List of people from Berlin

The following is a list of notable people who were born in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin

Politicians and Statesmen

Frederick the Great

Wilhelm II, German Emperor

Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1803–1868), statesman and politician
Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), politician (SPD), member of the Reichstag
Anna of Brandenburg (1487–1514), noblewoman and mother of Christian III (King of Denmark)
Rainer Brüderle (born 1945), politician (FDP)
Eberhard Diepgen (born 1941), politician (CDU), Governing Mayor of Berlin
Kurt Eisner (1867–1919), politician (SPD, USPD)
Frederick the Great (1712–1786), King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786
Frederick William (1620–1688), Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia from 1640 until 1688
Frederick William I (1688–1740), King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until 1740
Frederick William II (1744–1797), King of Prussia from 1786 until 1797
Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach (1795–1877), judge, politician and journalist
George V of Hanover (1819—1878), King of Hanover from 1851 until 1866
Gregor Gysi (born 1948), politician (The Left)
Klaus Gysi (1912–1999), Minister of Culture and state secretary for church affairs of GDR
Reinhard Klimmt (born 1942), politician (SPD), Prime Minister of Saarland
Hans Luther (1879–1962), Chancellor in the Weimar Republic
David McAllister (born 1971), politician (CDU), Prime Minister of Niedersachsen
Erich Mielke (1907–2000), head of the Stasi
Hugo Preuss (1860–1925), lawyer and "father of the Weimar Constitution"
Jesko von Puttkamer (1855–1917), colonial military chief, and nine times governor of Cameroon
Walther Rathenau (1867–1922), industrialist, politician (DDP) and Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic
Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974), leader of the Hitlerjugend 1931-1940, Reich governor in Vienna
Rupert Scholz (born 1937), politician (CDU)
Paul Singer (1844–1911), SPD co-founder, whose chairman and Reichstag, producer
Willi Stoph (1914–1999), politician (SED), Chairman of the State Council
Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929), politician (DVP), chancellor and foreign minister of the Weimar Republic, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Otto Wels (1873–1939), politician (SPD)
William I, German Emperor (1797–1888), German Emperor
Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941), German Emperor
Klaus Wowereit (born 1953), politician (SPD), Governing Mayor of Berlin from 2001 to 2014

Entrepreneurs

Hasso Plattner

Carl Friedrich von Siemens

Ellen Allien, musician, DJane, founder of music label BPitch Control
Heinz Berggruen (1914–2007), art Dealer
Alexander Duncker (1813–1897), publisher and bookseller
Friedrich Karl Flick (1927–2006), industrialist and billionaire
Albert Göring (1895–1966), engineer and business manager
Klaus and Eva Herlitz (born 1947 and 1952 respectively), business people and the initiators of the Buddy Bears
Günter Herlitz (1913-2010), business people
Gustav Langenscheidt (1832–1895), language teacher, book publisher, and the founder of Langenscheidt Publishing Group
Ernst Litfaß (1816–1874), publisher, inventor of the Litfaßsäule
Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), banker
Harald Quandt (1921–1967), industrialist
Hasso Plattner (born 1944), co-founder of SAP SE software company
Emil Rathenau (1838–1915), industrialist and founder of the AEG
Wolf Jobst Siedler (1926–2013), publisher and publicist
Carl Friedrich von Siemens (1872–1941), industrialist

Military officers

Hans-Rudolf Boehmer (born 1938), Vice Admiral A.D. the German Navy, inspector of the navy (1995–1998)
Karl von Bülow (1846–1921), Prussian field marshal
Heinz Brandt (1907–1944), General Staff officer
Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899), Vice Admiral of the Imperial German Navy, politicians, Chancellor as a successor Bismarck
Karl Dönitz (1891–1980), naval officer and commander of the German Navy in Second World War
Max von Fabeck (1854–1916), Prussian general
Maximilian Vogel von Falckenstein (1839–1917), Prussian general
Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix (1699–1765), Prussian general
Georg Freiherr von Gayl (1850–1927), Prussian general
Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach (1790–1861), Prussian general
Karl von Grolman (1777–1843), Prussian general
Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow (1678–1739), Prussian field marshal
Wilhelm von Hahnke (1833–1912), Prussian field marshal
Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919), German admiral
Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein (1725–1800), Prussian field marshal
Christian Nicolaus von Linger (1669–1755), Prussian general
Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782–1834), Prussian lieutenant general
Erich von Manstein (1887–1973), German Field Marshal
Alexander von Monts (1832–1888), Prussian and German Imperial Navy officer
Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf (1762–1823), Prussian field marshal
Jürgen Oesten (1913–2010), German Korvettenkapitän in the Kriegsmarine
Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899–1966), German general
Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape (1813–1895), Prussian field marshal
Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730–1813), Prussian general
Adalbert of Prussia (1811–1873), Prussian admiral
Albert of Prussia (1837–1906), Prussian general field marshal
Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828-1873), Prussian field marshal
Henry of Prussia (1726–1802), 13 child king Frederick William. I in Prussia, the Prussian commander army
Sigismund von Schlichting (1829–1909), Prussian general
Samuel von Schmettau (1682–1751), Prussian field marshal
Friedrich von Sohr (1775–1845), Prussian colonel
Christoph Ludwig von Stille (1696–1752), Prussian general
Albert von Rauch (1829–1901), Prussian general
Friedrich von Rauch (1855–1935), Prussian general
Gustav Waldemar von Rauch (1819–1890), Prussian general
Nikolaus von Rauch (1851–1904), Prussian oberst
Klaus Reinhardt (born 1941), German general
Manfred von Richthofen (1892–1918), German fighter pilot
August Otto Rühle von Lilienstern (1780–1848), Prussian lieutenant general
Alfred von Schlieffen (1833–1913), Field Marshal
Rudolf Schmidt (1886–1957), German general
Günther Tamaschke (1896–1959), Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
Carl Friedrich Heinrich, Graf von Wylich und Lottum (1767–1841), Prussian general

Scientists

Alexander von Humboldt

Statue of Konrad Zuse

Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806–1886), mineralogist and geologist
Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896), physician and physiologist
Max Delbrück (1906–1981), biophysicist
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894), physician
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921–2015), Dutch astronomer
Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
Edmund Landau (1877–1938), mathematician
Paul Langerhans (1847–1888), pathologist, physiologist and biologist
Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711-1756), physician
Bernhard Hermann Neumann (1909–2002), mathematician
Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist
Adolf Windaus (1876–1959), chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928
Carl Gustav Witt (1866–1946), astronomer and discover of two asteroids
Konrad Zuse (1910–1995), civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer
Michael Albeck (born 1934), Israeli chemist; President of Bar-Ilan University

Lawyers

Heinz Drossel (1916–2008), judge, was honored as Righteous Among the Nations
Wilhelm Heinrich von Grolman (1781–1856), lawyer, Berlin Court of Appeal president (the "righteous judge")
Jutta Limbach (1934–2016), President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany from 1994 to 2002, as the first woman in this office
Hans-Jürgen Papier (born 1943), President of the Federal Constitutional Court s 2002–2010

Theologians

Kurt Aland (1915–1994), theologian
Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490–1545), archbishop of Magdeburg and Elector of Mainz, Lord Chancellor of Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Otto Dibelius (1880–1967), leading member of the Confessing Church, bishop of Berlin, Chairman of the Council of Evangelical Church, president of Ecumenical Council
Regina Jonas (1902–1944), first woman in history to be ordained as a rabbi

Authors, Historians, Journalists, Scholars, Philosophers

Herbert Marcuse

Walter Benjamin

Achim von Arnim (1781–1831), author, poet and novelist
Gisela von Arnim (1827–1889), author
Bernd-Rainer Barth (born 1957), historian and publicist
Walter Benjamin (1892–1940), philosopher
Ludwig Borchardt (1863–1938), Egyptologist
Adolf Brand (1874-1945), writer
Heinrich Brugsch (1827–1894), Egyptologist
Friedrich von Canitz (1654-1699), poet and diplomat
Hoimar von Ditfurth (1921–1989), physician, writer and journalist
Georg Ebers (1837–1898), Egyptologist
Ernst Ehrlich (1921–2007), German-Swiss Judaic scholar and historian
Joachim Fest (1926–2006), historian, journalist and author
Paul Friedlander (1882–1968), philologist and writer
Kurt Großmann (1897-1972, journalist
Hans Gustav Güterbock (1908–2000), Hittitologist
Hans von Hentig (1887–1974), criminologist
Kurt Hiller (1885-1972), writer, journalist and essayist
Gerald Holton (born 1922), science historian and physicist
Maybrit Illner (born 1965), journalist
Robert Jungk (1913–1994), writer, journalist and futurist
Manuela Kay (born 1964), journalist and writer
Klemens von Klemperer (1916–2012), historian
Luise Kraushaar (1905–1989), historian
Bernhard von Kugler (1837–1898), historian
Günther von Lojewski (born 1935), journalist
Wolf von Lojewski (born 1937), journalist
Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German-American philosopher, political scientist and sociologist
Erich Maschke (1900–1982), historian and professor of history
Franz Oppenheimer (1864–1943), sociologist and economist
Iris Radisch (born 1959), journalist
Peter Rüchel (1937–2019), music journalist
Hajo Seppelt (born 1963), journalist
Georg Simmel (1858–1918), sociologist, philosopher
Gabor Steingart (born 1962), journalist and author
Theodor Wolff (1868-1943), journalist and writer

Actors, Architects, Artists, Comedians, Directors and Singers

Marlene Dietrich

Ken Adam (1921–2016) set designer
Die Ärzte band members, Farin Urlaub and Bela B.
Peer Augustinski (1940–2014), actor
Hugo Egon Balder (born 1950), actor and comedian
Karl Becker (1820-1900), painter
Reinhold Begas (1831–1911), sculptor
Michael Ballhaus (1935–2017), cinematographer
Dagmar Berghoff (born 1943), actress, radio and television presenter.
Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), actor
Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992)), singer and actress
Angelica Domröse (born 1941), actress
Caroline Fischer (born 1984), pianist
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012)
Klaus Doldinger (born 1936), saxophonist
Elton (born 1971), comedian and television presenter
Alexander Fehling (born 1981), actor
Hansjörg Felmy (1931–2007), actor
Julia Franck (born 1970), writer
Naomi Frankel (1918–2009), novelist
Peter Frankenfeld (1913–1979), comedian, radio and television personality
Claus Theo Gärtner (born 1943), actor
Götz George (1938–2016) actor
Valeska Gert (1892–1978), dancer and cabaret artist
Walter Gropius (1883–1961), architect
Georg Grosz (1893–1959), painter
Nina Hagen (born 1955), singer
Judith Hermann (born 1970), writer
Martina Hill (born 1974), actress
Margot Hielscher (1919–2017), actress
Harald Juhnke (1929–2005) actor, singer, comedian and entertainer
Roland Kaiser (born 1952), singer
Nastassja Kinski (born 1961), actress
Johanna von Koczian (born 1933), actress
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (born 1931), screenwriter and film director
Hildegard Knef (1925–2002) singer and actress
Hardy Krüger (born 1928), actor
Max Liebermann (1847–1935), painter
Paul Lincke (1866–1946)
Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), film director, producer, writer, and actor
Florian Lukas (born 1973), actor
Markus Majowski (born 1964), actor and comedian
Inge Meysel (1910–2004), actress
Helmut Newton (born Helmut Neustädter) (1920–2004), photographer
Günter Pfitzmann (1924–2003), actor
Hans Poelzig (1864–1936), architect
André Previn (1929–2019), pianist, conductor and composer
Jürgen Prochnow (born 1941), actor
Rammstein band members, Paul Landers, bassist Oliver Riedel, drummer and keyboardist Christian Lorenz
Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer and actress
Hans Rosenthal (1925–1987), radio editor, director, and radio and television host
Mario Barth (born 1972), comedian
Tom Schilling (born 1982), actor
Wilhelm Schirmer (1802–1866), painter
Jörn Schlönvoigt (born 1986), actor and singer
Klaus Schulze (born 1947), electronic music pioneer, composer and musician
Tomer Sisley (born 1974), Israeli humorist, actor, screenwriter, comedian, and film director
Elke Sommer (born 1940), actor
Ingrid Steeger (born 1947), actress and comedian
Katharina Thalbach (born 1954), actress
Sophia Thomalla (born 1989), actress
Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853), poet, translator, editor, novelist
Kurt Tucholsky, (1890–1935), writer
Michael Verhoeven (born 1938), actor
Rolf Zacher (1941–2018), actor

Sportspeople

Katarina Witt

Jérôme Boateng

Rudi Ball (1911–1975), Olympic and Hall of Fame ice hockey player
Jérôme Boateng (born 1988), footballer and 2014 FIFA World Cup winner
Guido Buchwald (born 1961), footballer
Sven Felski (born 1974), ice hockey coach
Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), German-Canadian Olympic soccer player
Thomas Häßler (born 1966), footballer and 1990 FIFA World Cup winner
Robert Harting (born 1984), discus thrower
Heinz Henschel (1920–2006), German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, and IIHF Hall of Fame inductee
Robert Huth (born 1984), footballer
Gustav Jaenecke (born 1908), Olympic ice hockey player
Carsten Keller (born 1939), field hockey player and gold medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics, father of Andreas Keller, Natascha Keller and Florian Keller
Max Kepler (born 1993), is a baseball player for the Minnesota Twins of the MLB
Henry Laskau (born 1916), track and field athlete
Pierre Littbarski (born 1960), footballer
Laura Ludwig (born 1986), beach volleyballer
Ingeborg Mello (born 1919), track and field athlete
Claudia Pechstein (born 1972), speed skater
Ellen Preis (Ellen Müller-Preis) (1912–2007), German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer
Daniel Prenn (1904–1991), Russian-born German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player
Otto Scheff (born 1886), Olympic swimmer
Gustav Scholz (1930–2000), boxer
Jochen Schümann (born 1959), sailor and Olympic champion
Hagen Stamm (born 1960), water polo player
Ulf Timmermann (born 1962), shot putter
Franziska van Almsick (born 1978), swimmer and sport journalist
Muhamed Bešić (born 1992), professional footballer who plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.
Katarina Witt (born 1965), figure skater
Christian Ziege (born 1972), footballer

Others

Nadja Auermann (born 1971), supermodel
Gabriele von Bülow (1802–1887), noblewoman
Margot Dreschel (1908–1945), Nazi concentration camp guard executed for war crimes
Horst Fischer (1912–1966), SS concentration camp doctor executed for war crimes
Elisabeth Lupka (1902–1949), Nazi concentration camp guard executed for war crimes
Rahel Varnhagen (1771–1833), salon host
Erna Barschak (1888-1958), teacher and psychologist

References

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