List of German journalists

This is a list of German journalists , those born in Germany and who have established citizenship or residency.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Aline Abboud (born 1988)
• Fatma Aydemir (born 1986)
• Cigdem Akyol (born 1978)
• Prince Albrecht of Croÿ (born 1959)
• Robin Alexander (born 1975)
• Hanns Altermann (1891–1963)
• Götz Aly (born 1947)
• Melanie Amann (born 1978)
• Ruth Andreas-Friedrich (1901–1977)
• Karl Andree (1808–1875)
• Reinhard Appel (1927–2011)
• Pinar Atalay (born 1978)
• Jakob Augstein (born 1967)
• Rudolf Augstein (1923–2002)
• Stefan Aust (born 1946)

B

• Shakuntala Banerjee (born 1973)
• Peter Bartels (born 1943)
• Marc Bator (born 1972)
• Gabi Bauer (born 1962)
• Gitta Bauer (1919–1990)
• Reinhold Beckmann (born 1956)
• Klaus Bednarz (1942–2015)
• Micky Beisenherz (born 1977)
• Bettina Belitz (born 1973)
• Inge Bell (born 1967)
• Thomas Bellut (born 1955)
• Klaus Bender (born 1938)
• Halina Bendkowski (born 1949)
• Dagmar Berghoff (born 1943)
• Georg Bernhard (1875-1944)
• Anton Betz (1893–1984)
• Roberta Bieling (born 1975)
• Klaus von Bismarck (1912–1997)
• Monika Bittl (1963–2022)
• Nikolaus Blome (born 1963)
• Gero von Boehm (born 1954)
• Peter Boenisch (1927–2005)
• Erich Böhme (1930–2009)
• Alexander Bommes (born 1976)
• Jan Böhmermann (born 1981)
• Bettina Böttinger (born 1956)
• Katharina Borchert (born 1972)
• Alice Bota (born 1979)
• Adolf Brand (1874–1945)
• Jo Brauner (born 1937)
• Nikolaus Brender (born 1949)
• Klaus Bresser (born 1936)
• Mathias Bröckers (born 1954)
• Annika Brockschmidt (born 1992)
• Henryk Broder (born 1946)
• Erich Brost (1903–1995)
• Karl Brugger (1941-1984)
• Karl Heinrich Bruggerman (1810–1887)
• Christine von Brühl (born 1962)
• Wibke Bruhns (1938–2019)
• Tissy Bruns (1951–2013)
• Gerd Bucerius (1906–1995)
• Wolfgang Büchner (born 1966)
• Traude Bührmann (born 1942)
• Axel Bulthaupt (born 1966)
• Eleonore Büning (born 1952)
• Tom Buhrow (born 1958)
• Silke Burmester (born 1966)

C

• Paul Carell (1911–1997)
• Claus Hinrich Casdorff (1924–2004)
• C. W. Ceram (1915–1972)
• Rudolph Chimelli (1928–2016)
• Sabine Christiansen (born 1957)
• Albrecht von Croÿ (born 1959)
• Harri Czepuck (1927–2015)

D

• Kurt Dahlmann (1918–2017)
• Susanne Daubner (born 1961)
• Gerhard Delling (born 1959)
• Ulrich Deppendorf (born 1950)
• Kai Diekmann (born 1964)
• Julia Dingwort-Nusseck (1921–2025)
• Hoimar von Ditfurth (1921–1989)
• Annette Dittert (born 1962)
• Marion Dönhoff (1909–2002)
• Mathias Döpfner (born 1963)
• Sammy Drechsel (1925–1986)
• Wolfgang Duncker (1909–1942)

E

• Fritz Eberhard (1896–1982)
• Dietrich Eckart (1868–1923)
• Axel Eggebrecht (1899–1991)
• Hans Eggert (born 1946)
• Ellen Ehni (born 1973)
• Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795)
• Jürgen Elsässer (born 1957)
• Carolin Emcke (born 1967)
• Andreas Englisch (born 1963)
• Lothar Erdmann (1888–1939)
• Paul Ernst (1866–1933)
• Ingeborg Euler (1927–2005)

F

• Emil Faktor (1876–1942)
• Thomas Fasbender (born 1957)
• Heribert Faßbender (born 1941)
• Gerhard Fauth (1915–2003)
• Felix Fechenbach (1894–1933)
• Brigitte Fehrle (born 1960)
• Markus Feldenkirchen (born 1975)
• Joachim Fest (1926–2006)
• Ullrich Fichtner (born 1965)
• Angela Finger-Erben (born 1980)
• Karl-Hermann Flach (1929–1973)
• Anna Fleischhauer (born 1987)
• Jan Fleischhauer (born 1962)
• Matthias Fornoff (born 1963)
• Georg Forster (1754–1794)
• Richard von Frankenberg (1922–1973)
• Peter Frey (born 1957)
• Frederic Friedel (born 1945)
• Michel Friedman (born 1956)
• Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs (1927–1995)
• Matthias Frings (born 1954)
• Maria Frisé (1926–2022)
• Alexandra Fröhlich (1967–2025)
• Walther Funk (1890–1960)
• Daniel Funke (born 1981)
• Horst Fust (1930–2003)

G

• Hannelore Gadatsch (1941–2024)
• Hugo Ganz (1862–1922)
• Bettina Gaus (1956–2021)
• Günter Gaus (1929–2004)
• Anne Gellinek (born 1962)
• Annette Gerlach (born 1964)
• Daniel Gerlach (born 1977)
• Hellmut von Gerlach (1866–1935)
• Fritz Gerlich (1883–1934)
• Petra Gerster (born 1955)
• Otto Gildemeister (1823–1902)
• Thomas Gnielka (1928–1965)
• Leopold Friedrich Günther von Goeckingk (1748–1828)
• Alexander Görlach (born 1976)
• Hermann L. Gremliza (1940–2019)
• Ulrike von der Groeben (born 1957)
• Kurt Großmann (1897–1972)
• Detlef Grumbach (born 1955)
• Karl Theodor Ferdinand Grün (1817–1887)

H

• Lutz Hachmeister (1959–2024)
• Barbara Hahlweg (born 1968)
• Brigitte Hamann (1940–2016)
• Volker Handloik (1961–2001)
• Horst Hano (born 1937)
• Johannes Hano (born 1963)
• Dörte Hansen (born 1964)
• Maximilian Harden (1861–1927)
• Sylvia von Harden (1894–1963)
• Norbert Häring (born 1963)
• Waldemar Hartmann (born 1948)
• Hadija Haruna-Oelker (born 1980)
• Tina Hassel (born 1964)
• Alice Hasters (born 1989)
• Theodor Haubach (1896–1945)
• Norbert Haug (born 1952)
• Gaby Hauptmann (born 1957)
• Bodo Hauser (1946–2004)
• Dunja Hayali (born 1974)
• Wolf Heckmann (1929–2006)
• Gerd Heidemann (born 1931)
• Marcus Hellwig (born 1965)
• Hanna Herbst (born 1990)
• Joachim Hermann (1928–1992)
• Kai Hermann (born 1938)
• Rudolf Herrnstadt (1903–1966)
• Volker Herres (born 1954)
• Rudolf Herrnstadt (1903–1966)
• Malte Herwig (born 1972)
• Felix Hirsch (1902–1982)
• Jan Hofer (born 1952)
• Werner Höfer (1913–1997)
• Britta Hofmann (born 1980)
• Max Hofmann (born 1974)
• Charlotte Hohmann (1900–1971)
• Valeska Homburg (born 1976)
• Raphael Honigstein (born 1973)
• Mareile Höppner (born 1977)
• Marion Horn (born 1965)
• Ernst Huberty (1927–2023)
• Marie Hüllenkremer (1943–2004)

I

• Maybrit Illner (born 1965)

J

• Heinrich Eduard Jacob (1889–1967)
• Claus Jacobi (1927–2013)
• Siegfried Jacobsohn (1881–1926)
• Oliver Janich (born 1969)
• Günther Jauch (born 1956)
• Luc Jochimsen (born 1936)
• Josef Joffe (born 1944)

K

• August von Kageneck (1922–2004)
• Anetta Kahane (born 1954)
• Hellmuth Karasek (1934–2015)
• Charlotte Karlinder (born 1975)
• Manuela Kasper-Claridge (born 1959)
• Jürgen Kaube (born 1962)
• Manuela Kay (born 1964)
• Ernst Keil (1816–1878)
• Sven Felix Kellerhoff (born 1971)
• Georgine Kellermann (born 1957)
• Johannes B. Kerner (born 1964)
• Thomas Kielinger (born 1940)
• Ulrich Kienzle (1936–2020)
• Susanne Kippenberger (born 1957)
• Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989)
• Claus Kleber (born 1955)
• Peter Kloeppel (born 1958)
• Steffen Klusmann (born 1966)
• Carsten Knop (born 1969)
• Tanit Koch (born 1977)
• Norbert König (born 1958)
• Berthold Kohler (born 1961)
• Karl-Heinz Köpcke (1922–1991)
• Theo Koll (born 1958)
• Siegfried Kracauer (1889–1966)
• Elmar Kraushaar (born 1950)
• Walter Kreiser (1898–1958)
• Gabriele Krone-Schmalz (born 1949)
• Dieter Kronzucker (born 1936)
• Ludger Kühnhardt (born 1958)
• Dieter Kürten (born 1935)
• Dirk Kurbjuweit (born 1962)
• Tomasz Kurianowicz (born 1983)

L

• Andreas Landwehr (born 1959)
• Hans-Dieter Lange (1926–2012)
• Christoph Lanz (born 1959)
• Markus Lanz (born 1969)
• Claus Larass (born 1944)
• Walther von La Roche (1936–2010)
• Renate Lasker-Harpprecht (1924–2021)
• Franca Lehfeldt (born 1989)
• Juliane Leopold (born 1983)
• Gabriele Lesser (born 1960)
• Hans Leyendecker (born 1949)
• Christian Lindner (born 1959)
• Susan Link (born 1979)
• Monica Lierhaus (born 1970)
• Peter Limbourg (born 1960)
• Sascha Lobo (born 1975)
• Günther von Lojewski (1935–2023)
• Wolf von Lojewski (born 1937)
• Giovanni di Lorenzo (born 1959)
• Gerhard Löwenthal (1922–2002)
• Richard Löwenthal (1908–1991)
• Michael Lüders (born 1959)
• Ernst-Dieter Lueg (1930–2000)
• Bettina Lüscher (born 1961)

M

• Sandra Maischberger (born 1966)
• Helmut Markwort (born 1936)
• Christoph von Marschall (born 1959)
• Harald Martenstein (born 1953)
• Hede Massing (1900–1981)
• Miriam Meckel (born 1967)
• Ulrike Meinhof (1934–1976)
• Hans Meiser (1946–2023)
• Otto Mejer (1858–1959)
• Souad Mekhennet (born 1979)
• Wolfgang Menge (1924–2012)
• Peter Merseburger (1928–2022)
• Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt (born 1956)
• Rudolf Michael (1890–1980)
• Bascha Mika (born 1954)
• Sonia Seymour Mikich (born 1951)
• Caren Miosga (born 1969)
• Erik Möller (born 1979)
• Rudolf Mosse (1843–1920)
• Elisabeth Motschmann (born 1952)
• Günter Müggenburg (1926-2002)
• Erich Mühsam (1878–1934)
• Ann-Katrin Müller (born 1987)
• Katrin Müller-Hohenstein (born 1965)
• Julitta Münch (1959–2020)

N

• Peretz Naftali (1888–1961)
• Henri Nannen (1913–1996)
• Michael Naumann (born 1941)
• Rupert Neudeck (1939–2016)
• Natias Neutert (born 1941)
• Maren Niemeyer (born 1964)
• Friedrich Nowottny (born 1929)

O

• Frederik Obermaier (born 1984)
• Bastian Obermayer (born 1977)
• Oda Olberg (1872–1955)
• Rudolf Olden (1885–1940)
• Matthias Opdenhövel (born 1970)
• Carl von Ossietzky (1889–1938)

P

• Gaby Papenburg (born 1960)
• Jana Pareigis (born 1981)
• Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894)
• Monika Piel (born 1951)
• Frank Plasberg (born 1957)
• Frederik Pleitgen (born 1976)
• Fritz Pleitgen (1938–2022)
• Ines Pohl (born 1967)
• Dirk Pohlmann (born 1959)
• Alan Posener (born 1949)
• Ulrich Potofski (1952-2025)
• Heribert Prantl (born 1953)
• Günter Prinz (1929–2020)

R

• Fritz J. Raddatz (1931–2015)
• Iris Radisch (born 1959)
• Judith Rakers (born 1976)
• Ashwin Raman (born 1946)
• Annette Ramelsberger (born 1960)
• Julian Reichelt (born 1981)
• Johann Georg Reißmüller (1932–2018)
• Anja Reschke (born 1972)
• Petra Reski (born 1958)
• Georg Restle (born 1965)
• Sir John Retcliffe (1815–1878)
• Béla Réthy (born 1956)
• Felix Rexhausen (1932–1992)
• Claus Richter (born 1948)
• Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823–1897)
• Udo Röbel (born 1950)
• Bettina Röhl (born 1962)
• Sabine Rollberg (born 1953)
• Paul Ronzheimer (born 1985)
• Marcel Rosenbach (born 1972)
• Dagmar Rosenfeld (born 1974)
• Lea Rosh (born 1936)
• Jürgen Roth (1945–2017)
• Thomas Roth (born 1951)
• Gerd Rubenbauer (born 1948)
• Anna Rüling (1880–1953)
• Gerd Ruge (1928–2021)
• Nina Ruge (born 1956)

S

• Christiane Sadlo (born 1954)
• Dirk Sager (1940–2014)
• Thomas Satinsky (born 1963)
• Anna Sauerbrey (born 1979)
• Rüdiger Schaper (born 1959)
• Julia Scharf (born 1981)
• Bettina Schausten (born 1965)
• Denis Scheck (born 1964)
• Fritz Schenk (1930–2006)
• Ute Scheub (born 1955)
• Christian Scheuß (born 1966)
• Frank Schirrmacher (1959–2014)
• Patricia Schlesinger (born 1961)
• Lissy Schmidt (1959–1994)
• Rolf Schmidt-Holtz (born 1948)
• Gregor Peter Schmitz (born 1975)
• Wolf Schneider (1925–2022)
• Cordt Schnibben (born 1952)
• Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (1918–2001)
• Peter Scholl-Latour (1924–2014)
• Alexander, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau (born 1969)
• Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau (1929–1998)
• Jörg Schönenborn (born 1964)
• Renate Schostack (1938–2016)
• Bernhard Schottländer (1895–1920)
• Claudia Schreiber (born 1958)
• Constantin Schreiber (born 1979)
• Jürgen Schreiber (1947–2022)
• Doris Schröder-Köpf (born 1963)
• Alice Schwarzer (born 1942)
• Egon Scotland (1948–1991)
• Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert (1937-2025)
• Steffen Seibert (born 1960)
• Hajo Seppelt (born 1963)
• Klaus-Peter Siegloch (born 1946)
• Hans Siemsen (1891–1969)
• Christian Sievers (born 1969)
• Eva Siewert (1907–1994)
• Ferdinand Simoneit (1925–2010)
• Marietta Slomka (born 1969)
• Theo Sommer (1930–2022)
• Richard Sorge (1895–1944)
• Augustin Souchy (1892–1984)
• Ré Soupault (1901–1996)
• Axel Springer (1912–1985)
• Gabor Steingart (born 1962)
• Susanne Stichler (born 1961)
• Wolfgang Stock (born 1959)
• Ilse Stöbe (1911–1942)
• Claus Strunz (born 1966)
• Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre (born 1977)

T

• Peter Tamm (1928–2016)
• Hartmann von der Tann (born 1943)
• Hermann-Josef Tenhagen (born 1963)
• Gabriele Tergit (1894–1982)
• Elmar Theveßen (born 1967)
• Jana Thiel (1971–2016)
• Wim Thoelke (1927–1995)
• Carmen Thomas (born 1946)
• Roland Tichy (born 1955)
• Carlo von Tiedemann (1943–2025)
• Hans-Hermann Tiedje (born 1949)
• Hans-Martin Tillack (born 1961)
• Paul Tröger (1913-1992)
• Thaddäus Troll (1914–1980)
• Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935)
• Richard Tüngel (1893–1970)

U

• Wilhelm Ulbrich (1846–1922)
• Udo Ulfkotte (1960–2017)
• Leopold Ullstein (1826–1899)
• Klaus Umbach (1936–2018)
• Thomas Urban (born 1954)

V

• Harry Valérien (1923-2012)
• Larissa Vassilian (born 1976)
• Werner Veigel (1928–1995)
• Carl Freiherr von Vogelsang (1900–1977)

W

• Silvia Wadhwa (born 1959)
• Franz Josef Wagner (born 1943)
• Günter Wallraff (born 1942)
• Rüdiger von Wechmar (1923–2007)
• Wolfram Weimer (born 1964)
• Maria von Welser (born 1946)
• Martha Wertheimer (1890–1942)
• Christine Westermann (born 1948)
• Ulrich Wickert (born 1942)
• Wilhelm Wieben (1935–2019)
• Charlotte Wiedemann (born 1954)
• Deba Wieland (1916–1992)
• Ulrich Wilhelm (born 1961)
• Anne Will (born 1966)
• Georg Wolff (1914–1996)
• Theodor Wolff (1868–1943)
• Ulla Wolff (1850–1924)
• Jörg Wontorra (born 1948)
• Olaf von Wrangel (1928–2009)
• Alexandra Würzbach (born 1968)

X

• You Xie (born 1958)

Y

• Deniz Yücel (born 1973)

Z

• Peter von Zahn (1913–2001)
• Ingo Zamperoni (born 1974)
• Hans Zehrer (1899–1966)
• Sonja Zekri (born 1967)
• Linda Zervakis (born 1975)
• Annika Zimmermann (born 1989)
• Brigitte Zimmermann (born 1939)
• Eduard Zimmermann (1929–2009)
• Ferdinand Zimmermann (1898–1967)
• Sabine Zimmermann (1951–2020)

See also

• Category:German journalists
• List of Germans
• List of German-language authors
• List of German-language philosophers
• List of German-language playwrights
• List of German-language poets