List of Famous people born in Germany

Thomas Hermanns is a German TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director. He is the founder of the comedy show Quatsch Comedy Club.

Senna Gammour, also known mononymously as Senna, is a German singer, television personality and presenter. She was a member of the girl group Monrose.

Nadja Abd el Farrag, also known under the stage name Naddel, is a German television presenter and singer.

Thilo Sarrazin is a German politician and former member of the SPD, writer, senator of finance for the State of Berlin from January 2002 until April 2009, and former member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank until 2010.

Hanno Koffler is a German actor and musician. His most famous films include Summer Storm (2004), alongside Robert Stadlober and Krabat (2008), alongside Daniel Brühl and Tom Wlaschiha. Both films by German film director Marco Kreuzpaintner. His most outstanding work was in the movie Free Fall (2013), alongside Max Riemelt and Katharina Schüttler, directed by Stephan Lacant. He then starred in an Oscar-nominated film, Never Look Away (2018), directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring alongside Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, and Saskia Rosendahl.

Jan Delay is a German rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer whose stylistic range includes mainly hip hop, reggae, dub, and funk. An accomplished solo artist, he became known to the public as a member of the German bands Absolute Beginner and La Boom. He performed with his group 'Disko No. 1' at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Horst Antes is a German artist and sculptor.

Wolfgang Niedecken is a German singer, musician, and visual artist. He founded the Kölsch speaking rock group BAP at the end of the 1970s. He soon became famous with BAP all over Germany. He is the lead singer and only remaining founding member of BAP.

Hans-Jochen Vogel was a German lawyer and a politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972, winning the 1972 Summer Olympics for the city and Governing Mayor of West Berlin in 1981, the only German ever to lead two cities with a million+ inhabitants. He was Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development from 1972 to 1974, and Federal Minister of Justice from 1974 to 1981. He served as leader of the SPD in the Bundestag from 1983 to 1991, and as Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1987 to 1991. In 1993, he co-founded the organisation Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie. He was a member of the National Ethics Council of Germany from its beginning in 2001.

Michael Grzimek was a West German zoologist, conservationist and filmmaker.