List of Famous people born in Germany
Claudia Nystad
Claudia Nystad is a German top-level woman cross-country skier. She was born in Zschopau, East Germany, and represents the sports club WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal. Besides her civilian sports career, she serves as a sports soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces.
Godehard Giese
Godehard Giese is a German actor, probably best known for his role in Deutschland 83.
Ansgar Knauff
Ansgar Knauff is a German footballer who plays as a right winger for Borussia Dortmund.
Barbara Stamm
Barbara Stamm is a German politician of the CSU. She joined the CSU in 1969, and was vice-chair of the CSU and President of the Landtag of Bavaria until 2018.
Brigitte Mohnhaupt
Brigitte Margret Ida Mohnhaupt is a German convicted former terrorist associated with the second generation of the Red Army Faction (RAF) members. She was also part of the Socialist Patients' Collective (SPK). From 1971 until 1982 she was active within the RAF.
Melanie Huml
Melanie Huml is a German physician and politician. A member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria, Huml has been serving as State Minister for Health and Nursing in the cabinets of successive Minister-Presidents Horst Seehofer (2013-2018) and Markus Söder. She has been a member of the Landtag of Bavaria since October 2003.
Erik Lesser
Erik Lesser is a German biathlete. In 2010, he ran his first single World Cup Race. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he won a silver medal at Men's individual. At the Biathlon World Championships 2013 he won a bronze medal with the German team in Men's relay.
Frank Farian
Frank Farian is a German record producer and songwriter, best known as the founder and voice behind the 1970s disco-pop group Boney M. and the Latin pop band No Mercy, and for being the mastermind behind the group Milli Vanilli. His tendency to create bands with visual images distinct from their recorded performances has led to controversy throughout his career, with Milli Vanilli being the most notable. He owns the record label MCI and several subsidiaries.
Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst
Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst is a German prelate of the Catholic Church and theologian. He was a vicar and an auxiliary bishop in Münster before becoming the Bishop of Limburg in January 2008. Pope Francis removed him from the exercise of his episcopal office on 23 October 2013 and on 26 March 2014 accepted his resignation as Bishop of Limburg, following a long-standing public dispute about the costs and financing of a diocesan construction project.
Christian Neureuther
Christian Neureuther is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany.