Most Famous German Business People
Germany has produced 764 notable business people throughout history, led by Oskar Schindler. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
OS
Oskar Schindler German Entrepreneur 1908 – 1974
#
1,941
JJ
John Jacob Astor German Entrepreneur 1763 – 1848
#
7,222
GE
Georg Elser German Carpenter 1903 – 1945
#
14,740
HM
Hanns Martin Schleyer German Entrepreneur 1915 – 1977
#
21,665
FT
Fritz Thyssen German Business 1873 – 1951
#
24,754
AD
Adolf Dassler German Entrepreneur 1900 – 1978
#
29,141
BU
Beate Uhse-Rotermund German Entrepreneur 1919 – 2001
#
35,322
FF
Friedrich Flick German Business 1883 – 1972
#
38,492
AS
Arp Schnitger German Organbuilder 1648 – 1719
#
42,508
PS
Peter Schöffer German Printer 1420 – 1503
#
47,069
FT
Frederick Trump German Restaurateur 1869 – 1918
#
54,450
BB
Berthold Beitz German Entrepreneur 1913 – 2013
#
62,944
AG
Albert Göring German Business 1895 – 1966
#
67,212
DR
David Roentgen German Cabinetmaker 1743 – 1807
#
67,864
TE
Tom Enders German Business Born 1958
#
76,945
GQ
Günther Quandt German Entrepreneur 1881 – 1954
#
77,848
FH
Friedrich Harkort German Manufacturer 1793 – 1880
#
100,024
AL
August Landmesser German Worker 1910 – 1944
#
102,915
LM
Liz Mohn German Entrepreneur Born 1941
#
108,811
NR
Norbert Reithofer German Entrepreneur Born 1956
#
113,418