List of Famous people born in Germany
Katharina Schubert
Katharina Schubert is a German television actress. She was born in Wiesbaden.
Sebastian Gemkow
Sebastian Gemkow is a German lawyer and politician (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister of Science and as State Minister of Justice (2014-2019) in the governments of successive Minister-Presidents Stanislaw Tillich (2014-2018) and Michael Kretschmer. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony, the state's parliament.
Mike Büskens
Michael Büskens is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder, and current assistant manager of Schalke 04.
Joe Zinnbauer
Josef "Joe" Zinnbauer is a German retired football midfielder and current football manager for South African club Orlando Pirates.
Isaac Bonga
Isaac Evolue Etue Bofenda Bonga is a German professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he began his professional career with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Born in Neuwied, Bonga represents the senior German national team in international competitions. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers and immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2018 NBA draft. Bonga is the only active NBA player to have a body mass index (BMI) below 20.
Jürgen Holtz
Jürgen Holtz was a German actor on stage and in film, and an artist and author. On stage he played leading roles in East Berlin, including with the Berliner Ensemble, and from 1983 in the West, in both classics such as Shakespeare and Brecht, whose Galileo he played at age 86, and contemporary theatre, such as the title role in the premiere of Moritz Tassow by Peter Hacks. In film, he played leading roles such as Egon Schultz in Ari Folman's Made in Israel. He received several awards including the Theaterpreis Berlin and the Konrad Wolf Prize.
Jost Capito
Jost Capito is a German Motorsport manager. Capito has been employed in various roles during his 30-year career, with his most successful role being Director of Motorsport at Volkswagen. He is currently the CEO of Williams Racing.
Torsten Lieberknecht
Torsten Lieberknecht is a retired German football player and manager, who last managed MSV Duisburg.
Steve Shirley
Dame Vera Stephanie "Steve" Shirley is a British information technology pioneer, businesswoman and philanthropist.
Simon Geschke
Simon Geschke is a German professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. He is the son of former track cyclist Jürgen Geschke. In the 2015 Tour de France, Geschke won a mountain stage as he was part of the breakaway and soloed across the line in Pra-Loup.