German Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is a German footballer.He has played for TSV Schulenburg, SV Germania Grasdorf, Hannover 96, and Ham

Is a German footballer.He has played for TSV Schulenburg, SV Germania Grasdorf, Hannover 96, and Hamburger SV. In 2000, he switched to FSV Mainz 05, and stayed with them for five seasons, helping them reach the Bundesliga.

Is a former German Ski jumper who competed from 1989 to 2004. He won a gold medal in the team large

Is a former German Ski jumper who competed from 1989 to 2004. He won a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Duffner als won two medals in the team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in 1999 and silver in 1997. His only World cup victory was in 1992.

Is an award winning German fine art photographer, born 1963 in Essen, Germany. After he received a b

Is an award winning German fine art photographer, born 1963 in Essen, Germany. After he received a bachelor degree in business administration in 1986, his focus turned to photography, where he received a classic education through German fashion photographer Peter Godry. After years of assisting numerous advertising photographers and a successful career as a commercial producer in Los Angeles between 1995 to 2007, Pluemacher parted from the commercial world to focus solely on photography as an art form and expression. Since 2007, when Pluemacher first went public with his work as an artist, his work has won numerous nominations to prestigious international photography awards.

Is a long distance swimmer from Germany. In August 2005 he set the world record for the fastest ever

Is a long distance swimmer from Germany. In August 2005 he set the world record for the fastest ever swim of the English Channel in a time of 7 h 03 mins , beating the previous record set by Chad Hundeby in 1994 of 7 h 17 mins. Christof came extremely clo

Is a German footballer who currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Is a German footballer who currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Is an Austrian biathlete. Sumann had debuted in world cup in 2001.Sumann had achieved the title of N

Is an Austrian biathlete. Sumann had debuted in world cup in 2001.Sumann had achieved the title of Nations Cup Championship at 2008–09 Biathlon World Cup.

Is a German politician. He is a representative of the German Christian Democratic Union which he joi

Is a German politician. He is a representative of the German Christian Democratic Union which he joined in 1985. He was the mayor of Hamburg from August 2010 to March 2011.

Is a German organist, conductor, composer, musicologist, and music educator. He has toured extensive

Is a German organist, conductor, composer, musicologist, and music educator. He has toured extensively as an organist, appearing in concerts and recitals throughout Europe and in the United States. He is the author of several publications on the topics of liturgy and hymnology. He has also written extensively on sacred music from the 16th through the 18th centuries, and has been instrumental in publishing many forgotten works from that period.[1]

Was a German amateur astronomer.Arnold was a farmer by profession. Interested in astronomy, he spott

Was a German amateur astronomer.Arnold was a farmer by profession. Interested in astronomy, he spotted the great comet of 1683, eight days before Hevelius did. He also observed the great comet of 1686. In 1686, Kirch went to Leipzig. There, he observed the great comet of 1686, together with Gottfried Kirch. There, Kirch met his second wife, Maria Margarethe Winckelmann (1670-1720), who had actually learned astronomy from Arnold.Arnold observed the transit of Mercury in front of the sun on October 13, 1690. For this work, he received some money and a tax exemption from the town of Leipzig. He was the author of Göttliche Gnadenzeichen, in einem Sonnenwunder vor Augen gestellt (Leipzig, 1692) which contains an account of the transit of Mercury in 1690.

Is a German television actor. His younger brother Claus Bantzer is a composer and musician.

Is a German television actor. His younger brother Claus Bantzer is a composer and musician.

Is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bron

Is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.The striker from Club an der Alster (Hamburg), who's nicknamed Duffi or Bechi, played in three Summe

Is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU.Bergner was Minister-President of Saxony-A

Is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU.Bergner was Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Bundestag; since 2005, a secretary of state in the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Ge

He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig (now Gdansk) and in Warsaw By the age

He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig (now Gdansk) and in Warsaw By the age of 20 he was singing at the electoral court in Dresden under Heinrich Schütz. He then spent a year in Copenhagen to study singing with Agostino Fontana. After his appointment as assistant kapellmeister in Dresden in 1655, Bernhard made two sojourns to Italy to further his musical education. When he was 35, he moved to Hamburg to work as the director of music for the Johanneum and for civic musical events. The next ten years were a golden time in the musical tradition of Hamburg: Bernhard and his good friend Matthias Weckmann performed together and directed the latest compositions from Italy and Vienna, as well as composing an important collection of music in finely-wrought counterpoint.

An Austrian professional hockey winger. He currently plays for the EC KAC. He was drafted by the Min

An Austrian professional hockey winger. He currently plays for the EC KAC. He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the eighth round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, the 237th overall pick and became first Austrian hockey player to score a goal in the NHL. After the lockout he signed with Södertälje SK of the Swedish Elitserien.

Was a German professional footballer who made 42 appearances in the Bundesliga for Borussia Mönchen

Was a German professional footballer who made 42 appearances in the Bundesliga for Borussia Mönchengladbach as a striker between 1985 and 1990.

Is a German footballer who plays for SV Wacker Burghausen. Burkhard made his professional debut in t

Is a German footballer who plays for SV Wacker Burghausen. Burkhard made his professional debut in the 2. Bundesliga for 1860 Munich on 18 August 2006 when he came on as a substitute in the 86th minute in a game against Kickers Offenbach.

Is a German football player currently playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Is a German football player currently playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Is a German football coach.After finishing his career as a player, he earned his coaching licence at

Is a German football coach.After finishing his career as a player, he earned his coaching licence at the DFB and began working in 1981 as amateur coach with 1. FC Köln. In the 1985/86 season he was promoted to assistant coach and in 1986 to the top positi

Was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. He was an exact contemporary of Monteverdi,

Was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. He was an exact contemporary of Monteverdi, and represented a transitional phase in German Lutheran music from the polyphonic Renaissance style to the early Baroque. Demantius was a hugely prolific composer, though many of his works have been lost. Stylistically he was a successor to Lassus, who was also working in Germany during the first part of Demantius's life. He wrote most of his music before the Thirty Years' War; it is probable that the hardships of the war, including lack of performing musicians, made it difficult to compose and publish.[2]

Is a German television actor and director. He is the son of german actor Werner Eichhorn.

Is a German television actor and director. He is the son of german actor Werner Eichhorn.

Was a German dramatist and author.Houwald is remembered as the author of several so-called "Fate tra

Was a German dramatist and author.Houwald is remembered as the author of several so-called "Fate tragedies", of which the best known are Das Bild, Der Leuchtturm, Die Heimkehr, Fluch und Segen (all published in 1821). They have, however, small literary va

A German pianist and conductor.As a pianist, Eschenbach has won numerous first-place piano competiti

A German pianist and conductor.As a pianist, Eschenbach has won numerous first-place piano competition prizes, including first prize in the Clara Haskil Competition in Vevey, Switzerland in 1965. In 1964, he made his first recording (of Mozart) for Deutsche Grammophon and signed a contract with the label. Eschenbach continued to study conducting with George Szell, with whom he worked for more than three years. In addition, Herbert von Karajan was his mentor for nearly twenty-five years.

Is a ice hockey player from Germany, who plays for Tölzer Löwen. Fischhaber played with the German

Is a ice hockey player from Germany, who plays for Tölzer Löwen. Fischhaber played with the Germany men's national under-17 ice hockey team at the U-17 World Cup in 2004/2005.

Is the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa and Chief Officer Lufthansa Passenger Air

Is the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa and Chief Officer Lufthansa Passenger Airlines. Franz joined Lufthansa in 1990. In 1994 he moved to German railway Deutsche Bahn. From 2004 until 2009 he was CEO of Swiss International Air Lines.[

Is a German football midfielder who plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena.He began his career 1. FC Magdeburg

Is a German football midfielder who plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena.He began his career 1. FC Magdeburg before 2008 moving to the youth from FC Carl Zeiss Jena, on 14 January 2009 was promoted to the first team.