German Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a retired East German sprinter. Just represented the sports club Berliner TSC.

Is a retired East German sprinter. Just represented the sports club Berliner TSC.

Is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the

Is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions. [1] [2]

Is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]

Is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]

Is a retired West German shot putter. Stolz represented the sports club TV Wattenscheid, and became

Is a retired West German shot putter. Stolz represented the sports club TV Wattenscheid, and became West German champion in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989.[1] His personal best throw was 21.15 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Essen.[2]

Is a German singer, actor, and speaker. He is best known as an interpreter of Yiddish song.Performin

Is a German singer, actor, and speaker. He is best known as an interpreter of Yiddish song.Performing on stage since 1982, Troyke had earlier worked as a gardener and with mentally handicapped children. He studied singing (with Leonore Gendries) as well as drama and speaking, and in 1990 he gave up his work to dedicate himself completely to musical performance and theater. Troyke participated in radio plays, worked as a voice actor (dubbing), and participated in various stage plays.

Is a former German football player and current manager of SV Seligenporten in the Oberliga Bayern. H

Is a former German football player and current manager of SV Seligenporten in the Oberliga Bayern. He is one of the most successful football managers in German amateur football.

Was a German astronomer. He worked as an assistant at the Hamburg Observatory and became a professor

Was a German astronomer. He worked as an assistant at the Hamburg Observatory and became a professor at Hamburg in 1916. In 1928 he became director of the Vienna Observatory, Austria. When the Nazi government took over in Austria in 1938, he was forced to retire. It is likely that his family background and his rejection of the Nazi-supported philosophy of "Welteislehre" was the reason, although he officially was removed because of unproven charges of embezzlement. He was reinstated in 1945, and he retired in 1949.

Was a German composer and organist.

Was a German composer and organist.

Was a German singer and composer. Förster studied music under his father Kaspar (1574-1652) and the

Was a German singer and composer. Förster studied music under his father Kaspar (1574-1652) and then under Marco Scacchi in Warsaw. He sang bass and conducted choirs at the Polish court in Warsaw from 1638 to about 1643, then served as kapellmeister to Frederik III of Denmark in Copenhagen between 1652-55. In 1655, a war broke out between Denmark and Sweden, and Förster returned to Danzig, working as cantor at the Marienkirche there. He returned to the employ of Frederik from 1661-67. During this time he visited Venice several times and played a role in bringing aspects of Italian musical style to northern Europe. He also studied under Giacomo Carissimi in the 1660s. Late in his life he worked briefly in Hamburg before returning to his birthplace.

Germany she was commonly affectionately called "Kati" in the past, but today her full name is used m

Germany she was commonly affectionately called "Kati" in the past, but today her full name is used more often.

Is a German figure skater. She is the 2006–2007 German Junior National Bronze medalist.

Is a German figure skater. She is the 2006–2007 German Junior National Bronze medalist.

Is a German football player. She currently plays for Bayern Munich and she was first called-up to pl

Is a German football player. She currently plays for Bayern Munich and she was first called-up to play in the German national team in February 2009.

Is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 19

Is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she was part of the East German team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches.

Is an Austrian/German skier. She represented Germany from 1989 to the end of her alpine skiing caree

Is an Austrian/German skier. She represented Germany from 1989 to the end of her alpine skiing career. In 2005, at the age of 39, she made a comeback in the new Olympic discipline of skicross. She won her first World Cup start at Grindelwald on March 5, 2

In Mannheim, Germany) is a German figure skater. She is the 2002 German national champion.

In Mannheim, Germany) is a German figure skater. She is the 2002 German national champion.

Was a teacher and member of the German Resistance movement against National Socialism. She was marri

Was a teacher and member of the German Resistance movement against National Socialism. She was married to Franz Jacob, a German Resistance fighter who was executed by the Nazis.She was politically active in the German Resistance and was sent to Lübeck-Lau

Is a German female footballer who currently plays her club football for Glasgow City in Scotland.She

Is a German female footballer who currently plays her club football for Glasgow City in Scotland.She quickly established herself as a pivotal member of Glasgow City's strike force and has been voted the club's player of the year on 2 occasions.

Is a German athlete who specialises in the javelin throw with a personal best of 64.53 metres.[1] Mo

Is a German athlete who specialises in the javelin throw with a personal best of 64.53 metres.[1] Molitor competed for Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished 8th in the final.

Is a German sculptress. She has lived in Berlin since 1945.Katharina Szelinski-Singer is an accompli

Is a German sculptress. She has lived in Berlin since 1945.Katharina Szelinski-Singer is an accomplished sculptress and studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she was a master student of Richard Scheibe. Shortly after finishing her studies in

Is a German actress and film director. Katharina Thalbach comes from a particularly artistic-oriente

Is a German actress and film director. Katharina Thalbach comes from a particularly artistic-oriented family. Her father Benno Besson was a director, her mother Sabine Thalbach was an actress. Her late husband Thomas Brasch was an author. Her daughter Anna (b. 1973) and her granddaughter Nellie (b. 1995) are also actresses. Also her half-brother Pierre Besson and her stepmother Ursula Karusseit were also actors.

Is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany,

Is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany,

Is a retired female race walker from Germany. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for

Is a retired female race walker from Germany. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country: 1992, 1996 and 2000.

Is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medalist. She's an athlete of the SV Dynamo/ SG Dyna

Is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medalist. She's an athlete of the SV Dynamo/ SG Dynamo Potsdam.[1]

Is a German biathlete.

Is a German biathlete.

Is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 2007 Austrian national champion.

Is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 2007 Austrian national champion.