List of Germans

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This is a list of notable Germans. Persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited.

Contents

Architects

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Walter Gropius

Artists

Hausliche Szene by Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch, 1831 Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch - Hausliche Szene, 1831.jpg
Häusliche Szene by Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch, 1831
Horst Janssen, 1968 HorstJanssenPortrat.jpg
Horst Janssen, 1968

A–M

N–Z

Company founders

Friedrich Alfred Krupp Geheimrat Friedrich Alfred Krupp c. 1902.jpg
Friedrich Alfred Krupp

A–M

Dr. August Oetker Paul Emil Gabel - Dr August Oetker.jpg
Dr. August Oetker
August Thyssen August Thyssen, Captain-General of German industry.jpg
August Thyssen

N–Z

Heidi Klum Heidi Klum by Glenn Francis.jpg
Heidi Klum

Fashion models

Karl Lagerfeld Karl Lagerfeld Cannes.jpg
Karl Lagerfeld

Fashionmakers

Film and theatre

Actresses and actors

Hanna Maron Hanna Maron.jpg
Hanna Maron
Michael Herbig Oliver Mark - Michael Herbig, Oberschleissheim 2007.jpg
Michael Herbig

A–M

N–Z

Werner Herzog Werner Herzog Venice Film Festival 2009.jpg
Werner Herzog

Filmmakers

Literature

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Goethe (Stieler 1828).jpg
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Friedrich Schiller Friedrich Schiller by Ludovike Simanowiz.jpg
Friedrich Schiller
Gotthold Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.PNG
Gotthold Lessing
Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse 1925 Photo Gret Widmann.jpeg
Hermann Hesse
Thomas Mann Thomas Mann 1937.jpg
Thomas Mann
Gunter Grass Gunter Grass, 2004.jpg
Günter Grass

Classic

Major

Contemporary

Humorists, cabaret performers and comedians

Journalists

Mathematicians

Georg Cantor Georg Cantor2.jpg
Georg Cantor
Carl Friedrich Gauss Carl Friedrich Gauss 1840 by Jensen.jpg
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Georg Ohm Georg Simon Ohm3.jpg
Georg Ohm
Erich Ludendorff General Erich Ludendorff.JPG
Erich Ludendorff

Military

Music

Composers

Hans Zimmer Hans Zimmer crop.jpg
Hans Zimmer
Ludwig van Beethoven Joseph Karl Stieler's Beethoven mit dem Manuskript der Missa solemnis.jpg
Ludwig van Beethoven

Conductors, instrumentalists and singers

Lena Meyer-Landrut Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut.jpg
Lena Meyer-Landrut
Udo Lindenberg Udo-Lindenberg-13-01-11-hinterm-horizont-muiscal.jpg
Udo Lindenberg

A–M

Sido Sido - Global Citizen Festival Hamburg 04.jpg
Sido

N–Z

Philosophy

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant 3.jpg
Immanuel Kant

Classic

Erich Fromm Erich Fromm 1974.jpg
Erich Fromm

Major

Contemporary

Politicians

Angela Merkel 12-03-06-cebit-eroeffnung-angela-merkel-21.jpg
Angela Merkel
Ernst Thalmann Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12940, Ernst Thalmann.jpg
Ernst Thälmann

Miscellaneous

Gustav Stresemann Gustav Stresemann 2.jpg
Gustav Stresemann

Chancellors of Germany 1871–1945

Photo of Chancellor Bismarck in the 1880s Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1990-023-06A, Otto von Bismarck.jpg
Photo of Chancellor Bismarck in the 1880s
Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer - 7. CDU-Bundesparteitag-kasf0031.JPG
Konrad Adenauer

Chancellors of Germany (after World War II)

(in chronological order)

Theodor Heuss Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1983-098-20a, Heuss.jpg
Theodor Heuss

Presidents of Germany

(in chronological order)

  • Friedrich Ebert (1871–1925), first president of the Weimar Republic (SPD) 1919–25
  • Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), field marshal, president 1925–34
  • Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), combining legally both offices, president and chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1933–45
  • Karl Dönitz (1891–1980), Admiral of the Fleet, after Hitler's death, president for 22 days, 1945

Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949:
(in chronological order)

Erich Honecker Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R1220-401, Erich Honecker.jpg
Erich Honecker

Politicians of the East German Communist Party and regime

Joseph Goebbels Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-101-20A, Joseph Goebbels.jpg
Joseph Goebbels

Personalities of the Nazi Party and regime

Adolf Hitler Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S33882, Adolf Hitler retouched.jpg
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelm II Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.jpg
Wilhelm II
Frederick the Great Frederick II of Prussia Coloured drawing.png
Frederick the Great

Royalty

Scientists and engineers

A–G

Wernher von Braun Wernher von Braun.jpg
Wernher von Braun
Nicolaus Copernicus, Tornaeus Borussus Mathematicus (N.C.,Prussian mathematician from Thorn/Torun). Copper engraving from 1597 Copernicus-Boissard.gif
Nicolaus Copernicus, Tornaeus Borussus Mathematicus (N.C.,Prussian mathematician from Thorn/Torun). Copper engraving from 1597
Albert Einstein Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer - restoration.jpg
Albert Einstein

H–J

Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius(close-up).jpg
Johannes Hevelius

K–L

M–R

Werner von Siemens Werner von Siemens (1816-1892), ca. 1850.jpg
Werner von Siemens

S–V

W–Z

Sportspeople

Boris Becker Boris Becker.jpg
Boris Becker
Franz Beckenbauer Franz Beckenbauer 2006 06 17.jpg
Franz Beckenbauer
Marcel Goc Marcel Goc Predators.png
Marcel Goc
Steffi Graf Steffi Graf fur Rexona.jpg
Steffi Graf
Jurgen Klinsmann Austria vs. USA 2013-11-19 (066).jpg
Jürgen Klinsmann
Helene Mayer Helene Mayer 1928.jpg
Helene Mayer

A–G

H–M

N–R

Dirk Nowitzki DirkNowitzki.jpg
Dirk Nowitzki

S–Z

Max Schmeling Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09348, Max Schmeling.jpg
Max Schmeling
Michael Schumacher Schumi di GP Kanada 2011 cropped.jpg
Michael Schumacher
Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich.jpg
Jan Ullrich
Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel 2017 Malaysia 2.jpg
Sebastian Vettel

Theologians, saints and beatified persons

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI Blessing.jpg
Pope Benedict XVI

Militants

Others

Oskar Schindler Schindler, Oskar.jpg
Oskar Schindler
Sigmund Jahn Bundesarchiv Bild 183-T0709-148, Sigmund Jahn.jpg
Sigmund Jähn

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