List of Famous people born in Germany

Britta Hofmann is a German journalist and television presenter.

Caren Nicole Lay is a German politician. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 2009 and has been deputy chairperson of the Die Linke parliamentary group in the Bundestag since 2017. From 2012 to 2018, she was one of the deputy chairpersons of her party. In November 2019, Lay unsuccessfully applied to succeed Sahra Wagenknecht as co-chairperson of the Die Linke parliamentary group in the Bundestag. She was defeated by Amira Mohamed Ali in a competitive vote.

Horst Trimhold was a German footballer who played as a midfielder.

Tatunca Nara, born Hans Günther Hauck, is a German-Brazilian jungle guide and self-styled Indian chieftain, best known for inventing the stories of the lost city of Akakor.

Patrick Ernst Hermann Sensburg is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Nicola Thost is a German snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

Erik Schmidt is a German handball player for SC Magdeburg and the German national team.

Henri Junghänel is a German shooter. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event.

Christian Reitz is a German 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooter, the current world record holder.

Andreas Birnbacher is a former German biathlete. His biggest successes were the silver medal in the mass start event at the 2007 World Championships and the gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 World Championships. He also won the bronze medal at the 2012 world championships in Ruhpolding when he was part of the German teams that finished third in the mixed relay and the men's relay.