List of Famous people born in Germany

Sylke Otto is a former German luger who competed from 1991 to 2007. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event in 2002 and 2006.

Karl Allgöwer is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Christopher Lenz is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Union Berlin.

Thomas Hickersberger is a retired Austria international football player and a coach who is currently an assistant manager with Rapid Vienna.

Jürgen Pohl is a German politician. Born in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, he represents Alternative for Germany (AfD). Jürgen Pohl has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2017.

Christoph Franz is a German engineer and manager who served as chief executive officer of Lufthansa from 2011 until 2014.

Helmuth Rilling is a German choral conductor and an academic teacher. He is the founder of the Gächinger Kantorei (1954), the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (1965), the Oregon Bach Festival (1970), the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart (1981) and other Bach Academies worldwide, as well as the "Festival Ensemble Stuttgart" (2001) and the "Junges Stuttgarter Bach Ensemble" (2011). He taught choral conducting at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule from 1965 to 1989 and led the Frankfurter Kantorei from 1969 to 1982.

Kevin Behrens is a German footballer who plays as a forward for SV Sandhausen.

Heinrich Timmerevers is a German prelate of the Catholic Church. A bishop since 2001, he has been the 50th Bishop of Dresden-Meissen since 2016.

Kristin Demann is a German football defender, currently playing for Bayern Munich.