German Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a retired German long jumper. He finished seventh at the 1998 World Junior Championships. He also

Is a retired German long jumper. He finished seventh at the 1998 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, but did not reach the final round.[1] He became German champion in 2001, 2003 and 2004,[2] representing the sports club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[3]

Is a South African-born soccer player holding a German passport. The striker began his football care

Is a South African-born soccer player holding a German passport. The striker began his football career in South Africa with local team Bayview Durban and D'Alberton Callies Durban, before he moved to Germany and Stuttgarter Kickers in 1992. After spendin

Was a German bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. Competing in three Winter

Was a German bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two bronze medals at the Winter Olympics, earning them in the five-man event (1928) and in the four-man event (1932).

Is a German footballer who last played for Hansa Rostock.He made his professional debut in the 2. Bu

Is a German footballer who last played for Hansa Rostock.He made his professional debut in the 2. Bundesliga with Hansa Rostock on 16 February 2009 when he started a game against SC Freiburg.

Was a German composer and organist of the Baroque era. . On 17 June 1653 he was elected town musicia

Was a German composer and organist of the Baroque era. . On 17 June 1653 he was elected town musician, and it was also around that time that he became assistant to Tobias Eberlin, then organist of the famous Ulm Münster Cathedral. Sherer probably started studying with Eberlin at the same time, later married his daughter and in 1671 succeeded him as organist of the cathedral. Sources disagree on whether Scherer was later appointed organist or simply organ consultant at St Thomas Church (Église Saint-Thomas) in Strasbourg, France, but it was most probably the latter case, since apparently he remained Ulm's cathedral organist until his death in 1712.

Is a race car driver, son of Roland Asch. Starting his career in slalom and karting, he drove in the

Is a race car driver, son of Roland Asch. Starting his career in slalom and karting, he drove in the 2004 German Ford Fiesta Cup, driving the #8 car.

Is a German long jumper best known for having history's second longest indoor long jump. He won the

Is a German long jumper best known for having history's second longest indoor long jump. He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

Is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bron

Is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.The midfielder from German club Club an der Alster made his international senior debut for the natio

Was a German composer about whom very little is known. Bodinus was born in the village of Bittstädt

Was a German composer about whom very little is known. Bodinus was born in the village of Bittstädt in Saxe-Gotha and trained as a violinist. It is known that in 1718 he entered the service of the Margrave Karl III of Baden-Durlach at the court in Karlsruhe. Bodinus worked elsewhere but always returned to Karlsruhe and was concertmaster there for two periods. He left Karlsruhe in 1752, returned in a disoriented state in 1758 and was committed to an insane asylum in Pforzheim where he died.

Is a German footballer who plays for Werder Bremen, mainly as a left back. Boenisch made his profess

Is a German footballer who plays for Werder Bremen, mainly as a left back. Boenisch made his professional debut for Schalke 04 on 11 February 2006. He also made his under-21 international debut that year. The Polish-born player hesitated whether to cap f

Is a German football player currently playing for FC Erding. His brother Philipp Bönig is also a pr

Is a German football player currently playing for FC Erding. His brother Philipp Bönig is also a professional footballer.

Was an Alsatian humanist and satirist.[1] He is best known for his satire Das Narrenschiff (The Ship

Was an Alsatian humanist and satirist.[1] He is best known for his satire Das Narrenschiff (The Ship of Fools).[2] In 1485 he married Elisabeth Bürgis from Basel, the daughter of a cutler. Elisabeth bore him seven children. Keen for his eldest son Onophri

Is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2007.

Is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2007.

Is a German artist.[1] He studied at the Wimbledon College of Art, and at the Akademie der Bildenden

Is a German artist.[1] He studied at the Wimbledon College of Art, and at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. He has exhibited at the Kunstverein Heilbronn and the Kunstbau Lenbachhaus in Munich,[2] Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt,[3] Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Berlin.[4] He lives in Berlin.

A former football player in Germany and was considered to be the future of German football at the tu

A former football player in Germany and was considered to be the future of German football at the turn of the millennium. He played as a right winger for German Bundesliga sides Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha Berlin and Bayern Munich, and was also a member of the German national team.

Is a German politician.He has been an SPD member of the German parliament (Bundestag) since 1998. He

Is a German politician.He has been an SPD member of the German parliament (Bundestag) since 1998. He was a member of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder's red-green coalition, and a member of chancellor Angela Merkel's grand coalition. He is the cha

Is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Stuttgart II.

Is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Stuttgart II.

Was a German handball player, who played for the professional club TSV Dormagen since 2008, coming f

Was a German handball player, who played for the professional club TSV Dormagen since 2008, coming from the professional club HSG Konstanz and was a member and captain of the German under-21 national handball team. He died in Schaffhausen during a U-21 ma

Is a German striker playing for 1. FC Köln.Before joining Karlsruher SC in 1999, he played as a you

Is a German striker playing for 1. FC Köln.Before joining Karlsruher SC in 1999, he played as a youth member for SC Wettersbach. His debut for the Karlsruher side came on October 15, 2004, in a Second Bundesliga match against Rot-Weiss Essen where Freis i

Is an Austrian trombonist, tenor and yodeller, and a founding member of the Austrian jazz-folk band

Is an Austrian trombonist, tenor and yodeller, and a founding member of the Austrian jazz-folk band Global Kryner.Originally from a musical family from Koppl near Salzburg, Fuchsberger studied the trombone from 1988 to 1996 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (under Professors Unterberger, Küblböck and Josel) and attended courses by Branimir Slokar. From 1996-97 he was engaged in the stage orchestra of the Vienna State Opera.

Is a German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. At the 2000 World Junior Championships Gatzk

Is a German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. At the 2000 World Junior Championships Gatzka won a silver medal in 4x400 m relay with Christian Duma, Steffen Hönig and Bastian Swillims. Gatzka travelled to the 2004 Summer Olympics as a reserve team member, but did not make an Olympic start. At the 2005 European Indoor Championships he won a bronze medal in 400 m and came in fourth with the German 4x400 m relay team.

Is a German footballer who plays as a striker. He began his career with his hometown club, 1. FC Mag

Is a German footballer who plays as a striker. He began his career with his hometown club, 1. FC Magdeburg, and had spells with Chemnitzer FC and Dynamo Dresden before, in July 2003, he decided to take a break from football to go backpacking in Australia.

Is a backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 50m Backstroke at the European

Is a backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 50m Backstroke at the European SC Championships 1999 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Is a German singer and songwriter.

Is a German singer and songwriter.

Is a former German nordic combined skier who has competed since 1999. He won two silver medals in th

Is a former German nordic combined skier who has competed since 1999. He won two silver medals in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (2005, 2007) and finished 8th in the 15 km individual event at the 1999 championships. Haseney finished 6th in the 15 km individual event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. His two individual career victories were in two 7.5 km sprint events at Lake Placid, New York in 1999 and at Val di Fiemme in 2008.