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Aline Abboud Aline Abboud (born ) is a German journalist and television presenter. Having studied Arab studies at Leipzig University, she worked for the German public broadcaster ZDF as an editor and reporter with a focus on foreign affairs. Since September ...

(born 1988) * Prince Albrecht of Croÿ (born 1959) *

Robin Alexander Robin Alexander is a British educationist and academic known particularly for championing the cause of primary education, for his leadership of the Cambridge Primary Review, and for his research and writing on education policy, culture, curricu ...

(born 1975) *

Hanns Altermann Hanns Richard Altermann (1891 – 1963) was a German bookseller, editor, journalist and publisher. Life Altermann was born on 8 July 1891 in Dresden. He was the son of railway secretary Edwin Leopold Altermann and his wife Mathilde born Dressl ...

(1891–1963) *

Götz Aly Götz Haydar Aly (; born 3 May 1947) is a German journalist, historian and political scientist. Life and career Aly was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg. He is a patrilineal descendant of a Mixed Turkish-Kurdish convert to Christianity name ...

(born 1947) *

Melanie Amann Melanie Amann (born 1978) is a journalist and lawyer. She is co-editor-in-chief of leading Germany weekly ''Der Spiegel'' and heads the publication's Berlin office. Melanie Amann was born in Bonn and raised in Siegburg. She studied law at the Un ...

(born 1978) * Karl Andree (1808–1875) * Reinhard Appel (1927–2011) *

Pinar Atalay Pinar Atalay (born 27 April 1978) is a German radio and television presenter. Life and career Atalay was born to Turkish immigrants parents in Lemgo, West Germany. After high school she ran, for one year, a boutique in Lemgo.Antje Hildebrand ...

(born 1978) *

Jakob Augstein Jakob Augstein (born 28 July 1967) is a German heir, journalist and publisher. Life and career Augstein was born in Hamburg. He grew up as the son of Maria Carlsson, translator, and Rudolf Augstein, publisher of Germany's leading news magaz ...

(born 1967) *

Rudolf Augstein Rudolf Karl Augstein (5 November 1923 – 7 November 2002) was a German journalist, editor, publicist, and politician. He was one of the most influential German journalists, founder and part-owner of ''Der Spiegel'' magazine. As a politician, he ...

(1923–2002) *

Stefan Aust Stefan Aust (; born 1 July 1946) is a German journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of the weekly news magazine ''Der Spiegel'' from 1994 to February 2008 and has been the publisher of the conservative leading ''Die Welt'' newspaper since 2014 ...

(born 1946)

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* Shakuntala Banerjee (born 1973) *

Peter Bartels Peter Tasman Bartels , AO (born 4 January 1941) is an Australian businessman, track cyclist and sport administrator. Personal Bartels was born on 4 January 1941 in Melbourne, Victoria. He married Marilyn Loveland and they have two sons. He a ...

(born 1943) *

Gabi Bauer Gabi Bauer (born 21 July 1962 in Celle) is a German journalist and television presenter. Life Bauer studied politics, pedagogic and philosophy in Hamburg, Hannover, Grenoble and Kalamazoo. She works for German broadcaster ARD in Tagesthemen. ...

(born 1962) * Gitta Bauer (1919–1990) *

Reinhold Beckmann Reinhold Beckmann (born 23 February 1956) is a German journalist and television presenter. He was born in Twistringen, Lower Saxony. After school in Syke, he studied German, film and theatre in Cologne. In 1980, Beckmann began to work for bro ...

(born 1956) * Klaus Bednarz (1942–2015) *

Thomas Bellut Thomas Bellut (born 8 March 1955) is a German journalist. From 2012 to 2022, he was the director (German: '' Intendant'') of the TV channel ZDF. Early life and education Bellut was born in Osnabrück. After graduating from the school Antonian ...

(born 1955) * Klaus Bender (born 1938) *

Klaus von Bismarck Klaus von Bismarck (6 March 1912 – 22 May 1997) was the Director General of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting) from 1961 to 1976, and the president of the ARD broadcasting association in 1963-1964. He was also the president ...

(1912–1997) *

Nikolaus Blome Nikolaus Blome (born 16 September 1963) is a German journalist. Life Blome was born in Bonn. He studied at the Henri-Nannen-Schule in Hamburg. From 1991 to 1993, he worked for newspaper ''Der Tagesspiegel''. From 1993 to 2013, he worked for Ge ...

(born 1963) *

Gero von Boehm Gero von Boehm (born 20 April 1954 in Hanover; full name Kurt-Gero von Boehm-Bezing) is a German director, journalist and television presenter. Life Gero von Boehm grew up in Heidelberg and studied law and social studies at the Heidelberg Univer ...

(born 1954) * Peter Boenisch (1927–2005) *

Erich Böhme Erich Böhme (8 February 1930 – 27 November 2009) was a German journalist and television presenter. Life and career Böhme grew up in Frankfurt am Main. After school, he studied economics there and graduated with a degree in economics from t ...

(1930–2009) *

Alexander Bommes Alexander Bommes (born January 21, 1976 in Kiel) is a German handball player, journalist and television host. Life Bommes played for TSV Bayer Dormagen from 1999 to 2001 and for VfL Gummersbach from 2001 to 2003 in the Handball-Bundesliga. B ...

(born 1976) *

Jan Böhmermann Jan Böhmermann () (born 23 February 1981) is a German satirist, journalist, and podcast and television host. He also worked as a writer, producer, radio host, and is best known for his activism through publicity stunts. Early life and educati ...

(born 1981) *

Bettina Böttinger Bettina Böttinger (born 4 July 1956 in Düsseldorf) is a German television presenter and producer. Life Böttinger studied German language and history at the University of Bonn. In 1985, she began as a journalist at Westdeutscher Rundfunk. S ...

(born 1956) *

Adolf Brand Gustav Adolf Franz Brand (14 November 1874 – 2 February 1945) was a German writer, egoist anarchist, and pioneering campaigner for the acceptance of male bisexuality and homosexuality. Early life Adolf Brand was born on 14 November 1874 in Be ...

(1874–1945) *

Jo Brauner Joachim "Jo" Brauner (born 29 November 1937) is a German former news anchorman and journalist. Life During the Second World War, Brauner was Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–50), evacuated in January 1945 with his mother and three siblin ...

(born 1937) *

Nikolaus Brender Nikolaus Brender (born 24 January 1949) is a German journalist. He was the commissiong editor of the German public broadcasting station ZDF between 2000 and 2010. Life Brender was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, then French zone of occupation, ...

(born 1949) *

Klaus Bresser Klaus Bresser (born 22 July 1936) is a German journalist and television presenter. Life Bresser was born in Berlin and studied at the university of Cologne. He works as a journalist for German broadcasters (since 1965 for Westdeutscher Rundfun ...

(born 1936) *

Henryk Broder Henryk Marcin Broder (born 20 August 1946, self-designation Henryk Modest Broder) is a Polish-born German journalist, author, and TV personality. Broder is known for polemics, columns, and comments in written and audiovisual media. Starting as ...

(born 1946) *

Mathias Bröckers Mathias Bröckers (born 26 June 1954) is a German journalist, publicist, blogger, political blogger and author, co-author or editor of political monographs, and novels (with Sven Böttcher). He was co-founder, culture and science editor of the ...

(born 1954) *

Erich Brost Erich Brost (29 October 1903 – 8 October 1995) was a German journalist and publisher. Biography Brost was born in Elbing, West Prussia to a Schichau-Werke shipyard worker and a tailor. In 1915 his family moved to Danzig (modern Gdańs ...

(1903–1995) *

Wibke Bruhns Wibke Gertrud Bruhns (born Klamroth; 8 September 1938 – 20 June 2019) was a German journalist and author. In 1971, she was the first woman to present the news on German public television. She was a journalist for several television stations, an ...

(1938–2019) *

Gerd Bucerius Gerd Bucerius (19 May 1906 – 29 September 1995) was a German politician, publisher and journalist, one of the founding members of '' Die Zeit''. He is the namesake of the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and of the Bucerius Kunst Forum, an art ...

(1906–1995) * Wolfgang Büchner (born 1966) *

Traude Bührmann Traude Bührmann (born 26 November 1942, in Essen) is a German writer, journalist, photographer and translator. Biography After high school, Bührmann made a commercial apprenticeship and a two-year stay in London and Paris After that, she bec ...

(born 1942) *

Tom Buhrow Tom Buhrow (born 29 September 1958, in Troisdorf) is a German journalist who has been serving as intendant of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, WDR since 2013. Early life and education Buhrow studied history and political science in Bonn. Career Car ...

(born 1958)

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Paul Carell Paul Carell was the post-war pen name of Paul Karl Schmidt (2 November 1911 – 20 June 1997) who was a writer and German propagandist. During the Nazi era, Schmidt served as the chief press spokesman for Joachim von Ribbentrop's Foreign Ministry. ...

(1911–1997) * Claus Hinrich Casdorff (1924–2004) *

C. W. Ceram upright=.85, Original German cover of ''Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology'' (1949)C. W. Ceram (20 January 1915 – 12 April 1972) was the pseudonym of German journalist, editor at Rowohlt Verlag, and author Kurt Wilhelm Marek ...

(1915–1972) * Rudolph Chimelli (1928–2016) *

Sabine Christiansen Sabine Christiansen (born 20 September 1957 in Preetz, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany) is a German journalist and television presenter. Career After finishing school in Preetz, Christiansen worked at Lufthansa from 1976 to 1982, then appr ...

(born 1957) * Harri Czepuck (1927–2015)

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Gerhard Delling Gerhard Delling (born 21 April 1959) is a German television presenter and sports journalist. Life Delling was born in Rendsburg. From 1980 to 1985 he studied at University of Kiel. He worked since 1987 as a journalist for German broadcaster ...

(born 1959) *

Ulrich Deppendorf Ulrich Deppendorf (born 27 January 1950) is a German journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. T ...

(born 1950) *

Kai Diekmann Kai Diekmann (born 27 June 1964 in Ravensburg) is a German journalist. From 1998 until 2000 he was editor of ''Welt am Sonntag'' (English: World on Sunday). From January 2001 to December 2015 he was chief editor of ''Bild''. He is also a member o ...

(born 1964) *

Hoimar von Ditfurth Hoimar von Ditfurth (15 October 1921, Berlin – 1 November 1989, Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German physician and scientific journalist. He was the father of Christian von Ditfurth, a historian, and Jutta Ditfurth, a writer and journalist. Ditf ...

(1921–1989) *

Annette Dittert Annette Dittert (born 3 December 1962, in Cologne) is a German author, filmmaker, correspondent, and journalist. Life Dittert was born on 3 December 1962, in Cologne, Germany, where she grew up. She studied Political Science, Philosophy and Ger ...

(born 1962) *

Marion Dönhoff Marion Hedda Ilse Gräfin von Dönhoff (2 December 1909 – 11 March 2002) was a German journalist and publisher who participated in the resistance against Nazism, along with Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, and Claus S ...

(1909–2002) *

Mathias Döpfner Mathias Döpfner (born 15 January 1963) is a German businessman and journalist. He is the CEO and 22% owner of media group Axel Springer SE, and president of the Federal Association of Digital Publishers and Newspaper Publishers (BDZV). Early li ...

(born 1963) *

Sammy Drechsel Sammy Drechsel (25 April 1925, in Berlin – 19 January 1986, in Munich), born Karl-Heinz Kamke, was a German political comedian, journalist and sports reporter. In 1956, together with Dieter Hildebrandt, he founded the Münchner Lach- und Schie� ...

(1925–1986) * Wolfgang Duncker (1909–1942)

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Fritz Eberhard Fritz Eberhard (2 October 1896 – 30 March 1982) was a German journalist, anti-fascist and social democrat and fought in the German Resistance against Nazism. He was a member of the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK). After the war ...

(1896–1982) *

Dietrich Eckart Dietrich Eckart (; 23 March 1868 – 26 December 1923) was a German '' völkisch'' poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party. Eckart ...

(1868–1923) *

Ellen Ehni Ellen Ehni (born 1973 in Heidelberg) is a German journalist. At Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) she heads the programme group for business and law. Life and career Ehni studied German and French law at the University of Cologne, University of Paris ...

(born 1973) * Carolin Emcke (born 1967) * Lothar Erdmann (1888–1939) * Paul Ernst (1866–1933)

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* Heribert Faßbender (born 1941) *

Markus Feldenkirchen Markus Feldenkirchen (born 1 September 1975 in Bergisch Gladbach) is a German journalist and writer. Early life and education Markus Feldenkirchen was educated at Albertus Magnus Grammar School in Bergisch Gladbach, where he took his '' Abit ...

(born 1975) *

Joachim Fest Joachim Clemens Fest (8 December 1926 – 11 September 2006) was a German historian, journalist, critic and editor who was best known for his writings and public commentary on Nazi Germany, including a biography of Adolf Hitler and books about ...

(1926–2006) * Angela Finger-Erben (born 1980) *

Karl-Hermann Flach Karl-Hermann Flach (October 17, 1929 – August 25, 1973) was a German journalist of the '' Frankfurter Rundschau'' and a politician of the liberal Free Democrats (FDP). Flach was born in Königsberg. He became a member of the liberal LDP (in t ...

(1929–1973) * Matthias Fornoff (born 1963) *

Georg Forster Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (, 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold F ...

(1754–1794) * Peter Frey (born 1957) *

Frederic Friedel Frederic Alois Friedel (born 1945) studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg without graduating. He joined the American sceptical society CSICOP (now the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry). In 1985, he met Garry Kasparov and so ...

(born 1945) *

Michel Friedman Julien Michel Friedman (; born 25 February 1956 in Paris) is a German author, former CDU politician and talk show host. From 2000 to 2003 Friedman was vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and president of the European Jewish ...

(born 1956) *

Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs Hanns Joachim "Hajo" Friedrichs (15 March 1927 – 28 March 1995) was a German journalist. Life Friedrichs was born in Hamm. From 1971 to 1981, he was a sports journalist for the German magazine ''Sportstudio''. 1985 Friedrichs went from ZDF ...

(1927–1995) *

Matthias Frings Matthias Frings (born 14 April 1953) is a German journalist, TV presenter and writer. He was born in Aachen and spent his childhood there. He pursued English studies, German studies and linguistics at RWTH Aachen University. In 1974, Frings was a ...

(born 1954) * Horst Fust (1930–2003)

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* Bettina Gaus (1956–2021) *

Günter Gaus Günter Gaus (23 November 1929 – 14 May 2004) was a prominent German journalist-commentator who became a diplomat and (very briefly) a regional politician in Berlin. Once he had moved on – as he probably assumed, permanently – from the wor ...

(1929–2004) * Anne Gellinek (born 1962) * Annette Gerlach (born 1964) *

Hellmut von Gerlach Hellmut Georg von Gerlach (2 February 1866 – 1 August 1935) was a German journalist and politician. Life Hellmut von Gerlach, the son of landowner Max von Gerlach, was born in Mönchmotschelnitz in Silesia. He studied law at the universiti ...

(1866–1935) *

Fritz Gerlich Carl Albert Fritz Michael Gerlich (15 February 1883 – 30 June 1934) was a German journalist and historian, and one of the main journalistic resistors of Adolf Hitler. He was arrested, later killed and cremated at the Dachau concentration camp. ...

(1883–1934) *

Petra Gerster Petra Gerster [] (born 25 January 1955) is a German journalist and news presenter. Early life and education Starting in 1973, Gerster studied German studies, Slavic studies, and literature with a grant of the German Academic Scholarship Founda ...

(born 1955) * Otto Gildemeister (1823–1902) * Alexander Görlach (born 1976) * Hermann L. Gremliza (1940–2019) * Ulrike von der Groeben (born 1957) *

Detlef Grumbach Detlef Grumbach (born 1955 in Detmold) is a German author and journalist. Life After school Grumbach worked as a journalist. Topics of his works are literary critic, LGBT, Human sexuality, sexuality, AIDS and events in life of people. Grumbach wr ...

(born 1955)

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Brigitte Hamann Brigitte Hamann (; 26 July 1940 – 4 October 2016) was a German-Austrian author and historian based in Vienna. Biography Born in Essen, Germany, Hamann studied history in Münster and Vienna. She worked as a journalist in her native Essen for ...

(1940–2016) *

Horst Hano Horst may refer to: Science * Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben People * Horst (given name) * Horst (surname) * ter Horst, Dutch surname * van der Horst, Dutch surname Places Settlements Germany * Hor ...

(born 1937) *

Johannes Hano Johannes Hano (born 1963) is a German journalist who has won the RIAS Television Award, the Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award, and the Bavarian TV Awards for his documentaries and work in the field of journalism. Biography Hano graduated from sc ...

(born 1963) *

Maximilian Harden __NOTOC__ Maximilian Harden (born Felix Ernst Witkowski, 20 October 1861 – 30 October 1927) was an influential German journalist and editor. Biography Born the son of a Jewish merchant in Berlin he attended the '' Französisches Gymnasium'' u ...

(1861–1927) * Norbert Häring (born 1963) *

Waldemar Hartmann Waldemar Hartmann (born 10 March 1948 in Nürnberg) is a German sports journalist. Life Hartmann worked since 1971 for German broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and later for sport magazine ''Sportschau'' on German broadcaster ARD. Hartman ...

(born 1948) * Hadija Haruna-Oelker (born 1980) *

Tina Hassel Tina Hassel (born 11 May 1964) is a German broadcast journalist. Since July 2015 she has been director of the ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, capital studio of ARD (broadcaster), ARD, the German public broadcasting association. Early life and education B ...

(born 1964) *

Theodor Haubach Theodor Haubach (15 September 1896 in Frankfurt am Main – 23 January 1945 in Berlin) was a German journalist, SPD politician, and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime. Theodor Haubach spent his childhood and youth in Darmstadt. In 1914, ...

(1896–1945) *

Norbert Haug Norbert Friedrich Haug (born 24 November 1952) is a German journalist and the former vice president of Mercedes-Benz motorsport activity, including Formula One, Formula 3 and DTM. Under his direction, Mercedes-Benz enjoyed considerable succes ...

(born 1952) * Gaby Hauptmann (born 1957) * Bodo Hauser (1946–2004) *

Dunja Hayali Dunja Hayali (born 6 June 1974) is a German journalist and television presenter for public broadcaster ''ZDF''. Early life and education Hayali is the daughter of Christianity in Iraq, Iraqi Christians from Mosul. Her mother is Chaldean Catho ...

(born 1974) *

Wolf Heckmann Wolf "Hecki" Heckmann (10 February 1929 – 13 December 2006) was a German journalist. Biography Heckmann came to prominence in 1969 when he was appointed to edit the ''Hamburger Morgenpost'', at that time a mass-market daily newspaper which ha ...

(1929–2006) *

Gerd Heidemann Gerd Heidemann (born 4 December 1931) is a German journalist best known for his role in the publication of purported Hitler Diaries that were subsequently proved to be forgeries. In the 1970s, Heidemann bought the yacht ''Carin II'', which had ...

(born 1931) * Marcus Hellwig (born 1965) * Kai Hermann (born 1938) *

Volker Herres Volker may refer to: * Volker (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname * Volker, Kansas City, a historic neighborhood in Kansas City * Volker Boulevard, Kansas City * '' Alien Nations'' (German: ''Die Völker''), a real-tim ...

(born 1954) * Rudolf Herrnstadt (1903–1966) *

Felix Hirsch Felix Eduard Hirsch (Berlin, 7 February 1902 – 12 December 1982 Newtown, Pennsylvania) was a journalist for the ''Berliner Tageblatt'' and latterly; historian, librarian and professor at Bard College in New York. As a journalist in Berlin, Hir ...

(1902–1982) *

Jan Hofer Jan Hofer (born 31 January 195?) is a German broadcast newsreader and television presenter. He was a well-known and popular reader of the news programme '' Tagesschau'' on Das Erste. Hofer was the chief reader on ''Tagesschau'' from 2004 until ...

(born 1952) * Werner Höfer (1913–1997) *

Max Hofmann Maximilian Hofmann is a German broadcast journalist who has been the Head of News & Current Affairs of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle since 2020. Early life Hofmann was born in 1974 in Tübingen, West Germany, and grew up in Schwäbisch Hal ...

(born 1974) *

Raphael Honigstein Raphael Honigstein (born 1973) is a German journalist and author. Early life Honigstein was born in Bavaria to a Jewish family. In 1993, Honigstein moved from Munich to London. He studied law before becoming a journalist. Journalism career In the ...

(born 1973) *

Ernst Huberty Ernst Huberty (born Ernest Rodolphe Huberty; 22 February 1927 – 24 April 2023) was a Luxembourgish-German sports journalist and television presenter. Huberty was best known for hosting the sports magazine ''Sportschau'' on German public broadca ...

(born 1927)

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Maybrit Illner Maybrit Illner (née Klose; born 12 January 1965) is a German journalist and television presenter. Education Born in East Berlin, Illner went to school in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin and studied journalism at the University of Leipzig ...

(born 1965)

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Heinrich Eduard Jacob Heinrich Eduard Jacob (7 October 1889 – 25 October 1967) was a German and American journalist and author. Born to a Jewish family in Berlin and raised partly in Vienna, Jacob worked for two decades as a journalist and biographer before the ri ...

(1889–1967) *

Claus Jacobi Claus Jacobi (4 January 1927 – 17 August 2013) was the editor of the German news magazine ''Der Spiegel'' from 1962–1968. He was arrested during the Spiegel scandal. Jacobi was born and died in Hamburg. In 1946, he started his journalistic ca ...

(1927–2013) *

Siegfried Jacobsohn Siegfried Jacobsohn (28 January 1881 – 3 December 1926) was a German writer and influential theatre critic. Life Born in Berlin into a Jewish family, Jacobsohn decided at the age of 15 to become a theatre critic. In October 1897 he left ...

(1881–1926) * Oliver Janich (born 1969) *

Günther Jauch Günther Johannes Jauch (; born 13 July 1956) is a German television presenter, television producer, and journalist. Career Jauch is known for a unique style of informing and entertaining people that is generally considered witty and funny. ...

(born 1956) *

Josef Joffe Josef Joffe (born 15 March 1944) is a former publisher-editor of ''Die Zeit'', a weekly German newspaper. His second career has been in academia. Appointed Senior Fellow of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies in 2007 (a ...

(born 1944)

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August von Kageneck August Graf von Kageneck (1922–2004) was a German tank commander in the armored forces, writer and a journalist. He served in the German Wehrmacht in World War II as a tank commander, before being wounded in 1942 and evacuated back to Germany. ...

(1922–2004) *

Hellmuth Karasek Hellmuth Karasek (4 January 1934 – 29 September 2015) was a German journalist, literary critic, novelist, and the author of many books on literature and film. He was one of Germany's best-known feuilletonists. Biography Karasek was born in t ...

(1934–2015) * Jürgen Kaube (born 1962) *

Ernst Keil Ernst Victor Keil (6 December 1816 – 23 March 1878) was a German bookseller, journalist, editor and publisher. His early publications promoted liberal views and satirized famous politicians leading up to the German revolutions of 1848–49, resul ...

(1816–1878) *

Sven Felix Kellerhoff Sven Felix Kellerhoff (born 1971) is a German historian, journalist and author who specialises in the history of the Nazi era. Education and career Kellerhoff was born in 1971 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was educated at the Free University of Berli ...

(born 1971) *

Johannes B. Kerner Johannes Baptist Kerner (born 9 December 1964) is a German television host, journalist, and former sportscaster. Early life Born in Bonn, Kerner was raised in Hersel, Bornheim, in a Catholic household. He attended boarding school at Aloisiu ...

(born 1964) *

Thomas Kielinger Thomas Kielinger (born July 1940 in Danzig) is a German journalist, political commentator and author, who for a long time used to be London correspondent for ''Die Welt''. Biography Kielinger was born in 1940 in Danzig (modern day Gdańsk in ...

(born 1940) *

Ulrich Kienzle Ulrich Kienzle (; 9 May 1936 – 16 April 2020) was a German journalist and author. He was known for specializing in the politics and culture of the Middle East. He worked for several broadcasters, including German public television network ...

(1936–2020) * Susanne Kippenberger (born 1957) *

Hans Hellmut Kirst Hans Hellmut Kirst (5 December 1914 – 13 February 1989) was a German novelist and the author of 46 books, many of which were translated into English. Kirst is best remembered as the creator of the "Gunner Asch" series which detailed the ongoin ...

(1914–1989) *

Claus Kleber Claus-Detlev Walter Kleber (born 2 September 1955 in Reutlingen) is a German journalist and former lawyer. He anchored ''heute-journal'', an evening news program on ZDF, one of Germany's two major public TV stations. He is also known for his ex ...

(born 1955) *

Peter Kloeppel Peter Gert Johannes Kloeppel (born 14 October 1958) is a German journalist and former chief editor of RTL Television. He is chief anchor of RTL's flagship daily television news program ''RTL aktuell''. Early life and education Kloeppel was bo ...

(born 1958) *

Steffen Klusmann Steffen Klusmann (born 15 March 1966) is a German journalist and editor-in-chief of Hamburg magazine ''Der Spiegel''. Since November 2013 he has been editor-in-chief of the ''Manager Magazin''. Previously, Klusmann was deputy editor-in-chief at ...

(born 1966) * Carsten Knop (born 1969) * Tanit Koch (born 1977) * Berthold Kohler (born 1961) * Karl-Heinz Köpcke (1922–1991) * Theo Koll (born 1958) *

Siegfried Kracauer Siegfried Kracauer (; ; February 8, 1889 – November 26, 1966) was a German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist. He has sometimes been associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. He is notable for a ...

(1889–1966) * Elmar Kraushaar (born 1950) *

Gabriele Krone-Schmalz Gabriele Krone-Schmalz (born 8 November 1949 in Lam, District of Cham, Bavaria) is a German broadcast journalist and author. Biography With an academic background in Eastern European history, political science, and Slavic studies, Krone-Schm ...

(born 1949) *

Dieter Kronzucker Hans-Dieter Kronzucker (born 22 April 1936) is a German journalist and television presenter. Life Kronzucker was born in Munich, the son of an opera singer mother and a father who worked in the tourism industry. He grew up in Cologne and Tege ...

(born 1936) *

Dieter Kürten Dieter Kürten (; born 23 April 1935 in Duisburg) is a German sports journalist. Life Kürten worked from 1967 to 2000 for sport magazine ''das aktuelle sportstudio'' at German broadcaster ZDF. Kürten is married and has three children. Awar ...

(born 1935)

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* Andreas Landwehr (born 1959) * Hans-Dieter Lange (1926–2012) * Christoph Lanz (born 1959) *

Markus Lanz Markus Lanz (born 16 March 1969) is a German-Italian television presenter based in Germany. Early life Lanz is a member of the German-speaking majority in the Italian province of South Tyrol. He grew up in Geiselsberg, a village located 1,3 ...

(born 1969) *

Claus Larass Claus (sometimes Clas) is both a given name and a German, Danish, and Dutch surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), a German officer who, along with others, attempted to assassin ...

(born 1944) *

Gabriele Lesser Gabriele Alexandra Lesser (born 16 May 1960 in Frankfurt am Main) is a historian and journalist, who specializes in the history of World War II and the occupation of Poland, the Baltic countries, and Ukraine 1939–1945. As Warsaw-based correspond ...

(born 1960) *

Hans Leyendecker Hans Leyendecker (born 12 May 1949) is a German journalist. He writes for the '' Süddeutsche Zeitung'' and is one of Germany's best known investigative journalists. Leyendecker formerly worked for the magazine '' Der Spiegel'', unveiling various ...

(born 1949) *

Christian Lindner Christian Wolfgang Lindner (born 7 January 1979) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) serving as the Federal Minister of Finance since 8 December 2021. He has been the party leader of the liberal FDP since 2013 and a Memb ...

(born 1959) *

Monica Lierhaus Monica-Christiane Lierhaus (born 25 May 1970 in Hamburg) is a German sports journalist. In 1989 she passed her ''Abitur'' at the Charlotte-Paulsen-Gymnasium in Hamburg. She studied English and German literature at the University of Hamburg duri ...

(born 1970) *

Peter Limbourg Peter Limbourg (born 7 July 1960) is a German broadcast journalist and the Director General of ''Deutsche Welle''. Career Alongside Peter Kloeppel, Limbourg moderated the first of two TV election debates between Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and ...

(born 1960) * Günther von Lojewski (born 1935) *

Wolf von Lojewski Wolf von Lojewski (born 4 July 1937) is a German journalist. Life Lojewski was born in Berlin and studied German law. Later he worked as a journalist for German public broadcasters NDR, ARD and ZDF. From 1 March 1992 until 2 ...

(born 1937) *

Giovanni di Lorenzo Giovanni di Lorenzo (; born 9 March 1959) is an Italian-German journalist. Editor-in-chief (since 2004) of German nationwide weekly newspaper '' Die Zeit'' and former editor-in-chief of Berlin's liberal daily newspaper ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (19 ...

(born 1959) *

Gerhard Löwenthal Gerhard Löwenthal (8 December 1922 in Berlin – 6 December 2002 in Wiesbaden) was a prominent German journalist, human rights activist and author. He presented the '' ZDF-Magazin'', a news magazine of ZDF which highlighted human rights abuses in ...

(1922–2002) * Ernst-Dieter Lueg (1930–2000)

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Sandra Maischberger Sandra Maischberger (born 25 August 1966) is a German journalist, talk show host, and author. Early life and education Born in Munich, Maischberger spent five years of her childhood in Frascati, near Rome, Italy, and also grew up in Garching ...

(born 1966) *

Helmut Markwort Helmut Markwort (born 8 December 1936 in Darmstadt) is a German journalist and former editor-in-chief of the German weekly news magazine ''Focus'' from 1993 to 2010. He is a member of the Landtag of Bavaria (state parliament) for the liberal Fre ...

(born 1936) *

Harald Martenstein Harald Martenstein (born 9 September 1953, in Mainz) is a German journalist and author. Biography Martenstein studied History and Romance Studies in Freiburg. From 1981 to 1988, he was a journalist at the ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'' and from 1988 ...

(born 1953) *

Hede Massing Hede Tune Massing, née "Hedwig Tune" (also "Hede Eisler," "Hede Gumperz," and "Redhead") (6 January 1900 – 8 March 1981), was an Austrian actress in Vienna and Berlin, communist, and Soviet intelligence operative in Europe and the United State ...

(1900–1981) *

Miriam Meckel Miriam Meckel (born 18 July 1967) is a German journalist and professor for Corporate Communication, editor and publisher of the German magazine ''Wirtschaftswoche'' and Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at the Unive ...

(born 1967) *

Ulrike Meinhof Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the reputed author ...

(1934–1976) * Peter Merseburger (1928–2022) * Rudolf Michael (1890–1980) *

Bascha Mika Bascha Mika (born 17 January 1954) is a German journalist and publicist. From 1998 to July 2009, she was editor-in-chief of ''Die Tageszeitung'' and has held the same post at Frankfurt Rundschau since April 2014. At ''Die Tageszeitung'', Mika was ...

(born 1954) *

Sonia Seymour Mikich Sonia Seymour Mikich (born 13 July 1951 in Oxford) is a German TV journalist. Education After studying political sciences, sociology, and philosophy from 1972–1979 at the RWTH Aachen University. She worked as research associate with the instit ...

(born 1951) *

Caren Miosga Caren Miosga (born 11 April 1969 in Peine) is a German journalist and television presenter. Early life and education Caren Miosga grew up in Groß Ilsede, Lower Saxony, and attended the local grammar school. She studied history and Slavic stud ...

(born 1969) *

Erik Möller Erik Möller (born 1979) is a German freelance journalist, software developer, author, and former deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), based in San Francisco. Möller additionally works as a web designer and previously managed hi ...

(born 1979) * Ann-Katrin Müller (born 1987) *

Katrin Müller-Hohenstein Katrin Müller-Hohenstein (born 2 August 1965, in Erlangen) is a German television sport journalist. Life Since 2007 she worked for the Bayerischer Rundfunk. Since January 2006 Müller-Hohenstein works for ZDF and presents since 28 January 20 ...

(born 1965) * Julitta Münch (1959–2020)

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Peretz Naftali Peretz Naftali ( he, פרץ נפתלי, born Fritz Naftali, 19 March 1888 – 30 April 1961) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician who served in several ministerial portfolios in the 1950s. Biography Born in Berlin in Germany, Naftali j ...

(1888–1961) *

Henri Nannen Henri Nannen (25 December 1913 in Emden – 13 October 1996 in Hanover) was a German journalist and art collector. He became one of the most prominent journalists and magazine publishers in Germany. His father was a police officer in Emden wh ...

(1913–1996) *

Michael Naumann Michael Naumann (born 8 December 1941) is a German politician, publisher and journalist. He was the German culture minister, secretary of culture from 1998 until 2001. He is married to Marie Warburg, daughter of Eric Warburg and granddaughter of ...

(born 1941) *

Natias Neutert Natias Neutert (spoken: "noytərt"; born February 24, 1941) is a German artist, author, poet, orator, and translator who lives in Hamburg and Berlin. Life and career Neutert was born in Neusalz, Province of Lower Silesia, Germany (Nowa Sól, P ...

(born 1941) *

Friedrich Nowottny Friedrich Nowottny (born 16 May 1929) is a German television journalist. Life Nowottny worked as director of German broadcaster WDR. He lives in Swisttal-Buschhoven near Bonn. Awards *1973: Goldene Kamera in category ''Politischer Journali ...

(born 1929)

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Frederik Obermaier Frederik Obermaier (born 1 March 1984) is a German investigative journalist for the Munich-based newspaper, ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'', and author. Together with his colleague Bastian Obermayer in 2016 he initiated and coordinated the Panama Pape ...

(born 1984) * Bastian Obermayer (born 1977) *

Rudolf Olden Rudolf Olden (January 14, 1885 in Stettin – September 18, 1940) was a German lawyer and journalist. In the Weimar period he was a well-known voice in the political debate, a vocal opponent of the Nazis, a fierce advocate of human rights

(1885–1940) *

Matthias Opdenhövel Matthias Augustinus Wilhelm Georg Opdenhövel (born 25 August 1970) is a German television presenter. Biography Born in Detmold, Opdenhövel has worked as journalist and television presenter for German broadcasters ARD, Sat 1, Pro7, VIVA G ...

(born 1970) *

Carl von Ossietzky Carl von Ossietzky (; 3 October 1889 – 4 May 1938) was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German re-armament. As editor-in-chief of the magazine ''Die ...

(1889–1938)

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Gaby Papenburg Gaby Papenburg (born 27 February 1960 in Walsrode) is a German sport television reporter and television presenter. Life Papenburg studied Comparative literature in Bonn and in Hamburg. In Germany, Papenburg works as a television presenter on br ...

(born 1960) *

Ludwig Pfau Karl Ludwig Pfau (; August 25, 1821 – April 12, 1894) was a German poet, journalist, and revolutionary. He was born in Heilbronn and died, aged 72, in Stuttgart. Poetry Some of Ludwig Pfau's poetry has been used in the composition of ''Lied ...

(1821–1894) *

Monika Piel Monika Piel (born 9 April 1951 in Bensberg) is a German television journalist and radio journalist. Life and career Piel studied Business economics in Cologne. Afterwards she studied Jura and Oriental Studies without graduating. During her ...

(born 1951) *

Frank Plasberg Frank Plasberg (born 18 May 1957) is a German journalist and television presenter. Biography Born in Remscheid, Plasberg has an education in theatre, politics and pedagogy and works as television presenter on German broadcaster WDR. From 1987 ...

(born 1957) * Frederik Pleitgen (born 1976) *

Fritz Pleitgen Fritz Ferdinand Pleitgen (21 March 1938 – 15 September 2022) was a German television journalist and author. He was correspondent in Moscow, East Berlin and Washington. Pleitgen was a supporter of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik. In 1988, Pleitgen b ...

(1938–2022) * Ines Pohl (born 1967) *

Alan Posener Alan Posener (born 8 October 1949 in Hampstead, London) is a United Kingdom, British-Germany, German journalist. He is the son of the architectural historian Julius Posener. Biography Posener is the son of a liberal German-Jewish family, while h ...

(born 1949) *

Heribert Prantl Heribert Prantl (born 30 July 1953 in Nittenau, Bavaria, Germany) is a German author, journalist and jurist (former judge, prosecutor and lawyer). At the ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' he was head of the department of domestic policy from 1995 to 2017, ...

(born 1953) *

Günter Prinz Gunter or Günter may refer to: * Gunter rig, a type of rig used in sailing, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States People Surname * Chris Gunter ...

(1929–2020)

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Iris Radisch Iris Radisch (born 2 July 1959) is a German literature-journalist. Since 1990 she has written for the mass-circulation weekly newspaper, ''Die Zeit''. More recently she has come to wider prominence through her television work. Biography Iris R ...

(born 1959) *

Judith Rakers Judith Deborah Rakers (born 6 January 1976) is a German journalist and television presenter. Biography Rakers was born in Paderborn, West Germany, and grew up in Bad Lippspringe with her single father. After graduating at Pelizaeus-Gymna ...

(born 1976) * Ashwin Raman (born 1946) *

Julian Reichelt Julian Reichelt (born 15 June 1980) is a German tabloid journalist. From February 2017 to October 2021, he was chairman of the editors-in-chief and editor-in-chief digital of '' Bild'', Germany's largest and highest-circulation tabloid. Reichel ...

(born 1981) * Johann Georg Reißmüller (1932–2018) * Anja Reschke (born 1972) * Georg Restle (born 1965) *

Sir John Retcliffe Hermann Ottomar Friedrich Goedsche (12 February 1815 – 8 November 1878), also known as his pseudonym Sir John Retcliffe, was a German writer who was remembered primarily for his antisemitism. Life and work Goedsche was born in Trachenber ...

(1815–1878) *

Béla Réthy Béla Andreas Réthy (born 14 December 1956) is a German sports reporter of Hungarian ancestry. Life When Réthy was born in Vienna, his parents had to leave their home country because of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. They emigrated to Brazil ...

(born 1956) * Felix Rexhausen (1932–1992) *

Claus Richter Claus Richter (born 4 November 1948 in Straubing) is a German journalist. Life Richter works in Germany as a journalist. From 1984 to 1987 he was correspondent and studio manager for the ARD in New York City, likewise from 1987 to 1991 in Eas ...

(born 1948) *

Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (6 May 1823 – 16 November 1897) was a German journalist, novelist and folklorist. Riehl was born in Biebrich in the Duchy of Nassau and died in Munich. Riehl was born into a settled middle-class background, was a profe ...

(1823–1897) * Udo Röbel (born 1950) * Paul Ronzheimer (born 1985) *

Dagmar Rosenfeld Dagmar Rosenfeld (born 1974 Cologne) is a German journalist. She has been deputy editor-in-chief of ''Die Welt'' since 2016. Life After graduating from the and studying German and history at the University of Cologne The University of C ...

(born 1974) *

Lea Rosh Rosh in 1990 Lea Rosh (; born Edith Renate Ursula Rosh on 1 October 1936) is a German television journalist, publicist, entrepreneur and political activist. Rosh was the first female journalist to manage a public broadcasting service in Germany a ...

(born 1936) * Jürgen Roth (1945–2017) * Thomas Roth (born 1951) * Gerd Rubenbauer (born 1948) * Anna Rüling (1880–1953) *

Gerd Ruge Gerd Ruge (9 August 1928 – 15 October 2021) was a German journalist, author and filmmaker. As a journalist he was associated with public broadcasters Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR), ARD and WDR. Through his career spanning over 50 years, he ...

(1928–2021) *

Nina Ruge Nina Ruge (born 24 August 1956 in Munich) is a German journalist, TV presenter and author. Early life and education Ruge is the daughter of an engineering professor and visited the Ina-Seidel-Schule in Braunschweig. Her sister Annette is an ...

(born 1956)

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Dirk Sager Dirk Sager (13 August 1940 – 2 January 2014) was a German journalist. Life Sager studied American studies, politics and journalism at the Free University of Berlin. He worked as journalist in German television. Since 1968 he worked for Germa ...

(1940–2014) * Thomas Satinsky (born 1963) *

Bettina Schausten Bettina Schausten (born 18 February 1965, in Lüdinghausen) is a German journalist. Early life and education Schausten studied literature, history and Catholic theology in Cologne and in Munich from 1986 to 1992. Career From 1992 to 1996 ...

(born 1965) *

Denis Scheck Denis Scheck (born 15 December 1964) is a German literary critic, journalist, television presenter and former translator. Biography Born in Stuttgart, he studied German studies, contemporary history and political science at the universities o ...

(born 1964) *

Fritz Schenk Fritz Schenk (10 March 1930, Helbra – 4 May 2006, Frankfurt am Main) was a German publicist, journalist and television anchorman. He became well known for the general public thanks to his participation in '' ZDF-Magazin''. Family Schenk was ...

(1930–2006) *

Frank Schirrmacher Frank Schirrmacher (5 September 1959 – 12 June 2014) was a German journalist, literature expert and essayist, writer, and from 1994 co-publisher of the national German newspaper ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung''. Education After studying G ...

(1959–2014) *

Wolf Schneider Wolf Dietrich Schneider (7 May 1925 – 11 November 2022) was a German journalist, author, and language critic. After World War II, he learned journalism on the job with ''Die Neue Zeitung'', a newspaper published by the US military government. ...

(1925–2022) *

Cordt Schnibben Cordt Georg Wilhelm Schnibben (born 28 July 1952 in Bremen) is a German journalist. Life Both Schnibben's father Georg and his mother Elfriede Schnibben who died when he was twelve years old, were dedicated Nazis. Only after the death of his fa ...

(born 1952) *

Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (28 April 1918 – 20 September 2001) was an East German journalist, communist propagandist and host of the television show '' Der schwarze Kanal'' (german: link=no, The Black Channel) from 21 March 1960 to 30 Octobe ...

(1918–2001) *

Jörg Schönenborn Jörg or Joerg () is a German name, equivalent to George in English. * Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver * Jörg Frischmann, German Paralympian athlete * Jörg Haider, Austrian politician * Jörg Andrees Elten (also Swami Satyananda), Germ ...

(born 1964) *

Peter Scholl-Latour Peter Roman Scholl-Latour (9 March 1924 – 16 August 2014) was a French-German journalist, author and legendary reporter. Biography Peter Scholl-Latour, who was born in the Province of Westphalia and grew up in Lorraine, was the son of dermat ...

(1924–2014) *

Constantin Schreiber Constantin Schreiber (born 14 June 1979, in Cuxhaven) is a German journalist working for German and Arabic language TV stations. Life As a teenager, Schreiber learned Arabic while spending time in Syria. He holds a law degree and worked as a j ...

(born 1979) * Jürgen Schreiber (1947–2022) *

Doris Schröder-Köpf Doris Schröder-Köpf ( Köpf; born 5 August 1963) is a German journalist and politician. She was the fourth wife of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Her articles have been published in newspapers and magazines including ''Bild'' and ...

(born 1963) *

Alice Schwarzer Alice Sophie Schwarzer (born 3 December 1942) is a German journalist and prominent feminist. She is founder and publisher of the German feminist journal '' EMMA''. Beginning in France, she became a forerunner of feminist positions against anti- ...

(born 1942) *

Steffen Seibert Steffen Rüdiger Seibert (born 7 June 1960 in Munich) is a German journalist who served as head of the German Federal Government's Press and Information Office and as the German government's spokesperson from 2010 to 2021. During his tenure, Seib ...

(born 1960) *

Hajo Seppelt Hajo Seppelt (born 1963) is a German journalist and author. Personal life and education Seppelt was born in West Berlin, and is the son of Alfred Seppelt, who was the head of the Berlin Chess Federation from 1984 to 2004. In 1981, he obtaine ...

(born 1963) *

Klaus-Peter Siegloch Klaus-Peter Siegloch (born 15 May 1946) is a former German journalist and lobbyist. Life Siegloch was born in Hamburg. He studied sociology, economics and political science at the University of Hamburg, graduating in 1973. Siegloch worked as a ...

(born 1946) * Hans Siemsen (1891–1969) *

Christian Sievers Christian Sievers (born 1969 in Offenbach am Main) is a German journalist and news presenter. Career After graduating secondary school with his '' Abitur'' in 1989, Sievers studied law in Berlin and Freiburg. During his studies, he also worked a ...

(born 1969) *

Ferdinand Simoneit Ferdinand Simoneit (14 June 1925; Duisburg – 3 April 2010; Löffingen) was a German journalist, author, professor and World War II veteran. Life During the German invasion of the Soviet Union he was a '' Panzersoldat'' and seriously wounded on ...

(1925–2010) *

Marietta Slomka Marietta Slomka (born 20 April 1969 in Cologne) is a German journalist who has been the anchor of TV news show ''heute-journal'' since 2001. Early life and education The daughter of a teacher, Slomka studied international politics and economi ...

(born 1969) *

Theo Sommer Theo Sommer (10 June 1930 – 22 August 2022) was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for ''Die Zeit'' in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for ''Die Zeit'' shaped the paper's social-liber ...

(1930–2022) *

Richard Sorge Richard Sorge (russian: Рихард Густавович Зорге, Rikhard Gustavovich Zorge; 4 October 1895 – 7 November 1944) was a German-Azerbaijani journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during Wo ...

(1895–1944) *

Augustin Souchy Augustin Souchy Bauer (28 August 1892 – 1 January 1984) was a German anarchist, antimilitarist, labor union official and journalist. He traveled widely and wrote extensively about the Spanish Civil War and intentional communities. He was ...

(1892–1984) *

Axel Springer Axel Cäsar Springer (2 May 1912 – 22 September 1985) was a German publisher and founder of what is now Axel Springer SE, the largest media publishing firm in Europe. By the early 1960s his print titles dominated the West German daily press ma ...

(1912–1985) *

Gabor Steingart Gabor Steingart (born 1962 in West Berlin) is a German journalist and the author of several popular and influential books. He was the chief editor of ''Handelsblatt'' from 2010 to 2018. In 2018, he founded his own media company that issues new ...

(born 1962) * Susanne Stichler (born 1961) *

Claus Strunz Claus Strunz (born 29 September 1966) is a German journalist and television host. Biography Strunz was born in Münchberg. After graduating from high school in Bayreuth, he worked as a trainee at the ''Nordbayerischer Kurier''. He then studie ...

(born 1966)

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Peter Tamm Peter Tamm (12 May 1928 – 29 December 2016) was a German journalist and collector. His collection formed the basis for the founding of Hamburg's International Maritime Museum in 2008. Early life Tamm attended Gymnasium Eppendorf. Career Tam ...

(1928–2016) * Hartmann von der Tann (born 1943) *

Hermann-Josef Tenhagen Hermann-Josef Tenhagen (born 22 January 1963) is the editor-in-chief and CEO of '' Finanztip'' since 2014, Finanztip is a non-for-profit financial information website for consumers, used c. 5 million times a month, running a weekly newsletter with ...

(born 1963) * Elmar Theveßen (born 1967) *

Wim Thoelke Georg Heinrich Willem (Wim) Thoelke (9 May 1927 – 26 November 1995) was a German TV entertainer. Wim Thoelke worked during the 1960s and 1970s for TV sport serie ''das aktuelle sportstudio'' on German channel ZDF. He was host of the TV game ...

(1927–1995) *

Carmen Thomas Carmen Thomas (born 7 May 1946) is a German journalist, radio and television presenter, author and lecturer. On television, she was the first woman to present the ZDF's ''das aktuelle Sportstudio''. She worked for public radio, running '' Hallo ...

(born 1946) * Hans-Hermann Tiedje (born 1949) *

Thaddäus Troll Hans Bayer, known by the pseudonym Thaddäus Troll, (18 March 1914 – 5 July 1980) was a German journalist and writer and one of the most prominent modern poets in the Swabian German dialect. In his later years, he was also an active campaigner ...

(1914–1980) *

Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Tucholsky was on ...

(1890–1935) * Richard Tüngel (1893–1970)

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Udo Ulfkotte Udo Ulfkotte (20 January 1960 – 13 January 2017) was a German journalist and conspiracy theorist who maintained that journalists (including himself) and leading newspapers published material that had been fed to them, or bought, by the CIA an ...

(1960–2017) *

Leopold Ullstein Leopold Ullstein (6 September 1826 – 4 December 1899) was the founder and publisher of several successful German language, German newspapers, including ''B.Z. (newspaper), B.Z. am Mittag'' and ''Berliner Morgenpost.'' Many of these are still ...

(1826–1899) * Klaus Umbach (1936–2018)

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Werner Veigel Werner Veigel (9 November 1928 – 2 May 1995) was a Dutch-born German journalist and news presenter. Veigel was born in The Hague, the son of a German salesman. After his education he successfully completed a sales trainee ship in a trav ...

(1928–1995)

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Silvia Wadhwa Silvia Wadhwa (born 1959 in Hagen) is a German financial journalist. She previously worked for CNBC Europe in Frankfurt. She reported daily from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (usually on '' European Closing Bell'' and '' Europe Tonight''), and p ...

(born 1959) *

Franz Josef Wagner Franz Josef Wagner (born 7 August 1943 in Olomouc) is a German author and journalist. He was editor-in-chief of ''Bild'', Germany's largest newspaper, launched ''Elle'' magazine's German edition, and has written a number of books, one of which wa ...

(born 1943) *

Günter Wallraff Günter Wallraff (born 1 October 1942) is a German writer and undercover journalist. Research methods Wallraff came to prominence thanks to his striking journalistic research methods and several major books on lower class working conditions an ...

(born 1942) *

Rüdiger von Wechmar Baron Rüdiger von Wechmar (15 November 1923 – 17 October 2007) was a German diplomat. He was West German ambassador to the UN in the 1970s. During the thirty-fifth ordinary and the eighth emergency special sessions, from 1980 to 1981, he was P ...

(1923–2007) * Maria von Welser (born 1946) * Christine Westermann (born 1948) *

Ulrich Wickert Ulrich Wickert (born 2 December 1942) is a German journalist. He is one of the best-known broadcasters in Germany. Early life Born in Tokyo, Japan, Wickert grew up in Heidelberg and Paris as a result of his father Erwin Wickert being employed ...

(born 1942) * Wilhelm Wieben (1935–2019) *

Anne Will Anne Will (born 18 March 1966) is a German television journalist and host of the eponymous political talk show. She was anchorwoman of the daily ''Tagesthemen'' news broadcast on ARD from 14 April 2001 until 24 June 2007. Early life and caree ...

(born 1966) * Georg Wolff (1914–1996) *

Theodor Wolff Theodor Wolff (2 August 1868 – 23 September 1943) was a German writer who was influential as a journalist, critic and newspaper editor. He was born and died in Berlin. Between 1906 and 1933 he was the chief editor of the politically liberal new ...

(1868–1943) *

Jörg Wontorra Jörg Wontorra (born 29 November 1948 in Lübeck) is a German television presenter and sports journalist. Wontorra lives in Marbella, Spain. He has two children, Marcel and Laura. Awards * Bayerischer Fernsehpreis Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (t ...

(born 1948) *

Olaf von Wrangel Olaf von Wrangel (July 20 1928, Tallinn (Reval), Estonia – September 29 2009, Aumühle, Germany) was a German journalist, radio- and television correspondent and politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Life He was a ...

(1928–2009) * Alexandra Würzbach (born 1968)

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You Xie You Xie () (born October 1, 1958, in Hainan, China) is a German politician, candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election, journalist, and author of Chinese origin. Life When Xie was born, there was a famine in China. He grew up during ...

(born 1958)

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Deniz Yücel Deniz Yücel (; born 10 September 1973) is a German-Turkish journalist and publisher. He has been a contributor to several German publications, most notably ''Die Tageszeitung'' and ''Die Welt''. Espionage accusations and imprisonment The Tur ...

(born 1973)

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Peter von Zahn Peter von Zahn (29 January 1913 – 26 July 2001) was a German author, film maker, and journalist. Born in Chemnitz as a son of an officer, he grew up in Dresden and studied law, history, and philosophy. He was drafted at the beginning of Wor ...

(1913–2001) *

Ingo Zamperoni Ingo Antonio Zamperoni (born May 3, 1974, in Wiesbaden, West Germany) is a German news presenter and journalist. Between 2012 and 2014, he was the presenter of the ''Tagesthemen'' news magazine on the Das Erste channel, a role he continued in Oct ...

(born 1974) *

Hans Zehrer Hans Zehrer ( pseud. Hans Thomas; 22 June 1899 – 23 August 1966) was a German philosopher and journalist. He edited a leading right-wing journal, ''Die Tat'', and founded the ''Tat'' Circle. Biography Zehrer was born in Berlin to a postal of ...

(1899–1966) *

Linda Zervakis Linda Zervakis ( el, Λίντα Ζερβάκη; born 25 July 1975 in Hamburg) is a German-Greek television presenter as well as newsreader and journalist. She was the first ''Tagesschau'' presenter with an immigrant background. Early life and ...

(born 1975) * Annika Zimmermann (born 1989)

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