List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany
Marion Kracht
Marion Kracht is a German actress. Currently she resides in Berlin.
Annika Kipp
Annika Kipp is a German News presenter on radio and television. She used to work for Antenne Bayern, but since 2006 has worked for Sat.1.
Ferdinand von Schirach
Ferdinand von Schirach is a German lawyer and writer. He published his first short stories at the age of forty-five. Shortly thereafter he became one of Germany's most successful authors. His books, which have been translated into more than 35 languages, have sold millions of copies worldwide and have made him "an internationally celebrated star of German literature."
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer, sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I. Dürer is commemorated by both the Lutheran and Episcopal Churches.
Moritz Bleibtreu
Moritz Johann Bleibtreu is a German actor.
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus is a German football manager and former player. After captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 FIFA World Cup where he lifted the World Cup trophy, he was named European Footballer of the Year. In 1991, he was named the first ever FIFA World Player of the Year, and remains the only German to have received the award.
Marianne Koch
Marianne Koch is a German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician.
Florian Silbereisen
Florian Silbereisen is a German Schlager singer and show host.
Karim Adeyemi
Karim David Adeyemi is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.
Steffen Seibert
Steffen Seibert is head of the German Federal Government's Press and Information Office and serves as the German government's spokesperson. The German Federal Government's Press and Information Office resembles the British Central Office of Information. He is officially ranked as an undersecretary of state.