List of Famous people born in Germany

Rudolf Albert Scharping is a German lawyer and politician (SPD). He was from 1991 to 1994 the 6th Minister President of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate and 1998–2002 Federal Minister of Defence in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. From 1993 to 1995 he was also the national chairman of the SPD. In the Bundestag election in 1994 he was candidate for chancellor. From March 1995 to May 2001 he served as chairman of the Party of European Socialists (PES).

Gerhard Polt is a German writer, filmmaker, actor and satirical cabaret artist from Bavaria.

Michael Maertens is a German actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1988. His grandfather Willy Maertens was also an actor.

Arno Funke, alias Dagobert, is a reformed German extortionist, now an author.

Steffen Weinhold is a German handball player for THW Kiel and the German national team.

Uta Kargel is a German Playboy model, actor, and voice actor

Ingo Appelt is a German comedian.

Oliver Mintzlaff is a German football official, Red Bull GmbH Global Head of Soccer, and a former long-distance runner.

Robin Dutt is a German football coach, executive and former player, who last coached VfL Bochum.

Prof. Dr. Heribert Prantl is a German author, journalist and jurist. At the Süddeutsche Zeitung he was head of the department of domestic policy from 1995 to 2017, head of the department "opinion" from 2018 to 2019, member of the chief editors from 2011 to 2019 and is now columnist and author. Since 2002 he has been a lecturer at the faculty of law at Bielefeld University, where he was appointed honorary professor in 2010. He wrote various political books.