Presentation about famous German people

List of categories: CategorieFamous german artistGerhard Richter athleteDirk Nowitzki cookSteffen Henssler musicianUdo Lindenberg actorFranka Potente photographerHorst Faas stage actorFriedrich 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“.

athlete name:Dirk Werner Nowitzki day of birth:06/19/1978 place of birth:Würzburg Dirk Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player in the American league NBA. He plays for the Dallas Mavericks. A lot of people and Basketball fans say Nowitzki is one of the best players of the world. He was the first German player who 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“.grill den Henssler

musician name:Udo Gerhard Lindenberg date of birth:05/17/1946 Place of birth:Gronau Udo Lindenberg 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 the Walk of Fame in L.A.

actor name:Franka Potente day of birth:07/22/1974 place of birth:Muenster Franka Potente Franka Potente is a German actress, who has played 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.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 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“.

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