List of Famous people born in Germany
Joko Winterscheidt
Joachim "Joko" Winterscheidt is a German television host, producer and actor. He became known as part of the duo Joko & Klaas alongside Klaas Heufer-Umlauf in TV programs like Circus HalliGalli.
Friedrich Merz
Friedrich Merz is a German lawyer and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1994 and was elected to the Bundestag from 1994 until 2009, where he chaired the CDU/CSU parliamentary group from 2000 to 2002.
J Cole
Jermaine Lamarr Cole is a German-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007. Intent on further pursuing a musical career, he went on to release two additional mixtapes, The Warm Up (2009) and Friday Night Lights (2010) both to critical acclaim, after signing to Jay-Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009.
Jan Böhmermann
Jan Böhmermann is a German satirist, podcast, and television host. He also worked as a writer, producer, radio host, and is best-known for his activism through publicity stunts.
Carolin Kebekus
Carolin Kebekus is a German comedian and actress.
Ruth Moschner
Ruth Isabel Moschner is a German TV presenter and actress. She was a judge in the first season of the German talent show Das Supertalent, but was replaced by Sylvie van der Vaart in the second season. She also appeared in Big Brother Germany and the comedy show Freitag Nacht News. In 2006, she won a German version of the Dancing on Ice. She has twice been nominated for the Deutschen Comedy-Preis.
Manuela Schwesig
Manuela Schwesig is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as the fifth minister-president of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 4 July 2017. She is the first woman to serve as head of government of this state. Previously she served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 2013 to 2017.
Attila Hildmann
Attila Klaus-Peter Hildmann is a German vegan cookbook author and far-right conspiracy theorist. He has described himself as "ultra-right-wing" and as a German nationalist. He was repeatedly characterized as antisemitic.
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber is a German professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 and winner of three Grand Slam tournaments, she made her professional debut in 2003 and rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the No. 92-ranked player in the world. She ascended to the top of the rankings on 12 September 2016, thus becoming the twenty-second and oldest player to achieve the number-one ranking for the first time.
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted associates, and was known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.