German Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Was a German photographer. In 1990, she cofounded the Ostkreuz photographers agency. She is remember

Was a German photographer. In 1990, she cofounded the Ostkreuz photographers agency. She is remembered for documenting developments in East Berlin during the Communist era and for her international assignments for Stern and later for Geo. After first contributing to leading East German periodicals of the time, Das Magazin and Sonntag, in the early 1970s, her photographs started to appear in the women's fashion magazine Sibylle where she soon developed her own style. Her portraits were not analytical but rather descriptive, showing people as they appeared in real life.[1] She moved on from fashion to photograph first her own country, East Germany, and later the rest of the world. In 1990, together with Ute Mahler and Harald Hauswald, she founded the Ostkreuz agency, which now represents a score of photographers.

Is a German footballer of Nigerian descent who currently plays for FC Kaiserslautern, on loan from H

Is a German footballer of Nigerian descent who currently plays for FC Kaiserslautern, on loan from Hamburger SV. Sam is a German youth national player. He played nine times for the German under-19 national team and four for the under-20s.

A molecular biologist, who is currently the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developme

A molecular biologist, who is currently the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on the catalytic properties of RNA.

Paul W

Paul W

Is a East German slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won the gold medal in the

Is a East German slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won the gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Chess players and the most influential chess teacher of the late 19th century and early 20th century

Chess players and the most influential chess teacher of the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Was an Austrian sabre fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He return

Was an Austrian sabre fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He returned to Olympic competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics, and again participated in the individual sabre event. After winning his first round pool, Flesch was

Is an Austrian professional snowboarder. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy he won bronze i

Is an Austrian professional snowboarder. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy he won bronze in the Parallel Giant Slalom competition.

German composer

German composer

Was a German classical guitarist and composer. Behrend studied piano, harpsichord, conducting and co

Was a German classical guitarist and composer. Behrend studied piano, harpsichord, conducting and composition in Berlin, Germany, and taught himself classical guitar. At the age of 30 he already was a world-renowned artist with this instrument, playing for the Shah of Persia, the Emperor of Japan and Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo.

Was a Austrian stage and film actor and occasional film director and screenwriter.Siegried was the s

Was a Austrian stage and film actor and occasional film director and screenwriter.Siegried was the son of Hans Breuer (1870-1929), who was an opera singer and actor from Cologne. Performing was in the blood and he studied at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, some time in the early 1920s and made his stage debut at the Volkstheater, Vienna in 1924.

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olym

Is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he and his partner Wolfgang Mager won the gold medal in the coxless pairs event. Four years later he won his second gold medal as crew member of the East German boat in the coxless fours competition.

Was a German percussionist, composer and professor. He is recognized as an important figure in the d

Was a German percussionist, composer and professor. He is recognized as an important figure in the development of the professional percussion scene in Germany after World War II. From 1948 to 1951, Fink studied timpanis and percussion in the class of Alfred Wagner at the University of Music in Weimar (Germany). He also studied composition in the class of Helmut Riethmüller at the same institution. After several orchestral and teaching positions in Weimar, Magdeburg, Lübeck and Hannover, he attained a permanent teaching position for timpanis and percussion at the Bavarian University of Music (Bayerisches Staatskonservatorium für Musik) in Würzburg/Germany. In the year 1974, he was promoted to a full professor and became head of the renowned Studio für Perkussion in Würzburg. He held this position until his retirement in the year 1993.

Was a German theoretical physicist and made contributions to nuclear physics. He worked at the Kaise

Was a German theoretical physicist and made contributions to nuclear physics. He worked at the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für Chemie and worked in the German Uranverein (Uranium Club). He was editor of the 54-volume, prestigious Handbuch der Physik. he was a teaching assistant at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. From 1936 to 1937, he was a teaching assistant to Werner Heisenberg at the University of Leipzig. From 1937 to 1942, as successor to Max Delbrück, Flügge was an assistant to Otto Hahn at the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für Chemie (KWIC, after World War II reorganized and renamed the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry), in Berlin-Dahlem.[3]

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and later became a polit

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and later became a politician. In 1976 he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event.

Was an attorney, politician (DDP), and President of the Jewish Community of Württemberg, Stuttgart

Was an attorney, politician (DDP), and President of the Jewish Community of Württemberg, Stuttgart since 1933. Gumbel was born into a well-to-do Jewish family of bankers. As an adult, he was elected President of the Jewish Community of Württemberg, Stuttgart in 1933. He was also President of the B'nai B'rith of Heilbronn, and as one of the leaders of the Jewish community, he was especially concerned with the problem of anti-semitism in Germany. In the Jewish Community of Württemberg he was working to promote the migration.

Was a German mathematician who worked on invariant theory and introduced the symbolic method.

Was a German mathematician who worked on invariant theory and introduced the symbolic method.

Was a German writer and influential theatre critic. In October 1897 he left school without gaining a

Was a German writer and influential theatre critic. In October 1897 he left school without gaining any diplomas and began studying at Friedrich-Wilhelm-University as it was then called. At the time it was still possible to gain entrance to university with

Is a German operatic tenor. Closely identified with the heldentenor roles of Wagner, he has performe

Is a German operatic tenor. Closely identified with the heldentenor roles of Wagner, he has performed Siegfried, Siegmund, Lohengrin, Parsifal and Tristan to wide acclaim. Since the 1990s, he has focused on lieder, particularly those by Strauss, Mahler and Schumann.

Is a German mathematician, logician and historian of science. He is tenured professor of non-classic

Is a German mathematician, logician and historian of science. He is tenured professor of non-classical and mathematical logic at University of Leipzig where he taught from 1972 to his retirement in 2008. His main research areas are fuzzy sets and fuzzy me

A German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist.

A German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist.

A German writer who has written twelve novels and produced several collections of short stories, ess

A German writer who has written twelve novels and produced several collections of short stories, essays

Was a German Olympic fencer.

Was a German Olympic fencer.

Was a German actor who is most famous for playing Hauptkommissar Erwin Köster in the German televis

Was a German actor who is most famous for playing Hauptkommissar Erwin Köster in the German television drama Der Alte.

Is a German composer and opera director living in Berlin and is one of Germany's most often performe

Is a German composer and opera director living in Berlin and is one of Germany's most often performed contemporary composers.[1] Matthus has been the Artistic Director of the Kammeroper Rheinsberg since 1991. He is also the founder and director of the Rheinsberg Music Festival and an honorary citizen of the city of Rheinsberg.[1]