Saxony (1854-1873)
Louis IV (1281-1347), King of Germany 1314, Holy Roman Emperor 1328-1347
Ludwig 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 1508-1519
Maximilian I (1756-1825), Elector (1799-1805) and King (1805-1825) of Bavaria
Maximilian II (1811-1864), King of Bavaria (1848-1864)
Otto I the Great (912-973), King of Germany 936, Holy Roman Emperor 962-973
Otto II (955-983), Holy Roman Emperor 973-983
Otto III (980-1002), King of Germany 983, Holy Roman Emperor 996-1002
Otto 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)

Musicians and singers

4lyn
Accept
Hans Albers
Alphaville
Agonoize
Blind Guardian
Böhse Onkelz
Bushido
Dieter Bohlen, (born 1954), music-producer
Fritz Busch, (1890-1951), conductor
Caliban
Can
Sarah Connor, (pop&soul singer)
Michael and Sandra Cretu, founder-performers of Enigma (musical project) and Sandra (group)
Die Ärzte
Die Prinzen
Die Toten Hosen
Einstürzende Neubauten
Eisbrecher
Frank Farian
Faust
Fischer-Chöre
Fler
Funker Vogt
Wilhelm Furtwängler, (1886–1954), conductor and composer
Herbert Grönemeyer, (born 1956)
Guano Apes
Heino, popular singer
Helloween,power metal band
Chris Hülsbeck
In Extremo
Juli
Michael Kiske
KMFDM
Kraftwerk
Gundula Krause, (born 1966)
LaFee
Fernge Jussa, (born 1937)
Reinhard Mey, (born 1942)
Marius Müller-Westernhagen
Anne-Sophie Mutter, (born 1963), violinist
Modern Talking
Karl Münchinger, conductor
Xavier Naidoo
Nena, (born 1960)
Megaherz
Meshell Ndegeocello, (born 1969)
Klaus Nomi, (1944-1983)
Oomph!
Lisa Otto, opera singer
Project Pitchfork
Rammstein
Michael Schenker, (born 1955), guitar player of UFO and solo career
Scooter (music)
Scorpions (band)
Seeed
Silbermond
Söhne Mannheims
Tokio Hotel
Ton Steine Scherben
Melanie Thornton(1967-2001) (born in Charleston) Pop,Dance,R&B Singer
Hannes Wader
Bruno Walter, (1876–1962), conductor and composer
Konstantin Wecker
Wir sind Helden
Funny van Dannen
Paul Van Dyk
U96
U.D.O.
Willy Hess, violinist
Wumpscut

Philosophers

Theodor Adorno, (1903-1969), philosopher, sociologist and composer
Albertus Magnus, (about 1193-1280), medieval philosopher and theologian
Hannah Arendt, (1906-1975), political theorist
Bruno Bauer, (1809-1882), political theorist and philosopher
Walter Benjamin, (1892-1940)
Ernst Bloch, (1885-1977)
Jakob Böhme, (1575–1624), mystic philosopher
Rudolf Carnap, (1891-1970), philosopher
Ernst Cassirer, (1874-1945)
Friedrich Engels, (1820-1895), philosopher, political economist, and collaborator with Karl Marx
Ludwig Feuerbach, (1804-1872), philosopher
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, (1762-1814), philosopher
Gottlob Frege, (1848-1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher
Erich Fromm, (1900-1980)
Hans-Georg Gadamer, (1900-2002), philosopher
Jürgen Habermas, (1929-), philosopher, social theorist
Eduard von Hartmann, (1842-1906), philosopher
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, (1770-1831), philosopher
Martin Heidegger, (1889-1976), philosopher
Max Horkheimer, (1895-1973)
Karl Jaspers, (1883-1969), philosopher
Immanuel Kant, (1724-1804), philosopher
Ludwig Klages, (1872-1956), philosopher
Gottfried Leibniz, (1646-1716), physicist, philosopher
Leo Löwenthal, (1921-1966)
Karl Löwith, (1897-1973)
Herbert Marcuse, (1898-1979)
Karl Marx, (1818-1883), philosopher and sociologist. Founder of Marxist political and economic philosophy
Nikolaus Cusanus, (1401-1462), philosopher, theologian, mathematician
Friedrich Nietzsche, (1844-1900), early existentialist philosopher
Bernhard Philberth, (1927-), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, (1805-1879)
Franz Rosenzweig, (1886-1929)
Max Scheler, (1874-1928), philosopher
Friedrich Schelling, (1775-1854), philosopher
Moritz Schlick, (1882-1936), philosopher
Carl Schmitt, (1888-1985), political theorist
Arthur Schopenhauer, (1788-1860), philosopher
Georg Simmel, (1859-1918) philosopher and sociologist
Ferdinand Tönnies, (1855-1936), philosopher, founder of German sociology
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, (1912- ), philosopher and physicist

Politicians

Miscellaneous

August Bebel, (1840-1913), co-founder of the SPD]
Rudolf von Bennigsen, (1824-1902), founder of the National Liberal Party.
Eduard Bernstein, (1850-1932), Social Democratic leader
Julius Curtius, (1877-1948), Foreign Minister (DVP)
Matthias Erzberger, (1875-1921), Catholic Center party leader
Joschka Fischer, (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), parliamentarian
Wilhelm Grimm, (1786-1859), parliamentarian
Gregor Gysi, (1948-), former leader of the Party of Democratic Left
Adolf Hitler, (1889-1945), leader of the Nazi regime, born in Austria
Alfred Hugenberg )1865-1951), leader of the DNVP
Johann Jacoby (1805-1877), radical democrat in Prussia
Karl Kautsky (1854-1938), Social Democratic leader and theoretician
Petra Kelly, (1947-1992), cofounder of the German Green Party
Henry Kissinger, (1923-), displomat and US secretary of state from 1973 - 1977
Ferdinand Lassalle (1825-1864), democrat and socialist
Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919), Socialist
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), co-founder of the SPD
Rosa Luxemburg (1870-1919), left wing Social Democratic leader
Jakob Maria Mierscheid, (1933-), virtual parliamentarian (SPD)
Hermann Müller, (1876-1931), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)
Hans Modrow (1928-), former leader of GDR, honorary chairman of PDS
Walther Rathenau (1867-1922), foreign minister (DDP)
Eugen Richter (1838-1906), liberal politician
Gerhard Schröder (1910-1989), foreign minister (CDU)
Kurt Schumacher, (1895-1952), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the early years of the FRG
Baron Heinrich vom Stein (1757-1831)
Edmund Stoiber - party leader of the CSU and 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 period
Guido Westerwelle - party leader of the liberal party (FDP)
Clara Zetkin, (1857-1933), socialist and fighter for women's rights

Chancellors of Germany 1871 - 1933

Gustav Bauer, (1870-1944), chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, (1856-1921), Imperial Chancellor
Otto von Bismarck, (1815-1898), Imperial Chancellor
Heinrich Brüning (1885-1970), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre Party)
Bernhard von Bülow, (1849-1929), Imperial Chancellor
Leo von Caprivi (1831-1899), Imperial Chancellor
Wilhelm Cuno (1876-1933), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
Konstantin Fehrenbach, (1852-1926), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre)
Georg von Hertling, (1843-1919), Imperial Chancellor
Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, (1819-1901), Imperial Chancellor
Hans Luther, (1885-1962), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
Wilhelm Marx, (1863-1946), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre)
Prince Maximilian of Baden, (1867-1929), Last Imperial Chancellor
Georg Michaelis, (1857-1936), Imperial Chancellor
Franz von Papen (1879-1969), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
Philipp Scheidemann (1865-1939), Chancellor of Weimar Republic (SPD)
Kurt von Schleicher (1882-1934), last Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
Gustav Stresemann, (1878-1929), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (DVP)
Joseph Wirth, (1879-1956), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre)

Chancellors of Germany (after 2nd World War)

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 1984 (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 Germany

Friedrich Ebert, (1871-1925), First President of the Weimar Republic (SPD) 1919-1925
Paul von Hindenburg, (1847-1934), Field Marshal, President 1925-1934
Adolf Hitler, (1889-1945), combining legally both offices, President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1934-1945
Karl Dönitz, (1891-1980), Admiral of the Fleet, after Hitler's death, President for 27 days, 1945

Presidents 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 since 2004 (CDU)

Politicians in East Germany

Otto Grotewohl, (1894-1964) - minister president of the GDR
Erich Honecker, (1912-1994) - leader of the GDR until 1989
Egon Krenz, (born 1937) - leader of the GDR after Honecker
Erich Mielke, (1907-2000) - head of the Stasi
Wilhelm Pieck, (1876-1960) - first president of the GDR
Günter Schabowski, (born 1929) - member of politburo
Willy Stoph, (1914-1999) - Premier of the GDR
Walter Ulbricht, (1893-1973) - leader of the GDR

Personalities of the Nazi Party and Regime

Klaus Barbie, (1913-1991), the "Butcher of Lyon"
Martin Bormann, (1900-probably 1945), nazi leader
Eva Braun, (1912-1945), Hitler's mistress and finally his wife
Karl Brandt, (1904-1948)
Karl Dönitz, (1891-1980), Admiral of the Fleet, briefly Hitler's successor as President
Anton Drexler, (1884-1942), founder of German Workers Party, which became the NSDAP
Hans Frank, (1900-1946), Governor-General of Poland
Roland Freisler, (1893-1945), infamous Nazi-judge
Wilhelm Frick, (1877-1946), Minister of the Interior
Walter Funk, (1890-1960), Minister of Economics
Joseph 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 Führer
Reinhard Heydrich, (1904-1942), Nazi officer, head of the Sicherheitsdienst and Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler, (1900-1945), Nazi head of the SS
Adolf Hitler, (1889-1945), Reichskanzler and Nazi leader
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, (1903-1946), Heydrich's successor at the SD
Hans Kammler, author and organiser of first Death Camps
Wilhelm Keitel, (1882-1946), Field Marshal, head of the OKW (1939-45)
Robert Ley, (1890-1945), head of the German Labour Front
Erich 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 General
Konstantin von Neurath, (1873-1956), Foreign Minister in the early years of the regime
Franz von Papen (1879-1969), Deputy Chancellor in Hitler's first cabinet.
Erich Raeder, (1876-1960), Admiral of the Fleet
Joachim von Ribbentrop, (1893-1946), Nazi foreign minister
Ernst Röhm, (1887-1934), head of the SA
Alfred Rosenberg, (1893-1946), Nazi ideologist
Gerd von Rundstedt, (1875-1953), Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief East (1939-40), commander of Army Group South (1939-41), Commander-in-Chief West (1942-44 and then 1944-45)
Hjalmar Schacht, Minister of Finance
Baldur von Schirach, (1907-1974), Hitler Youth leader
Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892-1946), Austrian Nazi leader
Albert Speer, (1905-1981), "Hitler's architect", Minister of Armaments
Gregor Strasser, Left-wing Nazi leader
Julius Streicher, (1885-1946), Nazi Party leader in Franconia
Johann Tillmann, (1921-?), WW2 German Naval Officer

Scientists and engineers

A-G

Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, (1806-1886), mineralogist, geologist
Peter Apian, (1495-1552), mathematician, astronomer and cartographer
Manfred von Ardenne, (1907-1997), physicist
Anton de Bary, (1831-1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist
Johann Bayer, (1572-1625), astronomer
Carl Benz, (1844-1929), one of the inventors of the gasoline-powered automobile
Friedrich Bessel, (1784-1846), mathematician
Hans Bethe, (1906-2005), physicist
Max Born, (1882-1970), physicist
Carl Ferdinand Braun - physicist
Wernher von Braun, (1912-1977), space engineer, rocket scientist
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, (1811-1899), chemist
Georg Cantor, (1845-1918), mathematician
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt - neuropathologist
Gottlieb Daimler, (1834-1900), one of the inventors of the gasoline-powered automobile
Carl Duisberg, (1861-1935), chemist and industrialist
Rudolf Diesel, (1858-1913), inventor of the Diesel engine
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) physicist
Hans Jürgen Eysenck, psychologist
Joseph von Fraunhofer, (1787-1826), physicist
Gottlob Frege, (1848-1925), mathematician and logicist
Wilhelm Siegmund Frei, (1885-1943), dermatologist
Erich Fromm, (1900-1980), psychologist
Carl Friedrich Gauss, (1777-1855), mathematician

H-J

Fritz Haber, (1868-1934), chemist
Ernst Haeckel, (1834-1919), physician
Otto Hahn, (1879-1968), chemist
Felix Hausdorff, (1868-1942), mathematician
Robert Havemann, (1910-1982), chemist
Ernst Heinkel, (1888-1958), Aircraft engineer
Werner Karl Heisenberg, (1901-1976), physicist
Hermann Helmholtz, physicist
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, (1857-1894), physicist
David Hilbert, (1862-1943), mathematician
Johann Homann, (1664-1724), geographer
Erich Hueckel, (1896-1980), physicist
Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, (1804-1851), mathematician
Alfons Maria Jakob, (1884-1931), neurologist
Hugo Junkers, (1859-1935), Aircraft engineer

K-L

Theodor Kaluza (1885-1954), mathematician, theoretical physicist
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829-1896), chemist
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), astronomer
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887), physicist
Felix Klein (1849-1925), mathematician
Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803-1882), mineralogist
Robert Koch (1843-1910), physician
Walter Karl Koch (1880-1962), surgeon
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (1818-1884), chemist
Leopold Kronecker (1823-1891), mathematician
Ernst Eduard Kummer (1810-1893), mathematician
Edmund Landau (1877-1938), mathematician
Max von Laue (1879-1960), physicist
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), mathematician
Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), chemist
Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852-1939), mathematician
Alexander Lippisch (1894-1976), aerodynamicist
Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821-1895), physicist, chemist
Reimar Lüst (1923- ), astrophysicist

M-R

(Albertus Magnus see "A")
Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, mathematician
Siegfried Marcus, (1831-1898), automobile pioneer
Wilhelm Maybach, (1846-1929), car-engine and automobile constructor
Wilhelm Messerschmitt, (1898-1978), Aircraft engineer
Lothar Meyer, (1830-1895), chemist
Franz Mertens, (1840-1927), mathematician
August Ferdinand Möbius, (1790-1868), mathematician, theoretical astronomer
Johannes Müller, (1801 - 1858), physiologist
Walther Nernst, (1864-1941), physicist
Franz Ernst Neumann, (1798-1895), mathematician
Carl Gottfried Neumann, (1832-1925), mathematician
Emmy Noether, (1882-1935), mathematician
Georg Ohm, (1789-1854), physicist
Wilhelm Ostwald, Nobel prize winning chemist, philosopher
Nikolaus Otto, (1832-1891), coinventor of the Otto cycle
Bernhard Philberth, (1927-), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
Jesco von Puttkamer, (born 1933), space-scientist (NASA-Manager), engineer and author
Max Planck, (1858-1947), physicist
Manfred Raupp, (born 1941) management educator and author
Bernhard Riemann, (1826-1866) mathematician
Adam Riese, (1492-1559), mathematician
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (1845-1923), physicist

S-V

Carl Wilhelm Scheele, (1742-1786), chemist
Matthias Jakob Schleiden, (1804-1881), botanist
Heinrich Schliemann, (1822-1890), archaeologist
Christian Friedrich Schonbein, (1799-1868), chemist
Friedrich Hermann Schottky, (1851-1935), mathematician
Theodor Schwann, (1810-1882), physiologist
Hermann Amandus Schwarz, (1843-1921), mathematician
Karl Schwarzschild, (1873-1916), physicist
Carl Semper (1832-1893), ecologist
Rolf Singer, (1906-1994), mycologist
Arnold Sommerfeld, (1868-1951), physicist
Eduard Adolf Strasburger, (1844–1912), German-Polish professor, one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century
Georg Steller, (1709-1746), naturalist
William Stern, (1871-1938), psychologist, philosopher
Alfred Stock, (1876-1946), chemist
Levi Strauss, (1829-1902), jeans
Max Vasmer (1886-1962), linguist
Rudolf Virchow, (1821-1902), pioneer of medicine

W-Z

Otto Wallach, physicist
Hellmuth Walter, (1900-1980), propulsion
Felix Wankel, (1902-1988), inventor of the Wankel engine
Alfred Wegener, meteorologist
Karl Weierstrass, (1815-1897), mathematician
August Weismann, (1834-1914), biologist
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, (1912- ), physicist
Hermann Weyl, (1885-1955), mathematician
Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, (1782-1867), zoologist
Wilhelm Wien, (1864-1928), physicist
Mieczysław Wolfke, (1883–1947), Polish physicist of German descent
Wilhelm Wundt, (1832-1920), physiologist, psychologist
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, (1838–1917), inventor of the Zeppelin
Ernst Zermelo, (1871-1953), mathematician
Konrad Zuse, (1910-1995), computers

Sportspersons

Adolf Anderssen (1818-1879), chess grandmaster
Max Baer (died 1959), World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Michael Ballack (born 1976), football player
Karin Balzer (born 1938), hurdler
Dieter Baumann (born 1965), athlete
Franz Beckenbauer (born 1945), football player
Boris Becker (born 1967), tennis player
Elly Beinhorn (born 1907), aviatrix
Stefan Bellof (1957-1985), race car driver
Frank Biela , race car driver
Heike Drechsler (born 1964), athlete
Timo Boll, table tennis player
Kai Budde (born 1979), professional Magic: The Gathering player
Bettina Bunge (born 1963), tennis player
Rudolf Caracciola (1901-1959), race car driver
Ursula "Uschi" Disl (born 1970), biathlete
Christian Ehrhoff, German Olympian and NHL hockey player currently playing for the San Jose Sharks.
Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (1913-1997) leading chess player of the 1930s-40s, represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition
Harald Ertl , race car driver
Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), boxer
Rudi Fink (born 1958), boxer
Birgit Fischer (born 1962), kayaker
Sven Fischer (born 1971), biathlete
Marcel Goc, German Olympian and NHL hockey player currently playing for the San Jose Sharks.
Steffi Graf (born 1969), tennis player
Michael Greis (born 1976), biathlete
Michael Groß (born 1964), swimmer
Ricco Groß (born 1970), biathlete
Georg Hackl (born 1966), luger
Sven Hannawald (born 1974), ski jumper
Armin Hary (born 1937), athlete
Nick Heidfeld (born 1977), racing driver
Peter Hussing (born 1948), boxer
Robert Hübner (born 1948), chess grandmaster
Reinhold Joest , race car driver and racing team owner
Klaus Junge (1924-1945), one of the youngest German chess grandmasters
Oliver Kahn (born 1969), football player
Andy Kapp (born 1967), curler
Jutta Kleinschmidt, rally driver
Jürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), football player and coach
Olaf Kölzig (born 1970), ice hockey player
Louis Krages, (1949-2001), racing driver who raced under the pseudonym of John Winter
Philipp Lahm, football player
Andre Lange, Bobsledding champion
Hermann Lang, (1909-1987), Champion race car driver
Bernhard Langer (born 1957), golfer
Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941), the second World Chess Champion (1894-1921)
Jens Lehmann (born 1969), football player (goalkeeper)
Ellen Lohr, racing driver
Klaus Ludwig, racing driver
Sepp Maier (born 1944), football player
Henry Maske (born 1964), boxer
Jochen Mass, racing driver
Lothar Matthäus (born 1961), football player
Georg Meier (1910-1999) Motor-Cycle Racer
Christoph Metzelder (born 1980), football player
Ulrike Meyfarth (born 1956), high jumper
Rosi Mittermaier (born 1950), alpine ski champion
Gerd Müller (born 1945), football player
Jörg Müller, race car driver
Petra Müller (born 1965), athlete
Patricia Neske (born 1966), figure skater
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born 1966), speed skater
Dirk Nowitzki (born 1978), NBA star
Aron Nimzowitsch (1886 - 1935) Latvian-Danish German chess master and chess writer
Sylke Otto (born 1969), luger
Claudia Pechstein (born 1972), speed skater
Uta Pippig (born 1965), athlete
Birgit Prinz (born 1977), football player
Lina Radke (1903-1983), athlete
Teodor Regedziński(aka Theodor Reger)(1894 – 1954) Polish chess master of German origin, fathers name was Reger
Annegret Richter (born 1950), athlete
Lars Riedel (born 1967), athlete
Walter Röhrl, rally and racing driver
Bernd Rosemeyer, (1909-1938), racing driver
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, football player
Max Schmeling (1905-2003), World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Martin Schmitt (born 1978), ski jumper
Paul Felix Schmidt (1916 – 1984), an Estonian–German chess master.
Bernd Schneider, racing driver
Detlef Schrempf (born 1963), former NBA star
Rainer Schuettler, tennis player
Michael Schumacher (born 1969), racing driver
Ralf Schumacher (born 1975), racing driver, brother of Michael
Harald Schumacher (born 1954), football player
Ralf Schumann (born 1962), pistol shooter
Uwe Seeler, Football player
Werner Seelenbinder, (1904-1944), wrestler
Katja Seizinger, alpine ski champion
Renate Stecher (born 1950), athlete
Michael Stich (born 1968), tennis player
Rolf Stommelen, (-1983), racing driver
Hans Stuck, (-1978), racing driver
Hans Joachim Stuck, racing driver and son of Hans
Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934), chess grandmaster
Richard Teichmann (1868–1925), leading German chess player, easily of grandmaster strength
Toni Turek (1919-1984), football player
Jan Ullrich (born 1973), cyclist
Wolfgang Unzicker (1925-2006), chess grandmaster
Franziska van Almsick (born 1978), swimmer
Berti Vogts, football player and coach
Rudi Völler (born 1960), football player
Ralf Waldmann, motorcycle racer
Fritz Walter (1920-2002), football player
Fritz Walter (born 1960), football player
Jens Weissflog (born 1964), ski jumper
Kati Wilhelm (born 1976), biathlete
Joachim Winkelhock, racing driver
Manfred Winkelhock (1951-1985), racing driver, brother of Joachim
Katarina Witt (born 1965), figure skater
Sigrun Wodars (born 1965), athlete
Erik Zabel (born 1970), cyclist
Johannes Hermann Zukertort (1842-1888) - German Polish-Jewish chessmaster

Theologians, Saints, Beatified Persons

See also List of German popes

Heinrich Abeken, (1809-1872), theologian
Johannes Agricola, (1494-1566), Protestant reformer
Albertus Magnus, medieval philosopher and theologian
Eusebius Amort, (1692-1775)
Pope Benedict XVI, a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger (born 1927)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, (1906-1945), Theologian
Johannes Bugenhagen, (1485-1558) Protestand Reformer of Pomerania and Denmark, Theologian
Rudolf Bultmann
Alfred Delp
Matthias Faber, (1586-1653)
Adolf Harnack, (1851-1930)
Johann Gottfried Herder, poet, translator, philosopher and theologian
Hildegard von Bingen, (1098-1179), saint, abbess, mystic
Clemens August Graf von Galen, beatified, cardinal
Adolph Kolping, (1813-1865), beatified, priest
Hans Küng
Karl Lehmann
Martin Luther, (1483-1546), of the Protestant Reformation
Philipp Melanchthon, (1497-1560), Protestant Reformation
Moses Mendelssohn
Jürgen Moltmann, (born 1926), theologian
Bernhard Philberth, (1927-), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
Karl Rahner, theologian
Friedrich Schleiermacher, (1768-1834), theologian, philosopher
Albert Schweitzer, (1875-1965), musician, physician, pastor, philosopher and theologian
Dorothee Sölle, (1929-2003)
Edith Stein, (1891-1942), saint, nun, victim of Holocaust
Carsten Peter Thiede, (1952-2004), theologian, New Testament historian, chaplain
Helmut Thielicke, theologian
Paul Tillich, theologian, philosopher

Writers

Ernst Moritz Arndt - poet, songwriter, and patriot
Achim von Arnim, (1781-1831), poet
Bettina von Arnim, (1785-1859), writer and novelist
Heinrich Böll, (1917-1985), author
Bertolt Brecht, (1898-1956), playwright, poet
Clemens Brentano, (1778-1842), poet and novelist
Georg Büchner, dramatist and author
Wilhelm Busch, (1832-1908), poet and satirist
Matthias Claudius, (1740-1815), poet and writer
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, (1797-1848), poet
Michael Ende, (1929-1995), author of fantasy novels and children's books
Joseph von Eichendorff, (1788-1857), poet
Hans Magnus Enzensberger, (born 1929), essayist and poet
Wolfram von Eschenbach, (died 1220), poet
Theodor Fontane, (1819-1898), novelist and poet
Paul Gerhardt, (c. 1606-1676), hymn writer
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, (1749-1832), author, poet
Joseph Görres, (1776-1848), essayist
Günter Grass, (born 1927), author, Nobel Prize in Literature 1999
Brothers Grimm, famous collectors of fairy tales
Wilhelm Hauff, (1802-1827), wrighter
Heinrich Heine, (1797-1856), poet
Johann Gottfried Herder, (1744-1803), essayist and poet
Hermann Hesse, (1877-1962), author
Rolf Hochhuth, (born 1931), playwright
E.T.A. Hoffmann, (1776-1822), author
Friedrich Hölderlin, (1770-1843), poet
Ernst Jünger, (1895-1998), writer/novelist
Wladimir Kaminer, (born 1967), short story writer
Erich Kästner, (1899-1974), novelist
Daniel Kehlmann, (born 1975), novelist
Friedrich Kellner, (1885-1970, diarist My Opposition
Heinrich von Kleist, (1777-1811), poet, dramatist, novelist
Brigitte Kronauer, (born 1941), novelist and essayist
Siegfried Lenz, (born 1926), author
Gotthold Lessing, (1729-1781), writer
Thomas Mann, (1875-1955), author
Heinrich Mann, (1871-1950), author (brother of Thomas)
Klaus Mann, (1906-1949), author (oldest son of Thomas)
Golo Mann, (1909-1994), author, philosopher and historian (second-oldest of Thomas)
Karl May, (1842-1912), author
Christian Morgenstern, (1871-1914), poet
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777-1843), writer
Novalis, (1772-1801), poet and novelist
Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, (1785-1871), writer and landscape gardener
Erich Maria Remarque, (1898-1970), novelist
Rainer Maria Rilke, (1875-1926), poet
Peter Rühmkorf, (born 1929), poet
Leopold Schefer, (1784-1861), writer, poet, and composer
Friedrich Schiller, (1759-1805), poet, playwright
August Wilhelm Schlegel, (1767-1845), poet, translator
Bernhard Schlink, (born 1944), author, professor of law
Arno Schmidt, (1914-1979), writer
Theodor Storm, (1817-1888), author
Patrick Süskind, (born 1949), author, screenwriter
Ludwig Tieck, (1773-1853), poet, editor, novelist
Kurt Tucholsky, (1890-1935), writer, satirist
Martin Walser, (born 1927), playwright and novelist
Walter von der Vogelweide, (c. 1170 - c. 1230), poet
Gero von Wilpert, (born 1933), essayist
Christa Wolf, (born 1929), novelist and essayist

Military

Erich von Falkenhayn (1861-1922), General,Prussian minister for 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)
Günther von Kluge (1882-1944), field marshal and commander of the Fourth Army (1939-41) and Army Group Center (1941-43)
Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, (1892-1918), fighter pilot and air ace
Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), field marshal and commander of Afrika Korps (1942-43) and Army Group B (1944)
Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913), field marshall, Strategist and Chief of General Staff (1891-1905)
Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755-1813), General and Prussian Minister for War (1808-10)
Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), Military theorist and innovative General (1907-1945)
Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937),General and Quartermaster General (1916-18)
Friedrich Paulus (1890-1957), General and commander of the German Sixth Army, later promoted to Field Marshal (1910-1943)
Erich von Manstein (1887-1973), Field Marshal and professional soldier (1906-1944)
Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), Field Marshal and famed commander (1892-1945)
Michael Wittman (1914-1944), SS-Captain and celebrated tank ace (1934-1944)
Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916-1982), Stuka dive-bomber pilot and air ace (1936-1945)
Erich Hartmann (1922-1993), fighter pilot and air ace (1941-1970)

Others

Rodolphus Agricola, (1443-1485)
Hugo Boss, fashion designer
Johann Eck, (1486-1543)
Gudrun Ensslin, (1940-1977), terrorist
Adolf Eugen Fick, inventor of contact lenses
Anne Frank, (1929-1945), diarist and victim of the Holocaust
Klaus Fuchs, (1911-1988)
Reinhard Furrer, (1940-1995), astronaut
Herschel Grynszpan
Johann Gutenberg, (circa 1390s-1468), printer
Saint Hedwig of Andechs (1174 - 1243)
Hildegard von Bingen, (1098-1179), abbess, mystic
August Horch, (1868-1951), car designer and manufacturer
Karen Horney, psychoanalyst
Heribert Illig, (born 1947), historian
Sigmund Jähn, (born 1937), the first German in space
Alfred Jodl, (1890-1946), general, operations chief of the OKW
Siegfried Kracauer
Johann Machemehl, (1816-1880), forester for Annaberg, Saxony
Michael Machemehl, a German Texan Forty Eighter
Ulrike Meinhof, (1934-1976), terrorist
Ulf Merbold, (born 1941), astronaut
Christian Friedrich Martin, (1796-1867), Inventor of the steel-string guitar
Gerardus Mercator, (1512-1594), cartographer
Heinrich Meyerfreund, founder of Garoto, a chocolate company in Brazil
Carl von Ossietzky, (1889-1938), journalist and pacifist
Ferry Porsche, (1909-1998), designer and founder of Porsche
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, (1935-), designer and member of the Porsche family
Ferdinand Oliver Porsche, (1961-), lawyer, executive and family member of Porsche
Ludwig Quidde, (1858-1941), historian and pacifist
Mathias Rust, (born 1968), aviator who landed on Moscow's Red Square in 1987
Albert Schweitzer, (1875-1965), physician, humanitarian
Henry Shultz, (1776-1851), emigrant to USA, entrepreneur
Edith Stein, (1891-1942), nun, victim of Holocaust
Johann Tetzel, (1465-1519)
Ulrich Walter, (born 1954), astronaut
Alfred Weber, sociologist
Max Weber, sociologist
Diedrich Hermann Westermann, (1875-1956), linguist
Adi Dassler, (1900-1978), founder of Adidas
- Shane Ruttle Martinez, (1979-), human rights journalist