1. Karl Drais (1785)

German Inventor (draisine)

German aristocrat who invented the hobby horse, a precursor to the bicycle.

2. Richard Willstätter (1872)

German Chemist

A German organic chemist who is best known for his study of the structure of plant pigment. He was awarded the 1915 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his important research...

3. Moon Ga-young (1996)

TV Actress

Actress known for films such as Killer Toon and Shadows in the Palace. She has also made television appearances on Delicious Love, Mimi and Heartstrings. In 2020, she began her...

4. Pamela Reif (1996)

Instagram Star

Fitness model and social media sensation who's gained more than 7 million followers on Instagram posting photos and exercise videos. She also founded the Naturally PAM healthy food brand and...

5. Sead Kolašinac (1993)

German Footballer

Left back who is widely known for his career with the German Bundesliga club Schalke 04. He has gained renown for his physical and cunning style of play as a...

6. Axel Fischer (1966)

German Politician

Affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union, this German politician served his country's Karlsruhe-Land constituency in Parliament and also held membership in the Western European Union and in the Council of...

7. Dennis Aogo (1987)

German Footballer

German professional footballer who is known for playing as a left back and midfielder for VfB Stuttgart. He is also known for his work as a winger on Germany's national...

8. Vanessa Blumhagen (1977)

Journalist

Journalist who appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother - The Late Night Show in 2014. She has over 190,000 followers on her vanessa_blumhagen Instagram account. 

9. Oliver Kahn (1969)

Footballer

German goalkeeper who was considered one of the best ever, winning the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper Award three times from 1999 to 2002 and the Best Bundesliga Keeper Award an...

10. Ellen Rose (1988)

YouTube Star

YouTube vlogger who is known for her icklenellierose channel, consisting of Q&As, gaming and other life-related topics. She's also the host of OutsideXbox's second channel, OutsideXtra. 

11. Muhammed Suiçmez (1975)

German Musician

German guitarist and frontman for the death metal band Necrophagist.

12. Oliver Bierhoff (1968)

German Footballer

Former German striker who scored the Championship-winning goal at the 1996 Euro finals. He played for Ascoli from 1991 to 1995, scoring 48 goals in 117 games.

13. Andi Deris (1964)

German Musician

German metal singer known for his work with the bands Helloween and Pink Cream 69. He is also an accomplished solo artist with albums like Done by Mirrors.

14. Marc Gallego (1985)

German Footballer

Marc Gallego is a German footballer of Spanish descent who currently plays for SV Waldhof Mannheim.

15. Maren Knebel (1985)

German Canoeist

Maren Knebel is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds and a bronze.

16. Sascha Traut (1985)

German Footballer

Sascha Traut is a footballer who plays as a right midfielder for VfR Aalen in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.

17. Renate Lingor (1975)

Association Football Player

Renate Lingor is a retired female German international football player.

18. Imke Duplitzer (1975)

Fencer

Imke Duplitzer is a German épée fencer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the épée competition with her teammates Britta Heidemann and Claudia Bokel. During...

19. Markus Schroth (1975)

German Footballer

Markus Schroth is a German former football centre forward.

20. Regina Halmich (1976)

German Boxer

Regina Halmich is a female boxer from Germany. Halmich is among the most successful female boxers of all time and helped popularise female boxing in Europe.

21. Herbert Binkert (1923)

Association Footballer

Herbert Binkert is a German former footballer who played internationally for Saarland.

22. Daniel Caspary (1976)

German Politician

Daniel Caspary is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union part of the European People's Party....

23. John Ehret (1971)

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John Ehret is the mayor of Mauer elected in 2012. He is the first black elected mayor in Germany in modern times and the first black mayor in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Prior...

24. Lothar Knörzer (1933)

German Sprinter

Lothar Knörzer is a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne...

25. Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein (1842)

German Statesman

Adolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein was a German politician and Secretary of State of the Foreign Office of the German Empire.

26. David Pisot (1987)

German Footballer

David Pisot is a German football defender who plays for VfL Osnabrück.

27. Hans Hugo Klein (1936)

German Jurist Politician

Hans Hugo Klein is a German politician representative of the German Christian Democratic Union from 1983 to 1996 and was judge at the Constitutional Court.

28. Frank R. Pfetsch (Unknow)

German Political Scientist

Pfetsch is Professor of International Politics Emeritus at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg.

29. Christian Friedrich Von Boeckh (1777)

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30. Jan Harlan (1937)

American Film Director And Produ

Jan Harlan is a film producer and the brother of Christiane Kubrick director Stanley Kubrick's widow. He started out working for Kubrick as a researcher most prominently on Napoleon Kubrick's...

31. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788)

German Princess

Baden was Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and the Rhine. She was the youngest daughter of Charles Louis Hereditary Prince of Baden and Amalia of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was married on...

32. Steffen Haas (1988)

German Footballer

Steffen Haas is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Wehen Wiesbaden.

33. Robert Levin (Unknow)

Crew

34. Robert Gerwig (1820)

German Politician

Robert Gerwig was a German civil engineer. Gerwig was born on 2 May 1820 and attended the Großherzogliches Polytechnikum where he studied civil engineering primarily road construction. In the 1860s...

35. Mathias Moritz (1988)

German Footballer

Mathias Moritz is a German footballer who is currently a free agent. He began his career with Karlsruher SC and made his debut for the club in October 2012 in...

36. Jérôme Gondorf (1988)

German Footballer

Jérôme Gondorf is a German footballer who played for Stuttgarter Kickers until 2013 now he is playing for Darmstadt 98.

37. Berthold von Deimling (1853)

German General

Berthold Karl Adolf von Deimling was a general officer of the German Army during World War I. Deimling entered the army in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War and after working...

38. Clair Cooper (1982)

British Model

Clair Cooper is a British beauty queen who represented England at the Miss Earth 2007 pageant. In early 2009 she was crowned Miss Universe GB and represented Great Britain at...

39. Gisela Bock (Unknow)

German Historian

Gisela Bock is a German historian. She studied in Freiburg Berlin Paris and Rome. She took her doctorate at the Free University Berlin in 1971 and her Habilitation at the...

40. Prince William of Baden (1792)

Prince Of Baden

Margrave Wilhelm of Baden was the second son of Karl Friedrich Grand Duke of Baden and his second wife Luise Karoline Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg the daughter of Lt. Col....

41. Ludwig Von Haber Von Linsberg (1804)

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42. Eli Haber (1807)

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43. Alexander Kanoldt (1881)

German Artist

Alexander Kanoldt was a German magic realist painter and one of the artists of the New Objectivity. Kanoldt was born in Karlsruhe. His father was the painter Edmond Kanoldt a...

44. Daniel Brosinski (1988)

German Footballer

Daniel Brosinski is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

45. Samuel Heilman (1946)

American Sociologist

Samuel Heilman is a professor of Sociology at Queens College of the City University of New York who focuses on social ethnography of contemporary Jewish Orthodox movements.

46. Maren Ade (1976)

German Film Director

Maren Ade is a German film director screenwriter and producer. Ade studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich. Her graduation film The Forest for the Trees premiered...

47. Bernhard Eitel (1959)

German Earth Scientist

Bernhard Eitel is a German earth scientist and geographer. Since October 2007 he has been the Rector of the University of Heidelberg.

48. Ingo Wellenreuther (1959)

German Politician

Ingo Wellenreuther is a German politician and the current chairman of Karlsruher SC. He has been a CDU member of the Bundestag since 2002.

49. Karl Wilhelm Eugen Freydorf (1781)

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50. Karlheinz Klotz (1950)

German Sprinter

Karlheinz Klotz was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich Germany in the...