German Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a German particle physicist and the Director General of CERN since 2009. Heuer studied physics at

Is a German particle physicist and the Director General of CERN since 2009. Heuer studied physics at the University of Stuttgart. He then obtained his PhD 1977 at the University of Heidelberg under Joachim Heintze for his study of neutral decay modes of the ?(3686). His post-doc studies include the JADE experiment at the electron-positron storage ring PETRA at DESY, and from 1984, at the OPAL experiment at CERN, where he also became spokesperson of the OPAL collaboration for many years.

Is a German guitarist and composer.His second instrument is the Arabic Oud. He is known for his work

Is a German guitarist and composer.His second instrument is the Arabic Oud. He is known for his work with Embryo, Fathy Salama, Mal Waldron, Dissidenten, Trilok Gurtu, Charlie Mariano, Mohamed Mounir and Malachi Favors

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and the team foil even

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and the team foil events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is a German high jumper, who won two national titles in the men's high jump event. He finished thirt

Is a German high jumper, who won two national titles in the men's high jump event. He finished thirteenth 2003 World Championships in Paris with a jump of 2.20 metres. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool.

An Austrian sailor in the Tornado class.Hagara, and his colleague Hans-Peter Steinacher won the Gold

An Austrian sailor in the Tornado class.Hagara, and his colleague Hans-Peter Steinacher won the Gold medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and successfully defended their title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

The President of Germany from 1994 to 1999. He was the first President of the Federal Republic of Ge

The President of Germany from 1994 to 1999. He was the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany to be elected to office after the reunification of Germany that took place in 1990

Was a classical music composer and Benedictine monk who also admired the famous composer Joseph Hayd

Was a classical music composer and Benedictine monk who also admired the famous composer Joseph Haydn almost to the point of imitation. Some of his compositions (namely the six String Quartets of Opus #3 otherwise known as 'Haydn's Serenade') were mistakenly attributed to his famed contemporary Joseph Haydn. He published two other sets of string quartets (Op. 1 by diller and Hummel in 1771 and Op. 2 about 1782) under his own name. In addition there exist between 2-3 single quartets in manuscript form.

Is a Austrian judoka.

Is a Austrian judoka.

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for Helsingborgs IF in Sweden on loan from Ham-Ka

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for Helsingborgs IF in Sweden on loan from Ham-Kam in Norway.He is the son of former Rapid Wien player Wolfgang Kienast and the nephew of former Austria international Reinhard Kienast

Is an Austrian football player, who played mostly for Sturm Graz.A stocky midfielder, Mählich start

Is an Austrian football player, who played mostly for Sturm Graz.A stocky midfielder, Mählich started his professional career at Wiener Sportclub before moving to FC Tirol Innsbruck in 1994.

Is a Kazakhstani–German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the

Is a Kazakhstani–German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.Neustädter has played for Germany U20 in two matches and scored his first goal on 22 April 2008 against Switzerland U20. His first game was on 9 A

Is a German footballer who plays for VfL Bochum. Prokoph began his career with SV Berlin-Chemie Adle

Is a German footballer who plays for VfL Bochum. Prokoph began his career with SV Berlin-Chemie Adlershof and joined 1997 in the age of twelve to the youthteam of 1.FC Union Berlin.

Is a German chess grandmaster. Slobodjan won the 1995 World Junior Chess Championship.

Is a German chess grandmaster. Slobodjan won the 1995 World Junior Chess Championship.

Is an Austrian football player, currently playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg.Wallner began his career

Is an Austrian football player, currently playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg.Wallner began his career with hometown Sturm Graz in 1998. In the following year he moved to Rapid Wien, where he would have his most successful years, appearing in over 100 matches and scoring 42 goals over five seasons with the club. He then spent one year spells at German club Hannover 96 and VfB Admira Wacker Mödling before signing with Austria Vienna in 2005. He left the club in 2007.

Is a German goalkeeper who plays for Borussia Dortmund of the German Bundesliga.In 1998, Weidenfelle

Is a German goalkeeper who plays for Borussia Dortmund of the German Bundesliga.In 1998, Weidenfeller transferred to 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth team where he made 40 appearances in two seasons. He then was promoted to the first team, but made only six lea

Was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he finished fifth in the

Was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he finished fifth in the alpine skiing combined event.

Is an Austrian alpine skier.

Is an Austrian alpine skier.

Is a German football goalkeeper. She currently plays for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.

Is a German football goalkeeper. She currently plays for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.

Is a German figure skater and figure skating coach.

Is a German figure skater and figure skating coach.

Is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2006.

Is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2006.

German actress; she also held French citizenship.

German actress; she also held French citizenship.

Is a retired East German long jumper. He won the gold medal at the 1983 European Junior Championship

Is a retired East German long jumper. He won the gold medal at the 1983 European Junior Championships[1] and finished seventh at the 1987 European Indoor Championships.[2] He represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin, and became East German champion in 1986 and 1988.[3]

Is a German cross country skier who competed from 1997 to 2002. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10

Is a German cross country skier who competed from 1997 to 2002. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti and earned his best individual finish of 18th in the 50 km event at those same championships.

Is a former judge, the founder of the German political parties Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive (a

Is a former judge, the founder of the German political parties Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive (also called PRO or Schill-Partei) and Pro DM/Schill. He served as a Senator of the Interior in the government of Hamburg from 2001 to 2003.In the summer of

A former German footballer.Between 1975 and 1987 he played for Eintracht Frankfurt, Arminia Bielefel

A former German footballer.Between 1975 and 1987 he played for Eintracht Frankfurt, Arminia Bielefeld and Waldhof Mannheim in the Bundesliga. However, he celebrated the majority of his success with Eintracht, appearing in the UEFA Cup in 1980 and the DFB Cup in 1981.Between 1978 and 1981 he played six times for Germany. Following his playing career he became a coach for lower-league German teams, currently at Viktoria Aschaffenburg.