List of Famous people born in Germany

Franziska Troegner

First Name Franziska
Last Name Troegner
Born on July 18, 1954 (age 72)
Born in Germany

Franziska Troegner is a German actress; she was born in Berlin-Mitte.

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Peter Knäbel

Peter Knäbel is a retired German football player.

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Tetsuya Kakihara

First Name Tetsuya
Born on December 24, 1982 (age 43)

Tetsuya Kakihara is a Japanese voice actor and singer. Previously affiliated with 81 Produce, he became a freelancer in June 2013. He set up his own agency, Zynchro, in July 2014.

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Gonzalo Castro

Gonzalo Castro Randón
First Name Gonzalo
Last Name Castro
Born on June 11, 1987 (age 39)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Gonzalo Castro Randón is a German footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart as a midfielder.

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Kirsten Fehrs

First Name Kirsten
Last Name Fehrs
Born on September 12, 1961 (age 65)

Kirsten Fehrs is a Lutheran bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany.

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Sylvester Groth

First Name Sylvester
Last Name Groth
Born on March 31, 1958 (age 68)

Sylvester Groth is a German theater, television, and film actor. He is best known to international audiences from his appearances in Hollywood movies including Inglourious Basterds and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Furthermore, he has appeared in the Netflix series Sense8, Fargo, and Dark.

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John Brooks

John Anthony Brooks
First Name John
Last Name Brooks
Born on January 28, 1993 (age 33)
Born in Germany
Height 193 cm | 6'4

John Anthony Brooks, Jr. is a German-American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the United States national team.

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Peter Kloeppel

First Name Peter
Last Name Kloeppel
Born on October 14, 1958 (age 68)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Peter Gert Johannes Kloeppel is a German journalist and former chief editor of RTL Television. He is chief anchor of RTL's flagship daily television news program, RTL Aktuell.

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Wolfgang Kraus

First Name Wolfgang
Last Name Kraus
Born on August 20, 1953 (age 73)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Wolfgang Kraus is a former German football player.

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Michael Gross

Michael Groß
First Name Michael
Last Name Gross
Born on June 17, 1964 (age 62)
Born in Germany, Hesse
Height 201 cm | 6'7

Michael Groß, usually spelled Michael Gross in English, is a former competitive swimmer from Germany. He is 201 centimetres tall, and received the nickname "The Albatross" for his especially long arms that gave him a total span of 2.13 meters. Gross, competing for West Germany, won three Olympic gold medals, two in 1984 and one in 1988 in the freestyle and butterfly events, in addition to two World Championship titles in 1982, two in 1986 and one in 1991.

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