German Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a German Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Ol

Was a German Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

German runner. She was the first Olympic champion in the 800 m for women.

German runner. She was the first Olympic champion in the 800 m for women.

Is a German football midfielder. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg and the German national t

Is a German football midfielder. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg and the German national team.

Is a German professional basketball in the WNBA. Linda made history when she became the first UNLV b

Is a German professional basketball in the WNBA. Linda made history when she became the first UNLV basketball player to be drafted in the WNBA. She was the first draft pick of the New York Liberty in 2002, (26th overall). Waived during training camp with

Is a German javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 66.81 metres, achieved on 29 July 2010 at th

Is a German javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 66.81 metres, achieved on 29 July 2010 at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, where she won gold. She grew up in Blomberg, and studies Medicine at the University of Cologne. She represents the sports club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, having changed club in 2003 from LG Lippe-Süd, and trains with Steffi Nerius under coach Helge Zöllkau.

Is a German professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team Milram.After riding on amat

Is a German professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team Milram.After riding on amateur teams Team Winfix and Team AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit, in 2005 he became a professional rider for Team CSC after a recommendation from Jens Voigt, signing

An Individual Rhythmic Gymnast from Germany. When she was 6 years old she moved to Germany. In Berli

An Individual Rhythmic Gymnast from Germany. When she was 6 years old she moved to Germany. In Berlin coaches noticed her talent and sent her to Schmiden to consult the coach, Galina Krylenko. Lisa has been the German National Champion in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

German operatic soprano.She studied at the Hochschule f

German operatic soprano.She studied at the Hochschule f

Was a German alpine skier.

Was a German alpine skier.

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. She finished ninth in the K-2 500 m ev

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. She finished ninth in the K-2 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Is a German football goalkeeper. She currently plays for SG Essen-Schönebeck. She was called-up as

Is a German football goalkeeper. She currently plays for SG Essen-Schönebeck. She was called-up as the third goalkeeper for the German national team at the 2009 European Championship.

Was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1968 Summ

Was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the team from West Germany, and an individual gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Was a German Communist resistance fighter during the Third Reich.Early in 1933, she signed a “Call

Was a German Communist resistance fighter during the Third Reich.Early in 1933, she signed a “Call for the Defence of Democratic Rights and Freedoms” at the university in Berlin, and was therefore, together with 111 other students, reprimanded and debarre

Was an Austrian athlete who competed at a high level in both figure skating and speed skating in the

Was an Austrian athlete who competed at a high level in both figure skating and speed skating in the 1930s.

Is a German politician and since 1989 Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic P

Is a German politician and since 1989 Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. She is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, substitute for the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

Was an Austrian cross country skier during the 1950s. She competed in the 10 km event at the 1952 Wi

Was an Austrian cross country skier during the 1950s. She competed in the 10 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, but did finish.

Is the professional name of Australian musician Tim Grose. Currently based in Wollongong, New South

Is the professional name of Australian musician Tim Grose. Currently based in Wollongong, New South Wales, he is the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter for the heavy metal band LORD. He is best known as the founder and sole original member of the band Dungeon, one of the more recognised and most active bands on the Australian heavy metal scene until their final performances in 2005.

Was a German cabaret artist/standup comedian.She was born in Mährisch-Ostrau in Austria-Hungary (to

Was a German cabaret artist/standup comedian.She was born in Mährisch-Ostrau in Austria-Hungary (today Ostrava in the Czech Republic), as Lore Schirner. She studied history, German literature and philosophy in Berlin and Vienna. In Berlin she met Kay Lorentz, who became her husband in 1944.Together they founded the famous "Kom(m)ödchen" in Düsseldorf in 1947. It was one of the first political cabarets in Western Germany after the Second World War.

Was a German physician, mathematician, and writer on music. He moved to Wittenberg in 1735 to study

Was a German physician, mathematician, and writer on music. He moved to Wittenberg in 1735 to study law and medicine, and returned to Leipzig in 1736. From May 1737, he began lecturing on music history and Johann Mattheson's Neu-eröffnete Orchestre; he was the first to lecture on music at a German university for 150 years. He also began the Neu eröffnete musikalische Bibliothek, a monthly publication; in 1738 it became the periodical of his newly-founded Korrespondierenden Sozietät der Musicalischen Wissenschaften, which had the support of Count Giacomo de Lucchesini and G.H. Bümler, Ansbach court Kapellmeister. He also began a business publishing music. In 1743 he became secretary, teacher, librarian and court mathematician to Count Malachowski of Konskie, for which he learnt the Polish language, and about Polish history and Polish literature.

Is a retired German football player. He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengl

Is a retired German football player. He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach and VfB Stuttgart.

Was a German composer of the Renaissance. Lemlin studied in Heidelberg, and was a singer and later K

Was a German composer of the Renaissance. Lemlin studied in Heidelberg, and was a singer and later Kapellmeister of the Hofkantorei there. Among his pupils was Georg Forster, who published many of Lemlin's lieder in his collection Frische teutsche Liedlein, as well as Jobst von Brandt, Caspar Othmayr, and Stefan Zirler. Another of Lemlin's works is: Der Gutzgauch auf dem Zaune saß.

Was a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, h

Was a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he became the first person to win both the two-man and four-man competitions at the same Winter Olympics.

Was a German naturalist.Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss in Bohlsbach (now part of Offenbach) in Swabia

Was a German naturalist.Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss in Bohlsbach (now part of Offenbach) in Swabia and studied natural history and medicine at the universities of Freiburg and Würzburg. He went on to the University of Göttingen, where he became a Privatdozent (unsalaried lecturer), and shortened his name to Oken. As Lorenz Oken, he published a small work entitled Grundriss der Naturphilosophie, der Theorie der Sinne, mit der darauf gegründeten Classification der Thiere (1802). This was the first of a series of works which established him as the leader of the movement of "Naturphilosophie" in Germany.

Was born in Dresden, East Germany and is a German fine art photographer known for her surreal portra

Was born in Dresden, East Germany and is a German fine art photographer known for her surreal portraits of young children. She currently lives and works in Monaco.Lux graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts in Munich in the 1990s, and debuted at the Yossi Milo gallery, New York in 2004. The show put both Yossi Milo and Loretta Lux on the map, selling out and setting prices never before seen from a new gallery.

Was a German football (soccer) player. He was born in Dortmund-Dorstfeld and died in Hemer.

Was a German football (soccer) player. He was born in Dortmund-Dorstfeld and died in Hemer.