Famous German Guitarists

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 1 
Michael Schenker
(German Guitarist)
Michael Schenker
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Birthdate: January 10, 1955
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sarstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany
 2 
Rudolf Schenker
(German Guitarist)
Rudolf Schenker
7
Birthdate: August 31, 1948
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hildesheim, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 3 
John Kay
(Rock Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist Known as the Frontman of 'Steppenwolf')
John Kay
6
Birthdate: April 12, 1944
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sovetsk, Kaliningrad, Russia

John Kay is a German-born Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is credited with co-forming the popular American rock band Steppenwolf for which he served as the lead vocalist. He is also credited with contributing immensely to the success of the band. In 2004, he was inducted into the Canada's Walk of Fame.

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 4 
Paul Landers
(German Musician)
Paul Landers
5
Birthdate: December 9, 1964
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: East Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 5 
Uli Jon Roth
(German Guitarist)
Uli Jon Roth
6
Birthdate: December 18, 1954
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, West Germany
 6 
Meshell Ndegeocello
(German-born American Rapper, Singer-Songwriter, and Bassist)
Meshell Ndegeocello
7
Birthdate: August 29, 1968
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
 7 
Matthias Jabs
(German Songwriter and Guitarist)
Matthias Jabs
6
Birthdate: October 25, 1955
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 8 
Richard Zven Kruspe
(German Musician)
Richard Zven Kruspe
3
Birthdate: June 24, 1967
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wittenberge, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 9 
Blixa Bargeld
(German Musician)
Blixa Bargeld
4
Birthdate: January 12, 1959
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 10 
Jen Majura
(German Musician)
Jen Majura
4
Birthdate: June 16, 1983
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
 11 
Holger Czukay
(German musician)
Holger Czukay
3
Birthdate: March 24, 1938
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Free City of Danzig
Died: September 5, 2017
 12 
Axel Rudi Pell
(German Guitarist)
Axel Rudi Pell
3
Birthdate: June 27, 1960
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bochum, Germany
 13 
Kai Hansen
(German Musician)
Kai Hansen
3
Birthdate: January 17, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 14 
Wolf Hoffmann
(German Musician)
Wolf Hoffmann
3
Birthdate: December 10, 1959
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mainz, Germany
 15 
Hansi Kürsch
(German Songwriter, Singer, and Former Bass Guitarist)
Hansi Kürsch
3
Birthdate: August 10, 1966
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lank-Latum, Germany
 16 
Francis Buchholz
(German Musician)
Francis Buchholz
3
Birthdate: February 19, 1954
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
 17 
Mille Petrozza
(German Musician and Songwriter)
Mille Petrozza
3
Birthdate: December 18, 1967
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
 18 
Ottmar Liebert
(German Guitarist, Producer, and Songwriter)
Ottmar Liebert
4
Birthdate: February 1, 1959
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
 19 
Peter Maffay
(The Singer with the Most Number of Chart-Topping Albums in Germany)
Peter Maffay
3
Birthdate: August 30, 1949
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brașov, Romania

With 15 albums that have topped the German music charts, Romanian-born German musician Peter Maffay, holds the German record for the highest number of no. 1 albums. He excelled in both rock and schlager and created the media franchise Tabaluga that featured a green dragon. He also launched a foundation for abused children.

 20 
Franzl Lang
(German Singer and Musician)
Franzl Lang
3
Birthdate: December 28, 1930
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: December 6, 2015
 21 
Michael Karoli
(German Music Composer, Violinist, and Guitarist)
Michael Karoli
3
Birthdate: April 29, 1948
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Straubing, Germany
Died: November 17, 2001
 22 
Shantel
(German Record Producer and DJ)
Shantel
2
Birthdate: March 2, 1968
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
 23 
Roland Grapow
(German Music Producer and Guitarist)
Roland Grapow
3
Birthdate: August 30, 1959
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
 24 
Nick St. Nicholas
(German Bass Guitarist, Bandleader, Singer, and Songwriter)
Nick St. Nicholas
3
Birthdate: September 28, 1943
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Plön, Germany
 25 
Markus Grosskopf
(German Musician)
Markus Grosskopf
3
Birthdate: September 21, 1965
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
 26 
Farin Urlaub
(German Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist)
Farin Urlaub
3
Birthdate: October 27, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 27 
Alexander Hacke
(German Singer, Guitarist, Bass Guitarist, Record Producer, Musician, Writer, and Filmmaker)
Alexander Hacke
2
Birthdate: October 11, 1965
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
 28 
Sascha Paeth
(German Music Producer, Mixer, Guitarist, and Bassist)
Sascha Paeth
3
Birthdate: September 9, 1970
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wolfsburg, Germany
 29 
Helmut Kollen
(German Singer, Guitarist, and Bass Player)
Helmut Kollen
3
Birthdate: March 2, 1950
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Died: May 3, 1977
 30 
Tom Kaulitz
(German Guitarist, Songwriter and Producer, Member Of  Famous Rock Band ‘Tokio Hotel')
Tom Kaulitz
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Birthdate: September 1, 1989
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 31 
Judith Holofernes
(German Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, and Author)
Judith Holofernes
1
Birthdate: November 12, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
 32 
Sascha Gerstner
(German Musician)
Sascha Gerstner
2
Birthdate: April 2, 1977
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
 33 
Uwe Lulis
(German Guitarist)
Uwe Lulis
1
Birthdate: December 6, 1965
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Germany
 34 
Stefan Kaufmann
(German Guitarist and Drummer)
Stefan Kaufmann
1
Birthdate: August 4, 1960
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Solingen, West Germany
 35 
Marius Muller-Westernhagen
(German Actor and Musician)
Marius Muller-Westernhagen
1
Birthdate: December 6, 1948
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
 36 
Joscho Stephan
(German Jazz Guitarist)
Joscho Stephan
1
Birthdate: June 23, 1979
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mönchengladbach, Germany
 37 
Govi
(Hawaiian-German Musician)
Govi
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Birthdate: February 27, 1949
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Germany
 38 
Lothar Heimberg
(German Musician)
Lothar Heimberg
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Birthdate: April 21, 1952
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Germany
 39 
Ilja Rosendahl
(German Actor, Screenwriter, Director, Film and Music Producer, Musician, Songwriter, and Voiceover Artist)
Ilja Rosendahl
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Birthdate: February 23, 1968
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bochum, Germany