List of Famous people born in Germany
Marco Russ
Marco Russ is a German footballer who last played as a defender for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Oliver Geissen
Oliver Geissen is a German television presenter.
Tobias Lütke
Tobias "Tobi" Lütke is a German-Canadian billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Shopify, a company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He has been part of the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created open source libraries such as Active Merchant.
Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a German former professional football player and manager. A defender, he won seven Bundesliga titles in his 15-year club career with Bayern Munich. He also represented the West Germany national team, winning the FIFA World Cup in 1990.
Asuman Krause
Asuman Krause is a Turkish actress, singer, model and TV presenter who was crowned Miss Turkey in 1998.
Marius Yo
Marius Yo is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor and tarento under Johnny & Associates and Pony Canyon. He is a member of the boy band Sexy Zone.
Amin Younes
Amin Younes is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from Napoli.
Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. She has won five Olympic gold medals. With a total of nine Olympic medals, five gold, two silver and two bronze, she was the most successful Olympic speed skater, male or female, of all-time, until the gold medal of Ireen Wüst in the 2018 Winter Olympics of PyeongChang, and also the most successful German Winter Olympian of all-time. After the World Championships in Norway in February 2009, Pechstein was accused of blood doping and banned from all competitions for two years.
Karl-Rudolf Korte
Karl-Rudolf Korte is a German political scientist and since 2002 professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen on Campus Duisburg. He appears regularly in national media as a guest for election analyses.
Friedrich Mücke
Friedrich Mücke is a German actor who has appeared in more than twenty films since 2006, many of which have tackled issues relating to the former GDR.