German Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a former German field hockey midfield player.Becker made her debut in the German women's field ho

Is a former German field hockey midfield player.Becker made her debut in the German women's field hockey team in 1991 and was the youngest in the Olympic squad in 1992. She was part of the 1995 winning team in the European Cup and the bronze medal winning

Is a German football midfielder who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg. She has also been capped for

Is a German football midfielder who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg. She has also been capped for the German national team.

Is a German épée fencer. Heidemann had her biggest success on 13 August during the 2008 Beijing Su

Is a German épée fencer. Heidemann had her biggest success on 13 August during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, when she defeated Ana Maria Brânza (ROU) to win the gold medal, just minutes after fellow countryman Benjamin Kleibrink won the men's individu

Is a German long distance swimmer. She is a former European champion at the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km

Is a German long distance swimmer. She is a former European champion at the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km open water distances and current world champion at 25 km.

Is an Olympic-medaling sculler who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and repre

Is an Olympic-medaling sculler who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and represented Germany where she competed in double sculls, and took home the silver medal along with teammate Peggy Waleska.

Is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is a former holder of the world record in wome

Is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is a former holder of the world record in women's 100 metre freestyle.

Is former German international football player. The defender was capped 54 for Germany. She won two

Is former German international football player. The defender was capped 54 for Germany. She won two German championships and five cups with FSV Frankfurt. She also won a championship at TSV Siegen.

Is a German-American actress. She also has been credited using the name Brittney Rache. She made sev

Is a German-American actress. She also has been credited using the name Brittney Rache. She made several appearances in Playboy during the early 1990s, again as Brittney Rache.

Is an Australian singer-songwriter, harmonica, guitar and banjo player.[1] He has been a member of 1

Is an Australian singer-songwriter, harmonica, guitar and banjo player.[1] He has been a member of 1970s bands Carson and The Dingoes, 1980s Broderick Smith's Big Combo and performed solo.[2] He has also acted on stage in the 1973 Australian version of the rock opera Tommy and in minor roles on 1990s Television series Blue Heelers, Snowy River: The McGregor Saga and State Coroner.[3] Smith has been involved in writing about 200 songs and has run workshops on songwriting, harmonica and vocals.

Was a German monologuist and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness dialogues which he

Was a German monologuist and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness dialogues which he called "stand up tragedy."He worked as a janitor at Stanford University, where he demonstrated his prowess at chess by beating thirty professors simultane

German academics who were best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales[1] and

German academics who were best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales[1] and for their work in linguistics, relating to how the sounds in words shift over time (Grimm's Law). They are among the best known story tellers of novellas from Europe

Is an Australian singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter of the successful pop-folk group The Seeker

Is an Australian singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter of the successful pop-folk group The Seekers, and as composer of the song "I Am Australian". Woodley attended Melbourne High school, where he is currently an esteemed Old Boy.

Is a German legal scholar and a former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Between

Is a German legal scholar and a former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Between 1973 and 1974 he was a Law and Modernization Fellow at the Yale Law School. Later, from 1974 until 1982, he was a teacher at the university of Hamburg. 19

Was a German composer, musicologist and music teacher. Brunhilde Sonntag was born in Kassel, Germany

Was a German composer, musicologist and music teacher. Brunhilde Sonntag was born in Kassel, Germany. She studied organ at the School of Church Music in Schlüchtern and education at the Pedagogical Institute Jugenheim. From 1959-63 she worked as a teacher at the Friedrich Ebert School in Frankfurt and took private composition lessions from Kurt Hessenberg. From 1963-69 she studied composition at the Hochschule for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Otto Siegl and Gottfried von Einem, and took a teaching position in the Department of Music of the Justus Liebig University, Giessen.

German theologian, philosopher and historian. Bauer investigated the sources of the New Testament an

German theologian, philosopher and historian. Bauer investigated the sources of the New Testament and controversially concluded that early Christianity owed more to Greek philosophy (Stoicism) than to Judaism.[citation needed] Starting in 1840, he began a series of controversial works arguing that Jesus was a myth, a second century fusion of Jewish, Greek, and Roman theology

Was an Austrian footballer.He made his debut for Austria in June 1975 against Czechoslovakia and was

Was an Austrian footballer.He made his debut for Austria in June 1975 against Czechoslovakia and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and 1982 FIFA World Cup.[1] In the latter tournament, he scored Austria's first goal in the 2-2 draw with Northern Ireland in Madrid.

Was a German chemist and entrepreneur. He was the co-inventor of the insecticide Zyklon B with Gerha

Was a German chemist and entrepreneur. He was the co-inventor of the insecticide Zyklon B with Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt. He was the owner of Tesch & Stabenow a pest control company he cofounded in 1924 with Paul Stabenow in Hamburg, Germany, which was a major supplier of Zyklon B to the Nazi extermination camps during World War II.

Was a faith healer in Germany. Some people called him "Messiah", the others supposed him to be a cha

Was a faith healer in Germany. Some people called him "Messiah", the others supposed him to be a charlatan. Healings effected by him deeply affected millions of people. Incredible things happened by Gröning, paralysed people could walk again, blind people were able to see and deaf people could hear again.

Was a professional ice hockey player. He represented Germany in the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Was a professional ice hockey player. He represented Germany in the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Was a German fishery scientist, credited with being the founder of fish pathology.and studied Natura

Was a German fishery scientist, credited with being the founder of fish pathology.and studied Natural Sciences in Königsberg followed by a habilitation thesis in Munich, for which he carried out limnologic studies on East Prussian lakes. He obtained a position at the Zoological Institute of Munich as a university lecturer and in 1891 acquired citizenship of the Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1894 he was appointed as a Curator of the Bavarian Museums comparative anatomy collection. In 1896 he became a lecturer for Ichthyology at the veterinary university of Munich. In 1898 he was awarded an extraordinary professorship for Zoology and Ichthyology and the chair of a full professor in 1908. During his career, he was also director of the "Royal Bavarian Research Station for Fisheries" and the "Royal Bavarian Research Station for Fish-Farming"

Served as Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72 at the end of his chancellorship, he was

Served as Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72 at the end of his chancellorship, he was the oldest acting Chancellor after the Second World War.Kreisky was born in Vienna, the son of a Jewish clothing manufacturer. At 15 he joined the youth wing of the Austrian Social Democratic Party, and remained politically active while studying law at the University of Vienna. In 1934, when the Socialist Party was banned by the Dollfuss dictatorship, he joined underground political work. He was arrested in January 1935 and convicted of high treason, but in June 1936 he was released. In March 1938 the Austrian state was incorporated in Germany, and in September Kreisky emigrated to Sweden, where he remained until 1945. In 1942 he married Vera Fürth.

A former German footballer of Italian heritage.In an illustrious career, Labbadia recorded 103 goals

A former German footballer of Italian heritage.In an illustrious career, Labbadia recorded 103 goals in 328 league games having played for some of Germany's top Bundesliga clubs. He had two caps for the Germany national football team. He was the manager of Regionalliga-Süd side SV Darmstadt 98, now he coaches the Bundesliga team Bayer Leverkusen. He is the only player ever to have scored more than 100 goals in both Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga.

A German–Ecuadorian chess master.He won at Kulmbach 1920, tied for 3rd-4th at Munich 1920, shared

A German–Ecuadorian chess master.He won at Kulmbach 1920, tied for 3rd-4th at Munich 1920, shared 1st at Bad Oeynhausen 1922 (Hauptturnier B), took 10th at Frankfurt 1923 (the 23rd DSB Congress, Ernst Grünfeld won), took 12th at Breslau 1925 (the 24th DSB

Was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he won the gold medal with his

Was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he won the gold medal with his partner Kurt Moeschter in the coxless pairs competition.

Was a German horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a German horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.