1. Max Weber (1864)

Founder Of Modern Sociology

Best remembered for an important philosophical text titled The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, this late 19th and early 20th-century thinker made important contributions to modern economic, religious,...

2. Clueso (1980)

German Singer

German vocalist and rapper known for Text und Ton (released in 2001) and numerous other albums. He represented the Federal State of Thuringia in the Bundesvision Song Contest in both...

3. Maria Ehrich (1993)

Actress

German film actress most well known for portraying Gwen Shepherd in the films Ruby Red and it's sequels Sapphire Blue and Emerald Green. She first rose to fame in 2004...

4. Yvonne Catterfeld (1979)

German Musician And Actress

German singer and actress who signed a deal with Hansa Records after placing second on the singing competition Stimme 2000. Her breakthrough came with the single "Für Dich," which hit...

5. Denis Wieczorek (1991)

German Figure Skater

Denis Wieczorek is a German figure skater. He is the 2011 German silver medalist. He placed 14th at the 2009 World Junior Championships and 22nd at the 2008 World Junior...

6. Franziska Schenk (1974)

Speed Skater

ziska Schenk is a former German Speed skater. She was a specialist in the sprint distances. At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer she won a bronze on the 500m in...

7. Maria Seifert (1991)

German Paralympic Athlete

Maria Seifert is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing China. There she won a bronze...

8. Andreas Pohle (1981)

German Long And Triple Jumper

Andreas Pohle is a German long jumper and triple jumper. In the long jump he finished eleventh at the 2002 European Championships and ninth at the 2002 IAAF World Cup....

9. Janin Ullmann (1981)

Actress

10. Elisabeth Pähtz (1985)

Chess Player

Elisabeth Pähtz is a German chess Woman Grandmaster.

11. Thomas Luther (1969)

German Chess Player

Thomas Luther is a German chess player and International Grandmaster of Chess. In 2000 he was a member of the German team that won the silver medal in the 34th...

12. Paul Lipke (1870)

German Chess Player

Paul Lipke was a German chess master. Lipke was born in Erfurt. In 1889 he tied for 5–6th in Breslau and took 4th in Dessau. In 1892 he won in...

13. Patrick Beckert (1990)

German Speed Skater

Patrick Beckert is a German Olympic speed skater. He finished in 22nd place in the 5000 m at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He missed one race because he turned off...

14. Lothar Ahrendt (1936)

East German Politician

Lothar Ahrendt is one of the former interior ministers of the German Democratic Republic.

15. Stephanie Beckert (1988)

German Speed Skater

Stephanie Beckert is a long-distance speed skater from Germany. She had a fourth place standing at the 2008–09 women's 3000/5000 m World Cup. At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won...

16. Patrick Gretsch (1987)

German Racing Cyclist

Patrick Gretsch is a professional cyclist who rides for Ag2r-La Mondiale. Gretsch was born in Erfurt East Germany three and a half years before the German reunification. Gretsch left Argos-Shimano...

17. Thomas Ströhl (1988)

German Footballer

Thomas Ströhl is a German footballer who plays as a left-back for Goslarer SC.

18. Wolfgang Scheidel (1943)

Luger

gang Scheidel is an East German former luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. He won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1972...

19. Jochen Babock (1953)

Bobsledder

Jochen Babock is an East German bobsledder who competed in the mid-1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

20. Anne Zohra Berrached (1982)

Writer

21. Ulrich Holbein (1953)

Writer

Ulrich Holbein is a German writer. Holbein was the winner of the 2003 Hugo Ball Prize and winner of the 2012 Kassel Literary Prize. Holbein employs a number of pseudonyms...

22. Joachim Werneburg (1953)

German Writer

Joachim Werneburg is a German writer who specialises in lyric poetry and short prose.

23. Ute Lubosch (1953)

German Actress

Ute Lubosch is a German actress who began her career in East German theater film and television.

24. Christine Westermann (1948)

German Tv And Radio Moderator

Christine Westermann is a German television and radio host journalist and author.

25. Christel Augenstein (1949)

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Christel Augenstein is a member of the Free Democratic Party. From 2001 until 23 July 2009 she was the mayor of Pforzheim Germany and the city's first female mayor. Her...

26. Carsten Schneider (1976)

German Politician

Carsten Schneider is a German social democratic politician who has been a member of the German Parliament since 1998. Since 2005 he has been the budgetary policy spokesman for the...

27. Evelyn Stolze (1954)

Olympic Swimmer

Evelyn Stolze is a German former swimmer. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley events and finished in sixth and fifth...

28. Klaus Wunder (1950)

German Footballer

Klaus Wunder is a former German footballer who played for FC Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup victory in 1975. He earned one cap for the Germany...

29. Richard Eyermann (1898)

German Politician

30. Willi Münzenberg (1889)

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Münzenberg was a communist political activist. Münzenberg was the first head of the Young Communist International in 1919-20 and established the famine-relief and propaganda organization Workers International Relief in 1921....

31. Axel Kühn (1967)

Bobsledder

Axel Kühn is a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Kühn also...

32. Erich Köhler (1892)

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Erich Köhler was a German politician. He was President of the Bundestag from 7 September 1949 to 18 October 1950. During the Weimar Republic he was active within the German...

33. Erich Zeigner (1886)

Prime Minister Of Saxony

Erich Zeigner was Prime Minister of the German state of Saxony during the attempted communist uprising of 1923. After his refusal to capitulate to an ultimatum by then German Chancellor...

34. Eyck Zimmer (1969)

English Chef

Eyck Zimmer is an award-winning chef. Eyck's initial training was at the Erfurter Hof part of the Interhotel chain. He then worked in a number of well-known hotels in Europe...

35. Sybille Gruner (1969)

German Handball Player

Sybille Gruner is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics where the German national team placed fourth.

36. Clemens Fritz (1980)

German Footballer

Clemens Fritz is a German footballer who plays as a right back for Werder Bremen. He is well known for his pace passing and team effort.

37. Jutta Langenau (1933)

Olympic Swimmer

Jutta Langenau was a German swimmer who won a gold medal at the 1954 European Aquatics Championships setting the first official world record in the 100 m butterfly.

38. Stefan Lindemann (1980)

German Figure Skater

Stefan Lindemann is a German figure skater. He is the 2004 World bronze medalist 2005 European bronze medalist 2000 World Junior champion and a seven-time German national champion.

39. Thomas Rudolph (1970)

Luger

Thomas Rudolph is a German luger who competed in the early 1990s. Together with Yves Mankel he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1992 Winter...

40. Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel (1978)

Bobsledder

Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2001. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin she won gold in the two-woman event with teammate Sandra Kiriasis. The...

41. Reta Trotman (1989)

Cyclist

Reta Trotman is a New Zealand racing cyclist. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.

42. Daniel Becke (1978)

German Racing Cyclist

Daniel Becke is a road bicycle and track cyclist from Germany who was born in the former East Germany. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the...

43. Stephan Schreck (1978)

Road Bicycle Racer

Stephan Schreck is a German former professional road bicycle racer last riding for UCI ProTour Team Gerolsteiner. He was unable to find a new team after Gerolsteiner folded and subsequently...

44. Christoph Genz (1971)

German Singer

Christoph Genz is a German tenor in opera and concert.

45. Florian Wünsche (1991)

German Actor

ünsche is a German actor and well known for his role as Manuel Siewert in the children soap opera Schloss Einstein. He had his first small role in the feature...

46. Kaspar von Stieler (1632)

Soldier Poet And Linguist

Kaspar von Stieler also called Caspar Stieler was a soldier-poet and later a linguist. He expressed the feelings of the soldiers of the Thirty Years War in his poetry.

47. Silvano Varnhagen (1993)

German Footballer

Silvano Varnhagen is a German footballer who plays for Karlsruher SC.

48. Michail Makarow (1984)

German Bobsledder

Michail Makarow is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2004. His best World Cup finish was first in the four-man event at Calgary in December 2010.

49. Radegund (1970)

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50. Georg Christoph Bach (1642)

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