Rolf Birkhölzer German footballer
Rolf Birkhölzer, a German professional footballer and goalkeeper,
died on March 12, 2026. Born on 29 September 1949, he began playing football at the age of nineteen with 1. FC…
Famous Dead People from Germany
Over 3,000 obituaries for famous people from Germany who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Hans-Georg Backhaus 96–97 dead at age 96
Hans-Georg Backhaus, a German Marxian economist and philosopher,
died on March 12, 2026, in Frankfurt. He was 96 or 97. Backhaus was one of the main authors of the Neue…
Hermann Kulke Indologist dead at age 87
Hermann Kulke, a German historian and Indologist,
died on March 10, 2026. He was 87. Kulke was professor of South and Southeast Asian history at Kiel University from 1988 to…
Klaus Kribben Lawyer dead at age 88
Klaus Kribben, a German politician and lawyer who served in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1975 to 1996,
died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 88. A member…
Ingrid Schmithüsen Classical soprano dead at age 66
Ingrid Schmithüsen, the German operatic soprano who specialized in concert music and Lied recitals,
died on March 6, 2026, aged 66. Born in Aachen on February 18, 1960, she studied…
Hans Wagner Communications manager dead at age 62
Hans-Christoph Wagner, a German-born Dutch politician and communications manager,
died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 62. A member of the Labour Party, he served in the House…
Peter Schneider German writer dead at age 85
Peter Schneider, the German writer,
died on March 4, 2026. Born in Lübeck on April 21, 1940, he was the son of a conductor and composer. He spent his early…
Georg Koch German footballer
Georg Koch, a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper,
died on March 4, 2026. Born in Bergisch Gladbach, he began his career at amateur club SpVgg Erkenschwick before…
Gustav Gunsenheimer German composer and music director dead at age 91
Gustav Gunsenheimer, a German composer and director of church music,
died on March 3, 2026, at the age of 91. He composed mostly sacred music and chamber music, including the…
Tim Gerresheim German fencer, Olympic bronze medalist dead at age 87
Tim Gerresheim, the German fencer and Olympic bronze medalist,
died on March 3, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Berlin on February 24, 1939, he represented the United…
Friedhelm Ptok
German actor
Died on Tuesday March 3rd 2026
Klaus Müller German Marxian economist and academic dead at age 81
Klaus Müller, a German Marxian economist and academic,
died on March 2, 2026. Born on August 10, 1944, in Ursprung, now part of Lugau in Saxony, he studied financial and…
Fredric Kroll American-German composer dead at age 81
Fredric Kroll, an American-German composer and writer,
died on March 2, 2026. Born Fredric Joseph Kroll on February 7, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York, he was the only child of…
Atelier Kempe Thill Dutch architect dead at age 55
Atelier Kempe Thill, the Rotterdam-based Dutch architectural firm founded in 2000 by German architects André Kempe and Oliver Thill,
died on March 1, 2026. Both founders were born in East…
Gerhard A. Meinl German businessman and politician dead at age 68
Gerhard A. Meinl, a German businessman and politician,
died on March 1, 2026. Born Gerhard Anton Meinl on September 5, 1957, in Kempfenhausen, Upper Bavaria, he lived in Geretsried from…
Käthe Menzel-Jordan German architect dead at age 109
Käthe Menzel-Jordan, a German architect and preservationist,
died on March 1, 2026. Born Käthe Hertel in Erfurt on September 7, 1916, she worked mainly on restoring historic buildings in Erfurt…
Tatjana Wood German-born American comic book colourist
Tatjana Wood, a German-born American comic book colorist and artist,
died on February 27, 2026. Born Tatjana Amalie Weintraub in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, on March 2, 1926, she worked in…
Hans-Georg Fritz Trade unionist dead at age 93
Hans-Georg Fritz, a German politician and trade unionist,
died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 93. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Landtag…
Horst Schnoor German footballer dead at age 91
Horst Schnoor, the German football goalkeeper who played for Hamburger SV,
died on February 25, 2026. Born in Hamburg on April 11, 1934, he was Hamburger SV's first-choice goalkeeper for…
Hans-Georg Reimann German race walker dead at age 84
Hans-Georg Reimann, the German race walker who won two Olympic medals in 20-kilometre racewalking,
died on February 25, 2026. He competed for SC Dynamo Berlin and the GDR, taking bronze…
Hans-Dieter Sues Paleontologist dead at age 70
Hans-Dieter Sues, a German-born American paleontologist and Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, died…
Walter Pawelkiewicz German-born American politician dead at age 77
Walter Pawelkiewicz, a German-born American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 49th district from 1999 to 2009,
died on February 21, 2026, at the age…
Sepp Piontek German footballer
Sepp Piontek, the German footballer and manager best known for coaching the Denmark national team,
died on February 19, 2026. Born Josef Emanuel Hubertus Piontek on March 5, 1940, in…
Reinhold Wosab German football/soccer player dead at age 87
Reinhold Wosab, a German professional footballer,
died on February 18, 2026. Born on February 25, 1938, he spent ten seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund and VfL Bochum. In…
Margot Queitsch Retail salesperson dead at age 79
Margot Queitsch, a German politician,
died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 79. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she served in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from…
Joachim Kempin German businessman dead at age 83
Joachim Kempin, a German-born American businessman and former senior vice president of Microsoft,
died on February 17, 2026. He ran Microsoft’s division selling operating software to PC manufacturers for 15…
Wolfram Saenger X-ray crystallography of membrane proteins dead at age 86
Wolfram Saenger, a German biochemist, crystallographer and academic,
died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was known for his pioneering contributions to nucleic acid crystallography and…
Henrike Naumann Artist dead at age 41
Henrike Naumann, a German installation artist,
died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 41. Born in Zwickau, East Germany, in 1984, she became known for her furniture installations,…
Lambert Hamel Actor dead at age 85
Lambert Hamel, a German actor,
died on February 13, 2026, at age 85. Best known for his stage work, he also appeared in film, television, musicals, and as a dubbing…
Horst Helle German sociologist and academic dead at age 91
Horst Helle, a German sociologist and academic,
died on February 13, 2026. He was Professor Emeritus at LMU Munich in Germany. Born on July 19, 1934, Helle received a business…
Peter Meyer German footballer dead at age 85
Peter Meyer, a German footballer who played as a striker,
died on February 11, 2026. Born on 18 February 1940, he spent eight seasons in the Bundesliga with Fortuna Düsseldorf…
Peter Meyer German footballer
Peter Meyer
died on February 11, 2026. He was a German footballer associated with Fortuna Düsseldorf. His death was announced without additional details. Peter Meyer may refer to: Tags Athletes,…
Helmuth Rilling German choral conductor dead at age 92
Helmuth Rilling, the German choral conductor and academic teacher who was internationally known as an authority on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach,
died on February 11, 2026. Born in…
Christoph Luitpold Frommel Art historian dead at age 92
Christoph Luitpold Frommel, a German art historian,
died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Heidelberg on September 25, 1933, he studied at the Ludwig Maximilian…
Herbert Sukopp German ecologist and academic dead at age 95
Herbert Sukopp, a German ecologist and academic,
died on February 7, 2026. Born in Berlin on November 6, 1930, he earned his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin in…
Lloyd Monsen American soccer player
Lloyd Monsen, an American soccer player,
died on February 5, 2026. A forward and baseball pitcher, he spent eleven seasons in the American Soccer League and also played in the…
Michael Opitz German footballer
Michael Opitz, a German footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Schalke 04,
died on February 5, 2026. He made 158 Bundesliga appearances and 66 appearances in the 2.…
Marlies Krämer Politician dead at age 88
Marlies Krämer, a German feminist activist and politician,
died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Illingen in 1937, she began an apprenticeship in retailing after…
Gisela Engeln-Müllges German mathematician dead at age 85
Gisela Engeln-Müllges, a German mathematician and professor of numerical mathematics at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences,
died on February 4, 2026. Born in Leipzig in 1940, she studied mathematics…
Horst Gallert Technologist dead at age 88
Horst Gallert, a German politician,
died on February 2, 2026, at the age of 88. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, he served in the Landtag of Saxony from…
Rita Süssmuth German politician dead at age 88
Rita Süssmuth, a German politician and former president of the Bundestag,
died on February 1, 2026, at age 88. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, she served as Federal…
Wolfgang Pfeifer German footballer dead at age 90
Wolfgang Pfeifer
died on January 30, 2026. He was a German footballer who played for Einheit Dresden, Dynamo Dresden and the East Germany national team. Wolfgang Pfeifer (3 July 1935…
Christa Lang German actress
Christa Lang, the German-American actress and screenwriter known for films including What’s Up, Doc?, Alphaville and The Big Red One,
died on January 30, 2026, at age 82. Born in…
Marco Bülow
German journalist and politician
Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Günter Kilian
German Olympic water polo player (1968
Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Bernhard Waldenfels
German philosopher
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Joachim Hagenauer
German information theorist
Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Reinhardt Kiehl German mathematician dead at age 90
Reinhardt Kiehl, a German mathematician,
died on January 26, 2026. Born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, on May 31, 1935, he studied mathematics, physics and astronomy from 1955 at the University…
Siegfried Radandt
German Olympic bobsledder (1976)
Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Peter Duesberg
German-American molecular biologist and academic
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Klaus Zillich
German architect
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Jürgen Plagemann
German rower
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Francis Buchholz
German bass guitarist (Scorpions)
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Rüdiger Erben
German politician
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Leopold Herz
German politician
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Georg Winter
German businessman and environmentalist
Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Klaus Rinke
German artist
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Frank Kolb
German historian and academic
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Stefan Gossler
German voice actor
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Peter Radunski
German politician (CDU) and political consultant
Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Johannes Fried
German historian
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Horst Witzler
German football manager (Schwarz-Weiß Essen
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Hermann Peter Piwitt
German writer
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Anouschka Bernhard
German footballer (national team)
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Alfred Grimm
German artist
Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Ado Schlier
German radio personality (Radio Salzburg
Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Manfred Kuhmichel
German politician
Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Martin Willich
German politician
Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Günther Brendel
German painter
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Dietrich Stratmann
German politician
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Franz Herre
German journalist and biographer
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Michael Kemner
German bass guitarist (Fehlfarben)
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Álvaro Peña-Rojas
Chilean-German singer and songwriter
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Hessy Levinsons Taft
German chemist and child model
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Johannes Fabian
German anthropologist
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Hans Herrmann
German racing driver (Formula One).
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Herbert Beck
German art historian
Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Klaus Keitel
German politician
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Rolf Riehm
German composer (Sirenen – Bilder des Begehrens und des Vernichtens)
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Herbet Beck
German art historian
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Kathleen Muxel
German politician
Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Hubertus von Pilgrim
German sculptor
Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Herbert Beck German art historian dead at age 84
Herbert Beck, a German art historian and museum director,
died on January 5, 2026, at the age of 84. He served as director of the Liebieghaus and the Städel. Beck…
Roland Schäfer
German politician
Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Margarete Palz
German textile artist
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Rudi Spring
German composer
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Ruth Wagner
German politician
Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Günter Lyhs
German gymnast
Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Ortrun Wenkel
German operatic contralto
Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Peter Sattmann
German actor and musician
Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Karl Quade
German doctor
Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Justus Zeyen
German pianist and accompanist
Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Dirk Schreyer
German rower
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Uwe Kockisch
German actor
Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Sebastian Hertner
German footballer (Erzgebirge Aue
Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025