List of Famous people born in Germany
Friedrich Joussen
Friedrich Peter Johannes Joussen is a German businessman, and the executive chairman (Vorstandsvorsitzender) of TUI Group.
Mirko Englich
Mirko Englich is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two silver medals at the European Wrestling Championships in 2003 and 2008. Englich won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He defeated U.S.A's Adam Wheeler in the semi-finals to face Russia's Aslanbek Khushtov.
Carolin Simon
Carolin Simon is a German football player for Bayern Munich.
Oliver Stokowski
Oliver Stokowski is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for his per formance as Schütte - Prisoner No. 82 in Das Experiment. In 2014 he won the Grimme-Preis.
Cenk İşler
Cenk Işler is a retired Turkish international footballer who played as a forward.
Thomas Allofs
Thomas Allofs is a retired German footballer who played as a striker.
Uwe Reinders
Uwe Reinders is a German former footballer and manager.
Thomas Ulrich
Thomas Ulrich is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2012. He challenged twice for a light-heavyweight world title: the WBC title in 2005, and the WBO/lineal titles in 2006. He also held the European light-heavyweight title three times from 2002 to 2008. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in the light-heavyweight division.
Siegfried Reiprich
Siegfried Reiprich is a German human rights activist and author. He was involved in the resistance against the communist regime of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which led to him being expelled from university and eventually banished from the GDR. In 2009, he was appointed by the Government of Saxony as the Director of the Stiftung Sächsische Gedenkstätten. In 2011, he was elected as a member of the Executive Board of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience.
Julian Gressel
Julian Gressel is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for D.C. United of Major League Soccer. Born in Neustadt, Gressel began his career in Germany before moving to the United States in 2011. He then played college soccer for the Providence Friars for four seasons. In 2017, Gressel signed a contract with Major League Soccer and was selected in the MLS SuperDraft in the first round with the 8th overall pick by expansion side Atlanta United.