German Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an Austrian ballerina.Daughter of Johann Florian Elssler, a second generation employee of Prince

Was an Austrian ballerina.Daughter of Johann Florian Elssler, a second generation employee of Prince Esterhazy in Eisenstadt. Both Johann and his brother Josef were employed as copyists to the Prince's Kapelmeister, Josef Haydn . Johann was to eventually become valet to Haydn and attended Haydn up to and was present at Haydn's death.From her earliest years she was trained for the ballet, and made her appearance at the Karntner-Thor theatre in Vienna before she was seven. She almost invariably danced with her sister Theresa, who was two years her senior; the sisters studied dancing with Jean-Pierre Aumer and Freiedrich Horschelt beginning when Fanny was nine years old, also traveling to Naples to study with the great Gaetano Gioja. After some years experience together in Vienna, the two went in 1827 to Naples.

Is a German sprint canoer who has been competing since 1996 and on the senior circuit since 2006.

Is a German sprint canoer who has been competing since 1996 and on the senior circuit since 2006.

Is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's T

Is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Before the tournament in Greece she caused upset in her native country by a fotoshoot in Playboy.

Was a German writer, artist and translator, who became famous as the "Bohemian Countess" of Schwabin

Was a German writer, artist and translator, who became famous as the "Bohemian Countess" of Schwabing (an entertainment district in Munich) in the years leading up to World War I.[2] While young she was in constant conflict with her mother. She was thrown out of boarding school for misbehavior and lack of respect for the authorities. After being sent to stay with a family friend in 1893, she fled to Hamburg. Here she met Walter Lubke, who paid for a stay in Munich studying art, and whom she married in 1894.[2]

Is a German footballer.He plays as a striker for FC Swift Hesperange in Luxembourg's domestic Nation

Is a German footballer.He plays as a striker for FC Swift Hesperange in Luxembourg's domestic National Division. He also played for SpVgg Bendorf, TuS Koblenz, 1. FSV Mainz 05 II, FV Engers 07 and CS Grevenmacher.

Is a German football midfielder, she plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and the German national team.

Is a German football midfielder, she plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and the German national team. Bajramaj began her career on youthside with DJK/VfL Giesenkirchen and joined than in summer 1998 to FSC Mönchengladbach. She played six years for FSC Mönchengladbach and signed in summer 2004 for FCR 2001 Duisburg. After five years with FCR 2001 Duisburg signed on 23 March 2009 a contract over three years with 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.

Is a German football player, he plays for Alemannia Aachen. Popova also holds Albanian citizenship.

Is a German football player, he plays for Alemannia Aachen. Popova also holds Albanian citizenship.

Is a German footballer of Albanian origin. He plays for Eintracht Frankfurt. He is a left-sided midf

Is a German footballer of Albanian origin. He plays for Eintracht Frankfurt. He is a left-sided midfielder who tends to float into the middle at times. He is known for possessing a powerful left foot shot.

Was an officer in the German military from 1898 to 1945, attaining the rank of Generalfeldmarschall

Was an officer in the German military from 1898 to 1945, attaining the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) during World War II. As a leader who lectured his soldiers about the honor of dying for the German Fatherland, he was nicknamed "Der Sterber" (literally, "The Dier")

Is a German actress best known for the ARD-Series Berlin, Berlin. Felicitas Woll grew up in Harbshau

Is a German actress best known for the ARD-Series Berlin, Berlin. Felicitas Woll grew up in Harbshausen (Hesse). She took an apprenticeship as a nurse, but became an actress after she met the theatrical agent Frank Oliver Schulz. After a casting session she was cast and appeared in the TV-Series Die Camper, subsequently remaining with the show for three years. In 1998 she began taking music lessons at the Düsseldorfer Tanzhaus (Düsseldorf Dance House) under Wladimir Matuchin. She plays piano, guitar and keyboards and gained theatrical experience as a singer.

Was an Austrian fencer and racing cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Schmal

Was an Austrian fencer and racing cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Schmal competed in the 333 metres, 10 kilometres, 100 kilometres, and 12 hours races in cycling. His best result was in the 12 hours race, where he covered 314.99

Was a prominent German Darwinist and the founder and first director of the Stazione Zoologica, Naple

Was a prominent German Darwinist and the founder and first director of the Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy.In Messina, Dohrn and Micloukho-Maklai conceived a plan to cover the globe with a network of zoological research stations, analogous to railway stations, where scientists could stop, collect material, make observations and conduct experiments, before moving on to the next station. Dohrn realised how useful it would be for scientists to arrive at a location and find a ready to use laboratory. Dohrn rented two rooms for the "Stazione Zoologica di Messina", but quickly realized the technical difficulties of studying marine life without a permanent structure and support facilities, such as trained personnel and a library.

Is a German footballer for German club SC Freiburg. He can play as either a Wingback or Winger.Basti

Is a German footballer for German club SC Freiburg. He can play as either a Wingback or Winger.Bastians was part of the successful Forest reserve side who won the Pontins Holiday League Championship title for the 2006-2007 season, beating Rotherham 2-0 in

German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, function theory, non-Euclidean geometry,

German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, function theory, non-Euclidean geometry,

Was a German-born concert Pianist and educator.Mr. Fox studied piano with Carl Reinecke in Leipzig,

Was a German-born concert Pianist and educator.Mr. Fox studied piano with Carl Reinecke in Leipzig, and Hungarian-French pianist Isidor Philipp in Paris, and studied music theory with Salomon Jadassohn. Fox graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig where he made his debut in 1896. [5]He made his Paris debut in 1897, his Boston debut in 1898, and his London debut in 1907. Fox performed concerts with the New York Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dannreuther String Quartet and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.[6][7]

Is a retired Austrian association football player who played for Austria Wien, Ajax, LASK Linz, Wien

Is a retired Austrian association football player who played for Austria Wien, Ajax, LASK Linz, Wiener SC, Grazer AK, Kremser SC and SR Donaufeld Wien, as well as for the Austrian national side.

An Austrian Nordic combined athlete who competed from 1994 to 2007. He is 5 ft 10 in (178cm), weighi

An Austrian Nordic combined athlete who competed from 1994 to 2007. He is 5 ft 10 in (178cm), weighing 150 lb (10st 10 lb 68 kg).Gottwald made his Olympic debut as an 18 year old in the 15 km individual event at the 1994 Winter Olympics, then competed in the 4 x 5 km team and 15 km individual events at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Gottwald won bronze medals in the 7.5 km sprint, 15 km individual and 4 x 5 km team Nordic combined events at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Coming into the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he had regularly ranked among the top three in the world. He won golds in the 7.5 km sprint and 4 x 5 km team competitions, and took silver in the 15 km individual.

A German mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contri

A German mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, function theory, and functional analysis.

Was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. He is the only

Was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. He is the only twentieth century engineer to have designed an internal combustion engine which went into production.

Was a German chemist, who first synthesized medically useful forms of heroin and aspirin. He was bor

Was a German chemist, who first synthesized medically useful forms of heroin and aspirin. He was born in Ludwigsburg and studied Chemistry in Munich. In 1894, he joined the Bayer pharmaceutical research facility in Elberfeld.He is best known for having synthesized acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) on August 10, 1897, supposedly for the first time in a stable form usable for medical applications. Bayer marketed this substance as Aspirin. However, this has been disputed. In 1949, Arthur Eichengrün published a paper in which he claimed to have planned and directed the synthesis of Aspirin along with the synthesis of several related compounds. He also claimed to be responsible for Aspirin's initial surreptitious clinical testing. Finally, he claimed that Hoffmann's role was restricted to the initial lab synthesis using his (Eichengrün's) process and nothing more.[1]

Is a German football midfielder who plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena.

Is a German football midfielder who plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena.

Was an Austrian figure skater, twice World champion, and 1936 bronze medalist.

Was an Austrian figure skater, twice World champion, and 1936 bronze medalist.

Is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Hansa Rostock. He is the younger brother of Toni K

Is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Hansa Rostock. He is the younger brother of Toni Kroos. Kroos made his professional debut in a 3rd round German Cup match for Hansa Rostock against VfL Wolfsburg on 28 January 2009.

Is an Austrian football (soccer) former player and manager.Most notably he was co-manager of the Aus

Is an Austrian football (soccer) former player and manager.Most notably he was co-manager of the Austria national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, with Georg Schmidt.

Was a son of the historian Eduard Lichnowsky who had written a history of the Habsburg family. He en

Was a son of the historian Eduard Lichnowsky who had written a history of the Habsburg family. He entered the Prussian army in 1834, but left it in 1838 to enter the service of the Spanish pretender Don Carlos, where he received the rank of brigadier general. He fought a duel with the Spanish General Montenegro and was severely wounded, but recovered. In 1847, he was elected by Ratibor to Prussia's United Diet, and was elected to the national parliament in 1848 where he took his seat on the right.