List of Famous people born in Germany

Rainer Widmayer is a German football manager and former player. During his active career, he played mostly in the lower divisions, except his final season, during which he played in the 2. Bundesliga for SSV Ulm. As manager, he has been assistant manager of Swiss clubs FC St. Gallen and Grasshopper Club Zürich. In Germany, he assistant managed Hertha BSC and the reserves and professional squad of VfB Stuttgart. After Markus Babbel was sacked as manager of Hertha BSC, Widmayer was appointed caretaker of the Berlin club. Several days later, having completed his duties of caretaker, Widmayer left Hertha altogether. In 2012 Widmayer was assistant coach of Markus Babbel for TSG Hoffenheim. In January 2021, Widmayer became assistant coach of the new head coach of Schalke 04, Christian Gross.

Claus Wisser is a German entrepreneur and a patron of music and the arts. He was head of the service company Wisag which he founded, and has been chairman of its supervisory board from 2011. He is also known for being a founding member of the Rheingau Musik Festival, and chairman of its supporting association. He was twice a member of the Federal Convention to elect the German President.

Christian Preußer is a German football manager who manages Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger is a German former footballer who played as a defender. He was born in Düren. An athletic and hard-tackling player, with a strong physique, he was nicknamed the "Volkswagen" for his continuity of performance, both in quantity and in quality, and for his versatility; indeed, although he was usually deployed as a full-back, he was capable of playing anywhere along the back, and could also play as a centre-back, as a sweeper, or even as a defensive midfielder. In his prime he was often considered one of the best and most complete leftbacks in the world in his era, rivaled only by Giacinto Facchetti, Nilton Santos and Silvio Marzolini.

Stefan Aigner is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wehen Wiesbaden.

Jadu is a German singer, musician and songwriter living in Berlin.

Arvid Harnack was a German jurist, Marxist economist, Communist and German resistance fighter in Nazi Germany. Harnack became a leading German resistance fighter as a member of a Berlin anti-fascist resistance group that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Abwehr. He and his American-born wife, Mildred Harnack, were executed by the Nazi regime during WWII.

Tim Jerat is a German retired footballer. He is the son of the football coach Wolfgang Jerat.

Christian Ahlmann is a German equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. He ranks first in the FEI Longines World Ranking List.

Matthias Schulze better known as Silla is a German rapper, who had been signed to label I Luv Money Records. In 2010 Schulze changed his pseudonym "Godsilla" to "Silla" to avoid a lawsuit by Toho, the owners of the rights to Godzilla.