List of Famous people born in Germany

Angelika Barbe is a German biologist who became a politician.

John Perkins is an American author. His best known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004), in which Perkins claims to have played a role in an alleged process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government. The book's claims were met with skepticism and rebuttal, but spent more than 70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has been published in at least 32 languages, and is used in many college and university programs.

Maik Walpurgis is a German football coach who last managed Dynamo Dresden.

Heiner Wilmer, SCJ is a Roman Catholic bishop, Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany and former Superior General of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians).

Agit Kabayel, is a German professional boxer. He won the European heavyweight title in 2017, defending it three times before relinquishing it in 2019. Previously he held multiple regional heavyweight championships including the WBC Mediterranean and European Union titles.

Barış Özbek is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Fatih Karagümrük.

Perry Bräutigam is a German Association football coach and a former player who works as goalkeeper coach for RB Leipzig.

Jens Voigt is a German former professional road bicycle racer and, upon retirement, became a cycling sports broadcast commentator. During his cycling career, Voigt raced for several teams, the last one being UCI ProTeam Trek Factory Racing. Voigt wore the yellow jersey of the Tour de France twice, though he was never a contender for the overall title owing to the mountainous nature of the stages of the race being better suited to climbing specialists. His career achievements include winning the Critérium International a record-tying 5 times and a number of one-week stage races, as well as two Tour de France stage victories. In September 2014, he set a new hour record.

Philipp Horn is a German biathlete. He competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2020.

Hans Joachim "John" Schellnhuber is a German atmospheric physicist, climatologist and founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and former chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU).