List of Famous people born in Germany
Killa Hakan
Hakan Durmuş, better known by his stage name Killa Hakan, is a Turkish rapper and songwriter who lives in Germany.
Nils Frahm
Nils Frahm is a German musician, composer, and record producer based in Berlin. He is known for combining classical and electronic music and for an unconventional approach to the piano in which he mixes a grand piano, upright piano, Roland Juno-60, Rhodes piano, drum machines, and Moog Taurus.
Tina Punzel
Tina Punzel is a German diver.
Marcus Weinberg
Marcus Weinberg is a German politician and since 2005 member of the Bundestag.
Fritz Schramma
Fritz Schramma is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was mayor of Cologne from 2000 until 2009.
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Brennauer is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics on the track in the women's team pursuit for the national team. On 24 September 2014 Brennauer became World Time Trial Champion at the World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain. In November 2015 she was announced as part of the Canyon–SRAM team's inaugural squad for the 2016 season.
Max Rendschmidt
Max Rendschmidt is a German Olympic canoeist. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won two gold medals, in K-2 1000 metres and K-4 1000 m events. He is triple world champion and five-time European champion. On 1 November 2016, Rendschmidt received the Silver Laurel Leaf, the highest award for an athlete in Germany, from the German Federal President Joachim Gauck in Berlin. He works for the German Federal Police.
Nicola Sansone
Nicola Domenico Sansone is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Bologna and the Italian national team.
Herbert Zimmermann
Herbert Zimmermann was a popular German football commentator.
Kerstin Andreae
Kerstin Andreae is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who served as Member of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2019. Since leaving politics, she has been serving as managing director of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW).