Carola von Braun passed away at age 78
Carola von Braun, a German politician and women's rights activist who served in the Bundestag, the Senate of Berlin and the Berlin House of Representatives, died on August 7, 2026,…
Famous Dead People from Germany
Over 3,000 obituaries for famous people from Germany who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Death of Tom Rockmore at age 84
Tom Rockmore, an American philosopher who wrote extensively on German idealism, died on August 6, 2026, aged 84. A scholar of the history of philosophy as well as philosophy itself,…
Death of Manfred Rühl at age 92
Manfred Rühl, a German higher education teacher and communication scholar, died on August 5, 2026, aged 92. Born in Nuremberg on December 31, 1933, he studied economics and social sciences…
Jutta Hertlein, died aged 86
Jutta Hertlein, a German politician and former member of the Berlin House of Representatives, died on August 4, 2026, aged 86. Born in Berlin on December 25, 1939, she was…
Klaus Hänsch death at age 87
Klaus Hänsch, the German politician who served as a member and president of the European Parliament, died on August 4, 2026, aged 87. Born on December 15, 1938, in Szprotawa,…
Obituary: Monika Helfer, dead at age 78
Monika Helfer, the Austrian writer, died on August 2, 2026, aged 78. Born in Au on October 18, 1947, she became one of Austria’s noted literary voices and was invested…
Margot Eppinger obituary: died at age 72
Margot Eppinger, the German Olympic pentathlete who competed in the women’s pentathlon at two Summer Games, died on August 2, 2026, aged 72. Born on January 8, 1952, in Denkendorf,…
Thea Dückert passes away at age 76
Thea Dückert, a German politician who served in the Landtag of Lower Saxony and later in the Bundestag, died on July 30, 2026, aged 76. Born Thea Wischer in Berlin…
Jochen Bohl, died aged 76
Jochen Bohl, a German theologian and Lutheran bishop, died on July 29, 2026, aged 76. Born in Lüdenscheid on April 19, 1950, he served as bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church…
Konrad Beikircher passed away at age 80
Konrad Beikircher, the German cabaret artist, musician and author, died on July 28, 2026, aged 80. Born Konrad Johann Aloysia Beikircher in Bruneck, South Tyrol, he built a career that…
Ursula Hegi passed away at age 80
Ursula Hegi, the German-born American writer known for novels including Floating in My Mother’s Palm and Stones from the River, died on July 27, 2026, aged 80. Born Ursula Johanna…
Obituary: Abdul Ballout, dead at age 21
Abdul Ballout, a Lebanese-German murder suspect in the 2026 Berlin Pride attack, died on July 26, 2026, at age 21 after being shot by police during an attempted arrest. On…
Adolf Bauer, died aged 86
Adolf Bauer, the German politician and longtime president of the SoVD, died on July 26, 2026, aged 86. Born in Friesoythe on March 6, 1940, he was a member of…
Obituary: Abdul Ballout, dead at age 21
Abdul Ballout, a Lebanese-German murder suspect in the 2026 Berlin Pride van attack, died on July 26, 2026, after being shot by police. The 21-year-old was identified as the suspected…
Günter Bannas passed away at age 74
Günter Bannas, the German journalist who led the Berlin office of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, died on July 24, 2026, in Berlin. He was 74. Born in Kassel in 1952,…
Death of Gunther von Hagens at age 81
Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who invented plastination, died on July 24, 2026. He was 81. Born Gunther Gerhard Liebchen in Skalmierzyce, in what is now Greater Poland Voivodeship,…
Death of Thomas Handgrätinger at age 83
Thomas Handgrätinger, a German priest and Catholic monk, died on July 24, 2026, at Kloster Windberg. Born in Ulm on March 4, 1943, he entered the Windberg monastery in 1963,…
Axel Ganz has died at age 88
Axel Ganz, the German journalist who helped shape magazines at Bunte and Gruner + Jahr, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Auggen on July…
Heinz Stücke dies at 86
Heinz Stücke, the German cyclist, photographer and world traveler who spent most of his life riding through every country in the world, died on July 22, 2026. He was 86.…
Waldtraut Oertel passed away at age 89
Waldtraut Oertel, the German Olympic diver who competed at the 1960 Summer Games, died on July 22, 2026, aged 89. Born Waldtraut Skrzipek on October 14, 1936, in Halle (Saale),…
Werner Enke passes away at age 85
Werner Enke, the German film actor and screenwriter, died on July 20, 2026. Born in Berlin on April 25, 1941, he began his career in 1963 and was also known…
Death of Roland Korn at age 96
Roland Korn, the German architect whose work helped shape major public buildings in East Berlin, died on July 20, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on May 11, 1930,…
Günther Czichon died at age 96
Günther Czichon, a German politician and engineer, died on July 20, 2026, aged 96. Born in Bremen on May 19, 1930, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party…
Françoise Coquet dies at 83
Françoise Coquet, a French television producer and screenwriter, died on July 20, 2026, of complications from dementia with Lewy bodies. She was 83. Born on September 12, 1942, in Vosges,…
Joachim Kerzel passes away at age 84
Joachim Kerzel, the German dubbing actor known for voicing characters in The Great Cheese Robbery and WALL-E, died on July 20, 2026. Born on December 10, 1941, in Zabrze, he…
Peter Lassally obituary: died at age 93
Peter Lassally, the German-born American television executive producer best known for his work on The Tonight Show and later David Letterman programs, died on July 19, 2026. Born in Hamburg…
Winfried Schittges died at age 79
Winfried Schittges, the German politician and business consultant who served in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1990 to 2017, died on July 19, 2026, aged 79. Born on September…
Holger Brück dies at age 78
Holger Brück, a German football player and manager, died on July 19, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Kassel on September 30, 1947, he made his name as…
Heinz Dieterich passes away at age 82
Heinz Dieterich, the German sociologist and political analyst, died on July 18, 2026, aged 82. Residing in Mexico, he was known for his left-wing outlook and for work that ranged…
Eberhard Gill, died aged 65
Eberhard Gill, a German researcher and space systems engineer known for work in GNSS technology and tracking, space system engineering, multi-satellite systems and systems engineering, died on July 16, 2026,…
Lutz von Padberg has died at age 76
Lutz von Padberg, a German historian whose work focused on medieval history and the Christianization of the Germanic peoples, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Essen on February 22,…
Udo Brecht has died at age 83
Udo Brecht, the German Olympic rower who represented West Germany, died on July 15, 2026, aged 83. Born in Speyer on April 30, 1943, he earned bronze medals in the…
Obituary: Hannelore Zober, dead at age 79
Hannelore Zober, the German handball player and 1976 Olympic silver medalist, died on July 14, 2026. Born in Leipzig on November 6, 1946, she played for East Germany and was…
Wolfgang Brase obituary: died at age 87
Wolfgang Brase, a German football player, died on July 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Brunswick on February 7, 1939, he spent five seasons in the Bundesliga…
Manfred Manglitz passed away at age 86
Manfred Manglitz, a German footballer and goalkeeper, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Cologne on March 8, 1940, he began his football career in…
Markus Beierle, died aged 54
Markus Beierle, the German footballer who played as a striker, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 54. Born in Brackenheim on June 2, 1972, he began his…
Michael Stürmer dead at age 87
Michael Stürmer, the German historian known for his work on the history of the German Empire and his role in the Historikerstreit of the 1980s, died on July 13, 2026.…
Josef Kompalla died at age 90
Josef Kompalla died on July 12, 2026. He was a Polish-German ice hockey player and later an ice hockey official and referee. Born on March 13, 1936, in Katowice, he…
Chris Scheuer dead at age 73
Chris Scheuer, an Austrian comic book author and illustrator, died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Graz on September 19, 1952, he built a career…
Günter Kuntz passes away at age 87
Günter Kuntz, the German footballer who played as a right winger for VfR Kaiserslautern, Borussia Neunkirchen and Austria Wien, died on July 12, 2026. Born on November 28, 1938, in…
Karl Weber has died at age 90
Karl Weber, a German politician and former member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg, died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on February 26, 1936, in Heidelberg,…
Gunter Stein dies at 84
Gunter Stein, a German-American electrical engineer, died on July 11, 2026. Born on July 16, 1941, in Bordesholm, Germany, he emigrated to the United States with his family in 1954.…
Peter von Möllendorff passes away at age 63
Peter von Möllendorff, a German classical philologist, died on July 10, 2026, at the age of 63. Born on April 5, 1963, in Zurich, Switzerland, he served as chair of…
Rainer Dörrzapf dead at age 76
Rainer Dörrzapf died on July 9, 2026. He was a German weightlifter. Tags Athletes, 09 July 2026, Germany, Pisces, Rainer, Dörrzapf, July 2026, July 9
Rudolf Friedrich dies at age 90
Rudolf Friedrich, a German politician and railway worker, died on July 9, 2026. Born on June 2, 1936, in Bělotín, then in Czechoslovakia, he belonged to the Christian Democratic Union…
Death of Reli German at age 86
Reli German, a Filipino public relations consultant and activist, died on July 8, 2026, at the age of 86. Born Aurelio German on November 25, 1939, he was known for…
Hans-Werner Müller death at age 83
Hans-Werner Müller, a German politician and mechanical engineer, died on July 7, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on September 3, 1942, in Nunkirchen, he was a member of…
Adolf Seger passed away at age 81
Adolf Seger died on July 5, 2026. He was a German Olympic wrestler. Tags Athletes, 05 July 2026, Adolf, Capricorn, Germany, Seger, July 2026, July 5
Rya W. Zobel dead at age 94
Rya W. Zobel died on July 4, 2026. She was a German-American jurist and a judge of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. Born in Zwickau on December 18, 1931,…
Albert Sous dead at age 91
Albert Sous died on July 4, 2026. He was a German sculptor. Tags Artists, 04 July 2026, Albert, Germany, Sous, Taurus, July 2026, July 4
Lothar Voigtländer, died aged 82
Lothar Voigtländer died on July 4, 2026. He was a German composer. Tags Musicians, 04 July 2026, Berlin, Germany, Lothar, Virgo, July 2026, July 4, Voigtländer
Hermann Meyn death at age 91
Hermann Meyn died on July 4, 2026. He was a German journalist. Tags Journalists, 04 July 2026, Germany, Hermann, Libra, Meyn, July 2026, July 4
Lydia Möcklinghoff passes away at age 45
Lydia Möcklinghoff died on July 3, 2026. She was a German ecologist and zoologist and also worked as an author. Born in Wilhelmshaven on February 3, 1981, she died in…
Sepp Biebl obituary: died at age 89
Sepp Biebl, a German Olympic speed skater, died on July 3, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Munich on December 30, 1936, he represented Germany in speed skating…
Alfons Pawelczyk dies at 93
Alfons Pawelczyk died on July 3, 2026. He was a German politician. Tags Politicians, 03 July 2026, Alfons, Cancer, Germany, Pawelczyk, July 2026, July 3
Bernd Rauschenbach obituary: died at age 73
Bernd Rauschenbach died on July 2, 2026. He was a German literary scholar and writer. Tags Scientists, Writers, 02 July 2026, Bernd, Germany, Rauschenbach, July 2, July 2026
Walther Graetsch, died aged 73
Walther Graetsch, a German politician and civil servant, died on July 2, 2026, at the age of 73. Born on April 17, 1953, in Sandhorst, West Germany, he was a…
Death of Brigitte Servatius at age 81
Brigitte Servatius died on June 29, 2026. She was a German politician. Tags Politicians, 29 June 2026, Brigitte, Germany, Servatius, June 2026, June 29
Death of Sonia Antinori at age 63
Sonia Antinori, an Italian playwright, actress and translator, died on June 28, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Viareggio on April 23, 1963, she studied visual arts, theater…
Wolfgang Paul passes away at age 86
Wolfgang Paul, the German footballer who captained Borussia Dortmund to the 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup, died on June 28, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on January 25,…
Rune Mields, died aged 91
Rune Mields died on June 27, 2026. Tags Artists, 27 June 2026, Germany, Mields, Rune, June 2026, June 27
Thomas Fey obituary: died at age 65
Thomas Fey, a German orchestral conductor, died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 65, following complications from a brain injury. Born on November 9, 1960, he studied music…
Günter Lenz has died at age 87
Günter Lenz, the German jazz bassist and composer, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Frankfurt am Main on 25 July 1938, he began as…
Manfred Ritschel passed away at age 80
Manfred Ritschel, a German footballer, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 80. Born on June 7, 1946, in Unterreichenbach, he played as a right winger and spent…
Reinhard von Nagel passed away at age 89
Reinhard von Nagel died on June 26, 2026. He was a German harpsichord maker. Tags Other, 26 June 2026, Germany, Nagel, Reinhard, June 2026, June 26
Kurt Ard death at age 100
Kurt Ard, a Danish illustrator, painter and graphic artist, died on June 26, 2026. He was 100. Born in Copenhagen in December 1925, Ard became known for cover art for…
Death of Heinz Erbstößer at age 86
Heinz Erbstößer, a German sprinter, died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Torgau on March 14, 1940, he competed in the men's 100 metres at…
Maurice-Ruben Hayoun dies at age 75
Maurice-Ruben Hayoun, a French philosopher, historian and writer, died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on September 21, 1950, in Agadir, he was known for his…
Ingo Weiß dead at age 89
Ingo Weiß, a German politician who served in the Landtag of Bavaria from 1970 to 1978, died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on January 24,…
Wolfgang Behrendt has died at age 90
Wolfgang Behrendt, the German boxer who won bantamweight gold at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Berlin on June 14,…
Noël Deschamps death at age 83
Noël Deschamps, a French singer, died on June 21, 2026, in Châteauroux, France, one day before his 84th birthday. Born on June 22, 1942, in Villefranche-sur-Saône, then in German-occupied France,…
Pavlos Kourtidis dead
Pavlos Kourtidis, a Greek actor, died on June 21, 2026. Born in Wuppertal, Germany, he built a career as an actor, choreographer and dancer, working across Greece and abroad. His…
Katja Rost dies at 50
Katja Rost died on June 20, 2026. Tags Scientists, 20 June 2026, Germany, Katja, Rost, June 20, June 2026
Wulf Herzogenrath obituary: died at age 82
Wulf Herzogenrath, the German art historian and art curator, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on March 23, 1944, in Rathenow, Germany, he became a…
Obituary: Ursula Schleicher, dead at age 93
Ursula Schleicher, a German politician and harpist who served in the Bundestag and the European Parliament, died on June 18, 2026, at age 93. Born in Aschaffenburg on May 15,…
Death of Alfred Bayer at age 93
Alfred Bayer, a German politician and longtime Christian Social Union of Bavaria representative, died on June 16, 2026, at age 93. Born in Munich on March 8, 1933, he studied…
Jacky Haran dies at age 83
Jacky Haran, a French racing driver, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on May 12, 1943, in Mansigné, then in German-occupied France, he began his…
Death of Peter Schuster at age 85
Peter Schuster, the Austrian theoretical chemist known for his work on molecular evolution, died on June 15, 2026. He was 85. Born in Vienna on March 7, 1941, Schuster studied…
Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, died aged 63
Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, a German politician and member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2009, died on June 12, 2026. Born on October 22, 1962, in Pülümür, Turkey, he worked…
Rüdiger Postier obituary: died at age 82
Rüdiger Postier, a German judge who served as president of the Constitutional Court of Brandenburg from 2009 to 2012, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 82. Born…
Hugo Broch dies at age 104
Hugo Broch, the German World War II flying ace who was the last living recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, died on June 11, 2026. He was…
Hans Gerd Klais obituary: died at age 95
Hans Gerd Klais, a German organ builder, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Bonn on December 2, 1930, he became a member of the…
Obituary: Christa Schmidt, dead at age 85
Christa Schmidt, the German politician and former member of the Bundestag, died on June 10, 2026, at age 85. Born Christa Weigel in Leipzig on April 3, 1941, she trained…
Alexander Licht obituary: died at age 73
Alexander Licht, a German politician who served in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1991 to 2020, died on June 10, 2026, at the age of 73. Born on September 13,…
Dieter Glemser passed away at age 87
Dieter Glemser, the German racing driver who died on June 10, 2026, was 87. Born in Stuttgart on June 28, 1938, he began his career in rallying in the early…
Karin Illgen death at age 85
Karin Illgen, a German discus thrower who represented East Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on June 9, 2026. She was 85. Born in Greifswald on April 7, 1941,…
Heinz-Jürgen Koloczek death at age 82
Heinz-Jürgen Koloczek died on June 9, 2026. He was a German politician. Tags Politicians, 09 June 2026, Germany, Koloczek, Heinz-Jürgen, June 2026, June 9
Wolfgang Gust has died at age 91
Wolfgang Gust, a German journalist and author, died on June 9, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Hanover on January 1, 1935, he worked for Spiegel-Verlag and spent…
Hans Maier dead at age 94
Hans Maier died on June 8, 2026. He was a German politician. Tags Politicians, 08 June 2026, Germany, Hans, Maier, June 2026, June 8, München
Werner Trzmiel died at age 84
Werner Trzmiel died on June 7, 2026. No cause of death was stated. Tags Other, 07 June 2026, Germany, Pisces, Trzmiel, Werner, June 2026, June 7
Jürgen Kesting, died aged 85
Jürgen Kesting, the German journalist, music critic and author, died on June 7, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Duisburg on January 1, 1940, he studied German and…
Ute Walther passed away at age 80
Ute Walther died on June 6, 2026. She was a German mezzo-soprano. Tags Musicians, 06 June 2026, Germany, Ute, Walther, June 2026, June 6
Ingeborg Kaiser died at age 95
Ingeborg Kaiser died on June 6, 2026. She was a German-Swiss writer, born on August 7, 1930, in Neuburg an der Donau. Tags Writers, 06 June 2026, Germany, Ingeborg, Kaiser,…
Dieter Wunderlich death at age 88
Dieter Wunderlich died on June 6, 2026. He was a German university teacher and linguist. Tags Scientists, 06 June 2026, Dieter, Germany, Wunderlich, June 2026, June 6
Herbert Schnitzer died at age 85
Herbert Schnitzer, the German racing team owner behind Schnitzer Motorsport, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 85. He co-founded the Freilassing-based team in 1967 with his brother…
Peter Klopfer passed away at age 95
Peter Klopfer, a German-American zoologist and professor emeritus of biology at Duke University, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 95. Born Peter Hubert Klopfer in Berlin on…
Axel Schreiber died at age 49
Axel Schreiber died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 49. The German actor and voice actor was known for work in film and television, including Berlin by the…
Herbert Möller death at age 103
Herbert Möller, a German politician and member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1985 to 1987, died on June 3, 2026. He was 103. Born on April 7, 1923, in…
Herbert Möller death at age 103
Herbert Möller, a German politician and former member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 103. Born on April 7, 1923, in Vratislavice…