List of Germans

This is a list of notable Germans or German-speaking or -writing persons. Persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

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Architects

Main article: List of German architects

• Walter Gropius (1883–1969), architect
• Leo von Klenze (1784–1864), architect
• Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753), architect and engineer
• Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736), architect
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), architect
• Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841), architect and painter
• Johann Conrad Schlaun (1695–1773), architect
• Gottfried Semper (1803–1879), architect

Artists

Main article: List of German artists

See also: List of German architects and List of German painters

Häusliche Szene by Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch, 1831

Hannah Höch, self-portrait, about 1926

Horst Janssen, 1968

A–M

• Hans von Aachen (1552–1615), mannerist painter
• Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538), painter
• Gertrud Arndt (1903–2000), photographer; pioneering self-portraiture
• Ernst Barlach (1870–1938), sculptor and writer
• Günther Behnisch (born 1922), architect
• Peter Behrens (1868–1940), architect
• Sibylle Bergemann (1941–2010), photographer
• Joseph Beuys (1921–1986), artist
• Hermann Biow (1804–1850), photographer
• Elisabeth Böhm (1921–2012), architect
• 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
• Yitzhak Danziger (1916–1977), Berlin-born Israeli sculptor
• Otto Dix (1891–1969), painter
• Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), painter
• Egon Eiermann (1904–1970), architect and designer
• Max Ernst (1891–1976), surrealist painter
• Carl Eytel (1862–1925), painter of desert landscapes in the American Southwest
• Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), painter
• Dörte Gatermann (born 1956), architect
• Willi Glasauer (born 1938), artist
• Walter Gropius (1883–1969), architect
• George Grosz (1893–1959), artist
• Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch (1794–1848), painter (genre works)
• Hannah Höch (1889 –1978), artist
• Hans Holbein the Elder (c. 1465–1524), painter
• Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497–1543), illustrator and painter
• Jörg Immendorff, painter
• Helmut Jahn (born 1940), architect and designer
• Horst Janssen (1929 –1995), draftsman, graphic artist, woodcutter, watercolour painter, writer
• Ulli Kampelmann (born 1952), sculptor and painter
• Anselm Kiefer (born 1945), painter
• Martin Kippenberger (1953–1997), painter
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938), painter
• Leo von Klenze (1784–1864), architect
• Hans Kollhoff (born 1946), architect
• Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), painter
• Christian Lemmerz (born 1959), sculptor and scenographer
• Max Liebermann, painter
• Markus Lüpertz (born 1941), painter and sculptor
• August Macke (1887–1914), painter
• Harro Magnussen (1861–1908), sculptor
• Franz Marc (1880–1916), painter
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), architect and designer
• Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907), painter
• Georg Muche (1895–1987), painter, printmaker, architect, author and teacher

N–Z

• Helmut Newton (1920–2004), photographer
• Frei Otto (born 1925), architect and research scientist
• Max Pechstein (1881–1955), painter
• Sigmar Polke (1941–2010), painter
• Gerhard Richter (born 1932), painter
• Julius Runge (1843–1922), marine painter
• Karl Friedrich Schinkel, architect and painter
• Oskar Schlemmer (1888–1943), choreographer, painter, sculptor and stage designer
• Eberhard Schlotter (born 1921), painter
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976), painter
• Kurt Schwitters, painter and poet
• Fritz Schumacher (1869–1947), architect and urban designer
• Max Slevogt, painter
• Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885), painter
• Birgit Stauch (born 1961), sculptor
• Fritz Stoltenberg (1855–1921), landscape artist and marine painter
• Franz Stuck, painter
• Yigal Tumarkin (born 1933), Israeli painter and sculptor
• Wolf Vostell (1932–1998), artist
• Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), pioneering female photographer
• Emilie Winkelmann (1875–1951), architect

Company founders

Main article: List of German entrepreneurs

A–M

• Karl Albrecht (1920–2014) and Theo Albrecht (1922–2010), founder of Aldi
• Ludwig Bamberger (1823–1899), co-founder of Deutsche Bank
• John Jacob Bausch (1830–1926), co-founder of Bausch & Lomb, makers of contact lenses and Ray-Ban sunglasses
• Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), founder of what would become Bayer, a chemical and pharmaceutical company
• Paul Carl Beiersdorf (1836–1896), founded Beiersdorf AG, manufacturers of Nivea, Eucerin
• Melitta Bentz (1873–1950), invented the coffee filter and started Melitta, manufacturers of coffee, paper coffee filters and coffee makers
• Karl Benz (1844–1929), inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile; co-founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz
• Maximilian Delphinius Berlitz (1852–1921), founder of Berlitz Language Schools
• Carl Bertelsmann (1791–1850), founder of Bertelsmann AG, subsidiaries include Random House and BMG
• Johann Adam Birkenstock, in 1774 founded Birkenstock shoe company
• August Borsig (1804–1854), founder of Borsig Werke
• Robert Bosch (1861–1942), industrialist, engineer and inventor; founder of Robert Bosch GmbH
• Hugo Boss (1885–1948), fashion designer, founder of Hugo Boss AG
• Max Braun (1883–1967), founder of Braun GmbH, makers of personal care appliances, coffee makers and other home appliances
• Adolphus Busch (1839–1913), co-founder of Anheuser-Busch brewing company
• Adolph Coors (1847–1929), founder of the Adolph Coors Company brewery, now part of MillerCoors
• Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), inventor and engineer; founder of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, now Daimler-Benz AG
• Adolf Dassler (1900–1978), founder of sportswear company Adidas
• Rudolf Dassler (1898–1974), founder of sportwear company Puma
• Adelbert Delbrück (1822–1899), co-founder of Deutsche Bank
• Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck (1830–1916), founder of company Schlesische AG für Bergbau und Zinkhüttenbetrieb
• Friedrich Engelhorn (1821–1902), founder of the chemical company BASF
• Kaspar Faber (1730–1784), founder of Faber-Castell, manufacturers of office supplies, art supplies, writing instruments and leather goods
• Günther Fielmann (born 1939), founder of Fielmann
• Eduard Fresenius (1874–1946), founder of Fresenius
• Jakob Fugger the Elder (1368–1469), founder of Fugger bank
• Marcus Goldman (1821–1904), co-founder of Goldman Sachs
• Max Grundig (1908–1989), fouder of Grundig
• Richard Hellmann (1876–1971), founder of Hellmann's Mayonnaise
• Friedrich Karl Henkel (1848–1930), founder of Henkel
• Johann Peter Henckels, founder of (Zwilling) J.A. Henckels, manufacturers of kitchen knives, scissors, cookware and flatware
• August Horch (1868–1951), founder of Audi automobile company in 1909
• Rudolph Karstadt (1856–1944), founder of Karstadt
• Carl Kellner, founder of Ernst Leitz GmbH, which later became Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and Leica Microsystems AG, producing cameras, geosurvey equipment and microscopes
• Friedrich Krupp (1787–1826), steel manufacturer and founder of the steel producers ThyssenKrupp AG
• Henry Lehman (1822–1855), Emanuel Lehman (1827–1907) and Mayer Lehman (1830–1897), German-born bankers, co-founders of Lehman Brothers
• Carl von Linde (1842–1934), founder of The Linde Group
• Henry Lomb (1828–1908), co-founder of Bausch & Lomb
• Oscar Ferdinand Mayer (1859–1955), founder of the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer
• Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), founder of former bank Mendelssohn & Co.
• Friedrich Jacob Merck (1621–1678), founder of Merck KGaA (Engel-Apotheke in Darmstadt)
• Georg(e) Merck (1867–1926), founder of Merck & Co.
• Heinrich Meyerfreund, founder of Garoto, a chocolate company in Brazil
• Carl Miele (1869–1938), founder of Miele, a manufacturer of domestic appliances
• Frederick Miller (born as Friedrich Eduard Johannes Müller) (1824–1888), founder of the Miller Brewing Company in 1855

N–Z

• Josef Neckermann (1912–1992) founder of the company Neckermann
• August Oetker (1862–1918), founder of the company Dr Oetker
• Adam Opel (1837–1895), founder of the automobile company Adam Opel AG
• Salomon Oppenheim (1772–1828), founder of bank Sal. Oppenheim
• Ernest Oppenheimer (1880–1957), diamond and gold mining entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist, who controlled De Beers and founded the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa
• Werner Otto (1909–2011), founder of Otto GmbH, now Otto Group, a mail order company
• Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951), designer and founder of Porsche
• Günther Quandt (1881–1954), industrial, entrepreneur of different companies (today includes BMW AG and Altana)
• Karl Friedrich Rapp (1882–1962), co-founder of Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH, which later became BMW AG
• Emil Rathenau (1838–1915), founder of AEG
• Paul Reuter (1816–1899), pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting; founder of Reuters news agency
• Hans Riegel, Sr. (1893–1945), founder of Haribo, the manufacturer of gummi and jelly sweets
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), founder of British company N M Rothschild & Sons
• Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering (1824–1889), founder of the pharmaceutical company Schering AG
• Anton Schlecker (born 1944), founder of Schlecker
• Ernst Schmidt and Wilhelm Schmidt-Ruthenbeck (1906–1988), founders of Metro AG
• Fritz Sennheiser (1912–2010), founder of Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG, specializing in high fidelity products
• Georg von Siemens (1839–1901), co-founder of Deutsche Bank
• Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), inventor, founder of Siemens, the electronics and electrical engineering company
• J.S. Staedtler, in 1835 founded Staedtler Mars GmbH & Co. KG, suppliers of writing, artist, and engineering drawing instruments
• Henry E. Steinway (1797–1871), founder of the piano company Steinway & Sons
• Hugo Stinnes (1870–1924), co-founder of Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG
• August Storck-Oberwelland, in 1903 founder of Werther's Sugar Confectionery Factory, now August Storck AG
• Franz Ströher (born c. 1854-1936), in 1880 founded cosmetics company Wella AG
• Carl von Thieme (1844–1924), founder of Allianz AG, a financial services company
• August Thyssen (1842–1926), founder of Walzwerk Thyssen & Co. in Mülheim an der Ruhr
• Friedrich Thyssen (1804–1877), founder of Draht-Fabrik-Compagnie in Aachen
• Hermann Tietz (1837–1907), founder of Hertie, a department store
• Leopold Ullstein (1826–1899), founder of publishing company Ullstein Verlag
• Moses Marcus Warburg and Gerson Warburg, co-founder of M. M. Warburg & Co., German bank
• Siegmund Warburg, founder of S. G. Warburg & Co., British bank
• Bartholomeus V. Welser (1484–1561), Welser brothers bank
• Georg Wertheim (1857–1939), founder of Wertheim, a department store
• Carl Zeiss (1816–1888), founder of Carl Zeiss AG, a maker of optical instruments
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), inventor of the Zeppelin; founder of the Zeppelin Airship company

Fashion models

• Nadja Auermann (born 1971), supermodel
• Eugen Bauder (born 1986)
• Sarah Brandner (born 1988)
• Charlott Cordes (born 1988)
• Zohre Esmaeli (born 1985 in Afghanistan), model, author, designer
• Toni Garrn (born 1992)
• Lena Gercke (born 1988), winner of 2006 Germany's Next Topmodel
• Manon von Gerkan (born 1972)
• Jennifer Hof (born 1991), winner of 2008 Germany's Next Topmodel
• Alexandra Kamp (born 1966)
• Bill Kaulitz (born 1989)
• Heidi Klum (born 1973), model and host of Project Runway and Germany's Next Topmodel
• Diane Kruger (born 1976), model and actress
• Barbara Meier (born 1986), winner of 2007 Germany's Next Topmodel
• Uschi Obermaier (born 1946), model and actress
• Eva Padberg (born 1980)
• Nico (1938–1988), model, singer and actress
• Tatjana Patitz (born 1966), supermodel
• Claudia Schiffer (born 1970), supermodel
• Nico Schwanz (born 1978)
• Julia Stegner (born 1984)

Fashionmaker

• Hugo Boss (1885–1948), fashion designer
• Wolfgang Joop (born 1944), fashion designer
• Karl Lagerfeldt (born 1933), fashion designer
• Michael Michalsky (born 1967), fashion designer

Film and theatre

Actresses and actors

See also: List of former child actors from Germany, List of current child actors from Germany, and List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees

Heidi Klum

Hanna Maron

Christoph Waltz

A–M

• Inga Abel (1946–2000), actress
• Mario Adorf (born 1930), actor and writer
• Hans Albers (1891–1960), actor
• Mark Bellinghaus (born 1963), activist, actor, poet and writer
• Iris Berben (born 1950), actress
• Moritz Bleibtreu (born 1971), actor
• Grit Boettcher (born 1938), actress
• Eric Braeden (born Hans Gudegast, 1941), actor
• Daniel Brühl (born 1978), actor
• Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), actor
• Vicco von Bülow (also known as Loriot), actor and comedian
• Hans Clarin (1930–2005), actor
• August Diehl (born 1976), actor
• Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), actress
• George Dzundza (born 1945), actor
• Heinz Erhardt (1909–1979), actor and comedian
• Veronica Ferres (born 1965), actress
• Gert Fröbe (1913–1988), actor
• Cornelia Froboess (born 1943), actress
• Martina Gedeck (born 1961), actress
• Götz George (born 1938), actor
• Heinrich George (1893–1946), actor
• Gustaf Gründgens (1899–1963), actor
• Eva Habermann (born 1976), actress and model
• Evelyn Hamann (1942–2007), actress
• Brigitte Helm (1908–1996), actress
• Henriette Hendel-Schütz (1772–1849), stage actress, mimoplastic performer
• Emil Jannings (1884–1950), actor
• Harald Juhnke (1929–2005), actor and comedian
• Heidi Kabel (1914–2010), actress
• Klaus Kinski (1926–1991), actor; Polish-German father, German mother
• Nastassja Kinski (born 1959), actress; daughter of actor Klaus Kinski
• Heidi Klum (born 1973), model and actress
• Hildegard Knef (1925–2002), actress, singer and writer
• Sebastian Koch (born 1962), actor
• Thomas Kretschmann (born 1962), actor and model
• Diane Kruger (born 1976), actress and model
• Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), actress
• Siegfried Lowitz (1914–1999),actor
• Heike Makatsch (born 1971), actress
• Hanna Maron (born 1923), Israeli actress
• Inge Meysel (1910–2004), actress
• Brigitte Mira (1910–2005), actress
• Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999), actor
• Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007), actor
• Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930), actor

N–Z

• Luise Neumann (1818–1905)
• Uwe Ochsenknecht (born 1956), actor
• Christian Oliver, actor
• Lilli Palmer (1914–1986), actress
• Franka Potente (born 1974), actress
• Jürgen Prochnow (born 1941), actor
• Heinz Rühmann (1902–1994), actor
• Otto Sander (1941–2013), actor
• Claudia Schiffer (born 1970), actress and supermodel
• Romy Schneider (1938–1982), actress
• Jessica Schwarz (born 1977), actress
• Til Schweiger (born 1963), actor
• Matthias Schweighöfer (born 1981), actor
• Hanna Schygulla (born 1943), actress
• Xenia Seeberg (born 1972), actress and model
• Kristina Söderbaum (1912–2001), actress and photographer
• Günter Strack (1929–1999), actor
• Barbara Sukowa (born 1950), actress
• Horst Tappert (1923–2008), actor
• Katharina Thalbach (born 1954), actress
• Nora Tschirner (born 1981), actress
• Ulrich Tukur (born 1957), actor
• Nadja Uhl (born 1972), actress
• Christoph Waltz (born 1956), actor
• Fritz Wepper (born 1941), actor
• Luise del Zopp (1871–1946), actress, opera singer, screenwriter

Filmmakers

• Uwe Boll, film director
• Andreas Deja, animator
• Doris Dörrie, female film director
• Bernd Eichinger (1949–2011), film producer
• Roland Emmerich (born 1955), film director (Stargate, Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow)
• Harun Farocki (1944–2014), film director
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), film director
• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film director; Academy Award winner
• Werner Herzog (born 1942), film director
• Oliver Hirschbiegel, film director
• Alexander Kluge (born 1932), film director
• Carl Koch (1892–1963), film director and writer
• 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
• Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940–2014), film director
• Peter Schamoni (1934–2011), film director
• Volker Schlöndorff (born 1939), film director
• Andreas Schnaas (born 1968), film director
• Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (born 1935), film director
• Tom Tykwer (born 1965), film director
• Margarethe von Trotta (born 1942), film director
• Robert Wiene, film director
• Wim Wenders (born 1945), film director

Literature

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Friedrich Schiller

Gotthold Lessing

Hermann Hesse

Thomas Mann

Günter Grass

See also: List of German journalists, List of German-language authors, List of German-language philosophers, List of German-language playwrights, and List of German-language poets

Classic

• Heinrich Böll (1917–1985), author
• Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), playwright and poet
• Clemens Brentano (1778–1842), poet and novelist
• Georg Büchner, dramatist and author
• Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908), poet and satirist
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), poet
• Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857), poet
• Theodor Fontane (1819–1898), novelist and poet
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), author and poet
• Brothers Grimm, collectors of fairy tales
• Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), poet
• Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), essayist and poet
• Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), author
• E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822), author
• Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843), poet
• Ernst Jünger (1895–1998), writer and novelist
• Erich Kästner (1899–1974), novelist
• Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811), poet, dramatist and novelist
• Gotthold Lessing (1729–1781), writer
• Heinrich Mann (1871–1950), author (brother of Thomas Mann)
• Thomas Mann (1875–1955), author (brother of Heinrich Mann)
• Karl May (1842–1912), author
• Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914), poet
• Novalis (1772–1801), poet and novelist
• Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970), novelist
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), poet
• Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), poet and playwright
• Arno Schmidt (1914–1979), writer
• Theodor Storm (1817–1888), author
• Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), writer and satirist
• Walter von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 – c. 1230), poet
• Christa Wolf (1929–2011), novelist and essayist
• Wolfram von Eschenbach (died 1220), poet

Major

• Yehuda Amichai (born Ludwig Pfeuffer; 1924–2000), German-born Israeli poet
• Ernst Moritz Arndt, poet, songwriter and patriot
• Achim von Arnim (1781–1831), poet
• Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), writer and novelist
• Ezriel Carlebach (1909–1956), Israeli journalist and editorial writer
• Matthias Claudius (1740–1815), poet and writer
• Michael Ende (1929–1995), author of fantasy novels and children's books
• Anne Frank (1929–1945), diarist and victim of the Holocaust
• Paul Gerhardt (c. 1606–1676), hymn writer
• Leah Goldberg (1911–1970), Israeli poet
• Joseph Görres (1776–1848), essayist
• Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827), writer
• Janosch (born 1931), author of artist and children's books
• Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970), diarist of My Opposition
• Golo Mann (1909–1994), author and historian (second-oldest son of Thomas Mann)
• Klaus Mann (1906–1949), author (oldest son of Thomas Mann)
• Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843), writer
• Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), writer and landscape gardener
• Otfried Preussler (1923–2013), author of children's books
• Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), novelist
• Peter Rühmkorf (1929–2008), poet
• Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), poet
• Leopold Schefer (1784–1861), writer, poet and composer
• August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), poet and translator
• Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853), poet, editor and novelist
• Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862), poet, writer and playwright
• Gero von Wilpert (born 1933), essayist

Contemporary

• Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 1929), essayist and poet
• Günter Grass (1927–2015), author; recipient, 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Peter Härtling (born 1933), author
• Rolf Hochhuth (born 1931), playwright
• Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967), short story writer
• Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975), novelist
• Siegfried Lenz (1926–2014), author
• Bernhard Schlink (born 1944), author and professor of law
• Patrick Süskind (born 1949), author and screenwriter
• Martin Walser (born 1927), playwright and novelist

Humorists, cabaret performers and comedians

Main article: List of German comedians

• Dieter Hildebrandt (1927–2013), cabaret performers
• Bruno Jonas (born 1952), cabaret performers
• Michael Mittermeier (born 1966), comedian
• Georg Schramm (born 1949), cabaret performers
• Mathias Richling (born 1953), cabaret performers
• Richard Rogler (born 1949), cabaret performers
• Daniel Tosh (born 1975), comedian

Journalists

Main article: List of German journalists

• Rudolf Augstein (1923–2002), journalist
• Marion Dönhoff (1909–2002), journalist
• Günther Jauch (born 1956), journalist
• Axel Springer (1912–1985), journalist
• Anne Will (born 1966), journalist

Mathematicians

Georg Cantor

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Georg Ohm

• Wilhelm Ackermann (1896–1962), mathematician
• Georg Cantor (1845–1918), mathematician
• Richard Dedekind (1831–1916), mathematician
• Walther von Dyck (1856 –1934), mathematician
• Albert Einstein (1879–1955), mathematician, physicist
• Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician
• Philipp Furtwängler (1869–1940), mathematician
• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematician
• Ernst Hellinger (1883–1950), mathematician
• David Hilbert (1862–1943), mathematician
• Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804–1851), mathematician
• Erich Kähler (1906–2000), mathematician
• Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), mathemetatician and astronomer
• Felix Christian Klein (1849–1925), mathematician
• Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (1885–1955), mathematician
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), mathematician
• Kurt Mendelssohn (1906–1980), mathematician
• Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909), mathematician
• August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), mathematician, theoretical astronomer
• Carl Neumann (1832–1925), mathematician
• Emmy Noether (1882–1935), mathematician
• Georg Ohm (1789–1854), mathematician
• Carl Adam Petri (1926–2010), mathematician, computer scientist
• Julius Plücker (1801–1868), mathematician
• Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866), mathematician
• Adam Ries (1492–1559), mathematician, physicist, archeologist
• Gustav Roch (1839–1866) mathematician
• Eric Reissner (1913–1996), mathematician, engineer
• Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856–1927), mathematician, physicist, spectrocopist
• Heinrich Scherk (1798–1885), mathematician
• Herman Schwarz (1843–1921), mathematician
• Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896–1981), mathematician
• Roland Sprague (1894–1967), mathematician
• Heinrich Martin Weber (1842–1913), mathematician
• Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), mathematician
• Max Zorn (1906–1993), mathematician

Military

• Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), Prussian professional soldier, military historian, and influential military theorist
• Erich 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 OKW
• Günther 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)
• Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891), field marshal, chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years,
• Friedrich Paulus (1890–1957), general and commander of the German Sixth Army, later promoted to Field Marshal (1910–1943)
• Günther Rall (1918–2009), third highest scoring fighter ace in history with 275 confirmed kills while serving as a pilot in the Luftwaffe in World War II
• 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)
• Albrecht von Roon (1803–1879), field marshall, Minister of War from 1859 to 1873
• Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916–1982), Stuka dive-bomber pilot and air ace (1936–1945)
• Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953), field marshal and commander (1892–1945)
• Alfred von Schlieffen (1833–1913), field marshal, Strategist and Chief of General Staff (1891–1905)
• Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813), general and Prussian Minister of War (1808–10)
• Michael Wittmann (1914–1944), SS captain and tank ace (1934–1944)

Music

Composers

See also: List of German composers

• Carl Friedrich Abel (1725–1787), composer
• Martin Agricola (1466–1506), composer
• Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941), composer
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), composer; son of Johann Sebastian Bach
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer
• Klaus Badelt (born 1967), film composer (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Miami Vice, Ultraviolet, 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer
• Martin Böttcher (born 1927), film composer (Karl May film adaptations)
• 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 (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 (born 1952), composer
• Leopold Schefer (1784–1862), writer and composer
• Clara Schumann (1819–1896), composer
• Robert Schumann (1810–1856), composer and songwriter
• Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), composer
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007), 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 (The Threepenny Opera, "September Song")
• Hans Zimmer (born 1957), film composer (The Lion King, Crimson Tide, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Inception)

Conductors, instrumentalists and singers

See also: List of German musicians

A–M

• Hans Albers (1891–1960), singer and actor
• Thomas Anders (born 1963), singer
• Lale Andersen (1905–1972), singer
• Lou Bega (born 1975), singer
• Andrea Berg (born 1966), singer-songwriter
• Wolf Biermann (born 1936), singer-songwriter and East German dissident
• Dieter Bohlen (born 1954), music producer
• Andreas Bourani (born 1983), singer-songwriter
• Hans-Jürgen Buchner (born 1944), founder, composer, songwriter of the band Haindling
• Fritz Busch (1890–1951), conductor
• Bushido (born 1978), rapper
• Campino (born 1962), lead singer of the band Die Toten Hosen
• Yvonne Catterfeld (born 1979), singer
• Sarah Connor (born 1980), pop and soul singer
• Michael and Sandra Cretu, founders and performers of the musical project Enigma and the group Sandra
• Diana Damrau, coloratura soprano opera singer
• Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), singer
• Herbert Dreilich (1942–2004), singer of the Band Karat
• Jürgen Drews (born 1945), singer
• Katja Ebstein (born 1945), singer
• Fancy (born 1946), singer
• Frank Farian (born 1941), German record producer and songwriter
• Helene Fischer (born 1984), singer
• Peter Fox (born 1971), singer
• Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), conductor and composer
• Rex Gildo (1936–1999), singer
• Bernd Heinrich Graf, lead singer of the Band Unheilig
• Antye Greie (born 1969), vocalist, musician and composer
• Herbert Grönemeyer (born 1956), singer
• Gudrun Gut (born 1957), electronic musician
• Nina Hagen (born 1955), singer
• Heino (born 1938), pop singer
• Willy Hess (1859–1939), violinist
• Natalie Horler (born 1981), member of the band Cascada
• Annette Humpe (born 1950), singer of the bands Ideal and Ich + Ich
• Matthias Jabs (born 1955), guitarist of the band Scorpions
• Roland Kaiser (born 1952), singer
• Bill Kaulitz (born 1989), lead singer of the band Tokio Hotel
• Tom Kaulitz (born 1989), guitarist of the band Tokio Hotel
• John Kay (musician) (born 1944), German–Canadian musician
• Gershon Kingsley (born 1922), composer
• Alexander Klaws (born 1983), singer
• Hildegard Knef (1925–2002), singer
• Peter Kraus (born 1939), singer
• Mike Kogel, lead singer of the band Los Bravos
• Rolf Köhler (1951–2007), singer, musician and record producer
• Paul Kuhn (1928–2013), band leader and singer
• LaFee (born 1990), singer
• Ute Lemper (born 1963), singer
• Udo Lindenberg (born 1946), singer
• Michail Lifits (born 1982), concert pianist
• Till Lindemann (born 1963), lead singer of the band Rammstein
• Georg Listing, bassist of the band Tokio Hotel
• Frida Lyngstad, lead singer of the pop group ABBA
• Peter Maffay (born 1949), singer
• Klaus Meine, vocalist of the band Scorpions
• Reinhard Mey (born 1942)
• Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 1991), singer
• Marius Müller-Westernhagen (born 1948), singer
• Karl Münchinger (1915–1990), conductor
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963), violinist

N–Z

• Xavier Naidoo (born 1971)
• Meshell Ndegeocello (born 1969), born of American parents in Germany
• Nena (born 1960)
• Nicole (born 1964), singer
• Klaus Nomi (1944–1983)
• Lisa Otto (1919–2013), opera singer
• Martin Rich (born 1905), conductor and pianist
• Marianne Rosenberg (born 1955), singer and songwriter
• Anneliese Rothenberger (1924–2010), singer
• Sandra (born 1962), singer
• Kool Savas (born 1975), half German, half Turkish singer
• Gustav Schäfer, drummer of the band Tokio Hotel
• Michael Schenker (born 1955), guitar player of band UFO and solo career
• Rudolf Schenker (born 1948), guitarist of the band Scorpions; brother of Michael Schenker
• Peter Schilling (born 1956), singer
• Sido (born 1980), rapper
• Cassandra Steen (born 1980), German-American singer, songwriter, and voice actress,
• Farin Urlaub (born 1963), lead singer of the band Die Ärzte
• Lena Valaitis (born 1943), singer
• Paul van Dyk (born 1971), DJ, musician and record producer.
• Hannes Wader (born 1943), singer-songwriter
• Claire Waldoff (1884–1957), singer
• Bruno Walter (1876–1962), conductor and composer
• Konstantin Wecker (born 1947), singer-songwriter

Philosophy

See also: List of German-language philosophers

Classic

• Theodor Adorno (1903–1969), philosopher, sociologist and composer
• Albertus Magnus (c. 1193–1280), medieval philosopher and theologian
• Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), political theorist
• Walter Benjamin (1892–1943)
• Ernst Bloch (1885–1977)
• Jakob Böhme (1575–1624), mystic philosopher
• Franz Brentano (1838–1917), philosopher and psychologist
• Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970), philosopher
• Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945)
• Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911), philosopher, historian, psychologist
• Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), philosopher
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814), philosopher
• Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher
• Eduard von Hartmann (1842–1906), philosopher
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), philosopher
• Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), philosopher
• Max Horkheimer (1895–1973)
• Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), philosopher
• Karl Jaspers (1883–1969), philosopher
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), philosopher
• Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716), physicist, philosopher
• Karl Marx (1818–1883), philosopher and sociologist
• Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786), philosopher
• Lorenz Christoph Mizler (1711–78), philosopher active in Poland
• Nikolaus Cusanus (1401–1462), philosopher, theologian, mathematician
• Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), early existentialist philosopher
• Friedrich Schelling (1775–1854), philosopher
• Moritz Schlick (1882–1936), philosopher
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), philosopher
• Christian Wolff, philosopher

Major

• Bruno Bauer (1809–1882), political theorist and philosopher
• Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), philosopher, political economist
• Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
• Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002), philosopher
• Ludwig Klages (1872–1956), philosopher
• Leo Löwenthal (1900–1993)
• Karl Löwith (1897–1973)
• Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979)
• Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694), moral and political philosopher
• Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (1805–1879)
• Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929)
• Max Scheler (1874–1928), philosopher
• Carl Schmitt (1888–1985), political theorist
• Georg Simmel (1859–1918), philosopher and sociologist
• Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912–2007), philosopher and physicist

Contemporary

• Hans Albert (born 1921), philosopher
• Kurt Flasch (born 1930), philosopher
• Jürgen Habermas (born 1929), philosopher, social theorist
• Dieter Henrich (born 1927), philosopher
• Odo Marquard (born 1928), philosopher
• Julian Nida-Rümelin (born 1954), philosopher and political theorist
• Konrad Ott (born 1959), moral philosopher and environmentalist
• Peter Sloterdijk (born 1947), philosopher and television host
• Robert Spaemann (born 1927), philosopher
• Ernst Tugendhat (born 1930), philosopher

Politicians

Miscellaneous

• Arminius (18 or 17 BC – AD 21)
• Rainer Barzel (1924–2006), leader of the party Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
• August Bebel (1840–1913), co-founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
• Rudolf von Bennigsen (1824–1902), founder of the National Liberal Party
• Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), Social Democratic leader
• Heinrich von Brentano (1904–1964), Foreign Minister Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
• Julius Curtius (1877–1948), Foreign Minister (German People's Party)
• Matthias Erzberger (1875–1921), Catholic Center party leader
• Joschka 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), parliamentarian
• Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), parliamentarian
• Gregor Gysi (born 1948), former leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism
• Georg Hornstein (1900–1942), resistance fighter during the period of National Socialism (Nazism)
• Alfred Hugenberg (1865–1951), leader of the German National People's Party
• Johann Jacoby (1805–1877), radical democrat in Prussia
• Luise Kähler (1869–1955), trade union leader, founding member of Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
• Karl Kautsky (1854–1938), Social Democratic leader and theoretician
• Petra Kelly (1947–1992), co-founder of the German Green Party
• Roland Koch (born 1958), Minister-President of Hesse
• Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943), socialist, former minister for finance
• Ferdinand Lassalle (1825–1864), democrat and socialist
• Karl Liebknecht (1871–1919), socialist
• Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900), co-founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
• Rosa Luxemburg (1870–1919), left-wing Social Democratic leader
• Jakob Maria Mierscheid (born 1933), virtual parliamentarian (SPD)
• Hans Modrow (born 1928), former leader of GDR, honorary chairman of PDS
• Hermann Müller (1876–1931), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)
• Erich Ollenhauer (1901–1963), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
• Walther Rathenau (1867–1922), foreign minister (DDP)
• Eugen Richter (1838–1906), liberal politician
• Wolfgang Schäuble (born 1942), Christian politician, financial minister (CDU)
• Carlo Schmid (1896–1979), politician who had vast influence on the content of the German Basic Law after World War II
• Gerhard Schröder (1910–1989), foreign minister, minister of the Interior (CDU)
• Kurt Schumacher (1895–1952), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the early years of the FRG
• Baron Heinrich vom Stein (1757–1831)
• Edmund Stoiber (born 1941), party leader of the CSU and former minister president of Bavaria
• Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988), Bavarian politician (CSU)
• Ernst Thälmann (1886–1944), leader of the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar period
• Hans-Jochen Vogel (born 1926), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
• Otto Wels (1873–1939), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
• Guido Westerwelle (born 1961), party leader of the liberal party (FDP)
• Klaus Wowereit (born 1953), social democrat politician (SPD)
• Clara Zetkin (1857–1933), socialist and fighter for women's rights

Chancellors of Germany 1871–1945

• 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
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), combining legally both offices, President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1934–45
• 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 World War II)

(in chronological order)

• Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967), first democratically elected Federal Chancellor in Western Germany (after World War II) from 1949 to 1963 (Christian-Democratic Union, CDU)
• Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977), Federal Chancellor from 1963 to 1966 (CDU)
• Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988), Federal Chancellor from 1966 to 1969 (CDU)
• Willy Brandt (1913–1992), Federal Chancellor from 1969 to 1974 (Social Democratic Party, SPD)
• Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), Federal Chancellor from 1974 to 1982 (SPD)
• Helmut Kohl (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

(in chronological order)

• Friedrich Ebert (1871–1925), first president of the Weimar Republic (SPD) 1919–25
• Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), field marshal, president 1925–34
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), combining legally both offices, president and chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1934–45
• Karl Dönitz (1891–1980), Admiral of the Fleet, after Hitler's death, president for 22 days, 1945

Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949:
(in chronological order)

• Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), Federal President 1949–59 (Liberal-Democratic Party, FDP)
• Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972), Federal President 1959–69 (CDU)
• Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976), Federal President 1969–74 (SPD)
• Walter Scheel (born 1919), Federal President 1974–79 (FDP)
• Karl Carstens (1914–1992), Federal President 1979–84 (CDU)
• Richard von Weizsäcker (born 1920), Federal President 1984–94 (CDU)
• Roman Herzog (born 1934), Federal President 1994–99 (CDU)
• Johannes Rau (1931–2006), Federal President 1999–2004 (SPD)
• Horst Köhler (born 1943), Federal President 2004–10 (CDU)
• Jens Böhrnsen (born 1949), acting President since resignation of Köhler in 2010 (SPD)
• Christian Wulff (born 1959), Federal President 2010–12 (CDU)
• Horst Seehofer (born 1949), acting President since resignation of Wulff in 2012 (CDU)
• Joachim Gauck (born 1940), Federal President since 18 March 2012 (Independent)

Politicians of the East German Communist Party and regime

• 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
• Heinrich Rau (1899–1961), chairman of the German Economic Commission (predecessor of the East German government)
• 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 (1900–1945), 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), Nazi judge
• Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), Minister of the Interior
• Walther 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
• Rudolf Höss (1900–1947), commandant of Auschwitz
• Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946), Heydrich's successor at the SD
• Hans Kammler (1901 – c. 1945), author and organiser of first Death Camps
• Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946), field marshal, head of the OKW (1939–45)
• Karl Otto Koch (1897–1945), German first commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp
• 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)
• Josef Mengele (1911–1979), German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz
• Erhard Milch (1892–1972), Göring's second-in-command, Air Inspector General
• Heinrich Müller (1900–1945 {?}), head of the Gestapo
• 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
• Erwin Rommel (1891–1944), Commander of the 7th Panzer Division and the Afrika Korps
• 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 (1942–45)
• 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 (1892–1934), left-wing Nazi leader
• Julius Streicher (1885–1946), Nazi Party leader in Franconia

Royalty

• Alix of Hesse and Rhine (1872–1918), 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 and 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
• Catherine the Great (1729–1796), Empress of Russia
• Charles IV (1316–1378), King of Germany 1346, Holy Roman Emperor 1355–78
• Charles V (1500–1558), King of Spain 1516, King of Germany 1519, Holy Roman Emperor 1530–56
• 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 1155–90
• 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 1014–24
• Henry III (1017–1056), King of Germany 1039, Holy Roman Emperor 1046–56
• Henry IV (1050–1106), King of Germany 1056, Holy Roman Emperor 1084–1106
• Henry V (1081–1125), King of Germany 1106, Holy Roman Emperor 1111–25
• Henry VI (1165–1197), King of Germany 1190, Holy Roman Emperor 1191–97
• John (1801–1873), King of Saxony (1854–1873)
• Louis IV (1281–1347), King of Germany 1314, Holy Roman Emperor 1328–47
• 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 1508–19
• 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)

Scientists and engineers

A–G

Wernher von Braun

Nicolaus Copernicus, Tornaeus Borussus Mathematicus (N.C.,Prussian mathematician from Thorn/Torun). Copper engraving from 1597

Albert Einstein

• Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806–1886), mineralogist, geologist
• Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), psychiatrist and neuropathologist
• 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
• Georg Bednorz (born 1950), physicist Nobel Prize for Physics
• Emil von Behring (1854–1917), physician
• Karl Benz (1844–1929), inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile
• Friedrich Bessel (1784–1846), mathematician
• Hans Bethe (1906–2005), physicist
• Hennig Brand (c. 1630 – c.1692 or c. 1710), alchemist; discoverer of phosphorus
• Max Born (1882–1970), physicist
• Robert Bosch (1861–1942), industrialist
• Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), physicist
• Wernher von Braun (1912–1977), space engineer, rocket scientist
• Eduard Buchner (1860–1917), biochemist; recipient 1907 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the discovery of enzymes
• Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899), chemist
• Alfred Buntru (1887–1974), hydraulic engineer and SS officer
• Georg Cantor (1845–1918), mathematician
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), Prussian astronomer who wrote and spoke German; he is also often considered as a Pole
• Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, neuropathologist
• Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), inventor and engineer
• Carl Duisberg (1861–1935), chemist and industrialist
• Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), inventor of the Diesel engine
• Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), physician
• Albert Einstein (1879–1955), physicist
• Gerhard Ertl (born 1936), physicist
• Hans Jürgen Eysenck (1916–1997), psychologist
• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), physicist, engineer, and glass blower
• Wolfgang Finkelnburg (1905–1967), physicist
• Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), physicist
• Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician and logicist
• Wilhelm Siegmund Frei (1885–1943), dermatologist
• Erich Fromm (1900–1980), psychologist
• Klaus Fuchs (1911–1988), physicist and spy
• Hans Geiger (1882–1945), physicist
• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematician
• Otto von Guericke (1602–1682), scientist
• Johannes Gutenberg (1398–1468), inventor of modern bookprinting

H–J

Johannes Hevelius

• Fritz Haber (1868–1934), chemist
• Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), physician
• Otto Hahn (1879–1968), chemist
• Theodor W. Hänsch (born 1941), physicist
• Bernhard Hantzsch (1875–1911), ornithologist
• Georg Hartmann (1865–1946), geographer
• 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
• Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687), astronomer
• David Hilbert (1862–1943), mathematician
• Johann Homann (1664–1724), geographer
• Erich Hueckel (1896–1980), physicist
• Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), explorer
• Carl Gustav Jacob 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
• Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743–1817), chemist
• Felix Klein (1849–1925), mathematician
• Klaus von Klitzing (born 1943), physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
• 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
• Hermann Lattemann (1852–1894), balloon pilot and parachutist
• Max von Laue (1879–1960), physicist
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), mathematician
• Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (1862–1947), physicist
• August Leskien (1840–1916), linguist
• Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), chemist
• Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896), aviation pioneer
• Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852–1939), mathematician
• Alexander Lippisch (1894–1976), aerodynamicist
• Friedrich Loeffler (1852–1915), bacteriologist
• Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821–1895), physicist, chemist
• Cornelia Lüdecke (born 1954), polar researcher, historian
• Reimar Lüst (born 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
• Carl Gottfried Neumann (1832–1925), mathematician
• Franz Ernst Neumann (1798–1895), mathematician
• Claus Noé (1938–2008), economist
• Emmy Noether (1882–1935), mathematician
• Georg Ohm (1789–1854), physicist
• Wilhelm Ostwald, chemist; recipient 1909 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Nikolaus Otto (1832–1891), coinventor of the Otto cycle
• Bernhard Philberth (1927–2010), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
• Max Planck (1858–1947), physicist
• Jesco von Puttkamer (born 1933), space scientist (NASA manager), engineer and author
• Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866), mathematician
• Adam Ries (1492–1559), mathematician
• Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), physicist; inventor of x-rays

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
• Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), inventor, industrialist
• 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 (1880–1930), geologist, meteorologist
• Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), mathematician
• August Weismann (1834–1914), biologist
• Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912–2007), 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
• Christian Zeller (1822–1899, Rektor), mathematician
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), inventor of the Zeppelin, founded the Zeppelin Airship company
• Ernst Zermelo (1871–1953), mathematician
• Konrad Zuse (1910–1995), computer pioneer

Sportspeople

See also: List of German bodybuilders, List of Germany international footballers, List of Germany international footballers 1908–1942, and List of Germany national rugby union players

Boris Becker

Alfred Flatow

Marcel Goc

Jürgen Klinsmann

Helene Mayer

A–G

• Franziska van Almsick (born 1978), swimmer
• Adolf Anderssen (1818–1879), chess grandmaster
• Rudi Ball (1911–1975), ice hockey player, Olympic bronze 1932, World runner-up 1930, bronze 1934
• 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 (1907–2007), aviator
• Stefan Bellof (1957–1985), race car driver
• Frank Biela (born 1964), race car driver
• Oliver Bierhoff (born 1968), football player
• Timo Boll, table tennis player
• Paul Breitner (born 1951), football player
• Kai Budde (born 1979), professional Magic: The Gathering player
• Bettina Bunge (born 1963), tennis player
• Rudolf Caracciola (1901–1959), race car driver
• Uschi Disl (born 1970), biathlete
• Heike Drechsler (born 1964), athlete
• Christian Ehrhoff, German Olympian and National Hockey League hockey player; plays for the Buffalo Sabres
• Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (1913–1997), leading chess player of the 1930s–40s, represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition
• David Elsner (born 1992), professional ice hockey player
• Harald Ertl (1948–1982), race car driver
• Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), boxer
• Rudi Fink (born 1958), boxer
• Birgit Fischer (born 1962), kayaker
• Sven Fischer (born 1971), biathlete
• Alfred Flatow (1869–1942), gymnast, three-time Olympic champion (parallel bars, team parallel bars, team horizontal bar), silver (horizontal bar)
• Gustav Felix Flatow (1875–1945), two-time Olympic champion (team parallel bars, team horizontal bar)
• Torsten Frings (born 1976), football player
• Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), football player
• Erika Geisen, IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Marcel Goc, German Olympian and NHL hockey player; plays for the Nashville Predators
• Steffi Graf (born 1969), tennis player
• Michael Greis (born 1976), biathlete
• Michael Gross (born 1964), swimmer
• Ricco Groß (born 1970), biathlete
• Ludwig Guttmann (1899–1980), founder of the Paralympics

H–M

• Georg Hackl (born 1966), luger
• Sven Hannawald (born 1974), ski jumper
• Armin Hary (born 1937), athlete
• Nick Heidfeld (born 1977), racing driver
• Lilli Henoch (1899–1942), world records in discus, shot put, and 4x100-m relay
• Leah Horowitz (born 1933), Israeli Olympic hurdler
• Peter Hussing (born 1948), boxer
• Robert Hübner (born 1948), chess grandmaster
• Reinhold Joest (born 1937), 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
• Herbert Klein (1923–2001), Olympic bronze (200-m breaststroke); three world records
• Ralph Klein (1931–2008), Berlin-born Israeli basketball player and coach
• Jutta Kleinschmidt, rally driver
• Jürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), football player and coach
• Jürgen Klopp (born 1967), Liverpool football coach
• Miroslav Klose (born 1978), football player
• Georg Koch (born 1972), football player
• Olaf Kölzig (born 1970), German Olympian and National Hockey League goalie; plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning
• Andreas Köpke (born 1962), football player (goalkeeper)
• Louis Krages (1949–2001), racing driver who raced under the pseudonym of "John Winter"
• Philipp Lahm (born 1983), football player
• André Lange, bobsledding champion
• Hermann Lang (1909–1987), champion race car driver
• Bernhard Langer (born 1957), golfer
• Henry Laskau, racewalker; won 42 national titles; Pan American Games champion; four-time Maccabiah champion
• 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
• Marion Lüttge (born 1941), javelin thrower
• Sepp Maier (born 1944), football player
• Henry Maske (born 1964), boxer
• Jochen Mass, racing driver
• Lothar Matthäus (born 1961), football player
• Helene Mayer (1910–1953), foil fencer, Olympic champion
• Georg Meier (1910–1999), motorcycle racer
• Yona Melnik (born 1949), Israeli Olympic judoka
• 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

N–R

Dirk Nowitzki

• Patricia Neske (born 1966), figure skater
• Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born 1966), speed skater
• Aron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935), Latvian-Danish German chess master and chess writer
• Dirk Nowitzki (born 1978), National Basketball Association player
• Sylke Otto (born 1969), luger
• Claudia Pechstein (born 1972), speed skater
• Uta Pippig (born 1965), athlete
• Sarah Poewe (born 1983), swimmer, Olympic bronze (4 × 100 medley relay)
• Daniel Prenn (1904–1991), tennis player, highest world ranking # 6
• Birgit Prinz (born 1977), football player
• Lina Radke (1903–1983), athlete
• Teodor Regedziński (also known as Theodor Reger) (1894–1954), Polish chess master of German origin; father's name was Reger
• Annegret Richter (born 1950), athlete
• Lars Riedel (born 1967), athlete
• Walter Röhrl, rally and racing driver (two-time Rally World Champion)
• Bernd Rosemeyer (1909–1938), racing driver
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, football player

S–Z

Michael Schumacher

Jan Ullrich

• Max Schmeling (1905–2005), World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• Paul Felix Schmidt (1916–1984), Estonian–German chess master
• Martin Schmitt (born 1978), ski jumper
• Bernd Schneider, football player
• Bernd Schneider, racing driver
• Anja Schreiner, IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Detlef Schrempf (born 1963), former NBA player
• Harald Schumacher (born 1954), football player
• Michael Schumacher (born 1969), racing driver (seven-time Formula One World Champion)
• Ralf Schumacher (born 1975), racing driver; brother of Michael Schumacher
• Ralf Schumann (born 1962), pistol shooter
• Rainer Schüttler, tennis player
• Armin Schwarz (born 1963), racing driver
• Bastian Schweinsteiger (born 1984), football player
• Werner Seelenbinder (1904–1944), wrestler
• Uwe Seeler (born 1936), football player
• Katja Seizinger, alpine ski champion
• Renate Stecher (born 1950), athlete
• Michael Stich (born 1968), tennis player
• Rolf Stommelen (died 1983), racing driver
• Hans Stuck (died 1978), racing driver
• Hans Joachim Stuck, racing driver and son of Hans
• Siegbert Tarrasch (1862–1934), chess grandmaster
• Axel Teichmann (born 1979), cross-country skier
• 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
• Sebastian Vettel, Formula One driver (four-time World Champion)
• Berti Vogts, football player and coach
• Rudi Völler (born 1960), football player
• Sebastian Vollmer (born 1984), American football player, first German NFL draft pick; plays for the New England Patriots
• 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 Winkelhock
• Katarina Witt (born 1965), figure skater
• Sigrun Wodars (born 1965), athlete
• Jenny Wolf (born 1979), speed skater
• Erik Zabel (born 1970), cyclist
• Johannes Zukertort (1842–1888), German Polish-Jewish chessmaster

Theologians, saints and 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 (also known as Joseph Ratzinger) (born 1927)
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), theologian
• Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558), Protestant reformer of Pomerania and Denmark; theologian
• Rudolf Bultmann (1884–1976)
• Alfred Delp (1907–1945)
• Eugen Drewermann (born 1940)
• Johann Eck (1486–1543)
• Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824)
• Matthias Faber (1586–1653)
• Adolf Harnack (1851–1930)
• Hedwig of Andech (1174–1243)
• Johann Gottfried Herder, poet, translator, philosopher and theologian
• Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889–1977)
• Clemens August Graf von Galen, beatified, cardinal
• Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), beatified, priest
• Hans Küng (born 1928)
• Karl Lehmann (born 1936)
• Martin Luther (1483–1546), Protestant Reformation
• Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560), Protestant Reformation
• Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786)
• Jürgen Moltmann (born 1926), theologian
• Bernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
• Karl Rahner, theologian (1904-1989)
• 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 the Holocaust
• Carsten Peter Thiede (1952–2004), theologian, New Testament historian, chaplain
• Helmut Thielicke (1908–1986), theologian
• Paul Tillich (1886–1965), theologian, philosopher

Others

• Rodolphus Agricola (1443–1485)
• Gilbert Beilschmidt, the older brother of Germany and the national personification of Prussia from the webmanga series Hetalia: Axis Powers
• Ludwig Beilschmidt, the younger brother of Prussia and the national personification of Germany from the webmanga series Hetalia: Axis Powers
• Franz Borkenau (1900–1957), social scientist
• Dieter Claessens (1921–1997), sociologist
• Adolf Eugen Fick, inventor of contact lenses
• Gudrun Ensslin (1940–1977), terrorist
• Siegfried Fischbacher (1939), magician, conservationist
• Reinhard Furrer (1940–1995), astronaut
• Herschel Grynszpan
• Kerstin Günther (born 1967), business executive
• Johann Gutenberg (c. 1390s – 1468), printer
• Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179), abbess, mystic
• Roy Horn (1944), magician, conservationist
• Karen Horney, psychoanalyst
• Heribert Illig (born 1947), historian
• Sigmund Jähn (born 1937), the first German in space
• René König (1906–1992), sociologist
• Siegfried Kracauer
• Christian Frederick Martin (1796–1867), inventor of the steel-string guitar
• Ulrike Meinhof (1934–1976), journalist and terrorist
• Ulf Merbold (born 1941), astronaut
• Heinrich Meyerfreund, founder of Garoto, a chocolate company in Brazil
• Carl von Ossietzky (1889–1938), journalist and pacifist
• Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951), designer and founder of Porsche
• Ferry Porsche (1909–1998), automobile designer and son of Ferdinand Porsche
• Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935–2012), designer and member of the Porsche family
• Ferdinand Oliver Porsche (born 1961), lawyer, executive and family member of Porsche
• Ludwig Quidde (1858–1941), historian and pacifist
• Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886), historian
• Paul Reuter (1816–1899), entrepreneur, pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting
• Mathias Rust (born 1968), aviator who landed on Moscow's Red Square in 1987
• Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984), sociologist
• Hannelore Schmatz, mountaineer
• Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), member of the German resistance in World War II
• Heffa Schücking, environmentalist
• Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), physician, humanitarian
• Henry Shultz (1776–1851), emigrant to the United States, entrepreneur
• Edith Stein (1891–1942), nun, victim of the Holocaust
• Johann Tetzel (1465–1519), monk
• Ulrich Walter (born 1954), astronaut
• Alfred Weber, sociologist
• Max Weber, sociologist
• Diedrich Hermann Westermann (1875–1956), linguist
• Carl Zeiss (1816–1888), maker of optical instruments, founded Carl Zeiss AG

More lists of Germans

• List of German inventors and discoverers
• List of Alsatians and Lorrainians
• List of Baltic Germans
• List of German agriculture ministers
• List of German Jews
• List of German monarchs
• List of German popes
• List of Nobel laureates by country#Germany

See also

• German Americans
• Germans
• Germans of Paraguay
• Germans of Poland
• Germans of Romania
• List of Austrian Jews
• List of Austrians
• List of Swiss people
• Lists of people by nationality