List of Famous people born in Germany
Heinz Hoenig
Heinz Hoenig is a German actor who participated in over 100 feature films and TV productions.
Heinz Baumann
Heinz Baumann is a German actor.
Rudi Völler
Rudolf "Rudi" Völler, nicknamed "Tante Käthe", is a German former professional football player and manager who serves as the sporting director for Bayer Leverkusen.
Felix Magath
Wolfgang Felix Magath is a German football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Luz Long
Carl Ludwig "Luz" Long was a German Olympic long-jumper, notable for winning the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for giving technical advice to his competitor, Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the long jump. Luz Long won the German long jump championship six times in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939.
Jens Harzer
Jens Harzer is a German stage, film, and television actor. He began his career at the Munich Kammerspiele, and has been a member of the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg since 2009. He has appeared at the Salzburg Festival regularly since 2000. Harzer received prizes for roles on stage, in film and on television. He has been the bearer of the Iffland-Ring since March 2019.
Seyneb Saleh
Seyneb Saleh is an actress. She is best known for her role as Naadirah in the 2018 Netflix film Mute.
Kurt Biedenkopf
Kurt Hans Biedenkopf is a German politician who served as the 1st Minister President of the Free State of Saxony from 1990 until 2002, as such also serving as the 54th President of the Bundesrat in 1999/2000.
Katja Kipping
Katja Kipping is a German socialist politician of The Left and member of the Bundestag representing Saxony. She has been co-chairperson of The Left since 2012, alongside Bernd Riexinger.
Paula Beer
Paula Beer is a German actress. She first became known as a teenager for her main role in Chris Kraus's 2010 film Poll. Her breakthrough was in 2016, when she starred in François Ozon's Frantz (2016), for which she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young performer at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. For her performance as Undine Wibeau in Christian Petzold's Undine she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.