German Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a retired German football player. He spent 7 seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchenglad

Is a retired German football player. He spent 7 seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Was an Austrian footballer and football manager. He spent his career in Austria, Switzerland and Fra

Was an Austrian footballer and football manager. He spent his career in Austria, Switzerland and France. He coached Aarau, B 1909 Odense, Angers, Viborg FF Lausanne, Young Fellows, Biel-Bienne, KB and Strasbourg.

Was an Austrian football player and manager. He played for Rapid Wien, Wacker München, Austria Wien

Was an Austrian football player and manager. He played for Rapid Wien, Wacker München, Austria Wien, Hakoah and Sportclub . He coached IFK Göteborg, Austria Wien, Djurgårdens IF, Örgryte IS and Saab Linköping.

German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsc

German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford and BMW.

Was a German freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he finished fifth i

Was a German freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he finished fifth in the 100 metre freestyle event.

Was an Austrian field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an Austrian field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is a German television and stage actor. He is the uncle of English actress Alex Kingston.

Is a German television and stage actor. He is the uncle of English actress Alex Kingston.

Was a German-born English Impressionist painter and a member of the Camden Town Group. Sickert was a

Was a German-born English Impressionist painter and a member of the Camden Town Group. Sickert was a cosmopolitan and eccentric who often favoured ordinary people and urban scenes as his subjects, but whose oeuvre also included portraits of well known personalities and friends, as well as images derived from press photographs. He is considered a prominent figure in the transition from Impressionism to modernism, and an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the 20th century.

Is a retired ice hockey centre who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League for the New

Is a retired ice hockey centre who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers between 1967 and 1981.Tkaczuk played 945 career NHL games, scoring 227 goals and 451 assists for 678 points. Tkaczuk is co-owner of River Valley Golf Course and Tube Slide in St. Marys, Ontario.

Was a German football player. He spent 4 seasons in the Bundesliga with Hannover 96. He also represe

Was a German football player. He spent 4 seasons in the Bundesliga with Hannover 96. He also represented Germany in 3 friendlies. Later in his life he suffered from alcoholism.

Was a German industrial leader during World War II. In 1916, during World War I, Rohland joined the

Was a German industrial leader during World War II. In 1916, during World War I, Rohland joined the engineering corps as a teenage volunteer. From 1940 to 1943, he was chief of the Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Krefeld, a leading supplier of armour plating. Fro

Is a German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as

Is a German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford and BMW.

Was a German composer, arranger, music critic, and musicologist. His compositions include more than

Was a German composer, arranger, music critic, and musicologist. His compositions include more than 150 works for solo piano, a violin sonata, several orchestral works, and some chamber music. Niemann served as the editor of the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in Leipzig from 1904 to 1906. From 1907 through 1917 he was a writer and critic for the Neueste Nachrichten in Leipzig. He also taught during those years on the faculty of the Hamburg Conservatory.

German politician (FDP)Scheel was born in Solingen. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe,

German politician (FDP)Scheel was born in Solingen. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe, the last years of the war as a Radar operator on a Me 110 night fighter.

Is a retired German football player. He spent 7 seasons in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Braunschwei

Is a retired German football player. He spent 7 seasons in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Braunschweig.

Is a German rower who competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics. In 1960

Is a German rower who competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics. In 1960 he was a crew member of the German boat which won the gold medal in the eights event.

Is an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Is an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Was a German communist politician.Schütz was elected as a member of the Reichstag in September 1930

Was a German communist politician.Schütz was elected as a member of the Reichstag in September 1930. He was arrested by the Nazi-SA in February or March 1933 and tortured and murdered in the SA headquarters of Königsberg.

Is a German canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished fourth together wit

Is a German canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished fourth together with his partner Christian Holzenberg in the C-2 10000 metre event.

Is a German professor for Theoretical Physics at the RWTH Aachen. His main field of expertise is Sta

Is a German professor for Theoretical Physics at the RWTH Aachen. His main field of expertise is Statistical Physics, with applications, especially, to magnetism and surface physics. He is best known for his work on commensurate and incommensurate spatially modulated superstructures in solids, including magnets, alloys and adsorbate systems.

Is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager.

Is a former international Austrian footballer and football manager.

Was an Austrian actor. Slezak often portrayed villains or thugs, notably the German U-boat commander

Was an Austrian actor. Slezak often portrayed villains or thugs, notably the German U-boat commander in Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 Lifeboat, but occasionally he played lighter, kindlier roles, as in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and as Squire Trelawney in Treasure Island.His first American film was 1942's Once Upon a Honeymoon, opposite Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant. He worked steadily and appeared in over 100 films including The Princess and the Pirate, The Spanish Main, Sinbad the Sailor, Born to Kill, Call Me Madam, and Treasure Island.

Is a German composer specializing in opera. He won the German Mendelssohn prize in 1966.[1] He was a

Is a German composer specializing in opera. He won the German Mendelssohn prize in 1966.[1] He was a student of Philipp Jarnach and has received awards from Hamburg, Berlin and Paris. He has composed noteworthy operas including Under Milk Wood based on the 'play for voices' by Dylan Thomas; The Jew's Beech based on a novel by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff; and The Philosopher as well as numerous short works based on paintings.

Is a West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. He won a bronze medal

Is a West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.

German communist politician. As First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to 1971, he p

German communist politician. As First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to 1971, he played a leading role in the early development and establishment of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).