List of Famous people born in Germany
Frauke Petry
Frauke Petry is a German politician who chaired the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from 4 July 2015 to 29 September 2017. A chemist by training and with a professional background as a businesswoman, some political scientists described Petry as a representative of the national conservative wing of that party.
Björn Höcke
Björn Höcke is a German politician and a member of Alternative for Germany (AfD). Along with Andreas Kalbitz, Höcke is the leader of the AfD's far-right "Der Flügel" faction, which the German government's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution declared a right-wing extremist organization.
Ella Endlich
Jacqueline Zebisch, known professionally as Ella Endlich, is a German singer who also performed as Junia as a teenager. Best known for her song "Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich", which is based on the title song of the film Tři oříšky pro Popelku, she participated in the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
Peter Altmaier
Peter Altmaier is a German lawyer and CDU politician who has served as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy since March 2018. Previously he was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from May 2012 to December 2013 and Head of the German Chancellery and as Federal Minister for Special Affairs from December 2013 to March 2018. Altmaier is widely seen as one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's most trusted advisors and advocates for her more centrist wing of the CDU. He is respected for his "compromising style" and has been described as "The most powerful man in Berlin".
Karim Adeyemi
Karim David Adeyemi is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.
Collien Ulmen-Fernandes
Collien Ulmen is a German TV presenter, VJ, actress and model.
Uwe Seeler
Uwe Seeler is a German former footballer and football official. As a striker, he was a prolific scorer for Hamburger SV and also made 72 appearances for the West German national team. Usually regarded as one of the greatest players in German football history, Seeler was named one of FIFA's 125 greatest living players by Pelé in 2004. He was the first football player to be awarded the Great Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. His grandson, Levin Öztunalı, is also a professional footballer.
Steffen Seibert
Steffen Seibert is head of the German Federal Government's Press and Information Office and serves as the German government's spokesperson. The German Federal Government's Press and Information Office resembles the British Central Office of Information. He is officially ranked as an undersecretary of state.
Siegfried Borchardt
Roland Siegfried Borchardt called SS-Siggi is a German neo-Nazi activist of the Free fellowship and a former functionary of the Freedom German Workers' Party, which was banned in 1995. In the 2014 local elections, he won a seat on the city council of the city of Dortmund, as the party's leading candidate, but resigned after two months.
Franziska Giffey
Franziska Giffey is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel since 2018. She was the Mayor of Neukölln in Berlin from April 2015 to March 2018. In December 2020, Giffey was nominated to be the SPD's mayoral candidate in the 2021 Berlin State election.