German Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a German diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished fourth in the 10 me

Was a German diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished fourth in the 10 metre platform event and fifth in the 3 metre springboard competition.

Is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Team Sparkasse. He secured a co

Is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Team Sparkasse. He secured a contract with T-Mobile Team in 2004, having turned professional with Team Wiesenhof in 2003 and before that riding as amateur for Team Köstritzer.

German film and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Yo

German film and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Is a German Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2000. He won a bronze medal in the 4

Is a German Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2000. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Frenzel won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and earned his best individual finish of eighth in the 10 km mass start at those same championships.

Is an Austrian judoka.

Is an Austrian judoka.

Is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Nuremberg on loan from Hamburger SV as a striker. He made

Is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Nuremberg on loan from Hamburger SV as a striker. He made his first appearance in a Bundesliga match on 11 August 2007, being sent on as a substitute in the 69th minute against Hannover 96.

Is a singer from Austria who represented his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Hel

Is a singer from Austria who represented his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. He performed the song "Get A Life - Get Alive", but eliminated in semi-finals. Before he participated in Starmania, where he reached a top-5 position.

Was an Austrian-British theatre, film and television character actor.In 1939 he followed his fiancé

Was an Austrian-British theatre, film and television character actor.In 1939 he followed his fiancée, and later wife, the Jewish actress Lieselotte Goettinger, into exile in London. There he took part in propaganda broadcasts against the Nazis on the BBC. In order to earn a living, the Pohlmanns temporarily took positions in the household of the Duke of Bedford: Lieselotte as a cook, and Eric, as he was now known, as butler.

Was Jewish, he was stripped of his titles, and, in July 1933, he was threatened by the Nazis if he d

Was Jewish, he was stripped of his titles, and, in July 1933, he was threatened by the Nazis if he dared fight another match. He fled to France. His stripped titles were never restored.

Was a Baltic German poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction.Stenbock was the count of Bogesund

Was a Baltic German poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction.Stenbock was the count of Bogesund and the heir to an estate near Kolga in Estonia. He was the son of Lucy Sophia Frerichs, a Manchester cotton heiress, and Count Erich Stenbock, of a distin

A Neustadt bei Coburg-born former German footballer.He played until 1968 with VfL Neustadt, until a

A Neustadt bei Coburg-born former German footballer.He played until 1968 with VfL Neustadt, until a move to the Bundesliga saw him play for 1. FC Nuremberg, Rot-Weiss Essen and Hertha BSC Berlin. For these teams he played in Midfield in a total of 341 games, scoring 95 goals. After playing for Ittihad Jeddah, Beer moved to TSV 1860 Munich in 1981, where he played until 1984.

Was a German swimmer and water polo player and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer

Was a German swimmer and water polo player and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Also nicknamed "Bubi" by his comrades and "The Black Devil" by his Soviet enemies, was a German Worl

Also nicknamed "Bubi" by his comrades and "The Black Devil" by his Soviet enemies, was a German World War II fighter pilot and is the highest scoring fighter ace in the history of Aerial warfare. He claimed 352 aerial victories (of which 345 were won agai

Was a German Olympic ski jumper who developed in 1949 the jumping technique in which the jumper’s

Was a German Olympic ski jumper who developed in 1949 the jumping technique in which the jumper’s arms are slightly arched and pointing downward.[1] Windisch's technique modified the previously popular Kongsberger technique and it was the standard form in elite jumping competition until the current standard V-style technique was developed by Jan Boklöv in 1985. During World War II, Windisch was a captain in the German army’s mountain troops, serving in Russia. After the war, he taught the Mountain Troops of the 3rd US Army. He later was the director of a ski school at Schneefernerhaus on Zugspitze near Garmisch.

Was a German footballer.

Was a German footballer.

Was a German racing cyclist, who won two stages in the 1937 Tour de France, and as a result wore the

Was a German racing cyclist, who won two stages in the 1937 Tour de France, and as a result wore the yellow jersey for three days.

Was a German figure skater. He was a team with his sister Angelika Buck. They were the first Germans

Was a German figure skater. He was a team with his sister Angelika Buck. They were the first Germans capturing the title of a European champion in Ice dancing.

Was a German boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was a German boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was a German chess master.He won or tied for 1st in several tournaments in Berlin (1902, 1905, 1906,

Was a German chess master.He won or tied for 1st in several tournaments in Berlin (1902, 1905, 1906, 1909/10, 1914).[2] In strong tournaments, he tied for 11-12th at Berlin 1903 (Horatio Caro won). He took 10th at Coburg 1904 (the 14th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A, Augustin Neumann won).[3] In 1905, he took 5th in Barmen (A tourn). In 1906, he took 6th at Nuremberg 1906 (the 15th DSB Kongress; Frank Marshall won). In 1907, he took 6th in Berlin (Richard Teichmann won), tied for 12-14th in Ostend (B tourn; Ossip Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein won), and took 20th in Carlsbad (Rubinstein won).

Was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Ger

Was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played one match as forward.

Was an Austrian athlete, football (soccer) player, and architect. He competed at the 1908 Summer Oly

Was an Austrian athlete, football (soccer) player, and architect. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He played football for SK Rapid Wien and was able to win 1 cap for Austria.

Was an Austrian poet settled in England, known for his political-minded poetry. He was also a broadc

Was an Austrian poet settled in England, known for his political-minded poetry. He was also a broadcaster, translator and essayist.Born to Jewish parents Nelly and Hugo Fried in Vienna, he was a child actor and from an early age wrote strongly political essays and poetry. He fled with his mother to London after his father's murder by the Gestapo following the Anschluss with Nazi Germany. During the war, he got casual work as a librarian and a factory hand. He joined Young Austria, a left-wing emigrant youth movement, but left in 1943 in protest at its dogmatism. In 1944 he married Maria Marburg, shortly before the birth of his son Hans. In the same year his first volume of poetry was published. He separated from Maria in 1946, and they divorced in 1952. In the same year he married Nan Spence Eichner, with whom he had two children; David (1958) and Katherine (1961). Erich and Nan divorced in 1965. In 1965 he got married for a third time to Catherine Boswell with whom he had three children; Petra (1965), Klaus and Tom (1969).

Is an Austrian cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he was a member

Is an Austrian cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he was a member of the Austrian relay team which finished eighth in the 4x10 km relay competition. In the 18 km event he finished 41st.

Is a German ice hockey defenceman. He has played 1 game in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa

Is a German ice hockey defenceman. He has played 1 game in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators.