German Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a retired German football player. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bu

Is a retired German football player. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for FSV Frankfurt on October 1, 1994 when he came on as a half-time substitute in a game against SV Meppen.

Is a German football player.Robben was born in Haselünne. As of January 2009, he plays for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for SV Eintracht Trier 05 on August 8, 2004 when he came on as a substi

Is a German politician and physicist. Currently he is leader of the Pirate Party Germany. Seipenbusc

Is a German politician and physicist. Currently he is leader of the Pirate Party Germany. Seipenbusch, a founding member of his party, studied physics at the University of Münster.[2] He was already party leader from May 2007 to May 2008, and afterwards deputy leader for one year, before he became re-elected leader of the party in July 2009, and once more in May 2010.

Is a conceptual artist and communication and media theorist. He studied fine arts from 2001 to 2006

Is a conceptual artist and communication and media theorist. He studied fine arts from 2001 to 2006 as Master student of Joseph Kosuth at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He currently lives and works in Brussels, Belgium and Munich, Germany. Throughout his career, he works in different media to express his mostly political motivated approaches. In an exhibition at the Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig, Germany, in 2008, he showed different of his screenprints on steel, which were exposed to the elements for several months and therefore corroded to develop a new picture language.

Is a German sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona,

Is a German sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event.

A former German football player. He played 208 times in the Bundesliga for SC Freiburg, Werder Breme

A former German football player. He played 208 times in the Bundesliga for SC Freiburg, Werder Bremen, and VfB Stuttgart between 1992 and 2003. Todt also earned 3 caps for the German national team in 1994 and 1995. He was called up to Germany's squad for Euro 96 as a late addition, due to injuries[1], but did not play.

Is a footballer from Germany who plays as midfielder. He currently plays for Carl Zeiss Jena.

Is a footballer from Germany who plays as midfielder. He currently plays for Carl Zeiss Jena.

Is a retired German football player.

Is a retired German football player.

Is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI Pro Tour Team Saxo Bank. Voigt is known as affab

Is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI Pro Tour Team Saxo Bank. Voigt is known as affable with a propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He is capable of repeated attacking, holding a high tempo, and breaking away from the

Is a German slalom canoer who competed in the early 1990s. He finished 29th in the K-1 event at the

Is a German slalom canoer who competed in the early 1990s. He finished 29th in the K-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Is a German former footballer. Wahl began his career with FC Hansa Rostock in the DDR-Oberliga, and

Is a German former footballer. Wahl began his career with FC Hansa Rostock in the DDR-Oberliga, and won one cap for East Germany. After reunification, Hansa won the final, transitional DDR championship, and the cup, with Wahl scoring the winner in the fin

Is the most successful German ski jumper of all time. Only Finns Matti Nykänen, Janne Ahonen and th

Is the most successful German ski jumper of all time. Only Finns Matti Nykänen, Janne Ahonen and the Pole Adam Malysz have won more World Cup victories. As a 19 year-old he won the Four Hills Tournament for East Germany in 1983/84. Weißflog was known as "Floh" (flea in German) due to his slight stature and his light body. That same winter he won the combined World Cup and later the normal hill event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. The following winter was dominated by Weißflog and the outstanding Finn Matti Nykänen.

German ski jumper of all time. Only Finns Matti Nyk

German ski jumper of all time. Only Finns Matti Nyk

Is a German footballer, who currently plays for SC Paderborn 07.

Is a German footballer, who currently plays for SC Paderborn 07.

Is a German hurdler. He finished 6th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Champi

Is a German hurdler. He finished 6th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

As a German chemist. He was born at Hirschberg in Silesia, became a mining official at Breslau in 17

As a German chemist. He was born at Hirschberg in Silesia, became a mining official at Breslau in 1794, and in 1800 was appointed assessor to the department of mines and chemist to the royal porcelain factory at Berlin, where he died.To him belongs the merit of carrying out some of the earliest determinations of the quantities by weight in which acids saturate bases and bases acids, and of arriving at the conception that those amounts of different bases which can saturate the same quantity of a particular acid are equivalent to each other. (titration)

A German-American footballer who plays for FC Schalke 04. His father is an African-American soldier

A German-American footballer who plays for FC Schalke 04. His father is an African-American soldier stationed in Germany. In the 2005–06 season, he suffered a serious leg injury that required surgery, and was injured for 8 months, only returning in the first half of the last game of the season.

Is a German professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2008 NH

Is a German professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The Leafs used the Florida Panthers' 5th round choice, which they received in sole compensation for defenseman Wade Belak in a trade on February 26, 2008. Flaake has signed with the Hamburg Freezers for the 2010 - 2012 seasons. He formerly wore number 90 for Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks) of the German Hockey League. Two of his four goals for Köln in the 2008–09 season have been game winning goals.[1]

Is a German politician of Polish birth. He is a member of the Green Party.In 1984 Montag joined the

Is a German politician of Polish birth. He is a member of the Green Party.In 1984 Montag joined the Green Party. In the years 1998 to 2002 he was chairman of the party in the State of Bavaria. Since 2002 Montag has been a member of the Bundestag and speak

He belongs to a widely extended noble family von Puttkamer (also spelled v. Puttkamer) whose earlies

He belongs to a widely extended noble family von Puttkamer (also spelled v. Puttkamer) whose earliest ancestor is first recorded between 1257 and 1260. While some of its branches have the title of Graf (count), others are entitled to the lesser Freiherr (baron). According to a widespread family tradition, each firstborn Puttkamer receives the first name of "Jesco".

Is a German actor, editor und author. At four years old, Friedrich moved with his family in Lübeck.

Is a German actor, editor und author. At four years old, Friedrich moved with his family in Lübeck. in 1993 he obtained his Abitur (high school diploma) at the Johanneum. In later years he studied history and German in Göttingen. In 2004 Friedrich obtained his Ph.D. with a thesis on Middle High German. Jesko Friedrich started writings jokes for the show Freitag Nacht News already in 1999. After a stage in NDR Television, Friedrich was employed as editor of the Extra 3 show. Since 2003, together with Dennis Kaupp,

A German singer and actress. Böhrs produced vocals for a techno-pop project Novaspace, which perfor

A German singer and actress. Böhrs produced vocals for a techno-pop project Novaspace, which performed a few Top-10 hit-singles including "Time After Time", Guardian Angel and "Beds Are Burning". She also appeared in Eurotrip (2004) as Mieke, the object o

Also known under her nickname Jess, is a German pop singer, songwriter and television host, who rose

Also known under her nickname Jess, is a German pop singer, songwriter and television host, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.[1] In 2003 Wahls returned to the music business as a solo artist. Since then she has released four moderately successful singles in English and in German.Wahls has also worked as a host for several TV shows, most noticeably on the German quiz channel 9Live. Furthermore she can be seen as the spokeswomen for a number of local advertising campaigns

Is a German actress. Growing up in the small town of Michelstadt, Germany, she won a contest of the

Is a German actress. Growing up in the small town of Michelstadt, Germany, she won a contest of the German teen magazine Bravo in 1993. Subsequently, she worked as a model and VJ for the music channel VIVA. In 2000 she started her acting career and occasionally hosts events, e.g. the German Film Award 2004. Schwarz separated from actor Daniel Brühl after a 5-year relationship in 2006 and is currently living in Berlin.

Is a German football striker. She currently plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.

Is a German football striker. She currently plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.