German Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Her personal best time is 22.68 seco

Is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Her personal best time is 22.68 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Stuttgart.

Is a retired German hurdler. She won the bronze medals at the 1989 European Indoor Championships in

Is a retired German hurdler. She won the bronze medals at the 1989 European Indoor Championships in Athletics in den Haag (in 60 m hurdles) and the 1992 IAAF World Cup. At the 1990 European Championships in Athletics she won a silver medal in 4x100 m relay for West Germany together with Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas and Silke Knoll.

Is a German journalist and author of several popular and influential books. He is currently the chie

Is a German journalist and author of several popular and influential books. He is currently the chief editor of Handelsblatt, Germany's leading economic newspaper. After finishing his university studies he went to the Georg von Holtzbrinck-Schule für Wirt

Is a German equestrian and Olympic champion.

Is a German equestrian and Olympic champion.

Is a retired German runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She represented the sports clubs TSV K

Is a retired German runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She represented the sports clubs TSV Kirchhain and Eintracht Frankfurt, and became West German champion in 1988, 1989 and 1990.[1] Her personal best time was 1:59.24 minutes, achieved in June 1991 in Helsinki.[2]

Is a former German figure skater.

Is a former German figure skater.

Is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired East German high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 1986 European Indoor Champions

Is a retired East German high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 1986 European Indoor Championships.[1] and finished sixth at the 1988 European Indoor Championships.[2] She represented the sports club SC DHfK Leipzig, and became East German champion in 1988.[3]

Was a former East German cross country skier who competed in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

Was a former East German cross country skier who competed in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

Was a German cross country skier who competed from 1989 to 1993. Competing at the 1992 Winter Olympi

Was a German cross country skier who competed from 1989 to 1993. Competing at the 1992 Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay and her best individual finish of 14th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit. Hess's best

S a German luger and bobsledder who competed from the mid 1980s to 1997 in luge, then from 1998 to t

S a German luger and bobsledder who competed from the mid 1980s to 1997 in luge, then from 1998 to the early 2000s in bobsleigh. She is one of only two people to win World Championship gold medals in both bobsledding and luge, the other being fellow Germa

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer O

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Is a German politician, formerly with the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party. She was t

Is a German politician, formerly with the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party. She was the District Administrator for the rural district of Fürth from 1990 to 2008. In 2006 and 2007, Pauli's open criticism of Edmund Stoiber, fellow CSU member and minister-president of the German state of Bavaria, led to a crisis in the party which ultimately resulted in Stoiber's resignation.[1]

Is a German swimmer. Born in Dessau, Soviet Occupied Zone, she competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics

Is a German swimmer. Born in Dessau, Soviet Occupied Zone, she competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics for East Germany.

Gabriele Susanne Kerner was born in 1960 in Hagen while her family lived in the nearby town of Breck

Gabriele Susanne Kerner was born in 1960 in Hagen while her family lived in the nearby town of Breckerfeld. She spent the earliest part of her childhood in Breckerfeld and later lived in Hagen. She acquired her nickname, "Nena", a Spanish word meaning "li

Is a former German swimmer. Born in Leipzig, East Germany, she competed for East Germany in the 1968

Is a former German swimmer. Born in Leipzig, East Germany, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and again in the 1972 Summer Olympics. She is the divorced wife of Wilfried Hartung.

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[

Is a German politician. From 1981 to 1989 Zimmer was a member of the SED.[1] Since 1989, she has bee

Is a German politician. From 1981 to 1989 Zimmer was a member of the SED.[1] Since 1989, she has been a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). From 1990 to 1998 she was chairwoman of the PDS Thüringen. Since October 1990 she has been a member of the Parliament in Thüringen.

Was a heroine of World War II.In Paris, she worked for the Seventh-day Adventist Church and secretly

Was a heroine of World War II.In Paris, she worked for the Seventh-day Adventist Church and secretly with her brother and other volunteers to help people escape from the Nazis. As one of the significant contributors to French Resistance, their efforts would be responsible for the rescue of at least 1,000 persons, including 800 Jews and more than 100 downed Allied airmen. However, on February 26, 1944 the Gestapo arrested her along with 140 other members of the escape network. She was interrogated and tortured in Fresnes prison in Paris, then shipped in a railway cattle car to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany.

Is a former East German cross country skier who competed during the 1980s. She won a bronze medal in

Is a former East German cross country skier who competed during the 1980s. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld and also finished 10th in the 20 km event at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Champion

Is an American actress, theater director, and journalist. Though she worked extensively as a televis

Is an American actress, theater director, and journalist. Though she worked extensively as a television actress in the 1950s, she is most remembered for her role as the villainous Lily Carver in the legendary 1955 film noir Kiss Me Deadly, in particular the iconic scene where she opens the mysterious box that contains the radioactive "great whatzit." Her only other theatrical film role was in a gritty 1953 New York indie called The Big Break, starring James Lipton, better known today as the goateed host of cable TV's Inside the Actor's Studio. Gaby was also on the cover of the January 1957 issue of Cosmopolitan, representing what the magazine billed as "The New Face of Broadway."

Was a German composer and music theorist who served as Kantor in the church school at Magdeburg.[1]T

Was a German composer and music theorist who served as Kantor in the church school at Magdeburg.[1]Though a few of his works have remained in the choral repertoire, he is best known for his theoretical writings, especially his Praecepta musicae poeticae (MS, 1563), which contains some of the earliest detailed description of the compositional process of the Renaissance motet.[2]

The name used by a New Age composer from Austria. He plays a wide variety of instruments including g

The name used by a New Age composer from Austria. He plays a wide variety of instruments including guitars, keyboards, synthesizers and sitars. He includes electronic sounds into his music. His music includes influences from music around the world. He released his first album Journey to an Imaginary Land on March 17, 1981, and his second Visions almost one year later on March 16, 1982. He has become one of Austria's most accomplished international musicians.[citation needed]

Is a German politician. He is member of the German Bundestag (Parliament) with the Social Democratic

Is a German politician. He is member of the German Bundestag (Parliament) with the Social Democratic Party of Germany and chairman of the SPD in Lower Saxony.