List of Famous people born in Germany
Gottfried, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Gottfried, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the only surviving son of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
Uwe Tellkamp
Uwe Tellkamp is a German writer and physician. He practised medicine until 2004. Before the fall of communism, he was enlisted in the National People's Army as a tank commander and imprisoned when he refused to break up a demonstration in October 1989. Until the fall of the German Democratic Republic shortly after, he was prohibited from studying medicine.
Aycan Yanaç
Aycan Yanaç is a German-born Turkish footballer, who plays as a forward for the Gaziantep-based ALG Spor in the Turkish Women's First League and for the Turkey women's national team.
Sideris Tasiadis
Sideris Tasiadis is a German slalom canoeist of Greek descent who has competed at the international level since 2005. He lived in Thrace, Greece for 10 years during his childhood.
Simone Blum
Simone Blum is a German show jumper. In 2018, she won the individual gold medal at the 2018 World Equestrian Games on her horse DSP Alice.
Philippe Bühler
Philippe Bühler a.k.a. Philippe Heithier is a German singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer and manager. He came to fame as a contestant on the second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol. Bühler was eliminated in the top 3 after receiving 29.12 percent of the vote.
Bodo Kirchhoff
Bodo Kirchhoff is a German writer and novelist. He was born in Hamburg before moving with his family to Kirchzarten in the Black Forest in 1955, which he describes as a cultureshock. In addition to writing literary fiction, he has worked on various projects for German television, such as long-runner Tatort, and has written movie screenplays. One of his best-known novels is Infanta (1990), which has been translated into more than a dozen languages. In 2016, his novel, which features an African migrant in Italy, Encounter won the German Book Prize.
Stefan Ruthenbeck
Stefan Ruthenbeck is a former German football player who last managed 1. FC Köln. He played as a defender.
Thomas Greiss
Thomas Greiss is a German professional ice hockey goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected 94th overall in the third round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks, he has also played for the Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the New York Islanders during his NHL career.
Gerhard Thiele
Dr. Gerhard Paul Julius Thiele is a German physicist and a former ESA astronaut. He is the father of Die Astronautin candidate Insa Thiele-Eich.