Famous German - German Celebrities - page 6

When we talk about famous Germans, which is the first name that comes to our mind? Albert Einstein, the great scientist; Adolf Hitler, the most notorious dictator; or the philosopher and socialist, Karl Marx? The contributions of the Germans to the technological, literary, political and spiritual developments of the world have been so immense that it is difficult to express in words. Creative, focused, efficient and reserved, the Germans are considered to be among the world’s most disciplined and hardworking people. From ancient times, Germans have enriched the world heritage in one way or the other. Way back in the 15th century, Nicholas of Kues became one of the first proponents of Renaissance humanism and thus making spiritual and political contributions to not just European history, but to the world.

Find out more about the greatest Germans, including Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Anne Frank and Michael Fassbender.

The Most Famous German

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Jürgen KloppJune 16, 1967GermanJürgen Klopp is a German football manager, and a former professional football player
Jordan CarverJanuary 30, 1986GermanJordan Carver is a famous German model
Jawed KarimOctober 28, 1979German, AmericanJawed Karim is a German-American internet entrepreneur, technologist and co-founder of the video-sharing website, YouTube
Irma GreseOctober 7, 1923GermanIrma Grese was a notorious German Nazi concentration camp guard during the Second World War
Juliane KoepckeOctober 10, 1954German, PeruvianJuliane Koepcke is a German-Peruvian biologist, who was the lone survivor among the 92 passengers and crew of the ill-fated LANSA Flight 508 that crashed in the Peruvian rainforest on 24 December 1971
Charles BukowskiAugust 16, 1920German, AmericanCharles Bukowski was a German-born American novelist, short story writer and poet
Monika DannemannJune 24, 1945GermanCheck out all that you wanted to know about Monika Dannemann, the famous German Figure Skater & Painter; her birthday, her family and personal life, her boyfriends, fun trivia facts and more.
Boris KodjoeMarch 8, 1973Austrian, German, GhanaianBoris Kodjoe is a German-Ghanaian actor from Austria
Jackson BrowneOctober 9, 1948German, AmericanJackson Browne is an acclaimed American musician, songwriter and environmental activist
Gerd MüllerNovember 3, 1945GermanGerd Muller is a former German footballer and regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers of all time
Oskar Groening

Oskar Groening

Oskar Gröning is a German ex- SS junior squad leader and posted at Auschwitz concentration camp during the World War II.

GermanJune 10, 1921155 views

Otto Heinrich Warburg

Otto Heinrich Warburg was a German physiologist and physician

GermanOctober 8, 1883153 views

Ilse Koch

Ilse Koch was the wife of Karl-Otto Koch, the chief of the Nazi concentration camps in Buchenwald and Majdanek

GermanSeptember 22, 1906610 views

Albrecht Kossel

Albrecht Kossel was a distinguished German biochemist who received the ‘Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine’ in 1910.

GermanSeptember 16, 1853166 views

Kurt Alder

Kurt Alder was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1950

GermanJuly 10, 1902110 views

Friedrich Bergius

Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius was a German chemist known for the Bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal

GermanOctober 11, 1884113 views

Robert Bunsen

Robert Bunsen was a German chemist who developed the Bunsen burner with Peter Desaga

GermanMarch 30, 1811307 views

Otto Diels

Otto Diels or Otto Paul Herman Diels was a German scientist who received the Nobel Prize in chemistry

GermanJanuary 23, 1876103 views

Max Delbrück

Max Delbrück was a German born American biophysicist who initiated the study of molecular biology

GermanSeptember 4, 1906110 views