German Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Is a diver from Germany who won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships competing

Is a diver from Germany who won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships competing in the women's 10 meter platform.

Is French volleyball player. She represented the France national team at the 2007 Women’s European

Is French volleyball player. She represented the France national team at the 2007 Women’s European Volleyball Championship.

Is a German ice dancer. She competes with her brother William Beier. She briefly stopped competing w

Is a German ice dancer. She competes with her brother William Beier. She briefly stopped competing with her brother and competed with partner Tim Giesen for one season. Beier & Beier are four-time (2005-2006, 2008, 2010) German national champions.

Is a German alpine ski racer. Her best result in the World Cup is a 3rd place in slalom in Semmering

Is a German alpine ski racer. Her best result in the World Cup is a 3rd place in slalom in Semmering in 2010. She also competed in 2010 Winter Olympics, where she took the 14 place in slalom.

Is an Austrian bobsledder who has competed since 2004. Her best World Cup finish was 12th in the two

Is an Austrian bobsledder who has competed since 2004. Her best World Cup finish was 12th in the two-woman event at Igls, Austria in December 2008.

A German Rock singer. LaFee sold more than 2 millions of albums worldwide. She is most famous in Ger

A German Rock singer. LaFee sold more than 2 millions of albums worldwide. She is most famous in Germany and Austria, but she is also popular in the rest of Europe as well as other countries.

Is a German composer and sound-installation artist. She was born in Bremen and studied flute and mus

Is a German composer and sound-installation artist. She was born in Bremen and studied flute and music composition at the Hochschule fur Musik in Bremen and at the Jazz Academy in Graz, Austria. In 1980 she continued her studies in electronics at the Technical Institute of Milan, and began to build sound installations.[1] [2]

Is a German actress. She has appeared in many German films, TV movies, and TV series.

Is a German actress. She has appeared in many German films, TV movies, and TV series.

Is a German former women's team handball player. She had her biggest success with the national team

Is a German former women's team handball player. She had her biggest success with the national team of East Germany, winning the women's world cup in 1975, the Olympic silver medal in 1976 in Montreal and, four years later, the Olympic bronze medal in Mos

Is a West German luger who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympi

Is a West German luger who competed during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she originally finished fifth in the women's singles event, but was awarded the silver medal upon the disqualifications of the East German team of Ortrun Enderlein (who finished first), Anna-Maria Müller (second), and Angela Knösel (fourth) when the East Germans were discovered to have their runners being illegally heated.

Is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.31 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Schönebeck. Sh

Is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.31 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Schönebeck. She has 19.68 m on the indoor track, achieved in February 2008 in Chemnitz.

Is a retired athlete who represented West Germany. She specialized in sprints and long jump, and com

Is a retired athlete who represented West Germany. She specialized in sprints and long jump, and competed for the club LG Bayer Leverkusen. At the German Outdoor Championships 1980 she finished second in the 100 and 200 metres races both times only narrowly and after fierce battles vanquished by the invincible olympic champion Annegret Richter.

Is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Is a German footballer. She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt, until 2007, and was capped 12 times fo

Is a German footballer. She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt, until 2007, and was capped 12 times for the German national team between 2000 and 2003.

Is a German pole vaulter. She won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and a bro

Is a German pole vaulter. She won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. Her personal best is 4.42 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Weissach. This ranks her ninth among German pole vaulters, behind Annika Becker, Yvonne Buschbaum, Carolin Hingst, Anastasija Reiberger, Silke Spiegelburg, Julia Hütter, Nicole Humbert and Martina Strutz. However, with 4.66 metres Adams has a better personal best indoor.[1]

Is a German Politician and a member of the Bundestag, elected in 2009 as a member of Die Linke.[1] A

Is a German Politician and a member of the Bundestag, elected in 2009 as a member of Die Linke.[1] A progressive activist for many years, Bucholz is a member of Marx21, a network of revolutionary socialists within the Die Linke broadly aligned with the International Socialist Tendency.

Is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. She is the 1976 Olympic bronz

Is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. She is the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist.

Is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the si

Is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988 for West Germ

Is a German politician and senior judge. From 1981 to 1984 she was a judge at the Sozialgerichten ("

Is a German politician and senior judge. From 1981 to 1984 she was a judge at the Sozialgerichten ("Social Courts") in Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden and the Landessozialgericht ("Country Social Courts") of Hessen. In 1984 she was appointed Director of the Wiesbaden Sozialgerichten and remained in that position until 1989. From 1988 to 1989 she was also a substitute member of the Hessen State Constitutional Court, Staatsgerichtshof des Landes Hessen.

Is a German actress. In 1961 she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress, the

Is a German actress. In 1961 she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress, the only German to be so honoured. Kaufmann became a ballerina at the Munich Opera. She started her film career at the age of seven in the 1952 adaptation of Im weißen Rößl (White Horse Inn). The film which brought her fame was Rosen-Resli, released in 1954, when she was only nine. She gained international recognition when she starred with Steve Reeves in The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) and with Kirk Douglas in Town Without Pity (1961). The following year she appeared in Escape from East Berlin.

Is an Austrian bobsledder who has competed since 2002. Her best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was 15th

Is an Austrian bobsledder who has competed since 2002. Her best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was 15th in the two-woman event at Cortina d'Ampezzo in January 2008.

Is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and i

Is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Is a German rower and Olympic champion.She received a gold medal in single sculls at the 1976 Summer

Is a German rower and Olympic champion.She received a gold medal in single sculls at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1] She also won the first four world championships in single sculls, those titles coming in 1974, 1975, 1977, and 1978.

Was a German alpine skier. Crantz was the dominating skier of the 1930s winning twelve world champio

Was a German alpine skier. Crantz was the dominating skier of the 1930s winning twelve world championship titles between 1934 and 1939. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen she won the Alpine skiing combined competition (slalom and downhi

Was an Austrian alpine skiing champion at the 1964 Winter Olympics.she won four downhill competition

Was an Austrian alpine skiing champion at the 1964 Winter Olympics.she won four downhill competitions in total.[1] At the Alpine skiing World Championship 1962 in Chamonix, France, she won gold in the downhill competition.Haas became a national hero as a twenty year old Olympic champion in the downhill event at the first Innsbruck Winter Olympics. She became an instant superstar in her homeland as she won the gold medal in her home nation. Haas followed up her success at Innsbruck with a bronze medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.