List of Famous people born in Germany
Elke Philipp
Elke Philipp is a German Paralympic equestrian.
Florian Kahllund
Florian Kahllund, also known as Florian Unruh, is a German athlete who competes in recurve archery.
Gerald Hüther
Gerald Hüther is a German neurobiologist and author of popular science books and other writings.
Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer, is a former German professional tennis player. He reached the semifinal of the 2006 Australian Open and won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Kiefer's career-high singles ranking was world No. 4, achieved in January 2000.
Kirsten Kappert-Gonther
Kirsten Kappert-Gonther is a German psychotherapist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. Since the 2017 German federal election, she has been a member of the Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany. She did not win the constituency mandate in Bremen I, but was elected via the Bremen state list.
Christa Luding
Christa Luding-Rothenburger is a former speed skater and track cyclist. She was born in Weißwasser, East Germany. Luding is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and the first female to win a medal in both the Summer and Winter Games. She is the only athlete to win Winter and Summer Olympic medals in the same year (1988), a feat that is no longer possible due to the staggering of the Winter and Summer Olympic years. In speed skating, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, while she is an Olympic silver medallist in cycling.
Wolfgang Boettcher
Wolfgang Boettcher was a German classical cellist and academic teacher. He was principal cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic, and a founding member of The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic. From 1976, he was professor at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin. From 1986 to 1992 he was artistic director of the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker chamber music festival.
Anne Gellinek
Anne Gellinek is a German journalist and TV host. Gellinek is the Brussels Bureau Chief of German public-service television broadcaster ZDF and was ranked as number 6 among influential women in Brussels by European affairs weekly newspaper Politico in 2018.
Haha
Ha Dong-hoon, better known by his stage name Haha (Korean: 하하), is a South Korean singer, variety show host and member of RGP. He is best known for being in the sitcom, Nonstop and for co-hosting two popular variety programs, MBC's Infinite Challenge and SBS's Running Man. He has also hosted his own show, titled "Ya Man TV" on Mnet in 2015.
Eugen Drewermann
Eugen Drewermann is a German church critic, theologian, peace activist and former Catholic priest. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages.