German Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a retired West German long jumper. He won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championship

Is a retired West German long jumper. He won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships in Sindelfingen.[1]

Is a German politician of the Green Party of Germany. He has been Minister-President of the state of

Is a German politician of the Green Party of Germany. He has been Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg since 12 May 2011.Kretschmann has been a member of the state parliament, the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg, since 1980, in the constituen

Was a German diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished seventh in the 3 me

Was a German diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished seventh in the 3 metre springboard event.

Is a German recorder player, composer, and editor of music. Michel studied with Ingetraud Drescher,

Is a German recorder player, composer, and editor of music. Michel studied with Ingetraud Drescher, Nikolaus Delius, and Frans Brüggen. He is lecturer for the recorder at the Staatliche Hochschule Münster and at the Musikakademie Kassel. In addition to compositions published under his own name, he has written numerous pieces in the style of the early 18th century under the pseudonym Giovanni Paolo Simonetti. In 1993 he succeeded in convincing noted Haydn scholar H. C. Robbins Landon and the pianist/scholars Paul and Eva Badura Skoda that six piano sonatas he had composed were long-lost works by Joseph Haydn (Beckerman 1994; Linskoog 1996). Based on the opening few bars of six lost Haydn works, found in an old thematic index, these sonatas were published in 1995 as works by Haydn, "supplemented and edited by Winfried Michel." He has similarly completed the Viola Sonata left as a two-movement fragment by Mikhail Glinka.

Is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. His electoral distric

Is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. His electoral district is Münster. His nickname is "Winni". He was a former member of the Communist League of West Germany (Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland; KBW) in the 1970s.

Was a German composer, music theorist, and conductor. In 1927 he became the assistant of Erich Kleib

Was a German composer, music theorist, and conductor. In 1927 he became the assistant of Erich Kleiber at the Berlin State Opera. A short time later he became repetiteur to the Oldenburg Opera. In the years 1932 to 1937, he acted as repetiteur and Kapellmeister at the Düsseldorf Opera. Positions followed as Kapellmeister in Essen and at the beginning of the 1940s as the musical leader of the Posen Opera. After the end of World War II he became the first Kapellmeister of the Düsseldorfer Oper. In the years 1947 to 1951 he occupied the position of conductor at the HR-Sinfonieorchester. After 1959 he led the musical division of Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Zillig died in 1963 in Hamburg.

German band from Berlin. While it is difficult to categorise, the group's style has often been consi

German band from Berlin. While it is difficult to categorise, the group's style has often been considered similar to that of the Neue Deutsche Welle.

German short story writer, columnist, and disc jockey of Jewish origin.

German short story writer, columnist, and disc jockey of Jewish origin.

Was a German-American mathematician. He got his Ph.D. from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Münch

Was a German-American mathematician. He got his Ph.D. from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München (February 26, 1930) on a dissertation entitled Über die Ränderzuordnung bei konformen Abbildungen, advised by Constantin Carathéodory.[1] He joined the ma

Was a Swiss composer of German and Russian extraction. Vogel first studied composition in Moscow wit

Was a Swiss composer of German and Russian extraction. Vogel first studied composition in Moscow with Scriabin, then between 1918 and 1924 with Heinz Tiessen and Ferruccio Busoni in Berlin, where he subsequently taught (1929–33) at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory. He was close to the expressionist circle around Herwarth Walden and was active (together with George Antheil, Hanns Eisler, Philipp Jarnach, Stefan Wolpe, and Kurt Weill) in the music section of the November Group of Max Butting and Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt.

Was a German composer of classical music. After leaving Leipzig in 1850, he returned to Berlin where

Was a German composer of classical music. After leaving Leipzig in 1850, he returned to Berlin where he tried to make ends meet by giving private lessons. Eventually, Clara and Robert were able to arrange for the publication of some of his early works, including his First Piano Trio.

Was a German physician.[1] A form of second degree AV block is named for him.[2]

Was a German physician.[1] A form of second degree AV block is named for him.[2]

Was a German physicist.His main work was the Lehrbuch der Kristallphysik (textbook on crystal physic

Was a German physicist.His main work was the Lehrbuch der Kristallphysik (textbook on crystal physics), first published in 1910. He discovered the Voigt effect in 1898. The word tensor in its current meaning was introduced by him in 1899. Voigt profile and Voigt notation are named after him. He was also an amateur musician and became known as a Bach expert (see External links).In 1887 Voigt[1] formulated a form of the Lorentz transformation between a rest frame of reference and a frame moving with speed v in the x direction. However, as Voigt himself declared the transformation was aimed for a specific problem and did not carry with it the ideas of a general coordinate transformation, as is the case in relativity theory.

An Austrian stage- and filmactor.In Vienna he got private lectures in speaking and studying parts. A

An Austrian stage- and filmactor.In Vienna he got private lectures in speaking and studying parts. After this education he was engaged at the Landestheater Linz, in Vienna, Klagenfurt and also in Frankfurt and from 1997 on at the “Deutsches Schauspielhaus” in Hamburg. He played for example in The Cherry Orchard (Der Kirschgarten, Anton Tschechow), Athena (Pallas Athene, Herbert Achternbusch), Danton's Death (Dantons Tod, Igor Bauersimas) and also in William Shakespeare’s famous play Twelfth Night, or What You Will (Was ihr wollt).

Was a German exegete and grammarian born at Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm At an early age Heidenheim was

Was a German exegete and grammarian born at Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm At an early age Heidenheim was sent to Fürth, where he studied Talmud under Joseph Steinhardt, author of Zikron Yosef, and, from 1777, under Hirsch Janow. Besides Talmudic literature, Heidenheim devoted himself to the study of Hebrew grammar, and particularly of the Masorah. In 1782 he left Fürth, probably on account of Janow's opposition to Mendelssohn's translation of the Pentateuch, of which Heidenheim was an admirer. He went to Frankfort-on-the-Main, where he made the acquaintance of the most prominent scholars, among them Wolf Breidenbach and Solomon Dubno. There began his literary activity, which lasted fifty years. He died at Rödelheim.

A video artist who has been exhibiting since the 1960s. Since 1982 he has been a professor of interm

A video artist who has been exhibiting since the 1960s. Since 1982 he has been a professor of intermedia art at the Technical University in Berlin.

Was a German theatre and film actor. He grew up in Switzerland, where he studied chemistry and physi

Was a German theatre and film actor. He grew up in Switzerland, where he studied chemistry and physiology. In 1937 he was deemed unfit for service in the Wehrmacht, and then went to Berlin where he trained as an actor. Kaiser made his stage début in 1941 at the Stadtheater in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, when that country was occupied by Germany. This led to Kaiser's engagement at the Volksbühne in Berlin from 1942 until 1945. Kaiser then had engagements in Frankfurt am Main, Munich and the Schauspiel Leipzig. In 1950 Kaiser returned to Berlin, where Bertolt Brecht recruited him to the Deutsches Theater and the Berliner Ensemble. Kaiser starred as Mack the Knife in Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera in more than 450 times.[1] Kaiser stayed with the Berliner Ensemble until 1967, becoming one of East Germany's foremost stage actors.

Is a German theatre and television actor. He was born in Torgau, where his family had fled during Wo

Is a German theatre and television actor. He was born in Torgau, where his family had fled during World War II. He was raised and educated in Bremen. In 1961 he moved to the United States and graduated from the Edsel Ford High School in Detroit, Michigan. He spent the next months travelling through the Midwest of the US.

Is a German actor. He is best known for playing lawyer Jo Gerner in the German soap opera Gute Zeite

Is a German actor. He is best known for playing lawyer Jo Gerner in the German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. He has been portraying this role since 3 February 1993.

Is a former German football player and manager who spent most of his career playing for 1. FC Magdeb

Is a former German football player and manager who spent most of his career playing for 1. FC Magdeburg in the DDR-Oberliga. In 2006 he was elected Best 1. FC Magdeburg Player of All Times in a telephone vote.

Is a former East German football player. Seguin took up playing football in his hometown of Burg in

Is a former East German football player. Seguin took up playing football in his hometown of Burg in 1953. He spent ten years with Einheit Burg, playing an attacking role. In the 1974 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final Seguin decided the match, scoring the game's

Is a retired German footballer. He is currently a goalkeeping coach with Borussia Dortmund.

Is a retired German footballer. He is currently a goalkeeping coach with Borussia Dortmund.

Is a retired German football player who played for 1. FC Magd

Is a retired German football player who played for 1. FC Magd

Was a German racing driver. He was the son of a noble Rhineland family.He participated in 29 Formula

Was a German racing driver. He was the son of a noble Rhineland family.He participated in 29 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 2, 1956. He won two races, secured one pole position, achieved six podiums, and scored a total o

Was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His 600 compositions include works wid

Was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His 600 compositions include works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire.