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.

Top Ranked

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven — German Composer (1770–1827) , ranked #17
  2. Richard Wagner — German Composer (1813–1883) , ranked #97
  3. George Frideric Handel — German Composer (1685–1759) , ranked #228
  4. Robert Schumann — German Composer (1810–1856) , ranked #482
  5. Heidi Klum — German Singer (Born 1973) , ranked #1534
  6. Karlheinz Stockhausen — German Composer (1928–2007) , ranked #2174
  7. Christoph Willibald Gluck — German Composer (1714–1787) , ranked #2558
  8. Georg Philipp Telemann — German Composer (1681–1767) , ranked #2638
  9. Carl Maria von Weber — German Composer (1786–1826) , ranked #2649
  10. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — German Composer (1714–1788) , ranked #3046
  11. Kurt Weill — German Composer (1900–1950) , ranked #3581
  12. Dieterich Buxtehude — German Composer (1637–1707) , ranked #4944
  13. Dieter Bohlen — German Songwriter (Born 1954) , ranked #5161
  14. James Last — German Composer (1929–2015) , ranked #5281
  15. Nena — German Singer (Born 1960) , ranked #6031
  16. Kurt Masur — German Conductor (1927–2015) , ranked #6080
  17. Helene Fischer — German Singer (Born 1984) , ranked #6495
  18. Hanna Schygulla — German Singer (Born 1943) , ranked #6614
  19. Max Reger — German Composer (1873–1916) , ranked #6865
  20. Ramin Djawadi — German Composer (Born 1974) , ranked #7034