German Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a contemporary classical, film and television composer in Australia. From 1948 Dreyfus played bas

Is a contemporary classical, film and television composer in Australia. From 1948 Dreyfus played bassoon in touring orchestras accompanying opera and ballet companies before joining the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (then known as the Victorian SO) in 1953. He was bassoonist there from 1953-1954 and 1958-1964.[1] In the 1950s he studied at the Imperial Academy of Music in Vienna. He began composing in 1956 but did not concentrate on composition until the 1960s after he left the Orchestra. In 1972 he won the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award.

American actor known for his role as Sgt. Max Greevey in the first season of the TV crime drama Law

American actor known for his role as Sgt. Max Greevey in the first season of the TV crime drama Law & Order.

Was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North Ame

Was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly-known; he was particularly active in the Rocky Mountains and northern Mexico.he first became interested in plants around age 15, but studied medicine and received an MD in 1831. He came to the US in the following year, apparently to invest some of his uncle's money, but spent his time on botanical travels, first visiting Thomas Nuttall in Philadelphia. He then went to St. Louis, Missouri, and from there around to the adjacent states. After a couple of years on a farm in Illinois, he returned to St. Louis and established a medical practice. In 1840 he visited Germany, where he married a cousin, Dorothea Horstmann, and they returned to America. (Their son George Julius Engelmann became a noted gynecologist.)

A German-born Baroque composer who is famous for his operas, oratorios and concerti grossi

A German-born Baroque composer who is famous for his operas, oratorios and concerti grossi

Was a German painter, best known for his Biedermeier-style interior paintings.Kersting came from a l

Was a German painter, best known for his Biedermeier-style interior paintings.Kersting came from a large and impoverished family in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the son of a glazier. He studied at the progressive Copenhagen Academy between 1805 and 1808, where he adapted the visual clarity of the contemporary Danish school[1] and was awarded a silver medal in draughtsmanship. Kersting moved to Dresden in 1808,[2] joining the Lützow Free Corps — a voluntary force of the Prussian Army — in 1813. He moved to Poland in 1814 to work as a drawing master, and returned to Meissen in 1818, where he married and had four children. That year he became the chief artist at a Biedermeier porcelain manufacturer in Meissen and remained there until life's end.

A prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group, known especially for his savagely c

A prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group, known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s.

Was a noted philologist and linguist.Adler arrived in the United States in 1833 and graduated valedi

Was a noted philologist and linguist.Adler arrived in the United States in 1833 and graduated valedictorian[2] from New York University in 1844. In 1846, he became a professor of modern languages at New York University.In 1849, he compiled the Dictionary of German and English Languages, whose publication marked Adler as one of the great linguists of his era.In 1858, Adler completed his last important work, A Practical Grammar of the Latin Language.Adler's Latin textbook has become the focus for renewed study of Spoken Latin in the 21st Century, after languishing in near oblivion since its publication.[3] Both of these textbooks are in effect editions of the language textbooks of H. Ollendorff.

Is an Austrian football manager and current head coach of the Pakistan national football team.Kottan

Is an Austrian football manager and current head coach of the Pakistan national football team.Kottan played as a midfielder and started his career at MTK Hungária FC in the 1962-63 season. He left in 1972 to play in the Austrian Bundesliga for SK VOEST Li

Was a German canon lawyer. He was the son of James Phillips, an Englishman who had acquired wealth a

Was a German canon lawyer. He was the son of James Phillips, an Englishman who had acquired wealth as a merchant in Königsberg, and of a Scotchwoman née Hay. On completing his course at the gymnasium, George studied law at the Universities of Berlin and Göttingen (1822–24); his principal teachers were von Savigny and Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, and, under the influence of the latter, he devoted himself mainly to the study of Germanic law.

The last king of Hanover and a member of the German branch of the House of Hanover. In the peerage o

The last king of Hanover and a member of the German branch of the House of Hanover. In the peerage of Great Britain, he was Duke of Cumberland.

Was an American physician, scientist, and leading activist against fluoridation.[1] George Waldbott,

Was an American physician, scientist, and leading activist against fluoridation.[1] George Waldbott, the son of Leo Waldbott and Hermine Rosenberger, was born in 1898 in Speyer, Germany. Both his parents were Jewish. Waldbott studied medicine in Heidelberg and graduated as a Dr. med. from the Medical School of the University of Heidelberg in 1921. Afterwards he emigrated to the United States, where he interned at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He specialized in the research and treatment of allergies. In this field he published several books and more than 200 scientific articles, many in American Medical Association journals.

Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German biologist.

Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German biologist.

Is a German politician of Greek descent, Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic

Is a German politician of Greek descent, Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany (part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe).From 1996 to 1998 he was member of the planning department of the Foreign Offi

Was a German scholar and scientist. Known as "the father of mineralogy", he was born at Glauchau in

Was a German scholar and scientist. Known as "the father of mineralogy", he was born at Glauchau in Saxony. His real name was Georg Pawer; Agricola is the Latinised version of his name, Pawer/(Bauer) meaning farmer. He is best known for his book De Re Metallica.Gifted with a precocious intellect, Georg early threw himself into the pursuit of the "new learning," with such effect that at the age of twenty he was appointed Rector extraordinarius of Greek at the so-called Great School of Zwickau, and made his appearance as a writer on philology. After two years he gave up his appointment in order to pursue his studies at Leipzig, where, as rector, he received the support of the professor of classics, Peter Mosellanus (1493-1524), a celebrated humanist of the time, with whom he had already been in correspondence. Here he also devoted himself to the study of medicine,

Is a German football coach and former player who is currently a goalkeeping coach with 1. FC Kaisers

Is a German football coach and former player who is currently a goalkeeping coach with 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

A Ghanaian-born German footballer. He plays as a forward for Schalke, a team he has been with since

A Ghanaian-born German footballer. He plays as a forward for Schalke, a team he has been with since 1999.Asamoah made his debut for Germany in 2001 against Slovakia, making him the first black player to ever play for the side (however, Erwin Kostedde and Jimmy Hartwig, two previous internationals, had one black and one white parent). He scored on his debut, and went on to play in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.

Is an Austrian footballer who currently plays for Austrian team LASK Linz.

Is an Austrian footballer who currently plays for Austrian team LASK Linz.

Was an Austrian footballer who took part in the 1990 World Cup.Born in Vienna, he mostly played prof

Was an Austrian footballer who took part in the 1990 World Cup.Born in Vienna, he mostly played professional football for local sides during his club career except for one season at Sankt Pölten. Making his debut at 17 years of age at Austria, he also played for First Vienna, Admira Wacker and SV Schwechat.

Is a former East German Christian Democratic (CDU) politician.In 1946, Götting joined the East Germ

Is a former East German Christian Democratic (CDU) politician.In 1946, Götting joined the East German Christian Democratic Union, a christian-democratic party. He then spent two years at the Martin Luther University of Halle, where he studied German studi

Is a retired football defender from Austria. During his club career, Messlender played for Admira Wa

Is a retired football defender from Austria. During his club career, Messlender played for Admira Wacker Wien, Tirol Innsbruck and SC Austria Lustenau. He also featured in the Austria squad for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

Is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Milram. In 2005, Ciolek won the Ger

Is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Milram. In 2005, Ciolek won the German National Championship road race at age 18, the youngest ever rider to do so.Ciolek started racing at senior events in May 2005, with Team AKUD Arnolds

Is a retired football defender from Austria. During his club career, Piesinger played for LASK Linz

Is a retired football defender from Austria. During his club career, Piesinger played for LASK Linz and SK Vorwärts Steyr.

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for ASK Voitsberg.

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for ASK Voitsberg.

Is a retired East German javelin thrower. Weiß represented the sports club SC Traktor Schwerin, and

Is a retired East German javelin thrower. Weiß represented the sports club SC Traktor Schwerin, and became East German champion in 1981.[1] His personal best throw was 83.30 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Jena.[2]

Is a retired football midfielder from Austria.During his club career, Willfurth notably played for R

Is a retired football midfielder from Austria.During his club career, Willfurth notably played for Rapid Wien and SV Austria Salzburg.