1. Nadja Pries (1994)

Bmx Rider

Professional BMX rider who became an Olympian when she competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro representing her home country Germany.

2. Emmy Noether (1882)

German Mathematician

Contributed to theoretical physics by revolutionizing algebra, ring, and field theories. Norbert Wiener and other mathematicians called her the most important female figure in the history of mathematics.

3. Alexander Megos (1993)

Rock Climber

German rock climber who has conquered some of the world's most difficult routes, including Australia's 9a R.E.D. and Switzerland's 8c route FLY. He is one of the few people to...

4. Sven Gold (1992)

Instagram Star

Social media star who has gained fame for his eponymous Instagram account. He has gained huge popularity for his lifestyle blogging and modeling often alongside short comedic videos produced by...

5. Jake Picking (1991)

Movie Actor

Primarily an actor of the silver screen, Jake had a big 2016 when he appeared in the films Dirty Grandpa, Goat and Patriots Day. He'd go on to land parts in Only the...

6. Flula Borg (1982)

DJ

Techno DJ, producer, and singer-songwriter who became popular through his YouTube channel, djflula. He's known for posting his original music, interviews and collaborations with a variety of celebrities, and much...

7. Lothar Matthäus (1961)

German Footballer And Football M

German midfielder who captained his West German national team to victory at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

8. Karlheinz Brandenburg (1954)

Engineer

Known best for his role in developing the MP3 audio format, this German-born sound engineer was the 2004 recipient of the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award. His other honors include the...

9. Björn Schlicke (1981)

Footballer

Björn Schlicke is a German footballer. He currently plays for FSV Frankfurt as a defender. Schlicke began his career at SpVgg Greuther Fürth and has had spells at Hamburger SV...

10. Karl Meiler (1949)

West German Tennis Player

Karl Meiler was a tennis player from West Germany. Meiler won four singles and seventeen doubles titles during his professional career. The German reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 23...

11. Marius Strangl (1990)

German Footballer

Martius Strangl is a German footballer who plays for Rot-Weiss Erfurt.

12. Heinrich von Pierer (1941)

German Businessman

Heinrich von Pierer is a German manager. From 1992 to 2005 he was CEO of Siemens AG. Subsequently he was chairman of the supervisory board from which he resigned...

13. Christian Carl Glück (1791)

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14. Adolph Wagner (1835)

German Economist

Adolph Wagner was a German economist and politician a leading Kathedersozialist and public finance scholar and advocate of Agrarianism. Wagner's Law of increasing state activity is named after him.

15. Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Schaeffler (Unknow)

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16. Michael Kohlhase (1964)

German Computer Scientist

Dr. Michael Kohlhase is a German computer scientist and professor at Jacobs University Bremen Germany where he is head of the KWARC research group at the School of Engineering and...

17. Hans-Walter Rix (1964)

German Astronomer

Hans-Walter Rix is a German astronomer and director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. He is the son of the linguist Helmut Rix. He was educated at...

18. Juergen Teller (1964)

German Photographer

Juergen Teller is a German artist and fine-art and fashion photographer.

19. Stefan Schwarzmann (1965)

German Musician

Stefan Schwarzmann is a German drummer who has recorded for Accept U. D. O. Running Wild X-Wild Krokus and Helloween. Schwarzmann joined Helloween as a replacement for departing drummer Mark...

20. Albrecht Mayer (1965)

German Musician

Albrecht Mayer is a German classical oboist.

21. Björn Zikarsky (1967)

German Swimmer

Björn Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia. He did...

22. Günter Güttler (1961)

German Football Player And Manag

Günter Güttler is a former German football player and manager of the German low-tier football club Sportbund DJK Rosenheim.

23. Constantin Werner (1969)

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Constantin Werner is a German writer director and producer of film TV theater and music videos. Constantin Werner's first feature film Dead Leaves had its premiere at the 1998 AFI...

24. Peter Wackel (1977)

Singer

Peter Wackel Steffen Peter Haas is a German singer.

25. Philipp Koehn (1971)

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Philipp Koehn is a computer scientist and researcher in the field of machine translation. His primary research interest is statistical machine translation and he is one of the inventors of...

26. Maximilian Schwetz (1991)

German Triathlete

Maximilian Schwetz is a German triathlete and Member of the German national triathlon team.

27. Daniel Batz (1991)

German Footballer

Daniel Batz is a German football goalkeeper who currently plays for SC Freiburg.

28. Michael Quarshie (1979)

Player Of American Football

Michael Quarshie is a Finnish American football defensive tackle. Michael was born in Germany in 1979. After living in Germany for six years and in Ghana for a short period...

29. Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard (1818)

German Theologian

Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard was a German theologian.

30. Alexander Stephan (footballer) (1986)

Footballer

Alexander Stephan was a specialist in German literature and area studies. He was a professor, Ohio Eminent Scholar, and Senior Fellow of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at...

31. Johann Schweigger (1779)

German Scientist

Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger was a German chemist physicist and professor of mathematics born in Erlangen. In 1811 he proposed the name Chlorine for the substance discovered in 1774 by...

32. Achim Beierlorzer (1967)

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33. Bengt Zikarsky (1967)

German Swimmer

Bengt Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia. He did...

34. Charlie Bauerfeind (1963)

German Sound Engineer

Charlie Bauerfeind is a German sound engineer and producer who has worked mostly with power metal bands such as Angra Blind Guardian Helloween Primal Fear Rage HammerFall and Saxon.