German Famous Names Starting with Letter N

A director, actress, model and singer. She is often credited as "Coco" in her creative works.Nicolet

A director, actress, model and singer. She is often credited as "Coco" in her creative works.Nicolette Krebitz made her film debut at age eleven. Later, she hosted television and radio shows for children and attended the Ballett-Centre Berlin and the Frit

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul,

Is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he finished fourth in the K-2 1000 m event.

Is a German football midfielder who current plays for VfL Osnabrück.

Is a German football midfielder who current plays for VfL Osnabrück.

Was a mariner, marine historian and the founding director of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.He

Was a mariner, marine historian and the founding director of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.He was born on July 5, 1924 in Holzminden, Germany. Jannasch served with coastal forces in the German navy in World War Two. After the war he sailed in merchant ships, most notably the four-masted barque Passat during the last grain race. He married Barbara Dierig in 1952 and the couple emigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Jannasch became the first director of the Maritime Museum of Canada in 1959 and oversaw its growth to become the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and move to a large waterfront location in 1981. He retired in 1982 but continued to go to sea and contribute to marine scholarship in many ways. His deep knowledge and tireless contribution to many heritage organizations and made him "an icon of the maritime history fraternity in Canada and aboard." Jannasch died at his home in Seabright, Nova Scotia on November 9, 2001. He is commemorated by a replica sailing sloop named Windekilde at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Is the director of an arts festival held annually at Weimar, Germany (known as

Is the director of an arts festival held annually at Weimar, Germany (known as

Is a German football defender who plays for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.The defender played in t

Is a German football defender who plays for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.The defender played in the youth system of Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt and Schalke 04. He moved often, while his father and coach, Jørn Andersen, by whose stations follow. I

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for Austrian team LASK Linz.

Is an Austrian football player who currently plays for Austrian team LASK Linz.

Is a German actor. Niklas Kohrt spent his childhood and youth in Berlin. In 1999 he got his "Abitur"

Is a German actor. Niklas Kohrt spent his childhood and youth in Berlin. In 1999 he got his "Abitur" (A-Levels) at the Karl-Schiller-Oberschule and began his one year civil service in a hospital. In October 2000 he started studying culture-, politics- and theater science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin first. After two years he stopped his studies to study at the renomated Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ Berlin. During his studies for acting he was engaged for the role of Keith in Lars Norens play Kälte in 2004, which played at the Deutschen Theater in Berlin. In the season 2005/2006 Niklas Kohrt became member of the theater ensemble at the Deutsches Theater and has been acting in several plays so far. He also acted in several films for cinema (recently Teenage Angst).

Is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who plays for Mannheimer HC. He made his international se

Is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who plays for Mannheimer HC. He made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team on March 23, 2003 in a friendly match against Pakistan in Ipoh, Malaysia. As of March 23, 2008, Meinert earned 109 c

Is a German football player. As of January 2009, he plays for MSV Duisburg II. He made his professio

Is a German football player. As of January 2009, he plays for MSV Duisburg II. He made his professional Bundesliga debut on December 17, 2005 when he came on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for MSV Duisburg in a game against 1. FSV Mainz 05.

Is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga. He is also a member o

Is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga. He is also a member of the German U-21 team.

Is an Austrian diver who competed at five Olympics between 1972 and 1992 (1984 excepted). His best p

Is an Austrian diver who competed at five Olympics between 1972 and 1992 (1984 excepted). His best position was eighth, at the 1980 Olympics. He became one of the youngest Olympic competitors ever when he made his Olympic debut in 1972 at age thirteen. He

A female tennis player originally from Chomutov, Czech Republic and now residing in Hornstein, Austr

A female tennis player originally from Chomutov, Czech Republic and now residing in Hornstein, Austria.She was ranked number 7 in the Girls World Rankings of the International Tennis Federation, as of March 19, 2007.[1]She has won the ITF Bangkok Metropolitan 2007 tournament and the Orange Bowl Tennis Championship, 2006.[2]

Is a German professional ice hockey defenceman who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship

Is a German professional ice hockey defenceman who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the German National men's ice hockey team.[1] He is brother of Marcel Goc.

Is a German football defender of Greek heritage who currently plays for SV Elversberg.

Is a German football defender of Greek heritage who currently plays for SV Elversberg.

Was Nuremberg's master illuminator in the early 16th century. The son of Georg Glockendon the Elder

Was Nuremberg's master illuminator in the early 16th century. The son of Georg Glockendon the Elder and brother of Albrecht Glockendon, he came from a family of illuminators and printers. His work is known from over thirty extant manuscripts, many of which he signed, usually with his initials "NG." His manuscript illumination The Holy Trinity particularly demonstrates the influence of Albrecht Dürer's Adoration of the Holy Trinity, also known as the Landauer Altarpiece, painted in 1511. Nikolaus Glockendon's career masterpiece is a ceremonial missal, now in the Hofbibliothek Aschaffenburg, known as the Missale Hallense

Is an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music fro

Is an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music from the classical era and earlier.

Was born at Leipzig, and educated at the university of his native town. About 1580 he entered the se

Was born at Leipzig, and educated at the university of his native town. About 1580 he entered the service of Christian, the eldest son of Augustus I, elector of Saxony, and when Christian succeeded his father as elector in 1586, became his most influential counselor. Krell's religious views were Calvinistic or Crypto-Calvinistic, and both before and after his appointment as chancellor in 1589 he sought to advance his own religious views at the expense of the reigning Lutheran Orthodoxy which was the sanctioned religion of electoral Saxony. Calvinists were appointed to many important ecclesiastical and educational offices; a translation of the Bible with Calvinistic annotations was published; and other measures were taken by Krell to attain his end.

German inventor of the first internal-combustion engine to efficiently burn fuel directly in a pisto

German inventor of the first internal-combustion engine to efficiently burn fuel directly in a piston chamber.

Was an Austrian entomologist born in Vienna.He was the author of Insecta Musei Graecensis (1761), th

Was an Austrian entomologist born in Vienna.He was the author of Insecta Musei Graecensis (1761), the first purely entomological work to follow the binomial nomenclature of Carolus Linnaeus.

Was a German industrial nuclear chemist. He was head of the scientific headquarters of Auergesellsch

Was a German industrial nuclear chemist. He was head of the scientific headquarters of Auergesellschaft. When the Russians entered Berlin near the end of World War II, he was invited to the Soviet Union, where he stayed for 10 years. For his work on the Soviet atomic bomb project, he was awarded a Stalin Prize, Lenin Prize, and Order of the Red Banner of Labor. When he was repatriated to Germany in 1955, he chose to go to West Germany, where he joined Heinz Maier-Leibnitz on his nuclear reactor staff at Technische Hochschule München (THM); Riehl made contributions to the nuclear facility Forschungsreaktor München (FRM). In 1961 he became an ordinarius professor of technical physics at THM and concentrated his research activities on solid state physics, especially the physics of ice and the optical spectroscopy of solids.

Is an Austrian chess master.He won the Austrian Chess Championship ten times in the period 1995–20

Is an Austrian chess master.He won the Austrian Chess Championship ten times in the period 1995–2005. He also represented Austria in the Chess Olympiads of 1994 and 1996, and in the European Team Chess Championship at Pula 1997.

Is a German football player. As of January 2009, he plays for Rot Weiss Ahlen.

Is a German football player. As of January 2009, he plays for Rot Weiss Ahlen.

Is a German footballer who plays as a right back for Wuppertaler SV Borussia on loan from Arminia Bi

Is a German footballer who plays as a right back for Wuppertaler SV Borussia on loan from Arminia Bielefeld.

Is a German striker who plays for FC Energie Cottbus. Petersen was member of the Germany U-19 and th

Is a German striker who plays for FC Energie Cottbus. Petersen was member of the Germany U-19 and the Germany U-20 team, before called up on 6 August 2009 for the German U-21 team.