List of Famous people born in Germany

Julian Brandt is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.

Mickie Krause, a native of Wettringen, is a singer of German Schlager. His notoriety exploded in Germany in 1999 with his hit 'Zehn nackte Friseusen' '(Ten nude hairdressers).

Oliver Welke is a German television presenter, actor, comedian, voice actor and sports journalist.

René Adler is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Django Asül is a Turkish-German actor and comedian.

Nicolas Hülkenberg is a German professional racing driver who drove in Formula One in 2010 and from 2012 to 2020. In 2015, he also contested two rounds of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season for Porsche, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans on his first attempt. He was the 2009 champion of the GP2 Series, and is a previous champion of both the Formula 3 Euro Series and A1 Grand Prix, as part of A1 Team Germany. He is one of 5 drivers since 2005 to win the Formula 2 championship in his debut season, the others being Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Charles Leclerc, and George Russell. As of December 2020, Hülkenberg holds the record for the most Formula One career starts without a podium finish, a record he broke when he failed to finish in his 129th race and in so doing passed Adrian Sutil's previous record of 128, Hülkenberg's record stands at 179 Grands Prix.

Henry Hübchen is a German actor who played the title character in the award-winning 2004 film Go for Zucker. That performance earned him a Lola, Germany's equivalent of an Oscar, and critical praise at home and abroad. He was raised in East Berlin, in what was then East Germany.

Otto Georg Schily was Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998 to 2005, in the cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Adel Tawil, is a German singer, songwriter and producer. Besides his solo career, he is part of the popular German pop duo Ich + Ich, after being part earlier of the German boy band The Boyz.

Janina Uhse is a German actress.