List of Famous people born in Germany

Jan Paul van Aken is a German activist for Greenpeace and a politician with the Left Party. He is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in the German Bundestag. Jan van Aken entered the 17th Bundestag in 2009 after he was listed on the Left electoral lists in Hamburg. Since June 2012 he has been a deputy chairperson of the Left Party. He was one of the eight lead candidates for the Left in the 2013 federal election and was therefore also elected to the 18th Bundestag.

Christian "Blacky" Schwarzer is a now-retired professional German handball player and a member of the 2004 Olympic silver medal-winning Germany men's national handball team.

Richard Baier is a former German journalist and radio presenter.

Tatjana Hüfner is a German retired luger who has competed since 2003.

Karl Rüdiger "Purple" Schulz is a German pop singer. The nickname "Purple" came from covering Deep Purple tunes as a 13-year-old. He had his greatest successes in the 1980s. Some of Purple Schulz's songs are noted for highbrow literary references; his „Sehnsucht“ of 1983 cites the poet Eichendorff's „Sehnsucht.“

Hanns Lothar was a German film actor. He appeared in 36 films between 1948 and 1966. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Hamburg, Germany. He was the father of actress Susanne Lothar.

Marc Barthel is a singer, actor, songwriter and dubbing actor from Berlin, Germany. He was born on 4 October 1989 in Berlin and first became famous as one of the lead members of the pop group 'Part Six'. He left the group in 2007 to focus on his solo music career as 'Jesse D'Lane'. Furthermore, he has since then been working as an actor in television, film and commercial productions.

Ingo Oschmann is a German comedian, entertainer and stage magician who also works as a television presenter and actor. In 2003, he became the first comedian to win the final of Star Search in Germany.

Frank Schmökel is a German convicted murderer and child rapist who has escaped from prison on multiple occasions. Schmökel and his crimes have inspired national discussions of reforming the German justice system.

Anton Stach is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greuther Fürth.