1. Albert Einstein (1879)

Physicist

Iconic genius and legendary theoretical physicist who formulated the Theory of Relativity and the mass-energy equivalence formula. Born in Germany, he came to America when Hitler rose to power. He...

2. Hildegard Knef (1925)

German Actress Singer Writer

German stage and screen actress who appeared in the 1955 Broadway musical Silk Stockings, as well as in such German films as The Murderers Are Among Us and The Sinner.

3. Richard Meier (1934)

Architect

Designer of the Getty Center in Los Angeles. He became known for his abstract designs and his heavy use of the color white. He was awarded the Pritzker Medal in...

4. Ursula Karven (1964)

German Actor

Popular German actress who appeared in Con Express, Fire, Ice and Dynamite, Before I Say Goodbye, and Stille Post.

5. Maurizio Scioscia (1991)

German Footballer

Maurizio Scioscia is an Italian-German footballer who plays for 1. FC Heidenheim. He made his 3. Liga debut for the club in September 2012 as a substitute for Marco Sailer...

6. Tessa Mittelstaedt (1974)

German Actor

Tessa Mittelstaedt is a German actress. She is best known for playing the role of Franziska Lüttgenjohann in the Westdeutscher Rundfunk iteration of Tatort alongside Klaus J. Behrendt and Dietmar...

7. Saša Janić (1975)

Croatian Footballer

Saša Janić is a Croatian German former football player. He spent one season in the Bundesliga with Arminia Bielefeld.

8. Amelie Fried (1958)

Writer

Amelie Fried is a German writer and television presenter. Her father Kurt Fried is the creator-publisher of Schwäbischen Donauzeitung nowadays a part of Südwest Presse. Her 2008 book Schuhhaus Pallas....

9. Erhard Eppler (1926)

German Politician

Erhard Eppler is a German Social Democratic politician and founder of the GTZ.

10. Antonio Pangallo (1990)

Footballer

Antonio Pangallo is an Italian-German footballer who plays as a defender for FC Augsburg II.

11. Klaus Bischoff (1961)

Chess Player

Klaus Bischoff is a German chess player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 1990. In international tournaments he has taken a share of first place on a...

12. Sebastian Griesbeck (1990)

German Footballer

Sebastian Griesbeck is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Heidenheim.

13. Wolf Englert (1924)

Art

14. Kerstin Hartmann (1988)

German Rower

Kerstin Hartmann is a German rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the Women's coxless pair.

15. Kevin Ruiz (1991)

Footballer

Kevin Ruiz is a German footballer who currently plays for VfR Aalen.

16. Sandro Sirigu (1988)

German Footballer

Sandro Sirigu is an Italian-German footballer who plays for SV Darmstadt 98.

17. Maximilian Reinelt (1988)

Rower

Maximilian Reinelt is a German rower. He was part of the team that won the gold medal in the Men's eight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

18. Max Hattler (1976)

German Filmmaker And Media Artis

Max Hattler is a German video artist and experimental filmmaker best known for his kaleidoscopic political short films Collision and Spin abstract stop motion works Shift and AANAATT and psychedelic...

19. Andreas Eschbach (1959)

German Writer

Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction. Even if some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre they usually feature elements of...

20. Anja Hegenauer (1992)

German Professional Footballer

Anja Maike Hegenauer is a German football midfielder currently playing for SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga. As a junior international she won the 2011 U-19 European Championship.

21. Manuel Hegen (1992)

Footballer

Manuel Hegen is a German footballer.

22. Hellmut Hattler (1952)

German Musician

Hellmut Hattler is a German jazz and bass player. Hattler took much of his influence from Jimi Hendrix. As a child he learned to play the violin and in the...

23. Ursula Huth (1952)

German Glass Artist

Ursula Huth is a German glass sculptor and stained glass artist. Installations made of Pate de verre sculptures and glass panels are presented worldwide.

24. Marcus Sorg (1965)

Football Player And Manager

Marcus Sorg is a former German football player and manager.

25. Caren Sonn (1968)

German Hurdler

Caren Sonn née Jung is a retired German hurdler. She represented the sports club MTG Mannheim and became German champion in 1995 and 1998. Her personal best time was 12....

26. Dieter Wiedenmann (1957)

Rower

Dieter Benedikt Wiedenmann was a German rower who won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

27. Michael Rundio (1983)

German Footballer

Michael Rundio is a German footballer who plays for SV Lonsee. He spent three seasons in the Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart and also played two games for the club in...

28. Wolfgang Schuster (1949)

German Politician

gang Schuster was the Lord Mayor of Stuttgart Germany from January 1997 until January 2013. He was the successor to Manfred Rommel and he is a member of the CDU.

29. Sabine Hack (1969)

German Tennis Player

Sabine Hack is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She began her career on the WTA Tour in 1983. She won four singles and one doubles titles in her...

30. Balian Buschbaum (1980)

German Pole Vaulter

Balian Buschbaum is a former German pole vaulter.

31. Iva Mihanović (1978)

unknow

32. Nico Frommer (1978)

German Footballer

Nico Frommer is a German former footballer who played as a striker.

33. Sebastian Enderle (1989)

German Footballer

Sebastian Enderle is a German football defender who currently plays for FV Illertissen.

34. Jens Semjan (1979)

German Artist

Jens Semjan is a conceptual artist and communication and media theorist.

35. Floé Kühnert (1984)

German Pole Vaulter

é Kühnert is a former German pole vaulter. She was successful at a junior level winning a silver medals at the 1999 World Youth Championships the gold medal at the...

36. Andreas Spann (1984)

German Footballer

Andreas Spann is a German football player who icurrently plays for VfL Osnabrück. He spent 3 seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

37. Thomas Abbt (1738)

Mathematician Writer

Thomas Abbt was a German mathematician and writer. Born in Ulm Abbt visited a secondary school in Ulm then moved in 1756 to study theology philosophy and mathematics at the...

38. Johann Ulrich von Cramer (1706)

German Philosopher

Johann Ulrich von Cramer was an eminent German judge legal scholar and Enlightenment philosopher. Cramer was the most important representative of Wolffianism in the area of law; he was first...

39. Erik Thommy (1994)

German Footballer

Erik Thommy is a German footballer who plays as a winger for FC Augsburg.

40. Herbert Hill (baseball) (1891)

American Baseball Player

Herbert Lee Hill was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in one game for the Cleveland Indians on July 17 during the 1915 Cleveland...

41. Birgit Beyer (1967)

Olympic Field Hockey Player

Birgit Beyer is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.