List of Famous people born in Germany

Martin Schwalb is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently coaches Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

The Schön scandal concerns German physicist Jan Hendrik Schön who briefly rose to prominence after a series of apparent breakthroughs with semiconductors that were later discovered to be fraudulent. Before he was exposed, Schön had received the Otto-Klung-Weberbank Prize for Physics and the Braunschweig Prize in 2001, as well as the Outstanding Young Investigator Award of the Materials Research Society in 2002, all of which were later rescinded.

Michael Krumm is a German professional racing driver who won the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship driving for JR Motorsports.

Bettina Kupfer is a German actress and author who has been active since the 1980s. She and her husband, Arend Agthe, write screenplays and children's literature.

Nils Schmid is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2018, he has been the SPD parliamentary group's spokesperson for foreign affairs in the German Bundestag.

Asiem El Difraoui is a political scientist, economist, and documentary director and producer of Egyptian-German descent. He focuses primarily on topics related to the Arab world, and is widely considered as a leading expert on Arab media in general and jihadism internet propaganda in particular.

Michael Ammermüller is a racing driver from Germany. After competing in various junior formulae, he became a test and reserve driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team in the 2007 season. Following this, he represented Germany in the final two seasons of the A1 Grand Prix series in 2007-08 and 2008-09, before competing for two seasons in ADAC GT Masters. In 2012, he began competing in the Porsche Supercup series for Walter Lechner Racing. He won three consecutive seasons, having won in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Peter Joppich is a German foil fencer.

Egon Müller is a former international motorcycle speedway rider and was winner of the Speedway World Championship in 1983, winning the title in his homeland with a maximum score of 15 points.

Astrid Kumbernuss is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.