German Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Was a German cyclist who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.In 1896 he was one of nine c

Was a German cyclist who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.In 1896 he was one of nine cyclists to enter the 100 kilometres race. Seven of them, including Knubel, did not finish.

Is an Austrian former professional road bicycle racer and recognized climbing specialist. After the

Is an Austrian former professional road bicycle racer and recognized climbing specialist. After the Gerolsteiner team announced they would not be in existence for the 2009 season, Kohl signed with UCI ProTeam Silence-Lotto for three years.

Is an Austrian countertenor.Following his first concert and stage experience as soprano soloist with

Is an Austrian countertenor.Following his first concert and stage experience as soprano soloist with the Boys' Choir of Wilten Monastery (Innsbruck), he studied voice at the Vienna Academy of Music under Helene Karusso and Kurt Equiluz. He received further training from Karl-Heinz Jarius in Frankfurt.

(born on August 27, 1957) is a German professional golfer.

(born on August 27, 1957) is a German professional golfer.

Is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in three

Is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (Four-man: 1976), two silvers (Two-man and four-man: both 1984), and one bronze (Two-man: 1988).

Is a German football manager.Lippert worked between 1994 and 1997 as manager of the Eintracht Frankf

Is a German football manager.Lippert worked between 1994 and 1997 as manager of the Eintracht Frankfurt reserve team, Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure. In 1997 he was promoted as he became assistant manager of the first squad he worked there until 2000. Betwe

Was a German violinist and composer. As a composer Molique was unapologetically self-taught. His mus

Was a German violinist and composer. As a composer Molique was unapologetically self-taught. His music displays the influence of Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn and, especially, Louis Spohr. The then radical developments represented by Berlioz (who publicly praised his violin playing) and the New German school (Neudeutschen Schule) left Molique untouched, however.

Physicist, engineer, philosopher and theologian.

Physicist, engineer, philosopher and theologian.

Is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Ger

Is a German politician and 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 Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Was a German evolutionary biologist, and ornithologist who did field work in Indonesia and India. He

Was a German evolutionary biologist, and ornithologist who did field work in Indonesia and India. He is probably best known as one of the architects of the modern evolutionary synthesis, which he popularised in Germany. Besides his work on how environmental factors influenced the evolution of geographically isolated populations and on evolution above the species level, which contributed to the modern synthesis, he also worked extensively in the area animal behavior (ethology). His education and scientific work was interrupted by service in the German military during both World War I and World War II.

German mathematician who made important contributions to analysis and differential geometry, some of

German mathematician who made important contributions to analysis and differential geometry, some of them paving the way for the later development of general relativity.

Was Minister of Science, Education and National Culture (Reichserziehungsminister) in Nazi Germany.

Was Minister of Science, Education and National Culture (Reichserziehungsminister) in Nazi Germany. A combination of school administrator and zealous Nazi, he issued decrees, often bizarre, at every level of the German educational system to immerse German

Is an Austrian professional footballer, who plays for TSV 1887 Pfaffenhofen. He has played in the Es

Is an Austrian professional footballer, who plays for TSV 1887 Pfaffenhofen. He has played in the Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Maag Tammeka in the position of midfielder.

Is a German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union and member of the Ba

Is a German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union and member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament since 2006.

German writer with a legal background. He became a judge at the Constitutional Court of the federal

German writer with a legal background. He became a judge at the Constitutional Court of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1988 and is a professor for public law and the philosophy of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany as of January 2006.

Is a German football coach and former player. Schuster started his professional career with 1. FC Köln at age 18 in 1978 after a number of promising performances with the West German Under-18 National team. He was part of the West German side that won the

Was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue. Bernhard Sekles was the son of Maximilian S

Was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue. Bernhard Sekles was the son of Maximilian Seckeles and Anna, (née Bischheim). The family name Seckeles was changed by Bernhard Sekles to Sekles. From 1894 to 1895 he was the third Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater in Mainz. In 1896 he became a teacher at the Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main; here he started the first jazz class anywhere in 1928. He was the director of the Hoch'sche Konservatorium from 1923 to 1933. His composition students included Paul Hindemith, Rudi Stephan, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Rudolf, and Erich Schmid. He was one of the first German Jewish academics to lose his job when Hitler came to power in Germany.

Is a German media theorist and media historian. He majored 1987 in Germanic Studies, Philosophy and

Is a German media theorist and media historian. He majored 1987 in Germanic Studies, Philosophy and History at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg/Germany. He followed Friedrich Kittler with whom he had worked already in Freiburg, to the department of Germanic studies at the Ruhr University Bochum where he received his doctorate in 1991. In 2001 he earned a Habilitation at the Humboldt University Berlin. In the same year he was appointed to the chair for Theory and History of Cultural Techniques at the department for Media Studies at the Bauhaus University Weimar. Together with Friedrich Kittler, Norbert Bolz, and Wolfgang Coy he is regarded as a pioneer of German media theory. Since 2008 Siegert is one the directors (together with Lorenz Engell) of the International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy (IKKM) in Weimar.

Was a German pianist, composer and conductor. His musical style was influenced by Franz Liszt, and a

Was a German pianist, composer and conductor. His musical style was influenced by Franz Liszt, and as a conductor he was a strong advocate of new music. In 1885 Stavenhagen became a pupil of Franz Liszt in Weimar, travelling with him to Rome, Budapest, Paris, London and Bayreuth. After Liszt's death in 1886, Stavenhagen embarked on a ten-year series of piano concert tours in Europe and to North America. In April 1890 he was appointed court pianist to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar and the following July he married Agnes Denninghof (better known as Agnes Denis-Stavenhagen, 1860-1945), a soprano with the Weimar Court Opera. In 1893 he composed his Third Piano Concerto in B minor.

Was a German football coach and former player. He earned 7 caps and scored 4 goals for West Germany

Was a German football coach and former player. He earned 7 caps and scored 4 goals for West Germany from 1951 to 1954.

Is a former German professional footballer, in the central defender role. He has last working as hea

Is a former German professional footballer, in the central defender role. He has last working as head coach with German Oberliga team Wormatia Worms.Having played in his youth for SV Kirschhausen, Trares joined Eintracht Frankfurt in 1982. His professiona

Is a German politician (CDU). He was Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988, w

Is a German politician (CDU). He was Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988, where he was succeeded by Carl-Ludwig Wagner, and of Thuringia from February 5, 1992 to June 5, 2003, where he was succeeded by Dieter Althaus. He is the only person to have been premier of two different German federal states and is the longest governing Minister-President of Germany. His brother is the SPD politician Hans-Jochen Vogel. He twice served as President of the Bundesrat in 1976/77 and 1987/88.

German statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909.

German statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909.

Was a German rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was a German rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Was an Austrian actor and film director.Bernhard Wicki fought in the Army against France in WW2[cita

Was an Austrian actor and film director.Bernhard Wicki fought in the Army against France in WW2[citation needed], and his experiences affected both him and his films. As of 2000 there is a Bernhard-Wicki-Filmpreis which awards 15,000 euros to upcoming Austrian filmmakers.He is famous for his anti-war film Die Brücke (The Bridge), in which seven boys, blinded by the propaganda of the National Socialist German Workers Party, defend their home town's strategically unimportant bridge from approaching forces of the United States Army during World War II.