List of Famous people born in Germany

Marcel Risse is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Viktoria Köln, on loan from 1.FC Köln. Born in Cologne, Risse has played for Bayer Leverkusen, 1. FC Nürnberg and 1. FSV Mainz 05.

Michael Brenner is a German-Jewish historian who researches and publishes on the history of Jews and Israel. Brenner has authored eight books on Jewish History, which were translated into twelve languages and is the editor and co-editor of eighteen books. He holds teaching positions at both the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the American University.

Thomas Zampach is a German former footballer who became a coach. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for 1. FSV Mainz 05 on August 13, 1991 when he came on as a substitute in the 70th minute in a game against FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt.

Hannah Markwig is a German mathematician specializing in tropical geometry. In 2010 she won both the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Helene Lange Prize for her research.

Marlis Petersen is a German operatic coloratura soprano.

Daniel Müller-Schott is a German cellist.

Johann Altfuldisch was SS-Obersturmführer and a guard at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp where temporarily he was vice-chief of its central part.

Johann Burianek was a former Wehrmacht soldier and CIA-backed insurgent who planned and committed several attacks against the German Democratic Republic and a member of the "Struggle against Inhumanity" group .

Klaus Scharioth is a former German diplomat. From 2006 to 2011 he served as Germany's ambassador to the United States. Since 2011 he has been dean of the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs. He is also a Professor of Practice at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a commentator on relations between Germany and the United States.

Klaus M. Schmidt is a German economist who currently works as Professor of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU). His research focuses on behavioural economics, game theory and contract theory. In 2001, Schmidt was awarded the Gossen Prize in recognition for his contributions to economic research on game theory, contract theory, and the economics of fairness. He is a member of the council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.