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Famous People with German Names

The famous people in this quiz all have first names which are German in origin. Complete their names based on the clues provided.
The people may or not be German themselves.
One person is more famously known by their nickname; either the nickname or formal name are accepted.
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Last updated: April 24, 2026
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Austrian psychologist who pioneered psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
Pennsylvania-born, California-raised novelist who lived in Paris as an adult
Gertrude Stein
Nirvana frontman who died in 1994
Kurt Cobain
Classical composer who was famously Deaf
Ludwig van Beethoven
Country singer known for her 2004 Grammy Award-winning "Redneck Woman"
Gretchen Wilson
Archduke whose assassination led to the start of World War I
Franz Ferdinand
American teacher who was killed in the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion
Christa McAuliffe
A certain Austrian-born, German politician of the 1930s
Adolf Hitler
Longest-reigning monarch of the Netherlands (1890-1948)
Queen Wilhelmina
The first German model to appear as a Victoria's Secret Angel
Heidi Klum
Classical composer born in Salzburg, Austria
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Revolutionary socialist who co-authored "The Communist Manifesto"
Karl Marx
The above's main collaborator
Friedrich Engels
Hollywood Golden Age actress who was also an inventor
Hedwig "Hedy" Lamarr
"The Red Baron", a German ace fighter pilot of World War I
Manfred von Richthofen
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