List of Famous people born in Germany

Sven Michel is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for 2. Bundesliga club SC Paderborn.

Matthias Ettrich is a German computer scientist and founder of the KDE and LyX projects.

Hanns-Josef Ortheil is a German author, scholar of German literature, and pianist. He has written many autobiographical and historical novels, some of which have been translated into 11 languages, according to WorldCat: French, Dutch, Modern Greek, Spanish, Chinese, Lithuanian, Japanese, Slovenian, and Russian.

Helmuth Günther Guddat Hübener, was the youngest opponent of the Third Reich to be sentenced to death by the Special People's Court (Volksgerichtshof) and executed.

Peter Steudtner is a German human rights activist and documentary filmer.

Lothar de Maizière is a German Christian Democratic politician. In 1990, he served as the only democratically elected prime minister of the German Democratic Republic, and as such was the last leader of an independent East Germany.

Ron-Robert Zieler is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 1. FC Köln, on loan from Hannover 96. Between 2011 and 2015 he made six appearances for the Germany national team.

Hans Heyer is a German racing driver who mainly raced touring cars, being popular with the fans for his rather funny style. He is better known for actions and antics during his single attempt at Formula One, the 1977 German Grand Prix.

Klaus Lederer is a German politician of The Left.

Friederike Elly Luise Otto is a German climatologist who as of January 2021 was Associate Director of the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on how extreme weather conditions can result from external climate drivers. A recognized expert in the field of attribution research, she examines the extent to which man-made developments are likely to be responsible for events such as the extreme summer of 2019, and their repercussions on global warming. As a result of these interests, she has become a member of the international project World Weather Attribution.