Most Famous German Musicians
Germany has produced 918 notable musicians throughout history, led by Ludwig van Beethoven. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
LV
Ludwig van Beethoven German Composer 1770 – 1827
#
17
RW
Richard Wagner German Composer 1813 – 1883
#
97
GF
George Frideric Handel German Composer 1685 – 1759
#
228
RS
Robert Schumann German Composer 1810 – 1856
#
482
HK
Heidi Klum German Singer Born 1973
#
1,534
KS
Karlheinz Stockhausen German Composer 1928 – 2007
#
2,174
CW
Christoph Willibald Gluck German Composer 1714 – 1787
#
2,558
GP
Georg Philipp Telemann German Composer 1681 – 1767
#
2,638
CM
Carl Maria von Weber German Composer 1786 – 1826
#
2,649
CP
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach German Composer 1714 – 1788
#
3,046
KW
Kurt Weill German Composer 1900 – 1950
#
3,581
DB
Dieterich Buxtehude German Composer 1637 – 1707
#
4,944
DB
Dieter Bohlen German Songwriter Born 1954
#
5,161
JL
James Last German Composer 1929 – 2015
#
5,281
N
Nena German Singer Born 1960
#
6,031
KM
Kurt Masur German Conductor 1927 – 2015
#
6,080
HF
Helene Fischer German Singer Born 1984
#
6,495
HS
Hanna Schygulla German Singer Born 1943
#
6,614
MR
Max Reger German Composer 1873 – 1916
#
6,865
RD
Ramin Djawadi German Composer Born 1974
#
7,034