German Famous Names Starting with Letter E

A former German football player.As 10 year old boy Erwin Stein started to play football at SG Bornhe

A former German football player.As 10 year old boy Erwin Stein started to play football at SG Bornheim Later he moved to Olympia 07 and played from 1954 on at SpVgg Griesheim 02. 24 years old, the striker was capped by Bundestrainer Sepp Herberger and his assistant Georg Gawliczek for the match of the German amateur national team against the Netherlands April 15 1959 in Enschede. The pacy attacker with the straight shot played well and netted twice at the 2-0.

Was a German ornithologist.Stresemann was one of the outstanding ornithologists of the 20th century.

Was a German ornithologist.Stresemann was one of the outstanding ornithologists of the 20th century. From 1921 onwards he was in charge of the bird department of the Berlin Zoological Museum, and encouraged a number of young German scientists, including Ernst Mayr and Bernhard Rensch.Stresemann was the long-standing editor of the Journal für Ornithologie. His major publication was the volume Aves (1927 - 1934) in the German Handbook of Zoology. He also wrote Entwicklung der Ornithologie (1951), a review of the development of ornithology from Aristotle to the present, translated into English in 1975.

Is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the 1960s.

Is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the 1960s.

Was a German architect, and was a central figure in the construction of Notre-Dame de Strasbourg. Ac

Was a German architect, and was a central figure in the construction of Notre-Dame de Strasbourg. According to a tradition which arose in a later age he was called Erwin von Steinbach, and a monument has been erected to him in the village of Steinbach nea

Was a German physicist who invented the Field Emission Electron Microscope (FEEM), the Field Ion Mic

Was a German physicist who invented the Field Emission Electron Microscope (FEEM), the Field Ion Microscope (FIM), and the Atom-Probe Field Ion Microscope. He was the first person to experimentally observe atoms[1]. Müller studied at the Technical University in Berlin under Gustav Hertz. He received his degree in engineering in 1935 and his doctorate in 1936. Müller worked at the Siemens Research Laboratory, where he invented the field emission microscope in 1936 that allowed resolutions of 2 nanometers.

Is a former German-born Bosnian footballer who last plays for Slovak side FK Dunajská Streda.

Is a former German-born Bosnian footballer who last plays for Slovak side FK Dunajská Streda.

Was a German lutenist and composer. His first lute teacher was his father Esaias (lutenist to the Pr

Was a German lutenist and composer. His first lute teacher was his father Esaias (lutenist to the Prince of Bernstadt). He was a child prodigy and together with his father he traveled and performed at various courts. He wrote two collections of lute suites - Deliciae testudinis and Neue Lauten-früchte. In the years from 1655 to 1672, he was in the service of the duke of Silesia. Thereafter, he worked for a short time as a flute and lute teacher at the University of Leipzig. Finally in 1674, he was appointed chamber lutenist at the court of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg in Berlin, where he remained until his death.

Is a German video artist.[1] She graduated from Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg in 2004. Sh

Is a German video artist.[1] She graduated from Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg in 2004. She lives and works in Hamburg.

Is a German athlete who specialises in the 400 metres. She came 5th in the 2009 World Championships

Is a German athlete who specialises in the 400 metres. She came 5th in the 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay,[2] and won silver relay medals at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships[1] and the 2010 European Team Championships.

Is a German born, New York based photographer. After studying photography at the City College of New

Is a German born, New York based photographer. After studying photography at the City College of New York from 1994 to 1996 she enrolled in the documentary photography program at the International Center of Photography in New York City in 1996. Levine, a Leica photographer, has had exhibits in New York, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Switzerland, Guangzou and Mannheim, shot ad campaigns and had her work published in a variety of European magazines.

Is a German actress and comedienne who became famous through her appearances on the RTL Samstag Nach

Is a German actress and comedienne who became famous through her appearances on the RTL Samstag Nacht show for which she won the Bayerischer Fernsehpreis in 1994. Schweins survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake whilst on holiday with her mother in Sri Lanka.[1]

Was a German chemist. He was one of the first people to create PVC.He discovered together with Carl

Was a German chemist. He was one of the first people to create PVC.He discovered together with Carl Schotten the Schotten-Baumann reaction.He was married to Theresa Kopp the daughter of the chemist Emil Kopp, they had five children.

Is a Ukrainian-born German footballer who most recently played for Crewe Alexandra. He was born in K

Is a Ukrainian-born German footballer who most recently played for Crewe Alexandra. He was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR but has German nationality. He is an attacking midfield player with a reputation for scoring spectacular goals from long distance, and i

Was a Scottish-born German pianist and composer. Educated in Britain, d'Albert showed early musical

Was a Scottish-born German pianist and composer. Educated in Britain, d'Albert showed early musical talent and, at the age of seventeen, he won a scholarship to study in Austria. Feeling a kinship with German culture and music, he soon emigrated to Germany, where he studied with Franz Liszt and began a career as a concert pianist. D'Albert repudiated his early training and upbringing in England and considered himself German.

Was a German philosopher. Husserl's assistant, he was a representative of phenomenological idealism

Was a German philosopher. Husserl's assistant, he was a representative of phenomenological idealism and later a follower of Martin Heidegger. He approached the problem of Being as a manifestation of the cosmic movement with Man being a participant in this

Was a German professor of medicine, anthropology and eugenics . He was one of those responsible for

Was a German professor of medicine, anthropology and eugenics . He was one of those responsible for the Nazi German scientific theories of racial hygiene that legitimized the extermination of Jews, sent an estimated half a million Gypsies to their death in the Porajmos, and led to the compulsory sterilization of hundreds of thousands of other individuals, deemed racially defective, such as the Rhineland Bastards, the mentally ill, and the mentally retarded.Under the Nazi regime, Fischer developed the physiological specifications used to determine racial origins. He and his team experimented on Gypsies and African-Germans, taking blood and measuring skulls to find scientific validation for his theories.

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

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

Was a German Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a German Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an eminent German conductor.Born in Babenhausen, near Augsburg, Germany, Jochum studied the pian

Was an eminent German conductor.Born in Babenhausen, near Augsburg, Germany, Jochum studied the piano and organ in Augsburg until 1922. He then studied conducting in Munich. His first post was as a rehearsal pianist at Mönchen-Gladbach, and then in Kiel.

Was a German amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Eugen was a m

Was a German amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Eugen was a member of the German Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament.

Was a historian and a survivor of the Holocaust. A well-known Christian opponent of the Nazi Party,

Was a historian and a survivor of the Holocaust. A well-known Christian opponent of the Nazi Party, he was arrested more than once and spent six years at Buchenwald concentration camp. Kogon was known in Germany as a journalist, sociologist, political sci

Was a German philologist, a specialist in the English language and English literature. He became Pro

Was a German philologist, a specialist in the English language and English literature. He became Professor at the University of Breslau. His published works covered a wide range of medieval works.

Was a German composer, notably of opera. A friend of Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler, he was an im

Was a German composer, notably of opera. A friend of Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler, he was an important figure in musical scene in Weimar before the First World War. Lindner's earlier career was spent in Leipzig, where his recently completed opera Ramiro was first staged in September 1886 at the Neues Stadttheater, with Mahler conducting in his own first season there.

Is a Polish-born German footballer currently playing with 1. FSV Mainz 05, mainly as a defensive mid

Is a Polish-born German footballer currently playing with 1. FSV Mainz 05, mainly as a defensive midfielder. Polanski made his professional debuts with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2004–05, having joined the club's youth ranks ten years earlier. Polanski o

Was a former East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He was European cup semi

Was a former East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He was European cup semi finalist 100 metre champion in 1975, 1977, and 1979. And in 1977 he was European cup 100/200 metre winner. After this he then went on to the world cup held in Germany where he came 2nd in the World Cup 100 metres narrowly beating by Steve Williams of USA. He then finished 2nd again with the German sprint relay team.