List of Famous people born in Germany
Heino
Heinz Georg Kramm, known professionally as Heino, is a German singer of Schlager and traditional Volksmusik. Having sold a total of over 50 million records, he is one of the most successful German musicians of all time.
Thomas Anders
Bernd Weidung, better known by his stage name Thomas Anders, is a German singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of German duo Modern Talking.
Konstantin Kuhle
Konstantin Kuhle is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2017.
Oskar Fischinger
Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter, notable for creating abstract musical animation many decades before the appearance of computer graphics and music videos. He created special effects for Fritz Lang's 1929 Woman in the Moon, one of the first sci-fi rocket movies, and influenced Disney's Fantasia. He made over 50 short films and painted around 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries, and collections worldwide. Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 (1947), which is now listed on the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress.
LeVar Burton
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. is an American actor, director, and children's television host. He is best known for his role as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, his role as Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and as host of Reading Rainbow for 23 years.
Marc-André ter Stegen
Marc-André ter Stegen is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Barcelona and the Germany national team. He is considered as one of the best goalkeepers in the world due to his consistent performances.
Wolfgang Petry
Wolfgang "Wolle" Petry is a German schlager musician and songwriter from Cologne, Germany. In 1997, he was named the leading German language musician in terms of chart figures for the year, with his most successful album Alles.
Alexander Bommes
Alexander Bommes is a German handball player, journalist and television host.
Felix Jaehn
Felix Kurt Jähn, known professionally as Felix Jaehn, is a German DJ and record producer specialising in tropical house. He achieved international success with his remix of Omi’s song "Cheerleader", which topped the charts in multiple countries and reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015.
Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer is a German former professional football player and coach who last worked as sporting director of Bayern Munich. He played as a defensive midfielder and later in his career as a sweeper.