List of Famous people born in Germany

Angelika Waller is a German actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1962. Her first leading role was in the 1965 film The Rabbit Is Me, a film which was banned in East Germany and released only in 1989.

Ursula Krechel is an award-winning German writer.

Dietmar Mögenburg is a (West) German former high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athens.

Aygül Özkan is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She has been a member of the CDU since 2004, and was Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Families, Health and Integration in the state of Lower Saxony, in the Second Cabinet Wulff and the Cabinet McAllister between 2010 and 2013. She was the first ever German politician of Turkish descent and a Muslim serving as minister.

Walfriede Schmitt is a German actress. She is the daughter of the actress Elfriede Florin.

Petra Lobinger is a retired German athlete who specialised in the triple jump. She represented her country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships, in 1993 and 1997. Her biggest success is the fifth place at the 1997 World Indoor Championships.

Frank Luck is a former German and, before 1990, East German biathlete.

Hanna Klein is a German middle-distance runner. She finished 11th in the 1500m at the 2017 World Athletics Championships.

Yoon So-hee is a South Korean actress.

Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel is a former alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein, an Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. She won the country's first Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.