List of Famous people born in Germany

Olcay Şahan is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Yeni Malatyaspor and the Turkey national team. He can also play as an attacking midfielder.

Christopher Wolfgang Georg August Schindler is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and captains Championship club Huddersfield Town. He has also played for Germany U21s.

Florian Gerster is a German politician and former government official.

Hans Herrmann is a retired Formula One and sports car racing driver from Stuttgart, Germany.

Jeffrey Ryan Locke is a former American football punter. He played college football at UCLA, and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

Toni Andreas Leistner is a German footballer who plays as a defender for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.

Günther Beckstein is a German CSU politician from Bavaria and was the 17th Minister President of Bavaria from 9 October 2007 to 27 October 2008. He is well known for his outspoken views on law and order.

Carsten Rentzing, born September 27, 1967, is a German protestant theologian. He is a bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony.

Uwe Lyko is a German comedian and cabaretist.

Lena Schöneborn is a German pentathlete, who won the gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is living in Berlin and besides Pentathlon she is studying Marketing. She won gold at the Women’s Final of the Modern Pentathlon European Championships 2011, held in Medway.