- Thomas Mann
Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 - August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul use modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, …
- Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann (b. January 28, 1946, Naumburg) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Hesse. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.
- Klaus Wowereit
Klaus Wowereit (born October 1, 1953 in Berlin) is a German politician, member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), and has been the mayor of Berlin since the 2001 state elections. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2001/02. His SPD-led coalition was re-elected in the 2006 elections. He is also sometimes mentioned as a possible SPD candidate for the Chancellorship of Germany ("Kanzlerkandidat"), …
- Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to achieve five second place finishes, along with a fourth place (2004) and a third place finish (2005). In 2006, Ullrich was barred from competing in the Tour de France amid speculation of having doped. In late February, 2007, he announced his retirement at a press conference.
- Guido Westerwelle
Dr. iur. Guido Westerwelle (born December 27, 1961) is a German politician and leader of the center right party Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), sometimes called the liberal party, meaning the party is for liberalization of markets. As such he is also the current Leader of the Opposition within the German parliament.
- Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer, is a tennis player from Germany. His mother, Nicole, is French. He is currently the second-highest ranked German player (48th), behind Tommy Haas. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Kiefer was taken notice of as an outstanding junior.
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit is a European politician and was a leader of the student protesters during the May 1968 riots in France. He was also known during that time as "Danny the Red" (because of both his politics and the color of his hair). He is currently co-president of the group European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.
- Magnus Hirschfeld
Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician, sexologist, and gay rights advocate. He was born in Kolberg (modern Kołobrzeg) in a Jewish family, the son of a well-beloved physician and 'Medizinalrat', Hermann Hirschfeld. In 1887-1888 he studied in Breslau Philosophy and Philology, then from 1888-1892 Medicine in Strasbourg, Munich, Heidelberg and Berlin. In 1892 he took his doctoral degree. After his study he traveled through the U.S.A. for eight months, …
- Hans-Gert Pöttering
Hans-Gert Pöttering is a German conservative politician (CDU), and the President of the European Parliament since January 2007.
- Volker Beck
Volker Beck (born 12 December, 1960 in Stuttgart) is a German politician, specifically a Green Party representative in the Bundestag first as their Speaker for Legal Affairs (1994-2002) and now as the Green Party whip. He is the member of parliament representing Cologne and was reelected as MP and whip in September 2005. He is also a famous homosexual.
- Martin Schulz
Martin Schulz (born on 20 December 1955 in Hehlrath) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Chairman of the Socialist Group and a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Hermann Müller
Hermann Müller was a German athlete, who won the silver medal in the 3000 metre walk at the 1906 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece.
- Cem Özdemir
Cem Özdemir is a German politician of Turkish descent, and a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. Cem Özdemir was voted the best dressed German politician for the year 2005. Özdemir has been a member of the German Green Party since 1981. From 1989 to 1994, he was a member of the Party's regional council for the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. He was elected to the Bundestag in 1994.
- Stefan George
Stefan Anton George (July 12, 1868 - December 4, 1933) was a German poet, editor and translator.
- Ole von Beust
Ole von Beust was born in Hamburg in 1955. Von Beust studied jurisprudence from 1975 to 1980 in Hamburg and completed his studies in 1983 with the 2nd state examination in law. As of 1983 has practised law as a self-employed lawyer. Since 1971 von Beust has been member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). As of 1978 he has been member of Hamburgs Parliament, the House of Burgesses (Hamburgische Burgerschaft).
- Walther Rathenau
Walther Rathenau was a German industrialist, politician, writer, and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
- Birgit Prinz
Birgit Prinz (born October 25, 1977) is a female German international football player. Prinz was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and she trained to become a physiotherapist. Prinz has been with 1. FFC Frankfurt (1st Frankfurt Women's Football Club) since July 1994. She was elected FIFA Women's World Player of the Year in 2003, 2004, and 2005 and was German "Women's Footballer of the Year" each year from 2001 to 2005.
- Thomas Schmidt
Thomas Schmidt (born 18 February 1976 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German slalom canoer. He won the gold medal in the K-1 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth.
- Christian Meyer
Christian Meyer (born December 12, 1969 in Freiburg) is a retired track cyclist from Germany, who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His winning teammates were Michael Rich, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
- Erika Mann
Erika Julia Hedwig Mann (November 9, 1905 - August 27, 1969) was the eldest daughter of novelist Thomas Mann and Katia Mann.
- Erika Mann
Erika Mann (born on 2 November 1950 in Leipzig) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade. She is a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
- Klaus Mann
Klaus Mann (November 18, 1906 - May 21, 1949) was a German writer.
- Allison Mack
Allison Mack (born July 29, 1982, in Preetz, Germany) is an American film and television actress. Mack currently stars as Chloe Sullivan on the WBCW series "Smallville". She and co-star Kristin Kreuk have become close friends. Mack was born in Germany to American parents, Mindy and Jonathan Mack. Her father was an opera singer performing there. The Mack family moved back to the United States when Allison was two years old.
- Sven Fischer
Sven Fischer (born April 16, 1971) is a German World Cup and Olympic level professional biathlete. He trains with the WSV Oberhof club, and is coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer (national coaches) and Klaus Siebert (club coach). Sven Fischer is widely considered one of the best biathletes in the world.
- Jens Müller
Jens Müller is an East German-German luger who competed from 1985 to 2001. He won two medals at the Winter Olympics in men's singles with a gold at Calgary in 1988 and a bronze at Nagano in 1998. Müller started for the ASK Vorwärts Oberhof and the BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof. During his career, he won 14 medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including three gold (Men's singles: 2000, Mixed team: 1990, 1991, 1995), seven silvers (Men's singles: 1987, 1989, …
- Angelika Beer
Angelika Beer (born 24 May 1957 in Kiel) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens.
- Wilhelm Müller
Wilhelm Müller was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches.
- Anni Friesinger
Anna ("Anni") Christina Friesinger (born January 11, 1977 in Bad Reichenhall) is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan and sister Agnes are speed skaters, too.
- Max Frankel
Max Frankel (born in 1930 in Gera, Germany) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He was educated at Columbia University, where he wrote for the "Columbia Daily Spectator". Frankel was Executive Editor of "The New York Times" from 1986 to 1994, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for coverage of Richard Nixon's trip to the People's Republic of China.
- Georg Hackl
Georg Hackl is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as "Hackl-Schorsch" or as the "Speeding Weißwurst" a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds. Hackl was born in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. He won his first Winter Olympic Games luge medal in 1988 in Calgary, when he finished second in the singles event, while placing fourth in the doubles.
- Britta Steffen
Britta Steffen (born November 16, 1983) is a German swimmer who specialises in freestyle, who is holder of the world record in women's 100 metre freestyle. She is a native of Schwedt, Germany. In 1999, Steffen won six titles at the European junior championships, and won a bronze medal as a member of Germany's 4x200m freestyle relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. By 2004, though, her individual times were not at world-leader standard.
- Tobias Angerer
Tobias Angerer (born April 12, 1977 in Traunstein) is a German cross country skier, and skies with the SC Vachendorf club. He has been competing since 1996. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he won a bronze medal in the 15 km classical interval start event and a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km. Angerer who goes by the name Toby rather than Tobias currently leads the FIS World Cup standings, …
- Jo Leinen
Jo Leinen (born April 6, 1948 in Bisten) is a German Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the SPD ticket and sits with the Party of European Socialists group. Before his political career he was a practising lawyer. He was Minister of the Environment in the State of Saarland (1985-1994) then a Member of the Landtag of Saarland until 1999. He has been President of the Union of European Federalists since 1997.
- Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German Olympic gold medalist in biathlon. Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon. Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004-2005, and was a member of the winning 4 x 7.5 km relay team in the 2004 Biathlon World Championships, and took silver in the individual 20 km category at the 2005 World Championships.
- Nadine Angerer
Nadine Angerer (born November 10, 1978 in Lohr am Main) is a German women's football player. She has played in the Frauen-Bundesliga since 2000 and in the women's national football team.
- Thomas Becker
Thomas Becker (born 6 July 1967) is a German slalom canoer who in 1996 won an Olympic bronze medal in the K-1 event.
- Manfred Weber
Manfred Weber (born on 14 July 1972 in Niederhatzkofen) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Bavaria with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, …
- Max Amann
Max Amann (born January 19, 1905 - died December 24, 1945) was a German water polo player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German team which won the gold medal. He played all three matches and scored three goals.
- Renate Lingor
Renate Lingor (born October 11, 1975 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is a female German international football player.
- Wilhelm Weber
Wilhelm Weber (born 1880 - died April 28, 1963) was an German gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.