Fredric Kroll obituary: died 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…
Famous Dead People from Germany
Over 3,000 obituaries for famous people from Germany who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Klaus Müller 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…
Obituary: Atelier Kempe Thill, 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 passes away 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…
Obituary: Käthe Menzel-Jordan, 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 dies at 99
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 dies 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…
Death of Hans-Georg Reimann 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…
Horst Schnoor death 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-Dieter Sues has died 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 died 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…
Death of Sepp Piontek at age 85
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 obituary: died 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 dies 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…
Death of Joachim Kempin 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 dies at 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 passes away 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,…
Horst Helle 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…
Death of Lambert Hamel 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…
Peter Meyer dies at age 85
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,…
Death of Helmuth Rilling 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 has died 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…
Death of Peter Meyer 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…
Death of Herbert Sukopp 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 dies at 94
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 dies at age 63
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 death 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 has died 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 obituary: died 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 passes away 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 died 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 has died at age 82
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…
Kai Budde dies at 46
German Hall of Fame professional Magic: The Gathering player Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Marco Bülow has died at age 54
German journalist and politician Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Death of Günter Kilian at age 75
German Olympic water polo player (1968 Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Bernhard Waldenfels, died aged 91
German philosopher Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Joachim Hagenauer obituary: died at age 84
German information theorist Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Reinhardt Kiehl died 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 dead at age 90
German Olympic bobsledder (1976) Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Peter Duesberg passes away at age 89
German-American molecular biologist and academic Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Klaus Zillich, died aged 83
German architect Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Jürgen Plagemann died at age 89
German rower Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Francis Buchholz passed away at age 71
German bass guitarist (Scorpions) Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Rüdiger Erben dies at age 58
German politician Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Leopold Herz dies at 72
German politician Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Georg Winter death at age 84
German businessman and environmentalist Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Klaus Rinke death at age 86
German artist Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Frank Kolb, died aged 80
German historian and academic Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Death of Stefan Gossler at age 70
German voice actor Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Peter Radunski death at age 86
German politician (CDU) and political consultant Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Johannes Fried, died aged 83
German historian Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Death of Karl Riha at age 90
German poet Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Peer Bork obituary: died at age 62
German bioinformatician Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Horst Witzler death at age 93
German football manager (Schwarz-Weiß Essen Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Hermann Peter passed away at age 90
German writer Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Anouschka Bernhard passed away at age 55
German footballer (national team) Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Alfred Grimm dies at age 82
German artist Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Ado Schlier dies at 90
German radio personality (Radio Salzburg Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Manfred Kuhmichel passes away at age 82
German politician Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Martin Willich obituary: died at age 80
German politician Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Death of Günther Brendel at age 95
German painter Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Dietrich Stratmann death at age 88
German politician Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Franz Herre obituary: died at age 99
German journalist and biographer Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Michael Kemner dead at age -1
German bass guitarist (Fehlfarben) Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Álvaro Peña-Rojas has died at age 82
Chilean-German singer and songwriter Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Hessy Levinsons has died at age 91
German chemist and child model Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Johannes Fabian, died aged 88
German anthropologist Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Hans Herrmann passed away at age 94
German racing driver (Formula One). Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Herbert Beck, died aged 84
German art historian Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Klaus Keitel passed away at age 86
German politician Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Rolf Riehm has died at age 88
German composer (Sirenen – Bilder des Begehrens und des Vernichtens) Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Herbet Beck, died aged 84
German art historian Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Anna Eder death at age 75
German politician Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Kathleen Muxel passed away at age 54
German politician Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Hubertus von passed away at age 94
German sculptor Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Herbert Beck passes away 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 dead at age 77
German politician Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Margarete Palz passed away at age 88
German textile artist Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Death of Rudi Spring at age 63
German composer Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Ruth Wagner has died at age 85
German politician Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Günter Lyhs dies at age 91
German gymnast Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Ortrun Wenkel dead at age 83
German operatic contralto Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Peter Sattmann has died at age 77
German actor and musician Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Karl Quade death at age 71
German doctor Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Death of Justus Zeyen at age 62
German pianist and accompanist Died on Friday December 26th 2025
Dirk Schreyer, died aged 81
German rower Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Uwe Kockisch dead at age 81
German actor Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Sebastian Hertner obituary: died at age 34
German footballer (Erzgebirge Aue Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Annemarie Kuhn obituary: died at age 88
German politician Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Ingrid Seeler passes away at age 97
German politician Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025
Death of Walter Schultheiß at age 101
Walter Schultheiß, the German actor, author and painter known for his role as Der Eugen, died on December 22, 2025, at the age of 101. Born in Tübingen in 1924,…
Death of Roland Bock at age 81
German Olympic wrestler (1968) Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Detlef Enge dead at age 73
German football player (1. FC Magdeburg) Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Peter Kupferschmidt dies at 83
German footballer (Bayern Munich Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Gerhard Scheu death at age 82
German politician Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Obituary: Rosa von, dead at age 83
German filmmaker and gay rights activist Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Verena Keller, died aged 83
Verena Keller, the German operatic mezzosoprano, died on December 17, 2025. Born in Schwerin on September 8, 1942, she was the daughter of the Swiss opera singer Jakob Keller. She…
Thomas Johannes dead at age 56
German opera singer Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
Rolf Becker dies at age 90
German actor (In aller Freundschaft) Died on Friday December 12th 2025