List of Famous people born in Germany

Julia Thurnau is a French-German actress and artist. She grew up in a village close to Cannes, later moved to Munich where she did acting studies at the Schauspielstudio München, then actors training at the Ernst Busch acting school Berlin.

Alexander Baumjohann is a German footballer most recently played for Sydney FC as an attacking midfielder. After developing as a star junior with Schalke 04, he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach and enjoyed great success with the Bundesliga club, earning a move to Bayern Munich in 2009.

Thomas Seitz is a German lawyer and politician of the AfD; he is a member of the völkisch-nationalistic group called Der Flügel of his party. Since 2017 he is member of Bundestag.

Johannes Geis is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, for 1. FC Nürnberg.

Florian Stefan Kehrmann is a former German handball player and current coach for TBV Lemgo.

Thomas Winkelmann is a German businessman and was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the former German airline Air Berlin until it ceased operations in October 2017.

Oliver Zeidler is a German rower and former swimmer. He is the reigning world champion in the men's single scull won at the 2019 World Rowing Championships and the current World Games champion in indoor rowing in the open men's 2000 m class.

Uwe Gerd Krupp is a German former professional hockey defenceman and former coach of the German national ice hockey team. Widely considered one of the greatest German players of all time, he was the first German-born player to win the Stanley Cup, and the second German-born professional to play in an NHL All-Star Game, after Walt Tkaczuk. Following Tkaczuk, Krupp was only the second German-born player to have a lasting career in the National Hockey League although, unlike Tkaczuk, Krupp spent his formative years in Germany, and arrived in North America as a young but experienced professional.

Theodor "Theo" Albrecht Jr. is a German billionaire businessman, the son of Theo Albrecht, co-founder of Aldi. As of January 2018, Albrecht's net worth is estimated by Forbes as $22.4 billion.

Felix Finkbeiner is a German environmentalist and the founder of the international tree-planting and environmental advocacy organization Plant-for-the-Planet.