German Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a German citizen and Nazi Party member who, during World War II, worked as a SS physician at the

Was a German citizen and Nazi Party member who, during World War II, worked as a SS physician at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi occupied Poland from 1943 to 1945. He was the only person acquitted of war crimes at the 1947 Auschwitz trials in Kraków. Later on, he returned to Germany and worked as a practising physician in Roßhaupten in Bavaria.

Is a retired German basketball player with the German national basketball team and German league squ

Is a retired German basketball player with the German national basketball team and German league squad Bayer Giants Leverkusen (1995-1997, 1999-2001). He currently serves as Head Coach of the Giants Düsseldorf. Gnad led the German squad for 10 years, incl

Is a German folk-singer and composer.His career started around 1955 when he performed typical Bavari

Is a German folk-singer and composer.His career started around 1955 when he performed typical Bavarian music. In 1970 he had his first and biggest success Golden schimmern meine Berge, a Number-1-Hit for three months in German folk-charts Lustige Musikanten.

Is an Austrian software developer, politician and was leader of the Pirate Party of Austria from Dec

Is an Austrian software developer, politician and was leader of the Pirate Party of Austria from December 2007 till February 2011.Haas visited the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt for information technology and networking, based at the Ungargasse school cent

Is a retired German football player. He currently works for Hamburger SV as a scout.

Is a retired German football player. He currently works for Hamburger SV as a scout.

Schumacher was involved in a collision with a French defender, substitute Patrick Battiston, in the

Schumacher was involved in a collision with a French defender, substitute Patrick Battiston, in the semi-final of the 1982 World Cup. Both Battiston and Schumacher were chasing down a long-ball pass, sprinting at each other and the ball from opposite directions. Battiston arrived just before Schumacher, firing off a shot to the left of Schumacher. Just before the resulting collision, Schumacher jumped and put his hands in the air and to his left, as if trying to stop the ball, even though the ball already had passed him. He also seemed to oddly twist and contort his legs off to the side of him while mid-flight, resulting in his buttocks actually making the first impact with Battiston. Afterwards, Battiston was prone, unmoving on the pitch, with his two front teeth knocked out and damaged vertebrae

Was an Austrian cross country skier, ski jumper, and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1920s

Was an Austrian cross country skier, ski jumper, and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1920s and in the 1930s. He was born in Judenburg. He competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics, in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1932

Is a former Austrian football midfielder. He is married and has two children.Cerny made his debut fo

Is a former Austrian football midfielder. He is married and has two children.Cerny made his debut for Austria in a March 1993 friendly match against Greece. He earned 47 caps, scoring 4 goals.[1] His last international was an April 2004 friendly match against Luxembourg.

Is an East German-German bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympic

Is an East German-German bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994.

Is an East German former luger who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. He won the silver

Is an East German former luger who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. He won the silver medal in the men's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Ehrig won two bronze medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1973, 1975). He also won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold in 1970 and a silver in 1972.

Austrian motorsport journalist and racing driver.

Austrian motorsport journalist and racing driver.

Is a German organist, choral conductor and composer teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Theate

Is a German organist, choral conductor and composer teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He was awarded the 1983 Grand Prix du Disque Liszt.

A Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Münster, Germany, Scientific Director of t

A Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Münster, Germany, Scientific Director of the Center of Nanotechnology (CeNTech) in Münster, and co-director of the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) in Karlsruhe. His research focuses on nanoscale science and nanotechnology, ranging from scanning probe microscopy to self organized nanostructure fabrication, and nano-bio systems. He has published more than 250 scientific articles in various journals as an author or co-author. He was awarded the Philip Morris Research Prize "Challenge Future" in 1994 and the Münsterland Innovation Prize in 2001. He is currently a member of various scientific organizations including the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina. He holds two guest professorships in China. He is a cofounder of several nanotechnology companies and a member of the Editorial Boards in several international journals.

Was a German composer of contemporary classical music.From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Be

Was a German composer of contemporary classical music.From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln. During the early part of the second world war he served as a military band clarinetist. When his pianistic abilities were noticed hy the Musikmeister, he was put on detached duties as a pianist/accompanist for "Lazarettenkonzerte", concerts for recuperating wounded officers.He was based for some time near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where he made the acquaintance of Richard Strauss. When the war ended, he was offered a post at the Munich Musikhochschule. This was blocked by the American authorities, and so, from 1946 to 1957 he taught at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Is an East German slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s.

Is an East German slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s.

A German linguist and cultural scientist who lives and works in Finland. Haarmann studied general li

A German linguist and cultural scientist who lives and works in Finland. Haarmann studied general linguistics, various philological disciplines and prehistory at the universities of Hamburg, Bonn, Coimbra and Bangor. He obtained his PhD in Bonn (1970) and his habilitation (qualification at professorship level) in Trier (1979). He taught and conducted research at a number of German and Japanese universities and is a member of the Research Centre on Multilingualism in Brussels. Since 2003, he has been Vice-President of the Institute of Archaeomythology (headquartered in Sebastopol, California) and director of its European branch (based in Luumäki, Finland).

Is a German photographer. With Sibylle Bergemann and Ute Mahler, Hauswald was a co-founder of the Os

Is a German photographer. With Sibylle Bergemann and Ute Mahler, Hauswald was a co-founder of the Ostkreuz photo agency.[1]

Is a retired (West) German middle distance runner who specialized in 1500 metres. He was one of the

Is a retired (West) German middle distance runner who specialized in 1500 metres. He was one of the runners that set a world record of 14:38.8 minutes in the 4x1500 metres relay in 1977, together with Thomas Wessinghage, Michael Lederer, and Karl Fleschen. He ran 3:40.2 minutes on the second leg.[citation needed] He finished sixth in 1500 m at the 1979 European Indoor Championships. In 1980, Hudak temporarily became the third-fastest 1500 m runner of all time when he set a personal best of 3:31.96 minutes at a meeting in Koblenz where Steve Ovett set a new world record and Thomas Wessinghage set a new German record. 3:31.96 remained his career best time. In Germany only Thomas Wessinghage has run faster.[1] However, Hudak could not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the West German boycott.

Was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Ger

Was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played three matches as forward.

Is a former German football player. On the national level he played for East Germany national team

Is a former German football player. On the national level he played for East Germany national team (41 matches/four goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer O

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1976 he was a crew member of the East German boat which won the gold medal in the coxed pairs event.

Actually Harry Heinz Herbert Juhnke, was a well-known German actor, comedian and entertainer.His fir

Actually Harry Heinz Herbert Juhnke, was a well-known German actor, comedian and entertainer.His first stage appearance was in 1948. In 1950, he was hired by the theater of Neustrelitz. In the following years, he worked in several other theaters, including the Freie Volksbühne in Berlin. He became well-known in the following decades, often playing the role of the young lover or a comic Berliner. He also dubbed Marlon Brando in German films.

Is a former German footballer.Karger moved from amateur club FC Burgsolms to the Bundesliga side Ei

Is a former German footballer.Karger moved from amateur club FC Burgsolms to the Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in 1979. The qualified mail man scored in his first season 9 goals in 23 appearances. In UEFA cup Karger netted as well for his club and

Is a German former footballer.

Is a German former footballer.

Is a German football coach and a former player. He signed with VfB Stuttgart in the 1989 off-season

Is a German football coach and a former player. He signed with VfB Stuttgart in the 1989 off-season after finishing in the Top 10 of Bundesliga scorers for 3 consecutive seasons, but suffered a serious knee injury with few days to go before the season ope