People from Germany

12 people remembered here.

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  Karl Lagerfeld

  1933 – 2019 · Fashion designer

  Sweatpants are a sign of defeat.

  224 candles · 10 tributes
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  Michael Mendl

  1944 – 2026 · Actor (theatre

  Beloved German character actor who gave Willy Brandt, a wartime general, and a pope their human faces.

  97 candles · 8 tributes
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  Frank Schambor

  1971 – 2026 · Radio host

  The voice that woke Lower Saxony, as ffn-Morgenmän Franky.

  94 candles · 10 tributes
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  Hans Traxler

  1929 – 2026 · Painter

  He made Kohl a pear and Frankfurt laugh.

  91 candles · 8 tributes
• 
  Robert Alexy

  1945 – 2026 · German jurist and legal philosopher

  Made principles optimization commands and insisted law claim correctness.

  82 candles · 7 tributes
• 
  Gunther von Hagens

  1945 – 2026 · Anatomist

  Inventor of plastination who put human anatomy before millions through Body Worlds.

  72 candles · 9 tributes
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  Karl Corino

  1942 – 2026 · Broadcast journalist

  Musil's detective: Transit voice for DDR letters, no forged marble left standing.

  71 candles · 6 tributes
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  Andreas Hoppe

  1960 – 2026 · Actor (theatre

  Ciao Kopper: heart on the right side.

  65 candles · 6 tributes
• 
  Christoph von Dohnányi

  1929 – 2025 · Conductor

  Precision, conscience, and the Cleveland sound.

  64 candles · 5 tributes
• 
  Eberhard Vogel

  1943 – 2026 · Footballer (left winger / striker)

  Oberliga record man who said no to Santos and stayed East.

  49 candles · 6 tributes
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  Klaus Hänsch

  1938 – 2026 · SPD politician

  Former EP President who brought Klartext from Erkrath to Strasbourg and made Commissioner hearings public.

  47 candles · 5 tributes
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  Klaus-Michael Kühne

  1937 – 2026 · German billionaire businessman

  Logistics patriarch who built a global freight empire and left it to a Swiss foundation.

  34 candles · 8 tributes