List of Famous people born in Germany

Christian Knees is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2020, for the Wiesenhof, Team Milram and Ineos Grenadiers teams. He won the German National Road Race Championship in 2010. In 2011 he was originally going to join the Australian team known as Pegasus but left after they failed to secure a UCI Professional Continental license. He ultimately joined Team Sky as a domestique. He remained with the team as a rider until announcing his retirement from the sport in December 2020, moving into a role within the team's racing and performance areas.

Robert Schwentke is a German film director and screenwriter.

Ute Berg is a German politician and member of the SPD. She graduated from the University of Göttingen in 1974 in Political Science.

Martin Wehrle is a German journalist, career advisor and non-fiction author. He is also known as an advocate of universal basic income (UBI).

Dirk Heyne is a former German football goalkeeper turned manager.