List of Famous people born in Germany

Oliver Kreuzer is a German former footballer who played as a defender for Karlsruher SC, FC Bayern Munich and FC Basel.

Frank Henkel is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU party. Since 1 December 2011 he is a Mayor and Senator of the Interior and Sports of the German state of Berlin. From 2008 he was the opposition leader in the Abgeordnetenhaus, the state parliament of Berlin, in which he has been an MP since 31 October 2001. In 2011 he led the CDU back into the government as the junior partner in an SPD-led coalition.

Sabrina Cakmakli is a German freestyle skier, specializing in halfpipe and slopestyle.

Jürgen Schult is a German former track and field athlete and as of 2021, the world record holder in the discus throw. Holding the title since 1986, it is the longest standing record in men's track and field. Schult represented East Germany in the 1988 Olympic competition in the discus throw on 1 October 1988, when he won the gold medal.

Thomas Rupprath is an Olympic swimmer from Germany, who is nicknamed "The New Albatross".

Daniel Steiner is a German actor and film director.

Marcel Schillerr is a German handballer who plays for Frisch Auf Göppingen and the Germany national team.

Volker Rühe is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as German Defence minister from April 1, 1992, succeeding Gerhard Stoltenberg during the first government of a reunified Germany in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Kohl, to the end of the fifth Kohl Cabinet on October 27, 1998. During his time at the Defence Ministry Rühe played a central role in placing NATO enlargement on the German political agenda. He unsuccessfully ran for the office of minister-president of the German state Schleswig-Holstein in the year 2000, eventually losing against incumbent Heide Simonis.

Tobias Moers is a German businessman, and the chief executive (CEO) of Aston Martin.

Cevat Yerli is a German computer game developer of Turkish descent. He co-founded Crytek, one of the largest video game developers in Germany, and served as its CEO and President until February 2018. Yerli was born in Germany to Turkish immigrants from Giresun.