1. Max Riemelt (1984)

Actor

German-born actor and director, he broke into the US film industry with his role in Netflix's Sense8.

2. Erik Zabel (1970)

German Racing Cyclist

Considered one of the greatest cycling sprinters of all time.

3. Esther Sedlaczek (1985)

Sportscaster

German sportscaster best recognized for reporting on soccer events for Sky. She has also hosted Das Pro7 Länderspiel and presented at a number of UEFA League events.

4. Franziska van Almsick (1978)

Swimmer

Professional swimmer known for having competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games at the age of 14. Her final professional performance was at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

5. Christian Lorenz (1966)

Actor

Gained fame as a pianist for the German electronic group Rammstein, a Neue Deutsche Härte (New German Hardness) band.

6. Christoph Schneider (1966)

German Musician

Drummer with the German dance metal band Rammstein. He also performed with a punk rock band called Feeling B.

7. Vincent Lange (1974)

German Volleyball Player

Vincent Lange actor producer sports manager and coach ex volleyball player from Germany who competed for the Men's National Team in the 2000s. He played as a receiver/spiker and libero.

8. Alexander Fehling (1981)

German Actor

Alexander Fehling is a German film and stage actor. He is best known to English-language audiences as Staff Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds.

9. Annekatrin Hendel (1964)

Writer

10. Lothar Holler (Unknow)

Art

11. Monique Kerschowski (1988)

Association Footballer

Monique Kerschowski is a retired German football defender. She last played for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.

12. Isabel Kerschowski (1988)

German Footballer

Isabel Kerschowski is a German football striker. She currently plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and has been capped for the German national team. Kerschowski played for Germany at the...

13. Pardis Fardjad-Azad (1988)

German Footballer

Pardis Fardjad-Azad is a Azerbaijani football second striker who currently plays for Azerbaijani club Sumgayit.

14. Kevin Maek (1988)

German Footballer

Kevin Maek is a German football player currently playing for 1. FC Saarbrücken. He is the son of Mario Maek.

15. Nico Patschinski (1976)

German Footballer

Nico Patschinski is a German footballer who currently plays for Niendorfer TSV.

16. Reinhard Jirgl (1953)

Writer

Reinhard Jirgl is a German writer. In 2010 he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize by the German Academy for Language and Literature.

17. Irene Abel (1953)

Gymnast

Irene Abel is a retired German artistic gymnast. She competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal with the East German team. Her best individual result was...

18. Dominique Lacasa (1976)

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19. Anetta Kahane (1954)

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20. Barbara Honigmann (1949)

German Author And Artist

Barbara Honigmann is a German author and artist. Barbara Honigmann is the daughter of German-Jewish emigrants who returned to East Berlin in 1947 after a period of exile in Great...

21. Rhea Harder (1976)

German Actress

Rhea Harder is a German actress best known for appearances in various German television series.

22. Rio Reiser (1950)

German Singer

Rio Reiser was a German rock musician and singer of rock group Ton Steine Scherben. He was born Ralph Christian Möbius in Berlin and died at the age of 46...

23. Roland Steuk (1959)

German Hammer Thrower

Roland Steuk is a retired East German hammer thrower. At the 1977 European Junior Championships he won the hammer throw and took a silver medal in shot put.

24. Renate Adolph (1954)

German Politician

Renate Adolph is a former politician for the Die Linke and its predecessors the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and the PDS. She became a member of the party in...

25. Frank Terletzki (1950)

German Footballer

Terletzki is a Germany football coach and former football player. Frank Terletzki played from 1966 to 1986 for the Berliner FC Dynamo. The midfield player obtained 91 goals for the...

26. Rainer Ptacek (1951)

Guitarist

Rainer Ptacek was a Tucson Arizona based guitarist and singer-songwriter. His guitar technique which incorporated slide finger-picking tape loops and electronic manipulation earned him admiration of some notable musicians...

27. Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss (1962)

Actor And Director

Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss is a German actor and director. He has appeared in television series and films for over 20 years. His most famous role is Axel Richter in the detective...

28. Florian Havemann (1952)

German Writer Painter And Compos

Havemann is the son of East German dissident Robert Havemann. He is a German writer painter and composer. He is also a judge at the State Constitutional Court of Brandenburg....

29. Birgit Meineke (1964)

German Swimmer

Birgit Meineke is a retired East German swimmer. She was the fastest female swimmer in the 100 m freestyle between 1980 and 1984.

30. Nina Hagen (1955)

Singer

Catharina Nina Hagen is a German singer and actress. She has performed throughout the world for over 40 years.

31. René Unglaube (1965)

German Footballer

René Unglaube is a former professional German footballer. Unglaube made a total of 34 appearances in the Fußball-Bundesliga during his playing career.

32. Thomas Heise (1955)

Writer

Heise is the son of philosophy professor Wolfgang Heise. He was a printer's apprentice between 1971 and 1973. After a year in the National People's Army, Thomas Heise worked as a...

33. Gabriele Zimmer (1955)

German Mep

Gabriele Zimmer is a German socialist politician. She has been a member of the East German communist party the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and its successors continuously since 1981....

34. Ron Beer (1965)

German Long Jumper

Ron Beer is a retired East German long jumper. He won the gold medal at the 1983 European Junior Championships and finished seventh at the 1987 European Indoor Championships. He...

35. Christine Errath (1956)

German Figure Skater

Christine Errath is a German former figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. She is the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist the 1974 World champion and a three-time European champion.

36. Lena Stolze (1956)

German Actor

Lena Stolze is a German television and film actress.

37. Inka Bach (1956)

German Writer

Inka Bach is a German writer. She moved with her family to West Berlin in 1972 and after her Abitur in 1974 she studied philosophy and literature at the Free...

38. Kerstin Stolfig (1960)

German Pair Skater

Kerstin Stolfig was a German pair skater. Competing with partner Veit Kempe Stolfig competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics. They twice won the silver medal at the East German Figure...

39. Karsten Troyke (1960)

German Singer

Karsten Troyke is a German non-Jewish singer of Jewish songs as well as an actor and speaker. He is most known for being an interpreter of Yiddish song in spite...

40. Marina Znak (1961)

Rower

Marina Nikolayevna Znak is a Belarusian rower.

41. Patrick Jahn (1983)

German Footballer

Patrick Jahn is a retired German football player. He spent one season in the Bundesliga with FC Energie Cottbus. He retired in January 2009 for family reasons.

42. Herbert Bauch (1957)

Boxer

Herbert Bauch is a retired boxer who represented East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division...

43. Kerstin Kielgass (1969)

Swimmer

Kerstin Kielgass is a German former swimmer. Kielgass won her first major title in 1985 in the East German 4×100 m relay team at the World Championships. She also...

44. Betty Heidler (1983)

German Hammer Thrower

Betty Heidler is a German hammer thrower and the world record holder. She now lives in Frankfurt and is a member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletics team.

45. Susen Tiedtke (1969)

German Long Jumper

Susen Tiedtke is a German former long jumper who took part in two editions of the Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal at the IAAF World...

46. Katja Abel (1983)

Artistic Gymnast

Katja Abel is a German gymnast. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events except for the vault and finished in 12th place with the German...

47. Julia Franck (1970)

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Julia Franck is a German writer. In 1978 Julia Franck and her family moved to West Berlin and later to Schleswig-Holstein. She studied German Literature and American Studies at the...

48. Manuela Stellmach (1970)

Swimmer

Manuela Stellmach is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay...

49. Patrick Hausding (1989)

Diver

Patrick Hausding is a German diver. Competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform with teammate Sascha Klein.

50. Claudia Marx (1978)

German Athlete

Claudia Marx is a German athlete. She runs in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. She also competes in the German team in the 4 × 400 metres...