German Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a German journalist, actor and author. After school he studied theater at Max-Reinhardt-Schule für Schauspiel in Berlin. Later he worked as a journalist for Radio Bremen. From 1972 to 1998 Wieben was a news presenter on the TV channel ARD in Tagesschau

German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to compose Wien's displ

German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to compose Wien's displacement law, which relates the maximum emission of a blackbody to its temperature.

Was a German psychologist.

Was a German psychologist.

Was a banker and astronomer from Berlin, Prussia, and the brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer.Beer's fame d

Was a banker and astronomer from Berlin, Prussia, and the brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer.Beer's fame derives from his hobby, astronomy. He built a private observatory with a 9.5 cm refractor in Tiergarten, Berlin. Together with Johann Heinrich Mädler he produced the first exact map of the Moon (entitled Mappa Selenographica) in 1834-1836, and in 1837 published a description of the Moon (Der Mond nach seinen kosmischen und individuellen Verhältnissen). Both remained the best descriptions of the Moon for many decades.In 1830, Beer and Mädler created the first globe of the planet Mars. In 1840 they made a map of Mars and calculated its rotation period to be 24 h 37 min 22.7 s, only 0.1 seconds different from the actual period as it is known today.

Was a German composer of sacred and secular song melodies, biblical motets and choral and instrument

Was a German composer of sacred and secular song melodies, biblical motets and choral and instrumental music. She is one of only two women that have had compositions included in the Protestant hymnal. In 1860 her father became the Professor and Director of the Royal Theological Seminary and Superintendent for Wittenberg. The family moved there to a big house at the parish church square where Johann Bugenhagen had lived and where Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon had met. Mina Koch spent the first years there in a girls' school in Droyßig in Zeitz, where her Confirmation was celebrated. The Wittenberg church music director and organist Carl Stein (1824–1902) gave her music theory and harmony lessons.

Was a German actress and novelist. She was the daughter of the novelist Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer. Sh

Was a German actress and novelist. She was the daughter of the novelist Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer. She was brought up in Berlin, became an actress at Gotha (1854), and married the prominent jurist von Hillern at Freiburg im Breisgau in 1857. Her husband died 8 December 1882. After that, she lived chiefly at Oberammergau and Tutzing.

Was a German-Swiss composer. His opera Der König der dunklen Kammer, based on a work by Rabindranat

Was a German-Swiss composer. His opera Der König der dunklen Kammer, based on a work by Rabindranath Tagore, won the Emil Hertzka Prize.

Was a German sculptor. In 1959 he was posthumously awarded the National Prize of the German Democrat

Was a German sculptor. In 1959 he was posthumously awarded the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic. In 1914 he served as a soldier in the First World War, which he survived only after being seriously wounded. After the war he attended the College of Ceramics in Höhr, near Koblenz. In the years which followed he worked as a freelance sculptor in the town of his birth, as well as in Düsseldorf and Munich. He also exhibited works in conjunction with the group Das Junge Rheinland, whose members included Otto Dix and Max Ernst. In 1920 he married Hette Meyerbach.

Is a former German football player of Dutch parents. He played for Rot-Weiss Essen from 1965–76 an

Is a former German football player of Dutch parents. He played for Rot-Weiss Essen from 1965–76 and in 1980–81. Between 1976 and 1979 he played for Borussia Dortmund before leaving to play one season for the Dallas Tornado of the NASL (North American Socc

Was a German politician and jurist. He was a representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria

Was a German politician and jurist. He was a representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria in the 1950s.[1]

Is a former German footballer.He helped 1. FC Köln reach the top division a year after their founda

Is a former German footballer.He helped 1. FC Köln reach the top division a year after their foundation in the western second division. He also helped steer Köln to their first championship final in 1953.

Was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] The German tea

Was a German rower who competed for the German Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] The German team won the bronze medal in the eights.[2]

Is a retired German boxer who was a heavyweight contender in the 1950s. Making his professional debu

Is a retired German boxer who was a heavyweight contender in the 1950s. Making his professional debut in 1952, Besmanoff mainly fought in Germany for the first half of his career, before subsequently relocating to the United States.

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the gold medal with his

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the gold medal with his partner Hugo Strauß in the coxless pairs competition.

Was a German journalist and politician with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In 1922, h

Was a German journalist and politician with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In 1922, he went to work as the secretary of the socialist philosopher, Leonard Nelson,[5] who founded the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK). He became

Is a German football coach and a former player. The best result he achieved as a coach in Bundesliga

Is a German football coach and a former player. The best result he achieved as a coach in Bundesliga was the 5th place in 1986.

Was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As an actor he was a d

Was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As an actor he was a darling of the German-speaking public, as a director one of the most significant makers of the specifically Viennese light musical comedies of the 1930s known as Wiener Filme. From the mid-1930s he also recorded many records, largely of sentimental Viennese songs, for the Odeon Records label owned by Carl Lindström AG.

Was a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he

Was a German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he won a silver medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event.

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the silver medal with hi

Was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the silver medal with his partner Joachim Pirsch in the double sculls competition.

A former German football player.Striker Koslowski scored his only goal in his games for West Germany

A former German football player.Striker Koslowski scored his only goal in his games for West Germany on the day of his debut, the third one of the West Germans in a 3-0 win over Uruguay in April 1962. He added two further appearances, one at the 1962 FIFA World Cup against Switzerland (2-1) at Estadio Nacional de Chile on June 3, the same year.

Was a racing driver from Germany. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, he built a reputation as a

Was a racing driver from Germany. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, he built a reputation as a constructor of special racing cars, sometimes based on the BMW 328, with which he enjoyed some success in various formulae including Formula 2.

Is a retired German soccer player, last playing for the amateurs of Schalke 04.He is the record hold

Is a retired German soccer player, last playing for the amateurs of Schalke 04.He is the record holder of games played in the Second Bundesliga with 505 games. He notably never played a single game in the Bundesliga. Most of Landgraf's games were for Rot

Was a German footballer.While signed at Eintracht he gained his only cap in Berlin against France. T

Was a German footballer.While signed at Eintracht he gained his only cap in Berlin against France. Then manager Otto Nerz substituted him for Richard Hofmann in the half time break since the crowd wanted to see Hofmann play.

Is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won a silver medal in the C-2 10

Is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won a silver medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce.

A German former professional football defender. He played from 1966 until 1983 in the Bundesliga for

A German former professional football defender. He played from 1966 until 1983 in the Bundesliga for Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen, Wuppertaler SV and Eintracht Frankfurt. With Eintracht he won the DFB-Pokal in 1975 and 1981 and UEFA Cup in 1980.