List of Famous people born in Germany

Katharina Molitor is a German sportswoman who competes as a javelin thrower and volleyball player. As a javelin thrower, she is a World Champion, having won gold in 2015, and her personal best throw is 67.69 m. As a volleyball player, she represents Bayer Leverkusen in the Erste Volleyball-Bundesliga, the highest tier of German volleyball.

Dirk Bremser is a German football coach and a former player.

Leon Klassen is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Austrian club WSG Tirol. Born in Germany, he has represented Russia internationally at various youth levels.

Juliane Seyfarth is a German ski jumper.

Daniela Schadt is a German journalist, and, since 2000, the domestic partner of Joachim Gauck, former President of Germany, who has been legally married since 1959 to Gerhild Radtke. She has sometimes been referred to by the media as "First Lady".

Norbert Haug is a German journalist, and the former Vice President of Mercedes-Benz motorsport activity, including Formula One, Formula 3 and DTM. Under his direction Mercedes-Benz enjoyed considerable success in all categories, winning multiple races and championships.

Maximilian Eggestein is a German professional footballer who plays as an midfielder for Werder Bremen. He is also the older brother of fellow Werder Bremen footballer Johannes Eggestein.

Dr. Ulf Dietrich Merbold is the first West German citizen and second German native to have flown in space. He is also the first member of the European Space Agency Astronaut Corps to participate in a spaceflight mission and the first non-US citizen to reach orbit in a US spacecraft. In 1983, he and Byron Lichtenberg became the first Payload Specialists to fly on the Space Shuttle. Merbold is also the second western European in space.

Jörn Schlönvoigt is a German actor, singer and designer.

Solomon Perel is an Israeli author and motivational speaker. He was born to a German-Jewish family and escaped persecution by the Nazis by masquerading as an ethnic German. His life story is told in the 1990 film Europa Europa loosely based on his autobiography Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon. He made several visits to schools to tell his story.