1. Louisa Bruegmann (1999)

Instagram Star

Social media starlet who is famous for her louisabrueg Instagram account. She has gained massive renown for her street fashion style modeling coupled with lifestyle and travel photoblogging. 

2. Emil Larsen (1999)

Instagram Star

German Instagram star who is best recognized for sharing modeling photos, lifestyle pictures, and other creative content through his Instagram for his over 80,000 followers. 

3. Bel Kaufman (1911)

American Novelist Teacher

A German-born author of fiction, she is best known for her 1965 novel, Up the Down Staircase, which focuses on an idealistic English teacher at an inner-city high school. She...

4. Frederick William IV (1795)

King

Famous for supporting a host of architectural projects in the cities of Potsdam, Berlin, and Cologne, this mid-19th century King of Prussia is also remembered for his conservative politics; his...

5. Jessica Ginkel (1980)

TV Actress

Television actress who is best recognized for her work on the TV shows The Mountain Rescuers and The Teacher. She also appeared on 180 episodes of Lena - Love of My Life.

6. Philipp Christopher (1970)

TV Actor

Actor who is known for his work in both film and television. He is also a director, writer, and producer on short films and in television as well. He is...

7. Anni Albers (1899)

German-american Artist And Print

American textile artist and printmaker who has been labeled the best known textile artist of the 20th century.

8. Hanno Koffler (1980)

Actor

German movie and television actor best known for his roles in Summer Storm (2004), If Not Us, Who? (2011) and Tough Love (2015).

9. Jeanette Biedermann (1980)

Pop Singer

German dance-pop artist who released the Platinum-selling albums Break on Through and Delicious.

10. Emma Carus (1879)

German-born American Singer

Early twentieth-century stage actress and vaudeville performer who appeared in 1907 in the original Ziegfeld Follies.

11. Max Schreck (1879)

Actor

Gaunt actor who played the vampire Count Orlok in the 1922 silent classic film, Nosferatu. He received additional recognition for his roles in the 1922 film, The Merchant of Venice,...

12. Erich Muhsam (1970)

Poet

A German-Jewish author, poet, playwright, performer, and anarchist, he is known for works such as Die Eigenen and Räterepublik. In the years leading up to World War II, he had...

13. Frida Leider (1888)

Singer

German opera singer who was known as one of the most significant dramatic sopranos in the twentieth century and recorded over eighty pieces.

14. Leni Riefenstahl (1902)

German Film Director Dancer And

Director and actress who played Martha in Lowlands, which she directed in 1954.

15. Dominic Monaghan (1976)

British Actor

Actor best known for his breakout role as the hobbit Merry in The Lord of the Rings. He also starred as Charlie in Lost and played Bolt in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

16. Sebastian Peschko (1970)

Pianist

Pianist who specialized in the performance of German lieder and accompanied many prominent, 20th-century classical singers, and has been featured in a lieder role on several famous recordings.

17. Kurt Maetzig (1911)

Film Director

German film director who released numerous films from the 1940s through the 1970s. He was considered one of the most respected filmmakers of Germany.

18. Saskia Bauermeister (1989)

Blogger

German blogging personality who is famous for her Oh Hedwig brand. She has earned massive popularity across social media for sharing her lifestyle, wanderlust travel, and personal brand of wedding...

19. Alexia Aslandis (1989)

Blogger

Fashion, beauty, travel, and lifestyle blogger and social media influencer. She co-founded the Melbourne-based social media agency Les Deux Social with Becky Gavranich in 2017.

20. Méret Oppenheim (1913)

Swiss Photographer

Female surrealist artist and photographer who created sculptures and other works during the 1920s.

21. Luise Befort (1996)

TV Actress

German actress notable for roles in television series called Block B - Unter Arrest, Der Lack ist ab, The Red Band Society, We Are the Wave, and Armans Geheimnis.

22. Louis Held (1996)

Movie Actor

German actor who broke out in 2014 when he was cast as Alexander von Falkenstein in the teen movie Bibi & Tina - Der Film. He has since been featured...

23. Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu (1989)

TV Actress

Actress and pageant winner best known for her role as Söngül Kara in Karadayi. She has also been seen in the shows Es-Es, Kiralik Ask, and Bu Sehir Arkandan Gelecek.

24. George L. Mosse (1918)

Historian

An influential, twentieth-century historian, he published treatises on Nazi Germany and European fascism, in general. He is best known for his 1961 work, The Culture of Western Europe: The Nineteenth...

25. Aaron Troschke (1989)

Reality Star

Reality television personality and TV show host who rose to fame after competing on both Germany's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Celebrity Big Brother. In 2015, he became...

26. Emilio Sakraya (1996)

Actor

German film and television star most well known for his role as Tarik Schmüll in the Bibi & Tina films. He also played the recurring character Issam in the 2017 television series 4...

27. Helmut Newton (1920)

German-australian Photographer

German fashion photographer who set a new standard for Vogue work with his impressive black & white pictures.

28. Albert Hague (1920)

Jewish Composer And Songwriter

Remembered best as the composer of the 1950s and 1960s Broadway musicals Redhead, Plain and Fancy, The Fig Leaves Are Falling, and Cafe Crown, Hague also had an acting career,...

29. Renate Blauel (1953)

Music Producer

German music producer and sound engineer known for being the ex-wife of Elton John.

30. Caroline Lossberg (1996)

Model

German model who is best known for her photography campaigns and popular Instagram page. Her Instagram account features lifestyle, beauty, and travel photos.

31. Guenter Wendt (1923)

American Aerospace Engineer

Engineer who worked for the US manned spaceflight program and was in charge of the launch pads. He supervised spacecraft launch pad preparations at Cape Canaveral during the Mercury and...

32. Maria Riva (1924)

Actress Memoirist

Daughter of actress Marlene Dietrich. She was a mainstay of 1950s live shows on CBS.

33. Peter Fox (1971)

Reggae Singer

Reggae and rap musician whose debut solo album, Stadtaffe (2008) reached the top of the German album charts and was eventually certified double platinum. He is also famous for being a...

34. Sonja Gerhardt (1989)

Actress

Movie actress who acted in Dessau Dancers in 2014 and the TV series Germany 83 in 2015. She has over 130,000 followers on her sonjagerhardt Instagram account.

35. Chris Pohl (1972)

Rock Singer

Notable for his work with the German bands Tumor, Seelenkrank, Terminal Choice, and Blutengel, this electronic, metal, and dark wave musician also recorded albums with Pain of Progress, Miss Construction,...

36. André Previn (1929)

American Conductor

Award-winning musician who scored many films and became known as one of the world's most versatile musical artists. He won Academy Awards for his work on the scores of "Gigi" from...

37. Andrew Sachs (1930)

A German-born English Actor

British television actor best known for his roles in the series Fawlty Towers and Coronation Street.

38. Bill Graham (1931)

Actor

Impresario and rock concert promoter who came to prominence in the 1960s. He helped the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane gain traction.

39. Horst Buchholz (1933)

German Actor

Remembered best for his roles in the 1960s films Fanny (as Marius), The Magnificent Seven (as Chico), and One, Two, Three (as Otto Ludwig Piffl), this German-born actor also appeared...

40. Lilian Gessner (1991)

YouTube Star

Social media star who has risen to fame for her Alexis and Lillian YouTube channel. She has risen to massive popularity for her LGBTQ+ lifestyle vlogging as a lesbian couple...

41. Sivan Karim (1991)

Illustrator

Illustrator and visual artist who is known for his black and white aesthetic. His work often combines portraiture with a unique line structure. He posts his work for his over 110,000...

42. Bettina Cramer (1969)

TV Show Host

French TV host and author known for her work on Sat. 1. She also produced the Berliner Rand and published the novel Von Prada zu Pampers.

43. Debi Flugge (1991)

Blogger

German blogger and globetrotter who founded her eponymous blog, Debi Flue. She originally started blogging as a hobby in 2013 to share her travels with friends and family and it...

44. Mike Nichols (1931)

American Actor And Director

Director of the 1967 classic The Graduate as well as the adaptation of Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22. He also directed the mini-series Angels in America and the films The Birdcage...

45. Aaron Altaras (1995)

German Actor

Television actor who is best recognized for playing the character Robert on the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox. He has made many appearances in television series and films throughout his career. He began...

46. Frankie Miles (1991)

Instagram Star

Instagram model and influencer who is known for posting fashion, lifestyle, and travel photos to her _frankiemiles account. She has garnered over 160,000 followers on the platform.

47. Rainer Brandt (1936)

Actor

'60s actor who played roles in Funeral in Berlin and Body in the Web. In 1960, he appeared in A Corpse Hangs in the Web and The Avenger.

48. Klaus Doldinger (1936)

German Jazz Musician Composer Ba

Jazz saxophonist, film music composer, and winner of a Bavarian Film Award in 1997. He created the project Passport in the early 1970s and it has performed for decades.

49. Tina Berning (1969)

Illustrator

Illustrator who published 100 Girls On Cheap Paper in 2009. She had a solo exhibition in Toronto, Canada at the Alison Milne Gallery called Those Who Stay in 2016.

50. Anh Phuong (1991)

Model

Model who rose to fame appearing in the 2017 season of Germany's Next Topmodel. Though she did not win her season, she's become a successful model and fashion influencer with over 1.6...