List of Famous people born in Germany

Daniel Abt is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as the German Formula Three Championship, the GP3 Series, the GP2 Series, and won the 2009 ADAC Formel Masters championship. He competed in the first four rounds of the 2019–20 Formula E season with ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport, however he was dismissed from the team after being found to be using a ringer driver in the sport's subsequent virtual races. He completed the remainder of the season at NIO 333 FE Team replacing Ma Qinghua. He is currently on a hiatus from competitive racing, having chosen to take up a broadcasting role with Sat.1 as part of their Formula E coverage.

Erkan Baş is a politician and academician who currently serves as an MP for İstanbul as a member of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TiP).

Alfred Hirsch was a German Jewish athlete, sports teacher and Zionist youth movement leader, notable for helping thousands of Jewish children during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in Prague, Theresienstadt concentration camp, and Auschwitz. Hirsch was the deputy supervisor of children at Theresienstadt and the supervisor of the children's block at the Theresienstadt family camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

Elmar Hörig, is a German radio and television presenter.

Umut Kekıllı is a German-Turkish former professional footballer who last played for Aydınspor 1923.

Robin Alexander Schulz is a German musician, DJ and record producer. On 4 February 2014, he released the first single from his debut album, a remix of "Waves" by Dutch hip hop artist Mr. Probz. This remix later received a nomination for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.

Kathrine Virginia Switzer is an American marathon runner, author, and television commentator.

Nicole Heesters is a German actress. Nicole comes from a family of actors; her parents are Johannes Heesters, a Dutch German actor, and Louise Ghijs, a Belgian stage actress. Her husband was movie director Pit Fischer and one of her children, daughter Saskia Fischer, is also an actress. Nicole's older sister Wiesje (1931) is a pianist in Vienna, Austria.

Felix Kroos is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eintracht Braunschweig. He is the younger brother of German International midfielder Toni Kroos.

Gert Postel is a German impostor, best known for successfully applying several times for public health positions as a medical doctor without ever having received medical education.