Presentation about famous German people

List of categories:Categorie Famous german

artist Gerhard Richter

athlete Dirk Nowitzki

cook Steffen Henssler

musician Udo Lindenberg

actor Franka Potente

photographer Horst Faas

stage actor Friedrich Schiller

artist

name: Gerhard Richter

day of birth: 02/09/1932

place of birth: Dresden

Gerhard Richter is one of the most famous German artists.He is known for designing the windows of the „Kölner Dom“.But he is also famous for his paintings.Furthermore you can see a lot of films about his live. One well known movie is „Das Richter-Fenster“

This is one of the windows of the „Kölner Dom“.

athletename: Dirk Werner Nowitzki

day of birth: 06/19/1978

place of birth: Würzburg

Dirk Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player inthe American league NBA. He plays for the Dallas Mavericks.A lot of people and Basketball fans say Nowitzki is one of thebest players of the world. He was the first German playerwho won the NBA-League with his team.

cook

name: Steffen Henssler

date of birth: 09/27/1972

Place of birth: Nuremberg

Steffen Henssler is one of the best German cooks. He has won a lot of prices and also has a TV show to be seen on German-TV called „grill den Henssler“.

musician

name: Udo Gerhard Lindenberg

date of birth: 05/17/1946

Place of birth: Gronau

Udo Lindenberg is one of the most famous German rock-musician. Tracks like „Reeperbahn“ reached the German charts in short time. Udo Lindenberg also has a star on theWalk of Fame in L.A.

actor

name: Franka Potente

day of birth: 07/22/1974

place of birth: Muenster

Franka Potente is a German actress, who hasplayed in a lot of Hollywood films, for example “CheGuerilla”. She also performed in some famous TV-series like “Dr. House”

or “Psych”. She received a lot of awards e.g. the “Bambi” or “Europe Music Award“. One of her most well-known films is

named „Blueprint“.

photographer

name: Horst Faas day of birth: 04/27/1933 place of birth: Berlin day of death: 05/10/2012 place of death: Munich

Horst Faas was Germany´s most famous photographers. He won a lot of prices for his pictures like the „Pulitzer-Price“. His most important work is the photo report of the vietnam war.

Stage actor

name: Friedrich Schiller day of birth: 11/10/1759 place of birth: Marbach day of death: 05/09/1805 place of death: Wuerttemberg

Friedrich Schiller was a German poet, philosopher and historian. His theaters are one of the most known in the German history. His fame is given proof by a statue of Schiller to be seen in San Francisco in the Golden Gate Park. A historical work of Schiller was „the story of the 30 years war“.

Links

http://www.wikipedia.de

http://www.spiegel.de

http://www.vox.de