List of Famous people born in Germany

Volker Pispers is a German kabarett artist, who is well known for his political satire. His comic style includes drastic and sometimes sarcastic commentary on current events, especially about the political situation in Germany but also about the politics of the United States since 9/11 and during the Iraq War.

Katrin Böhning-Gaese is a German biologist who specialises in ornithology. She is currently a professor at Goethe University Frankfurt, director of the Senckenberg Nature Research Society and Vice-President of the Leibniz Association.

Michael Ebling is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). On 25 March 2012 he was elected mayor of Mainz as successor of Jens Beutel (SPD). Ebling took over the office of mayor on 18 April 2012.

Jack White is a German music composer and producer and former football player.

Carl Maria Peter Ferdinand Philipp Albrecht Joseph Michael Pius Konrad Robert Ulrich Herzog von Württemberg is the current head of the House of Württemberg.

Benjamin Henrichs is a German professional footballer who plays as a full-back or midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.

Gabor Steingart is a German journalist and the author of several popular and influential books. He was the chief editor of Handelsblatt from 2010 - 2018. In 2018, he founded his own media company that issues news, commentaries, and interviews.

Dieter Kürten is a German sports journalist.

Thees Uhlmann is a German musician and author. He is a founding member of the indie-pop band Tomte and also writes for the magazines Intro, Visions, Spex and Musikexpress.

Tom Tykwer is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films Run Lola Run (1998), Heaven (2002), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), and The International (2009). He collaborated with The Wachowskis as co-director for the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012) and the Netflix series Sense8 (2015–2018). Tykwer is also well known as the co-creator of the internationally acclaimed German television series Babylon Berlin.