German Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 1999. Her best Skeleton World Cup finish was fifth

Is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 1999. Her best Skeleton World Cup finish was fifth at Königssee in February 2007.

She has worked with internationally acclaimed conductors, such as Lorin Maazel, Christoph Eschenbach

She has worked with internationally acclaimed conductors, such as Lorin Maazel, Christoph Eschenbach, Yakov Kreizberg, Yuri Temirkanov, Sir Neville Marriner, David Zinman, Zdenek Mácal, Jun Märkl, Ruben Gazarian, Marek Janowski, Herbert Blomstedt, Michael Tilson Thomas and with a variety of top German, American, British, Polish, French, Italian, Swiss, Dutch, Norwegian, Russian, Japanese, Czech and Slovakian orchestras. Julia Fischer has performed in most European countries, the United States, Brazil and Japan; in concerts broadcast on TV and radio in every major European country, as well as on many US, Japanese and Australian radio stations.

Is a professional tennis player from Germany. She qualified for the main draw at the 2007 US Open an

Is a professional tennis player from Germany. She qualified for the main draw at the 2007 US Open and lost 6–0, 6–3 to number one Justine Henin in the first round, although she came close to breaking Henin.[1][2] Görges reached a career high singles ranking of World Number 90 on July 28, 2008, and as of that date has reached World Number 303 for doubles, on February 18, 2008.

Is a German actress and voice actress.

Is a German actress and voice actress.

Jentsch garnered further attention playing the title role in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl û The Fina

Jentsch garnered further attention playing the title role in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl û The Final Days, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In an interview, Jentsch said that the role was "an honor".[1] For her role as Sophie Scholl she won the best actress at the European Film Awards, best actress at the German Film Awards (Lolas), along with the Silver Bear for best actress at the Berlin Film Festival.

Is a figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She was born in Russia but moved to Austria and c

Is a figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She was born in Russia but moved to Austria and competed for them internationally. She was briefly married to Roman Kostomarov.

Is a German heptathlete. Her personal best result is 6066 points, achieved in June 2006 in Ratingen.

Is a German heptathlete. Her personal best result is 6066 points, achieved in June 2006 in Ratingen.

Is a freestyle skier associated with Ski cross.[1] She is set to represent Germany at the 2010 Winte

Is a freestyle skier associated with Ski cross.[1] She is set to represent Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2]

Is a German figure skater. She is the 2010 German bronze medalist and 2009 junior national champion.

Is a German figure skater. She is the 2010 German bronze medalist and 2009 junior national champion. Her win in 2009 was her third consecutive national title, and her first at the junior level.

Is a professional female tennis player from Germany. She enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2005 and h

Is a professional female tennis player from Germany. She enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2005 and has beaten two Top 10-ranked players - Anastasia Myskina in 2005 and Elena Dementieva in 2006.

Is a field hockey international from Germany. She is a goalkeeper and is a talented player in the ga

Is a field hockey international from Germany. She is a goalkeeper and is a talented player in the game as well as being a member of the gold medal winning team at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Zehl, nicknamed Zorro, plays for Eintracht Braunschweig.

Is an Austrian footballer playing for Austria Vienna.

Is an Austrian footballer playing for Austria Vienna.

Is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Werder Bremen II.

Is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Werder Bremen II.

Is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only f

Is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys two-handed. He is currently Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no. 10 in the ATP doubles ranking in September 2007.

Is a German football player, he plays for SV Sandhausen.He made his debut on the professional league

Is a German football player, he plays for SV Sandhausen.He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on August 17, 2008, when he came on as a substitute in the 65th minute in a game against TuS Koblenz.

Is a German ski jumper of Polish descent(by his father).[1] He made his Continental Cup debut in Jan

Is a German ski jumper of Polish descent(by his father).[1] He made his Continental Cup debut in January 2003, his best result being the victories from Oberhof, Germany in February 2007 and Kranj in January 2009. He finished fifth in the normal hill at the 2004 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup debut in December 2005 in Oberstdorf, his best result being two 22nd places from Sapporo in January 2006 and January 2009.

Is a German footballer. He first appeared in the German Bundesliga on March 21, 2004 while SC Freibu

Is a German footballer. He first appeared in the German Bundesliga on March 21, 2004 while SC Freiburg's first and second keepers had been injured.

Is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 102, achieved on September 13,

Is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 102, achieved on September 13, 2010. Reister qualified for his first ATP World Tour tournament at Basel where he lost in the first round to Guillermo García-López 6–7(4), 2–6. Reister wa

Is a German artist. Julian Rosefeldt studied architecture in Munich and Barcelona. After receiving h

Is a German artist. Julian Rosefeldt studied architecture in Munich and Barcelona. After receiving his diploma in 1994, he began working in collaboration with fellow Munich graduate Piero Steinle. Since 1999 he has worked independently. Rosefeldt has exhibited internationally since 1997 at the Bienal de São Paulo (2004), Athens Biennal (2007), the P.S.1, New York (1998), Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. – Institute for Contemporary Art (2004), the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2008), and the Kunstmuseum Bonn (2009), amongst others. Today his works are represented in reputable art collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Rosefeldt has lived and worked in Berlin since 1999, when he relocated as Artist in Residence at the Sammlung Hoffmann.

Was a Nazi Party official who served in the SS as an SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel). Scherner is mo

Was a Nazi Party official who served in the SS as an SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel). Scherner is most notorious for his career as SS and Police Leader of Kraków, Poland.

Is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart. He made his Bundesl

Is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart. He made his Bundesliga debut in a match at Energie Cottbus on 6 December 2008.

Is a German football midfielder. He had his professional debut on October 27, 2007 for VfB Stuttgart

Is a German football midfielder. He had his professional debut on October 27, 2007 for VfB Stuttgart against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Is a German sculptor living and working in the U.S. Voss-Andreae started out as a painter[1] and lat

Is a German sculptor living and working in the U.S. Voss-Andreae started out as a painter[1] and later studied experimental physics at the universities of Berlin, Edinburgh and Vienna. Voss-Andreae pursued his graduate research in quantum physics in Anton Zeilinger's research group, participating in an experiment demonstrating quantum behavior for the largest objects to date.[2] He moved to the U.S. in 2000 and graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2004.

Is a German theatre, television, and film actress. Köhler performed in an ensemble cast of the Bava

Is a German theatre, television, and film actress. Köhler performed in an ensemble cast of the Bavarian State Theatre from 1993-97. She left the company because her filming of Aimée & Jaguar interfered with rehearsals for a production of Das Käthchen von Heilbronn. She later returned to Munich to participate with the Munich Kammerspiele.

Was a Bohemian pianist, singer and composer. Juliane Reichardt was born in Potsdam, the youngest of

Was a Bohemian pianist, singer and composer. Juliane Reichardt was born in Potsdam, the youngest of the six children of violinist and composer Franz Benda (1709-1786), who was concert master at the court of Frederick the Great, and his first wife Carolina née Step Hein. She took music lessons from her father and appeared in concerts in Berlin as a singer and pianist. She married writer and composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1815) in 1776 and had a three children, the second of which was Louise Reichardt (1779–1826). Juliane Reichardt died of puerperal fever in Berlin.[1][2]