1. Til Schweiger (1963)

German Actor

German actor and filmmaker who wrote, directed and produced the award-winning 2007 box office hit, Keinohrhasen. His numerous acting and directing honors include a Bambi Award, a German Comedy Award,...

2. Tobias Santelmann (1980)

Actor

German born actor who is widely recognized for his work in the 2014 film Hercules, as well as, the 2015 remake of Point Break. He is also known for his...

3. Karl Rahner (1904)

German Theologian

Theologian and philosopher who was remembered for his contributions to Christian philosophy.

4. Walter Kaufmann (1921)

Actor

Religious philosopher who wrote extensively about subjects like authenticity and death, moral philosophy, and existentialism.

5. Anna Ewers (1993)

Instagram Star

Model who appeared in the 2015 Pirelli Calendar and has been a frequent subject of Vogue Paris photo spreads. She is also notable for her fashion week appearances for Dolce...

6. Matthias Ginter (1994)

German Footballer

Center back who debuted professionally with SC Freiburg in 2012. He became a member of the German national team in 2014.

7. Dany Heatley (1981)

Ice Hockey Player

NHL right winger who began his career with the Atlanta Thrashers in 2001 and set the record for most career international goals of any Team Canada player. With the Ottawa...

8. Koh Gabriel Kameda (1975)

German Musician

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

9. Johanna Wokalek (1975)

Stage And Film Actress

Famous for her acclaimed work in the German films The Baader Meinhof Complex (as the character Gudrun Ensslin), Barfuss (as Leila), and Pope Joan (as the title role), she is...

10. 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...

11. Erich Sautner (1991)

German Footballer

Erich Sautner is a German footballer who plays as a left-midfielder for TSG Neustrelitz.

12. Matthias Plachta (1991)

German Ice Hockey Player

Matthias Plachta is a German professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

13. Andreas Jung (1975)

Actor

14. Alexander Bonde (1975)

German Politician

Alexander Bonde is a German politician for Alliance '90/The Greens.

15. Edith Picht-Axenfeld (Unknow)

German Pianist And Harpsichordis

Edith Picht-Axenfeld was a German pianist and harpsichordist. She started her concert career in 1935 and took part two years later in the third Fryderyk Chopin Competition where she was...

16. Herbert Werner (1920)

German U-boat Commander

Herbert A. Werner was a Kriegsmarine officer who by his own reckoning was one of only about two dozen captains still alive at the end of World War II. He...

17. Ingrid Losert (1958)

Fencer

Ingrid Losert is a retired German fencer. She won four medals in the team foil at world championships. Losert followed her father Joseph and brother Roland both Olympic fencers and...

18. Angelika Schrobsdorff (1927)

German Writer

Angelika Schrobsdorff is a German writer and actress. Her mother Else whose first marriage was to the author Fritz Schwiefert was an assimilated Jew; her father was a member of...

19. Sonja Sutter (1931)

German Actor

Sonja Sutter is a German film actress. She was one of the few actors that was allowed to appear in productions in both East and West Germany. She is remembered...

20. Alfonso Hüppi (1935)

Swiss Artist

Alfonso Hüppi is a Swiss painter.

21. David Schittenhelm (1987)

German Footballer

David Schittenhelm was a German footballer who is currently a free agent.

22. Joana Zimmer (1982)

German Singer

Joana Zimmer is a German pop music singer often compared to Celine Dion or Barry Manilow. Zimmer is blind.

23. Hans Stoll (1926)

German Economist

Hans Reiner Stoll is the Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Markets Research Center at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of...

24. Dawid Kwiek (1988)

Polish Footballer

Dawid Kwiek is a Polish-Canadian footballer who currently plays for Widzew Łódź.

25. Hildesuse Gärtner (1923)

German Alpine Skier

Hildesuse Gärtner is a former German alpine skier. Between 1949 and 1952 she became a sevenfold German champion in alpine skiing. She retired to work as a journalist and became...

26. Christoph Cremer (1944)

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27. Waldemar Hoven (1903)

Ss Officer

Hoven was a National Socialist German Workers' Party and a physician at Buchenwald concentration camp. Hoven was born in Freiburg Germany. Between the years 1919 and 1933 he visited Denmark...

28. Adolf Seger (1945)

Olympic Medalist In Wrestling

Adolf Seger is a German former wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

29. Sabine Rollberg (1953)

Film Producer

30. Karl von Rotteck (1775)

German Historian

Karl Wenzeslaus Rodecker von Rotteck was a German political activist historian politician and political scientist. He was a prominent advocate of freedom of the press and the abolition of compulsory...

31. Bernhard Schätzle (1954)

German Politician

Bernhard Schätzle is a German politician representative of the German Christian Democratic Union and member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament since 2006. Bernhard Schätlze founded his vineyard in 1977 out...

32. Yves Vandewalle (1950)

French Politician

Yves Vandewalle is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Yvelines department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

33. Karl von Wogau (1941)

German Politician

Karl von Wogau was born 18 July 1941 in Freiburg and is a German politician. Karl von Wogau studied Law and Economics in Freiburg Munich and Bonn and holds a...

34. Michael Nehls (1962)

German Racing Cyclist

Michael Nehls is a German cyclist and author. From 1983 until 1989 he studied medicine at the universities of Freiburg and Heidelberg. In 1997 he achieved his postdoctoral lecture qualification...

35. Christof Wetterich (1952)

German Physicist

Christof Wetterich is a German theoretical physicist. Born 1952 in Freiburg he studied physics in Paris Cologne and Freiburgwhere he received his PhD in 1979. He worked at CERN in...

36. Lara Stock (1992)

Croatian Chess Player

Lara Stock is a Croatian chess player who has achieved the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title. She lives in Freiburg. Her mother is Croatian her father is German. Her chess coach...

37. Christian Klar (1952)

German Terrorist

Christian Klar was a leading member of the second generation Red Army Faction between the 1970s and 80s. He had been incarcerated since 1982 in a Bruchsal prison but he...

38. Daphne Berdahl (1964)

American Anthropologist

Daphne Berdahl was an anthropologist known for her work on Eastern Germany and Post-socialist Europe. Her work on gender and consumption as well as her writing on post-communist nostalgia has...

39. Helene Hegemann (1992)

Writer

Helene Hegemann is a German writer director and actress. As a young writer her work was highly praisedbut her first novel Axolotl Roadkill sparked a plagiarism controversy.

40. Friedemann Mattern (1955)

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Mattern is a German scientist. After studying computer science with a minor in communication sciences at the University of Bonn Mattern became a VLSI design and parallelism researcher at Kaiserslautern...

41. Inka Friedrich (1965)

German Actress

Inka Friedrich is a German actress. Having studied at the Berlin University of the Arts Friedrich won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the...

42. Otmar Wiestler (1956)

German Physician

Otmar D. Wiestler is a German physician a professor at the University of Heidelberg and director of the German Cancer Research Centre. He is not a typical basic scientist but...

43. Peter Zipfel (1956)

West German Cross Country Skier

Peter Zipfel was a West German cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1984. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 4 x 10 km...

44. Britta Böhler (1960)

Dutch Politician And Lawyer

Britta Böhler is a lawyer in international law and human rights and a member of the Dutch Senate for the GreenLeft Party. She was born in West Germany and became...

45. Hanns Ludin (1905)

German Diplomat

Hanns Elard Ludin was a German diplomat. Born in Freiburg to Friedrich and Johanna Ludin Ludin began his National Socialist German Workers' Party affiliation in 1930 by joining the party...

46. Wolfgang Schäuble (1942)

German Politician

gang Schäuble is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union who has served as Germany's Federal Minister of Finance in the second and third Merkel cabinets since 2009. From...

47. Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky (Unknow)

Austrian General

von Beck-Rzikowsky was an Austrian general.

48. Elke Gebhardt (1983)

Cyclist

Elke Gebhardt is a German racing cyclist. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.

49. Joseph Wirth (1879)

Chancellor Of Germany

Karl Joseph Wirth known as Joseph Wirth was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922 for 585 days. During...

50. Günter Schrempp (Unknow)

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