German Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former Austrian association football player and now head coach.He was appointed as head coach o

Is a former Austrian association football player and now head coach.He was appointed as head coach of Austria in March 2009. He is assisted by Heinz Peischl.

A German midfielder who currently plays for Manchester City. He is a Defensive Midfielder and previo

A German midfielder who currently plays for Manchester City. He is a Defensive Midfielder and previously played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United and Liverpool.Hamann started his career at the little known Wacker München. After impressing as a junior, he joined Bayern Munich as a 16-year old in 1989 and debuted for the Bayern professional team in 1993.[1] Hamann joined a team led by Lothar Matthäus, Thomas Helmer, Christian Ziege and Oliver Kahn and played five games, mostly as a right winger. At first, Hamann was a only so-called Vertragsamateur (i.e. an amateur player who had the license for playing professional games). Still,

A former footballer and the current sports director of Bundesliga team Hamburger SV.TSV Altenberg, a

A former footballer and the current sports director of Bundesliga team Hamburger SV.TSV Altenberg, and other teams. In 1985 he moved to Oberligisten SpVgg Fürth, where he was discovered by scouts of Hamburg. Beiersdorfer was soon lured to Hamburger SV along with his friend Manfred Kastl. Immediately Beiersdorfer was to gain a place in the first eleven, and he would subsequently help Hamburg to win several matches and the German football association cup.

Is a German composer and pianist. Dietmar Bonnen studied music and fine arts in Cologne and Düsseld

Is a German composer and pianist. Dietmar Bonnen studied music and fine arts in Cologne and Düsseldorf. In 1981 he founded the avantgarde-rock ensemble Fleisch, with whom he recorded several CDs with his own compositions. After two years of production he published a CD called “Bonnen spielt …” with organ music of the 20th century. This production was the first, which combined different organs and acoustics from different churches made possible by recording techniques taken from pop music. Beside works of György Ligeti, Paul Hindemith, Charles Ives and Max Reger, he also played compositions written especially for this project and that cannot be performed on conventional organs. It contains premieres of two works of John Cage; “Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of Two Voices in Canon, and Six Short Inventions on the Subjects of the Solo” from 1933/34 and “Composition for Three Voices” from 1934.

Is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a full back for Coventry Ci

Is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a full back for Coventry City, where he spent the majority of his career, Charlton Athletic and Northampton Town. Bruck began his football career as an apprentice with Coventry City,

A retired German footballer.He earned 6 caps for the Germany national football team from 1973 to 197

A retired German footballer.He earned 6 caps for the Germany national football team from 1973 to 1976. He was included in the West German team for the 1976 UEFA European Football Championship.

Is a retired German football player who last played for VfB Lübeck. Hirsch works now as an athletic

Is a retired German football player who last played for VfB Lübeck. Hirsch works now as an athletic director at VfB Lübeck. He began in June 2008.

Is a German software entrepreneur. He was one of the founders of SAP AG in 1972 with other former IB

Is a German software entrepreneur. He was one of the founders of SAP AG in 1972 with other former IBM employees Hans Werner Hector, Klaus Tschira, Claus Wellenreuther and Hasso Plattner. At one point he was the 698th richest person in the world (according

Is a retired German football player.

Is a retired German football player.

Is a retired German hurdler. He won a bronze medal for West Germany at the 1990 European Championshi

Is a retired German hurdler. He won a bronze medal for West Germany at the 1990 European Championships in Athletics in Split and the gold medal at the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo. His personal best was 13.41 seconds, achieved in July 1990 in Hamburg. This ranks him ninth among German 110 m hurdlers, behind Florian Schwarthoff, Mike Fenner, Eric Kaiser, Falk Balzer, Thomas Blaschek, Sven Göhler, Thomas Munkelt and Holger Pohland.

Is a retired East German race walker. He won the bronze medal at the 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cu

Is a retired East German race walker. He won the bronze medal at the 1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, finished twentieth at the 1980 Olympic Games and ninth at the 1988 Olympic Games. Meisch represented the sports club TSC Berlin and became East German champion over 50 km in 1987.[1]

A German artist scholar, philosopher, government-approved master harbour builder and harbour enginee

A German artist scholar, philosopher, government-approved master harbour builder and harbour engineer, sociologist, musician and publisher, best known as a painter of the German Pop-Art and Postmoderne. In the first manifest of the Neue Sinnlichkeit [1] he accuses the esthetic exclusivity of modernity and postulates the esthetic inclusivity by accessibility of artefacts [2] [3] [4]. [5] [6] [7].

Is a former German footballer.

Is a former German footballer.

S an East German bobsledder who competed during the 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won

S an East German bobsledder who competed during the 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won three medals with two golds (Two-man: 1984, Four-man: 1984) and one silver (Four-man: 1988).

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 1000 m and the K-4 1000 m events at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired German football coach and player. As a player, he spent 12 seasons in the Bundesliga wi

Is a retired German football coach and player. As a player, he spent 12 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the m

Is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.

Is a German former footballer. Wuttke began his career with Energie Cottbus, where he made 14 appear

Is a German former footballer. Wuttke began his career with Energie Cottbus, where he made 14 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga. He later played for Bayern Munich II, FC Schweinfurt 05 and SSV Reutlingen before his career was cut short by injury.

Is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. His biggest career achievements include winning

Is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. His biggest career achievements include winning the one-day classic, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, his home country's Deutschland Tour and surprising the field at the 1977 Tour de France by capturing four stage

Was a German Baroque violinist and composer. Little is known about Becker's musical education. His f

Was a German Baroque violinist and composer. Little is known about Becker's musical education. His first position was as organist at Ahrensberg. In his second position, in the service of the Chapelle Ducale (Ducal Chapel) of the Duke Christian-Ludwig at Celle, he mainly devoted himself to the violin. In 1662 he settled in Hamburg as a violinist in the service of the Conseil de la Ville (City Council) and in 1667 he was named Maître de Chapelle (Chapel Master).

German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, an

German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, and a founding member of the Confessing Church.

Is a German fencer. He represented the Unified Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the in

Is a German fencer. He represented the Unified Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the individual épée event.[1]

Is a former East German ski jumper who competed from 1972 to 1976. He won the silver medal in the in

Is a former East German ski jumper who competed from 1972 to 1976. He won the silver medal in the individual normal hill event at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. Kampf also finished second one additional time in the individual normal hill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1973. He also finished fourth in the FIS Ski-flying World Championships 1973.

Was a Nazi politician and from 1933 to 1945 the appointed premier (Ministerpräsident) of the now ab

Was a Nazi politician and from 1933 to 1945 the appointed premier (Ministerpräsident) of the now abolished state of Braunschweig.In 1918 he joined the German National People's Party and stayed with the party until 1924. After the First World War he became