German Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a West German Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 19th in the Nordic combined ev

Was a West German Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 19th in the Nordic combined event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Böck also competed in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, but did not finish.

Was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Germa

Was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final.

Is a German-American violinist, composer, and musicologist. Here he taught numerous courses in compo

Is a German-American violinist, composer, and musicologist. Here he taught numerous courses in composition, music theory, and performance practice. In 1988 he was promoted to Professor. In 1989 the state government of Bavaria, Germany, awarded him the "Sudetendeutscher Kulturpreis" in composition. He served as the chairperson of the Composition Department at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at the Catholic University of America, until he became Professor Emeritus in 1999. From then on he has devoted his time mostly to composition and performance, but also teaches selected graduate students.

Is a German sprint canoer who competed in the 1930s. He won the silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event

Is a German sprint canoer who competed in the 1930s. He won the silver medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Was a film actor remembered for playing many Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s.He began his U.S.

Was a film actor remembered for playing many Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s.He began his U.S. acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he was spotted by a talent scout and signed to a Warner Bros. contract. Dantine spent the early 1940s there; appearing in International Squadron (1941) with Ronald Reagan, Casablanca (1942), Edge of Darkness (his first lead role), Mission to Moscow, Northern Pursuit (all 1943), Passage to Marseille, The Mask of Dimitrios (both 1944), Hotel Berlin and Escape in the Desert (both 1945).

Is deceased Polish-German football (soccer) defender who won the 1978–79 UEFA Cup with Borussia Mönchengladbach. He also played eight seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1978, Dudek, native of Poland who later became a West German citizen, signe

Was a popular award winning German actor. Helmut Fischer was the son of a businessman and a tailor a

Was a popular award winning German actor. Helmut Fischer was the son of a businessman and a tailor and grew up in the Munich district of Neuhausen in Donnersbergerstraße 50a,[1] where he also went to school. When the secondary school rejected him, he joined Otto Falckenberg's drama school, which he quit after a short time. In the subsequent period Fischer worked as a theater actor. In 1952 was his stage debut at the Würzburg city theatre as Albrecht III in Friedrich Hebbel's Agnes Bernauer. The reviews were devastating.

Was a footballer who represented West Germany at three World Cups.A playmaker and striker who made h

Was a footballer who represented West Germany at three World Cups.A playmaker and striker who made his international debut at age 19 in 1958, he played at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England and the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, earning a total of 33 caps and scoring 13 goals.West Germany reached the final of the 1966 competition and Haller scored the opening goal of the game which Germany lost 2–4 to England. Along with his second place medal, Haller also got the match ball, though more than 30 years later he returned to England to present it to Geoff Hurst, who had scored a hat-trick in the contest and was therefore by tradition considered to be entitled to the ball.

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won a silver medal i

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in East Berlin.

Is a German rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. In 1952 he was a crew member of the Germ

Is a German rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. In 1952 he was a crew member of the German boat which won the silver medal in the coxed pairs event.

Is a retired German football player.

Is a retired German football player.

Was a German football player. He spent 5 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Nuremberg.

Was a German football player. He spent 5 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Nuremberg.

Is a former Austrian alpine skier.

Is a former Austrian alpine skier.

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Was a German theoretical physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics and the understanding

Was a German theoretical physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics and the understanding of atomic and molecular structure.From 1921 to circa 1923, Hönl studied at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Göttingen, followed by the University of Munich, where he studied under Arnold Sommerfeld. He was granted his doctor of philosophy in 1926. In 1929, he became assistant to Paul Peter Ewald at the Stuttgart Technische Hochschule until 1933, after which he was a Privatdozent.[

Was a German entrepreneur who built up and owned the fourth-largest chain of department stores in Ge

Was a German entrepreneur who built up and owned the fourth-largest chain of department stores in Germany. The son of a judge he was apprenticed in a Düsseldorf department store belonging to Leonhard Tietz before working for the Duisburg department store

German-American architect, designer of dozens of major buildings throughout the world.

German-American architect, designer of dozens of major buildings throughout the world.

Was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 50s.

Was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 50s.

Is a German church musician, publisher and multi-instrumentalist. Kickton studied church music at th

Is a German church musician, publisher and multi-instrumentalist. Kickton studied church music at the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule in Düsseldorf with Hans-Dieter Möller and Hartmut Schmidt. In 1986 he passed his examination (A) with distinction for improvis

Is a retired Austrian football player and a football manager currently managing ASKÖ Pregarten. His

Is a retired Austrian football player and a football manager currently managing ASKÖ Pregarten. His father was an African-American soldier and his mother a white Austrian.

German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (West G

German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (West Germany only between 1982 and 1990)

Is a German synchronis speaker and actor. He provides the German dub voices for Marlon Brando, John

Is a German synchronis speaker and actor. He provides the German dub voices for Marlon Brando, John Goodman, Yaphet Kotto, Jean Reno, and Samuel L. Jackson.

A former German football player.Moving up to the Bundesliga squad of Borussia Mönchengladbach in 19

A former German football player.Moving up to the Bundesliga squad of Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1967, Helmut Kremers won his first of two German Cup trophies with then lower league side Kickers Offenbach in 1970. In 1972, he had joined FC Schalke 04 together with his twin brother Erwin in 1971, he was able to lift the trophy for a second time. Unlike his twin brother, who played winger, full back Helmut had spells with other clubs after the end of his deal with Schalke, playing for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2nd Bundesliga of 1980-1981 and for North American Soccer League team Calgary Boomers in 1981.[1] In total Kremers scored 50 goals in 273 Bundesliga appearances.

Is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Ger

Is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.He is also a member of the Delegation for relations wi

Is a German composer associated with musique concrète instrumentale. He studied piano with Jürgen

Is a German composer associated with musique concrète instrumentale. He studied piano with Jürgen Uhde and composition and theory with Johann Nepomuk David at the Stuttgarter Musikhochschule from 1955 to 1958 and was the first private student of the Italian composer Luigi Nono in Venice from 1958 to 1960. He also worked briefly at the electronic music studio at the University of Ghent in 1965, composing his only published tape piece Szenario during that period, but thereafter focused almost exclusively on purely instrumental music.