List of Famous people born in Germany
Ariadne von Schirach
Ariadne von Schirach is a German philosopher, writer, journalist and critic. She is known as a literary critic for Deutschlandradio Kultur, and as an essayist and columnist for newspapers such as Die Welt and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Volker Beck
Volker Beck is a German politician. From 1994 to 2017, he was a member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, for the Green Party. Beck served as the Green Party Speaker for Legal Affairs from 1994–2002, and as the Green Party Chief Whip in the Bundestag till 2013. He was spokesman of the Green Parliamentary Group for interior affairs and religion. In 2014 he was elected President of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group of the German Bundestag.
Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, musician, record producer, writer and film maker from Germany. He is primarily known as a longtime member of the influential German industrial music group Einstürzende Neubauten.
Sascha Bigalke
Sascha Bigalke is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for SpVgg Unterhaching in the 3. Liga.
Albrecht Glaser
Albrecht Heinz Erhard Glaser is a German politician. From 1997 until 2001 he served as the treasurer of Frankfurt.
Julia Taubitz
Julia Taubitz is a German luger.
Lukas Rieger
Lukas Rieger is a German pop singer. He sings mainly in English.
Petra Hinz
Petra Hinz is a German politician. She is a member of the SPD. Since 2005, Hinz has been an MP of the German Bundestag. She resigned from her Bundestag seat after a CV scandal with effect of 1 September 2016.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Heinz-Harald Frentzen is a German former racing driver. He finished runner-up in the 1997 Formula One World Drivers' Championship, driving for Williams.
Anthony Randolph
Anthony Erwin Randolph Jr. is an American-Slovenian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Slovenian national basketball team, winning the 2017 EuroBasket with them. Born in Germany, to two American parents who served in the US military there, Randolph's family eventually relocated to the United States, where he grew up in Pasadena, California. The family later moved to Dallas, Texas, where Randolph soon became a standout at Woodrow Wilson High School, eventually being recruited by the Louisiana State Tigers. After one year, Randolph left college, and entered the 2008 NBA draft, where he was chosen as the fourteenth pick overall by the Golden State Warriors. In 2016, he earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection.