List of Germans

Here is a list of famous Germans:

Actors

Mario Adorf, (born 1930), actor
Hans Albers, actor
Moritz Bleibtreu, (born 1971), actor
Eric Braeden, (born Hans Gudegast, 1941), actor
Horst Buchholz, (1933-2003), actor
Marlene Dietrich, (1901-1992), actress
Heinz Erhardt, (1909-1979), actor and comedian
Gert Fröbe, (1913-1988), actor
Götz George, (born 1938), actor
Heinrich George, actor
Brigitte Helm, (1908-1996), actress
Klaus Kinski, (1926-1991), actor
Hildegard Knef, (1925-2002), actress, singer, writer
Diane Kruger, (born 1976), actress
Heike Makatsch, actress
Willy Millowitsch, (1909-1999), actor
Armin Mueller-Stahl, (born 1930), actor
Franka Potente (born 1974), actress
Jürgen Prochnow, (born 1941), actor
Heinz Rühmann, (1902-1994), actor
Uwe Ochsenknecht, (born 1956), actor
Kristina Söderbaum, (1912-2001), actress and photographer
Otto Waalkes, (born 1948), actor and comedian

Artists

Hans von Aachen, (1552-1615), mannerist painter
Albrecht Altdorfer, (1480-1538), painter
Ernst Barlach, (1870-1938), sculptor (and writer)
Joseph Beuys, (1921-1986), artist
Arnold Böcklin, (1827-1901), painter
Lovis Corinth, 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
Jörg Immendorff, painter
Janosch, (born 1931), artist known for his books for children
Käthe Kollwitz, (1867-1945), painter
Max Liebermann, painter
Franz Marc, (1880-1916), painter
Oskar Schlemmer, (1888-1943), choreographer, painter, sculptor, stage & costume designer
Eberhard Schlotter (born 1921), painter
Kurt Schwitters, painter, poet
Max Slevogt, painter
Carl Spitzweg, (1808-1885), painter
Franz Stuck, 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
Martin Boettcher, (1927), film-composer
Johannes Brahms, (1833-1897), composer
Georg Friedrich Händel, (1685-1759), composer, opera composer
Paul Hindemith, (1895-1963), composer
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, (1756-1791), composer
Carl Orff, (1895-1982), composer
Johann Pachelbel, (1653-1706), composer
Franz Schubert, (1797-1828), composeer, songwriter
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

Doris Dörrie, female film director
Roland Emmerich, film director
Gregor von Bismarck, film director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, (1945-1982), film director
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
Volker Schlöndorff, (born 1939), film director
Wim Wenders, (born 1945), 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 Barbarossa (1122–1190), King of Germany 1152, Holy Roman Emperor 1155-1190
Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713), Elector of Brandenburg (1688-1713), King in Prussia (1701-1713)
Frederick I of Württemberg (1754-1816), Duke (1797-1803), Elector (1803-1806), and King (1806-1816) of Württemberg
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250), Holy Roman Emperor and King of Jerusalem
Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786), King of Prussia (1740-1786)
Friedrich III (1831-1888), German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888)
Frederick Augustus I (1750-1827), Elector (1763-1806) and King (1806-1827) of Saxony
Frederick Augustus II (1797-1854), King of Saxony (1836-1854)
Frederick Augustus III (1865-1932), King of Saxony (1904-1918)
Frederick William I (1688-1740), King of Prussia (1713-1740)
Frederick William II (1744-1797), King of Prussia (1786-1797)
Frederick William III (1770-1840), King of Prussia (1797-1840)
Frederick William IV (1795-1861), King of Prussia (1840-1861)
George (1832-1904), King of Saxony (1902-1904)
George V (1819-1878), King of Hanover (1851-1866)
Henry II (972-1024), King of Germany 1002, Holy Roman Emperor 1014-1024
Henry III (1017-1056), King of Germany 1039, Holy Roman Emperor 1046-1056
Henry IV (1050-1106), King of Germany 1056, Holy Roman Emperor 1084-1106
Henry V (1081-1125), King of Germany 1106, Holy Roman Emperor 1111-1125
Henry VI (1165-1197), King of Germany 1190, Holy Roman Emperor 1191-1197
John (1801-1873), King of Saxony (1854-1873)
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 I the Great (912-973), King of Germany 936, Holy Roman Emperor 962-973
Otto II (955-983), Holy Roman Emperor 973-983
Otto III (980-1002), King of Germany 983, Holy Roman Emperor 996-1002
Otto of Greece King of Bavaria (1815-1867), King of the Hellenes (1833-1862)
Otto of Bavaria (1848-1916), King of Bavaria (1886-1913)
Wilhelm I (1797-1888), German Emperor (1871-1888) and King of Prussia (1861-1888)
Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888-1918)
William I (1781-1864), King of Württemberg (1816-1864)
William II (1848-1921), King of Württemberg (1891-1918)

Musicians and singers

Blind Guardian
Can
Die Ärzte
Die Toten Hosen
Faust
Heino, popular singer
Herbert Grönemeyer, (born 1956)
Kraftwerk
Gundula Krause, (born 1966)
Reinhard Mey, (born 1942)
Marius Müller-Westernhagen
Karl Münchinger, conductor
Nena, (born 1960)
Klaus Nomi, (1944-1983)
Lisa Otto, opera singer
Rammstein
Michael Schenker, (born 1955), guitar player of UFO and solo career
Scooter
The Scorpions
Ton Steine Scherben
Hannes Wader
Konstantin Wecker
Wir sind Helden
Funny van Dannen
Paul Van Dyk
Willy Hess (violinist)

Philosophers

Theodor Adorno, (1903-1969), philosopher, sociologist and composer
Albertus Magnus, medieval philosopher and theologian
Hannah Arendt, (1906-1975), political theorist
Bruno Bauer, (1809 - 1882), political theorist and philosopher
Walter Benjamin
Ernst Bloch
Ernst Cassirer, (1874 - 1945)
Nikolaus Cusanus, (1401 - 1462), philosopher, theologian, mathematician
Friedrich Engels, (1820 - 1895), philosopher, political economist, and collaborator with Karl Marx
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, (1770-1831), philosopher
Ludwig Feuerbach, (1804 - 1872), philosopher
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, (1762-1814), philosopher
Gottlob Frege, (1848-1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher
Erich Fromm
Hans-Georg Gadamer, (1900-2002), philosopher
Jürgen Habermas, (1929-), philosopher, social theorist
Eduard von Hartmann, philosopher
Martin Heidegger, (1889-1976), philosopher
Max Horkheimer
Karl Jaspers, (1883-1969), philosopher
Immanuel Kant, (1724-1804), philosopher
Ludwig Klages, philosopher
Gottfried Leibniz, (1646-1716), physicist, philosopher
Leo Löwenthal
Karl Löwith
Herbert Marcuse
Karl Marx, (1818-1883), philosopher and sociologist. Founder of Marxist political and economic philosophy
Friedrich Nietzsche, (1844-1900), early existentialist philosopher
Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz
Franz Rosenzweig
Max Scheler, philosopher
Friedrich Schelling, (1775-1854), philosopher
Carl Schmitt, (1888 - 1985), political theorist
Arthur Schopenhauer, (1788-1860), philosopher
Georg Simmel
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, (1912 - ), philosopher and physicist
Peter Wust, philosopher

Politicians

Konrad Adenauer, (1876-1967), federal chancellor (CDU)
Prince Maximilian of Baden, (1867-1929), Imperial Chancellor
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
Willy Brandt, (1913-1992), West German Chancellor (SPD)
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 period
Friedrich Ebert, (1871-1925), First President of the Weimar Republic (SPD)
Ludwig Erhard, (1897-1977), federal chancellor (CDU)
Konstantin Fehrenbach (1852-1926), chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre)
Joschka Fischer, (born 1948), Foreign Minister and vice chancellor since 1998 (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
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
Georg von Hertling, (1843-1919), Imperial Chancellor
Paul von Hindenburg, (1847-1934), general, president
Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, (1819-1901), Imperial Chancellor
Petra Kelly, (1947-1992), founder of the German Green Party
Kurt Georg Kiesinger, (1904-1988), federal chancellor (CDU)
Helmut Kohl, (1930-), federal chancellor -1998 (CDU)
Horst Köhler, (1943-), federal president since 2004 (CDU)
Hans Luther, (1885-1962), chancellor of the Weimar period
Wilhelm Marx, (1863-1946), chancellor of the Weimar Period (Centre)
Jakob Maria Mierscheid, (1933-), virtual parlamentarian (SPD)
Angela Merkel, (1954-), Leader of the CDU
Georg Michaelis, (1857-1936), Imperial Chancellor
Hermann Müller, (1876-1931), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)
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), former federal president 1999-2004 (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 since 1998 (SPD)
Gerhard Schröder (1910-1989), foreign minister (CDU)
Kurt Schumacher, (1895-1952), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the early years of the FRG
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)
Joseph Wirth, (1879-1956), Chancellor of the Weimar Period (Centre)
Clara Zetkin, (1857-1933), socialist and fighter for women's rights

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
Willy Stoph, (1914-1999) - Premier of the GDR
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-probably 1945), nazi leader
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

Manfred von Ardenne, (1907-1997), physicist
Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, (1806-1886), mineralogist, geologist
Anton de Bary, (1831-1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist
Johann Bayer, (1572-1625), astronomer
Carl Benz, (1844-1929), one of the inventors of the gasoline-powered automobile
Friedrich Bessel, (1784-1846), mathematician
Ludwig Boltzmann, (1844-1906), physicist
Max Born, (1882-1970), physicist
Carl Ferdinand Braun - physicist
Wernher von Braun, (1912-1977), space engineer
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, (1811-1899), chemist
Georg Cantor, (1845-1918), mathematician
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt - neuropathologist
Gottlieb Daimler, (1834-1900), one of the inventors of the gasoline-powered automobile
Rudolf Diesel, (1858-1913), inventor of the Diesel engine
Albert Einstein, (1879-1955), physicist
Hans Jürgen Eysenck, psychologist
Joseph von Fraunhofer, (1787-1826), physicist
Erich Fromm, (1900-1980), psychologist
Carl Friedrich Gauss, (1777-1855), mathematician
Fritz Haber, (1868-1934), chemist
Ernst Haeckel, (1834-1919), physician
Otto Hahn, (1879-1968), chemist
Felix Hausdorff, (1868-1942), mathematician
Robert Havemann, (1910-1982), chemist (and dissident)
Ernst Heinkel, (1888-1958), Aircraft engineer
Werner Karl Heisenberg, (1901-1976), physicist
Hermann Helmholtz, physicist
David Hilbert, (1862-1943), mathematician
Johann Homann, (1664-1724), geographer
Erich Hueckel, (1896-1980), physicist
Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, (1804-1851), mathematician
Alfons Maria Jakob, (1884-1931), neurologist
Hugo Junkers, (1859-1935), Aircraft engineer
Theodor Kaluza, (1885-1954), mathematician, theoretical physicist
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, (1829-1896), chemist
Johannes Kepler, (1571-1630), astronomer
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, (1824-1887), physicist
Felix Klein, (1849-1925), mathematician
Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803-1882) - mineralogist
Robert Koch, (1843-1910), physician
Walter Karl Koch - surgeon
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, (1818-1884), chemist
Leopold Kronecker, (1823-1891), mathematician
Ernst Eduard Kummer, (1810-1893), mathematician
Edmund Landau, (1877-1938), mathematician
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, (1646-1716), mathematician
Justus von Liebig, (1803-1873), chemist
Ferdinand von Lindemann, (1852-1939), mathematician
Alexander Lippisch, (1894-1976), aerodynamicist
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz, (1903-1989), behavioural physiologist
Albertus Magnus, (died 1280), alchemist
Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, mathematician
Wilhelm Maybach, (1846-1929), car-engine and automobile constructor
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
Johannes Müller, (1801 - 1858), physiologist
Walther Nernst, (1864-1941), physicist
Franz Ernst Neumann, (1798-1895), mathematician
Carl Gottfried Neumann, (1832-1925), mathematician
Emmy Noether, (1882-1935), mathematician
Georg Ohm, (1789-1854), physicist
Wilhelm Ostwald, Nobel prize winning chemist, philosopher
Nikolaus Otto, (1832-1891), coinventor of the Otto cycle
Wolfgang Pauli, (1900-1958), physicist
Max Planck, (1858-1947), physicist
Bernhard Riemann, (1826-1866) mathematician
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
Friedrich Hermann Schottky, (1851-1935), mathematician
Theodor Schwann, (1810-1882), physiologist
Hermann Amandus Schwarz, (1843-1921), mathematician
Karl Schwarzschild, (1873-1916), physicist
Rolf Singer, (1906-1994), mycologist
Arnold Sommerfeld, (1868-1951), physicist
Georg Steller, (1709-1746), naturalist
Alfred Stock, (1876-1946), chemist
Max Vasmer (1886-1962), linguist
Rudolf Virchow, (1821 - 1902), pioneer of medicine
Otto Wallach, physicist
Hellmuth Walter, (1900-1980), propulsion
Felix Wankel, (1902-1988), inventor of the Wankel engine
Alfred Wegener, meteorologist
August Weismann, (1834-1914), biologist
Karl Weierstrass, (1815-1897), mathematician
Viktor von Weizsäcker, physician
Hermann Weyl, (1885-1955), mathematician
Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, (1782-1867), zoologist
Wilhelm Wien, (1864-1928), physicist
Wilhelm Wundt, (1832-1920), physiologist, psychologist
Ernst Zermelo, (1871-1953), mathematician
Konrad Zuse, (1910-1995), computers

Sportspersons

Max Baer (died 1959), World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Michael Ballack (born 1976), soccer player
Karin Balzer (born 1938), hurdler
Franz Beckenbauer (born 1945), soccer player
Boris Becker (born 1967), tennis player
Kai Budde (born 1979), professional Magic: The Gathering player
Bettina Bunge (born 1963), tennis 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), soccer player
Jürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), soccer player
Olaf Kölzig (born 1970), hockey
Hermann Lang (1909-1987), Champion race car driver
Bernhard Langer (born 1957), golfer
Sepp Maier (born 1944), soccer player
Lothar Matthäus (born 1961), soccer player
Ulrike Meyfarth (born 1956), high jumper
Rosi Mittermaier (born 1950), alpine ski champion
Gerd Müller (born 1945), soccer player
Dirk Nowitzki (born 1978), NBA star
Birgit Prinz (born 1977), soccer player
Lina Radke (1903-1983), athlete
Annegret Richter (born 1950), athlete
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, soccer player
Max Schmeling (born 1905), 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 (born 1954), soccer player
Ralf Schumann (born 1962), pistol shooter
Uwe Seeler, soccer player
Werner Seelenbinder, (1904-1944), wrestler
Katja Seizinger, alpine ski champion
Renate Stecher (born 1950), athlete
Toni Turek (1919-1984), soccer player
Jan Ullrich (born 1973), cyclist
Berti Vogts, soccer player
Rudi Völler (born 1960), soccer player
Fritz Walter (1920-2002), soccer player
Manfred Winkelhock (1951-1985), racing driver
Katarina Witt (born 1965), figure skater
Sigrun Wodars (born 1965), athlete

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
Johannes Bugenhagen, (1485-1558) Protestand Reformer of Pomerania and Denmark, Theologian
Rudolf Bultmann
Alfred Delp
Hans Küng
Karl Lehmann
Martin Luther, (1483-1546), of the Protestant Reformation
Philipp Melanchthon, (1497-1560), Protestant Reformation
Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel
Jürgen Moltmann, (born 1926), theologian
Karl Rahner
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, songwriter, and patriot
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
Gero von Wilpert - essayist
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
Thomas Hoffmarck, Big Brother Germany winner, extreme sports practitioner
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
Siegfried Kracauer
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
Mathias Rust, (b. 1968), aviator who landed in Red Square in 1987
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
Alfred Weber, sociologist
Max Weber, sociologist
Diedrich Hermann Westermann, (1875-1956), linguist