List of Famous people born in Germany
Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Helga Zepp-LaRouche is a German political activist. She is the widow of American political activist Lyndon LaRouche, and the founder of the LaRouche movement's Schiller Institute and the German Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität party (BüSo).
Andreas Kemper
Andreas Kemper is a German sociologist and author specializing in Classism.
Norbert Schramm
Norbert Schramm is a German former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time European champion, a two-time World silver medalist, and a three-time German national champion.
Jesse Martin
Jesse Martin, OAM is a German-Australian sailor who in 1999 became the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop, and unassisted, Martin's journey in the 34-foot (10 m) S&S 34 sloop Lionheart-Mistral took approximately 11 months. He chronicled his adventures in the book Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit, and his story was made into a documentary, Lionheart: The Jesse Martin Story.
Götz Aly
Götz Haydar Aly is a German journalist, historian and political scientist.
Mary Bauermeister
Mary Hilde Ruth Bauermeister is a German artist who works in sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, and music. Influenced by Fluxus artists and Nouveau Réalisme, her work addresses esoteric issues of how information is transferable through society. "I only followed an inner drive to express what was not yet there, in reality or thought," she said of her practice. "To make art was more a finding, searching process than a knowing." Since the 1970s, the artist's work has concentrated on the themes surrounding New Age spirituality, specifically geomancy, the divine interpretation of lines on the ground.
Florian Post
Florian Post is a German politician. Born in Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria, he represents the SPD. Florian Post has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.
Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler is a German-born Israeli-American pianist.
Madeline Juno
Madeline Obrigewitsch, better known by her stage name Madeline Juno, is a German singer-songwriter. She released her first single "Error" in November 2013.
Walter Momper
Walter Momper is a German politician and former Governing Mayor of Berlin. Whilst Governing Mayor, he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1989/90. He was at the opening of the Brandenburg Gate on 22 December 1989 and, on 3 October 1990, became the first mayor of a reunited Berlin.