List of Famous people born in Germany
Laura Ludwig
Laura Ludwig is a German professional beach volleyball player, playing as a defender. Currently forming a pair with compatriot Kira Walkenhorst, she represents Hamburger SV and has won four European championships. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She added another medal, Gold, at the 2016 World Tour Finals in Toronto. In 2017, she and Walkenhorst won the World Championship in Vienna.
Tarkan
Tarkan Tevetoğlu is a Turkish singer-songwriter. Since the early 1990s, with the successful sales of his albums, he has been a prominent figure of the Turkish pop music, being known in Turkey, Europe and West Asia.
Erwin Sellering
Erwin Sellering is a German politician. From 2008 to 2017 he was the 4th Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Sophie Charlotte
Sophie Charlotte Wolf Silva is a German Brazilian actress.
Turid Knaak
Turid Knaak is a German footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a striker for Spanish Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Germany women's national team.
Mathias Mester
Mathias Mester is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F40 throwing events.
Bernd Mayländer
Bernd Mayländer is a German racing driver and current Formula One safety car driver.
Frank Ullrich
Frank Ullrich is a German former biathlete and current trainer of the German national team.
Miriam Neureuther
Miriam Neureuther is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier. She has won an Olympic silver medal in cross-country skiing and two biathlon world championship titles, all in team events. Noted for her fast skiing performances, she won two junior world championship titles in biathlon in 2008 and 2009. Gössner was called up for the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, where she was part of Germany's cross-country team claiming silver in the 4 × 5 kilometre relay.
Niels Högel
Niels Högel is a German serial killer and former nurse who was sentenced to life imprisonment, initially for the murders of six patients, and later convicted of a total of eighty-five murders. Estimates of Högel's alleged victim count have increased since his first conviction; as of 2020, he was believed to have claimed 300 victims over fifteen years, making him the most prolific serial killer in the history of peacetime Germany.