List of Famous people born in Germany

Manuela Henkel is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Her best individual finish was 12th in the Individual sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She is the older sister of Andrea Henkel, a biathlete.

Niels Schlotterbeck is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Wilfried Klaus is a German television actor best known for playing Kriminalhauptkommissar Horst Schickl in the police procedural SOKO München from 1978 to 2008.

Walter Kreiser was a German aircraft designer and journalist, best known for publishing an article in the magazine The World Stage in 1929, which exposed the secret creation of a secret German Air Force in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Its publication resulted in him being convicted in 1931 of treason and espionage, receiving 18 months in prison (Weltbühne-Prozess) along with future (1935) Nobel Peace Prize winner Carl Ossietzky.

Ute Lubosch is a German actress, who began her career in East German theater, film, and television.

Hartmut Neven is a scientist working in quantum computing, computer vision, robotics and computational neuroscience. He is best known for his work in face and object recognition and his contributions to quantum machine learning. He is currently Director of Engineering and Distinguished Scientist at Google where he is leading the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab which he founded in 2012.

Luke Campbell is a German athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented Germany at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin narrowly missing the final. He later competed at the 2019 World Championships in Doha reaching the semifinals.

Uwe Conradt is a German Christian Democratic politician who has been serving as Mayor of Saarbrücken since 2019.

Werner Asam is a German television actor, director, and writer.

Lisa Sauermann is a mathematician from Germany known for her performance in the International Mathematical Olympiad, where in 2011 she had the single highest score, and is the first woman to achieve this distinction. She won four gold medals (2008–2011) and one silver medal (2007) at the olympiad, representing Germany.