Famous People

Actors

Alexandra Maria Lara, (born 1978), actress
Armin Mueller-Stahl, (born 1930), actor
Brigitte Helm, (1908-1996), actress
Claudia Schiffer, (born 1970), actress and supermodel
Daniel Brühl, (born 1978), actor
Diane Kruger, (born 1976), model and actress
Emil Jannings, actor
Eric Braeden, (born Hans Gudegast, 1941), actor
Eva Habermann, (born 1976), actress and model
Franka Potente (born 1974), actress
George Dzundza (born 1945), actor
Gert Fröbe, (1913-1988), actor
Götz George, (born 1938), actor
Gustaf Gründgens, (1899-1963), actor
Hans Albers, (1891-1960), actor
Hans Clarin, (1930-2005), actor
Heike Makatsch, (born 1971), actress
Heinrich George, (1893-1946), actor
Heinz Erhardt, (1909-1979), actor and comedian
Heinz Rühmann, (1902-1994), actor
Hildegard Knef, (1925-2002), actress, singer, writer
Horst Buchholz, (1933-2003), actor
Jürgen Prochnow, (born 1941), actor
Klaus Kinski, (1926-1991), actor, Polish-German father, German mother
Kristina Söderbaum, (1912-2001), actress and photographer
Luise Neumann, (1818-1905)
Mario Adorf, (born 1930), actor
Marlene Dietrich, (1901-1992), actress
Moritz Bleibtreu, (born 1971), actor
Nastassja Kinski (born 1959), actress
Otto Sander, (born 1941), actor
Romy Schneider, actress
Til Schweiger, (born 1963), actor
Uwe Ochsenknecht, (born 1956), actor
Vicco von Bülow, aka Loriot, actor, comedian, cartoonist
Willy Millowitsch, (1909-1999), actor
Xenia Seeberg, (born 1972), actress and model

Artists

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

Composers

Albert Lortzing, (1801-1851), composer
Carl Maria von Weber, (1786-1826), composer
Carl Orff, (1895-1982), composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, (1714-1788), composer, son of J. S. Bach
Clara Schumann, (1819-1896), composer
Engelbert Humperdinck, (1854-1921), composer
Fanny Hensel, composer
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, (1809-1847), composer
Friedrich von Flotow, (1812-1883), composer
Georg Friedrich Händel, (1685-1759), composer, opera composer
Georg Philipp Telemann, (1681-1767), composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer, (1791-1864), composer
Hanns Eisler, (1898-1962), composer
Hans Pfitzner, (1869-1949), composer
Hans Zimmer, (1957), film-composer
Heinrich Schütz, (1585-1672), composer
Jacques Offenbach, (1819-1880), composer
Johann Pachelbel, (1653-1706), composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, (1685-1750), composer
Johannes Brahms, (1833-1897), composer
Karl Friedrich Abel, (1725-1787), composer
Karlheinz Stockhausen, (1928-), modern composer
Kurt Weill, (1900-1950), composer
Leopold Schefer, (1784-1862), writer and composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, (1770-1827), composer
Martin Agricola, (1466-1506), composer
Martin Boettcher, (1927), film-composer
Max Bruch, (1838-1920), composer
Max Reger, (1873-1916), composer
Paul Hindemith, (1895-1963), composer
Richard Strauss, (1864-1949), composer, opera composer
Richard Wagner, (1813-1883), composer
Robert Schumann, (1810-1856), composer, songwriter
Siegfried Alkan, (1858 - 1941), composer
Wolfgang Rihm, (1952-), composer

Filmmakers

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

Military

Alfred Jodl, (1890-1946), general, operations chief of the OKW
Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913), Field Marshall, Strategist and Chief of General Staff (1891-1905)
August von Gneisenau (1760-1831), Prussian field marshal and chief of the Prussian General Staff (1813-14)
Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Prussian professional soldier, military historian, and influential military theorist
Erich Hartmann (1922-1993), fighter pilot and air ace (1941-1970)
Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937), General and Quartermaster General (1916-18)
Erich von Falkenhayn (1861-1922), General,Prussian minister for War (1913-15) and Chief of general Staff (1914-16)
Erich von Manstein (1887-1973), Field Marshal and professional soldier (1906-1944)
Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), field marshal and commander of Afrika Korps (1942-43) and Army Group B (1944)
Friedrich Paulus (1890-1957), General and commander of the German Sixth Army, later promoted to Field Marshal (1910-1943)
Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), Field Marshal and famed commander (1892-1945)
Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755-1813), General and Prussian Minister for War (1808-10)
Günther von Kluge (1882-1944), field marshal and commander of the Fourth Army (1939-41) and Army Group Centre (1941-43)
Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916-1982), Stuka dive-bomber pilot and air ace (1936-1945)
Heinz Guderian (1888-1954), Military theorist and innovative General (1907-1945)
Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, (1892-1918), fighter pilot and air ace
Michael Wittman (1914-1944), SS-Captain and celebrated tank ace (1934-1944)

Musicians and Singers

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

Philosophers

Albertus Magnus, (about 1193-1280), medieval philosopher and theologian
Arthur Schopenhauer, (1788-1860), philosopher
Bernhard Philberth, (1927-), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
Bruno Bauer, (1809-1882), political theorist and philosopher
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, (1912-2007), philosopher and physicist
Carl Schmitt, (1888-1985), political theorist
Eduard von Hartmann, (1842-1906), philosopher
Erich Fromm, (1900-1980)
Ernst Bloch, (1885-1977)
Ernst Cassirer, (1874-1945)
Ferdinand Tönnies, (1855-1936), philosopher, founder of German sociology
Franz Rosenzweig, (1886-1929)
Friedrich Engels, (1820-1895), philosopher, political economist, and collaborator with Karl Marx
Friedrich Nietzsche, (1844-1900), early existentialist philosopher
Friedrich Schelling, (1775-1854), philosopher
Georg Simmel, (1859-1918) philosopher and sociologist
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, (1770-1831), philosopher
Gottfried Leibniz, (1646-1716), physicist, philosopher
Gottlob Frege, (1848-1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher
Hannah Arendt, (1906-1975), political theorist
Hans-Georg Gadamer, (1900-2002), philosopher
Herbert Marcuse, (1898-1979)
Immanuel Kant, (1724-1804), philosopher
Jakob Böhme, (1575-1624), mystic philosopher
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, (1762-1814), philosopher
Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, (1805-1879)
Jürgen Habermas, (1929-), philosopher, social theorist
Karl Jaspers, (1883-1969), philosopher
Karl Löwith, (1897-1973)
Karl Marx, (1818-1883), philosopher and sociologist
Leo Löwenthal, (1921-1966)
Ludwig Feuerbach, (1804-1872), philosopher
Ludwig Klages, (1872-1956), philosopher
Martin Heidegger, (1889-1976), philosopher
Max Horkheimer, (1895-1973)
Max Scheler, (1874-1928), philosopher
Moritz Schlick, (1882-1936), philosopher
Nikolaus Cusanus, (1401-1462), philosopher, theologian, mathematician
Rudolf Carnap, (1891-1970), philosopher
Theodor Adorno, (1903-1969), philosopher, sociologist and composer
Walter Benjamin, (1892-1940)

Politicians

Adolf Hitler, (1889-1945), leader of the Nazi regime, born in Austria
Albert Speer, (1905-1981), "Hitler's architect", Minister of Armaments
Alfred Hugenberg )1865-1951), leader of the DNVP
Alfred Rosenberg, (1893-1946), Nazi ideologist
Anton Drexler, (1884-1942), founder of German Workers Party, which became the NSDAP
Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892-1946), Austrian Nazi leader
August Bebel, (1840-1913), co-founder of the SPD]
Baldur von Schirach, (1907-1974), Hitler Youth leader
Baron Heinrich vom Stein (1757-1831)
Clara Zetkin, (1857-1933), socialist and fighter for women's rights
Edmund Stoiber - party leader of the CSU and minister president of Bavaria
Eduard Bernstein, (1850-1932), Social Democratic leader
Egon Krenz, (born 1937) - leader of the GDR after Honecker
Erhard Milch, (1892-1972), Göring's second-in-command, Air Inspector General
Erich Honecker, (1912-1994) - leader of the GDR until 1989
Erich Mielke, (1907-2000) - head of the Stasi
Erich Raeder, (1876-1960), Admiral of the Fleet
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)
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, (1903-1946), Heydrich's successor at the SD
Ernst Röhm, (1887-1934), head of the SA
Ernst Thälmann, (1886-1944), leader of the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar period
Eugen Richter (1838-1906), liberal politician
Eva Braun, (1912-1945), Hitler's mistress and finally his wife
Ferdinand Lassalle (1825-1864), democrat and socialist
Franz Josef Strauß, (1915-1988), Bavarian Politician (CSU)
Franz von Papen (1879-1969), Deputy Chancellor in Hitler's first cabinet.
Friedrich Ebert, (1871-1925), First President of the Weimar Republic (SPD) 1919-1925
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)
Gerhard Schröder (1910-1989), foreign minister (CDU)
Gregor Gysi, (1948-), former leader of the Party of Democratic Left
Gregor Strasser, Left-wing Nazi leader
Guido Westerwelle - party leader of the liberal party (FDP)
Günter Schabowski, (born 1929) - member of politburo
Gustav Heinemann, (1899-1976), Federal President 1969-1974 (SPD)
Hans Frank, (1900-1946), Governor-General of Poland
Hans Kammler, author and organiser of first Death Camps
Hans Modrow (1928-), former leader of GDR, honorary chairman of PDS
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, (born 1927), former minister for foreign affairs (FDP)
Heinrich Himmler, (1900-1945), Nazi head of the SS
Heinrich Lübke, (1894-1972), Federal President 1959-1969 (CDU)
Henry Kissinger, (1923-), diplomat and US secretary of state from 1973 - 1977
Hermann Göring, (1893-1946), Nazi, Reich Marshal and chief of Luftwaffe
Hermann Müller, (1876-1931), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)
Hjalmar Schacht, Minister of Finance
Horst Köhler, (born 1943), Federal President since 2004 (CDU)
Jakob Grimm, (1785-1863), parliamentarian
Jakob Maria Mierscheid, (1933-), virtual parliamentarian (SPD)
Joachim von Ribbentrop, (1893-1946), Nazi foreign minister
Johann Jacoby (1805-1877), radical democrat in Prussia
Johannes Rau, (1931-2006), Federal President 1999-2004 (SPD)
Joschka Fischer, (1948-), Foreign Minister and vice chancellor 1998-2005
Joseph Goebbels, (1897-1945), Chancellor of Germany, propaganda chief for the Nazis
Julius Curtius, (1877-1948), Foreign Minister (DVP)
Julius Streicher, (1885-1946), Nazi Party leader in Franconia
Karl Brandt, (1904-1948)
Karl Carstens, (1914-1992), Federal President 1979-1984 (CDU)
Karl Dönitz, (1891-1980), Admiral of the Fleet, after Hitler's death, President for 27 days, 1945
Karl Kautsky (1854-1938), Social Democratic leader and theoretician
Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919), Socialist
Klaus Barbie, (1913-1991), the "Butcher of Lyon"
Konstantin von Neurath, (1873-1956), Foreign Minister in the early years of the regime
Kurt Schumacher, (1895-1952), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the early years of the FRG
Martin Bormann, (1900-probably 1945), Nazi leader
Matthias Erzberger, (1875-1921), Catholic Centre party leader
Otto Grotewohl, (1894-1964) - minister president of the GDR
Paul von Hindenburg, (1847-1934), Field Marshal, President 1925-1934
Petra Kelly, (1947-1992), cofounder of the German Green Party
Reinhard Heydrich, (1904-1942), Nazi officer, head of the Sicherheitsdienst and Gestapo
Richard von Weizsäcker (born 1920), Federal President 1984-1994 (CDU)
Robert Ley, (1890-1945), head of the German Labour Front
Roland Freisler, (1893-1945), infamous Nazi-judge
Roman Herzog, (born 1934), Federal President 1994-1999 (CDU)
Rosa Luxemburg (1870-1919), left wing Social Democratic leader
Rudolf Hess, (1894-1987), Hitler's private secretary, later Deputy Führer
Rudolf von Bennigsen, (1824-1902), founder of the National Liberal Party.
Theodor Heuss, (1884-1963), Federal President 1949-1959 (Liberal-Democratic Party, FDP)
Walter Funk, (1890-1960), Minister of Economics
Walter Scheel, (born 1919), Federal President 1974-1979 (FDP)
Walter Ulbricht, (1893-1973) - leader of the GDR
Walther Rathenau (1867-1922), foreign minister (DDP)
Wilhelm Frick, (1877-1946), Minister of the Interior
Wilhelm Grimm, (1786-1859), parliamentarian
Wilhelm Keitel, (1882-1946), Field Marshal, head of the OKW (1939-45)
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), co-founder of the SPD
Wilhelm Pieck, (1876-1960) - first president of the GDR
Willy Stoph, (1914-1999) - Premier of the GDR

Scientists and Engineers

Adam Riese, (1492-1559), mathematician
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (1818-1884), chemist
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) physicist
Alexander Lippisch (1894-1976), aerodynamicist
Alfons Maria Jakob, (1884-1931), neurologist
Alfred Stock, (1876-1946), chemist
Alfred Wegener, meteorologist
Anton de Bary, (1831-1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist
Arnold Sommerfeld, (1868-1951), physicist
August Ferdinand Möbius, (1790-1868), mathematician, theoretical astronomer
August Weismann, (1834-1914), biologist
Bernhard Philberth, (1927-), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
Bernhard Riemann, (1826-1866) mathematician
Carl Duisberg, (1861-1935), chemist and industrialist
Carl Ferdinand Braun - physicist
Carl Friedrich Gauss, (1777-1855), mathematician
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, (1912- ), physicist
Carl Gottfried Neumann, (1832-1925), mathematician
Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, (1804-1851), mathematician
Carl Semper (1832-1893), ecologist
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, (1742-1786), chemist
Christian Friedrich Schonbein, (1799-1868), chemist
David Hilbert, (1862-1943), mathematician
Edmund Landau (1877-1938), mathematician
Eduard Adolf Strasburger, (1844-1912), German-Polish professor, one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century
Emmy Noether, (1882-1935), mathematician
Erich Fromm, (1900-1980), psychologist
Erich Hueckel, (1896-1980), physicist
Ernst Eduard Kummer (1810-1893), mathematician
Ernst Haeckel, (1834-1919), physician
Ernst Heinkel, (1888-1958), aircraft engineer
Ernst Zermelo, (1871-1953), mathematician
Felix Hausdorff, (1868-1942), mathematician
Felix Klein (1849-1925), mathematician
Felix Wankel, (1902-1988), inventor of the Wankel engine
Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852-1939), mathematician
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, (1838-1917), inventor of the Zeppelin
Franz Ernst Neumann, (1798-1895), mathematician
Franz Mertens, (1840-1927), mathematician
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829-1896), chemist
Friedrich Bessel, (1784-1846), mathematician
Friedrich Hermann Schottky, (1851-1935), mathematician
Fritz Haber, (1868-1934), chemist
Georg Cantor, (1845-1918), mathematician
Georg Ohm, (1789-1854), physicist
Georg Steller, (1709-1746), naturalist
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), mathematician
Gottlieb Daimler, (1834-1900), inventor and engineer
Gottlob Frege, (1848-1925), mathematician and logicist
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887), physicist
Hans Bethe, (1906-2005), physicist
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt - neuropathologist
Hans Jürgen Eysenck, psychologist
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, (1857-1894), physicist
Heinrich Schliemann, (1822-1890), archaeologist
Hellmuth Walter, (1900-1980), propulsion
Hermann Amandus Schwarz, (1843-1921), mathematician
Hermann Helmholtz, physicist
Hermann Weyl, (1885-1955), mathematician
Hugo Junkers, (1859-1935), Aircraft engineer
Jesco von Puttkamer, (born 1933), space-scientist (NASA-Manager), engineer and author
Johann Bayer, (1572-1625), astronomer
Johann Homann, (1664-1724), geographer
Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821-1895), physicist, chemist
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), astronomer
Johannes Müller, (1801 - 1858), physiologist
Joseph von Fraunhofer, (1787-1826), physicist
Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), chemist
Karl Benz, (1844-1929), inventor and engineer
Karl Schwarzschild, (1873-1916), physicist
Karl Weierstrass, (1815-1897), mathematician
Klaus Fuchs, (1911-1988), physicist and spy
Konrad Zuse, (1910-1995), computers
Leopold Kronecker (1823-1891), mathematician
Levi Strauss, (1829-1902), jeans
Lothar Meyer, (1830-1895), chemist
Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, mathematician
Manfred von Ardenne, (1907-1997), physicist
Matthias Jakob Schleiden, (1804-1881), botanist
Max Born, (1882-1970), physicist
Max Planck, (1858-1947), physicist
Max Vasmer (1886-1962), linguist
Max von Laue (1879-1960), physicist
Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, (1782-1867), zoologist
Mieczysław Wolfke, (1883-1947), Polish physicist of German descent
Nikolaus Otto, (1832-1891), co-inventor of the Otto cycle
Otto Hahn, (1879-1968), chemist
Otto Wallach, physicist
Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, (1806-1886), mineralogist, geologist
Peter Apian, (1495-1552), mathematician, astronomer and cartographer
Reimar Lüst (1923- ), astrophysicist
Robert Havemann, (1910-1982), chemist
Robert Koch (1843-1910), physician
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, (1811-1899), chemist
Rolf Singer, (1906-1994), mycologist
Rudolf Diesel, (1858-1913), inventor of the Diesel engine
Rudolf Virchow, (1821-1902), pioneer of medicine
Siegfried Marcus, (1831-1898), automobile pioneer
Theodor Kaluza (1885-1954), mathematician, theoretical physicist
Theodor Schwann, (1810-1882), physiologist
Walter Karl Koch (1880-1962), surgeon
Walther Nernst, (1864-1941), physicist
Werner Karl Heisenberg, (1901-1976), physicist
Wernher von Braun, (1912-1977), space engineer, rocket scientist
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (1845-1923), physicist
Wilhelm Maybach, (1846-1929), car-engine and automobile constructor
Wilhelm Messerschmitt, (1898-1978), Aircraft engineer
Wilhelm Ostwald, Nobel prize winning chemist, philosopher
Wilhelm Siegmund Frei, (1885-1943), dermatologist
Wilhelm Wien, (1864-1928), physicist
Wilhelm Wundt, (1832-1920), physiologist, psychologist
William Stern, (1871-1938), psychologist, philosopher
Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803-1882), mineralogist

Sportspersons

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