1. Eduard Marxsen (1806)

German Musician

Had many brushes with the great composers of his day and contributed much to his era's musical education.

2. Martin Krause (1853)

German Musician

Concert musician, educator, critic, and author who perished during The Influenza Pandemic of 1918.

3. Paul Klengel (1854)

German Musician

Multi-instrumentalist who mastered the violin and the piano and who was also a composer and respected conductor, editor, and arranger.

4. Felix Fox (1876)

German Musician

Respected teacher and musician known for his collaborations with world-famous symphony orchestras and quartets.

5. Martin Stadtfeld (1980)

German Musician

Acclaimed musician who was trained by famed Russian-American professor Lev Natochenny.

6. Michael Raucheisen (1889)

German Musician

Musician who would accompany singers with the piano lid open to achieve better tonal balance. He created complete gramophone recordings of German songs.

7. Wilhelm Kempff (1895)

German Musician

Became known for his interpretations and recordings of the complete sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert.

8. Mitja Nikisch (1899)

German Musician

Respected interpreter of classical composers who was known for leading Berlin's popular jazz band the Mitja Nikisch Tanz Orchester to great acclaim.

9. Marcus Siepen (1968)

German Musician

German metal guitarist who is the rhythm guitarist with the power metal group Blind Guardian.

10. James Last (1929)

German Musician

Wildly popular German composer whose albums have sold more than 80 million copies. He is perhaps best known for his 1969 composition "Happy Heart."

11. Manfred Schoof (1936)

German Musician

Founder of the free jazz movement in Europe and member of the German musical rights association.

12. Florian Schneider (1947)

German Musician

Multi-instrumentalist who helped found the electronic music group Kraftwerk.

13. Christian Giesler (1970)

German Musician

Bassist who joined Kreator in 1985, replacing Roberto Fioretti.

14. Marco Minnemann (1970)

German Musician

Multi-instrumentalist and session recording artist who rose to fame for his educational work and his collaborations across many genres.

15. Joachim Kühn (1944)

German Musician

Jazz artist who collaborated with such musicians as Don Cherry, Phil Woods, Ray Lema, Barre Phillips, Hellmut Hattler, and Jean-Luc Ponty.

16. Renate Eggebrecht (1944)

German Musician

Founder of Troubadisc, a classical music label, to showcase a variety of forgotten music by female composers like Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel.

17. Edgar Froese (1944)

German Musician

Multi-instrumentalist and founder of electronic music group Tangerine Dream.

18. Klaus Dinger (1946)

German Musician

German drummer and songwriter who co–founded the krautrock band Neu! and who has collaborated with many other artists.

19. Rudolf Schenker (1948)

German Musician

German rock musician and songwriter who founded and played guitar for the Scorpions, a heavy metal band. In 2010 they released Sting in the Tail, which they announced would be...

20. Tobias Sammet (1977)

German Musician

Singer and instrumentalist known for being one of the founding members of the German metal band Edguy. He also founded the band Avantasia.

21. Andreas Staier (1955)

German Musician

Harpsichordist, fortepiano soloist, and chamber music performer whose repertoire spanned the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

22. Matthias Jabs (1955)

German Musician

Lead guitar player for the heavy rock band Scorpions. He was also a performer with Deadlock and Fargo, among others.

23. Marianne Rosenberg (1955)

German Musician

Known for such 1970s hits as "Ich bin wie Du," "Fremder Mann," and "Lieder der Nacht," this German Schlager vocalist and songwriter also released a 2008 jazz album titled I'm...

24. Michael Schenker (1955)

German Musician

Guitarist for the English heavy metal band UFO who also pursued a career with his eponymous band.

25. Haddaway (1965)

German Musician

German singer who gained international attention for the single "What is Love," which peaked at #2 on U.K. and German music charts. The song played in a commercial for Diet Pepsi...

26. Sven Pipien (1967)

German Musician

Hard rock musician who rose to fame as the bassist of the band The Black Crowes. After the dissolution of The Black Crowes in 2015, he went on to become a...

27. Anna Gourari (1972)

German Musician

Classical concert pianist known for her starkly original approach to interpreting revered composers like Beethoven and Brahms.

28. Markus Burger (1966)

German Musician

Specialized in jazz, New Age, and chamber music. He experimented with contemporary jazz improvisations of Bach's works.

29. André Olbrich (1967)

German Musician

Lead guitarist and co-founder of the German power metal band Blind Guardian.

30. Koh Gabriel Kameda (1975)

German Musician

Violinist and winner of the 1997 Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition in Mexico.

31. Muhammed Suiçmez (1975)

German Musician

German guitarist and frontman for the death metal band Necrophagist.

32. Francis Buchholz (1954)

German Musician

Known best for his work with the German hard rock group the Scorpions, this bassist contributed to twelve of the group's albums, including Fly to the Rainbow and Crazy World....

33. Markus Schulz (1975)

German Musician

Trance DJ who has performed in venues all over the world. He has consistently ranked among the top 10 DJs in existence since releasing his debut album, Without You Near.

34. Christopher Franke (1953)

German Musician

German composer, keyboard player, and the drummer for Tangerine Dream who also wrote the television score for Babylon 5.

35. Marian Gold (1954)

German Musician

German vocalist best known as the leader of the synthpop band Alphaville. He and the band first found great success in the 80's with singles like "Big in Japan," "Forever...

36. Christoph Schneider (1966)

German Musician

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

37. Sascha Konietzko (1961)

German Musician

Best known as the frontman and a founding member of an industrial rock band called KMFDM, this German keyboard player, drummer, vocalist, guitarist, and bassist also performed with such side...

38. 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.

39. Bruno Hoffmann (1913)

German Musician

German glass harp player who re-popularized and performed the glass harp music of W.A. Mozart, Karl Leopold Rollig, and other composers.

40. Michael Weikath (1962)

German Musician

Guitarist, backing vocalist, and founding member the German power metal band Helloween.

41. Sascha Gerstner (1977)

German Musician

Guitarist and songwriter who played with the German power metal act Helloween, as well as Freedom Call.

42. Florian Uhlig (1974)

German Musician

Uhlig is a German pianist.

43. Susanne Regel (1974)

German Musician

Susanne Regel is a German oboist working as solo artist and with international ensembles alike. She is specialized on baroque oboe the classical oboe and the romantic oboe. Susanne Regel...

44. Felix Bohnke (1974)

German Musician

x Bohnke born 2 September 1974 is the current drummer for the power metal band Edguy. He joined the band just before they recorded the Theater of Salvation album in...

45. Hubi Meisel (1974)

German Musician

Hubi J. Meisel is a German progressive rock vocalist and producer who was born in Frankfurt.

46. Maximilian C. Jehuda Ewert (1974)

German Musician

Maximilian C. Jehuda Ewert was born in Soltau Germany in 1974. Even in his childhood he started composing and playing violin and studied both in Augsburg with John van Buren...

47. Kai Fagaschinski (1974)

German Musician

Kai Fagaschinski is a Berlin based free improvisational clarinet player and composer. He is self-taught and his music has been described as rooted in abstraction but with an increasingly insidious...

48. Felix Hell (1985)

German Musician

x Hell is a German organist.

49. Oliver Palotai (1974)

German Musician

Oliver Palotai is a classically-trained German musician of Hungarian ancestry best known as a member of the power metal band Kamelot and of Doro Pesch's touring band.

50. Rocko Schamoni (1966)

German Musician

Rocko Schamoni real name is Tobias Albrecht is a German entertainer author musician club proprietor and member of the comedy ensemble Studio Braun.