German Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a retired Austrian football player.Goriupp played his only game for Austria national football tea

Is a retired Austrian football player.Goriupp played his only game for Austria national football team in 2002 in a 2-6 loss to Germany.

Is a German former footballer.

Is a German former footballer.

Is a former Austrian footballer.Born in Jenbach, Tyrol, Hattenberger started his professional career

Is a former Austrian footballer.Born in Jenbach, Tyrol, Hattenberger started his professional career at lower league outfit Wattens, before moving to Austrian Football Bundesliga side SSW Innsbruck in 1971. After three seasons there he was lured to the German Bundesliga and stayed there for 7 years with SC Fortuna Köln and VfB Stuttgart

Is a German actor and voice actor. Roland Hemmo is one of the most successful voice actors in the hi

Is a German actor and voice actor. Roland Hemmo is one of the most successful voice actors in the history of German cinema. He has worked for over 1000 Hollywood productions since 1978. Roland Hemmo lives in Berlin, is divorced, and has two children, Sophie Johanna and Max.

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He finished seventh in the C-2 1000 m

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He finished seventh in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Is an Austrian-born bodybuilder and actor from Vienna. Standing 6-feet-4-inches-tall and weighing fr

Is an Austrian-born bodybuilder and actor from Vienna. Standing 6-feet-4-inches-tall and weighing from 250-300 pounds, he has appeared in numerous bodybuilding competitions, fitness magazines and training videos. In his acting career, Kickinger is perhaps

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for WSG Wattens.He made his debut for Austria in

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for WSG Wattens.He made his debut for Austria in a March 1993 friendly match against Greece but was overlooked for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and only became a regular after the tournament.

Is a German economist and professor of Business Administration at the Otto-von-Guericke-University i

Is a German economist and professor of Business Administration at the Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg, Germany. In 2002, Roland Kirstein visited the University of California, Berkeley (Law School, invited by Prof. Robert Cooter) and in Santa Bar

Is a German football coach.Roland Koch played for Meppen and Berrenrath. After finishing his career

Is a German football coach.Roland Koch played for Meppen and Berrenrath. After finishing his career as a player, he began working in 1981 as amateur coach with 1. FC Köln. In the 1986–87 season he was promoted to assistant coach of Christoph Daum.

Is an Austrian football player currently playing for Grazer AK.

Is an Austrian football player currently playing for Grazer AK.

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1976 he was a crew m

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

Is an Austrian football forward who currently plays for Sporting Braga in the Portuguese SuperLiga.H

Is an Austrian football forward who currently plays for Sporting Braga in the Portuguese SuperLiga.He started out in the youth teams of local club DSV Leoben. Aged 16 he left for Germany to join the youth team of 1860 München, one of the two big teams located in Bavaria's capital Munich (the other one being Bayern München)

Is a former backstroke swimmer, who won a total number of eight Olympic medals for East Germany. He

Is a former backstroke swimmer, who won a total number of eight Olympic medals for East Germany. He is considered to be one of the best backstroke swimmers of all time. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968, when the "Rolls-Royce of Swimming" won his first Olympic medals.

A German pianist, conductor, composer, musicologist, and professor of music.Roland Pröll had his fi

A German pianist, conductor, composer, musicologist, and professor of music.Roland Pröll had his first piano lessons at the age of 5. When he was 11 he became a student of Prof. Dieter Wollert at the Dortmund Music university in Germany. There he passed his diploma with distinction.After this he continued his studies in Paris at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique with Messiaen, Loriod, Sancan, Dubois, and other famous teachers. As well as studying the piano, he also studied other musical disciplines such as conducting and composing. The taught method of Solfège was a formative influence for him, especially in France, leading to his support for the dissemination of this method all over the world.

Was an Austrian racing driver who died during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the sam

Was an Austrian racing driver who died during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event that saw the death of three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna.In 1985 he also entered the prestigious Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, finishing second. He returned in 1986 and won it before graduating to British Formula Three the following season.[1] While in the UK he briefly gained fame for the similarity of his name to that of TV puppet Roland Rat, whom he appeared alongside in an edition of TV-am (whose branding briefly appeared on his car) [2].

Is a German chess grandmaster. His Elo rating was 2546. He has the nickname "Hawkeye" and is a champ

Is a German chess grandmaster. His Elo rating was 2546. He has the nickname "Hawkeye" and is a champion in Bullet chess.

Is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]

Is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]

Is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Wi

Is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man with a gold in 1984 and a bronze in 1980.

A former footballer.He was active in the Bundesliga from 1981 until 1998, spanning 287 games and 120

A former footballer.He was active in the Bundesliga from 1981 until 1998, spanning 287 games and 120 goals. At first Wohlfarth played for Borussia Bocholt in his youth, then for Duisburg, Bayern Munich, Leipzig and Bochum. His career ended in the year 2000 at Wuppertaler. With Bayern Munich he won the Bundesliga in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990, as well as DFB Cup winners in 1986.

Is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party. He was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2

Is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party. He was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2003, and has been re-elected on one occasion.

Is a former professional road bicycle racer who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 2005. He has race

Is a former professional road bicycle racer who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 2005. He has raced in 10 Tour de France, 1 Giro d'Italia and 5 Vuelta a España. Prior to his joining Telekom he had raced with Helvetia.His career highlights include third

Is a German television actor. By his first wife, actress Monika Hansen, he is the father of actor Be

Is a German television actor. By his first wife, actress Monika Hansen, he is the father of actor Ben Becker, and actress and singer Meret Becker.

Is a retired East German high jumper. Beilschmidt represented the sports club SC Motor Jena, and bec

Is a retired East German high jumper. Beilschmidt represented the sports club SC Motor Jena, and became East German champion in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981.[1] Beilschmidt's personal best high jump was 2.31 metres, achieved in August 1977 in Helsinki.[2]

Is a former German footballer. The goalkeeper started playing football at the age of nineteen for 1.

Is a former German footballer. The goalkeeper started playing football at the age of nineteen for 1. FC Köln. He also played for KSV Hessen Kassel, VfB Gießen and TuSpo Ziegenhain in a playing career that lasted thirteen years and finished in 1981.

Is a German football coach and former player, who last worked as a general manager (non-coaching rol

Is a German football coach and former player, who last worked as a general manager (non-coaching role) for Karlsruher SC.