List of sons and daughters of Berlin
This list contains personalities born in Berlin . It is irrelevant whether you worked in Berlin afterwards. The list does not claim to be complete.
Politician
A-C
- Waldemar Abegg (1873–1961), administrative lawyer and politician
- Wilhelm Abegg (1876–1951), State Secretary in the Prussian Ministry of the Interior
- Günther Abendroth (1920–1993), politician
- Adolf Heinrich August von Achenbach (1866–1951), politician
- Else Ackermann (1933–2019), pharmacologist, university professor and politician
- Leo Adamek (1914–2000), politician
- Günther Johannes Altenburg (1940-2017), diplomat
- Sebastian Alscher (* 1976), politician
- Hans Altmann (1897–1981), lawyer
- Udo Gebhard Ferdinand von Alvensleben (1814–1879), member of the Prussian manor house
- Jean Pierre Frédéric Ancillon (1767–1837), diplomat and politician, Prussian Foreign Minister
- Martha Arendsee (1885–1953), women's rights activist, member of the Reichstag
- Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1803–1868), politician, Prussian Minister of State
- Dietlof von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1867–1933), politician, president of the Prussian mansion
- Bernd Graf von Arnim (1868–1945), politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Detlev von Arnim-Kröchlendorff (1878–1947), politician ( DNVP ) and church leader, member of the Reichstag
- Albrecht Aschoff (1899–1972), politician ( FDP )
- Gisela Babel (* 1938), politician (FDP)
- Julius Balkow (1909–1973), Minister of the GDR
- Heinrich Karl Ludwig Bardeleben (1775–1852), lawyer and politician
- George Dietz von Bayer (1827–1898), manor owner and member of the German Reichstag
- Johanna Bayer (1915–2000), Austrian politician, member of the National Council
- Franziska Becker (* 1967), politician (SPD) and member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Leo Becker (1840–1886), manor owner, district administrator and member of the German Reichstag
- Walter Beling (1899–1988), editor-in-chief of Berliner Rundfunk
- Margarete Berger-Heise (1911–1981), politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives and Member of the Bundestag
- Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), politician ( SPD ), member of the Reichstag
- Otto von Bernuth (1816–1887), civil servant, politician, member of the Prussian House of Representatives
- Georg Berthelé (1877–1949), member of the Reichstag, Berlin city councilor and resistance fighter
- Konrad Birkholz (1948–2015), politician (CDU), 1995–2011 district mayor of the Spandau district of Berlin
- Wilhelm Birnbaum (1895–1980), politician (SPD)
- Marianne Birthler (* 1948), politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ) and, as head of the BStU, federal commissioner for the Stasi documents
- Herbert von Bismarck (1849–1904), politician ( Free Conservative Party )
- Gottfried von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1901–1949), politician ( NSDAP ) and SS brigade leader
- Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1904–1999), civil servant and diplomat
- Christa-Maria Blankenburg (* 1934), politician (CDU)
- Christoph Caspar von Blumenthal (1638–1689), diplomat
- Hans-Joachim Boehm (1920–2019), politician (CDU)
- Georg Boock (1891–1961), civil servant, local politician (SPD / USPD / KPD / SED) and Lord Mayor of Erfurt
- Friedrich von Born-Fallois (1845–1913), Prussian politician, officer and landowner, member of the Prussian mansion
- Franz Bracht (1877–1933), politician ( Center Party )
- Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Brandenburg (1792–1850), politician, Prussian Prime Minister
- Luise Dorothea Sophie of Brandenburg (1680–1705), Margravine of Brandenburg
- Bernd Braun (* 1946), diplomat, ambassador to Malta
- Gustaf Braun von Stumm (1890–1963), diplomat
- Josef Braun (1907–1966), politician, member of the Bundestag
- Michael Braun (* 1956), politician (CDU), Senator for Justice and Consumer Protection of the State of Berlin
- Hans Joachim von Brederlow (1858–1920), politician, member of the German Reichstag and the Prussian mansion
- Arno Breitmeyer (1903–1944 / 1945), Nazi functionary and Reich sports leader
- Rainer Brüderle (* 1945), politician (FDP)
- Franz Brüninghaus (1870–1951), naval officer, most recently Rear Admiral of the Imperial German Navy, politician ( DVP ), member of the Reichstag
- Hans Brunow (1894–1971), politician (DNVP), member of the Reichstag
- Gerhard Bubel (1929-2020), politician (SPD)
- Heinrich von Buchholtz (1749–1811), civil servant, diplomat and minister
- Verena Butalikakis (1955-2018), politician (CDU)
- Claudio Caratsch (* 1936), Swiss diplomat
- Sawsan Chebli (* 1978), political officer (SPD)
- Georges von Cottenet (1807–1900), politician, member of the Reichstag
D-G
- Gerhard Danelius (1913–1978), politician (KPD / SED / SEW)
- Peter Dehn (* 1944), political scientist, politician (SPD) and entrepreneur
- Rudolph von Delbrück (1817–1903), Prussian politician
- Eberhard Diepgen (* 1941), politician (CDU)
- Friedrich Dillges (1852–1912), local politician
- Olaf Dinné (* 1935), politician (BGL, SPD)
- Herbert von Dirksen (1882–1955), landlord, ambassador and author
- Christian von Dönhoff (1742–1803), Prussian politician, Minister of War
- Uwe Doering (* 1953), politician (Die Linke)
- Stefan Doernberg (1924–2010), historian and GDR diplomat, ambassador to Finland (1983–1987)
- Bill Drews (1870–1938), Prussian Minister of the Interior
- Franziska Drohsel (* 1980), politician (SPD)
- Hermann Duncker (1817–1893), mayor of Berlin
- Maximilian Duncker (1811–1886), politician and historian
- Emil Ebersbach (1880 - after 1933), politician (DNVP), member of the Reichstag
- Kurt Eggers (1905–1943), writer and National Socialist cultural politician
- Gustav Ehlermann (1885–1936), politician (DDP; DStP), member of the Reichstag
- Hermann Ehlers (1904–1954), politician (CDU), President of the Bundestag
- Willi Eichler (1896–1971), politician (SPD)
- Franz August Eichmann (1793–1879), politician and civil servant
- Friedrich von Eichmann (1826–1875), landowner and politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Kurt Eisner (1867–1919), politician (SPD, USPD)
- Horst Engel (1927–1984), politician (SPD), member of the Hessian state parliament
- Julius Theodor Engel (1807–1862), judge, parliamentarian of the Frankfurt National Assembly and the Prussian State Parliament
- Dieter Ernst (* 1949), politician (CDU), State Secretary
- Ursula Falck (1907–1998), politician (KPD), member of the Baden state parliament
- Karl Wilhelm von Finckenstein (1714–1800), Prussian State and Cabinet Minister
- Leo Flieg (1893–1939), Member of the Free State of Prussia (KPD)
- Thomas Flierl (* 1957), politician (Die Linke), Berlin Senator for Science, Research and Culture
- Erwin Forst (1908–1994), doctor and politician
- Ernst Friedel (1837–1918), local politician and historian and local researcher
- Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1744–1797), King of Prussia, popularly known as "The fat Lüderjahn"
- Horst Fritsch (1931-2010), member of the Bundestag (The Greens)
- Rainer Funke (* 1940), politician (FDP), Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice
- Andreas Geisel (* 1966), politician (SPD) and senator
- Hans Gerhard (1888–1978), politician (FDP), member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Carl Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach (1757–1813), first Lord Mayor of Berlin
- Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach (1795–1877), politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Rudolf von Gneist (1816–1895), lawyer and Prussian politician
- Eicke Götz (* 1939), politician (CSU)
- Christian Gräff (* 1978), politician (CDU) and entrepreneur
- Giselher Gruber (1939–2019), politician (SPD), member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg
- Peter Gruber (* 1937), politician (SPD), member of the state parliament in Lower Saxony
- Philipp Otto von Grumbkow (1684–1752), statesman, politician, president of the Pomeranian War and Domain Chamber
- Justus von Gruner (1807–1885), diplomat, politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Horst Grunert (1928–2005), GDR diplomat, Consul General in Syria (1965–1968), Deputy. Foreign Minister of the GDR (1974–1978), Ambassador to the USA, Canada (1978–1983) and Austria (1983–1986)
- Rosa Grünstein (* 1948), politician (SPD), member of the state parliament
- Franz Adolph Guenther (1820–1880), manor owner and member of the Reichstag
- Georg Richard von Guenther (1858–1942), lawyer and district president of the district of Bromberg
- Hans Lauchlan von Guenther (1864–1934), administrative officer, high president of the province of Silesia
- Edgar Guhde (1936–2017), politician (ÖDP)
- Gregor Gysi (* 1948), politician (Die Linke)
- Klaus Gysi (1912–1999), Minister for Culture and State Secretary for Church Affairs in the GDR
H-K
- Wilhelm Haas (* 1931), diplomat, ambassador
- Kurt Hahn (1886–1974), politician and educator, founder of the Salem boarding school
- Sulpiz Hamm (1877–1944), Lord Mayor of Recklinghausen
- Hugo Hanke (1837–1897), building contractor and member of the city council
- Hans Haltermann (1898–1981), National Socialist politician, senator in Bremen , SS group leader and lieutenant general of the police
- Stella Hähnel (* 1972), politician ( NPD )
- Helga Hammer (* 1938), politician (CDU), Vice-President of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Fritz David von Hansemann (1886–1971), politician ( DVP , CDU )
- Anna Elisabeth Haselbach (* 1942), politician ( SPÖ )
- Wilhelm von Hegel (1849–1925), government official and member of the German Reichstag
- Ernst Heilmann (1881–1940), lawyer, politician (SPD) and victim of National Socialism
- Friedrich Heilmann (1892–1963), journalist and politician (KPD / SED)
- Willi Hein (1894 – after 1950), politician, member of the Brandenburg State Parliament
- Gabriela Heinrich (* 1963), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Helmut Heinrich (* 1947), politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Monika Helbig (* 1953), politician (SPD), member of the House of Representatives and State Secretary of the State of Berlin
- Otto Hellwig (1838–1915), politician, member of the Prussian State Council
- Ernst Henrici (1854–1915), teacher, colonial adventurer and politician
- Esther Herlitz (1921–2016), Israeli diplomat and politician
- Alexander J. Herrmann (* 1975), politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Annelies Herrmann (* 1941), politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Barbara Herrmann (* 1948), politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Clara Herrmann (* 1985), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Dieter Herrmann (1937–2018), politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Joachim Herrmann (1928–1992), journalist and member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED
- Kurt Herrmann (1903–1950), politician, member of the People's Chamber of the GDR
- Liselotte Herrmann (1909–1938), communist resistance fighter
- Monika Herrmann (* 1964), politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), district mayor
- Otto Hessler (1891–?), Party functionary (SPD / SED) and Thuringian state parliament director
- Klaus Heugel (* 1936), City Director of Cologne
- Regine Hildebrandt (1941–2001), politician (SPD) and biologist, state minister in Brandenburg
- Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff (* 1976), politician (Die Linke)
- Adolph Hoffmann (1858–1930), Prussian politician and minister of culture
- Artur Hoffmann (1902–1975), politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Bernhard Hoffmann (1919–2017), politician (SPD), district mayor of the Tempelhof district
- Ernst Hoffmann (1909–1984), politician (SED), member of the People's Chamber of the GDR
- Florence von Hoffmann (1891–1977), politician (CDU) and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Gert Hoffmann (* 1946), politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of the city of Braunschweig
- Heinz Hoffmann (* 1921), diplomat and trade unionist
- Helga von Hoffmann (1933–2005), politician (SPD), member of the Hamburg parliament
- Konrad Hoffmann (1904–1989), politician (SPD), member of the Appointed Hamburg Citizenship
- Paul Wilhelm Georg Hoffmann (1879–1949), politician and member of the Reichstag
- Jan Hofmann (* 1954), political official, State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
- Norbert Hofmann (* 1942), local politician, district administrator of the Bergstrasse district
- Friedrich von Hollmann (1842–1913), naval officer, admiral of the Imperial German Navy, State Secretary of the Reichsmarineamt
- Ernst Horn (1912–2001), youth functionary, member of the Volkskammer and head of the German Sports Committee
- Elisa Marie Hoven (* 1982), university professor, member of the JuS advisory board , author of Die Zeit
- Hans Ilau (1901–1974), politician ( FDP ) and bank manager
- Gottlieb von Jagow (1863–1935), diplomat and politician
- Walter Jansen (1899–1969), farmer and politician (CDU), Vice President of the Hessian State Parliament
- Carlo Jordan (* 1951), GDR environmental activist and politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Georg Kaßler (1887–1962), politician (KPD), member of the Reichstag and resistance fighter
- Konrad Kellen (1913–2007), German-American political scientist
- Hans Keller (1903–1956), politician, mayor of Detmold
- Heinrich von Keyserlingk (1861–1941), politician, manor owner, administrative and court official
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel (* 1934), politician (FDP)
- Wolfgang Kiele (* 1937), member of the state parliament (CDU)
- Hendrikje Klein (* 1979), politician (Die Linke), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Manfred Klein (1925–1981), victim of Stalinism, politician and member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Matthias Kleinert (* 1938), politician (CDU) and manager
- Gernot Klemm (* 1965), politician (Die Linke) and member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Reinhard Klektiven (* 1942), politician (SPD), Prime Minister of Saarland and Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
- Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Knoblauch (1793–1859), businessman and politician
- Julius Koch (1865–1936), theologian and politician, member of the Prussian state parliament
- Michael Koch (* 1980), politician (CDU), member of the Brandenburg State Parliament
- Friedrich Heinrich Eduard Kochhann (1805–1890), politician
- Hans Kohlberger (1932–2019), politician (SPD)
- Steffen Kotré (* 1971), Member of the Bundestag; Politician (AfD)
- Bettina König (* 1978), politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Dagmar König (* 1955), trade unionist and politician (CDU)
- Günter König (1933–2015), politician, district mayor of Berlin-Kreuzberg
- Hans König (1916–1999), politician, member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament
- Jörg König (1943–1995), politician (SPD), Senator for Finance for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Jörn König (* 1967), engineer and politician (AfD), member of the Bundestag
- Max König (1868–1946), politician, trade unionist and socialist functionary
- Hellmut Königshaus (* 1950), Member of the Bundestag; Politician (FDP)
- Erich Konrad (1910–1987), politician, member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Klaus Konrad (1914–2006), lawyer and politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag
- Rolf Konrad (1924–1990), politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Hans Köpf (1914–1978), District Administrator of the Tuttlingen district
- Christian Koppe († 1721), Berlin city governor and councilor around 1669
- Willi Koska (1902–1943), member of the Reichstag and resistance fighter ( Red Aid Germany )
- Konrad Kraske (1926–2016), politician
- Gerda Krause (* 1947), politician (SED, PDS), member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt
- John Hans Krebs (1926–2014), American politician, from 1975 and 1979 representative of the state of California in the US House of Representatives
- Arnold Krüger (1920–2011), politician (FDP), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Erwin Krüger (1909–1986), politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Friedrich Krüger (1896–1984), politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Joachim Krüger (* 1949), politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Marian Krüger (* 1964), politician (Die Linke), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Ulrich Krüger (1929–2018), politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Werner Krüger (* 1948), politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Wolfgang Krueger (1937–2018), politician (CDU), District Mayor of Tempelhof
- Heinz Kuchler (1921–2006), politician
- Franz Künstler (1888–1942), member of the Reichstag and resistance fighter
L-Q
- Schlomo Lahat (1927–2014), politician (Likud), mayor of Tel Aviv
- Renate Lepsius (1927–2004), politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag
- Gesine Lötzsch (* 1961), politician (Die Linke), member of the Bundestag
- Wolf-Dieter Lukas (* 1957), physicist and political official, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Martin Luserke (1880–1968), reform pedagogue, narrator, writer
- Hans Luther (1879–1962), Imperial Chancellor in the Weimar Republic
- Martin Luther (1895–1945), politician (NSDAP), Undersecretary of State in the Foreign Office of the German Reich during the National Socialist era
- Hermann Maximilian zu Lynar (1825–1914), politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Hans Georg von Mackensen (1883–1947), State Secretary , Ambassador and SS Group Leader
- Anton von Magnus (1821–1882), diplomat
- Karl Maron (1903–1975), Minister of the Interior of the GDR
- Daniel Matthias (1571–1619), Privy Councilor of Brandenburg and Vice Chancellor
- Hans Josef Otto Graf von Matuschka, Baron von Toppolczan and Spaetgen (1885–1968), administrative officer and consul
- Wolfgang Manecke (1938–2017), journalist and organologist
- Otto von Manteuffel (1844–1913), leading conservative Prussian politician
- Friedrich August Ludwig von der Marwitz (1777–1837), Prussian politician
- Ludwig von Massow (1794-1859), politician, Prussian minister, landlord
- Wilhelm von Massow (1802–1867), ministerial official, manor owner and politician, MdH
- David McAllister (* 1971), politician (CDU), former Prime Minister (Lower Saxony)
- Wolfgang Meckelein (1919–1988), politician and geographer
- Alexander Meyer (1832–1908), lawyer, journalist and politician, member of the Reichstag
- Christoph Meyer (* 1975), politician (FDP), member of the Berlin House of Representatives, member of the German Bundestag
- Franz Karl Meyer (1906–1983), politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Georg Meyer (1889–1968), politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Erich Mielke (1907–2000), Minister for State Security of the GDR
- Carl Eduard Moewes (1799–1851), politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Hans Müller (1906–1962), politician (SPD, SDA) and former member of the People's Chamber
- Kurt Müller (1903–1990), politician (KPD, SPD)
- Manfred Müller (* 1943), politician (non-party), member of the PDS parliamentary group in the Bundestag
- Michael Müller (* 1964), politician (SPD)
- Werner Müller (1900–1955), politician (non-party) and lawyer, Berlin Senator for the Interior
- Johann Gottlieb August Naumann (1799–1870), lawyer and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Franz Neumann (1904–1974), politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag, resistance fighter
- Barbara Oesterheld (1951–2009), politician (AL / Greens)
- Werner Orlowsky (1928–2016), City Councilor and Druggist
- Isolde Oschmann (* 1913), politician ( KPD , SED )
- Guntram Palm (1931–2013), politician (FDP / DVP, CDU), member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg , Lord Mayor of Fellbach
- Petra Pau (* 1963), deputy chairwoman of the left parliamentary group in the Bundestag
- Hans Heinrich X. Prince of Pless (1806–1855), landlord, manor owner and politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Robert Pötzsch (* 1972), local politician, mayor of Waldkraiburg
- Victor-Emanuel Preusker (1913–1991), politician (FDP, later CDU), Federal Minister for Housing
- Hugo Preuß (1860–1925), lawyer and "father of the Weimar Constitution "
- Karl Prichert (1879–1961), local politician and trade unionist
- Georg Puchowski (1892–1967), politician and Roman Catholic clergyman
R-S
- Walther Rathenau (1867–1922), industrialist, politician ( DDP ) and Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic
- Fritz Reuter (1911–2000), city councilor
- Karl von Richthofen-Damsdorf (1842–1916), politician, member of the Reichstag and Prussian manor, owner of a manor
- Hartmann von Richthofen (1878–1953), politician (NLP, DDP), member of the Reichstag and diplomat
- Bernhard Rieder (* 1953), administrative officer and State Secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior
- Arthur Rosenberg (1889–1943), historian and politician, member of the Reichstag (USPD, KPD)
- Frederic von Rosenberg (1874–1937), diplomat and politician, Reich Minister
- Wolfgang Rösser (1914-2007), member of the People's Chamber of the GDR (NDP)
- Heinz Rudolph (1912–2002), economist, politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Lower Saxony
- Willy Rumpf (1903–1982), politician, Minister of Finance of the GDR
- Peter Heinrich August von Salviati (1786–1856), Prussian diplomat
- Werner Salomon (1926–2014), politician (SPD), 1979–1992 district mayor of the Spandau district of Berlin
- Christina Schade (* 1965), politician (AfD)
- Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski (1932–2015), politician (SED) and economic functionary of the GDR
- Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974), Gauleiter and Reich Governor in Vienna and Reich Youth Leader during the National Socialist era
- Paul Schlecht (1882–1947), politician (SPD, USPD), member of the Reichstag
- Wilhelm von Schlieffen (1829–1902), Majorate Lord, explorer and member of the German Reichstag
- Elli Schmidt (1908–1980), candidate for the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED , chairwoman of the DFD in the GDR
- Klaus-Jürgen Schmidt (1953-2010), Member of the Alternative List (AL)
- Horst Schmitt (1925–1989), party chairman of SEW
- Stefan Schmitt (1963–2010), lawyer and Hamburg politician (SPD)
- Ernst Scholz (1913–1986), interbrigadist , Minister for Construction and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the GDR
- Hilde Schramm (* 1936), Vice-President of the Berlin House of Representatives, politician (AL)
- Karl-Friedrich Schrieber (1905–1985), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Wilhelm von der Schulenburg (1806–1883), politician, district administrator
- Klaus-Peter Schulz (1915–2000), politician (SPD / CDU), member of the Landtag and Bundestag
- Kordula Schulz-Asche (* 1956), member of the Hessian state parliament
- Max Schwarz (1904–1979), Member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament (SPD)
- Carl-Hubert Schwennicke (1906–1992), politician (DVP, LDPD, FDP, CDU)
- Otto Graf von Schwerin (1645–1705), Kurbrandenburgisch - Prussian Privy Councilor and diplomat
- Kurt Seibt (1908–2002), politician, chairman of the central revision commission of the SED and minister for guidance and control of the district and district councils of the GDR
- François Seydoux de Clausonne (1905–1981), French diplomat
- Paul Singer (1844–1911), SPD co-founder, its chairman and member of the Reichstag , manufacturer
- Friedrich zu Solms-Baruth (1853–1920), politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- René Stadtkewitz (* 1965), politician (CDU, Die Freiheit )
- Karl-Heinz Städing (1928–2008), politician (SPD)
- Paul Stanke (1875–1948), architect
- Matthias Stefke (* 1963), politician
- Udo Steinberg (1877–1919), engineer, athlete and sports official
- Friedrich Stock (1877–1937), politician (DtSP, NSFP), member of the Reichstag
- Otto Strauss (1870–1938), politician, member of the Reichstag (economic party)
- August von Stockhausen (1793–1861), politician, lieutenant general, minister of war
- Willi Stoph (1914–1999), politician (SED), most recently Chairman of the Council of State (head of state of the GDR)
- Georg Streiter (1884–1945), politician (DVP), member of the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic
- Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929), politician (DVP), Reich Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic, winner of the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize
- Joachim Strömer (1904–1971), politician (FDP), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
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- Theodor Thannhäuser (1868–1950), Mayor of Salzgitter
- Uwe Tietz (* 1947), politician (AL)
- Klaus von Trotha (* 1938), politician (CDU), state minister in Baden-Württemberg
- Lotte Ulbricht (1903–2002), SED functionary and the second wife of the GDR State Council Chairman Walter Ulbricht
- Wolfgang Vater (* 1942), local politician (CDU) in Hofheim / Taunus
- Gerd Vehres (1941–2009), diplomat, embassy secretary (1970–1974) and ambassador to Hungary (1988–1990)
- Moritz Veit (1808–1864), politician and publisher
- Otto Vesper (1875–1923), politician
- Otto von Voss (1755–1823), politician, secret minister of state
- Fritz Votava (1906–1989), politician (SPD)
- Winfried von Wedel-Parlow (1918–1977), politician
- Otto Wels (1873–1939), SPD party and parliamentary group leader in the Weimar Republic
- Michael Wendt (1955–2011), politician (AL)
- Edgar Whitehead (1905–1971), Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia
- Gabriele Wiechatzek (* 1948), politician (CDU)
- Wolfgang Wieland (* 1948), Mayor and Senator for Justice of the State of Berlin
- Wilhelm I (1797–1888), German Emperor
- Wilhelm II. (1859–1941), German Emperor
- Karin Wilke (* 1953), politician (AfD)
- Ulrich von Winterfeldt (1823–1908), politician, member of the Reichstag
- Otto Winzer (1902–1975), Minister for Foreign Affairs of the GDR
- Klaus Wowereit (* 1953), politician (SPD) and from 2001 to 2014 Governing Mayor of Berlin
- Franz-Josef Wuermeling (1900–1986), politician (CDU), family minister and namesake for the " Wuermeling " (discount entitlement for train tickets for families)
- Martin Wülfing (1899–1986), politician (NSDAP), member of the state and Reichstag
- Philip Zeschmann (* 1967), politician
- Hugo Zimmermann (1892–1964), administrative officer and long-time mayor in Eupen
- Paul Zobel (1891–1945), worker sports functionary, member of the state parliament and resistance fighter
- Klaus Zweiling (1900–1968), politician, journalist, physicist and philosopher
Resistance fighters
The people listed here are primarily known as resistance fighters against National Socialism .
AG
- Willi Bänsch (1908–1944), belonged to the KPD resistance and to the Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein-Organization (SJBO)
- Gottfried Ballin (1914–1943), resistance fighter
- Arnold Bauer (1909–2006) belonged to the Rote Kapelle resistance movement
- Erwin Beck (1911–1988) belonged to the Red Fighters resistance group
- Ernst Berendt (1878–1942), Christian resistance fighter, Protestant pastor and prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp
- Karl Behrens (1909–1943), Red Orchestra
- Hans Berger (1916–1943), resistance fighter
- Hilde Berger (1914–2011), resistance fighter and secretary to Oskar Schindler
- Liane Berkowitz (1923–1943), Rote Kapelle
- Hans Beyer (1905–1971), NKFD
- Charlotte Bischoff (1901–1994), SJBO and Rote Kapelle
- Georg Blank (1888–1944), politician and resistance fighter
- Franz Bode (1903–1940), communist and resistance fighter, died of long-term effects of injuries caused by torture while imprisoned
- Hasso von Boehmer (1904–1945) belonged to the resistance group of July 20, 1944
- Ernst von Borsig (1906–1945) belonged to the Kreisau Circle resistance / program group
- Cay-Hugo von Brockdorff (1915–1999), Red Orchestra
- Gerhard Bry (1911–1996), Beginning Over
- Eva-Maria Buch (1921–1943), Red Orchestra
- Adolf Buchholz (1913–1978), Free Germany Movement in Great Britain
- Hans Coppi (1916–1942), Red Orchestra
- Hilde Coppi (1909–1943), Red Chapel
- Herbert Crüger (1911–2003), Free Germany Movement in Switzerland
- Manfred Czernin (1913–1962), Czech Royal Air Force pilot and SOE agent for special missions in World War II
- Emmy Damerius-Koenen (1903–1987), KPD
- Ditmar Danelius (1906–1997), communist resistance fighter, concentration camp prisoner, fighter in the Résistance and chairman of the Berlin Association of Victims of the Nazi Regime (VVN)
- Justus Delbrück (1902-1945), jurist, of the resistance against Nazism was involved
- Charlotte Eisenblätter (1903–1944), Uhrig Group and Red Orchestra
- Ina Ender (1917–2008), Rote Kapelle
- Hilde Ephraim (1905–1940), Red Aid
- Ernst Flatow (1887–1942), Protestant pastor of Jewish origin, opponent of National Socialism, hospital chaplain and victim of the Holocaust
- Siegfried Forstreuter (1914–1944), communist and resistance fighter
- Karl Frank (1906–1944), Uhrig Group and Red Orchestra
- Friedrich Fromm (1888–1945), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Otto Heinrich von der Gablentz (1898–1972), Kreisau Circle
- Erich Gloeden (1888–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Ursula Goetze (1916–1943), Red Orchestra
- Herbert Gollnow (1911–1943), Red Orchestra
- Herbert Grasse (1910–1942), Red Orchestra
- Hanno Günther (1921–1942), communist and resistance fighter
HM
- Hans Bernd von Haeften (1905–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 (also lawyer and officer)
- Werner von Haeften (1908–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 (also lawyer and officer)
- Hugo Härtig (1872–1944), communist resistance fighter executed in Brandenburg-Görden
- Ruthild Hahne (1910–2001), Red Orchestra
- Wilhelm von Hahnke (1833–1912), Prussian Field Marshal General
- Kunrat von Hammerstein-Equord (1918–2007), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Ludwig von Hammerstein-Equord (1919–1996), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Willi Heinze (1910–1945), KPD resistance and SJBO
- Georg Henke (1908–1986), interbrigadist
- Reinhold Hermann (1885–1945), printer, trade unionist and resistance fighter
- Stéphane Hessel (1917–2013), French Resistance fighter, survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp , diplomat , poet , essayist and political activist
- Ernst Ludwig Heuss (1910–1967), Solf Circle
- Willy Hielscher (1904–1945), SJBO, supporter of a resistance group of Soviet forced laborers at the Bergmann Works in Berlin-Wilhelmsruh
- Paul Hirsch (1907–1945), communist resistance fighter in the Askania works
- Walter Homann (1906–1945), Red Orchestra
- Friedel Hoffmann (1912–1997), communist resistance fighter
- Caesar Horn (1914-1945), SJBO
- Georg Hornstein (1900–1942), volunteer in the Spanish Civil War
- Emil Hübner (1862–1943), Red Orchestra
- Marta Husemann (1913–1960), Red Orchestra
- Werner Illmer (1914–1944), penal battalion 999, partisan, executed
- Else Imme (1885–1943), Rote Kapelle
- Ingeborg Jacobson (1915–1942), businessman of Jewish origin, member of the Confessing Church (BK), chief secretary in the Grüber office
- Paul Junius (1901–1944), cell in the Askania works , SJBO
- Hans Kahle (1899–1947), interbrigadist
- Hans Kiefer (1905–1966), KPD resistance and SJBO
- Helmut Kindler (1912–2008), Rote Kapelle
- Bernhard Klamroth (1910–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Thomas Klein (* 1948), GDR civil rights activist
- Kurt Klinke (1910–1944), socialist resistance fighter
- Hans Krüger (1904–1944), executed as a critic of the Nazi regime
- Joachim Kuhn (1913–1994), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Otto Kühne (1893–1955), Resistance
- Oskar Kusch (1918–1944), first lieutenant at sea and commander of the U 154 submarine, executed as a critic of the Nazi regime
- Karl Ladé (1909–1945), cell in the Askania works , SJBO
- Fritz Lange (1898–1981), Red Orchestra
- Ernst Langguth (1908–1983), KPD
- Walter Lassally (1926–2017), British cameraman, actor and Oscar winner
- Annedore Leber (1904–1968), Kreisau Circle
- Georg Lehnig (1907–1945), Oberspree Cable Works, SJBO
- Gerhard Leo (1923–2009), Resistance
- Hanni Lévy (1924–2019), Holocaust survivor and contemporary witness
- Fritz Lindemann (1894–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Paul Lindner (1911–1969), KPD
- Walter Loewenheim (1896–1977), Red Fighter
- Wilhelm Graf zu Lynar (1899–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Günter Malkowski (1926–1952), fighter against the SED regime
- Gertrud Marx (1904–1989, née Gessinger ), communist
- Ewald Meyer (1911–2003), Red Orchestra
- Gerhard Meyer (1919–1942), resistance fighter and member of the Baum group, executed in Plötzensee
- Hanni Meyer (1921–1943), resistance fighter and member of the Baum group, executed in Plötzensee
- Walter Mickin (1910-2001), communist
- Friedrich Müller (1889–1942), Christian resistance fighter, member of the Confessing Church, Protestant pastor and captain of the Wehrmacht
- Kurt Müller (1903–1944), Rote Kapelle and European Union
- Karl Mundstock (1915–2008), Red Orchestra
- Arnold Munter (1912-2001), social democratic resistance fighter
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- Arthur Nebe (1894–1945), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Gertrud Neuhof (1901–1987), Frohnau , SJBO
- Eugen Neutert (1905–1943), Red Orchestra
- Erwin Nöldner (1913–1944), Lichtenberg , SJBO
- Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen (1915–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Ernst Oschmann (1907–1979), communist resistance fighter
- Margarethe von Oven (1904–1991), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Friedrich Justus Perels (1910–1945), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Bruno Peters (1884–1960), railway engineer and communist resistance fighter
- Hans Peters (1896–1966), Kreisau Circle
- Erwin Planck (1893–1945), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Friedrich Rehmer (1921–1943), Red Orchestra
- Bernhard Reichenbach (1888–1975), Red Fighter
- Rosemarie Reichwein (1904–2002), Kreisau district
- Roman Rubinstein (1917–1999), Resistance
- Anton Ruh (1912–1964), KPD, OSS agent
- Anton Saefkow (1903-1944), SJBO
- Willi Sänger (1894–1944), Uhrig Group and SJBO
- Klara Schabbel (1894–1943), Red Orchestra
- Dora Schaul (1913–1999), Resistance
- Heinrich Scheel (1915–1996), Red Orchestra
- Diethelm Scheer (1909–1996), KPD
- Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), Red Orchestra
- Heinz Schröder (1910–1997), Reichsbanner, Chairman of the VVN-VdA
- Frieda Seidlitz (1907–1936), Red Aid
- Hans Singer (1921–1979), Free Germany Movement in Switzerland
- Max Spangenberg (1907–1987), interbrigadist
- Ilse Stöbe (1911–1942), Red Orchestra
- Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Hans Sussmann (1897–1985), Red Orchestra
- Fritz Thiele (1894–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Ella Trebe (1902–1943), Rote Kapelle and SJBO
- Herbert Tschäpe (1913–1944), Spain fighter and SJBO
- Käthe Tucholla (1910–1943), Uhrig Group and Red Orchestra
- Karl Vesper (1883–1933), resistance fighter
- Elli Voigt (1912-1944), Schönow, SJBO
- Hans-Alexander von Voss (1907–1944), assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
- Wilhelm von Waldow (1856–1937), politician and administrative officer, minister
- Arthur Weisbrodt (1909–1944), Lichtenberg, SJBO and Rote Hilfe
- Marion Yorck von Wartenburg (1904–2007), Kreisau district
- Gerhard Zadek (1919–2005), Herbert Baum Group
High military
A – K
- Friedrich Altrichter (1890–1948), Lieutenant General of the Wehrmacht, military writer
- Friedrich von Amann (1870–1953), Lieutenant General
- Franz Wilhelm von Barfus-Falkenburg (1788–1863), Prussian major general
- Friedrich von Barner (1821–1889), Prussian major general
- Egenolf von Berckheim (1881–1915), submarine commander in the First World War
- August von Beyer (1786–1855), Lieutenant General
- Gustav Friedrich von Beyer (1812–1889), Prussian infantry general and Baden war ministerww
- Hans-Rudolf Boehmer (* 1938), retired vice admiral D. of the Federal Navy, Inspector of the Navy (1995–1998)
- Carl Bolle (1893–1955), highly decorated fighter pilot in World War I, knight of the order Pour le Mérite
- Heinz Brandt (1907–1944), General Staff Officer
- Konrad von Brauchitsch (1853–1916), major general
- Johann Carl Ludwig Braun (1771–1835), Prussian lieutenant general, inspector general of the gun and weapons factories in Berlin
- Leopold von Brese-Winiary (1787–1878), Prussian infantry general
- Adolf von Bülow (1837–1907), Prussian general
- Karl von Bülow (1846–1921), Prussian field marshal
- Paul Buntrock (1915–1985), Major General in the German Air Force
- Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899), Vice Admiral of the Imperial Navy, politician, Reich Chancellor as successor to Otto von Bismarck
- Carl Friedrich Ernst von Cocceji (1728–1780), officer, diplomat in the Polish service
- Karl von Decker (1784–1844), Prussian general and military and fiction writer
- Karl von Dewitz-Krebs (1887–1945), major general
- Otto Magnus von Dönhoff (1665–1717), Prussian lieutenant general and envoy
- Max von Eberstein (1830–1889), major general
- Siegfried Engel (1892–1976), Rear Admiral in World War II, translator of English and French works
- Hermann von Fabeck (1816–1873), Prussian lieutenant general
- Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade (1699–1765), Prussian general
- Erika Franke (* 1954), general staff doctor and second woman in the rank of general in the Bundeswehr and first general from the new federal states
- Max Galster (1852–1928), Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy
- Georg von Gayl (1850–1927), Prussian general
- Wilhelm von Gayl (1814–1879), Prussian general of the infantry
- Friedrich von der Groeben (1827–1889), Prussian lieutenant general
- Karl von Grolman (1777–1843), Prussian general and chief of the general staff
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow (1678–1739), Prussian field marshal and statesman
- Hermann von Guretzky-Cornitz (1828–1892), general of the cavalry and governor of Ulm
- Paul Haehling von Lanzenauer (1896–1943), officer
- Eberhard von Hartmann (1824-1891), Prussian infantry general
- Bernd Heise (* 1943), Vice Admiral, Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr
- Hans Heinrich XI. von Hochberg (1833–1907), general of the cavalry, coal and steel industrialist
- Eduard von Höpfner (1797–1858), Prussian major general, military writer and director of the General War School
- Henning von Holtzendorff (1853–1919), Prussian Grand Admiral, member of the Prussian manor house
- Eugen Kalau vom Hofe (1856–1935), naval officer, ship commander, rear admiral of the Imperial German Navy, author of maritime literature
- Gerhard von Janson (1881–1961), naval officer and political activist
- Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein (1725–1800), Prussian Field Marshal General
- Friedrich von Keßler (1814–1891), Prussian lieutenant general
- Friedrich von Kleist (1762–1823), Prussian field marshal
- Max von Kleist (1845–1923), Prussian major general
- Karl von Knobloch (1773-1858), Prussian major general
- Moritz von Kunowski (1831–1917), Prussian major general
- Ernst Kusserow (1903–1968), Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
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- Heinrich von Ledebur (1832–1912), Prussian lieutenant general
- Gottlieb Lehmann (1762–1824), Prussian major general
- Christian Nicolaus von Linger (1669–1755), Prussian general of the artillery
- Hermann Lüdke (1911–1968), Flotilla Admiral of the German Navy
- Leopold von Lützow (1786–1844), Prussian lieutenant general
- Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782–1834), major general
- Maximilian von Lyncker (1845–1923), Prussian infantry general, court marshal and general manager of the royal gardens
- Erich von Manstein (1887–1973), Field Marshal General
- Hubert Meyer (1913–2012), General Staff Officer in the 12th SS Panzer Division
- Gustav von Möller (1834-1896), Prussian lieutenant general and commandant of Magdeburg
- Alexander von Monts (1832–1889), naval officer, commander of the SMS Vineta , with whom he traveled around the world from 1875 to 1877, vice admiral of the Imperial Navy
- Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg (1910–2003), naval officer and diplomat
- Heinrich Oberdiek (1899–1986), General Physician in the Bundeswehr
- Jürgen Oesten (1913-2010), naval officer
- Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899–1966), major general
- Joachim Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppen (1747–1815), major general
- Joachim von Oriola (1858–1907), sea captain of the Imperial Navy, naval attaché
- Alexander von Pape (1813–1895), Colonel General
- Günter Poser (1916–2003), rear admiral in the German Navy, military attaché for South Korea and Japan
- Adalbert of Prussia (1811–1873), admiral
- Albrecht von Prussia (1837–1906), Prussian Field Marshal General
- Ferdinand of Prussia (1730–1813), major general
- Friedrich Karl Nikolaus von Prussia (1828–1885), General of the Prussian Army
- Heinrich of Prussia (1726–1802), general, 13th child of King Friedrich Wilhelm I.
- Joachim Pröhl (* 1932), admiral doctor of the Navy, President of the German Life-Saving Society
- Hubertus von Puttkamer (* 1948), flotilla admiral a. D. of the German Navy, member of the federal board of the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe
- Wilhelm von Radziwill (1797–1870), Prussian general
- Hans-Joachim Rath (1894–1968), major general
- Albert von Rauch (1829–1901), Prussian general of the infantry and chief of the rural gendarmerie
- Friedrich von Rauch (1855–1935), Prussian general of the cavalry and inspector of the 1st cavalry inspection
- Gustav Waldemar von Rauch (1819–1890), Prussian general of the cavalry and chief of the rural gendarmerie
- Nikolaus von Rauch (1851–1904), Prussian colonel and commander of the 29th Cavalry Brigade
- Hugo von Rauchhaupt (1824–1896), Prussian lieutenant general
- Klaus Reinhardt (* 1941), Army General of the Bundeswehr
- Louis Riedel (1849–1907), Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy
- Otto August Rühle von Lilienstern (1780–1847), Prussian lieutenant general, chief of the Prussian general staff, military writer
- Alexander von Salviati (1827–1881), Prussian lieutenant general
- Sigismund von Schlichting (1829–1909), Prussian general
- Alfred von Schlieffen (1833–1913), Prussian Field Marshal General
- Karl von Schlippenbach (1830–1908), Prussian general of the infantry
- Samuel von Schmettau (1684–1751), Prussian field marshal
- Rudolf Schmidt (1886–1957), Colonel General
- Georg Heinrich Ludwig August Ernst von Schoenermarck (1783–1851), Prussian major general
- Otto von der Schulenburg (1834–1923), Prussian major general
- Erwin Schulz (1900–1981), SS brigad leader, major general of the police
- Walther Schwieger (1885–1917), naval officer
- Joachim Sochaczewski (1931–2007), Air Force General in the German Armed Forces
- Friedrich Georg von Sohr (1775–1845), Prussian lieutenant general
- Ludwig von Sohr (1777–1848), Prussian lieutenant general
- Lennart Souchon (* 1942), naval officer, military theorist
- Rudolf Stein von Kaminski (1818–1875), Prussian major general
- Christoph Ludwig von Stille (1696–1752), Prussian major general
- Stephan Thomas (* 1957), Brigadier General and Commander Tank Brigade 12
- Theodor von Troschke (1810–1876), Prussian lieutenant general
- Hermann von Viebahn (1847–1919), Prussian lieutenant general
- Ernst von Wangenheim , Prussian major general
- Hermann Ludwig von Wartensleben (1826–1921), Prussian general
- Ludwig von Wartensleben (1831–1926), Real Privy Councilor and Major
- Gustav von Weller (1820–1891), Prussian major general
- Wilhelm von Winterfeldt (1824–1906), Prussian cavalry general and Canon of Brandenburg
- Karl von Wolff (1785–1873), Prussian lieutenant general
- Anton von Zglinicki (1775–1843), Prussian major general
- Wilhelm Ludwig von Zollikofer (1783–1868), Prussian general of the cavalry
Entrepreneur, manager and economist
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- Michael Arends (* 1939), music publisher and politician (ÖDP)
- Hartmut Bachmann (* 1924), manager and business journalist
- Wilhelm Beer (1797–1850), banker and amateur astronomer
- Ludwig Bernhard (1875–1935), economist and university lecturer
- Michael Bitz (* 1943), economist and university professor
- Gerson Bleichröder (1822-1893), banker
- Carl Andreas Julius Bolle (1832–1910), founder and owner of the traditional C. Bolle dairy
- Klaus Conrad (* 1936), entrepreneur, Conrad Electronic
- Wilhelm Conrad (1822–1899), banker and landowner
- Lea-Sophie Cramer (* 1987), entrepreneur
- August Ferdinand Ludwig Dörffurt (1767–1825), pharmacist and mayor of Wittenberg
- Georg Jacob Decker (1765–1819), printer and publisher
- Rudolf Ludwig Decker (1804–1877), printer and publisher
- Georg Draheim (1903–1972), professor of economics
- Alexander Duncker (1813–1897), publisher and bookseller
- Franz Duncker (1822–1888), publisher and politician
- Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker (1781–1869), publisher
- Peter Engelmann (* 1947), publisher, philosopher, author
- Wilhelm Ferdinand Ermeler (1784–1866), industrialist
- Friedrich Ernst (1889–1960), lawyer, administrative officer, politician and bank manager
- Thomas R. Fischer (* 1947), banker (WestLB)
- Werner Gegenbauer (* 1950), entrepreneur and honorary president of the IHK Berlin
- Julius Goldiner (1852–1914), publisher of picture postcards
- Albert Göring (1895–1966), technician and company manager
- Theodor Görner (1884–1971), print shop owner
- Oskar Günther (1863–1933), apparatus and instrument maker
- Hugo Hanke (1837–1897), building contractor and member of the city council
- Ulrich Hartmann (1938–2014), lawyer and manager, Chairman of the Management and Supervisory Boards of E.ON AG
- Ewald Hecker (1879–1954), chairman of the supervisory board of Ilseder Hütte and SS brigade leader
- Robert Held (1862–1924), businessman and entrepreneur
- Günter Herlitz (1913-2010), industrialist
- Klaus Herlitz (* 1947), entrepreneur and initiator of the Buddy Bears
- Robert Katzenstein (1928–2006), economist
- Stephen M. Kellen (1914–2004), German-American banker and patron
- Gustav Kirstein (1870–1934), publisher, art collector, bibliophile and patron
- Dieter Klein (* 1931), Marxist economist
- Hans Klein (1879 – after 1957), German-Chinese arms dealer, Chinese consul
- Torsten-Jörn Klein (* 1964), manager, investor and sports official
- Oswald Adolph Kohut (1901–1977), FDP politician
- Erwin Kostyra (* 1953), metal construction entrepreneur and association official
- Kurt Krieger (* 1948), entrepreneur
- Robert René Kuczynski (1876–1947), economist
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- Florian Langenscheidt (* 1955), publisher, author and venture capitalist
- Paul Langenscheidt (1860–1925), publisher and writer
- Ernst Litfaß (1816–1874), publisher, inventor of the advertising column
- Steffen Lorenz (* 1931), manager and IHK chairman
- Bernd Lucke (* 1962), economist and politician
- Theodor Mattern (1820–1886), merchant, dye works owner and local politician (city councilor)
- Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), banker (Bankhaus Mendelssohn)
- Ernst von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1846–1909), banker
- Otto von Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1868–1949), banker and industrialist
- Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1879–1956), chemist and industrialist
- Alexander Meyer-Cohn (1853–1904), co-owner of the Berlin bank Meyer-Cohn and patron
- Hermann Meyer (1846–1913), beverage manufacturer, founder of a grocery chain
- Heinrich von Nathusius (* 1943), manager and entrepreneur
- Klaus Pavel (* 1938), entrepreneur and equestrian sports official
- Robert Pfleger (1906–1971), chemist and pharmaceutical entrepreneur
- Harald Quandt (1921–1967), industrialist, son of Magda Goebbels
- Emil Rathenau (1838–1915), industrialist and founder of the AEG
- Manfred Röber (* 1947), economist
- Richard Schering (1859–1942), pharmacist and industrialist
- Hans-Peter Scherrer (1929–2017), publishing manager
- Horst Schiesser (* 1930), bakery entrepreneur
- Marie-Luise Schwarz-Schilling (* 1932), entrepreneur and author
- Wolf Jobst Siedler (1926–2013), publisher and publicist
- Carl Friedrich von Siemens (1872–1941), industrialist
- James Henry Simon (1851–1932), entrepreneur and sponsor of the Berlin museums
- Carl Spindler (1841–1902), entrepreneur
- Torsten Tomczak (* 1959), business economist, professor in St. Gallen
- Carl von Treskow (1787–1846), entrepreneur and agricultural reformer
- Klaus Wagenbach (* 1930), publisher
- Carl Friedrich Ernst Weisse (1781–1836), insurance company
- Carl Christian von Weizsäcker (* 1938), emeritus for economics
- Wolfgang Wiegard (* 1946), economist, 2002–2005 Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Assessment of Overall Economic Development
- Mark Wössner (* 1938), manager, CEO of Bertelmann
Lawyers
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- Norbert Achterberg (1932–1988), lawyer and university professor
- Hans Adler (1899–1966), business lawyer
- Heinz Auerswald (1908–1970), lawyer, German commissioner of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War
- Peter Becker (* 1941), lawyer, winner of the Sean MacBride Peace Prize
- Klaus Bliesener (* 1932), judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Götz von Boehmer (1929–2019), lawyer and ambassador
- Wilhelm Bornemann (1798–1864), lawyer, crown syndicate, Prussian minister of justice and politician
- Heinrich von Brauchitsch (1831–1916), judge and member of the Prussian manor house
- Erhard Bungeroth (* 1939), lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice from 1988 to 2004
- Rolf-Peter Calliess (1935–2018), lawyer and university lecturer
- Jürgen Chrobog (* 1940), lawyer and diplomat
- Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Culemann (1758–1824), senior judge and director of the regional and municipal court in Bunzlau
- Katharina Deppert (* 1941), lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice from 1990 to 2006
- Eckhart Dietrich (* 1937), presiding judge at the Supreme Court
- Hans Dölle (1893–1980), lawyer and university lecturer
- Heinz Droßel (1916–2008), judge, Righteous Among the Nations
- Hermann von Eichendorff (1815–1900), lawyer and genealogist
- Ulrich Engel (1902–1986), administrative lawyer and ministerial official
- David Fischer (1873–1934), State Secretary
- Paul David Fischer (1836–1920), Undersecretary of State
- Gustav Ludwig August Fleischauer (1819–1891), Senate President at the Imperial Court
- Götz von Glisczynski (1942–2004), lawyer and author
- Walter Graeschke (1898–?), Lawyer, police officer and SS leader
- Wilhelm Heinrich von Grolman (1781–1856), lawyer, President of the Berlin Supreme Court (the "just judge")
- Hermann Günther (1882–1945), Reich judge
- Klaus Günther (* 1957), lawyer and university professor
- Micha Guttmann (* 1947), lawyer, journalist and media trainer
- Felix Halle (1884–1937), teacher of criminal law and defense attorney
- Werner Hartmann (1932–2004), judge at the Federal Administrative Court
- Stefan Haupt (* 1962), lawyer, mediator, data protection officer and art collector
- Albert Hellwig (1880–1950), lawyer, criminologist and publicist
- Friedrich Hellwig (1807–1862), lawyer, Prussian ministerial official
- Heinz Henze (1912–2009), lawyer, member of the EU Commission
- Joachim Herrmann (* 1933), lawyer and university lecturer
- Paul Hoffmann (1900–1973), administrative lawyer, district president of the Königsberg administrative district
- Günther Holstein (1892–1931), constitutional lawyer and Protestant canon lawyer
- Burkhard Jähnke (* 1937), lawyer, Vice President of the Federal Court of Justice from 1999 to 2002
- Philipp Joseph von Jariges (1706–1770), lawyer, Prussian Minister of Justice
- Johann Ludwig von Jordan (1773–1848), lawyer and Prussian diplomat
- Godehard Kayser (* 1954), lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Friedrich Leopold von Kircheisen (1749–1825), lawyer, Prussian Minister of Justice
- Brigitte Knobbe-Keuk (1940–1995), law scholar and university professor
- Fritz Erich Koch (1887–1966), legal scholar
- Georg Krämer (1872–1942), lawyer and victim of National Socialism
- Gerhard Friedrich Kramer (1904–1973), lawyer, politician and author
- Daniel Krause (* 1964), lawyer, criminal defense attorney in white-collar crime
- Paul Krüger (1840–1926), lawyer and university lecturer
L-Z
- Gustav von Le Coq (1799–1880), lawyer and diplomat
- Detlef Liebs (* 1936), legal historian and university professor
- Jutta Limbach (1934–2016), legal scholar
- Julius Magnus (1867–1944), lawyer and counselor
- Hedwig Maier (1905–2006), lawyer, regional court director, member of international arbitration tribunal
- Ludwig Emil Mathis (1797–1874), administrative lawyer, member of the Prussian manor house, president of the Evangelical Upper Church Council
- Albert Meyer (* 1947), lawyer and chairman of the Jewish community in Berlin
- Alex Meyer (1879–1978), lawyer and university professor
- Hermann Meyer-Lindenberg (1912–1982), lawyer, university professor and diplomat
- Kurt Pagendarm (1902–1976), federal judge
- Hans-Jürgen Papier (* 1943), President of the Federal Constitutional Court from 2002 to 2010
- Johann Christian Friedrich Patzig (1774–1840), lawyer and deputy chief of police
- Karin-Huberta Ritter (* 1937), lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Volker Röhricht (* 1940), lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Wiltraut Rupp-von Brünneck (1912–1977), judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- Erich Schmidt-Leichner (1910–1983), lawyer, criminal defense attorney
- Erich Schulze (1913–2017), association official, former board member and general director of GEMA
- Bernhard Spinola (1836–1900), lawyer and administrative director of the Charité
- Peter Alfons Steiniger (1904–1980), lawyer, collaboration on the First Constitution of the GDR
- Armin A. Steinkamm (* 1940), legal scholar
- Brigitte Tilmann (* 1941), lawyer
- Alexander von Uhden (1798–1878), Prussian Minister of Justice, President of the Prussian Supreme Tribunal
- Klaus Vygen (1939–2011), building lawyer and university professor
- Arthur Wegner (1900–1989), lawyer
- Oscar Weigert (1886–1968), administrative lawyer and labor lawyer
- Bernhard Weiß (1880–1951), Police Vice President in Berlin
- Richard Witting (1856–1923), lawyer, administrator, bank director and politician
- Martin Wolff (1872–1953), lawyer, legal scholar (private law)
Theologians and representatives of religious communities
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- Kurt Aland (1915–1994), Protestant theologian and professor of New Testament introductory studies and church history
- Soham Al-Suadi (* 1980), Protestant theologian
- Albrecht von Brandenburg (1490–1545), Archbishop of Magdeburg and Elector of Mainz , Arch Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
- Johannes Bachmann (1832–1888), Lutheran theologian and professor for the Old Testament
- Christina-Maria Bammel (* 1973), Protestant theologian, provost of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
- Hellmut Bandt (1917–1976), Evangelical Lutheran theologian and university professor for systematic theology
- Gregory Baum (1923–2017), German-Canadian theologian of the Roman Catholic faith and university professor
- Horst Beintker (1918–2012), Protestant theologian
- Alfred Bengsch (1921–1979), Bishop of Berlin and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Georg Bertram (1896–1979), Protestant theologian, pastor of the “ German Christians ”, university professor for the New Testament
- Maurus Berve OSB (1927–1986), Benedictine monk and abbot of Neuburg near Heidelberg
- Hans-Gebhard Bethge (* 1943), Protestant theologian
- Joachim Betke (1601–1663), Protestant theologian and spiritualist
- Paul Conrad (1865–1927), Protestant theologian
- Bruno Franz Decker (1907–1961), Catholic theologian
- Otto Dibelius (1880–1967), leading member of the Confessing Church , Bishop of Berlin, Chairman of the EKD Council , President of the Ecumenical Council
- Peter Dienel (1923–2006), theologian and sociologist
- Uwe Dittmer (1934–2020), Protestant theologian, pastor and author
- Johannes Dyba (1929–2000), Archbishop of Fulda
- Paulus Engelhardt (1921–2014), Catholic theologian and philosopher
- Kurt Fischer (1892–1942), pioneer of Buddhism in Germany
- Ferdinand Ludwig Frege (1804–1883), Protestant theologian and historian
- Arnold Freiberger (1589–1672), Abbot of Leubus
- Georg von Eudokias (1930–1993), Orthodox theologian, exarch of the Orthodox communities of Russian tradition in Western Europe
- Eckart Giebeler (1925–2006), pastor and clergyman in the GDR penal system
- Armin Gottmann (* 1943), Buddhist and the worldwide superior of the Arya Maitrema Mandala, neurologist, psychotherapist and yoga teacher
- Karl-Heinz Gottmann (1919–2007), Buddhist and the worldwide superior of the Arya Maitrema Mandala, doctor
- Hilda Graef (1907–1970), Catholic theologian and writer
- Sigrid Großmann (* 1936), Protestant theologian
- Wolf-Dietrich Gutsch (1931–1981), Protestant catechist, pastor and youth worker
- Gert Haendler (1924–2019), Protestant theologian and university professor for church history
- Isaak Hakohen Halberstadt (1922–2001), Jewish scribe
- Klaus Heinrich (* 1927), university professor for religious studies, co-founder of the Free University of Berlin
- Matthias Heinrich (* 1954), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Berlin
- Peter Hünermann (* 1929), Roman Catholic theologian
- Carl Tobias Jetzke (1713–1785), Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- Regina Jonas (1902–1944), first female rabbi in the world
- Christoph Karst (1864–1935), Catholic pastor of the St. Josef parish in Köpenick
- August Ludwig Christian Kavel (1798–1860), Lutheran theologian, founder of the Australian Lutheran Church
- Peter Kirchner (1935–2018), physician and chairman of the Jewish community in East Berlin
- Bruno Kirschner (1884–1964), Judaist and co-editor of the Jewish Lexicon
- Jean Klein (1912–1998), French spiritual teacher of the Advaita direction and writer
- Reinhold Krause (1893–1980), religious educator, chairman of the German Christians
- Christoph Krummacher (* 1949), Protestant theologian and church musician
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Krummacher (1901–1974), Bishop of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church
- Adolf Kurtz (1891–1975), pastor in Berlin-Schöneberg and member of the Confessing Church
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- Gerhard Lange (1933–2018), Roman Catholic clergyman
- Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann (1799–1882), was one of the founding fathers of the German Baptists
- Hartog Leo (around 1710–1784), Chasan and secretary of the Jewish community in Berlin
- Nathan Peter Levinson (1921–2016), Jewish military chaplain , rabbi
- Gerhard Linn (* 1935), Evangelical Lutheran theologian, pastor and ecumenist
- Christian Ludwig Lipten (1698–1759), Reformed court preacher in Potsdam and Altlandsberg
- Fritz Loerzer (1893–1952), Protestant clergyman of the "German Christians"
- Michael Johannes Marmann (1937–2019), Roman Catholic religious priest, Superior General of the Schoenstatt Fathers
- Abraham Michalski (1889–1961), teacher and rabbi of the Israelite Religious Society
- Dietmar Mieth (* 1940), Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
- Karl Heinz Möbius (1913–1976), Catholic naval pastor sentenced to death in World War II
- Adelbert Mühlschlegel (1897–1980), Bahai and one of the seven hands of the cause
- Daniel Amadeus Neander (1775–1869), Protestant theologian and Bishop of Berlin
- Nerses The Nersessian (1920–2006), Armenian archbishop
- Wilhelm Niesel (1903–1988), Reformed theologian
- Reinhard Nordsieck (* 1937), Protestant theologian and lawyer
- Joachim Pfannschmidt (1896–1945), Lutheran clergyman and member of the Confessing Church
- Uta Poplutz (* 1971), Roman Catholic theologian
- Carsten Rentzing (* 1967), Evangelical Lutheran theologian, regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony
- Bruno Robeck (* 1969), prior of the Cistercian monastery Langwaden
- Ronald Rother (1943–2017), Roman Catholic clergyman, vicar general and provost
- Martin Salomonski (1881–1944), rabbi
- Fritz Schmidt-Clausing (1902–1984), theologian, Protestant pastor as well as writer and church historian
- Dieter Scholz (* 1938), Jesuit, Catholic bishop of Chinhoyi in Zimbabwe
- Paul Le Seur (1877–1963), Protestant theologian , journalist and university professor
- Rudolf Smend (* 1932), theologian
- Hans Joachim Stoebe (1909–2002), Protestant clergyman and university professor at the University of Basel
- Hermann Leberecht Strack (1848–1922), Protestant theologian and orientalist
- Wolfgang Stroothenke (1913–1945), theologian and philosopher
- Jörg Swoboda (* 1947), pastor , Christian songwriter
- Susanne Talabardon (* 1965), Judaist
- Klaus Thomas (1915–1992), possibly pastor , doctor and psychotherapist ; Founder of the German telephone counseling
- Klemens Tilmann (1904–1984), Catholic theologian
- Wolfgang Weider (* 1932), Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop emeritus in Berlin
- Bernhard Wensch (1908–1942), Roman Catholic priest and opponent of National Socialism
- Ulrich Wickert (1927–2009), church historian
- Christian Friedrich Wilkens (1722–1784), Protestant theologian and natural scientist
- Michael von Witowski (1885–1945), Dept.
Humanities scholars (philosophers, philologists, historians, linguists, etc.)
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- Gustav Abb (1886–1945), librarian
- Carl Abel (1837-1906), linguist
- Michael Albrecht (* 1940), philosopher
- Julius Ambrosch (1804–1856), linguist, archaeologist, rector of the University of Wroclaw, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Carl Arendt (1838–1902), sinologist
- Otto Baensch (1878–1936), philosopher
- Bernd Balzer (* 1942), Germanist and literary historian
- Maximilian Bartels (1843–1904), doctor and ethnologist
- Bernd-Rainer Barth (* 1957), historian and publicist
- Heinrich Becker (1891–1971), librarian and publishing director
- Karl Friedrich Becker (1777–1806), educator and historian
- Reinhard Bendix (1916–1991), sociologist and historian
- Walter Benjamin (1892–1940), philosopher
- Rainer Bernhardt (* 1942), ancient historian
- Paul Bernstein (1897–1944 / 45), political scientist
- Volker Bialas (* 1938), philosopher and science historian
- Peter Bloch (1925–1994), art historian
- Rudolf Boehm (1927–2019), philosopher
- Monika Boehm-Tettelbach (* 1941), Indologist
- Johannes Boese (1939–2012), archaeologist
- Stefan Bollinger (* 1954), political scientist and historian
- Johannes Bolte (1858–1937), Germanist and folklorist
- Ludwig Borchardt (1863–1938), Egyptologist
- Peter Brandt (* 1948), historian
- Heinrich Brugsch (1827-1894), Egyptologist
- Karl Brunnemann (1823–1896), educator, philologist and historian
- Tilmann Buddensieg (1928–2013), art historian
- Helga Bumke (* 1966), classical archaeologist
- Jochen Cerny (1934–2018), historian
- Jürgen Christern (1928–1983), Christian archaeologist
- William Cohn (1880–1961), German-British art historian and sinologist
- Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888–1966), philosopher
- Hans Coppi junior (* 1942), historian
- Ursula Creutz (1909–2006), Germanist and church historian
- Rudolf Dahms (1880–1959), classical philologist
- Peter Damerow (1939–2011), science historian
- Laurenz Demps (* 1940), historian
- Sylvia Diebner (* 1947), archaeologist
- Reinhard Dittmann (* 1953), archaeologist
- Marian Döhler (* 1957), political scientist
- Hermann Wilhelm Ebel (1820–1875), Celtologist
- Georg Ebers (1837–1898), Egyptologist
- Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921–2007), German-Swiss Judaist and historian
- Michael Engel (1941–2011), librarian, science historian and publisher
- Laurence Feininger (1909–1976), musicologist and priest
- Joachim Fest (1926–2006), historian, journalist and author
- Otto-Herman Frey (* 1929), prehistoric
- Paul Friedländer (1882–1968), philologist and writer
- Peter Fuss (* 1932), philosopher at the University of Missouri in St. Louis
- Alexander Gallus (* 1972), historian and political scientist
- Burckhard Garbe (* 1941), writer and Germanist
- Jürgen Gebhardt (* 1934), political scientist
- Peter von Gebhardt (1888–1947), genealogist and archivist
- Adelheid Geck (* 1937), musicologist, professor
- Dietrich Gerhard (1896–1985), historian
- Melitta Gerhard (1891–1981), literary historian
- Martin Gerhardt (1894–1952), church historian and archivist
- Andreas Germershausen (* 1952), ethnologist, Berlin integration officer
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Giesebrecht (1814–1889), historian
- Helmuth von Glasenapp (1891–1963), Indologist
- Gerhard Goebel (1932–2009), Romance studies and literary scholar
- Olaf Groehler (1935–1995), military historian
- Hans Richard Gerhard Günther (1898–1981), philosopher and university professor
- Hans Gustav Güterbock (1908-2000), Hittiteologist
- Frank-Burkhard Habel (* 1953), film and television scholar and journalist
- Hellmut Hager (1926–2015), art historian
- Werner Hahlweg (1912–1989), military historian and military scientist
- Georg-Wilhelm Hanna (* 1939), historian, monument conservator and local researcher
- Eduard von Hartmann (1842–1906), philosopher
- Klaus Hartmann (1925–1991), philosopher and university professor
- Hans Haussherr (1898–1960), historian
- Ingrid Heidrich (* 1939), historian
- Gerd Heinrich (1931–2012), historian and university professor
- Stefan Heinz (* 1979), political scientist and historian
- Hans-Peter Hempel (* 1934), political scientist, non-fiction author and yoga teacher
- Hans von Hentig (1887–1974), criminologist
- Andreas Herbst (* 1955), historian
- Hermann Herlinghaus (* approx. 1957), Romanist
- Bernd Herrmann (* 1946), anthropologist and university professor
- Helene Herrmann (1877–1944), philologist, teacher and Nazi victim
- Klaus Herrmann (1940–2015), building researcher, excavation architect
- Max Herrmann (1865–1942), literary historian, theater scholar and Nazi victim
- Marcus Herz (1747–1803), philosopher, doctor
- Wilhelm Hilden (1551–1587), philosopher, philologist, mathematician and university professor
- Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen (1864–1947), archaeologist and epigraphist
- Bert Hoffmann (* 1966), political scientist
- Dieter Hoffmann (* 1948), science historian
- Ernst Hoffmann (1880–1952), philosophy historian and university professor
- Georg Hoffmann (1845–1933), orientalist and university professor
- Hartmut Hoffmann (1930–2016), historian and university professor
- Peter Hoffmann (* 1924), historian
- Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann (* 1967), historian
- Albert von Hofmann (1867–1940), historian and university professor
- Reimer Kay Holander (1925–2013), local history researcher and publicist
- Gerald Holton (* 1922), science historian and physicist
- Günter Hortzschansky (1926–2015), historian
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- Peter Jaeckel (1914–1996), archaeologist and numismatist
- Robert Jungk (1913–1994), publicist, journalist and futurologist
- Eva Kaufmann (1930–2019), literary scholar and university professor
- Jan Kelch (1939–2017), art historian
- Walther Kienast (1896–1985), historian
- Till Kinzel (* 1968), historian and literary scholar
- Joachim Kirchner (1890–1978), librarian and journal historian
- Walther Kirchner (1905–2004), German-American historian and university professor
- Fritz Klein (1924–2011), historian
- Hans-Günter Klein (1939–2016), musicologist and librarian
- Thomas Klein (1933–2001), historian and university professor
- Hadwig Klemperer (1926–2010), philologist and editor
- Klemens von Klemperer (1916–2012), historian
- Ursula E. Koch (* 1934), communication scientist and university professor
- Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902–1982), German-Dutch paleoanthropologist
- Henning Köhler (* 1938), historian
- Ernst Siegfried Köpke (1813–1883), philologist
- Reinhold Köpke (1839–1915), son of Ernst Köpke, classical philologist and ministerial official in Prussia
- Eduard Krause (1847–1917), prehistoric
- Luise Kraushaar (1905–1989), historian
- Raiko Krauss (* 1973), prehistoric archaeologist and university lecturer
- Friedrich Krebs (1867–1900), papyrologist
- Karl-Friedrich Krieger (1940–2020), historian and university professor
- Jürgen Kroymann (1911–1980), classical philologist
- Kersten Krüger (* 1939), historian and university professor
- Marianne Krüll (* 1936), German author and sociologist
- Heinrich Kuch (1931–2020), classical philologist
- Bernhard von Kugler (1837–1898), historian
- Alwin Kuhn (1902–1968), linguist, Romance studies and university lecturer
- Annette Kuhn (1934–2019), historian
- Ernst Wilhelm Adalbert Kuhn (1846–1920), Indologist, Indo-Europeanist and university professor
- Hartmut Kühn (* 1947), philosopher, historian, publicist and translator
- Hartmut Kühne (* 1943), Near Eastern archaeologist and university professor
- Dietrich Kurz (1928–2016), historian and university professor
- Vera Lachmann (1904–1985), philologist and poet
- Bernd A. Laska (* 1943), philosophical author, editor and publisher
- Albert von Le Coq (1860–1930), archaeologist and East Asian researcher
- Gerhard Lehmann (1900–1987), philosopher, Kant researcher
- Hans Lenk (* 1935), philosopher and Olympic champion (rowing)
- Yohanan Lewy (1901–1945), German-Israeli classical philologist
- Rudolf zur Lippe (1937–2019), philosopher and artist
- Peter Lockemann (* 1935), business IT specialist
- Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873–1962), historian and philosopher
- Andreas Luther (* 1969), ancient historian
- Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German -American philosopher, political scientist and sociologist
- Angelika Marsch (1932–2011), regional historian and author
- Bernd Martin (* 1940), historian
- Erich Maschke (1900–1982), historian and professor of history
- Carol Mattusch (* 1947), American classical archaeologist and art historian
- Günter Mayer (1930–2010), cultural and musicologist
- Ruth Mayer (* 1965), Americanist and university professor
- Walter Mayer (1941–2019), ancient orientalist and university professor
- Gerd Meyer (* 1942), political scientist and university professor
- Georg Minde-Pouet (1871–1950), Germanist and librarian
- Nina Simone Mindt (* 1980), classical philologist
- George L. Mosse (1918–1999), American historian
- Werner E. Mosse (1918-2001), British historian
- Adriaan von Müller (* 1928), prehistoric
- Klaus J. Müller (1923-2010), paleontologist
- Klaus Mylius (* 1930), indologist
- Pnina Navè-Levinson (1921–1998), Judaist and author
- Leonard Nelson (1882–1927), philosopher
- Ottfried Neubecker (1908–1992), heraldist and vexillologist
- Bodo Nischan (1939–2001), German-American historian
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- Heinrich Otte (1808–1890), medieval archaeologist, Protestant clergyman, and art and church historian
- Werner Paravicini (* 1942), historian
- Peter Paret (* 1924), historian
- Arnold Paucker (1921–2016), Jewish historian, editor and science organizer
- Reinhold Pauli (1823–1882), historian and politician
- Reinhard Peesch (1909–1987), folklorist
- Hans-Georg Pflaum (1902–1979), French ancient historian of German origin
- Helmut Plechl (* 1920), historian and archivist
- Franz Praetorius (1847–1927), orientalist
- Kurt von Priesdorff (1881–1967), Privy Councilor, military historian and author
- Johann Georg von Rappard (1915–2006), genealogist and mill owner
- Lutz Reichardt (1934–2009), librarian and place name researcher
- John Rewald (1912–1994), German- American art historian
- Monika Richarz (* 1937), historian
- Sabine Rieckhoff (* 1944), prehistoric archaeologist
- Corinna Rohn (* 1969), building researcher
- Gunther Rothenberg (1923-2004), German-American military historian
- Wolfgang Ruge (1917–2006), historian
- Curt Sachs (1881–1959), music theorist
- Alice Salomon (1872–1948), social reformer, women's rights activist
- Eike von Savigny (* 1941), philosopher
- Wolfgang Schadewaldt (1900–1974), classical philologist, literary scholar, author and translator
- Jutta Scherrer (* 1942), Eastern European historian
- Bodo Scheurig (1928–2008), historian
- Bernhard Schimmelpfennig (* 1938), historian
- Wolfgang P. Schmid (1929–2010), linguist and Indo-Europeanist
- Jochen Schmidt (* 1938), Germanist and literary scholar
- Gisela Schneider-Herrmann (1893–1992), German-Dutch classical archaeologist
- Karen Schönwälder (* 1959), political scientist
- Rudolf Schottlaender (1900–1988), philosopher, philologist and translator
- Günter Schubert (1929–2014), journalist and historian
- Wolfgang Schuller (1935–2020), ancient historian
- Hans-Werner Schütt (* 1937), science historian
- Gunnar Seelentag (* 1972), ancient historian
- Nils Seethaler (* 1981), cultural anthropologist
- Horst Seidl (* 1938), philosopher
- Hellmut Seier (1929–2019), historian
- Johannes Ernst Seiffert (1925–2009), philosopher and educator
- Regina Smolnik (* 1961), prehistorian, regional archaeologist of Saxony
- Eberhard Spiess (1925–2007), film historian
- Ernst Sprockhoff (1892–1967), prehistoric
- Heinrich Sproemberg (1889–1966), historian
- Herbert Spruth (1900–1972), philologist, lawyer, genealogist and Pomeranian researcher
- Theodor Hermann Sternberg (1878–1950), legal philosopher
- Rudolf HW Stichel (* 1945), archaeologist
- Helmuth Stoecker (1920–1994), historian
- Eberhard Straub (* 1940), historian and publicist
- Manfred Stürzbecher (* 1928), medical historian and doctor
- Gerd Tellenbach (1903–1999), historian
- Michael Theunissen (1932–2015), philosopher
- Ursula Thiemer-Sachse (* 1941), American scholar
- Ludwig Traube (1861–1907), classical philologist, medievalist and palaeographer
- Jürgen Udolph (* 1943), name researcher
- Michael Vester (* 1939), political scientist
- Hans Wachtler (1872 - after 1960), high school teacher and classical philologist
- Otto Karl Werckmeister (* 1934), art historian and author
- Johannes Wolf (1869–1947), music historian, librarian and university professor
- Klaus Zernack (1931–2017), historian
- Max Zeuske (1927–2001), historian
- Henrike Maria Zilling (* 1968), ancient historian
Poets, writers, journalists and translators
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- Caroline Abbot (1839 – after 1914), writer
- Aline Abboud (* 1988), journalist
- Curt Abel-Musgrave (1860–1938), journalist, chemist, physician, educator, author, translator and publicist
- Peter Abraham (1936–2015), writer
- İhsan Acar (* 1975), Turkish author
- Horst Adamietz (1916–1985), journalist
- Louis Anschel (* 1964), author
- Minna Apranzow (1790–1844), writer
- Wilhelm Arent (1864 – after 1913), poet and patron
- Ingeborg Arlt (* 1949), writer
- Achim von Arnim (1781–1831), writer
- Karl Otto Ludwig von Arnim (1779–1861), writer
- Karoline von Arnim (1851–1912), writer
- Ferdinand Avenarius (1856–1923), poet and editor of the magazine Der Kunstwart
- Julius Bab (1880–1955), playwright of Berlin modernism and theater critic
- Hans Bach (* 1940), author (science fiction)
- Karoline Balkow (1794 – after 1833), writer
- Helmut Ballot (1917–1988), writer
- Kurt Bartsch (1937–2010), poet and writer
- Susanne von Bandemer (1751–1828), writer
- Curt von Bardeleben (1861-1924), journalist and chess player
- Hans Fritz Beckmann (1909–1975), songwriter and screenwriter
- Peter Bender (1923–2008), journalist and ancient historian
- Gerhard Bengsch (1928–2004; pseudonyms: Terenz Abt, Gerhard B. Wenzel, Renate Gaerber ), writer
- Georg Bernhard (1875–1944), publicist, member of the Reichstag
- Luise Bernhardi (1828 – after 1905), writer
- Caroline Bernstein (1797–1838), writer
- Horst Beseler (* 1925), writer
- Vera Bischitzky (* 1950), translator
- Manfred Bissinger (* 1940), publicist
- Ernst Blass (1890–1939), poet, writer and critic
- Karl Bleibtreu (1859–1928), writer
- Johann Ludwig Urban Blesson (1790–1861), Prussian military writer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Block (* 1960), writer, literary scholar, curator, director of the foundation
- Frank Böhmert (* 1962), writer
- Horst Bosetzky (1938–2018, pseudonym -ky ), sociologist and writer
- Helmuth Maximilian Böttcher (1895–1979), lawyer and writer
- Harald Braem (* 1944; pseudonym Wolfram vom Stein ), designer and writer
- Julika Brandestini (* 1980), translator
- Rolf Brandt (1886–1953), journalist and writer
- Otto Braun (1897–1918), poet
- Reinhold Braun (1879–1959), narrator, poet and author of biographies
- Klaus Bresser (* 1936), journalist
- Jürgen Brinkmann (1934–1997), writer
- Barbara Bronnen (1938–2019), writer
- Elfriede Brüning (1910–2014; pseudonym Elke Klenk ), writer
- Thomas Brussig (* 1964), writer and screenwriter
- Günter de Bruyn (* 1926), writer
- Fredy Budzinski (1879–1970), journalist
- Klaus Budzinski (1921–2016), journalist and author
- Hansjürgen Bulkowski (* 1938), writer
- Leo Busch (* 1968), journalist
- Cornelia Canady (* 1942), author and assistant director
- Catarina Carsten (1920–2019), German-Austrian writer
- Hedwig Caspari (1882–1922), poet
- Emil Charlet (1878–1962), translator
- Mathias Christiansen (* 1968), writer
- Andreas Ciesielski (1945–2010), journalist, photographer and publisher
- Evelyn Clevé (1906–?), Writer
- Herbert Connor (1907–1983), journalist, music critic
- Friedrich Franz von Conring (1873–1965), writer
- Alexander Cosmar (1805–1842), writer, editor and publisher of the Berliner Modespiegel
- Erich Cramer (1904–1977), publisher
- Gerhard Dahne (* 1934), writer, publicist and publisher
- Willy Dehmel (1909–1971), songwriter
- Sefton Delmer (1904–1979), British journalist
- Moritz Diesterweg (1834–1906), publisher
- Hoimar von Ditfurth (1921–1989), doctor, journalist and popular science author
- Dirk Dobbrow (* 1966), writer and playwright
- Christian Döring (* 1954), publisher's editor
- Ingeborg Drewitz (1923–1986), writer
- Dora Duncker (1855–1916), writer
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- Erich Eckert (1881–?), Author and director of festival and mystery plays
- Matthias Eckoldt (* 1964), writer, lecturer and radio author
- Kurt Eggers (1905–1943), writer
- Rosemarie Eitzert (* 1939), writer
- Peter Ellgaard (* 1940), television journalist and presenter
- Carl-Christian Elze (* 1974), writer
- Erika Engel-Wojahn (1911–2004), children's book author, poet and illustrator
- Felix Ensslin , (* 1967), philosopher and university professor
- Eva Figes (1932–2012), British writer
- Andreas Fischer-Nagel (* 1951), writer
- Heiderose Fischer-Nagel (* 1956), writer
- Holger Fliessbach (1943–2003), translator
- Herbert Fritsche (1911–1960), author and editor
- Klaus Gallas (* 1941), architectural historian, author and publisher
- Burckhard Garbe (* 1941), writer and Germanist
- Karl-Heinz Gerstner (1912–2005), journalist
- Adolf Glaßbrenner (1810–1876), humorist and satirist
- Manuela Golz (* 1965), writer
- Wilhelm Conrad Gomoll (1877–1951), publicist and writer, lecturer at the Pestalozzi-Froebel-Haus
- Emil Rudolf Greulich (1909–2005), writer
- Bettina Grosse de Cosnac (* 1960), journalist and non-fiction author
- Herbert Günther (1906–1978), writer, poet and publicist
- Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow (1811–1878), writer, playwright and journalist
- Thea de Haas (1885–1976), writer
- Hanswilhelm Haefs (1935–2015), publicist, translator and researcher
- Hans Häußler (1931–2010), writer, radio play author, cabaret artist
- Lucie von Hanstein (1835 – around 1923), writer
- Lilo Hardel (1914–1999), writer
- Torsten Harmsen (* 1961), journalist
- Wolfgang Haus (1927–2018), broadcast director, journalist and author
- Friedrich Heilmann (1892–1963), editor-in-chief
- Helme Heine (* 1941), writer, children's book author, illustrator and designer
- Herbert Werner Heinrich (1922–2012), traveling book author
- Jutta Heinrich (* 1940), writer
- Paul Heinzelmann (1888–1961), writer, printer and publisher
- Werner Helwig (1905–1985), writer
- Georg Hermann (actually Georg Hermann Borchardt , 1871–1943), writer and a victim of the Holocaust
- Judith Hermann (* 1970), writer
- Joachim Herrmann (1928–1992), Editor-in-Chief of New Germany
- Max Herrmann (theater scholar) (1865–1942), literary historian , theater scholar and Nazi victim
- Stéphane Hessel (1917–2013), Resistance fighter, diplomat, poet and essayist
- Rolf Heyne (1928–2000), publisher
- Paul Heyse (1830–1914), writer, Nobel Prize for Literature
- Kurt Hiller (1885–1972), publicist, journalist
- Antonia Hilke (1922–2009), fashion journalist
- Manfred Hinrich (1926–2015), author of children's songs and children's books, journalist and aphorist
- Werner Hirsch (1899–1941), editor-in-chief of the KPD central organ, Die Rote Fahne
- Jakob van Hoddis (1887–1942; bourgeois Hans Davidsohn ), poet of Expressionism
- Sylvia Hoffman (* 1938), author and television director
- Dieter Hoffmann (* 1962), literary scholar, author, blogger and publisher
- Gabriele Hoffmann (* 1942), historian, journalist and writer
- Heinrich Albert Hofmann (1818–1880), bookseller, publisher and theater manager
- Heinz Höhne (1926–2010), journalist
- Renate Holland-Moritz (1935–2017), satirical writer, journalist and film critic
- Barbara Honigmann (* 1949), writer and painter
- Leonhard Horowski (* 1972), historian and book author
- Johannes Hübner (1921–1977), writer and translator
- Peter Huchel (1903–1981; bourgeois Hellmut Huchel ), poet and editor
- Heinrich Eduard Jacob (1889–1967), writer, journalist, cultural historian
- Mathilde Jacob (1873–1943), translator and close confidante of Rosa Luxemburg , victim of National Socialism
- Siegfried Jacobsohn (1881–1926), journalist and theater critic
- Hans Jacobus (1923–2003), journalist
- Angelika Jahr-Stilcken (* 1941), journalist and editor
- Johannes Jansen (* 1966), writer
K-Q
- Heinz Kamnitzer (1917–2001), writer
- Bernt Karger-Decker (1912–2008), editor and author
- Bernhard Alexander Kegel (* 1953), writer
- Friedrich Eduard Keller (1859–1929), pioneer of water sports and writer
- Andreas Keßler (* 1959), mechanical engineer and journalist
- Heinz Kilian (1915–2007), moderator of the Süddeutscher Rundfunk
- Beate Klarsfeld (* 1939), Franco-German journalist and educator of Nazi crimes
- Bettina Klein (* 1966), journalist, radio editor and presenter
- Olaf Georg Klein (* 1955), writer
- Martin Kluger (* 1948), writer
- Franz Wolfgang Koebner (1887–1978), journalist and writer
- Thomas Koebner (* 1941), journalist, literary and media scholar
- Mira Koffka (1886–1977/78), literary translator
- Christine von Kohl (1923–2009), Danish journalist
- Ruth Köhler-Irrgang (1900–?), Writer
- Karl Friedrich Kohlenberg (1915–2002; pseudonym Benno Frank ), writer
- Jens König (* 1964), journalist and non-fiction author
- Klaus Kordon (* 1943), writer (children's and youth literature)
- Tania Krätschmar (* 1960), writer
- Barbara Krause (* 1939), writer
- Dieter Krause (* 1947), journalist
- Hanns Krause (1916–1994), writer
- Sibylle Krause-Burger (* 1935), journalist and author
- Ute Krause (* 1960), writer, screenwriter and illustrator
- Willi Krause (pseudonym: Peter Hagen , 1907 – around 1945), journalist, director and screenwriter
- Hanna-Heide Kraze (1920–2008), writer
- Karin Krieger (* 1958), translator
- Goetz Kronburger (1933–2019), radio and television journalist
- Ingo Krüger (1942–2013), non-fiction author
- Sabine Krüger (* 1956), songwriter and author
- Sigrid Kruse (* 1941), writer
- Claus Küchenmeister (1930–2014), writer
- Wera Küchenmeister (1929–2013), writer
- Claudia Kühn (* 1969), writer
- Günter Kunert (1929–2019), poet, essayist, graphic artist
- Margarete Kurlbaum-Siebert (1874–1938), writer and art historian
- Rudolf Kurtz (1884–1960), writer, essayist, playwright and screenwriter
- Hermann Kurzke (* 1943), literary scholar, Catholic theologian and author
- Hugo Landsberger (1861–1938 [?]), Writer
- Hartmut Lange (* 1937), writer
- Maria Langner (1901–1967), writer
- Frank Lehmann (* 1942), business journalist
- Olaf Leitner (* 1942), music journalist and non-fiction author
- Eva-Maria Lemke (* 1982), journalist and television presenter
- Maxim Leo (* 1970), journalist, screenwriter and writer
- Ilse Leutz (1896–1982), writer
- Werner Liersch (1932–2014), journalist, writer and literary scholar
- Lilly Lindner (* 1985), writer
- Horst Lipsch (1925–1982), writer
- Sascha Lobo (* 1975), writer, author and journalist
- Wolfgang Loeff (1895–1954), writer and publicist
- Gerhard Löwenthal (1922–2002), journalist and television presenter
- Günther von Lojewski (* 1935), journalist
- Wolf von Lojewski (* 1937), journalist and television presenter
- Merve Lowien (1937–1992), writer and publisher
- Steffen Lukas (* 1969), radio presenter
- Anja Maier (* 1965), journalist and writer
- Wolfgang Manecke (1938–2017), journalist and organologist
- Gisa Marehn (* 1971), translator
- Heinz Matschurat (1920–2020), poet, writer, radio play author and composer
- Bernd Matthies (* 1953), journalist and author
- Anton Mayer (1879–1944), art historian and writer
- Bernd Mayer (1942–2011), journalist and local politician
- Christoph Meckel (1935–2020), writer and graphic artist
- Michael Meinicke (* 1948), writer
- Hans Meisel (1900–1991), writer and political scientist
- Steffen Mensching (* 1958), cultural scientist, writer, actor and director
- Konrad Merz (1908–1999), writer in forced exile
- Christian Meyer-Oldenburg (1936–1990), science fiction author
- Detlev Meyer (1948–1999), writer and poet
- Helmut Meyer (1904–1983), writer
- Bianka Minte-König (* 1947), writer and university professor
- Ines Angelika Mosig (1910–1945), writer
- Erich Mühsam (1878–1934), writer and anarchist
- Karl Mundstock (1915–2008), writer
- Reinhold Conrad Muschler (1882–1957), writer and botanist
- Mainhardt Graf Nayhauß (* 1926), journalist
- Kurt Neuburger (1902–1996; pseudonym Kew Rubugener ), writer
- Peter Neuhof (* 1925), radio and newspaper journalist
- Wilhelm Neumann (1781–1834), writer
- Barbara Noack (* 1924), writer
- Hans-Joachim Noack (* 1940), journalist and writer
- Chaim Noll (* 1954), journalist and writer
- Richard Nordhausen (1868–1941), poet and writer
- Rolf Nürnberg (1903–1949), German-American journalist
- Ruth Nussbaum (1911–2010), German-American publicist and translator
- Lutz Oberländer (* 1966), author and monument protector
- Dietrich Oldenburg (* 1933), civil servant and writer
- Renate Orth-Guttmann (* 1935), translator
- Ina Paul (* 1935), dramaturge and writer
- Boris Pfeiffer (* 1964), author
- Bernd Philipp (1950–2018), journalist and author
- Felix Philippi (1851–1921), journalist, writer and director
- Eva Pieper (* 1956), director, trainer, translator
- Theodor Plievier (1892–1955), writer
- Otto Praetorius (1636–1668), poet and historian
R-Z
- Susanna Rademacher (1899–1980), translator
- Günter Radtke (* 1925), writer
- Adelbert Reif (1936–2013), journalist and publicist
- Tim Renner (* 1964), journalist, author and music producer
- Johannes Richter (1889–1941), writer and journalist
- Paul Richter (1873–1945), doctor and writer
- Heinrich Rieker (* 1925), journalist and writer
- Ludwig Robert (1778–1832), playwright, brother of Rahel Varnhagen
- Waldemar von Roon (1837–1919), lieutenant general and politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Julia Rothenburg (* 1990), author
- Werner Ruttkus (* 1943), sports journalist
- Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), poet, playwright, Nobel Prize winner
- Hans Dieter Schäfer (* 1939), writer and literary scholar
- Heinrich Schiemann (1916–2002), science journalist
- Herbert Schlüter (1906–2004), writer and translator
- Jochen Schmidt (* 1970), author
- Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel (* 1959), translator
- Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (1918–2001), journalist and GDR ideologist
- Christian Jakob von Schneider (1772–1829), writer and publisher
- Ellen Schöler (1903–1984), writer
- Hans Scholz (1911–1988), writer, journalist and painter
- Peter Schrenk (* 1943), writer
- Micha Schulze (* 1967), author and journalist
- Erhard Schwandt , writer and teacher
- Günther Schwenn (1903–1991), songwriter
- Stephan Serin (* 1978), author
- Hans Siebe (1919–2001), writer
- Dorothea Siems (* 1963), journalist
- Wilhelmine von Sparre (1772–1839), writer
- Monika Sperr (1941–1984), writer and journalist
- Cornelia Staudacher (* 1943), writer and journalist
- Ulrich Steindorff (1888–1978), writer and journalist
- Harald Strätz (1951–2013), writer
- Georg Strauss (1896–1975), association official, writer and publisher
- Christel Süßmann (* 1922), writer
- Margarethe von Sydow (1869–1945; pseudonym Franz Rosen ), writer
- Gerda Szepansky (1925–2004), writer and presenter
- Thierry (1921–1984), writer , radio presenter and cabaret artist
- Lieselotte Thoms-Heinrich (1920–1992), journalist and editor-in-chief of the magazine Für Dich
- Dorothea Tieck (1799–1841), translator
- Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853), poet, writer, editor and translator
- Sophie Tieck (1775–1833), poet and writer
- Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), journalist and writer
- Martin Urban (* 1936), science journalist and non-fiction author
- Peter Urban (1941–2013), writer and translator
- Rahel Varnhagen von Ense (1771–1833), writer
- Sebastian Vogel (* 1955), translator
- Inge von Wangenheim (1912–1993), actress and writer
- Annemarie Weber (1918–1991, pseudonyms Katja Henning , Paula Pepper ), journalist and writer
- Bernward Wember (* 1941), media scientist, book author and filmmaker
- Dieter Wende (* 1938), writer and journalist
- Ruth Werner (1907–2000), writer
- Ursula von Wiese (1905–2002, pseudonyms Renate Welling , Sibylle Hilton ), actress, editor, translator and writer
- Heinz-Ulrich Wieselmann (1913–1970), motor journalist.
- Wilhelmine Karoline von Wobeser (1769–1807), writer
- Bernhard Wolff (1811–1879), journalist, publicist and newspaper founder
- Theodor Wolff (1868–1943), journalist, publicist
- Anny Wothe (1858–1919), writer and journalist
- Georg Wronkow (1905–1989), journalist
- Ludwig Wronkow (1900–1982), journalist, press illustrator and caricaturist
- Christel Zachert (* 1940), writer
- Hans Zehrer (1899–1966), journalist
- Ursula Ziebarth (1921–2018), writer
- Unica Zürn (1916–1970), writer and illustrator
- Hans Fritz von Zwehl (1883–1966), lawyer and playwright
Social scientists (pedagogues, psychologists, sociologists, demoscopes, etc.)
- Leonhard Adam (1891–1960), ethnologist
- Heinz Bach (1923–2013), educator and university professor
- Georg E. Becker (* 1937), educational scientist and university professor
- Marie Bloch (1871–1944), educator and Nazi victim
- Lars Clausen (1935-2010), sociologist
- Adolf Damaschke (1865–1935), educator and a leader of the land reform movement
- Dietrich Dörner (* 1938), Professor of Theoretical Psychology
- Hans Peter Dreitzel (* 1935), sociologist and Gestalt therapist
- Alisa Fuss (1919–1997), German-Israeli educator and human rights activist
- Arno Gruen (1923–2015), psychoanalyst and writer
- Sabine Grüsser-Sinopoli (1964–2008), psychologist and sociologist
- Günther Hartmann (1924–2012), ethnologist
- Klaus Holzkamp (1927–1995), professor of psychology ( critical psychology )
- Bernd Isert (1951–2017), graduate engineer , psychotherapist / HPG , coach and author
- Hannah Karminski (1897–1943), social worker and women's rights activist
- Helmut Klein (1930–2004), teacher, didactician and rector of the Humboldt University in Berlin
- Lenelis Kruse (* 1942), psychologist and university professor
- Erich Klinge (1889–1957), educator, sports scientist and university professor
- Kurt Koffka (1886–1941), psychologist
- Paul Kramer (1842–1898), biologist, educator and provincial school councilor
- Kurt Krieger (1920–2007), ethnologist, Africanist and museum director
- Arthur Kronfeld (1886–1941), psychiatrist, psychologist, sexologist, philosopher, poet
- Marianne Krüger-Potratz (* 1943), educational scientist and university professor
- Oliver Lembcke (* 1969), political scientist
- Rainer Lutz (* 1943), psychologist, therapist and author
- Clara Matsuno (1853–1931), educator
- Hans Meyer (1849–1913), pedagogue, linguist and writer
- Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916–2010), public opinion poller
- Claus Offe (* 1940), sociologist and political scientist
- Cäcilia Rentmeister (* 1948), gender and gender researcher
- Horst-Eberhard Richter (1923–2011), psychoanalyst, psychosomatic specialist and pacifist
- Else Rosenfeld (1891–1970), social worker and writer
- Hermann Rüppell (* 1941), professor of psychology
- Albert Salomon (1891–1966), social scientist
- Alice Salomon (1872–1948), social scientist and women's rights activist
- Helga Schubert (* 1940), writer and psychologist
- Eva Seligmann (1912–1997), reform pedagogue
- Georg Simmel (1858–1918), philosopher and sociologist
- Clara Stern (1877–1948), developmental psychologist
- William Stern (1871–1938, actually Wilhelm Stern ), psychologist, founder of differential psychology
- Berndt Georg Thamm (* 1946), social worker and publicist
- Hans Wallach (1904–1998), experimental psychologist
- Wilhelm Jakob Wippel (1760–1834), educator and librarian
Doctors, therapists, pathologists, etc.
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- Rudolf Abderhalden (1910–1965), Swiss physiologist and pathologist
- Lucy Ackerknecht (1913–1997), psychotherapist and author
- Curt Adam (1875–1941), ophthalmologist, university professor and publicist
- Günter Ammon (1918–1995), physician, founder of the German Academy for Psychoanalysis
- Hans Aron (1881–1958), doctor
- Friedhelm Beuker (1932–2012), sports medicine specialist
- Fritz Bleichröder (1875–1938), internist
- Irene Blumenthal (1913–2005), doctor
- André Borsche (* 1955), surgeon
- Walter Brednow (1896–1976), internist
- Helene Bresslau (1879–1957), nurse, wife of Albert Schweitzer
- Stefan EG Burdach (* 1952), pediatrician, oncologist and professor
- Udo Derbolowsky (1920–2005), physician
- Volker Diehl (* 1938), oncologist and university professor
- Albert Eulenburg (1840–1917), physician and sex researcher
- Werner Forßmann (1904–1979), physician, inventor of the cardiac catheter
- Herbert Gardemin (1904–1968), orthopedist and university professor
- Julius Geppert (1856-1937), pharmacologist
- Albrecht von Graefe (1828–1870), ophthalmologist
- Ludwig Güterbock (1814–1895), general practitioner
- Paul Güterbock (1844–1897), surgeon, urologist and university professor
- Wilhelm Heim (1906–1997), surgeon, university professor and medical professional politician
- Ludimar Hermann (1838–1914), physiologist
- Walter Hoffmann-Axthelm (1908–2001), surgeon, university professor and medical historian
- Hedwig Jung-Danielewicz (1880–1942), gynecologist and pediatrician
- Erich Kallius (1867–1935), physician
- Katrin Mareike Keßler (* 1967), doctor and author
- Hans Kollwitz (1892–1971), school doctor, epidemiologist, psychotherapist
- Stanislaw Karol Kubicki (1926–2019), physician and co-founder of the Free University of Berlin
- Adelheid Koch (1886–1980), German-Brazilian psychoanalyst
- Jürgen Krämer (1939–2011), orthopedist and university professor
- Monika Krüger (* 1947), veterinarian and university lecturer
- Walter Kruse (1864–1943), doctor, hygienist, bacteriologist and university professor
- Stanislaw Karol Kubicki (1926–2019), professor of clinical neurophysiology and art scientist
- Philalethes Kuhn (1870–1937), tropical medicine and hygienist
L-Z
- Adolf Loewy (1862–1937), physiologist
- Heinrich Martius (1885–1965), gynecologist and university professor
- Karl Wilhelm Mayer (1795–1868), gynecologist
- Louis Mayer (1829–1890), gynecologist and university professor
- Wolfgang Menger (1919–2006), doctor
- Moritz Meyer (1821–1893), electrotherapist
- Rudi Moser (1898–1979), radiologist
- Alfred Nissle (1874–1965), medic
- Jürgen Peiffer (1922–2006), neurologist and science historian
- Karl-Georg Pulver (1930–2019), anesthesiologist
- Margarete Räntsch (1880–1945), doctor, mother of Beate Uhse
- Martin Reifferscheid (1917–1993), surgeon and university professor
- Werner Rotter (1897–1977), pathologist
- Georg Ruge (1852–1919), physician and primatologist
- Herbert Schwiegk (1906–1988), internist, university professor and cardiovascular researcher
- Günther Siebert (1920–1991), physician, physiologist and university professor
- Jörg Rüdiger Siewert (* 1940), doctor
- Walter Strauss (1895–?), Physician
- Rudolf Thiel (1894–1967), physician and university professor
- Oliver Ullrich (* 1970), space medicine specialist
- Johann Veit (1852–1917), gynecologist and obstetrician
- Michael Wannenmacher (1938–2015), doctor, dentist and university professor
- Hans Hermann Weber (1896–1974), physiologist
- Else Weil (1889–1942), doctor, victim of National Socialism
- Karl Wessely (1874–1953), ophthalmologist, university professor in Würzburg and Munich
- Alexander Westphal (1863–1941), neurologist and psychiatrist
- Bruno Wolff (1870–1918), gynecologist and pathologist
- Alfred Wolff-Eisner (1877–1948), physician
Scientists, engineers, inventors
A – K
- Hermann von Abich (1806–1886), mineralogist, geologist and explorer
- Ernst Hermann Ackermann (1906–2003), geologist
- Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (1926–2012), American nuclear physicist
- Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822–1875), astronomer and one of the discoverers of the planet Neptune
- Paul Bachmann (1837–1920), mathematician
- Otto Baschin (1865–1933), geographer and meteorologist
- Helga Baum (* 1954), mathematician
- Wilhelm von Beetz (1822–1886), physicist
- Ernst-August Behrens (1915–2000), mathematician
- Klaus-Werner Benz (* 1938), professor of crystallography
- Heinrich Biltz (1865–1943), chemist
- Wilhelm Biltz (1877–1943), chemist and scientific editor
- Johann Peter Blank (1925–2014), railway engineer
- Bernhard Blaszkiewitz (* 1954), biologist, director of the Berlin zoo and director of the Berlin zoological garden
- Lesser Blum (1934-2016), physical chemist
- Karl Wilhelm Borchardt (1817–1880), mathematician
- Klaus Borrmann (* 1936), forester, local history researcher and author
- Hans-Joachim Bormeister (1927–2013), forester
- Harald Böttger (* 1940), physicist
- Carl David Bouché (1809–1881), botanist, horticultural teacher, specialist book author, greenhouse designer and director of the Royal Botanical Garden in Berlin and painter
- Jean David Bouché (1747-1819), gardener
- Georg Brack (1931–2014), engineer and professor for automation technology
- Carsten Bresch (1921–2020), physicist and geneticist
- Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow (1821-1891), astronomer
- Constantin Carathéodory (1873–1950), mathematician
- Renate Chasman (1932–1977), physicist
- Peter Cramer (1910-2003), geologist
- Ernst Heinrich von Dechen (1800–1889), professor of mining science and inventor
- Max Delbrück (1906–1981), geneticist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Günter Dietrich (1911–1972), oceanographer and university professor
- Max Draeger (1895–1974), mathematician
- Matthias Ehrhardt (* 1968), mathematician and university professor
- Hans Joachim Eichler (* 1940), physicist
- Jürgen Engel (* 1935), chemist and biophysicist, university professor
- Adolf von Ernst (1845–1907), engineer and university professor
- Hartmut Fehrmann (1933–2020), phytomedicist and university professor
- Ernst Foerster (1876–1955), shipbuilding engineer
- Herbert Gajewski (1939–2019), mathematician
- Johann Gustav Gassner (1881–1955), botanist and university professor, co-founder of plant protection in Germany
- Willibald Gebhardt (1861–1921), natural scientist and founder of the Olympic movement in Germany
- Johann Carl Ludewig Gerhard (1768–1835), mining captain
- Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstäcker (1828–1895), zoologist
- Wulf-Dieter Geyer (1939–2019), mathematician
- Bernhard von Glisczynski (1912–1992), civil engineer and author
- Rüdiger Göbel (1940–2014), mathematician and university professor
- Karl Georg Götz (* 1930), biophysicist
- Otto Graff (1917–2014), zoologist and soil scientist
- Werner Grosch (* 1934), food chemist
- Erich Groschuff (1874–1921), chemist
- Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014), mathematician
- Paul Günther (1892–1969), chemist and university professor
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Gundlach (1912–1994), physicist
- Klaus Habetha (* 1932), mathematician and rector of the RWTH Aachen
- Joachim Hämmerling (1901–1980), botanist
- Werner Hartmann (1912–1988), physicist, electrical engineer and university professor
- Erhard Hausendorff (1888–1960), forest scientist and Prussian chief forest master
- Isolde Hausser born Ganswindt (1889–1951), physicist
- Eduard Heine (1821–1881), mathematician and university professor
- Gerd Heinrich (1896–1984), zoologist, entomologist and explorer
- Heinrich Wilhelm Heintz (1817–1880), chemist and university professor
- Andreas Helbig (1957–2005), ornithologist, molecular biologist and head of the Hiddensee ornithological station
- Dieter Held (* 1936), mathematician and university professor
- Hans-Walter Heldt (1934–2019), plant physiologist, biochemist and university professor
- Johann Friedrich Hennert (1733–1813), mathematician and astronomer
- Karl Wilhelm Hennert (1739–1800), forester
- Dieter Bernhard Herrmann (* 1939), astronomer and author
- Ernst Herrmann (1895–1970), geoscientist and university professor
- Rudolf Herrmann (* 1936), physicist and university professor
- Wolfgang René Hess (* 1961), bioinformatician
- Lothar Hock (1890–1978), chemist
- Rolf-Peter Holzapfel (* 1942), mathematician
- Kurt Hueck (1897–1965), botanist
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), universal scholar
- Bernhard Husfeld (1900–1970), agricultural scientist
- Ernest Hirschlaff Hutten (1908–1996), physicist and philosopher of science
- Klaus Immelmann (1935–1987), behavioral biologist
- Werner Israel (* 1931), Canadian physicist
- Stefan Jentsch (1955–2016), cell biologist
- Thomas Jentsch (* 1953), biochemist
- Hartmut Kallmann (1896–1978), physicist
- Ellen Kandeler (* 1957), biologist and agricultural scientist
- Heinrich Carl Kayser (1815–1879), engineer and chairman of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
- Julia Kempe (* 1973), mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and university professor
- Peter T. Kirstein (1933–2020), computer scientist and internet pioneer
- Hermann Knoblauch (1820–1895), physicist, member of the Prussian manor house
- Berthold Klatt (1885–1958), zoologist
- Walther Koeniger (1880–1964), engineer and university professor
- Hermann König (1892–1978), mathematician and university professor
- Walter König (1859–1936), physicist and university professor
- Bernd Johann Krämer (* 1947), computer scientist and university professor
- Bodo Krause (* 1942), mathematician and university professor
- Hans Krause-Dietering (1911–1976), engineer, engineering school teacher and manager
- Jens Krause (* 1965), behavioral biologist and university professor
- Kurt Kretschmann (1914–2007), conservationist, inventor of the national nature protection shield (black long-eared owl on a yellow background)
- Wilfried Kugel (* 1949), physicist and psychologist
- Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn (1842-1894), botanist
- Walter Georg Kühne (1911–1991), vertebrate paleontologist
- Fritz Kurtz (1854–1920), German-Argentine botanist and paleobotanist
- Constanze Kurz (* 1974), computer scientist, non-fiction author
L-Z
- Martin Lambeck (1934-2020), physicist
- Edmund Landau (1877–1938), mathematician
- Johann Joachim Lange (1699–1765), mathematician, poet and mineralogist
- Gerhard von Lengerken (* 1935), agricultural scientist and university lecturer for animal breeding and product science
- Georg Lewenton (1902–1988), civil engineer, professor and cultural politician
- Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), chemist and professor of mineralogy and crystallography
- Erik Liebreich (1884–1946), electrochemist
- Walter Liese (* 1926), wood biologist
- Friedrich von Lucanus (1869–1947), officer, animal psychologist and ornithologist
- Klaus Lucas (* 1943), thermodynamics specialist and university professor
- Herbert Lüers (1910–1978), biologist and geneticist
- Ludwig Immanuel Magnus (1790–1861), mathematician
- Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709–1782), chemist
- Walter Meidinger (1900–1965), photo chemist
- Hans Melchior (1894–1984), botanist
- Reinhard Menger (1920–2005), engineer
- Uta Merzbach (1933–2017), mathematician
- Erich Metzeltin (1871–1948), railway engineer
- Brunk Meyer (1926-2005), soil scientist
- Christian Friedrich Meyer (1748–1834), war and domain councilor, forestry councilor and natural scientist
- Horst Meyer (1926–2016), Swiss low-temperature physicist
- Jürgen Meyer-ter-Vehn (* 1940), theoretical physicist
- Alexander Mitscherlich (1836–1918), chemist and entrepreneur
- Eilhard Alfred Mitscherlich (1874–1956), soil scientist and agricultural scientist
- Franz Moeller (1897–1970), electrical engineer and specialist book author
- Franz Moewus (1908–1959), geneticist and science fraud
- Max Moisel (1869–1920), cartographer
- Bruno Müller-Oerlinghausen (* 1936), psychopharmacologist
- Michael Nauenberg (1934–2019), physicist and physics historian
- Jörg Neugebauer (* 1963), physicist
- Bernhard Neumann (1909–2002), mathematician
- Elsa Neumann (1872–1902), physicist
- Hanna Neumann (1914–1971), mathematician
- Jens-Rainer Ohm (* 1956), communications engineer
- Eva Paproth (* 1928), paleontologist
- Rose Peltesohn (1913–1998), mathematician
- Carl Philipp Heinrich Pistor (1778–1847), inventor, instrument maker and pioneer of optical telegraphy
- John C. Polanyi (* 1929), Canadian chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- August Prüssing (1896–1967), engineer
- Burkhard Rauhut (* 1942), structural engineer and rector of RWTH Aachen
- Werner Reichardt (1924–1992), physicist and biologist, co-founder of bio-cybernetics
- Helmut Rechenberg (1937–2016), physicist and physics historian
- Eduard Reichenow (1883–1960), protozoologist
- Heinz Riefenstahl (1906–1944), engineer
- Harald Rosenthal (* 1937), marine biologist and fisheries scientist
- Walter Schallreuter (1895–1975), physicist
- Heinz Schlüter (1925–2008), botanist and university professor
- Dietrich Schneider (1919–2008), German zoologist
- Reinhard Schober (1906–1998), forest scientist and professor for forest management and yield science
- Walter Julius Viktor Schoeller (1880–1965), chemist and laboratory manager at Schering AG
- Mathias Schreiber (1943–2019), journalist and publicist
- Adolf Schub (1931–2017), civil engineer, contractor and university professor
- Rainer Schwarting (* 1955), neuropsychologist
- Peter Schütt (1926–2010), forest scientist and professor of forest botany
- Wilfried von Seidlitz (1880–1945), geologist and paleontologist
- Henry F. Sherwood (1921–2005, actually Heinz Weizenbaum ), German / American computer pioneer
- Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896–1981), mathematician
- Jule Specht (* 1986), psychologist
- Franz Stolze (1836–1910), gas turbine inventor, photographer, Iranist and stenographer
- Heinrich August Wilhelm Stolze (1798–1867), creator of a shorthand system
- Erwin Strohbusch (1904–1980), shipbuilding engineer
- Alfred Stroppel (* 1934), agricultural technician
- Herbert Sukopp (* 1930), botanist and ecologist
- Karsten Peter Thiessen (* 1936), chemist
- Henning Tolle (* 1932), mathematician and professor for control engineering and robotics
- Hauke Trinks (1943–2016), physicist
- Dietrich Voelker (1911–1999), mathematician
- Gert Viertel (1943–2019), astroparticle physicist
- Marion Walter (* 1928), mathematician and university professor
- Hermann Wedding (1834–1908), metallurgist and professor of metallurgy
- Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), meteorologist, polar and geoscientist
- Hans-Jürgen Wegener (1928–2016), forest officer
- Gerhard Wegner (* 1940), chemist
- Rainer Weiss (* 1932), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Joseph Weizenbaum (1923–2008), German / US-American computer scientist and computer and media critic
- Katrin Wendland (* 1970), mathematician
- Otto Westphal (1913–2004), chemist and immunologist
- Heinrich Wilhelmi (1906–2005), engineer and pioneer of computing, measuring, control and regulation technology
- Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812), botanist
- Johannes Willenbrink (1930–2008), biologist
- Heinz Wolff (1928–2017), biotechnologist
- Eduard Zacharias (1852–1911), botanist
- Hans Georg Zachau (1930–2017), biochemist
- Ernst Zermelo (1871–1953), mathematician
- Wolfgang Zerna (1916–2005), civil engineer, engineer for mechanics, professor for structural engineering in Hanover and Bochum
- Volker Zinkernagel (* 1938), agricultural scientist and phytopathologist
- Konrad Zuse (1910–1995), civil engineer and inventor of the first functional computer
Painters, sculptors, architects, designers, graphic artists, photographers, gallery owners
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- Erika Abels d'Albert (1896–1975), Austrian painter, graphic artist and fashion designer
- Max Ackermann (1887–1975), painter and graphic artist
- Friedrich Adler (1827–1908), builder, architect and building researcher
- Charlotta Adlerova (1908–1989), German-Brazilian painter, draftsman and illustrator
- Anni Albers (1899–1994), textile artist and graphic designer
- Alexandre Altberg (1908–2009), architect
- Jean-Christophe Ammann (1939–2015), Swiss art historian and curator
- Clara Arnheim (1865–1942), painter and Nazi victim
- Fritz Ascher (1893–1970), painter, draftsman and poet
- Theodor Astfalck (1852–1910), architect and construction clerk
- Frank Auerbach (* 1931), painter
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1748–1778), draftsman and painter
- Katharina Bach (* 1959), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Karl Wilhelm Bardou (1774–1842), portrait painter
- Ferdinand Barlog (1895–1955), caricaturist and comic artist
- Adolf Wilhelm Baum (1891–1977), painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- Hans-Josef Becker-Leber (1876–1962), portrait and landscape painter
- Karl Becker (1820–1900), painter and president of the Berlin Academy
- Peter Becker (1937–2017), painter, graphic artist, illustrator and author
- Adalbert Begas (1836–1888), painter
- Karl Begas (1845–1916), sculptor
- Oscar Begas (1828-1883), painter
- Reinhold Begas (1831–1911), sculptor and painter
- Richard von Below (1879–1925), painter
- Arthur Benda (1885–1969), photographer
- Eduard Bendemann (1811–1889), painter and medalist
- Heinz Berggruen (1914–2007), art patron and collector ( Berggruen Collection )
- Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006), photographer
- Philipp Bernard François Berson (1754–1835), architect and construction clerk
- Michael Balthasar Binder (1937–2018), painter
- Samuel Blesendorf (1633–1699), miniature portraitist, draftsman, engraver , enamel painter and goldsmith
- Otto Block (1901–1977), architect
- Manfred Bofinger (1941–2006), graphic artist and cartoonist
- Hans Bohrdt (1857–1945), painter
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger (1777–1825), engraver
- Johann Friedrich Bolt (1769–1836), draftsman and engraver
- Felix Borchardt (1857–1936), painter
- Friedrich von Borries (* 1974), architect and curator
- Karl Böttcher (1904–1992), architect
- Matti Jakko Braun (* 1968), artist
- Rudolf Bredow (1909–1973), painter
- Marianne Breslauer (1909–2001), photographer
- Cäcilie von Brockdorff (1837–1912), painter and editor
- Lutz Brockhaus (1945–2016), sculptor
- Ludwig Brockmann (1847–1921), architect
- Hermann Brücke (1830–1871), genre, history and portrait painter
- Heinz Buchholz (1906–1984), painter and graphic artist
- Carl James Bühring (1871–1936), architect
- August Busse (1839–1896), architect and construction clerk
- Annette Caspar (1916–2008), painter, graphic artist, wall designer and ceramicist
- Reinhold Cassirer (1908–2001), German-South African gallery owner and husband of Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014)
- Paul Citroen (1896–1983), Dutch painter, draftsman and photographer
- Luigi Colani (1928–2019; real name Lutz Colani ), designer
- Carl Emanuel Conrad (1810–1873), architectural painter
- Carl Conradi (around 1804–1882), master builder and construction clerk
- Karl Cornelius (1868–1938), architect and construction clerk
- John Decker (1895–1947), painter, set designer and caricaturist
- Gunter Demnig (* 1947), artist
- Ludwig Dihm (1849–1928), architect
- Walther Dobbertin (1882–1961), photographer
- Christof Dörge (* 1932), architect
- Andreas Dress (1943–2019), painter, graphic artist and writer
- Willy Oskar Dressler (1876–1954), painter and interior designer
- Inge Druckrey (* 1940), German-American designer
- Dorothee Dubrau (* 1955), architect, urban planner and local politician
- Adolf Ehrhardt (1813–1899), painter
- Hans Kurt Eisner (1903–1942), photographer and filmmaker
- Fedor Encke (1851–1926), painter
- Carl Ludwig Engel (1778–1840), architect and painter
- Oswald Adolf Erich (1883–1946), painter and folklorist, acting director of the State Museum for German Folklore
- Fritz Eschen (1900–1964), photographer
- Hermann Eschke (1823–1900), painter
- Richard Eschke (1859–1944), marine and landscape painter
- Gabriele Evertz (* 1945), artist
- Erwin Fabian (1915–2020), graphic artist and sculptor
- Julia Feininger (1880–1970), painter and publicist
- Adele Filene (1909-2010), fashion designer
- Constanze Fischbeck (* 1968), set designer, filmmaker and curator
- Bodo Fleischer (1930–2013), architect
- Johann Hubert Anton Forst (1756–1823), porcelain painter at the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin
- Joachim Franzke (* 1941), architect
- Willibald Fritsch (1876–1948), sculptor
- Heike Gallmeier (* 1972), artist
- Henny Geiger-Spiegel (1856–1915), sculptor
- Georg Gerlach (1874–1962), portrait and landscape painter
- Alexander Gocke (1877 - after 1933), painter and graphic artist
- Gabriele Franziska Götz (* 1954), designer and university professor
- René Graetz (1908–1974), sculptor and graphic artist
- Martin Gropius (1824–1880), architect
- Walter Gropius (1883–1969), architect and founder of the Bauhaus
- Aribert Gross (1935–2007), carpenter, artist and educator
- Julius Groß (1892–1986), photographer
- George Grosz (1893–1959), painter, printmaker and caricaturist
- Dietmar Grötzebach (1937–1985), architect and university professor
- Iris Grund (* 1933), architect, urban planner and author
- Johannes Grützke (1937–2017), painter, draftsman and printmaker
- Wolfgang Gurlitt (1888–1965), art dealer and collector, gallery owner and publisher
- Hertha von Guttenberg (1896–1990), sculptor
- Rudolf Hacke (1881–1953), painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Christian August Hahnemann (around 1800–1874), architect and building contractor
- Erwin Hahs (1887–1970), painter, visual artist
- Ernst Harrich (1886–1941), garden architect
- Franz Hartmann (1907–1989), painter and university professor
- Leopold Hartmann (1839–1897), portrait painter and photographer
- Carl Hasenpflug (1802-1858), painter
- John Heartfield (1891–1968), painter, printmaker, photomontage artist and set designer
- Helme Heine (* 1941), writer, children's book author, illustrator and designer
- Wolfgang Heinrich (* 1928), painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Georg Heinrichs (* 1926), architect and urban planner
- Louis Held (1851–1927), photography and film pioneer
- Werner Heldt (1904–1954), painter
- Moritz Hellwig (1841–1912), architect and construction clerk
- Hildegard Hendrichs (1923–2013), sculptor
- Louise Henry (1798–1839), painter
- Susanne Henry (1763–1819), painter
- Karl-Heinz Herrfurth (1934–2015), painter, draftsman and professor as well as Vice-President of the Berlin University of the Arts
- Johann Emil Rudolf Herrmann (1858–1942), painter
- Richard Heß (1937–2017), visual artist
- Heinrich Hiller (1846–1912), landscape and marine painter
- Karl Hillert (1927–2004), visual artist and university professor
- Gussy Hippold-Ahnert (1910–2003), painter
- Stephan Hirzel (1899–1970), architect, graphic artist, university professor
- Hubert Hoffmann (1904–1999), German-Austrian town planner, architect, author and painter
- Hugo Hoffmann (* 1947), graphic artist, typesetter and printer
- Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm (* 1940), architecture critic and urban planner
- Paul Imberg (1877–1962), architect
- Julius Jacob the Elder (1811–1882), painter
- Julius Jacob the Younger (1842–1929), painter
- Franz Jaffé (1855–1937), architect, painter, decorator and film architect
- Annemarie von Jakimow-Kruse (1889–1977), painter
- Karl Janisch (1870–1946), mechanical engineer and industrial manager, honorary citizen of Piesteritz
- Christa Jeitner (* 1935), textile artist
- Maria Kegel-Maillard (1917–1999), painter
- Lies Ketterer (1905–1976), sculptor
- Ruth Kiener-Flamm (1924–2000), artist
- Inge King (1915–2016), German-Australian sculptor
- Alexander Kircher (1867–1939), German-Austrian naval and landscape painter
- Ingo Kirchner (1930–1983), painter and graphic artist
- Anna Frank-Klein (1894–1977), visual artist
- Fritz Klingbeil (* 1936), painter and object artist
- Dorothea Kobs-Lehmann (1930–2014), painter
- Carl Koch (1827–1905), painter and illustrator
- Eleonore Koch (1926–2018), German-Brazilian painter and sculptor
- Friedrich Koch (1828–1922), architect
- Georg Carl Koch (1857–1927), painter, illustrator and lithographer
- Karl-Erich Koch (1910–2000), painter and graphic artist
- Max Friedrich Koch (1859–1930), painter
- Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder (1757–1835), painter, graphic artist and engraver
- Karl Wilhelm Kolbe the Younger (1781-1853), painter
- Max Koner (1854–1900), painter
- Anton Friedrich König (1722–1787), painter, court miniature portrait painter
- Anton Friedrich König (1756–1838), medalist, sculptor and engraver
- Ischi von König (1881–1973), painter
- Rainer König (1926–2017), photographer
- Gustav Kraemer (1828–1890), architect, government builder
- Hermann Kramer (1808–1866), painter and engraver
- Bernhard Krug (* 1949), painter
- Arthur Krüger (1866 – after 1926), sculptor, medalist, draftsman and caricaturist
- Erich Krüger (1897–1978), painter
- Franz Krüger (1849–1912), sculptor
- Johannes Krüger (1890–1975), architect
- Lothar Krüger (1846–1917), architect
- Ulrich Krüger (1935–2017), civil engineer and university professor
- Walter Krüger (1888–1971), architect
- Max Kruse (1854–1942), sculptor
- Otto Walter Kuckuck (1871 - after 1942), architect
- Rudolf Kügler (1921–2013), painter and graphic artist
- Siegfried Kühl (1929–2015), painter and sculptor
- Achim Kühn (* 1942), blacksmith and metal sculptor
- Gottfried Kühn (1912–2002), garden and landscape architect
- Michael Kühne (* 1955), painter
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- Heinz te Laake (1925–2001), painter and sculptor
- Gustav Richard Lambert (1846–1907), photographer
- Kurt Lambert (1908–1967), painter
- Richard La Pierre (1842–1893), architect, railroad and military builder
- Anna Lehmann-Brauns (* 1967), artist
- Alice Lex-Nerlinger (1893–1975), painter, graphic artist and photographer
- Max Liebermann (1847–1935), painter
- Eduard Mandel (1810–1882), engraver
- Maria Marc (1876–1955), painter
- Otto March (1845–1913), architect
- Johann Karl Mare (around 1772–1835), map engraver and publisher
- Sven Marquardt (* 1962), photographer
- Martin Mayer (* 1931), sculptor, graphic artist and draftsman
- Max Meid (1910–2009), architect
- Philippe Mercier (1689–1760), German-French painter, etcher and librarian
- Alfred Gotthold Meyer (1864–1904), professor of the history of the arts and crafts
- Erich Meyer (1897–1967), art historian and museum director
- Ewald Meyer (1911–2003), painter and graphic artist
- Hans Meyer (1846–1919), painter and engraver
- Immanuel Meyer-Pyritz (1902–1974), painter, graphic artist, art historian and university professor
- Ingeborg Meyer-Rey (1920–2001), illustrator
- Alexander von Minutoli (1806–1887), art collector
- Walter Moras (1856–1925), painter
- Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), expressionist painter
- Felix Mussil (1921–2013), caricaturist
- Otto Nagel (1894–1967), painter
- Wilhelm Nerenz (1804–1871), painter
- Helmut Newton (1920–2004; bourgeois Helmut Neustädter ), photographer
- Adolf Obst (1869–1945), painter
- Clara Wilhelmine Oenicke (1818–1899), history, portrait and genre painter
- Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985), Surrealism artist
- Moritz Pathé (1893–1956), painter and book illustrator
- Hubertus von Pilgrim (* 1931), sculptor
- Peter Pfankuch (1925–1977), architect
- Hans Platschek (1923–2000), painter and art critic
- Alexander Polzin (* 1973), sculptor, painter and set designer
- Martin Punitzer (1889–1949), architect
- Silvia Quandt (* 1937), painter
- Adolf Rading (1888–1957), architect of the New Building
- Gala von Reichenfels (* 1960), painter and sculptor
- Marie Remy (1829–1915), flower and still life painter
- Klaus Richrath (1937–2012), architect, urban planner and university professor
- Annegrete Riebesel (* 1962), glass artist, graphic artist and restorer
- Max Ringhandt (1877–1965), painter
- Max Rosenfeld (1874 - after 1931), painter and playwright
- Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943), painter
- Carl Saltzmann (1847–1923), landscape and marine painter
- Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764–1850), sculptor
- Wilhelm von Schadow (1788–1862), painter
- Ida Schaer-Krause (1877–1957), Swiss sculptor
- Susanne Schapowalow (* 1922), photographer
- Emil Schartmann (1809 - after 1840), still life painter
- Cornelia Schleime (* 1953), painter, performer, filmmaker and author
- Otto Schmidt-Hofer (1873–1925), sculptor
- Erich Schmitt (1924–1984), caricaturist
- Julius Schrader (1815–1900), painter
- Louis Schrobitz (1809–1882), architect
- Otto Schubert (1854–1930), architect and builder
- Paul Schultz-Liebisch (1905–1996), painter and graphic artist
- Karl Otto Schwatlo (1867–1954), architect
- Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805–1867), painter
- Wilhelm Sohn (1829–1899), painter
- Trude Sojka (1909–2007), painter and sculptor
- Albert Speer junior (1934–2017), architect and university professor
- Paul Stanke (1875–1948), architect
- Gustav Stier (1807–1880), architect
- Friedrich August Wilhelm Strauch (1826–1906), architect
- Wolfgang Szepansky (1910–2008), painter
- Philip Tägert (* 1966; stage name Fil ), comic artist
- Paul Thiem (1858–1922), painter, graphic artist, writer and book illustrator
- Peter Thomann (* 1940), photo artist and photo journalist
- Alexander Tondeur (1829–1905), sculptor
- Peter von Tresckow (* 1936), caricaturist and draftsman
- Julius Troschel (1806–1863), sculptor
- Louis Tuaillon (1862-1919), sculptor
- Annette Tucholke (* 1959), sculptor, object artist and graphic designer
- Timm Ulrichs (* 1940), artist and university professor
- Johannes Veit (1790-1854), painter
- Philipp Veit (1793–1877), painter
- Reinhard Voigt (* 1940), painter
- Heinrich Waldschmidt (1843–1927), genre, portrait and history painter of the Düsseldorf School
- Manfred Walz (1940–2019), architect, urban planner and university professor
- Manfred Welzel (1926–2018), sculptor
- Johann Friedrich Wentzel (1670–1729), painter and etcher
- Alfred Wiener (1885 - around 1977), architect
- Ruth Wilhelmi-König (1904–1977), theater photographer
- Heinrich Wittich (1816–1887), painter
- Werner Joseph Wittkower (1903–1997), German-Israeli architect
- Martin Wolff (1852-1919), sculptor
- Richard Wolffenstein (1846–1919), architect
- Friedrich Wolters (* 1942), architect and urban planner
- Walter Würzbach (1885–1971), architect
- Sigrid Wylach (* 1941), designer and entrepreneur
- Yva (1900–1942; real name Else Ernestine Simon ), photographer
Music makers
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- Lina Abarbanell (1879–1963), soprano and actress
- Kurt Abraham (1921–1988), jazz musician
- Wanda Achsel (1886–1977), opera singer
- Alpa Gun (* 1980; real name Alper Sendilmen ), rapper
- Hermann Anders (* 1936), musician
- Rudi Annex (1905–1998), musician
- Bernhard Arndt (* 1954), pianist
- Azra (born 1974), rapper
- Bela B (* 1962; real name Dirk Felsenheimer ), singer, drummer (Die Ärzte) and actor
- Bass Sultan Hengzt (* 1981; real name Fabio Ferzan Cataldi ), rapper
- August Wilhelm Bach (1796–1869), composer, organist and music teacher
- Jens Georg Bachmann (* 1972), conductor
- Bruno Balz (1902–1988), songwriter and hit poet
- Wolfgang Balzer (* 1941), conductor
- Blixa Bargeld (* 1959; bourgeois Christian Emmerich ), musician, performance artist, composer, author and actor, front man of the band Einstürzende Neubauten
- Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897), composer and music teacher
- Heinz Becker (1922–2006), composer and musicologist
- Martin Becker (* 1961), keyboard player, composer and rock musician
- Siegfried Behrend (1933–1990), classical guitarist and composer
- Tim Bendzko (* 1985), singer-songwriter
- Heinrich Berger (1844–1929), Kapellmeister in the Prussian military and "father of Hawaii music"
- Ludwig Berger (1777–1839), composer, pianist and piano teacher
- Florian Bergmann (* 1984), jazz and improvisation musician, composer
- Hans Michael Beuerle (1941–2015), choir and orchestra conductor
- Frank Michael Beyer (1928–2008), composer and conductor
- Robert Biberti (1902–1985), bass in the Comedian Harmonists ensemble
- Johannes Biebl (* 1945), rock musician
- Johannes Bigge (* 1989), jazz musician
- Biztram (* 1981; real name Benjamin Bistram ), music producer and rapper
- Blokkmonsta (* 1983; real name Björn D. ), rapper
- Carl Blum (1786–1844), singer, actor, director, librettist and composer
- Thomas Blumenthal (* 1958), classical guitarist and music teacher
- George Boateng (* 1982), rapper
- MC Bogy (* 1979; real name Moritz Christopher ), rapper
- Rudi Bohn (1919–1979), jazz and entertainment musician
- Johanna Borchert (* 1983), jazz musician
- Edith Boroschek (1898–1976), concert singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
- Gerd Böttcher (1936–1985), pop singer
- Martin Böttcher (1927–2019), film composer, conductor and arranger
- Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (* 1964), Swiss harpsichordist and organist
- Boundzound (1972–2018; real name Demba Nabé ), musician
- Klaus Buhé (1912–1996), German engineer, guitarist and composer
- Thomas Buhé (1920–2015), German guitarist and university lecturer
- Bully Buhlan (1924–1982), jazz and pop singer, pianist, pop composer and actor
- Daniela von Bülow (1860–1940), pianist, stepdaughter of Richard Wagner, member of the NSDAP
- Boss Burns (* 1972; real name Alec Völkel ), singer in the band The BossHoss
- Erich Bürger (1902–1994), classical guitarist and university professor
- Ralf Bursy (* 1956), singer
- Shlomo Carlebach (1925–1994), composer, singer and Orthodox rabbi
- René Carol (1920–1978), pop singer
- Dennis Chmelensky (* 1995), singer
- Sarah Christ (* 1980), German-Australian harpist
- Roger Cicero (1970-2016), musician
- Erich Collin (1899–1961), 2nd tenor of the Comedian Harmonists ensemble
- August Conradi (1821–1873), composer, organist and conductor
- Alex Conti (* 1952), guitarist
- Jan Corazolla (1931–1998), conductor and cellist
- Heinz Cramer (* 1920), jazz, orchestra and studio musician
- Helene Croner (1885–1943), violist and violist
- Denis Cuspert (1975-2018), former gangsta rapper and Salafist
- Carsten Daerr (* 1975), jazz pianist
- Walter Dahms (1887–1973), journalist, music critic and composer
- Ram Da-Oz (* 1929), Israeli composer
- Annette Dasch (* 1976), opera, concert and lieder singer
- Dean Dawson (born 1977), rapper
- Werner Deinert (1931–2010), musician and orchestra leader
- Dellé (* 1970; bourgeois Frank Allessa Dellé ), musician
- Joy Denalane (* 1973), soul singer
- Ina Deter (* 1947), musician
- Drafi Deutscher (1946–2006), singer, composer and music producer
- Frank Diez (* 1950), guitarist, composer, lyricist and producer
- D-Irie (* 1981; real name Denis Quist ), rapper
- Klaus Doldinger (* 1936), jazz musician and composer of film music
- Dra-Q (* 1978; real name Fabian Blume ), rapper
- Walther Dürr (1932–2018), musicologist and university professor
- Frank Duval (* 1940), composer, band leader, singer and arranger
- Detlef Engel (* 1940), pop singer
- Hans Engel (* 1954), music editor and composer for film music
- Kurt Engel (1909–1967), jazz and entertainment musician
- Birgit Engell (1882–1973), opera singer
- Jury Everhartz (* 1971), composer, conductor and organist
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- Brigitte Fassbaender (* 1939), opera and lied singer
- Caroline Fischer (* 1984), German-Korean pianist
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012), singer (baritone), conductor, painter, music writer and reciter
- Fler (* 1982; real name Patrick Decker ), rapper
- Arno Flor (1925–2008), jazz and entertainment musician
- Peter Fox (* 1971; real name Pierre Baigorry ), reggae and hip-hop musician
- Gynecologist (* 1978; real name Vicente de Teba ), rapper
- Lea W. Frey (* ≈1985), singer and songwriter
- Hermann Frey (1876–1950), songwriter and tap dancer
- Harry Frommermann (1906–1975), founder and 3rd tenor of the Comedian Harmonists ensemble
- Fuat (* 1972; real name: Fuat Ergin ), rapper
- Fumanschu (* 1977; bourgeois Johannes Schroth ), rapper
- Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic
- Wolf Gabbe (* 1924), jazz and entertainment musician
- Wilhelm Gabriel (1897–1964), composer and music publisher
- Leandra Gamine (* 1994), pop singer
- Nicky Gebhard (* 1952), drummer, author, composer and music teacher
- Alban Gerhardt (* 1969), cellist
- Isa Katharina Gericke (* 1973), Norwegian opera singer (soprano)
- Günter Gerlach (1928–2003), musician and composer
- Carsten Gerlitz (* 1966), musician, publisher, arranger and author
- G-Hot (born 1983; real name Gökhan Şensan ), rapper
- Cornelia Giese (1959–2000), singer, composer
- Alexander Goehr (* 1932), British composer
- Walter Goehr (1903–1960), conductor and composer
- Rolf Goldstein (1912–1995), jazz and entertainment musician
- Manuel Göttsching (* 1952), musician and composer
- Werner Götz (* 1934), opera singer (tenor)
- Paul Graener (1872–1944), composer and Nazi cultural politician
- Joachim Graswurm (1934–1986), jazz musician
- André Greiner-Pol (1952-2008), rock musician ( Freygang )
- Eduard Grell (1800–1886), composer, organist and director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin
- Philipp Gropper (* 1978), jazz musician and composer
- Guy Gross (* 1977), musician and lyricist
- Manfred Gurlitt (1890–1972), composer and conductor
- Peter Michael Haas (* 1951), accordionist and music teacher
- Alexander Hacke (* 1965), musician, music producer, composer of film music and actor
- Nina Hagen (* 1955), punk singer and actress
- Peter Harlan (1898–1966), guitarist, lutenist, guitar maker
- Harris (* 1977; real name Oliver Harris ), rapper
- Christian Hassenstein (* 1960), jazz musician
- Michael Heise (* 1940), conductor, pianist, musicologist and music teacher
- Wolfgang Helbich (1943–2013), church musician
- Gerhard Hellwig (1925–2011), conductor and choir director
- Dietrich Henschel (* 1967), classical singer (baritone)
- Bruno Henze (1900–1978), classical guitarist, harpist, composer, conductor and music teacher
- Carl Henze (1872–1946), classical guitarist, composer, conductor and music teacher
- Agnes Hermann (1875 – after 1924), opera singer and singing teacher
- Ted Herold (* 1942), pop singer
- Margot Hielscher (1919–2017), singer and film actress
- Klaus Hoffmann (* 1951), singer, actor and songwriter
- Ludwig Hoffmann (1925–1999), pianist
- Uwe Hoffmann (* 1960), musician and music producer
- Heinrich Hofmann (1842–1902), composer and pianist
- Renate Holm (* 1931), opera and operetta singer and film actress
- Judith Holofernes (* 1976), musician and songwriter
- DJ Ilan (* 1976; real name Ilan Schulz ), rap music producer
- Georges Jacobi (1840–1906), composer
- Gundula Janowitz (* 1937), Austrian soprano
- Walter Jenson (1902–1952), musician, composer, arranger and orchestra performer
- Kai-Uwe Jirka (* 1968), choir director, director of the Berlin State and Cathedral Choir and artistic director of the Berlin Sing-Akademie
- Martin Jondo (* 1979), roots reggae musician
- Hans Jönsson (1913–1993), film, television and radio play composer
- Barbara Jungfer (* 1968), jazz guitarist
- Kurt Kaiser (* 1922), pianist, bassoonist and arranger
- Roland Kaiser (* 1952), pop singer
- Fritz Kalkbrenner (* 1981), DJ
- Günter Kallmann (1927–2016), choirmaster, singer and composer
- Hugo Kaun (1863–1932), composer, conductor and music teacher
- King Orgasmus One (* 1979; real name Manuel Romeike ), rapper
- Igor Kipnis (1930-2002), harpsichordist
- Kitty Kat (* 1982; bourgeois Katharina Löwel ), rapper
- Maite Kelly (* 1979); Irish-American singer
- Richard Keßler (1875–1960), theater director, librettist and song writer
- Paul Kleber (* 1973), jazz musician
- Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004), conductor
- Juliane Klein (* 1966), composer and publishing director
- Matti Klein (* 1984), jazz pianist
- Franz Teddy Kleindin (1914–2007), jazz and entertainment musician
- Marlon Knauer (* 1987), singer
- Friedrich Ernst Koch (1862–1927), composer and music teacher
- Hartmut König (* 1947), songwriter, SED and FDJ functionary in the GDR
- Stephan König (* 1963), composer, pianist and conductor
- Konrad Körner (* 1941), saxophonist and clarinetist
- Robert Krampe (* 1980), composer and musician
- Richard Kraus (1902–1978), conductor
- Klaus-Michael Krause (* 1948), guitarist and music teacher
- Fanny Krug (* 1970), singer
- Frank Jürgen "Eff Jott" Krüger (1948–2007), rock musician
- Horst Krüger (* 1942), rock musician, band leader and composer
- Gerhard Kubach (* 1955), jazz musician
- Harry Kupfer (1935–2019), opera director
- Jens Kuphal (* 1964), music producer, musician, composer and actor
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- Gerhard Laartz (* 1940), rock and fusion musician
- Benny Lackner (* 1976), jazz musician
- Werner Lämmerhirt (1949–2016), guitarist
- Björn Landberg (* 1980; real name Kevin Björn Wolfgang Kraus ), actor, musical singer and pop singer
- Paul Landers (* 1964), musician and guitarist in the band Rammstein
- Hajo Lange (1935–2001), jazz and entertainment musician
- Beate Leibe (* 1954), church musician and composer
- Ferdinand Leitner (1912–1996), conductor
- Klaus Lenz (* 1940), jazz musician, band leader and composer
- Maria Leo (1873–1942), pianist and music teacher
- Erwin Leuchter (1902–1973), Argentine musicologist and conductor
- Gustav Lewin (1869–1938), conductor, music teacher and composer
- Maria Lidka (1914–2013), actually Marianne Louise Liedtke, violinist
- Hagen Liebing (1961–2016), musician and music journalist
- Paul Lincke (1866–1946), composer, theater conductor, is considered the "father of Berlin operetta" and an honorary citizen of Berlin
- Marc Lingk (* 1964), composer and software developer of electronic music
- Wolfgang Lippert (* 1952), singer, presenter and entertainer
- Christian Lorenz (* 1966), musician and keyboard player in the band Rammstein
- Albert Lortzing (1801-1851), composer
- Frank Lüdecke (* 1961), cabaret artist, actor, author, journalist
- Wolf Maahn (* 1955), musician
- Mach One (* 1979; bourgeois Christoph Bodenhammer ), rapper
- Roman Maciejewski (1910–1998), Polish composer, pianist and conductor
- Manny Marc (* 1980; real name Marc Schneider ), music producer, DJ and rapper
- Fabia Mantwill (* 1993), jazz musician
- Manuela (1943–2001), pop singer
- Alexander Marcus (* 1972; real name Felix Rennefeld ), singer and music producer
- Andreas Martin (* 1952), pop singer, composer and music producer
- Josef Marx (1913–1978), American oboist and musicologist
- Walther Carl Meiszner (1896–1931), pianist
- Melbeatz (* 1977; bourgeois Melanie Wilhelm ), hip-hop producer
- Melendiz (* 1982), pop musician
- Francesco von Mendelssohn (1901–1972), cellist
- Reinhard Mey (* 1942), musician and songwriter
- Andreas Meyer-Hanno (1932–2006), opera director and university professor
- Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905–1988), composer, musicologist and music sociologist
- Felix Meyer (1847–1914), violinist and royal chamber virtuoso
- Felix Meyer (* 1975), singer and songwriter
- Mieze Katz (* 1979), singer in the band Mia
- Jenny Meyer (1834–1894), singer and music teacher
- Ray Miller (* 1941), pop singer
- MOK (* 1976; real name Tarkan Karaalioğlu ), rapper
- Uwe Möllhusen (* 1956), musician and media artist
- Edda Moser (* 1938), soprano
- Hans Joachim Moser (1889–1967), musicologist and composer
- Peter Müller (1947–2007), jazz musician
- Werner Müller (1920–1998), composer, conductor, arranger, orchestra leader and author
- Heinz Munsonius (1910–1963), accordionist, composer and band leader
- Me'shell Ndegeocello (* 1968; actually Mary Johnson ), American musician and composer
- Heinz Niemeyer (1931–2004), jazz musician
- Astrid Nielsch (* 1967), harpist
- Hans-Lutz Niessen (1920–1982), Dutch guitarist, composer and music teacher
- Matthias Akeo Nowak (* 1976), jazz musician
- Fanny Opfer (1870–1944), soprano , singing teacher and Nazi victim
- Rita Paul (* 1928), pop singer and actress
- Werner Pauli (* 1930), classical guitarist, composer and university lecturer
- Ralf Paulsen (1929–2015), singer
- Joe Pentzlin (* 1936), jazz musician
- Jennifer Pepper (* 1985), Christian songwriter
- Marc Perrenoud (* 1981), jazz musician
- Frank-Manuel Peter (* 1959), dance scholar
- Vanessa Petruo (* 1979), singer and actress
- Playboy 51 (* 1977; real life Tanju Çalıkıran ), singer, rapper and television actor
- Donato Plögert (* 1967), singer, presenter and actor
- Hermann Prey (1929–1998), baritone
- Prinz Pi (* 1979; real name Friedrich Kautz ), rapper
- Adalbert Quadt (1903–1987), guitarist and music teacher
- Ivy Quainoo (* 1992), pop singer
- Henrik Rabien (* 1971), bassoonist
- Edgar Rabsch (1892–1964), music teacher and composer
- Peter Radszuhn (1954–2014), musician and music journalist
- Tina Rainford (born 1946), singer
- Rako (* 1983; bourgeois Tolga Görmemiş ), rapper
- Günter Raphael (1903–1960), composer
- Ivan Rebroff (1931–2008; real name Hans-Rolf Rippert ), singer
- Johannes Rediske (1926–1975), jazz guitarist
- Philipp Rehm (* 1979), jazz musician
- Kurt Reimann (1913–2001), opera singer and film actor
- Rio Reiser (1950–1996; bourgeois Ralph Christian Möbius ), rock musician ( clay stones shards )
- Rhymin Simon (* 1976), rapper
- Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt (1710–1783), flautist, composer and music theorist
- Albrecht Roeseler (1930–1994), violinist, musicologist and journalist
- Hermann Rohrbeck (1899–1978), jazz and entertainment musician
- Johannes Roloff (* 1957), pianist and arranger
- Marianne Rosenberg (* 1955), pop singer, composer
- Peter Rüchel (1937–2019), music journalist and founder of the WDR broadcast Rockpalast
- Ernst Rudorff (1840–1916), composer, music teacher and nature conservationist
- Max Rumpf (1906–1987), jazz and entertainment musician
- Dieter Rumstig (1928–2017), classical guitarist, music dramaturge and university professor
- Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen (1778–1851), composer and music teacher, director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin
S-Z
- Maya Saban (* 1978), singer
- Martin Sander (* 1963), organist
- Hans Schätzke (* 1938), jazz musician and music editor
- Arno Schellenberg (1903–1983), singer
- Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), conductor
- Wolfgang Schlüter (1933–2018), jazz musician
- Werner Schmah (1926–1997), pop singer
- Andreas Schmidt (* 1967), pianist, composer and arranger
- Bobby Schmidt (1923–2014), musician and music producer
- Florens Schmidt (* 1984), actor and musician
- Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900–1973), conductor
- Irmin Schmidt (* 1937), musician
- Manfred Schmidt (* 1928), singer (tenor)
- Thomas Schmitt (* 1951), musician and cartoonist
- Christoph Schneider (* 1966), musician and drummer in the Rammstein band
- Detlef Schönenberg (* 1944), drummer and author
- Manfred Schubert (1937–2011), composer, conductor and music critic
- Klaus Schulze (* 1947), composer, musician and producer
- Wilhelm Seefeldt (* 1934), musician and composer
- Karl August Seidler (1778–1840), concert master
- Sido (* 1980; real name Paul Würdig ), rapper
- Rudolf Siegel (1878–1948), conductor and composer
- Henning Sieverts (* 1966), jazz bassist
- Silla (* 1984; real name Matthias Schulze ), rapper
- Hans Sommer (1904–2000), film composer
- Detlef D! Soost (* 1970), dancer and choreographer
- Andreas Spannagel (* 1960), jazz musician
- Christian Stadelmann (1959–2019), violinist
- Richard Stauch (1901–1968), composer
- Karmen Stavec (* 1973), Slovenian pop singer
- Adolf Steimel (1907–1962), musician, composer, arranger and orchestra leader
- Peter C. Steiner (1928-2003), cellist
- Otto Stenzel (1903–1989), film composer and band leader
- Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (* 1934), composer and music journalist
- Hagen Stoll (* 1975; also known as Joe Rilla ), rapper and producer
- Grete Sultan (1906-2005), pianist
- Ulrich Ed Swillms (* 1947), rock musician, composer ( Karat )
- Taktloss (* 1975; real name Kingsly Defounga ), rapper
- Achim Tang (* 1958), bassist and composer
- Tarééc (* 1978; real name Tarek Hussein ), R'n'B singer
- Adel Tawil (* 1978), singer, songwriter and producer
- Jonny Teupen (1923–1991), harpist and composer
- Christian Thielemann (* 1959), conductor
- Justus Thorau (* 1986), conductor
- Neco Tiglioglu (* 1975), music producer
- Tony D (* 1983; real name Mohamed Ayad ), rapper
- Maria Trautmann (* 1990), jazz and improvisation musician, theater maker
- Käte van Tricht (1909–1996), organist, pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher
- Heiko Triebener (* 1964), tuba player
- Heinrich Urban (1837–1901), composer, violinist and music teacher
- Farin Urlaub (* 1963; civil Jan Vetter ), singer, guitarist ( Die Ärzte )
- Vocal hero (* 1973; real name Victor Moreno ), rapper
- Klaus Voormann (* 1938), musician and graphic artist
- Alexander Wagner (1926–2019), composer, choir conductor and textbook author
- Tilo Wedell (* ≈1937), jazz musician
- Charly Weiss (1939–2009; actually Hans Günther Weiss ), drummer, actor and performance artist
- Häns'che Weiss (1951–2016), jazz musician (guitarist), composer and interpreter
- Dieter Wellmann (* 1933), church musician and composer
- Lotte Werkmeister (1885–1970), chansonnière, cabaret artist and actress
- Helmuth Wernicke (1909–1994), pianist, arranger, composer and band leader
- Finn Wiesner (* 1969), jazz musician
- Andreas Wildenhain (* 1965), jazz musician
- Helmut Zacharias (1920–2002), violinist and composer
- Frank Zander (* 1942), singer, presenter and actor
- Heinz Zeebe (1915–1983), musician and conductor
- Hans Rudolf Zeller (1934–2019), music theorist, essayist, composer and performance artist
- Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1832), musician, music teacher, composer, conductor and director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin , founder of the Zelterian Liedertafel
- Renate Zimmermann (* 1936), organist
Theater, television and filmmakers
A-D
- Ilse Abel (1909–1959), actress
- Doris Abeßer (1935–2016), actress, radio play and voice actor
- Joy Lee Juana Abiola-Müller (* 1991), actress
- Runa Abu Saleh (born 1983), actress
- Fritz Karl Walther Achterberg (1880–1971), actor
- Maud Ackermann (* 1965), voice actress
- Sir Kenneth Adam (1921-2016), film architect
- Auguste Adami (1813–1886), stage actress and opera singer
- Louis Adlon (1907–1947), actor
- Boris Aljinovic (* 1967), theater and film actor
- Charlotte Ander (1902–1969), actress
- Günther Anders (1908–1977), cameraman
- Silvia Andersen (1966–2017), actress and dancer
- Louise Sophie Arnold (* 2001), actress
- Hans-Jörg Assmann (* 1943), actor
- Emily Atef (* 1973), director and writer.
- Peer Augustinski (1940–2014), actor and voice actor
- Karin Baal (* 1940), actress
- Annekathrin Bach (* 1979), actress
- Paul Bach (1855–1936), actor
- Patrick Baehr (* 1992), actor and voice actor
- Hugo Egon Balder (* 1950), television presenter, producer, musician, actor and cabaret artist
- Michael Ballhaus (1935–2017), cameraman
- Mario Barth (* 1972), comedian
- Janina Isabell Batoly (* 1982), actress
- Marie Baumeister (1819–1887), actress
- Philip Baumgarten (* 1986), actor
- Hartmut Becker (* 1938), film and theater actor
- Heinrich Becker (1770–1822), actor and director
- Jens Becker (* 1963), screenwriter, director and university lecturer
- Julia Becker (* 1982), actress and radio play speaker
- Maria Becker (1920–2012), actress, director and radio play speaker
- Robin Becker (* 1990), actor
- Sarah Becker (* 1976), actress
- Siegfried Behrend (1933–1990), guitarist and composer
- Marga Behrends (1907–2010), dancer and singer
- Wolfgang Becker (1910–2005), film director and producer
- Lothar Bellag (1930–2001), actor and director
- Carolin van Bergen (1964–1990), actress
- Jan Berger (* 1970), screenwriter
- Christian Berkel (* 1957), actor
- Dru Berrymore (* 1969; real name Nicole Hilbig ), porn actress
- Julia Biedermann (* 1967), actress
- Gerhard Bienert (1898–1986), actor
- Detlef Bierstedt (* 1952), voice actor and actor
- Marie Bierstedt (* 1974), voice actress
- Maxi Biewer (* 1964), TV presenter and actress
- Marc Bischoff (* 1969), actor
- Tatjana Blacher (* 1956), actress
- Jamie Lee Blank (born 1994), voice actress
- Jodie Blank (* 1992), dubbing and radio play speaker
- Henry Blanke (1901–1981), director and filmmaker, Oscar winner
- Ludwig Blochberger (* 1982), actor
- Ralf Bode (1941–2001), cameraman
- Cathrin Böhme (* 1964), television presenter and journalist
- Curt Bois (1901-1991), actor
- Ranja Bonalana (* 1973), voice actress
- Oliver Bootz (* 1971), actor
- Ernst Wilhelm Borchert (1907–1990), stage and film actor and voice actor
- Inge Borde-Klein (1917–2006), puppeteer and author
- Konrad Bösherz (* 1983), voice actor and actor
- Grit Boettcher (born 1938), actress
- Marc Boettcher (* 1965), filmmaker, producer, author, dramaturge and actor
- Martin Böttcher (1927–2019), film composer, conductor and arranger
- Patrice Bouédibéla (* 1974), television presenter
- Henry Brandon (1912–1990; real name Heinrich von Kleinbach ), actor
- Alfred Braun (1888–1978), radio reporter and radio play director
- Harald Braun (1901–1960), director, film producer and screenwriter
- Ursula Braun (1921–1984), actress and voice actress
- Erich Brehm (1910–1966), cabaret writer and director
- Jan Peter Bremer (* 1965), writer
- Helmut Brennicke (1918–2005), actor, director, radio play speaker, acting teacher and author
- Anne-Sophie Briest (* 1974), actress
- Antoine Brison (born 1992), actor
- Annemarie Brodhagen (* 1934), television presenter
- Ilona Brokowski (* 1979), voice actress
- Oliver Bröcker (* 1977), actor
- Dorian Brunz (* 1993), actor
- Simson Bubbel (* 1986), actor
- Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), actor
- William Budzinski (1875–1950), costume designer
- Fabian Busch (* 1975), actor
- Josephin Busch (* 1986), actress and singer
- Alfred Bütow (1902–1986), production designer
- Joachim Cadenbach (1925–1992), actor and voice actor
- Frank Castorf (* 1951), director and general manager
- Adolf Christen (1811–1883), Bavarian court actor
- Henriette Confurius (* 1991), actress
- Gustav Conradi (1852–1926), stage actor
- Us Conradi (born 1928), actress and author
- Bettina Cramer (* 1969), television presenter, film producer and photographer
- Klaus Dahlen (1938–2006), actor
- Thomas Danneberg (* 1942), actor and voice actor
- Jenny Deimling (born 1972), actress
- Caroline Demmer (1764–1813), actress and singer
- August Diehl (* 1976), actor
- Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), actress and singer
- Mike Dietrich (* 1965), actor, director and screenwriter
- Robert A. Dietrich (1889–1947), film architect
- Ralf Dittrich (* 1949), actor
- Manja Doering (* 1977), actress and voice actress
- Angelica Domröse (* 1941), actress
- Wolfgang Draeger (* 1928), actor and voice actor
- Corinna Drews (* 1962), actress and photo model
- Carl Duering (1923-2018), British actor
- Gerd Duwner (1925–1996), actor and voice actor
- Eckart Dux (* 1926), actor and voice actor
- Pete Dwojak (* 1982), presenter, actor and musician
- Alice Dwyer (* 1988; real name Alice Deekeling ), actress
E-H
- Joanna Eichhorn (* 1992), actress
- Lars Eidinger (* 1976), actor
- Claudia Eisinger (* 1984), actress
- Andreas Elsholz (* 1972), actor and singer
- Edeltraut Elsner (1936–2017), actress, cabaret artist and voice actress
- Elton (* 1971; real name Alexander Duszat ), moderator
- Maria Emo (* 1936), Austrian actress
- Erhan Emre (* 1978), actor
- Alexander Engel (1902–1968), actor and director
- Hilde Engel-Elstner (1908–1965), dancer and actress
- Jakobine Engel (* 1965), filmmaker, video artist and actress
- Nadja Engel (* 1964), actress
- Heinz Engelmann (1911–1996), stage, film and television actor and voice actor
- Gero Erhardt (* 1943), director, screenwriter, cameraman and producer
- Gregor Erler , film director and screenwriter
- Herbert Ernst (1939–2019), cameraman and filmmaker
- Fritz Feld (1900–1993), German -American actor
- Emanuel Fellmer (* 1986), actor
- Hansjörg Felmy (1931–2007), actor
- Jonathan Feurich (* 1989), actor
- Anna Fischer (* 1986), actress and singer
- Annett Fleischer (* 1979), actress
- Ana Fonell (* 1949), actress and voice actress
- Astrid Frank (* 1944), actress
- Peter Frankenfeld (1913–1979), actor, singer and entertainer
- Barbara Frey (* 1941), actress
- Peter Fricke (* 1939), film and theater actor and voice actor
- Justus Fritzsche (1941–2003), actor
- Andreas Fröhlich (* 1965), actor, dubbing and radio play speaker ( The three ??? )
- Simone Frost (1958–2009), actress
- Benno Fürmann (* 1972), actor
- Kumaran Ganeshan (born 1983), actor
- Claus Theo Gärtner (* 1943), actor
- Gundula Gause (* 1965), news presenter
- Margit Geissler-Rothemund (1958–2016), actress
- Fritz Genschow (1905–1977), actor, film director, film producer
- Marina Genschow (1950–1987), actress and voice actress
- Götz George (1938–2016), actor
- Jasmin Gerat (* 1978), actress and presenter
- Fabian Gerhardt (* 1971), director, actor and author
- Sonja Gerhardt (* 1989), actress
- Ulrich Gerhardt (* 1934), director and radio play director of the SFB
- Kurt Gerron (1897–1944; civil name Kurt Gerson ), actor and director
- Philipp Gerstner (* 1989), actor
- Horst Gewiss (* 1952), track cyclist
- Maren Gilzer (* 1960), actress and model
- Paul Glawion (1922-1993), actor
- Fred Goebel (1891–1964), actor
- Curt Goetz-Pflug (1919–1967), director and screenwriter
- Renee Goddard (* 1923), actress, born Renate Scholem
- Sebastian Goder (* 1964), actor
- Sascha Grammel (* 1974), comedian, puppeteer and ventriloquist
- Evelyn Gressmann (1943–2018), actress and voice actress
- Heike Brückner von Grumbkow (* 1963), screenwriter
- Katja Großkinsky (* 1992), actress
- Andreas Grothusen (* 1943), actor
- Elisabeth Günther (* 1966), actress, dubbing and audio book speaker
- Manfred Günther (1935–1989), actor
- Michael Günther (* 1935), director, actor, voice actor and translator
- Michael Gwisdek (* 1942), actor
- Robert Gwisdek (* 1984), actor
- Gabriele Gysi (* 1946), actress and director
- Traudel Haas (* 1945), actress and voice actress
- Jella Haase (* 1992), actress
- Janine Habeck (* 1983), actress and photo model
- Till Hagen (* 1949), voice actor
- Helga Hahnemann (1937–1991), entertainer, cabaret artist and actress
- Rhea Harder (born 1976), actress
- Thomas Harlan (1929-2010), director and writer
- Gerhard Hartig (1922–2007), actor
- Hubertus Hartmann (* 1959), theater and film actor
- Jonas Hartmann (* 1975), actor, speaker and author
- Julia Hartmann (* 1985), dancer, theater, cinema and TV actress
- Paula Hartmann (* 2001), actress
- Lilith Häßle (* 1991), actress and radio play speaker
- Michael Hatzius (* 1982), puppeteer and actor
- Anna Haverland (1854–1908), stage actress
- Max Hegewald (* 1991), actor
- Birgit Hein (* 1942), filmmaker, film scholar, performance artist and university lecturer
- Christiane Heinrich (* 1969), actress
- Hans Heinrich (1911–2003), film and television director and film editor
- Hans Heinrich (* 1929), cameraman and screenwriter
- Julia Alice von Heinz (* 1976), film director and screenwriter
- Matthias Heise (* 1962), author and filmmaker
- Thomas Heise (* 1955), documentary filmmaker, author, director and university lecturer
- Louis Held (* 1996), actor and singer
- Martin Held (1908–1992), theater and film actor
- Maximilian Held (* 1967), theater and film actor
- Anette Hellwig (* 1970), actress
- Brigitte Helm (1906 or 1908–1996; real name Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm ), actress
- Tarek Helmy (* 1975), voice actor
- Jan Hendriks (1928–1991), actor
- Jo Herbst (1928–1980), actor and cabaret artist
- Wilfried Herbst (* 1935), actor, cabaret artist and voice actor
- Karoline Herfurth (* 1984), actress
- Klaus Herm (1925–2014), actor
- Anna Herrmann (* 1991), actress
- Victoria Herrmann (* 1969), television presenter
- Willi A. Herrmann (1893–1968), production designer
- Wolf-Dieter Herrmann (* 1950), journalist, radio and television presenter
- Jürgen Hilbrecht (* 1942), popular actor, director, singer, cabaret artist and entertainer
- Martina Hill (* 1974), actress
- Sascha Hingst (* 1971), television presenter
- Hans Hinrich (1903–1974), director, actor and voice actor
- Knut Hinz (* 1941), actor
- Michael Hinz (1939–2008), actor
- Werner Hinz (1903–1985), actor
- Matthias Hinze (1969–2007), actor and voice actor
- Martin Hirthe (1921–1981), actor and voice actor
- Susan Hoecke (* 1981), actress and photo model
- Hedi Höpfner (1910–1988), dancer, actress and acting teacher
- Margot Höpfner (1912–2000), dancer, actress, director and acting teacher
- Sylvia Hoffman (* 1938), author and television director
- Daniela Hoffmann (* 1963), actress and voice actress
- Danne Hoffmann (* 1968), actress
- Flora Hoffmann (1931–2013), radio play director
- Gert Günther Hoffmann (1929–1997), actor and voice actor
- Marianne Hoffmann (* 1941), actress and voice actress
- Markus Hoffmann (1971–1997), actor
- Shai Hoffmann (* 1982), actor and singer
- Ellen Hofmann (* 1968), costume designer
- Robert Hofmann (* 1987), film critic and actor
- Henry Hübchen (born 1947), actor
- David Hurst (1926–2019), German-American actor
IN THE
- Tatiana Ivanov (1925–1979), actress and singer
- Ernst Jacobi (* 1933), actor and voice actor
- Frederick Jaeger (1928-2004), actor
- Simon Jäger (* 1972), voice actor
- Constantin von Jascheroff (* 1986), actor, voice actor and singer
- Felix von Jascheroff (* 1982), actor and singer
- Julia Jentsch (* 1978), actress and playwright
- Cherno Jobatey (born 1965), television presenter
- Hansi Jochmann (* 1953), actress
- Gottfried John (1942–2014), actor
- Monika John (* 1935), actress and voice actress
- Friedrich Joloff (1908–1988), stage, film and television actor and voice actor
- Harald Juhnke (1929–2005), entertainer, film and stage actor
- Winfried Junge (* 1935), documentary film director
- Stefan Kaminsky (* 1977), actor and speaker
- Marie Karchow-Lindner (1842–1914), actress, journalist and patroness
- Ullrich H. Kasten (* 1938), documentary filmmaker and screenwriter
- Sebastian Kautz (* 1970), actor and director
- Eva Maria Keller (* 1948), actress
- Herbert Keller (1922–1990), lyricist and theater director
- Inge Keller (1923–2017), actress
- Lina Keller (* 2000), child actress
- Aviva Kempner (* 1946), American screenwriter and director
- Albert Keßler (1819–1890), theater actor, director and director
- Wolfgang Kieling (1924–1985), film and stage actor, voice actor
- Andrea Kiewel (* 1965), television presenter
- Nastassja Kinski (* 1961), actress
- Thomas Kirchner (* 1961), screenwriter
- Jan Kittmann (* 1983), actor
- Gerhard Klein (1920–1970), film director and screenwriter
- Judith Klein (* 1972), actress
- Robert Klein-Lörk (around 1906 / 07–1964), actor and cabaret artist
- Johnny Klinke (* 1950), founder and director of variety shows
- Ingo Klünder (* 1942), actor
- Hannelore Koch (* 1951), actress
- Max Philip Koch (* 1988), actor
- Oliver Korittke (* 1968), actor
- Hans Heinz König (1912–2003), writer, screenwriter, film director and producer
- Klaus König (* 1935), cameraman and director
- Lennart König (* 1996), actor
- Richard König (1900–1961), film producer
- Peter René Körner (1921–1989), actor, singer and presenter
- Toks Körner (* 1974), actor, author and screenwriter
- Maria Koschny (* 1981), voice actress
- Josefine Kramer-Glöckner (1874–1954), Austrian folk actress and singer
- Karsten Kramer (* 1973), actor and voice actor
- Charlotte Kramm (1900–1971), actress
- Brigitte Krause (1929–2007), actress
- Charlotte Laurentine Krause (* 2002), actress
- Georg Krause (1901–1986), cameraman
- Hans Krause (1924–2015), actor, author, satirist and cabaret artist
- Kerstin Krause (* 1963), director and author
- Klaus W. Krause (1903–1981), actor, radio play and voice actor
- Stefan Krause (* 1958), dubbing and radio play speaker, actor and musician
- Nicolette Krebitz (* 1972), actress, director and musician
- Otto Krieg-Helbig (1898–1976), actor
- Adalbert Kriwat (1882–1961), actor and theater director
- Alexandra Kröber (* 1982), TV presenter
- Kurt Krömer (* 1974), comedian and actor
- Sabine Krug-Wolfram (1926–1969), actress
- Bum Krüger (civil: Willy Krüger , 1906–1971), actor, radio play and voice actor
- Franz-Otto Krüger (1917–1988), actor, dubbing actor and dubbing director
- Gerhard Krüger (1920–1986), cameraman
- Hardy Krüger (* 1928), film actor, voice actor and writer
- Johann Christian Krüger (1723–1750), writer, actor and playwright
- Julian Vinzenz Krüger (* 1992), actor
- Karl Friedrich Krüger (1765–1828), actor
- Nadine Krüger (* 1977), TV presenter and actress
- Vanessa Krüger (* 1991), actress
- Willy Krüger (1902–1980), actor
- Eberhard Kube (* 1936), pantomime
- Tilmar Kuhn (* 1970), actor
- Carina Kühne (* 1985), actress
- Wolfgang Kühne (1905–1969), voice actor and actor
- Alexander Kunja (* 1969), screenwriter, director and dramaturge
- Rubina Kuraoka (* 1987), voice actress
- Peer Kusmagk (* 1975), actor and television presenter
- Sarah Kuttner (* 1979), TV presenter and columnist
- Maria Kwiatkowsky (1985-2011), actress
- Carmen Lahrmann (* 1925), voice actress, singer and former child actress
- Petra Lämmel (* 1974), actress
- Günter Lamprecht (* 1930), actor
- Ruth Landshoff (1904–1966), actress and
- Wolfgang Langhoff (1901–1966), actor and director
- Laura Laß (* 1984), actress
- Frederick Lau (* 1989), actor
- Lena Lauzemis (* 1983), actress
- Anika Lehmann (* 1985), actress
- Dascha Lehmann (* 1974), actress and voice actress
- Manfred Lehmann (* 1945), actor and voice actor
- Miriam Lehmann-Haupt (1904–1981), actress
- Gerit von Leitner (* 1941), author of film and radio productions
- Mohen Leo (* before 1992), special effects artist
- Lena Lessing (* 1960), actress and director
- Kurt Lieck (1899–1976), actor and radio play speaker
- Martin Linzer (1931–2014), theater critic and dramaturge
- Siegfried Lowitz (1914–1999), actor
- Florian Lukas (* 1973), actor
- Stefan Lukschy (* 1948), director and film and television writer.
- Bruno Lutz (1889–1964), film architect
- Ingrid Lutz (* 1924), actress
- Marianne Lutz (1939–2018), voice actress
- Georg Malcovati (* 1983), actor
- Julia Malik (* 1976), actress
- Lucie Mannheim (1899–1976), actress
- Andreas Mannkopff (1939–2015), actor, voice actor and vocal artist
- Florian Martens (* 1958), actor
- Ulrich Matthes (* 1959), film and theater actor, dubbing and audio book speaker
- Silke Matthias (* 1960), actress and voice actress
- Gisela Mattishent (1919–1980), television and stage actress, radio play speaker
- Maximilian Mauff (* 1987), actor
- Christiane Maybach (1927–2006), film and stage actress and voice actress
- Lucille-Mareen Mayr (* 1993), actress, musical artist and voice actress
- Audra McDonald (* 1970), actress ( Private Practice )
- Digne Meller Marcovicz (1934–2014), photo reporter, filmmaker, journalist and book author
- Dietrich Mechow (1925–2015), actor and voice actor
- Eleonora von Mendelssohn (1900–1951), actress
- Barnaby Metschurat (* 1974), actor
- Ilse Meudtner (1912–1990), dancer and choreographer
- Cynthia Micas (born 1990), actress
- Theodor Wonja Michael (1925–2019), Afro-German actor
- Hans-Peter Minetti (1926–2006), actor
- Jennifer Minetti (1940-2011), actress
- Patricia von Miserony (born 1958), actress
- Ulrike von Möllendorff (1939–2017), journalist and television presenter
- Dominic Monaghan (born 1976), British actor ( The Lord of the Rings )
- Ursela Monn (* 1950), actress and singer
- Martin Morlock (1918–1983; civil Günther Goercke ), journalist and cabaret writer
- Christoph Mory (* 1970), actor
- Olga Motta (* 1962), theater director, graphic artist, stage and costume designer
- Sergej Moya (* 1988), actor, screenwriter and director
- Irmgard von zur Mühlen (* 1936), documentary filmmaker and director
- Sarah Mühlshaus (* 1982), actress
- Hans Mühlhofer (1878–1932), actor, radio play speaker and reciter
- Nicole Mercedes Müller (* 1996), actress
- Wolfgang Müller (1922–1960), actor and cabaret artist
- Torsten Münchow (* 1965), actor and voice actor
NO
- David Nathan (* 1971), voice actor
- Alexandra Neldel (* 1976), actress
- Mike Nichols (1931–2014; real name is Michael Igor Peschkowsky ), director, screenwriter and producer
- Désirée Nick (* 1956), actress and entertainer
- Mirco Nontschew (* 1969), comedian
- Rose Oehmichen (1901–1985), actress and co-founder of the Augsburger Puppenkiste
- Jürgen Ohlsen (1917–1994), actor
- Rahel Ohm (* 1962), actress
- Marina Orschel (* 1937), beauty queen and film actress
- Jana Pallaske (* 1979), actress
- Erwin Parker (1903–1987), actor, radio play speaker and drama teacher
- Ingrid Pan (1930–1995), actress and radio play speaker
- Christiane Paul (* 1974), actress
- Peter Paul (1911–1985), actor
- Charlotte von Pazatka (1878–1969), stage actress
- Alexander Pensel (* 1986), actor
- Peter Pewas (1904–1984; actually Walter Emil Hermann Schulz ), film director and commercial artist
- Günter Pfitzmann (1924–2003), actor and cabaret artist
- Christina Plate (born 1965), actress
- Barbara Plensat (* 1939), radio play director
- Peter Podehl (1922–2010), actor, director and author
- Johanna Polley (* 1992), actress
- Erich Poremski (1894–1980), operetta singer, actor and voice actor
- Andreas Potulski (* 1980), actor
- Katja Primel (* 1972), voice actress
- Ronja Prinz (* 1990), actress
- Dieter Prochnow (* 1939), actor
- Jürgen Prochnow (* 1941), actor
- Vivienne Puttins (* 1992), actress
- Erika Radtke (* 1937), television presenter
- Vincent Redetzki (* 1992), actor
- Ernst Reinboth (1935–2016), short film maker and painter
- Anouschka Renzi (* 1964), actress
- Eva Renzi (1944–2005), actress
- Sebastian Reusse (* 1965), actor
- Mario D. Richardt (* 1976), television presenter and author
- Ilja Richter (* 1952), actor and television presenter
- Henriette Richter-Röhl (* 1982), actress
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), actress, director, photographer
- Max Riemelt (* 1984), actor
- Maria Riva (* 1924, real name Maria Elisabeth Sieber ), actress and only daughter of Marlene Dietrich
- Shalin-Tanita Rogall (* 1990), actress and voice actress
- Tamara Rohloff (* 1961), actress
- Oliver Rohrbeck (* 1965), actor, dubbing and radio play speaker
- Stefan Roloff (* 1953), filmmaker
- Willi Rose (1902–1978), stage, film and television actor and operetta singer
- Martin Rosen (1907–1981), actor, voice actor and singer
- Alexander Rosenberg (* 1965), actor, voice actor and dialogue book author
- Hans Rosenthal (1925–1987), entertainer and presenter
S-Z
- Sıla Şahin (* 1985), German-Turkish actress
- Helke Sander (* 1937), film director
- Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss (born 1962), actor
- Gerald Schaale (* 1955), actor and voice actor
- Fritz Schade (1880–1926), actor
- Franz Schafheitlin (1895–1980), film and stage actor and voice actor
- Ulrich Schamoni (1939–1998), film director and media entrepreneur
- Alexander Scheer (* 1976), actor
- Helmut Schellhardt (1929–2002), film actor and voice actor
- Erich Schellow (1915–1995), stage, film and television actor
- Tom Schilling (* 1982), actor
- Heinz Schimmelpfennig (1919–2010), actor and director
- Rolf Schimpf (* 1924), actor
- Jörn Schlönvoigt (* 1986), actor and musician
- Dennis Schmidt-Foss (* 1970), actor and voice actor
- Florian Schmidt-Foss (* 1974), actor and voice actor
- Gerrit Schmidt-Foss (* 1975), actor and voice actor
- Jonas Schmidt-Foss (* 2002), dubbing and radio play speaker
- Ludwig Wilhelm Schneider (1805–1878), actor, theater poet, military writer, publicist and reader of two Prussian kings
- Edith Schollwer (1904–2002), actress and singer
- Klaus-Georg-Gustav Schöning (* 1992), actor
- William Schönland (1915–2011), German-Dutch film salesman
- Charlotte Schreiber-Just (1914–2000), actress and radio play speaker
- Heinz Schröder (1928–2009), puppeteer
- Sophie Charlotte Schröder (1714–1792), actress
- Heddo Schulenburg (* 1928), actor
- Rolf Schult (1927–2013), actor and voice actor
- Tim Oliver Schultz (* 1988), actor
- Friedrich Schütze (1891–1968), actor and UFA cast head
- Jaecki Schwarz (* 1946), actor
- Lilli Schweiger (* 1998), actress
- Luna Schweiger (* 1997), actress
- Maria Sebaldt (* 1930), actress
- Benjamin Seidel (* 1991), actor and voice actor
- Willy Semmelrogge (1923–1984), actor
- Martina Servatius (1954–2016), actress
- Fredy Sieg (1878–1962), actor and popular lecturer
- Roman Silberstein (1932–2001), actor and director
- Heinz-Viktor Simon (1943–2019), politician (CDU) and city elder of Berlin
- Elke Sommer (* 1940; bourgeois Elke Schletz ), actress, singer, director and painter
- Norman Sonnleitner (* 1978), actor
- Nana Spier (* 1971), voice actress
- Christian Sprenger (* 1968), flautist
- Carsten Stahl (* 1972), film actor and violence prevention trainer
- Laura Stahnke (* 1991), actress
- Ingrid Steeger (* 1947; real name: Ingrid Anita Stengert ), actress
- Julian FM Stoeckel (* 1987), actor
- Victoria Sturm (* 1973), film actress and voice actress
- Ulrike Stürzbecher (* 1965), actress and voice actress
- Lissy Tempelhof (1929–2017), actress
- Anna Thalbach (* 1973), actress
- Katharina Thalbach (* 1954), actress
- Sabine Thalbach (1932–1966), actress
- Flora Thiemann (* 2002), actress
- Peter Thom (1935–2005), actor
- Sophia Thomalla (* 1989), actress
- Svea Timander (* 1970), actress
- Peter Timm (* 1950), film director and screenwriter
- Laura Tonke (* 1974), actress
- Cordula Trantow (* 1942), actress, director and general manager
- Ilse Trautschold (1906–1991), actress and cabaret artist
- Jördis Triebel (* 1977), actress
- Jolina Amely Trinks (* 2009), actress and child actress
- Nora Marie Tschirner (* 1981), actress and presenter
- Jennifer Ulrich (* 1984), actress
- Claudia Urbschat-Mingues (* 1970), actress, dubbing and radio play speaker
- Adina Vetter (* 1980), film and theater actress
- Chloe Vevrier (* 1968), model and former porn actress
- Gabriele Völsch (* 1970), actress
- Benjamin Völz (* 1960), actor and painter
- Rebecca Völz (* 1957), actress
- Kurt E. Walter (1908–1960), screenwriter and film director
- Eduard Wandrey (1899–1974), actor and voice actor
- Antonio Wannek (* 1979), actor
- Maxi Warwel (born 1983), actress
- Claudia Wedekind (1942–2015), actress
- Dieter Wedekind (1922–2014), cameraman
- Debora Weigert (* 1969), actress and voice actress
- Ewald Wenck (1891–1981), film actor, cabaret artist and radio presenter
- Gerhard Wendland (1916–1996), pop singer
- Heidemarie Wenzel (* 1945), actress
- Tanja Wenzel (* 1978), actress
- Dieter Wieland (* 1937), documentary filmmaker and author
- Luisa Wietzorek (* 1989), actress, singer and voice actress
- Jürgen Wilke (1928–2016), actor and theater director
- Patrick Winczewski (* 1960), actor and voice actor
- Jeffrey Wipprecht (* 1980), voice actor and radio host
- Max Woelky (* 1985), actor
- Richard-Salvador Wolff (* 1990), musical actor
- Inge Wolffberg (1924–2010), actress, voice actress and cabaret artist.
- Lea Wolfram (* 1992), actress
- Ralf Wolter (* 1926), actor
- Carolin Wosnitza (1987-2011), porn actress (Sexy Cora)
- Katrin Wrobel (* 1977), Miss Germany 2002, actress and photo model
- Dietmar Wunder (* 1965), dubbing and radio play speaker
- Harry Wüstenhagen (1928–1999), actor and voice actor
- Anne Wis (* 1976), actress
- Arno Wyzniewski (1938–1997), actor
- Osan Yaran (* 1986), comedian and presenter
- Rolf Zacher (1941–2018), artist, entertainer, actor and musician
- Peter Zadek (1926–2009), theater director
- Sandrina Zander (* 1990), actress
- Paul Zerbst (born 1997), actor
- Mike Zobrys (born 1981), film actor
Athletes and sports officials
A-C
- Irene Abel (* 1953), gymnast
- Katja Abel (* 1983), artistic gymnast
- Torsten Abel (* 1974), triathlete
- Erich Aberger (1892–1941), racing cyclist
- Elias Abouchabaka (* 2000), soccer player
- Hans Abraham (* 1938), badminton player
- Kai Abraham (* 1967), German-Austrian badminton player
- Taşkın Aksoy (* 1967), football player
- Enes Yasin Akyol (born 1998), football player
- Koray Aldemir (* 1990), poker player
- Nele Alder-Baerens (* 1978), middle, long distance and ultra runner
- Franziska van Almsick (* 1978), swimmer
- Volkan Altın (* 1986), football player
- Burak Altıparmak (* 1990), football player
- Dirk Anders (* 1966), soccer player
- Christian Anderson (* 1974), American-German basketball player
- Björn Andrae (* 1981), volleyball player
- Monique Angermüller (* 1984), speed skater
- Hans Aniol (1878–19 ??), swimmer and water polo player
- Hans Appel (1911–1973), football player
- Ilka Arndt (* 1981), handball player
- Pilt Arnold (* 1988), hockey player
- Florian Baak (* 1999), soccer player
- Alexander Bade (* 1970), soccer goalkeeper
- Fritz Bache (1898–1959), football player
- Tilo Backhaus (* 1986), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Sezer Badur (* 1984), football player
- Rudolf Ball (1910–1975), ice hockey player
- Leon Balogun (* 1988), football player
- Hakan Balta (* 1983), football player
- Francis Banecki (born 1985), football player
- Nicole Banecki (* 1988), soccer player
- Sylvie Banecki (* 1988), soccer player
- Yannik Bangsow (* 1998), soccer goalkeeper
- Max Barnofsky (* 1995), football player
- Karsten Bäron (* 1973), soccer player
- Alexander Barta (* 1983), ice hockey player
- Björn Barta (* 1980), ice hockey player
- Jürgen Barth (1943–2011), track cyclist
- Günter Bartnicki (* 1932), football player
- Atif Bashir (born 1985), football player
- Fritz Bauer (1893–?), Racing cyclist
- Fritz Baumgarten (1886–1961), football player
- Willy Baumgärtner (1890–1953), football player
- Inken Becher (* 1978), soccer player
- Bruce Becker (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Heinz Becker (1915–1991), German-American baseball player
- Karl-Heinz Becker (1912–2001), long-distance runner
- Peggy Beer (* 1969), athlete
- Ron Beer (* 1965), athlete
- Jan Behrendt (* 1967), luge rider
- Jutta Behrendt (* 1960), rower, Olympic champion 1988
- Wolfgang Behrendt (* 1936), boxer, 1956 Olympic champion in bantamweight
- Heike Beier (* 1983), volleyball player
- Stefan Beinlich (* 1972), soccer player
- Damir Bektic (born 1997), football player
- Karim Bellarabi (* 1990), football player
- Änis Ben-Hatira (* 1988), football player
- Soufian Benyamina (* 1990), football player
- Heinrich Berger (* 1985), racing cyclist
- David Bergner (* 1973), soccer player and coach
- Hans Berndt (1913–1988), football player
- Karl Berndt (1898–1979), soccer player and coach
- Hendrik Bertz (* 1988), canoeist
- Muhamed Bešić (* 1992), football player
- Monika Beu (* 1963), volleyball player
- Abdulkadir Beyazit (* 1996), football player
- Nico Beyer (* 1996), soccer player
- Pascal Bieler (* 1986), football player
- Dominik Bielke (* 1990), ice hockey player
- Sascha Bigalke (* 1990), soccer player
- Filip Bilbija (* 2000), soccer player
- Shergo Biran (* 1979), soccer player and coach
- Martina Bischof (* 1957), canoeist
- Julia Bleck (* 1985), Yngling sailor
- Fritz Bleiweiß (1911–1989), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Martina Blos (* 1957), track and field athlete
- Jérôme Boateng (* 1988), football player
- Kevin-Prince Boateng (* 1987), soccer player
- Marcus Böhme (* 1985), volleyball player
- Matthias Böhme (* 1987), volleyball player
- Gerhard Bolte (1918–1993), cyclist
- Thorsten Bolzek (* 1968), soccer player
- Rico Bonath (* 1983), handball player
- Helmut Bonnet (1910–1944), decathlete
- Anke Borowikow (* 1986), volleyball player
- Heinz-Jürgen Bothe (* 1941), rower and Olympic champion
- Werner Böttcher (1909–1944), athlete
- Wilhelm Friedrich Boyens (* 1942), football player
- Walter Brack (1880–1919), swimmer
- Thomas Brall (* 1963), volleyball player
- Nico Brandenburger (* 1995), soccer player
- Heinz Brandt (1907–1944), show jumper
- Niklas Brandt (* 1991), soccer player
- Fabian Brännström (* 1974), ice hockey player
- Ellen Braumüller (1910–1991), track and field athlete
- Anton Braun (* 1990), rower
- Ralf Braun (* 1973), swimmer
- Thomas Brechler (* 1986), soccer player
- Fabian Bredlow (* 1995), soccer goalkeeper
- Dieter Brefort (* 1962), football player
- Albert Brehme (* 1903), bobsledder
- Patrick Breitkreuz (* 1992), soccer player
- Steve Breitkreuz (* 1992), soccer player
- Renate Breuer (* 1939), canoeist, Olympic runner-up in 1968 and world champion in 1970
- Norman Bröckl (* 1986), canoeist
- John Anthony Brooks (born 1993), football player
- Tim Broshog (born 1987), volleyball player
- Laura Brosius (* 1990), soccer player
- Felicio Brown Forbes (born 1991), football player
- Detlef Bruckhoff (* 1958), soccer player
- Uwe Brunn (* 1967), soccer goalkeeper
- Guido Buchwald (* 1961), soccer player
- Lisa Buckwitz (* 1994), bobsledder
- Gordon Büch (* 1995), football player
- Kerem Bülbül (* 1995), soccer player
- Klaus Bugdahl (* 1934), cyclist
- Werner Bunzel (1917–2001), track cyclist
- Nico Burchert (* 1987), soccer goalkeeper
- Sascha Burchert (* 1989), soccer goalkeeper
- Paul Buschenhagen (1904–1993), track cyclist
- Antje Buschschulte (* 1978), swimmer
- Hermann Buse (1907–1945), racing cyclist
- Berit Carow (* 1981), rower
- Erwin Casmir (1895–1982), fencer
- Sofian Chahed (* 1983), football player
- Tarek Chahed (born 1996), football player
- Lars Conrad (* 1976), swimmer, silver medal Olympic Games 2004
- Ante Čović (* 1975), football player
- Bilal Çubukçu (* 1987), football player
- Lennart Czyborra (* 1999), football player
D-G
- Hans-Georg Dallmer (* 1942), figure skater
- Palkó Dárdai (* 1999), football player
- Klaus Darga (* 1934), chess grandmaster and national coach of the German Chess Federation
- René Deffke (* 1966), football player
- Jamil Dem (* 1993), football player
- Zafer Demiray (* 1976), soccer player
- Bruno Demke (1880–1916), cyclist
- Frank Dehne (* 1976), volleyball player
- Ahmet Dereli (* 1992), soccer player
- Sascha Detlof (* 1982), handball player
- Agyemang Diawusie (* 1998), football player
- Kurt Diemer (1893–1953), football player
- Johannes Dietrich (* 1985), swimmer, European champion
- Hans Dittner (* 1926), athlete
- Günter Dohrow (1927–2008), athlete and handball player
- Linda Dörendahl (* 1984), volleyball player
- Sven Dörendahl (* 1973), volleyball player
- Gabi Dorausch (* 1968), racing cyclist
- Günter Drews (* 1967), soccer player
- Uwe Dühring (* 1955), rower, 1980 Olympic champion in eighth
- Otto Dumke (1887–1913), football player
- Burkhard Ebert (* 1942), racing cyclist
- Chinedu Ede (* 1987), football player
- Hans Eder (* 1934), soccer player and coach
- Cem Efe (* 1978), soccer player and coach
- Florian Egerer (* 1998), soccer player
- Harald Eggers (* 1942), athlete
- Sven Eggert (* 1964), volleyball player
- Nils Ehlers (* 1994), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Paul Eichelmann (1879–1938), football player
- Mirko Eichhorn (* 1971), figure skater
- Hans Eicke (1884–1947), track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
- Thomas Emmrich (* 1953), tennis player
- Peter Enders (* 1948), football player
- Steffen Enge (* 1965), soccer player
- Klaus Engel (* 1934), correspondence chess player, 1978 European champion
- Thorsten Engelmann (* 1981), rower
- Peter Enders (* 1948), football player
- Michaela Erler (* 1965), handball player
- Christine Errath (* 1956), figure skater
- Meike Evers (* 1977), rower, Olympic champion in double sculls in 2000 and 2004
- Helmut Faeder (1935–2014), soccer player
- Christian Fährmann (* 1975), soccer player
- Clemens Fandrich (* 1991), soccer player
- Pardis Fardjad-Azad (* 1988), football player
- Oskar Faßler (* 1988), basketball player
- Malik Fathi (* 1983), soccer player
- Arne Feick (* 1988), soccer player
- Marcus Feinbier (* 1969), soccer player
- Sven Felski (* 1974), ice hockey player
- Florian Fernow (* 1981), racing cyclist
- Christian Fiedler (* 1975), soccer goalkeeper
- Felix Fischer (* 1983), volleyball player
- Carola Fleischhauer (* 1962), figure skater
- Lars Flüggen (* 1990), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Sidney Friede (* 1998), football player
- Heike Friedrich (* 1966), synchronized swimmer
- Christian Fromm (* 1990), volleyball player
- Walter Furtwängler (1887–1967), mountaineer
- Marie Kristin Gabert (* 1982), WWE wrestler
- Jörg Gaedke (* 1957), soccer player
- Nadja Gallardo (* 1986), volleyball player
- Heiko Ganschow (* 1968), handball player
- Ernst Gaste (* 1898), German figure skater
- Ilse Gaste , figure skater
- Holger Gehrke (* 1960), soccer goalkeeper
- Richard Genserowski (1875–1955), artistic gymnast
- Tim Georgi (* 2000), motorcycle racer
- Justin Gerlach (* 1990), soccer player
- Marius Gersbeck (* 1995), soccer goalkeeper
- Bernd Gersdorff (* 1946), football player
- Jürgen Geschke (* 1943), racing cyclist
- Simon Geschke (* 1986), racing cyclist
- Charlotte Giebelmann (1899–2002), figure skater and trainer
- Hans-Peter Gies (* 1947), athlete
- Daniel Giese (* 1985), track cyclist
- Jan Glinker (* 1984), soccer goalkeeper
- Sven Glinker (* 1981), volleyball player
- Heikko Glöde (* 1961), soccer player
- Maxi Gnauck (* 1964), artistic gymnast
- Felix Gniot (* 1984), cyclist
- Peter Göbel (* 1941), figure skater
- Jessica Göpner (* 1990), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Alfred Görnemann (1877–1903), cyclist
- Nora Götz (* 1989), volleyball player
- Tom Götz (* 1985), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Richard Golle (1895 – after 1948), cyclist
- Richard Golz (* 1968), soccer goalkeeper
- Werner Golz (1933–1974), chess player
- Nils Gottschick (* 1993), soccer player
- Juliane Gramenz (* 1984), volleyball player
- Dennis Grassow (* 1971), soccer player
- Fritz Grau (* 1894), bobsledder
- Dirk Greiser (* 1963), soccer player
- Markus Gröger (* 1991), soccer player
- Michaela Grohmann (* 1964), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Patricia Grohmann (* 1990), volleyball player
- Elisa Gronau (* 1990), ski jumper
- Manuela Groß (* 1957), figure skater and trainer
- Volkmar Groß (1948–2014), soccer goalkeeper
- Josefine Grosse (* 1970), handball player
- Florian Grossert (* 1985), soccer player
- Hans Gruhne (* 1988), scull rower
- Heinz Gründel (* 1957), soccer player
- Philipp Grüneberg (* 1992), soccer player
- Andaç Güleryüz (* 1993), football player
- Shawn Gulley (born 1993), basketball player
- Özkan Gümüş (* 1977), soccer player and coach
- Anja Günther (* 1983), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Silke Günther (* 1976), rower
- Ahmet Gürleyen (* 1999), soccer player
- Wolfgang Gunkel (* 1948), rower and Olympic champion
- Jan Gyamerah (* 1995), football player
H-J
- Anita Haacke , married Brauns (* 1932), German table tennis player
- Karl-Friedrich Haas (* 1931), athlete
- Frank Hanisch (* 1953), soccer player
- Denise Hanke (* 1989), volleyball player
- Lennart Hartmann (* 1991), soccer player
- Thomas Häßler (* 1966), soccer player, world champion 1990
- Tim Häussler (* 1997), soccer player
- Angela Hauck (* 1965), speed skater
- Patrick Hausding (* 1989), diver
- Georg Hax (1870–1952), water diver, water polo player, gymnast and sports official
- Heinz Hax (1900–1969), modern pentathlon and marksman
- Nicolas Hebisch (* 1990), football player
- Florian Hecht (* 1993), volleyball player
- René Hecht (* 1961), volleyball player
- Betty Heidler (* 1983), hammer thrower
- Robert Heidorn (* 1988), poker player
- Karsten Heine (* 1955), soccer player and coach
- Alfred Heinrich (1906–1975), ice hockey player
- Karen Heinrich (* 1968), handball player
- Doreen Heinze (* 1996), track cyclist
- Toni Hellmuth (* 1990), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Lutz Hendel (* 1958), soccer player
- Bryan Henning (* 1995), soccer player
- Thomas Herbst (* 1962), football player
- Silvio Herklotz (* 1994), racing cyclist
- Christian Herrmann (* 1966), soccer player
- Erich Herrmann (1914–1989), field handball player
- Patrick Herrmann (* 1988), soccer player
- Peter Herrmann (* 1941), judoka
- Antoine Hey (* 1970), soccer player and coach
- Jonny Hey (* 1949), soccer player and coach
- Achim Hill (1935-2015), rower
- Janine Hinderlich (* 1990), volleyball player
- Ariane Hingst (* 1979), soccer player
- Benjamin Hinterstocker (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Saskia Hippe (* 1991), volleyball player
- Alfred Hoffmann (1914 – after 1956), ice hockey goalkeeper
- André Hoffmann (* 1961), speed skater
- Bernd Hoffmann (* 1946), football player
- Eileen Hoffmann (* 1984), hockey player
- Gritt Hofmann (* 1980), gymnast
- Michaela Hofmann (* 1979), handball player
- André Hofschneider (* 1970), soccer player and coach
- Rainer Höft (* 1956), handball player
- Günter Hoge (1940-2017), football player
- Lena Hohlfeld (* 1980), soccer player
- Björn Höhne (* 1991), volleyball player
- Bernd Höing (* 1955), rower, Olympic champion in eighth
- Fabian Holland (* 1990), football player
- Robert Holzer (* 1966), football player
- Ute Höpfner (* 1979), sailor
- Kenji Hövels (* 1993), handball player
- Daniela Hunger (* 1972), swimmer and Olympic champion
- Adolf Huschke (1891–1923), racing cyclist
- Gerhard Huschke (1914–1974), racing cyclist
- Richard Huschke (1893–1980), racing cyclist
- Thomas Huschke (* 1947), racing cyclist
- Robert Huth (* 1984), football player
- Horst Ihlenfeld (1926–2007), track and field athlete
- Adnan İlgin (* 1973), football player
- Taşkın İlter (* 1994), football player
- Jan Jagla (* 1981), basketball player
- Marina Janicke (* 1954), water diver
- Gustav Janke (1883–1959), cyclist
- Philipp Jankowski (* 1991), volleyball player
- Norbert Janzon (* 1950), football player
- Jürgen Jendrossek (* 1948), football player
- Björn Jopek (* 1993), football player
- Michael Jost (* 1988), basketball player
- Ranisav Jovanović (* 1980), football player
- Michaela Junker (* 1964), badminton player
- Karsten Just (* 1968), athlete
K-L
- Julius Kade (* 1999), football player
- Marcel Kalz (* 1987), racing cyclist
- Bilal Kamarieh (* 1996), football player
- Muk Kang (* 1979), football player
- Aydın Karabulut (* 1988), football player
- Ümit Karan (* 1976), soccer player
- Jenny Karolius (* 1986), handball player
- Günter Kaslowski (1934–2001), track cyclist
- Kristin Kasperski (* 1986), volleyball player
- Erich Kauer (1908–1989), football player
- Mariana Kautz (* 1980), figure skater
- Markus Kaya (* 1979), soccer player
- Oliver Kegel (* 1961), canoeist, Olympic champion in a four-person kayak
- Andreas Keller (* 1965), field hockey player
- Carsten Keller (* 1939), field hockey player and Olympic champion
- Erwin Keller (1905–1971), field hockey player
- Florian Keller (* 1981), field hockey player and Olympic champion
- Natascha Keller (* 1977), field hockey player and Olympic champion
- Heike Kemmer (* 1962), dressage rider
- Herbert Kemmer (1905–1962), field hockey player
- Rainer Kempe (* 1989), poker player
- Max Kepler (* 1993), baseball player
- Silke Kerl (* 1970), beach volleyball player and trainer
- Judith Kern (* 1969), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Isabel Kerschowski (* 1988), soccer player
- Monique Kerschowski (* 1988), soccer player
- Jürgen Kessel (* 1937), volleyball player
- Kerstin Kielgaß (* 1969), swimmer
- Jerome Kiesewetter (* 1993), soccer player
- Arvid Kinder (* 1980), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Muhammed Kiprit (* 1999), soccer player
- Manfred Klein (* 1947), rower and Olympic champion
- Ralph Klein (1931–2008), German-Israeli basketball player and coach
- Uwe Kliemann (* 1949), soccer player
- René Klingbeil (* 1981), soccer player
- Anja Kluge (* 1964), rower, Olympic champion in 1988
- Ann-Marie Knauf (* 1992), volleyball player
- Marvin Knoll (* 1990), soccer player
- Lars Kober (* 1976), canoeist
- Martin Kobylański (* 1994), football player
- Süleyman Koç (* 1989), football player
- Celaleddin Koçak (* 1977), football player
- Berthold Koch (1899–1988), chess player
- Leonard Koch (* 1995), soccer player
- Marc Koch (* 1994), athlete
- Paul Koch (1897–1959), cyclist
- Peter William Koch (1930–2018), wrestler and wrestling promoter
- Shari Koch (* 1993), figure skater
- Tilo Koch (* 1971), volleyball player
- Paul Kohl (1894–1959), racing cyclist
- Benjamin Köhler (* 1980), soccer player
- Jana Köhler (* 1986), beach volleyball player
- Stefan Köhler (* 1989), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Florian Kohls (* 1995), soccer player
- Otto Kohn (1907–1992), track and field athlete
- Carsten Köhrbrück (* 1967), athlete
- Dieter König (1931–1991), designer and motorboat racing driver
- Peter König (* 1969), motorboat racing driver
- Ransford Königsdörffer (* 2001), football player
- Konstantin Konga (* 1991), basketball player
- Fritz Köppen (* 1935), athlete
- Björn Kopplin (* 1989), soccer player
- Nils Körber (* 1996), soccer goalkeeper
- Oskar Kosche (* 1967), soccer goalkeeper
- Dietmar Koszewski (* 1967), track and field athlete
- Ditte Kotzian (* 1979), water diver
- Niko Kovač (* 1971), football player and coach
- Robert Kovač (* 1974), football player and coach
- Victor Kraatz (* 1971), Canadian figure skater
- René Kramer (* 1987), ice hockey player
- Peter Kraus (1932–2016), track and field athlete
- Anja Krause (* 1977), volleyball player
- Barbara Krause (* 1959), swimmer and Olympic champion
- Christiane Krause (* 1950), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Emil Krause (1908–1962), football player
- Sebastian Krause (* 1989), volleyball player
- Florian Krebs (* 1999), soccer player
- Sven Kretschmer (* 1970), soccer player
- Andreas Krieger (* 1965), shot putter
- Maximilian Kroll (* 1993), handball player
- Paul Kroll (1898–1949), racing cyclist
- Steve Kroll (* 1997), soccer goalkeeper
- Daniel Krug (* 1983), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Christian Krüger (* 1983), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Dennis Krüger (* 1993), track and field athlete
- Gerhard Krüger (1925–2017), harness racing driver
- Katharina Krüger (* 1990), wheelchair tennis player
- Marvin Krüger (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Franz Krupkat (1894–1927), cyclist
- Kevin Kruschke (* 1991), soccer player
- Enes Küc (* 1996), soccer player
- Frank Kühn (* 1962), racing cyclist
- Ramona Kühne (* 1980), boxer, world champion
- Sebastian Kühner (* 1987), volleyball player
- Willi Kuhweide (* 1943), regatta sailor, Olympic champion, European and world champion
- Robert Kulawick (* 1986), basketball player
- Thomas Kumm (* 1969), speed skater
- Peter Kunter (* 1941), soccer goalkeeper
- Harry Kurschat (* 1930), boxer, second in the 1956 Olympics
- Taygun Kuru (* 1990), football player
- Manfred Kurzer (* 1970), marksman, Olympic champion and world champion
- Ralf-Guido Kuschy (1958–2008), racing cyclist
- Lukas Lämmel (* 1997), soccer player
- Jonas Lanier (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Vincent Lange (* 1974), volleyball player
- Gabor Langhans (* 1989), handball player
- Hendryk Lau (* 1969), football player
- Bernd Laube (1950–2012), football player and manager
- Georg Lehmann (1887–1974), sports official, President of the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB), initiator of the establishment of the World Table Tennis Association (ITTF)
- Grit Lehmann (* 1976), volleyball player
- Ralf Lehmann (* 1960), soccer player
- Dennis Lemke (* 1989), soccer player
- Christopher Lenz (* 1994), soccer player
- Karin Lenzke (* 1936), high jumper
- Edith Lersow (1938–2012), German table tennis player
- Hilde le Viseur (1910–1999), hurdler
- Maximilian Levy (* 1987), racing cyclist
- Theodor Lewald (1860–1947), sports official and chairman of the organizing committee of the 1936 Olympic Games
- Ernest Lieb (1940-2006), founder of the American Karate System
- Harald Lieb (1934–2015), chess player
- Martin Liebers (* 1985), figure skater
- Peter Liebers (* 1988), figure skater
- Natascha Liebknecht (* 1941), speed skater
- Kathrin Lietz (* 1968), handball player
- Pierre Littbarski (* 1960), football player and coach, 1990 world champion
- Brigitte Lohse (* 1965), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- René Lohse (* 1973), figure skater
- Sven Loll (* 1964), judoka
- Birgit Lorenz (* 1963), figure skater
- Heinz Lucas (1920–2016), soccer player and coach
- Jörg Lucke (* 1942), rower, Olympic champion in 1968 and 1972
- Laura Ludwig (* 1986), beach volleyball player
- Mike Lünsmann (* 1969), soccer player
M-O
- Sebastian Machowski (* 1972), basketball coach
- Inge Machts (1909–1999), track and field athlete
- Kevin Maek (* 1988), football player
- Wolfgang Maennig (* 1960), rower, Olympic champion 1988, professor of economics
- Linton Maina (* 1999), soccer player
- Moritz Malcharek (* 1997), cyclist
- Lennard Maloney (* 1999), soccer player
- Dennis Malura (* 1984), soccer player
- Felix Manthey (1898–1971), racing cyclist
- Regina Mapeli Burchardt (* 1983), volleyball player
- Frank-Michael Marczewski (* 1954), football player
- Christiane Marquardt (* 1958), track and field athlete
- Otto Martwig (1903–1945), football player
- Claudia Marx (* 1978), athlete
- Thorben Marx (* 1981), football player
- Linus Mathes (* 1996), handball goalkeeper
- Katrin Mattscherodt (* 1981), speed skater
- Kay Matysik (* 1980), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Evelyn Matz (* 1955), handball player
- Exaucé Mayombo (* 1990), football player
- Michél Mazingu-Dinzey (* 1972), football player
- Harry Mehlhose (1914–1976), middle-distance runner
- Katrin Meißner (* 1973), swimmer
- Andreas Menger (* 1972), soccer goalkeeper
- Jenny Mensing (* 1986), swimmer
- Birgit Menz (1967–2019), basketball player
- Irina Meszynski (* 1962), track and field athlete
- Ilse Meudtner (1912–1990), art jumper
- Dennis Meyer (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Monika Meyer (* 1972), soccer player
- Sven Meyer (1977–1999), figure skater
- Paul Michaelis , poker player
- Detlef Michel (* 1955), athlete (javelin thrower)
- Georg Mickler (1892–1915), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Werner Miethe (1906–1968), racing cyclist
- Severin Mihm (* 1991), soccer player
- Oliver Milde (* 1993), handball player
- Reinhard Mirmseker (* 1950), figure skater, international figure skating judge and President of the DEU
- Maximilian Mittelstädt (* 1997), soccer player
- Gerd Modrow (* 1938), track cyclist
- Justin Möbius (* 1997), soccer player
- Alfredo Morales (* 1990), football player
- Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen (1902–1932), racing car driver
- Anton Morgenstern (* 1991), poker player
- Andreas Mühlfeld (* 1961), table tennis player
- Hany Mukhtar (* 1995), football player
- Anton Müller (* 1983), soccer player
- Christian Müller (* 1984), soccer player
- Dieter Müller (* 1943), carom player and world champion
- Franziska Müller (* 1990), handball player
- Irene Müller (* 1942), figure skater
- Johannes Müller (* 1986), handball player
- Klaus Müller (* 1938), handball player and coach
- Marcel Müller (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Rainer Müller (* 1946), track cyclist
- Mathias Münz (* 1967), volleyball player and coach
- Martin Murawski (* 1988), handball player
- Edda Mutter (* 1970), ski racer
- Nikolaos Nakas (* 1982), football player
- Marvin Nartey (* 1984), handball player
- Klaus Neisner (* 1936), soccer player
- Andreas Neitzel (* 1964), handball player
- Paul Nettelbeck (1889–1963), runner and racing cyclist
- Andreas Neuendorf (* 1975), soccer player
- Sabrina Neuendorf (* 1984), handball player
- Sebastian Neumann (* 1991), soccer player
- Christian Niebel (* 1959), soccer player
- Petra Niemann (* 1978), sailor
- Misan Nikagbatse (* 1982), basketball player
- Roli-Ann Nikagbatse (* 1984), basketball player
- André Niklaus (* 1981), decathlete
- Ronny Nikol (* 1974), soccer player
- Michael Nikolay (* 1956), gymnast
- Jürgen Nöldner (* 1941), football player
- Maike Nollen (* 1977), canoeist
- Malcolm Albert Ntambwe (* 1993), football player
- Daniel O'Regan (* 1994), American ice hockey player
- Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899–1966), 1936 Olympic champion in dressage, major general
- Sven Ottke (* 1967), boxer and world champion
- Frank Otto (* 1958), water polo player
- Joan Oumari (* 1988), football player
- Mike Owusu (born 1995), soccer player
- Timur Özgöz (* 1987), football player
- Erdal Öztürk (* 1996), soccer player
- Teoman Öztürk (* 1967), basketball player
P-R
- Fredi Pankonin (1927–2018), handball goalkeeper
- Kevin Pannewitz (* 1991), soccer player
- Susan Panzer (* 1976), track cyclist
- Nico Patschinski (* 1976), soccer player
- Bernd Patzke (* 1943), football player
- Sebastian Patzler (* 1990), soccer goalkeeper
- Constanze Paulinus (* 1985), figure skater
- Claudia Pechstein (* 1972), speed skater
- Hugo Peitsch (1878–19 ??), artistic gymnast
- Dominik Pelivan (* 1996), soccer player
- Nico-Stéphàno Pellatz (* 1986), soccer goalkeeper
- Matthias Penk (* 1988), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Uwe Peschel (* 1968), racing cyclist
- Lars Petzold (* 1961), football player
- Bente Pflug (* 1989), speed skater
- Christiaan Pförtner (* 1966), football player
- Maximilian Philipp (* 1994), soccer player
- Laurin von Piechowski (* 1994), football player
- Martin Pieckenhagen (* 1971), soccer goalkeeper
- Anja-Nadin Pietrek (* 1979), volleyball player
- Sebastian Pigaché (* 1990), ice hockey player
- Michael Pinske (* 1985), judoka
- Bernd Podak (1942–2018), handball goalkeeper
- Carsten Podlesch (* 1969), cyclist
- Ernst Poetsch (1883–?), Football player
- Anna Pogany (* 1994), volleyball player
- Eyk Pokorny (* 1969), cyclist and trainer
- Helmut Polensky (1915–2011), racing car driver and entrepreneur
- Jérôme Polenz (* 1986), football player
- Oliver Pötschke (* 1987), soccer player
- Ruth Preuss (1940–1990), badminton player
- Babette Preußler (* 1968), figure skater
- Timo Pritzel (* 1977), cyclist
- Julian Prochnow (* 1986), soccer player
- Roman Prokoph (* 1985), football player
- Maximilian Michailowitsch Pronitschew (* 1997), football player
- Uschi von Puttkamer , née Janke (* 1924), German table tennis player
- Joshua Putze (* 1994), soccer player
- Nico Pyka (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Ralf Quest (* 1938), soccer player
- Christopher Quiring (* 1990), football player
- Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (born 1991), football player
- Kathy Radzuweit (* 1982), volleyball player
- Hannelore Raepke (* 1935), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Kim Raisner (* 1972), modern pentathlete
- Carsten Ramelow (* 1974), soccer player
- Andreas Rath (* 1962), soccer player
- Richard Rau (1889–1945), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Ronald Rauhe (* 1981), canoeist
- Emil Rausch (1882–1954), swimmer
- Munier Raychouni (* 1986), football player
- Ahmed Waseem Razeek (* 1994), football player
- Yanni Regäsel (* 1996), football player
- Marko Rehmer (* 1972), soccer player
- Ken Reichel (* 1986), soccer player
- Tobias Reichmann (* 1988), handball player
- Sven Reimann (* 1994), soccer player
- Heidemarie Reineck (* 1952), swimmer
- René Renno (* 1979), soccer goalkeeper
- Walter Rennschuh (1918–2012), track and field athlete
- Patrick Reichelt (* 1988), soccer player
- Theo Reinhardt (* 1990), racing cyclist
- Erika Richter (1913–2000), table tennis player
- Michael Richter (* 1978), chess player and teacher
- Klaus Richtzenhain (* 1934), athlete
- Pia Riedel (* 1990), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Werner Rittberger (1891–1975), figure skater
- Felix Robrecht (* 1994), football player
- Anthony Roczen (* 1999), football player
- Antje Röder (* 1978), beach volleyball player
- Paul Röwer (* 1995), soccer player
- Carl-Heinz Rühl (1939–2019), soccer player, coach and manager
- Antonio Rüdiger (* 1993), football player
- Steven Ruprecht (* 1987), football player
S – T
- Kurt Sakowski (* 1930), athlete
- Karl Saldow (1889–1951), racing cyclist
- Lazar Samardžić (* 2002), football player
- Friedrich Sämisch (1896–1975), chess player
- Louis Samson (born 1995), football player
- Heiko Schaffartzik (* 1984), basketball player
- Daniel Scheinhardt (* 1970), soccer player
- Gerlind Scheller (* 1967), synchronized swimmer
- Ole Schemion (* 1992), poker player
- Mario Schießer (* 1964), boxer
- Carolin Schiewe (* 1988), soccer player
- Felix Schiller (* 1989), soccer player
- Helmut Schimeczek (* 1938), football player
- Willi Schlage (1888–1940), chess master
- Jörn Schläger (* 1972), handball trainer and player
- Dirk Schlegel (* 1961), football player
- Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske (* 1946), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Ingo Schlösser (* 1972), soccer player
- Andreas Schlotterbeck (* 1982), water polo player
- Juri Schlünz (* 1961), soccer player and coach
- Andreas Schmidt (* 1973), soccer player
- Christian Schmidt (1888–1917), soccer goalkeeper
- Dominik Schmidt (* 1987), soccer player
- Martin Schmidt (* 1969), judoka
- Michael Schmidt (* 1962), soccer player
- Oliver Schmidt (* 1973), soccer player
- Rolf Schmidt (* 1963), sailor
- Stephan Schmidt (* 1976), soccer player and coach
- Wolfgang Schmidt (* 1954), discus thrower
- Manuel Schmiedebach (* 1988), soccer player
- Johannes Schmitt (1943–2003), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Simon Schmitz (* 1990), basketball player
- Stefan Schmitz (* 1971), racing cyclist
- René Schöfisch (* 1962), speed skater
- Gustav "Bubi" Scholz (1930–2000), boxer
- Hartmut Scholz (1941–2001), racing cyclist
- Katharina Scholz (* 1983), field hockey player
- Marie Schölzel (* 1997), volleyball player
- Walter Schönrock (1912–1996), long-distance runner
- Ruben Schott (* 1994), volleyball player
- Fritz Schrefeld (1890 – after 1960), cyclist and trotting driver
- Burkhard Schröder (* 1957), basketball player
- Hans Schröder (1906–1970), football player
- Oliver Schröder (* 1980), soccer player
- Rayk Schröder (* 1974), soccer player
- Willi Schröder (1928–1999), football player
- Sascha Schünemann (* 1992), soccer player
- David Schüler (* 1963), volleyball player
- Gustav Schuft (1876–1948), Turner
- Daniel Schulz (* 1986), soccer player
- Erich Schulz (1914–1956), racing cyclist
- Kofi Schulz (* 1989), soccer player
- Nico Schulz (* 1993), soccer player
- Siegfried Schulz (1910– ??), pole vaulter
- Uwe Schulz (* 1960), soccer player and coach
- Wolf-Rüdiger Schulz (* 1940), water polo player
- Ulrich Schulze (* 1950), chess player
- Wolfgang Schulze (* 1940), racing cyclist
- Desirée Schumann (* 1990), soccer player
- Peggy Schwarz (* 1971), figure skater
- Heinrich Schwarzer (1922–1992), racing cyclist
- Werner Schwenzfeier (1925–1995), football player and coach
- Marco Sejna (* 1972), football goalkeeper
- Fabian Senninger (* 1996), soccer player
- Pierre Senska (* 1988), disabled cyclist
- Judith Siebert (* 1977), volleyball player
- Benjamin Siegert (* 1981), soccer player
- Norbert Siegmann (* 1953), soccer player
- Herbert Sieronski (1906–1945), racing cyclist
- Jaron Siewert (* 1994), handball player
- André Sirocks (* 1966), football player
- Steven Skrzybski (born 1992), football player
- Dennis Slamar (* 1994), football player
- Dennis Smarsch (* 1999), soccer goalkeeper
- Sven Sonnenberg (* 1999), soccer player
- Avdo Spahić (* 1997), football goalkeeper
- Niclas Sperber (* 1996), basketball player
- Gerhard Sperling (* 1937), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Karl-Heinz Spickenagel (1932–2012), football player
- Guido Spork (* 1975), soccer player
- Hans Sprenger (* 1948), football player
- Philip Sprint (* 1993), soccer goalkeeper
- Dennis Srbeny (* 1994), soccer player
- Georg Stach (1912–1943), racing cyclist
- Sebastian Stachnik (* 1986), soccer player
- Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (1953–2018), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Hagen Stamm (* 1960), water polo player and coach
- Marko Stamm (* 1988), water polo player
- Hans-Peter Stark (* 1954), soccer player
- Dominice Steffen (* 1987), volleyball player
- Patrick Steffen (* 1990), volleyball player
- Arno Steffenhagen (* 1949), football player
- Dieter Stein (* 1955), cyclist, trainer and sporting director of the Berlin six-day race
- Lutz Steinert (* 1939), soccer player
- Arthur Stellbrink (1884–1956), cyclist
- Manuela Stellmach (* 1970), swimmer
- Kevin Stephan (* 1990), soccer player
- Georg Sternberg (1928–2017), racing cyclist and pacemaker
- Christin Steuer (* 1983), water diver
- Martina Steuk (* 1959), middle-distance runner
- Roland Steuk (* 1959), hammer thrower
- Norbert Stolzenburg (* 1952), football player
- Kurt Stöpel (1908–1997), racing cyclist
- Ralf Sträßer (* 1958), soccer player
- Astrid Strauss (* 1968), swimmer
- Horst-Dieter Strich (* 1941), soccer goalkeeper and coach
- Christian Stuff (* 1982), soccer player
- Friedrich von Stülpnagel (1913–1996), track and field athlete
- Ronja Fini Sturm (* 1995), rower
- Nora Subschinski (* 1988), water diver
- Fırat Suçsuz (* 1996), football player
- Wolfgang Sühnholz (1946–2019), football player
- Anthony Syhre (* 1995), football player
- Michael Sziedat (* 1952), football player
- Detlev Szymanek (* 1954), football player
- Richmond Tachie (born 1999), soccer player
- Adolf Tannert (1875–1961), artistic gymnast
- Ramon Tauabo (* 1992), handball player
- Berkan Taz (* 1998), soccer player
- Robin Carpet (* 1989), handball player
- Frank Terletzki (* 1950), soccer player and coach
- Ronny Teuber (* 1965), soccer goalkeeper
- Uğur Tezel (born 1997), football player
- Reinhard Theimer (* 1948), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Jürgen Theuerkauff (* 1934), fencer
- Otto Thiel (1891–1913), football player
- Timmy Thiele (* 1991), soccer player
- Karolin Thomas (* 1985), soccer player
- Nico Thomaschewski (* 1971), soccer player
- Detlef Thorith (1942–2019), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Jonas Thümmler (* 1993), handball player
- Susen Tiedtke (* 1969), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Marion Tietz (* 1952), handball player
- Ulf Timmermann (* 1962), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Philipp Tischendorf (* 1988), figure skater
- Jacqueline Todten (* 1954), track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
- Michael Toppel (* 1957), soccer player
- Viktor Torzhin (1948–1993), Soviet sports marksman
- Murat Tosun (* 1984), soccer player
- Sabine Tóth (* 1961), volleyball player
- Idrissa Touré (* 1998), football player
- Jutta Trapp , née Krüger (* 1948), German table tennis player
- Maurice Trapp (* 1991), soccer player
- Marko Tredup (* 1974), soccer player
- Max Triebsch (1885– ??), cyclist
- Wolfgang Troßbach (* 1927), track and field athlete and football coach
- Tom Trybull (* 1993), soccer player
- Emre Turan (* 1990), football player
U-Z
- Boné Uaferro (* 1992), football player
- Lars Uebel (* 1980), tennis player and trainer
- Alexander Ukrow (* 1970), football player and coach
- Günther Ullerich (1928–2007), field hockey player
- Stefan Ulm (* 1975), canoeist
- Thomas Ulrich (* 1975), light heavyweight professional boxer
- René Unglaube (* 1965), soccer player
- Oktay Urkal (* 1970), professional boxer
- Timo Uster (* 1974), soccer player
- Tugay Uzan (* 1994), football player
- Laura Vargas Koch (* 1990), judoka
- Angelo Vier (* 1972), soccer player
- Lars Christopher Vilsvik (* 1988), football player
- Gerd Völker (* 1942), swimmer and swimming trainer
- Rüdiger Vollborn (* 1963), soccer goalkeeper
- Inga Vollbrecht (* 1987), volleyball player
- Mario Vonhof (* 1975), cyclist
- Jens Vortmann (* 1987), handball player
- Regina Vossen (* 1962), volleyball player
- Hasan Vural (* 1973), football player
- Detlef Wagenknecht (* 1959), track and field athlete
- Moritz Wagner (* 1997), basketball player
- Norbert Walter (* 1979), volleyball player
- Albert Weber (1888–1940), football player
- Tibor Weißenborn (* 1981), field hockey player
- Dieter Wemhöner (* 1930), boxer
- Kay Wenschlag (* 1970), soccer player
- Brian Wenzel (born 1991), basketball player
- Albert Werkmüller (1879 – after 1900), track and field athlete, soccer player and gymnast
- Jennifer Werth (* 1989), soccer player
- Dirk Westphal (* 1986), volleyball player
- Ilja Wiederschein (* 1977), volleyball player
- Carl Wiegand (1877– ??), artistic gymnast
- Otto Wiegand (1875– ??), artistic gymnast
- Richard Wilhelm (1888–1917), walker
- Marina Wilke (* 1958), rower, Olympic champion
- Thorsten Wittek (* 1976), soccer player
- Werner Wittig (1909–1992), cyclist
- Wally "Gundel" Wittmann (1905–1990), track and field athlete and handball player
- André Wohllebe (1962–2014), canoeist
- Jörg Woithe (* 1963), swimmer
- Ingo Wolf (* 1965), basketball player
- Jenny Wolf (* 1979), speed skater
- Bruno Wolke (1904–1973), racing cyclist
- Rudolf Wolke (1906–1979), racing cyclist
- Horst Wolter (* 1942), soccer goalkeeper
- Sebastian Wolter (* 1977), freestyle motocrosser
- Frank Wormuth (* 1960), soccer player and coach
- Katrin Wühn (* 1965), track and field athlete
- Peter Wynhoff (* 1968), soccer player
- Eser Yağmur (born 1983), football player
- Zafer Yelen (* 1986), soccer player
- Mert Yılmaz (* 1999), football player
- Sefa Yılmaz (* 1990), football player
- Detlef Zabel (* 1933), racing cyclist
- Erik Zabel (* 1970), racing cyclist
- Georg Zacharias (1886–1953), swimmer
- Erich Zander (1905–?), Field hockey player
- Thomas Zechel (* 1965), soccer player
- Franz von Zedlitz and Leipe (1876–1944), marksmen
- Gedion Zelalem (* 1997), football player
- Eroll Zejnullahu (* 1994), football player
- Marco Zernicke (* 1969), soccer player
- Thomas Zetzmann (* 1970), soccer player
- Christian Ziege (* 1972), soccer player, European champion 1996
- Otto Ziege (1926–2014), cyclist
- Steffen Ziesche (* 1972), ice hockey player
- Maximilian Zimmer (* 1992), soccer player
- Andreas Zimmermann (* 1969), soccer player
- Falk Zimmermann (* 1971), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Ben Zolinski (* 1992), football player
- Luis Zwick (* 1994), soccer goalkeeper
Victims of the wall and the inner-German border
- Dieter Beilig (1941–1971)
- Horst Einsiedel (1940–1973)
- Peter Fechter (1944–1962)
- René Gross (1964–1986)
- Jörg Hartmann (1955–1966)
- Wolfgang Hoffmann (1942–1971)
- Emanuel Holzhauer (1977–1977)
- Heinz Jercha (1934–1962)
- Klaus Kratzel (1940–1965)
- Siegfried Kroboth (1968–1973)
- Ulrich Krzemien (1940–1965)
- Horst Kutscher (1931–1963)
- Ingo Krüger (1940–1961)
- Werner Kühl (1949–1971)
- Bernd Lehmann (1949–1968)
- Kurt Lichtenstein (1911–1961)
- Günter Litfin (1937–1961)
- Wernhard Mispelhorn (1945–1964)
- Wolf-Olaf Muszynski (1947–1963)
- Werner Probst (1936–1961)
- Otfried Reck (1944–1962)
- Hildegard Trabant (1927–1964)
- Max Willi Sahmland (1929–1967)
- Lothar Schleusener (1953–1966)
- Heinz Schmidt (1919–1966)
- Dorit Schmiel (1941–1962)
- Hans-Jürgen Starrost (1955–1981)
- Thomas Taubmann (1955–1981)
- Rudolf Urban (1914–1961)
- Joachim Weinhold (1931–1962)
- Manfred Weylandt (1942–1972)
- Dieter Wohlfahrt (1941–1961)
Nazi criminals, terrorists and other criminals
- Kurt Amend (1904–1977), criminal police officer and SS-Sturmbannführer in the Reich Criminal Police Office
- Erich Hermann Bauer (1900–1980), SS Oberscharführer and Nazi war criminal
- Verena Becker (* 1952), RAF member
- Wolfgang Berger (1897 - unknown), criminal inspector, head of the VC department responsible for "identification service and search" at the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA)
- Emil Berndorff (1892 – after 1968), police officer and SS-Sturmbannführer in the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA)
- Kay Diesner (* 1972), neo-Nazi and murderer
- Werner Gladow (1931–1950), criminal
- Georg Heuser (1913–1989), criminalist and commander of the security police in Minsk
- Hildegard Jungs (1920–1995), guard in the concentration camps Ravensbrück , Majdanek and Auschwitz
- Hermann Pook (1901–1983), SS-Obersturmbannführer and, as chief dentist, supervisor of dentists in concentration camps
- Alice Orlowski (1903–1976), concentration camp guard in various concentration camps
- Ralf Reinders (* 1948), member of the terrorist movement June 2nd
- Manfred Roeder (1929–2014), lawyer, Holocaust denier and terrorist
- Karl-Heinz Ruhland (* 1938), RAF member
- Hans Schwedler (1878–1945), SS Brigade Leader and Major General of the Waffen SS
Other personalities (without grouping to certain fields of activity)
- Edith Andreae (1883–1952), salonière and estate administrator of Walther Rathenau
- Nadja Auermann (* 1971), model
- Adolf Brand (1874–1945), publisher, author and LGBTI activist
- Gabriella Brum (* 1962), photo model and former Miss World
- Gerda Christian (1913–1997), Adolf Hitler's secretary
- Günther Dammann , called: Robertini (1910–1942), German-Jewish magician and specialist book author, victim of the Nazi regime
- Peter Dattel (* 1939), only Berlin child to survive in Auschwitz
- Marlene Deluxe (* 1963), drag queen , presenter, as well as fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Dorothea von Brandenburg (1420–1491), Princess of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg
- Benedict Friedlaender (1866–1908), sexologist and zoologist
- Immanuel Friedlaender (1871–1948), volcanologist
- Richard Friedländer (1881–1939), Jewish merchant, stepfather of Magda Goebbels , prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp and victim of the Shoah
- Harry von de Gass (1942–2005, actually: Harry Seegebarth ), Idsteiner Original, resident of the Kalmenhof
- Edda Göring (1938–2018), daughter of Hermann Göring
- Blandine Gravina (1863–1941), daughter of Cosima Wagner and Hans von Bülow and granddaughter of Franz Liszt
- Gustav Hartmann (1859–1938), cab driver (the Iron Gustav )
- Maximilian von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg (1813-1859), diplomat and envoy
- Ragnar Hayn (* 1978), violin maker
- Dervis Hizarci , (* 1983), anti-discrimination officer of the Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family
- Gabriele Hoffmann (* 1954), fortune teller and astrologer
- Erna Hosemann (1894–1974), association functionary and local politician, city elder of Fulda
- Anna-Maria Kellen (1918–2017), American philanthropist
- Joseph Köhler (1904–2001), hotelier (Hotel am Zoo)
- Hannelore Kohl (1933–2001), wife of the Federal Chancellor
- Else Kolshorn (1873–1962), trade unionist, co-founder and chairwoman of the Association of German Post and Telegraph Officers
- Petra Krause (* 1939), German-Italian terrorist
- Erich Krems (1898–1916), pupil and wandering bird
- Alida-Nadine Kurras (* 1977), TV presenter
- Sanne Ledermann (1928–1943), friend of Anne Frank and victim of the Holocaust
- Kader Loth (* 1973), photo model, presenter and singer
- Florian Mundt (* 1987, pseudonym : LeFloid ), web video producer
- Maximiliane von Oriola (1818-1894), Berlin Salonière
- Dieter Popp (* 1938), spy for the NVA's military intelligence service
- Luise of Prussia (1838–1923), Grand Duchess of Baden
- Emilie von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (1791–1843), mistress and later wife of Wilhelm II (Hessen-Kassel), née Emilie Ortlepp
- Djamila Rowe (* 1967), model
- Peter Schaar (* 1954), Federal Commissioner for Data Protection
- Katharina Starlay (* 1966), image consultant, fashion designer and non-fiction author
- Pauline Wiesel (1778–1848), personality of Berlin society and friend of Rahel Varnhagen
- Petra Winter (* 1972), archivist and historian
See also
literature
- Berlin pictures of life. Historical Commission of Berlin. Edited by Uwe Schaper in conjunction with the Berlin State Archives. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987 ff. So far 10 thematic individual volumes (status: 2015).
- Heinz Kullnick: Berliner and Berliner by choice . Persons and personalities in Berlin from 1640–1914. Hayn, Berlin 1961.
- Bodo Rollka (ed.): Berlin biographical lexicon. Haude & Spener, Berlin 1993. (2nd edition. 2003)