List of Famous people born in Germany
Judith Hermann
Judith Hermann is a German author. She has published several books of short stories and her first novel was published in 2014. She is a leading figure of the Fräuleinwunder of women writers.
Fırat Arslan
Firat Arslan is a German professional boxer of Turkish descent who held the WBA cruiserweight title from 2007 to 2008. He also challenged twice for the WBO cruiserweight title in 2012 and 2014 and once for the IBF cruiserweight title in 2014
Thomas Drechsel
Thomas Drechsel is a German actor.
Joshua Filler
Joshua Filler is a German pool player from Bönen, Germany. In 2018 Filler defeated Carlo Biado 13–10 to win the 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. The same year he was the youngest player to win the China Open and 2018 10-ball European Pool Championships. Filler became WPA and Euro Tour world number 1 in 2019, and later reached the final of the 2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship before losing 10–7 to Ko Ping-chung.
Servet Tazegül
Servet Tazegül (pronounced [ˈseɾvet ˈtazeˈɟyl] is a world, Olympic and European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner of Azerbaijani origin competing in the featherweight division.
Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler was an Austrian composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht, and for the scores he wrote for films. The Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" is named after him.
Verena Sailer
Verena Sailer is a retired German sprinter, who specialised in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.02 seconds, achieved in August 2013. She won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. During her sporting career she was a member of MTG Mannheim.
Chantal Laboureur
Chantal Laboureur is a German beach volleyball player.
Paul Seguin
Paul Seguin is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Greuther Fürth.
Matthias Warnig
Matthias Warnig is a former officer of the Stasi and currently the Managing Director (CEO) of the Nord Stream AG, a company for construction and operation of the Nord Stream submarine gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.