List of Famous people named Christian

Christian Andreas Doppler was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. He is celebrated for his principle – known as the Doppler effect – that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative speed of the source and the observer. He used this concept to explain the color of binary stars.

Christian Giménez is an Argentine-born Mexican former professional footballer, former TV game analyst for Fox Deportes, and current manager of Liga de Expansión MX club Cancún FC. He spent most of his career playing for Liga MX clubs Pachuca and Cruz Azul. He is known by his nickname Chaco because he hails from the province of the same name.

Christian IX was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg.

Christian Fuchs is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Leicester City.

Christian Marquand was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Born in Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arab mother, and his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant. He was often cast as a heartthrob in French films of the 1950s.

Christian Andrew Ponder is a former American football quarterback. He played for the Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Florida State, and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings with the 12th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Christian Jürgen Gross is a Swiss football manager and former player who is the current coach of Schalke 04. He played as a sweeper and central midfielder.

Christian Klar is a former a leading member of the second generation Red Army Faction (RAF) between the 1970s and 1980s. Imprisoned in 1982 in Bruchsal Prison, he was released on 19 December 2008, after serving over 26 years of his life sentence.

Christian Brand is a German football coach and former player.

Christian Worch is a prominent German neo-Nazi activist and chairman of the far-right political party Die Rechte.