German Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Was a Jewish German chess master.Harrwitz was born in Breslau (Wroclaw) in the Prussian Province of

Was a Jewish German chess master.Harrwitz was born in Breslau (Wroclaw) in the Prussian Province of Silesia. He established his reputation in Paris, particularly as a player of blindfold games. He lost a match in England to Howard Staunton in 1846 at odds of a pawn and two moves, and drew a match with Adolf Anderssen in Germany in 1848.

Is a Swedish-born German theater actor. Hamburger Abendblatt has described his work as helping criti

Is a Swedish-born German theater actor. Hamburger Abendblatt has described his work as helping critics rediscover Hamburg's theater. On 6 December 2008, Hoevels accidentally slit his neck while playing "Mortimer" in Mary Stuart, written by Friedrich Schiller, which led to near fatal injury. He trained as an actor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (music and theater academy) in Hamburg between 2001 and 2004, and acted in some films and theater productions in Hamburg and Weimar during that time. His role at the Nationaltheater Weimar in 2004 was the first of several Shakespeare parts: he played Malvolio in a performance of Twelfth Night.[4] He joined the Thalia Theater (Hamburg) in 2004

Is a German football coach and a former player. He played in the German Bundesliga (5 seasons with F

Is a German football coach and a former player. He played in the German Bundesliga (5 seasons with F.C. Hansa Rostock and TSV 1860 München, totalling 70 games and also in Turkey and Austria.

Was a German organist, guitarist and composer. He was baptised on 3 September 1760, probably one to

Was a German organist, guitarist and composer. He was baptised on 3 September 1760, probably one to three days after his birth. In 1784 Hünten was engaged as an organist at the court chapel of Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony in Koblenz. He married Anna Weller (1750–1816) in 1786, and in 1788 his position as organist was made permanent.

Is a German football player. He plays for FSV Frankfurt. He made his professional league level debut

Is a German football player. He plays for FSV Frankfurt. He made his professional league level debut in the 2. Bundesliga for SV Eintracht Trier 05 on August 10, 2002 when he started in a game against SV Wacker Burghausen.

Is a Canadian/German professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the

Is a Canadian/German professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as

Is a German footballer who plays for SV Sandhausen.

Is a German footballer who plays for SV Sandhausen.

German language author. He has both German and Austrian citizenship. His work Die Vermessung der Wel

German language author. He has both German and Austrian citizenship. His work Die Vermessung der Welt (translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway as Measuring the World, 2006) is the biggest selling novel in the German language

Klewer joined the youth team of his hometown-team Hansa Rostock at the age of six. After going throu

Klewer joined the youth team of his hometown-team Hansa Rostock at the age of six. After going through all of their junior squads, he broke into the first-team squad for the first time in the 1997û98 season sitting on the bench as a substitute goalkeeper for several matches. His first-team debut on the pitch, however, did not come until four seasons later. Before that he had served as a first-choice keeper for Rostock's reserve team and a third-string goalkeeper for the Bundesliga squad.

Is a Austrian football (midfielder) player who currently plays for FC Waidhofen/Ybbs.

Is a Austrian football (midfielder) player who currently plays for FC Waidhofen/Ybbs.

Is a professional Austrian tennis player who turned professional in 2002. Nicknamed "Crazy Dani" for

Is a professional Austrian tennis player who turned professional in 2002. Nicknamed "Crazy Dani" for his controversial behaviour while on court, he achieved his career-high ranking of #55 on October 19, 2009. Köllerer reached a Juniors career high of #23

Is a German football goalkeeper who plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena II.

Is a German football goalkeeper who plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena II.

Is a German pop-singer and actor who achieved short-lived celebrity in 2003, in the media-circus tha

Is a German pop-singer and actor who achieved short-lived celebrity in 2003, in the media-circus that surrounded the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol, in which he came third. He was briefly promoted in the UK as "Daniel K", presumably an oblique reference to Kafka's character Joseph K.

Is a German football goalkeeper who currenly plays for SC Paderborn 07.

Is a German football goalkeeper who currenly plays for SC Paderborn 07.

Is an R&B singer/songwriter.Merriweather's first commercially released recording was a guest appeara

Is an R&B singer/songwriter.Merriweather's first commercially released recording was a guest appearance on the track "All I Want" from Australian dance act Disco Montego's self-titled album in 2002. This was followed by a guest appearance on DJ/Producer Mark Ronson's Here Comes the Fuzz album ("She's Got Me") in 2003. His debut solo single "City Rules" (produced by Ronson and featuring raps from New York MC Saigon) followed in early 2004 with the aforementioned "She's Got Me" released as its follow-up.

Is a German footballer currently playing for BFC Dynamo.

Is a German footballer currently playing for BFC Dynamo.

Is a German footballer who plays for VfL Wolfsburg. He made his Bundesliga debut for VfL Wolfsburg o

Is a German footballer who plays for VfL Wolfsburg. He made his Bundesliga debut for VfL Wolfsburg on 13 September 2008 in a game against Hertha Berlin. He was substituted on for Christian Gentner in the 70th minute.

Is a German footballer, currently playing for RB Leipzig. Rosin had a trial with Rangers in 2002, b

Is a German footballer, currently playing for RB Leipzig. Rosin had a trial with Rangers in 2002, but did not impress the manager during this time.

Is a retired German football player.

Is a retired German football player.

Is an Austrian ice hockey player currently playing for Graz 99ers in the Austrian Hockey League. Sch

Is an Austrian ice hockey player currently playing for Graz 99ers in the Austrian Hockey League. Schildorfer spent two seasons in the North American Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Forge before returning to Austria. He had single season spells with Zelt

Is a German football player currently playing for 1. FC Union Berlin.

Is a German football player currently playing for 1. FC Union Berlin.

Is a German football player. He is currently a free agent.

Is a German football player. He is currently a free agent.

Is a German footballer who plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Schwaab began his career with SC Freiburg

Is a German footballer who plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Schwaab began his career with SC Freiburg in the 2. Bundesliga. In his second season with the first team, he started in every single match that he has played and scored 5 league goals despite being

Is an Austrian footballer who currently plays for Bayern Munich II. He has been promoted to FC Bayer

Is an Austrian footballer who currently plays for Bayern Munich II. He has been promoted to FC Bayern Munich's first team for the 2007–08 season, but will continue to play for the reserves. On 12 March 2010 Sikorski announced the he will leave FC Bayern Munich at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Is a retired German football player.

Is a retired German football player.