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Dieter Bohlen
(German Songwriter and Music Producer Best Known for Being a Part of the Group 'Modern Talking')
Dieter Bohlen
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Birthdate: February 7, 1954
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berne, Germany

German singer/songwriter Dieter Bohlen redefined the Eurobeat in the 1980s and is also known as the Pop-Titan. He formed the duo Modern Talking with Thomas Anders, creating international superhits such as Brother Louie. He later went solo as Blue System, releasing hits such as Gangster Love, before rejoining Modern Talking.

 2 
Matthias Jabs
(German Songwriter and Guitarist)
Matthias Jabs
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Birthdate: October 25, 1955
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 3 
Sarah Connor
(Singer-songwriter)
Sarah Connor
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Birthdate: June 13, 1980
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Delmenhorst, Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Dean Reed
(Actor)
Dean Reed
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Birthdate: September 22, 1938
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, United States
Died: June 13, 1986
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 5 
Bibi Bourelly
(Known for having written several Rihanna songs including 'Bitch Better Have My Money' and 'Higher')
Bibi Bourelly
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Birthdate: July 14, 1994
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 6 
Herman Rarebell
(Musician)
Herman Rarebell
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Birthdate: November 18, 1949
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saarbrücken, Germany
 7 
Peter Maffay
(The Singer with the Most Number of Chart-Topping Albums in Germany)
Peter Maffay
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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.

 8 
Nico Santos
(Singer)
Nico Santos
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Birthdate: January 7, 1993
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bremen, Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 9 
Ottmar Liebert
(German Guitarist, Producer, and Songwriter)
Ottmar Liebert
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Birthdate: February 1, 1959
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
 10 
Tim Bendzko
(Singer-songwriter)
Tim Bendzko
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Birthdate: April 9, 1985
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 11 
Oliver Palotai
(Musician)
Oliver Palotai
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Birthdate: March 17, 1974
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Germany
 12 
Jannine Weigel
(Singer)
Jannine Weigel
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Birthdate: July 30, 2000
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Steinfurt, Germany
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 13 
Hansi Kürsch
(German Songwriter, Singer, and Former Bass Guitarist)
Hansi Kürsch
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Birthdate: August 10, 1966
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lank-Latum, Germany
 14 
Nadja Benaissa
(Singer)
Nadja Benaissa
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Birthdate: April 26, 1982
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 15 
Michael Weikath
(Musician)
Michael Weikath
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Birthdate: August 7, 1962
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 16 
Max Giesinger
(Singer-songwriter)
Max Giesinger
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Birthdate: October 3, 1988
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Waldbronn, Germany
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 17 
Klaus Dinger
(Musician)
Klaus Dinger
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Birthdate: March 24, 1946
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Scherfede, Westphalia, Germany
Died: March 21, 2008
 18 
Mille Petrozza
(German Musician and Songwriter)
Mille Petrozza
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Birthdate: December 18, 1967
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
 19 
Nina
(Singer)
Nina
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Birthdate: September 29, 1983
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
 20 
Sandy Molling
(Singer)
Sandy Molling
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Birthdate: April 27, 1981
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wuppertal, West Germany
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 21 
Roger Cicero
(Musician)
Roger Cicero
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Birthdate: July 6, 1970
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: West Berlin, West Germany
Died: March 24, 2016
 22 
Michael Schulte
(Singer)
Michael Schulte
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Birthdate: April 30, 1990
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Eckernförde, Germany
 23 
Tobias Sammet
(Musician)
Tobias Sammet
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Birthdate: November 21, 1977
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Fulda, Germany
 24 
Gil Ofarim
(lead singer of the bands Zoo Army and Acht)
Gil Ofarim
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Birthdate: August 13, 1982
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 25 
Lale Andersen
(Singer-songwriter, Actress)
Lale Andersen
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Birthdate: March 23, 1905
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bremerhaven, Germany
Died: August 29, 1972
 26 
Andreas Bourani
(Singer-songwriter)
Andreas Bourani
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Birthdate: November 2, 1983
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Augsburg, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 27 
Andi Deris
(Singer)
Andi Deris
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Birthdate: August 18, 1964
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
 28 
Bela B.
(Musician)
Bela B.
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Birthdate: December 14, 1962
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Spandau, Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 29 
Ayo
(Singer-Songwriter)
Ayo
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Birthdate: September 14, 1980
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Frechen, Germany
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 30 
Markus Grosskopf
(German Musician)
Markus Grosskopf
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Birthdate: September 21, 1965
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
 31 
Wolf Biermann
(Singer-songwriter)
Wolf Biermann
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Birthdate: November 15, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany

German singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann caused massive protests among the German public after his 1976 expatriation from the German Democratic Republic. His communist ideals and political theater caused him to be banned in East Germany. His East German citizenship, too, was revoked. His song Ermutigung talks about his struggles.

 32 
Tom Angelripper
(Musician)
Tom Angelripper
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Birthdate: February 19, 1963
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 33 
Roland Kaiser
(Singer-Songwriter)
Roland Kaiser
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Birthdate: May 10, 1952
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 34 
Lian Ross
(Singer)
Lian Ross
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Birthdate: December 8, 1962
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
 35 
Peter Baltes
(Musician)
Peter Baltes
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Birthdate: April 4, 1958
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Solingen, Germany
 36 
Sascha Gerstner
(German Musician)
Sascha Gerstner
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Birthdate: April 2, 1977
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
 37 
Reinhard Mey
(Musician)
Reinhard Mey
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Birthdate: December 21, 1942
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
 38 
Trevor Taylor
(Singer)
Trevor Taylor
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Birthdate: January 11, 1958
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Died: January 19, 2008
 39 
Ralf Scheepers
(Vocalist)
Ralf Scheepers
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Birthdate: February 5, 1965
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Esslingen, Germany
 40 
Lea
(Singer-songwriter)
Lea
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Birthdate: July 9, 1992
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kassel, Hesse, Germany
 41 
Hava
(German Singer and Rapper)
Hava
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Birthdate: August 12, 1998
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hamm, Germany
 42 
Oonagh
(Singer)
Oonagh
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Birthdate: April 16, 1990
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wolfsburg, West Germany
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 43 
Lenny Wolf
(Singer)
Lenny Wolf
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Birthdate: March 11, 1962
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
 44 
Sasha
(Singer)
Sasha
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Birthdate: January 5, 1972
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Soest, Germany
 45 
Farin Urlaub
(German Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist)
Farin Urlaub
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Birthdate: October 27, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 46 
Adel Tawil
(Singer-songwriter)
Adel Tawil
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Birthdate: August 15, 1978
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 47 
Max Herre
(German Rapper, Music Producer, and Singer-Songwriter)
Max Herre
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Birthdate: April 22, 1973
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 48 
Michael Wendler
(Singer)
Michael Wendler
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Birthdate: June 22, 1972
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dinslaken, Germany
 49 
Matthias Reim
(Singer-Songwriter)
Matthias Reim
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Birthdate: November 26, 1957
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Korbach, Hessen, Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 50 
Marius Muller-Westernhagen
(German Actor and Musician)
Marius Muller-Westernhagen
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Birthdate: December 6, 1948
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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