German Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a prominent magazine and glamour photographer who lived in New York City. The main body of his w

Was a prominent magazine and glamour photographer who lived in New York City. The main body of his work was produced in the fifties and sixties. In 1933 the family came to New York. It is said in the family that Germany had just passed a law forbidding German Jews from emigrating, and that Felix took that as a cue to get out. Fortunately the family were American citizens because Felix's father, Arthur Basch, was a wine trader who lived in San Francisco. Arthur had (according to an unsubstantiated family rumor) felt that America was too wild in the Gold Rush days, and decided to emigrate back to Germany, where, he supposed, an educated Jew could live a cultured, peaceful life. Arthur kept his American citizenship, and passed it to his children and, thence, to his grandchildren.

Is a German computer scientist and professor at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, where he is head

Is a German computer scientist and professor at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, where he is head of the Databases and Web Services group at the School of Engineering and Science.

a German architect and designer.

a German architect and designer.

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer O

Is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1968 he was a crew member of the West German boat which finished twelfth in the coxed fours event. Four years later he won the gold medal with the West German boat in the coxed fours competition.

Is a German television actor.

Is a German television actor.

Is a Photographer and a Professor for photography at the University of the Arts Bremen in Germany.Hi

Is a Photographer and a Professor for photography at the University of the Arts Bremen in Germany.His photographs have been published in many magazines, and Bialobrzeski has worked for corporate clients such as Daimler-Chrysler, Philip Morris, Siemens, an

Is a popular Swiss-German writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a memb

Is a popular Swiss-German writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten.Bichsel was born 1935 in Lucerne, Switzerland, the son of manual labourers. Shortly after he was born, the Bichsels moved to Olten, also in Switzerland. After finishing school, he became an elementary school teacher, a job which he held until 1968. From 1974 to 1981 he was the personal advisor of Willy Ritschard, a member of the Swiss Federal Council. Between 1972 and 1989 he made his mark as "writer in residence" and a guest lecturer at American universities. Bichsel has lived on the outskirts of Solothurn for several decades.

Is a German javelin thrower. In his earlier career he was a decathlete. His personal best throw is 8

Is a German javelin thrower. In his earlier career he was a decathlete. His personal best throw is 88.70 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Stuttgart. This ranks him third among German javelin (new implement) throwers, only behind Raymond Hecht and Boris Henry.

Is a former German footballer. Blusch began his career at Sportfreunde Siegen, before beginning prof

Is a former German footballer. Blusch began his career at Sportfreunde Siegen, before beginning professionally in 1964 for Eintracht Frankfurt. He made it into the first team in Frankfurt and played 110 games altogether.

Was a German photographer. During World War II he served in Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps as gunner an

Was a German photographer. During World War II he served in Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps as gunner and war correspondent. In 1946, Sefton Delmer hired him to work for the German news service. In the 1950s, he traveled extensively with contracts from leading German news magazines, Stern, Quick, and Revue. In 1962, he settled in Munich, Germany, and died on February 19, 2001.

Is a retired West German triple jumper. His personal best jump was 17.43 metres, achieved in June 19

Is a retired West German triple jumper. His personal best jump was 17.43 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Düsseldorf. This result places him fifth on the German all-time list, behind Ralf Jaros, Charles Friedek, Volker Mai and Dirk Gamlin.[1]

Is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part

Is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored twenty goals.

Was a German photographer and photojournalist.After World War II, he began his career with reportage

Was a German photographer and photojournalist.After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography in his hometown Kiel. From the mid fifties, he specialized in color photography as one of the first color photographers

Is a German football player. As of February 2009, he plays for SV Bütthard. He made his debut on th

Is a German football player. As of February 2009, he plays for SV Bütthard. He made his debut on the professional league level in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt on September 29, 2000 when he came on as a substitute in the 57th minute in a game aga

A former German football player.Midfielder Dietrich won his lone cap for West Germany straight befor

A former German football player.Midfielder Dietrich won his lone cap for West Germany straight before the 1970 FIFA World Cup, but did not add any further international match to his tally before his retirement.

Was an Australian pop singer who had success with a number of Top 40 hits in Australia in the 1960s,

Was an Australian pop singer who had success with a number of Top 40 hits in Australia in the 1960s, then success internationally as a member of the New Seekers in the early 1970s, before resuming a solo career in 1973.

Is a well-established German artist from the heart of the Black Forest region in southwestern German

Is a well-established German artist from the heart of the Black Forest region in southwestern Germany. As professor emeritus of painting, he has influenced a generation of internationally-acclaimed artists, including Anselm Kiefer. Dreher has created a lot of important works, but his magnum opus is Tag um Tag guter Tag, (Day by Day is a Good Day), a series he started working on in 1974

Is a scholar specialising in Medieval Latin literature. He is one of the 20th century's leading scho

Is a scholar specialising in Medieval Latin literature. He is one of the 20th century's leading scholars of medieval Latin lyric, and his book The Medieval Lyric (1968) is considered the standard introduction to the subject. In 1955 he received a travelling scholarship to study at Magdalen College, Oxford.[1] In 1961 he took up a lectureship in Medieval Latin at the University of Cambridge and became a fellow of Clare Hall in 1964. He was awarded a personal readership in 1979 and a personal chair in Medieval Latin literature in 1989. He became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1984.[1]

Is a former German football player. His older brother Roland was also a successful footballer. On th

Is a former German football player. His older brother Roland was also a successful footballer. On the national level he played for East Germany national team (68 matches/15 goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Is a German television actor.

Is a German television actor.

Is a former professional tennis player from Germany. During his career he did not win any singles ti

Is a former professional tennis player from Germany. During his career he did not win any singles titles but finished runner-up on 3 occasions. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 51 in 1982.

Is a German javelin thrower. is a German javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 87.20 metres, a

Is a German javelin thrower. is a German javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 87.20 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Rehlingen. This ranks him fourth among German javelin (new implement) throwers, behind Raymond Hecht, Boris Henry and Peter Blank.

Is a German professional basketball player who currently plays for New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig.

Is a German professional basketball player who currently plays for New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig. He was drafted by the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 2002 NBA Draft, but has not played in the NBA.

Is a German television actor.

Is a German television actor.

Was a German malacologist.Very little is known about this naturalist who lived in Hamburg. He was th

Was a German malacologist.Very little is known about this naturalist who lived in Hamburg. He was the principle author of a 1798 catalogue of an important mollusc collection. This was entitled Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae. Pars secunda contens Conchylia…and was publihed in Hamburg. It is a sale catalogue and was ignored until William Healey Dall recognized that it introduced new valid taxa, though with long names and short descriptions.So Röding is credited with many names of his own.His other descriptions (often simply a German rendition of the Latin binomial name) are of the species of earlier authors such as Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz