Country of birth: Germany

Here are the german celebrities or born in Germany

This list currently contains 241 personalities whose place of birth is in Germany.
Among them, there is for example Albert Einstein, Anne Frank, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Évelyne Dhéliat, Karl Lagerfeld, Bruce Willis, Eva Braun, Nico, Jean-Sébastien Bach, Benoît XVI, Simone Signoret, Heinrich Himmler, ...

Konrad Adenauer

Born 150 years ago in 2026

† at 91 years

Konrad Adenauer

1876 • 1967

Agrippine la Jeune

† at 43 years

Agrippine la Jeune

15 • 59

Rosa Albach-Retty

† at 105 years

Rosa Albach-Retty

1874 • 1980

Alois Alzheimer

† at 51 years

Alois Alzheimer

1864 • 1915

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

† at 68 years

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

1744 • 1812

† at 59 years

1935 • 1994

Died 50 years ago in 2025

† at 69 years

1906 • 1975

† at 65 years

1922 • 1988

John B. Goodenough

† at 100 years

John B. Goodenough

1922 • 2023

Jean-Sébastien Bach

† at 65 years

Jean-Sébastien Bach

1685 • 1750

Classic composers

Frédéric Barberousse

† at ~68 years

Frédéric Barberousse

~1122 • 1190

† at 77 years

1913 • 1991

Baron de Münchhausen

† at 76 years

Baron de Münchhausen

1720 • 1797

Novel characters

† at 68 years

1940 • 2009

† at 79 years

1929 • 2009

Franz Beckenbauer

† at 78 years

Franz Beckenbauer

1945 • 2024

† at 84 years

1844 • 1929

1812

Fairy-tale characters

† at 86 years

Karlheinz Böhm

1928 • 2014

Table tennis players

† at 80 years

1861 • 1942

High-tech entrepreneurs

† at 63 years

1885 • 1948

Fashion designers

Johannes Brahms

† at 63 years

Johannes Brahms

1833 • 1897

Classic composers

† at 78 years

1913 • 1992

† at 33 years

1912 • 1945

† at 58 years

1898 • 1956

Charles Bukowski

† at 73 years

Charles Bukowski

1920 • 1994

† at 102 years

1919 • 2021

Mathieu Carrière

Mathieu Carrière

Yvonne Catterfeld

Yvonne Catterfeld

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

† at 81 years

Lucas Cranach l'Ancien

1472 • 1553

Gottlieb Daimler

† at 65 years

Gottlieb Daimler

1834 • 1900

† at 77 years

1900 • 1978

† at 76 years

1898 • 1974

Caspar David Friedrich

† at 65 years

Caspar David Friedrich

1774 • 1840

Élisabeth de Wittelsbach

† at 60 years

Élisabeth de Wittelsbach

1837 • 1898

Nobility and royalty

Évelyne Dhéliat

Évelyne Dhéliat

Weather forecasters

Fictional characters

Marlene Dietrich

† at 90 years

Marlene Dietrich

1901 • 1992

† at 72 years

1916 • 1989

† at 56 years

Albrecht Dürer

1471 • 1528

† at 56 years

1906 • 1962

Albert Einstein

† at 76 years

Albert Einstein

1879 • 1955

Élisabeth en Bavière

† at 89 years

Élisabeth en Bavière

1876 • 1965

Queens of Belgium

Friedrich Engels

† at 74 years

Friedrich Engels

1820 • 1895

† at 84 years

1891 • 1976

Harold Faltermeyer

Harold Faltermeyer

† at 82 years

1941 • 2024

Music Producers

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender

Theodor Fontane

† at 78 years

Theodor Fontane

1819 • 1898

† at ~15 years

1929 • ~1945

† at 91 years

1889 • 1980

† at 69 years

1929 • 1999

Carl Friedrich Gauss

† at 77 years

Carl Friedrich Gauss

1777 • 1855

† at 75 years

1913 • 1988

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

† at 94 years

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

1926 • 2020

Joseph Goebbels

† at 47 years

Joseph Goebbels

1897 • 1945

† at 82 years

1821 • 1904

† at 53 years

Hermann Göring

1893 • 1946

† at 73 years

1924 • 1997

† at 78 years

1785 • 1863

† at 73 years

1786 • 1859

Johannes Gutenberg

† at ~68 years

Johannes Gutenberg

~1400 • 1468

Georg Friedrich Haendel

† at 74 years

Georg Friedrich Haendel

1685 • 1759

Classic composers

† at 89 years

1879 • 1968

Hansel et Gretel

Hansel et Gretel

1812

Fairy-tale characters

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

† at 61 years

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

1770 • 1831

Martin Heidegger

† at 86 years

Martin Heidegger

1889 • 1976

† at 58 years

1797 • 1856

Werner Heisenberg

† at 74 years

Werner Heisenberg

1901 • 1976

† at 77 years

Thierry Hermès

1801 • 1878

William Herschel

† at 83 years

William Herschel

1738 • 1822

† at 36 years

1857 • 1894