List of Famous people born in Germany
Raimond Aumann
Raimond Aumann is a retired German footballer. His nickname is Balu.
Hermann Weinbuch
Hermann Weinbuch is a former West German nordic combined skier who won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships during the 1980s. In 1985, he won the 15 km individual and 3 x 10 km team gold medals, then followed it up two years later with two more medals.
Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz is a German professional poker player, originally from Saarbrücken, who focuses on high roller tournaments. He was ranked by Pocketfives.com as the best online MTT player in 2014 and 2015. In July 2016, Holz won his first WSOP bracelet, in the $111,111 High Roller For One Drop, winning $4,981,775.
Rainer Brüderle
Rainer Brüderle is a German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He served as Minister of Economics and Transport of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1987–1998. On 28 October 2009, he was appointed Federal Minister for Economics and Technology in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Following his election in May 2011 as chairman of his party's parliamentary group, Brüderle resigned as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Technology.
Michael Roth
Michael Roth is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Since 27 September 1998, he has been member of the German Bundestag. Since 17 December 2013, he has been Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Since January 2014, he has also been Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation.
Haluk Piyes
Haluk Piyes is a Turkish-German actor.
Anne Imhof
Anne Imhof is a German visual artist, choreographer, and performance artist who lives and works between Frankfurt and Paris. She is best known for her endurance art, although she cites painting as central to her practice.
Sabrina Buchholz
Sabrina Buchholz is a German biathlete. She is the 2008 world champion in the mixed relay.
Regina Jonas
Regina Jonas was a Berlin-born rabbi. In 1935, she became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. There had been some women before Jonas who made significant contributions to Jewish thought, such as the Maiden of Ludmir, Asenath Barzani, and Lily Montagu, who acted in similar roles without being ordained.
Peter Schneider
Peter Schneider is a German writer.