List of Famous people born in Germany

Jan Wagner, is a German poet, essayist and translator, recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize, and Leipzig Book Fair Prize.

Thomas Schneider is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current assistant manager to Joachim Löw for the German national team. Schneider had previously been manager of Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.

Rainer Zitelmann is a German historian, author, management consultant and real estate expert.

Franz Josef Jung is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He became Federal Minister of Defence in the Grand coalition cabinet of Angela Merkel on 22 November 2005. In October 2009 he became Minister of Labour and Social Affairs but resigned a month later.

Hagen von Ortloff is a German TV presenter.

Sascha Kindred, is a British swimmer who has competed in six Summer Paralympic Games, winning thirteen medals.

Thomas Geisel is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as mayor of Düsseldorf, the capital of Northrhine-Westphalia, from 2014 till 2020.

Walter Kaufmann is a German-Australian writer of Polish origin.

Reinhard Rauball is a German politician, member of the SPD, a trained lawyer and football official. He is known for having served as president of football team Borussia Dortmund several times and also served very briefly as Minister of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to currently serving as president of Borussia Dortmund, he has also been President of the German Football League since August 2007. From November 2015 to April 2016, he was acting President of the German Football Association along with Rainer Koch.

Isabell Klein Isabell Nagel, is a German handball player for Nantes Handball.