List of Famous people born in Germany

Jean Malaurie is a French cultural anthropologist, explorer, geographer, physicist, and writer. He and the Inuit Kutsikitsoq were the first two men to reach the North Geomagnetic Pole on May 29, 1951.

Timo Bernhard is a former driver from Germany. He was a sports car driver from Porsche, but was seconded to Audi for selected events in 2009 and 2010. He has also raced for the CytoSport in the 2010 American Le Mans Series season (ALMS) and is a winner of the Triple Crown in endurance racing. On 29 June 2018, he became the first person in 35 years to break the all-time Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record, set since Stefan Bellof's in 1983 with a Porsche 956, in a derestricted Porsche 919 Evo with a time of 5:19.546.

Blanche Kommerell is a German actress and writer. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1962.

Thomas Westphal is an economist, politician (SPD) and managing director of City of Dortmund Economic Development Agency. Previously, he was managing director of business development metropoleruhr, whose advisory board he still belongs to today. From 1993 to 1995 he was Federal Chairman of the Jusos. From 1 November 2020, Westphal will be the lord mayor of Dortmund.

Daniel Ginczek is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. His paternal grandparents are from Poland.

Hans-Jörg Butt is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Uwe Ampler is a retired track and road cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Jan Schur, Mario Kummer, and Maik Landsmann.

Carlos Marín is a Spanish baritone and a member of the classical crossover group Il Divo, who has sold over 28 million records worldwide.

Isabelle Joschke is an offshore sailor of dual nationality of German and French she was born on 27 January 1977 in Munich, Germany.

Alexander Schwolow is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.