Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Famous people from Germany: Table of contents 1 Actors 2 Artists 3 Composers 4 Filmmakers 5 Royalty 6 Musicians and singers 7 Philosophers 8 Politicians 8.1 Politicians in East Germany 8.2 Personalities of the Nazi Party and Regime 9 Scientists and Engineers 10 Sportspersons 11 Theologians 12 Writers 13 Others Actors Marlene Dietrich, (1901-1992), actress Gert Fröbe, (1913-1988), actor Klaus Kinski, (1926-1991), actor and father of Nastassia Kinski Hildegard Knef, (1925-2002), actress, singer, writer Armin Mueller-Stahl, (born 1930), actor Artists Hans von Aachen, (1552-1615), mannerist painter Albrecht Altdorfer, (1480-1538), painter Joseph Beuys, (1921-1986), artist Arnold Böcklin, (1827-1901), painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, (1472-1553), painter Lucas Cranach the Younger, (1515-1586), painter Albrecht Dürer, (1471-1528), painter 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 Janosch, (1931), artist known for his books for children Franz Marc, (1880-1916), painter Eberhard Schlotter (1921), painter Carl Spitzweg, (1808-1885), painter Composers Karl Friedrich Abel, (1725-1787), composer Martin Agricola, (1466-1506), composer Siegfried Alkan, (1858 - 1941), composer Johann Sebastian Bach, (1685-1750), composer Ludwig van Beethoven, (1770-1827), composer Johannes Brahms, (1833-1897), composer Georg Friedrich Händel, (1685-1759), composer, opera composer Paul Hindemith, (1895-1963), composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Carl Orff, (1895-1982), composer Johann Pachelbel, (1653-1706), composer Clara Schumann, (1819-1896), composer Robert Schumann, (1810-1856), composer, songwriter Karlheinz Stockhausen, (1928-), modern electronic 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" Filmmakers Werner Herzog, (born 1942), film director Fritz Lang, (1890-1976), film director Ernst Lubitsch, (1892-1947), film director F.W. Murnau, (1888-1931), film director Wolfgang Petersen, (born 1941), film director Leni Riefenstahl, (1902-2003), female film director Wim Wenders, (born 1945), film director Volker Schlöndorff, (born 1939), film director Royalty 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 (1823-1891), King of Württemberg (1823-1891) 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 (1657-1713), Elector of Brandenburg (1688-1713), King in Prussia (1701-1713) Frederick I (1754-1816), Duke (1797-1803), Elector (1803-1806), and King (1806-1816) of Württemberg Frederick II the Great (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) John (1801-1873), King of Saxony (1854-1873) 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 (1756-1825), Elector (1799-1805) and King (1805-1825) of Bavaria Maximilian II (1811-1864), King of Bavaria (1848-1864) Otto (1848-1916), King of Bavaria (1886-1913) Otto of Bavaria (1815-1867), King of the Hellenes (1833-1862) 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 Klaus Nomi, (1944-1983) Michael Schenker, (born 1955), guitar player of UFO and solo career Philosophers Hannah Arendt, (1906-1975), political theorist Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, (1770-1831), philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte, (1762-1814), philosopher Gottlob Frege, (1848-1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher Martin Heidegger, (1889-1976), philosopher Immanuel Kant, (1724-1804), philosopher Gottfried Leibniz, (1646-1716), physicist, philosopher Karl Marx, (1818-1883), philosopher and sociologist. Founder of Marxist political and economic philosophy Friedrich Nietzsche, (1844-1900), existentialist philosopher and fierce critic of what he called the 'slave Arthur Schopenhauer, (1788-1860), philosopher Politicians Konrad Adenauer, (1876-1967), federal chancellor (CDU) Otto von Bismarck, (1815-1898), 19th century statesman Martin Bormann, (1900-probably 1945), nazi leader Willy Brandt, (1913-1992), West German Chancellor (SPD) Heinrich Brüning (1885-1970), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre Party) Friedrich Ebert, (1871-1925), First President of the Weimar Republic (SPD) Ludwig Erhard, (1897-1977), federal chancellor (CDU) Joschka Fischer, (born 1948), Foreign Minister and German Green Party leader Hans-Dietrich Genscher, (born 1927), former minister for foreign affairs (FDP) Jakob Grimm, (1785-1863), parlamentarian Wilhelm Grimm, (1786-1859), parlamentarian Gregor Gysi, (1948-), former leader of the PDS Paul von Hindenburg, (1847-1934), general, president Petra Kelly, (1947-1992), founder of the German Green Party Kurt Georg Kiesinger, (1904-1988), federal chancellor (CDU) Helmut Kohl, (1930-), federal chancellor (CDU) Jakob Maria Mierscheid, (1933-), parlamentarian (SPD) Angela Merkel, (1991-1994 and ; 1994-1998 , and), (CDU) Hans Modrow (1928-), former leader of GDR, honorary chairman of PDS Franz von Papen (1879-1969), chancellor and politician of the Weimar Republic Walther Rathenau (1867-1922), foreign minister (DDP) Johannes Rau, (born 1931), federal president (SPD) Philipp Scheidemann, (1865-1939), chancellor in the Weimar period (SPD) Kurt von Schleicher - general and chancellor in the Weimar period Helmut Schmidt, (1969-1972 ; 1972-1974 ; 1974-1982), federal chancellor (SPD) Gerhard Schröder, (born 1944), federal chancellor (SPD) Kurt Schumacher, (1895-1952), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the early years of the FDR Franz Josef Strauß, (1915-1988), Bavarian Politician (CSU) Gustav Stresemann, (1878-1929), chancellor and statesman of the Weimar Republic (DVP) Ernst Thälmann, (1886-1944), leader of the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar period Guido Westerwelle - party leader of the liberal party (FDP) Politicians in East Germany Egon Krenz, (born 1937) - leader of the GDR after Honecker Erich Honecker, (1912-1994) - leader of the GDR until 1989 Erich Mielke, (1907-2000) - head of the Stasi Wilhelm Pieck, (1876-1960) - first president of the GDR Günter Schabowski, (born 1929) - member of politburo Walter Ulbricht, (1893-1973) - leader of the GDR Otto Grotewohl, (1894-1964) - minister president of the GDR Personalities of the Nazi Party and Regime Klaus Barbie, (1913-1991), the "Butcher of Lyon" Martin Bormann (1900-1945?), Hitler's private secretary Eva Braun, (1912-1945), Hitler's mistress Karl Brandt, (1904-1948) Karl Dönitz, (1891-1980), chief of the german marine, briefly Hitler's successor Anton Drexler, (1884-1942), founder of German Workers Party, which became the NSDAP Adolf Eichmann, (1906-1962), German SS officer Hans Frank, (1900-1946), Governor-General of Poland Roland Freisler, (1893-1945), politician 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 and chief of Luftwaffe Rudolf Hess, (1894-1987), Hitler's private secretary Reinhard Heydrich, (1904-1942), Nazi officer, head of the SD and Gestapo Heinrich Himmler, (1900-1945), Nazi head of the SS Adolf Hitler, (1889 in Braunau, Austria-1945), dictator Alfred Jodl, (1890-1946), general, operations chief of the OKW Ernst Kaltenbrunner, (1903-1946), Heydrich's successor at the SD Wilhelm Keitel, (1882-1946), field marshal, head of the OKW Robert Ley, (1890-1945), head of the German Labour Front 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), Head of the German Navy Joachim von Ribbentrop, (1893-1946), Nazi foreign minister Ernst Röhm, (1887-1934), head of the SA Erwin Rommel, (1891-1944), Feldmarschall Alfred Rosenberg, (1893-1946), nazi ideologist Hjalmar Schacht, Minister of economics 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 Nuremberg Scientists and Engineers Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, (1806-1886), mineralogist, geologist Wernher von Braun, (1912-1977), space engineer Joseph von Fraunhofer, (1787-1826), physicist Justus von Liebig, (1803-1873), chemist Fritz Haber, (1868-1934), chemist Johann Bayer, (1572-1625), astronomer Friedrich Bessel, (1784-1846), mathematician Carl Ferdinand Braun - physicist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, (1811-1899), chemist Georg Cantor, (1845-1918), mathematician Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt - neuropathologist Anton de Bary, (1831-1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist Rudolf Diesel, (1858-1913), inventor of the Diesel engine Albert Einstein, (1879-1955), physicist Erich Fromm, (1900-1980), psychologist Carl Friedrich Gauss, (1777-1855), mathematician Ernst Haeckel, (1834-1919), physician Otto Hahn, (1879-1968), chemist Robert Havemann, (1910-1982), chemist (and dissident) Ernst Heinkel, (1888-1958), Aircraft engineer Werner Karl Heisenberg, (1901-1976), physicist Johann Homann, (1664-1724), geographer Erich Hueckel, (1896-1980), physicist Alfons Maria Jakob, (1884-1931), neurologist Hugo Junkers, (1859-1935), Aircraft engineer Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, (1829-1896), chemist Johannes Kepler, (1571-1630), astronomer Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803-1882) - mineralogists Robert Koch, (1843-1910), physician Walter Karl Koch - surgeon Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, (1818-1884), chemist Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, (1646-1716), mathematician Alexander Lippisch, (1894-1976), aerodynamicist Konrad Zacharias Lorenz, (1903-1989), behavioural physiologist Albertus Magnus, (died 1280), alchemist Lise Meitner, (1878-1968), physicist Wilhelm Messerschmitt, (1898-1978), Aircraft engineer Lothar Meyer, (1830-1895), chemist Franz Mertens, (1840-1927), mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius, (1790-1868), mathematician, theoretical astronomer Walther Nernst, (1864-1941), physicist Georg Ohm, (1789-1854), physicist Adam Riese, (1492-1559), mathematician Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (1845-1923), physicist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, (1742-1786), chemist Matthias Jakob Schleiden, (1804-1881), botanist Heinrich Schliemann, (1822-1890), archaeologist Christian Friedrich Schonbein, (1799–1868), chemist Theodor Schwann, (1810-1882), physiologist Rolf Singer, (1906-1994), mycologist Georg Steller, (1709-1746), naturalist Alfred Stock, (1876-1946), chemist Otto Wallach, physicist Hellmuth Walter, (1900-1980), propulsion August Weismann, (1834-1914), biologist Wilhelm Wundt, (1832-1920), physiologist, psychologist Konrad Zuse, (1910-1995), computers Sportspersons Max Baer, (died 1959), World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Michael Ballack (born 1976) - footballer Franz Beckenbauer (born 1945) - footballer Boris Becker (born 1967) - tennis player Kai Budde (born 1979), professional Magic: The Gathering player Rudolf Caracciola, (1901-1959), race car driver Steffi Graf (born 1969) - tennis player Georg Hackl, (born 1966), luger Armin Hary, (born 1937), athlete Oliver Kahn (born 1969) - footballer Jürgen Klinsmann (born 1964) - footballer Olaf Kolzig (born 1970) - hockey Bernhard Langer (born 1957) - golfer Sepp Maier - footballer Lothar Matthäus (born 1961) - footballer Rosi Mittermaier, alpine ski champion Gerd Müller, (born 1945), footballer Dirk Nowitzki (born 1978) - NBA star Birgit Prinz (born 1977) - footballer Annegret Richter, (born 1950), athlete Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - footballer Max Schmeling - boxer Detlef Schrempf (born 1963) - former NBA star Michael Schumacher (born 1969) - racing driver Ralf Schumacher (born 1975) - racing driver, brother of Michael Toni Schumacher - footballer Uwe Seeler - footballer Werner Seelenbinder, (1904-1944), wrestler Katja Seizinger, alpine ski champion Renate Stecher, (born 1950), athlete Toni Turek - (1919-1984), footballer Berti Vogts - footballer Rudi Völler - footballer Fritz Walter, (1920-2002), footballer Manfred Winkelhock, (1951-1985), racing driver Katarina Witt (born 1965) - ice skater Theologians Heinrich Abeken, (1809-1872), theologian Johannes Agricola, (1494-1566), Protestant reformer Eusebius Amort, (1692-1775) Karl Barth, (1886-1968) Dietrich Bonhoeffer, (1906-1945), Theologian Rudolf Bultmann Alfred Delp Martin Luther, (1483-1546), of the Protestant Reformation Philipp Melanchthon, (1497-1560), Protestant Reformation Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel Jürgen Moltmann, (born 1926), theologian Joseph Ratzinger, (born 1927), Cardinal Friedrich Schleiermacher, (1768-1834), theologian Dorothee Sölle, (1929-2003) Helmut Thielicke Paul Tillich, philosopher Adolf Harnack, (1851-1930) Writers Ernst Moritz Arndt - poet Achim von Arnim, (1781-1831), poet Bettina von Arnim, (1785-1859), poet Ingeborg Bachmann, (1926-1973), poet Heinrich Böll, (1917-1985), author Bertolt Brecht, (1898-1956), playwright, poet Clemens Brentano, (1778-1842), poet Georg Büchner, poet Wilhelm Busch, (1832-1908), poet Matthias Claudius - poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, (1797-1848), poet Michael Ende, (1929-1995), poet Joseph von Eichendorff, (1788-1857), poet Hans Magnus Enzensberger, (born 1929), poet Wolfram von Eschenbach, (died 1220), poet Theodor Fontane, (1819-1898), poet Paul Gerhardt, (c. 1606-1676), poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (1749-1832), author, poet Günter Grass, (born 1927), author Heinrich Heine, (1797-1856), poet Johann Gottfried von Herder, (1744-1803), poet Hermann Hesse, (1877-1962), author Rolf Hochhuth, (born 1931), playwright Ernst Jünger, (1895-1998), poet Erich Kästner, (1899-1974), poet, novelist Siegfried Lenz, (born 1926), novelist Gotthold Lessing - playwright, poet Thomas Mann, (1875-1955), author Karl May, (1842-1912), poet Christian Morgenstern, (1871-1914), poet Novalis, (1772-1801), poet Erich Maria Remarque, (1898-1970), novelist Rainer Maria Rilke, (1875-1926), poet Friedrich Schiller, (1759-1805), poet, playwright Theodor Storm, (1817-1888), poet Patrick Süskind, (born 1949), author of Perfume Kurt Tucholsky, (1890-1935), poet Walter von der Vogelweide - poet Christa Wolf, poet Others Rodolphus Agricola, (1443-1485) Johann Eck, (1486-1543) Gudrun Ensslin - terrorist 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 Hildegard von Bingen, (1098-1179), abbess, mystic August Horch, (1868-1951), car designer/manufacturer (AUDI) Karen Horney - psychoanalyst Heribert Illig, (born 1947), historian Sigmund Jähn, (b. 1937), the first German in space Ulrike Meinhof, (1934-1976), terrorist Ulf Merbold, (b. 1941), astronaut Gerardus Mercator, (1512-1594), cartographer Carl von Ossietzky, (1889-1938), journalist and pacifist Ludwig Quidde, (1858-1941), historian and pacifist Albert Schweitzer, (1875-1965), physician , humanitarian Edith Stein, (1891-1942), nun, victim of Holocaust Johann Tetzel, (1465-1519) Manfred von Richthofen, (1892-1918), pilot Ulrich Walter, (b. 1954), astronaut Diedrich Hermann Westermann, (1875-1956), linguist See also: List of people by nationality This article is from Wikipedia. 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