List of Famous people born in Germany

Karl-Friedrich Haas was a West German athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany. He competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Hans Geister, Günther Steines and Heinz Ulzheimer. Four years later he competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia and won a silver in the individual 400 metres. His son Christian Haas was also an Olympic competitor.

Markus Knüfken is a German actor. He has appeared in more than eighty films since 1978.

Carsten Spohr is a German airline executive. Since May 2014 he has been the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Lufthansa.

Katharina Wagner is a German opera stage-director and was, until April 2020, director of the Bayreuth Festival. She is the daughter of Wolfgang Wagner, great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, and great-great granddaughter of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt.

Tim Borowski is a German football assistant manager of SV Werder Bremen and a former professional midfielder who played from 2002 to 2008 for the German national team.

Ernst Werner Techow was a German right-wing assassin. In 1922, he took part in the assassination of the Foreign Minister of Germany Walther Rathenau. After his release from prison Techow initially joined the Nazi party, but soon fell out with the movement and dropped into obscurity. Late in World War II he joined the Volkssturm. He was killed after being captured by the Soviet Red Army near Dresden on 9 May 1945. Legend has it that Techow changed his political beliefs after his release from prison, joined the French Foreign Legion under the name of "Tessier" and later embarked on helping Jews escape from occupied France. This completely unfounded narrative can be traced back to hearsay that American journalist George W. Herald had turned into a story for Harper's Magazine in 1943.

Bernhard Lloyd is a former member and co-founder of the German synth-pop band Alphaville.

Schorsch Kamerun, whose real name is Thomas Sehl, is a German musician, singer, author, theatre director, and club proprietor. His stage name is a parody of the name of the singer of American punk band Dead Kennedys, called Jello Biafra.

Alexander Mronz is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1987.

Philipp Pentke is a German footballer who plays for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.