German Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is an Austrian football coach and former player. He debuted for Vorwärts Steyr, and later played fo

Is an Austrian football coach and former player. He debuted for Vorwärts Steyr, and later played for First Vienna FC. He also made his way to the foreign clubs USC Triestina and Besançon RC. He made his debut for Austria in December 1946 against Hungary and earned 4 caps, scoring one goal. his greatest success as a coach came in Denmark, where he made Esbjerg fB champions in 1961, 1962, 1965, and 1979. He was also coach of the Denmark national football team from 1970 to 1975.

Is a German computer scientist and professor at KIT, Germany. He is the head of the knowledge manage

Is a German computer scientist and professor at KIT, Germany. He is the head of the knowledge management research group at the Institute AIFB and one of the directors of the Karlsruhe Service Research Institute (KSRI). He is former president of the Semantic Web Science Association,[1] and a member of numerous programme committees and editorial boards. He was one of the inaugural editor-in-chiefs of the Journal of Web Semantics, a position he held until 2007. He is a co-author of the Semantic Wikipedia proposal.[2]

German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team. He w

German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team. He won the FIFA World Cup in 1990 as a player

Was a champion ice hockey player.

Was a champion ice hockey player.

Was a German horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a German horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is a former German football manager and former player. Due to his habit of smoking a great number of

Is a former German football manager and former player. Due to his habit of smoking a great number of cigars, he has been given the nickname "Stumpen-Rudi", or Cheroot Rudi.

Was a German football (soccer) player. The former top scorer of the Bundesliga (football) and five t

Was a German football (soccer) player. The former top scorer of the Bundesliga (football) and five times player for Germany is closely associated with the great era of TSV 1860 Munich in the 1960s.The forward played from 1960 until 1968 for 1860 Munich. Initially, from 1960 to 1963 the club was in the Oberliga Süd, the southern division of the then five way split German first division. There, 1860 won the league in 1963, yielding the title of "South German Champions", a berth in the play-offs for the national championship of that year, and most importantly a place in the first Bundesliga season 1963/64. In the Oberliga years Brunnenmeier contributed an impressive 73 goals in 88 Matches.

A former German footballer.He played one match for the Germany national football team, on 28 May 195

A former German footballer.He played one match for the Germany national football team, on 28 May 1955 against the Republic of Ireland. He later participated in the 1956 Olympics. He was part of the German 22-player squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but was on reserve in Germany and did not actually travel to the tournament in Sweden (along with Wolfgang Peters, Hermann Nuber and Günter Sawitzki).

Was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 64th in the 18 km event

Was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 64th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

Is a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s. He won the silver medal in the two-man event

Is a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s. He won the silver medal in the two-man event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.

Is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part

Is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part of the West German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches as goalkeeper.

Is an Austrian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfi

Is an Austrian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.During the Second Round of the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup, in a match against Scottish side Celtic, Weinhofer claimed he had been hit and injured by an object thrown by Celtic's fans; UEFA ordered the match to be replayed.

Is a retired German football coach and a player.

Is a retired German football coach and a player.

Is a former German football player.Joining the youth ranks of Hamburger SV from boyhood-club Wormati

Is a former German football player.Joining the youth ranks of Hamburger SV from boyhood-club Wormatia Worms in 1970, Kargus stepped up to become a Bundesliga goalkeeper for the North Germans from 1971, capturing the starting role in the goal of Hamburg in

Was an Austrian alpine skier.

Was an Austrian alpine skier.

Was a German politician (KPD, SED) and Minister-President of Brandenburg (1949-1952).

Was a German politician (KPD, SED) and Minister-President of Brandenburg (1949-1952).

Was a German teacher, politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), member of the Hamburg Parliam

Was a German teacher, politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), member of the Hamburg Parliament, and First Mayor of Hamburg.In 1919, Ross was elected as a member of the Hamburg Parliament, and served until 1933. He was President of the diet from 1

Was a German politician of the Zentrum and the first Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (1

Was a German politician of the Zentrum and the first Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (1946/47). He was born in Köln and died in Düsseldorf.

Was a German-born author, art and film theorist and perceptual psychologist. He himself said that hi

Was a German-born author, art and film theorist and perceptual psychologist. He himself said that his major books are Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye (1954), Visual Thinking (1969), and The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts (1982), but it is Art and Visual Perception for which he was most widely known. Revised, enlarged and published as a New Version in 1974, it has been translated into 14 languages, and is very likely one of the most widely read and influential art books of the twentieth century.

Was a German entrepreneur who became a billionaire running his private food company Oetker-Gruppe. H

Was a German entrepreneur who became a billionaire running his private food company Oetker-Gruppe. He served in the Waffen-SS before he became the president of their family-run business in 1944, inherited from his grandfather August Oetker, who invented a

Was a German road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912, he was a member o

Was a German road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912, he was a member of the German cycling team which finished sixth in the team time trial event. In the individual time trial competition he finished 27th.

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s.

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s.

A former German footballer and football manager.He played in France in Euro 84. After being the mana

A former German footballer and football manager.He played in France in Euro 84. After being the manager for Wacker Burghausen, he became the coach for TSV 1860 Munich at the beginning of the 2004–05 season, but was dismissed on December 4, 2004 after a string of failures.

An Austrian classical pianist.Buchbinder studied with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Vienna Academy of Musi

An Austrian classical pianist.Buchbinder studied with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1965 he made a tour of North and South America. In 1966 he won a special prize awarded at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Subsequently he has toured with the Vienna Philharmonic and appeared as soloist around the world. He also has taught piano at the Basel Academy of Music. He has recorded the complete Beethoven piano sonatas and variations for the Teldec label as well as both Brahms piano concertos with Harnoncourt and the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam.

A racecar driver, nicknamed

A racecar driver, nicknamed