The International List of Famous Waldorf Alumni by theWaldorfs (Famous Alumni Sorted by Occupational Group)
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Occupational Group | Profession or Role | First Name | Last Name | AKA | Gender | Country of Origin | Continent | Wikipedia Article or Other Information | Profile | Architecture and engineering | Architect | Stefan | Behnisch | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of the "Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2007". Described as the "the most promising European architect currently introducing state of the art techniques of sustainable architecture to the USA, that have already being realized in Europe." | Architecture and engineering | Architect | Rolf | Gutbrod | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Architect of e.g. "Liederhalle" in Stuttgart | Architecture and engineering | Architect | Charles | Rose | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | His work is situated throughout the United States, in every condition from rugged coastal to dense urban. His work focuses on a sensitivity to landscape and site. As design principal of Boston-based Charles Rose Architects, Inc., Rose is the winner of awards from the American Institute of Architects and national competitions, | Architecture and engineering | Architect | Morten | Schmidt | Male | Denmark | Europe | WWW | ARoS - the artmuseum in Aarhus, The Black Diamond - The Royal Danish Library. | Arts (literary) | Author | William | Alexander | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Winner of the National Book Award 2012 | Arts (literary) | Author | Ari | Behn | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | He has written three novels, two collections of short stories and a book about his wedding. Husband of Princess MĂ€rtha Louise of Norway. | Arts (literary) | Author | Shelley | Davidow | Female | South Africa | Africa | WWW | Author of numerous books for children and young adults. Her young adult book "In the Shadow of Inyangani" was nominated for the first African Writer's Prize by Macmillan/Picador and BBC World.She now lives in Florida, USA. | Arts (literary) | Author | Winslow | Eliot | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Author of several novels (Heaven Falls, A Perfect Gem, Bright Face of Danger, others) | Arts (literary) | Author | Michael | Ende | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He is best known for his epic fantasy work The Neverending Story, other famous works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 20 million copies, and have been adapted into motion pictures, stage plays, operas and audio books. | Arts (literary) | Author | Bernwart | Engelen | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Author of "Höhenflug ins Nichts" | Arts (literary) | Author | Erik | Fosnes Hansen | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | International best sellers: "Psalm at Journey's End", "Tales of Protection". Fosnes Hansen was awarded the RiksmĂ„l Society Literature Prize in 1990 | Arts (literary) | Author | Julia | Franck | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Wrote "Der neue Koch", "Bauchlandung", "Lagerfeuer", considered one of the most talented young authors in Germany. Winner of the German Book Prize 2007 (best German language novel) for her novel "Die Mittagsfrau" (Lady Midday). | Arts (literary) | Author | Esther | Freud | Female | UK | Europe | WWW | She was named as one of the 20 'Best of Young British Novelists' (Granta magazine, 1993). Her works include novel "Hideous Kinky". She is the daughter of artist Lucian Freud and great granddaughter of the inventor of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud. | Arts (literary) | Author | Greg | Hamerton | Male | South Africa | Africa | WWW | Fantasy novelist and extreme sports writer | Arts (literary) | Author | Daniel T. | Jones | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | Co-author of the bestselling management books "The machine that changed the world" and "Lean thinking" | Arts (literary) | Author | Rebecca | Martin | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Novels: "FrĂŒhling und so", "Und alle so yeah!" | Arts (literary) | Author | Anna-Karin | Palm | Female | Sweden | Europe | WWW | Arts (literary) | Author | Moritz | Rinke | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Moritz Rinke (born in 1967 in Worpswede) studied at GieĂen Universityâs drama department and worked as a journalist in the following years. In 1995 and 1997 he was given the prestigious Axel Springer Award for his reportages. Several of his plays have been nominated for the MĂŒlheim Dramatistsâ Award, including Der Mann, der noch keiner Frau BlöĂe entdeckte (The Man Who Never Yet Saw Womanâs Nakedness 1997), which also won the Liechtenstein PEN Club Literature Award, Republik Vineta (The Vineta Republic) (2001), Die Optimisten (2004), CafĂ© Umberto (2006) and Wir lieben und wissen nichts (2013), which became to one of the most performed plays of the last years. In the criticsâ poll of the journal Theater heute,Republik Vineta was also voted the best German-language play in the season 2000/2001. Rinke co-wrote the film script for September which premiered in Cannes in 2003 (directed by Max FĂ€rberböck) which tied in with his acting debut. His new play Westend is currently on stage of Deutsches Theater Berlin. His books include Der Blauwal im Kirschgarten (Rowohlt Berlin, 2001), Die Nibelungen (Rowohlt 2002), Trilogie der Verlorenen (Rowohlt 2002), Das groĂe Stolpern (Kiepenheuer & Witsch 2005), CafĂ© Umberto (Rowohlt 2005), Die Nibelungen - Siegfrieds Frauen / Die letzten Tage von Burgund (Rowohlt 2007), and his best-selling novel Der Mann der durch das Jahrhundert fiel (Kiepenheuer & Witsch 2010) | Arts (literary) | Author, actress | Theresia | Walser | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Daughter of Martin Walser ("Runaway Horse"), writer. | Arts (literary) | Author, journalist | Linn | Ullmann | Female | Norway | Europe | WWW | A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper and has published four novels. Daughter of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman. | Arts (literary) | Author, script-writer, film director | Peter Stephan | Jungk | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | US-american German-speaking author of novels, essays and screenplays, as well as film director. Holder of Stefan-Andres-Preis (literary award) 2001. Son of Robert Jungk, writer and journalist | Arts (literary) | Author, script-writer, film director | Stephan | Puchner | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (literary) | Film critic, author | James | Cameron-Wilson | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | Film critic and author of several books | Arts (literary) | Food preparation and serving related occupations | Giuliano | Hazan | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Specialized on Italian cuisine. Winner of several awards, such as the Gourmand World Cookbook Award. Cooking with Giuliano Hazan, has been profiled in many US publications. | Arts (literary) | Novelist | Kate | Christensen | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | She won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for her fourth novel, The Great Man, about a painter and the three women in his life. Her previous novels are In the Drink (1999), Jeremy Thrane (2001), and The Epicures Lament (2004). Her essays, articles, reviews, and stories have appeared in many anthologies and periodicals, most recently The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Elle, The Wall Street Journa | Arts (literary) | Novelist | Kevin | Kuhn | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Kevin Kuhn (born in Göttingen, 1981) lives in Berlin. He studied Philosophy, Art History and Religious Studies (University of TĂŒbingen) and since 2010 has been lecturing creative writing at the Literaturinstitut (University of Hildesheim. Recent awards include the Kunststiftung Baden-WĂŒrttemberg Scholarship (2018) and the Niedersachsen Scholarship (2015). He was also voted on the List "20 unter 40" (FAS). | Arts (literary) | Novelist, essayist | Nancy | Huston | Female | Canada | Americas | WWW | Novel: "Instruments des tĂ©nĂšbres", shortlisted for the Prix FĂ©mina, and the Governor General's Award, awarded the Prix Goncourt des LycĂ©ens. | Arts (literary) | Novelist, singer-songwriter, painter | Thommie | Bayer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Studied painting at Kunstakademie Stuttgart - toured and recorded as singer-songwriter, has been writing novels, stories, screenplays, teleplays etc. since 1984 | Arts (literary) | Poet, playwright and author | Caroline | Bird | Female | UK | Europe | WWW | She studied English Literature at Oxford University and was president of the Oxford Poetry Society. She was a winner of the Poetry London Competition in 2007, the Peterloo Poetry Competition for three years running (2004, 2003 and 2002), a major Eric Gregory Award in 2002 and the Foyles Young Poet of the Year Award in 1999 and 2000. Caroline is one of the 5 official poets for the London Olympics 2012. | Arts (literary) | Poet, short story writer, playwright and essayist. | Bryan | Thao Worra | Male | Laos / USA | Asia | WWW | Bryan Thao Worra holds over 20 awards for his writing and community service. The author of 6 books, he is a professional member of the Horror Writer Association and the Science Fiction Poetry Association. He holds a Fellowship in Literature from the National Endowment for the Arts. He represented Laos as a Cultural Olympian during the London Summer Games. His work appears in over 100 international publications around the world including Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, Germany, France, Singapore, China, Korea, Chile, Pakistan, as well as across the United States. | Arts (literary) | Writer | Tommy | Wieringa | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize in 2006 for his novel Joe Speedboot (2005), and the Libris Prize in 2013 for the novel Dit zijn de namen (2012). In 2018 he won the Bookspot Literatuurprijs for his novel De heilige Rita (The Blessed Rita).[2] His novel The Death of Murat Idrissi, translated by Sam Garrett from Dutch, was nominated for the International Booker Prize in 2019. | Arts (literary) | Writer, director and producer of independent films and television | Stefan C. | Schaefer | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | "Confess", his debut feature film, premiered at the 2005 Hamptons International Film Festival, where he won the Best Screenwriter award. In 2007 he wrote, co-directed and produced "Arranged" which won top prizes at The Berkshire International Film Festival and The Brooklyn International Film Festival. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Jens | Atzorn | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Parts played include "MĂ€nnlich, ledig, jung sucht..." Awarded with the Lore-Bronner-Price in 2001. Son of Robert Atzorn, actor. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Bastien | Bouillon | Male | France | Europe | WWW | He got noticed thanks to his roles in the movies "The War is declared" and "Hand in hand".He made his first screen acting steps in the movie "The Guards of the order". In 2011 he became famous through interpreting a mental defective in fictions "Simple". | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Oliver | Chris | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | He has appeared in several comedy series, including The Office, Green Wing, According to Bex, Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd and Rescue Me. He appeared as the character Boyce in both the first and second series of Green Wing. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Frank | Dillane | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | Played young Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), graduating in 2013. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Gard B. | Eidsvold | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Eindride Eidsvold's films include Vegas, Sophie's World, Hamsun, and Twice Upon a Time. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Raimund | Harmstorf | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He became famous as the protagonist of a German TV mini series after Jack London's the Sea-Wolf (which was sold into many countries) and starred later on successfully in another German TV series after Jules Verne's Michael Strogoff. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Sam | Heughan | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | Known for his role as Jamie Fraser in the Starz series Outlander, for which he received two nominations for the Saturn Awards. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer in 2003, for his performance in the play Outlying Islands, performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Pascal | Lamorisse | Male | France | Europe | WWW | As a child, he starred in "The Red Balloon" ("Le ballon rouge"), the Oscar-winning short-film directed by his father, Albert Lamorisse, in 1956. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Tobias | Menzies | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | He is probably best known for his dual role as Frank Randall and Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall in Outlander (2014â2017), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Gabriel | Merz | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Starred in "SOKO Leipzig". | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Nikolaus | Okonkwo | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Appearances on German TV productions, such as "GroĂstadtrevier", SOKO Rhein-Main. After finishing school he first studied Waldorf education and eurythmy. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Ole | Puppe | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | David | Rott | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of Max-OphĂŒls-Award 2003 as "Best Young Actor" for his part in "Ganz und gar" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Takumi | Saitoh | Male | Japan | Asia | WWW | In 2016 he has appeared in several movies, including the box-office hit âShin Godzilla,â which is set for an overseas release on Oct. 11. He also plays older brother to two members of Exile in that groupâs acting vehicle âHigh & Low: The Red Rain,â which will allow him to make use of that smoldering gaze he has perfected over the years. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Georges | Salmon | Male | France | Europe | WWW | Starred in "La DĂ©lation Sous L'Occupation" by AndrĂ© Halimi and "L'Eleve" by "Olivier Schatzky", as well as in multiple theater plays. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Martin | Semmelrogge | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Best known for his role as the comical 2WO (1st Lieutenant/Second Watch Officer) in the film Das Boot. Like many of his Das Boot co-stars, Semmelrogge went on to have a successful career in the German cinema. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Pablo | Sprungala | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | TV series "SOKO Leipzig" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Robert | Stadlober | Male | Austria | Europe | WWW | His largest success is playing the main role as Benjamin Lebert, a partially disabled teenager at a boarding school, in the film Crazy (2000). Later, he starred in Summer Storm (2004), a gay coming-of-age story set at a rowing summer-camp. He was awarded the "best young actor" award at the Montreal International Film Festival in 2004 for his portrayal in Summer Storm. He is the brother of Anja Stadlober, actress. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Dietz-Werner | Steck | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | "Tatort", part of Komissar Bienzle. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Peter | Striebeck | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Justin | Theroux | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | He is best known for his work with film director David Lynch, appearing in two of his films, Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006). He is also known for his behind the scenes work as a screenwriter, penning such films as Tropic Thunder, Iron Man 2, and Rock of Ages. Theroux has been announced as the director of Zoolander 2. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Oliver | Tobias | Oliver Tobias Freitag | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | Peter Weir then directed him in the TV series Luke's Kingdom. Tobias also starred in Smuggler (1981) a children's drama series, set in Cornwall in 1801. Many other successful films followed including The Stud in 1978 in which he co-starred with Joan Collins, helping her to restart her career. Oliver also appeared in the pop promo video for pop group Ultravox's 1982 hit "Hymn". | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Kai | Wiesinger | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He received a Bavarian Film Award for his role in Sönke Wortmann's Kleine Haie in 1992. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Roeland | Wiesnekker | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | Winner of Swiss Film Prize 2005 (best male leading actor). | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor | Luke J. | Wilkins | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | Starred in "Stromberg" and "Verbotene Liebe" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen) | August | Diehl | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Primarily known to international audiences for playing SS-SturmbannfĂŒhrer Dieter Hellstrom in Inglourious Basterds and Michael "Mike" Krause, husband of Evelyn Salt, in the movie Salt, as well as for his leading role in the Academy Award-winning Austrian film The Counterfeiters (2007). | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen) | Andreas | Guenther | Male | Austria | Europe | WWW | He has acted in numerous television films and movies, e.g. Gott ist tot (2003) opposite Götz George and the international co-production Baltic Storm (2003) directed by Reuben Leder, starring Greta Scacchi, JĂŒrgen Prochnow and Donald Sutherland. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen) | Rutger | Hauer | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | Performed in "Batman Begins", "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen) | Kristoffer | Joner | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Won Norwegian Amanda - the main Norwegian film award - for Best Actor in 2005, and Golden Swan at Copenhagen International Film Festival for Best Actor in 2002 | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen) | Judson | Mills | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | He is known for his performances as Texas Ranger Francis Gage in the american action drama television series Walker, Texas Ranger (1999 - 2001). | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen) | William Lee | Scott | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | He is best known for his portrayal of dim-witted high school student Stanley "Bullethead" Kuznocki on the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show. Additionally, he appeared in the films Gone in 60 Seconds, Pearl Harbor, October Sky and The Butterfly Effect. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen), comedian, writer | Chris | Elliott | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | He is best known for his comedic sketches on Late Night with David Letterman, starring in the cult comedy series Get a Life and for his recurring role as Peter MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond. Since 2009, Elliott has had a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother as Mickey Aldrin, father to main character Lily. He is also known for appearing in movies such as Cabin Boy, There's Something About Mary, Scary Movie 2 and Groundhog Day. Since 2011, Elliott has starred in the Adult Swim series Eagleheart. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen), musician, director | Adrian | Grenier | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | He is best known for his lead role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Vincent Chase. In 2006, he won a role in The Devil Wears Prada, as Anne Hathaway's boyfriend, Nate. In 2007, People magazine ranked him #7 in its annual list of Sexiest Men Alive. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen), singer | Jimi Blue | Ochsenknecht | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Screen actor ("Die Wilden Kerle" 1-4), winner of "Undine Award" (2004) for "best film debutant" (together with his brother), son of Uwe Ochsenknecht, screen actor and singer. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen), singer | Wilson Gonzalez | Ochsenknecht | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Screen actor ("Die Wilden Kerle" 1-4), winner of "Undine Award" (2004) for "best film debutant" (together with his brother), son of Uwe Ochsenknecht, screen actor and singer. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen, stage) | Timothy | Daly | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Best known for his television role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and for his voice role as Superman/Clark Kent in Superman: The Animated Series, as well as his recurring role of the drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen, TV) | Heiner | Lauterbach | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Starred in "Das Experiment" ("The Experiment") and "MĂ€nner". Heiner Lauterbach is the dubbed German voice for several American actors. Among others he has dubbed Richard Gere, Jack Nicholson and Christopher Reeve. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen, TV) | Stephan | Luca | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (screen, TV) | Wotan Wilke | Möhring | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Starred in "Das Experiment" ("The Experiment"), and "Lammbock". Winner of several awards, such as Grimme Award in 2013. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (stage) | Samuel | Weiss | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (theater) | Dan | Hoyle | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Well-respected live theater actor in both San Francisco and New York. Son of Geoff Hoyle, performer. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV) | Amadeus | August | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He became famous throughout Europe as protagonist of the successful European TV series Quentin Durward which was broadcast for the first time in 1971 and had later on some re-runs. Died in 1992. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV) | Christoph | Bantzer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV) | Henning | Baum | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV) | Volker | Brandt | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Ensemble member at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg under Gustaf GrĂŒndgens for six years. German dubbing voice of Michael Douglas. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV) | Peter | Fricke | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV) | Lorenzo | PatanĂš | Male | Italy / Germany | Europe | WWW | "Robert Saalfeld" in TV series "Sturm der Liebe" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV), director | Christian | Quadflieg | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He had roles in a great number of TV series and movies, among them e.g. in Der Alte, Derrick, Das Traumschiff, Siska and Tatort. In the 40 episodes of Der Landarzt, he portrayed the title role of Dr. Karsten Matthiesen and in 16 of these episodes he also worked as director. His father was the German actor Will Quadflieg. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV, film, stage) | Marian | Meder | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Studied at Freiburger Schauspielschule im E-Werk, 2005/2006 Theater 58 in Zurich, many main and supporting roles in TV films (Der Bibelcode, die PĂ€pstin, Groupies bleiben nicht zum FrĂŒhstĂŒck, Tatort) and TV series (Auf Herz und Nieren). | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV, stage) | Oliver | Boysen | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV, stage) | Nicolai Cleve | Broch | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | As the lead in the TV series Lekestue shown on NRK2, Nicolai was nominated for the Best Male Actor award. He was also named This Year's Theatre Talent in 2001 by the national Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor (TV, stage) | Hans-Jochen | Wagner | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Ensemble member at the famous Vienna Burgtheater from 1997-1999. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor and musician | Christian | Redl | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | As an actor, Christian Redl has been seen in movies such as "Schattenboxer", released in 1992 as Rasselin, "Gangster"(2002) playing Duvall, "Bunte Hunde"(1995), "Sierra Leone"(1987), "Krabat"(2008), and "Irrlichter"(1998). | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor, director | GaĂ«l | Colin | Male | France | Europe | WWW | GaĂ«l Colin received actors training and specialized in musical in London. He directed a French version of Elegies For Angels, Punks And Raging Queens, at the Theater of Ranelagh in March 2012. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor, director | Martin | LĂŒttge | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | First husband of Gila von Weitershausen. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor, director | Matheus | Nachtergaele | Male | Brazil | Americas | WWW | He has starred in numerous Brazilian films, being well known for his appearance in 1997 film Four Days in September and the 2002 film City of God. He has twice won the Best Actor award in the Grande PrĂȘmio do Cinema Brasileiro, for his roles in Midnight (1998) in 2000 and O Auto da Compadecida (2000) in 2001. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor, producer | Antoine | Monot, Jr. | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | In addition to his activities as an actor in German films (Jazz (1994), Gigantics (1999), Lammbock (2001), The Experiment (2001), The Family Jewels (2003), Monot, Jr founded, together with Karl Spoerri in 1999, the Creative Arts Management Talent Agency based in Zurich, later in Munich and then Cologne. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor, singer, musical performer | Felix | Martin Poenichen | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Felix Martin could be seen as a soloist at various musical and gala concerts, including Musical on Ice , Summer Night of the Musical , Elisabeth - The 10th Anniversary Concert in the Wiener Konzerthaus and Best of Musical 2004 in the Kölnarena . | Arts (performing - acting) | Actor, TV entertainer | Johan | Schildt | Male | Sweden | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Tine | Embrechts | Female | Belgium | Europe | WWW | Tine Embrechts is an actress, known for Tegen de sterren op (2010), Anneliezen (2010) and Labyrinthus (2014). | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Stephanie | Farrow | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | She is known for her work on The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Zelig (1983) and GefĂ€hrliches Dreieck (1983). Sister of Mia Farrow, actress. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Ruth | Hausmeister | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Her film credits included The Longest Day and Die BrĂŒcke. Her television credits included Der Kommissar and Stahlnetz, a detective series. Her last television role was in the 1990s ZDF television series, Zwei BrĂŒder, in which she played the mother of actors Fritz Wepper and Elmar Wepper. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Heidi | Herala | Female | Finland | Europe | WWW | Starred in "The Swan and the Wanderer" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Kjersti | Holmen | Norway | Europe | WWW | Won Norwegian Amanda - the main Norwegian film award - for Best Actress in "S.O.S." in 2000 | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Paula | Kalenberg | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She is probably the best known to international audiences for her roles in films Krabat, Vision â From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen and Jew Suss: Rise and Fall. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Celia | Kim | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | TV series "Marienhof" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Imogen | Kogge | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Known for her part as "Hauptkommissarin Johanna Herz" in German tv series "Polizeiruf 110" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Julia | Nachtmann | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Julia Nachtmann was born in 1981 in Filderstadt, Baden-WĂŒrttemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf (2012), TĂ€terĂ€tÀÀ - Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf 2 (2015) and Remarque - Sein Weg zum Ruhm (2008). | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Noomi | Rapace | Female | Sweden | Europe | WWW | She is best known for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish/Danish film adaptations of the Millennium series: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. won Best Actress awards for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the "Millennium Trilogy" of films, and was nominated in the same category at the European Film Awards. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Anja | Stadlober | Female | Austria | Europe | WWW | She is the sister of Robert Stadlober, actor | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Lilith | Stangenberg | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | While she did not enjoy a professional actor's training, she was chosen as "Young Actress of the Year 2010" by "Theater Heute", biggest and most influential German-language theatre magazine. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Carry | Tefsen | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Pia | Tjelta | Female | Norway | Europe | WWW | In February 2007 she received much media coverage for her lead role in the Norwegian romantic comedy Mars og Venus. The film was described as the year's big feelgood film. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Meriem Sahra | Userli | Meryem Sarah Uzerli | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Her best known part is as HĂŒrrem Sultan in the historical Television drama series Muhte?em YĂŒzy?l. She won the "Best Actress" Golden Butterfly award for this part in 2012. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Barbara | Valentin | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Anneke | von der Lippe | Female | Norway | Europe | WWW | She has won the Amanda â the main Norwegian film award â for best actress twice: for Krigerens hjerte in 1992, and for Over stork og stein and Pan in 1995. She was named one of European films "Shooting Stars" by European Film Promotion in 1998. In 2005, she was, as the first Norwegian actor ever, nominated for an International Emmy Award for her role in the TV-drama Ved kongens bord. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Gila | von Weitershausen | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Gila von Weitershausen became popular in the late 1960s when she appeared in German comedy films, for example alongside Uschi Glas. By common consent one of her best performances so far has been in Die FĂ€lschung (Circle of Deceit) (1981), a film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, where she played opposite Hanna Schygulla and Bruno Ganz. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress | Katja | Weitzenböck | Female | Austria | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (film) | Sonja | Sutter | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She was one of the few actors that was allowed to appear in productions in both East and West Germany. She is remembered for her role as Fraulein Rottenmeier in the German TV series Heidi from 1978. This series aired in many countries in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s, and was dubbed into several languages. She is also remembered for having several roles in the TV series Derrick from 1983 to 1998. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen) | Jennifer | Aniston | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Screen actress ("Friends", "Along came Polly") | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen) | Sandra | Bullock | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Winner of an Academy Award 2010 (best performance by an actress in a leading role) for her part as "Leigh Anne Tuohy" in "The Blind Side". She is listed in the 2012 edition of the Guinness Book Of World Records as the highest-paid actress, with $56 million. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen) | Ever Dawn | Carradine | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Best known for her roles as Tiffany Porter on Once and Again and as Kelly Ludlow on Commander in Chief. She is the daughter of Robert Carradine. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen) | Karoline | Herfurth | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | For her part as Lilli Richter in Caroline Links film Im Winter ein Jahr, she received the Bavarian Film Award for best young actress in 2009. Herfurth gave her international debut in 2006 in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. In this adaptation of Patrick Suskind's best-selling novel Das Parfum, directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Dustin Hoffman, Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, and Jessica Schwarz, she played the "Plum Girl", the first victim of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. In 2008, she co-starred with Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in the Academy Award Best Picture-nominee The Reader. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen) | Nadja | HĂŒpscher | Female | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | 1999: Gouden Kalf award for best Actress | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen) | Kristanna | Loken | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | She is best known for her roles in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, BloodRayne, and Painkiller Jane. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen) | Carey | Mulligan | Female | UK | Europe | WWW | In 2009, she gained widespread recognition for her performance as Jenny in An Education, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, and for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen, TV) | Alexia | Barlier | Female | France | Europe | WWW | On film, Alexia has teamed up with actors such as Daniel Auteuil (Conversations with my Gardner), Michel Serrault (24H in a Womanâs Life), Jacques Villeret (Viper in the Fist) and Pierre Arditi (on stage in The Albatrosâ Dance). She also played the female lead opposite famous French actor Philip Torreton in TempĂȘtes (Storm), a film where she plays a lifeguard, a strong character. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen, TV) | Leonie | Benesch | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Played a leading part in the movie "The White Ribbon" ("Das weiĂe Band"), which was nominated for 2 Oscars in 2010 and awarded, amongst others, with the Golden Globe 2010 for Best Foreign Language Film and the European Film Award 2009. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen, TV) | Marie | BĂ€umer | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Screen actress ("Der Schuh des Manitu", "MĂ€nnerpension") | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen, TV) | Anna | Paquin | Female | New Zealand | Oceania | WWW | Academy Award for Best Supporting actress in "The Piano" (1994). She later appeared in a number of successful films, including Fly Away Home, She's All That, Almost Famous and the X-Men franchise. Paquin is well known for her role as Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series True Blood, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series â Drama in 2008. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (screen, TV), performance artist | Brendan | McDaniel | Candis Cayne | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Known in the New York City nightclub scene since the 1990s. Cayne came to national attention in 2007 for portraying transgender mistress Carmelita on ABCs prime time drama Dirty Sexy Money. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (stage, screen, tv) | Lina | Beckmann | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Stage, screen and tv actress, cast member of Cologne Theater. "Actress of the year" 2011 (by German professional journal on theater "Theater heute"). Lina Beckmann is the sister of Maja Beckmann. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (stage, screen, tv) | Maja | Beckmann | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Stage and film actor. Known for her part as "Sabine Buhrer" in renowned German sitcom "Stromberg". Maja Beckmann is sister of Lina Beckmann. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (stage, TV) | Johanna | Liebeneiner | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She is daughter of director Wolfgang Liebeneiner and actress Hilde Krahl | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (Theatre, TV, screen) | Juliane | Köhler | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She has starred in the 1999 film AimĂ©e & Jaguar (as Lilly Wust, or AimĂ©e), the 2001 film Nowhere in Africa (as Jettel Redlich), the 2004 film Downfall (as Eva Braun) and played the role of Christina in Eden Is West (2009). | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (TV) | Judith | Hellebronth | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Starred in TV-series "Fabrixx" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (tv) | Nadja | Zwanziger | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She has been having appearances on German TV. For example in "Tatort". | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (TV), designer, model | Barbara | Becker | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Actress, ex-wife of German tennis player Boris Becker (married 1993 - 2001) | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (TV, screen) | Floriane | Daniel | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Played leading part in "WinterschlĂ€fer" ("Winter Sleepers"), directed by Tom Tykwer in 1996 | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (TV, screen) | Karoline | Eichhorn | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Born 9 November 1965 in Stuttgart, Germany, she attended well-renowned Folkwang theater school in Essen from 1986 to 1989. She made her dĂ©but at famous SchaubĂŒhne theater, Berlin in 1989, then moved to Schauspielhaus Bochum until 1992, then came back to the SchaubĂŒhne until 1995. Since then, she acted in a significant number of German TV productions and had remarkable (and award-winning) appearances in cinema films. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (TV, screen) | Eindride | Eidsvold | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress (TV, screen) | Cosma Shiva | Hagen | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Her acting roles have been largely confined to German language films and television productions. She also starred in an Irish film called Short Order (2005) that was written and directed by Anthony Byrne.She is the daughter of Nina Hagen, singer | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, artist, model | Veruschka | von Lehndorff | Veruschka | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She was popular during the 1960s. Known professionally as Veruschka, she is a daughter of Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort, a member of the German resistance. For some time she was with the Stewart Modeling Agency at 405 Park Avenue in New York City where she reigned as the girl with the most covers on the wall when you walked in. She had also garnered attention when she made a brief five minute appearance in the 1966 cult film Blow Up by Michelangelo Antonioni. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, director | Annika | Blendl | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She is an actress and director, known for ZweiohrkĂŒken (2009), Transit - Am Ende der StraĂe (2010) and Maria am Wasser (2006). Thomas Wendrich chose her to play Alena (Maria am Wasser (2006) out of nearly 400 hopefulls. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, film director | Ina | Weisse | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Directed "Der Architekt" | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, model | Cecilie | Thomsen | Female | Denmark | Europe | WWW | She is internationally best known for playing professor Inga Bergstrom opposite Pierce Brosnan in the 1997 James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, musician | Ruby | Modine | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Interested in acting at a young age, Ruby Modine began taking drama and music classes before appearing as a child in the short film "Smoking," written by David Seders. She has also appeared in Rabbit Bandinis "A Visit from the Goonsquad," directed by Shandor Garison and produced by James Franco. She is the daughter of actor Matthew Modine. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, producer | Julianna | Margulies | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Margulies achieved both critical and commercial success in her role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on NBC's long-running medical drama ER, for which she won an Emmy Award. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, singer | Annette | Mayer | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, singer | Mackenzie | Phillips | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Best known for her roles in American Graffiti and as rebellious teenager Julie Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day at a Time. She is more recently known for her role in the Disney Channel science fiction show So Weird. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, singer, model | ZoĂ« Isabella | Kravitz | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | She has appeared in the films No Reservations (2007), The Brave One (2007), and as Angel Salvadore in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011). Kravitz has modeled in fashion magazines such as French Jalouse, Venus Zine and Elle. She is the only child of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, singer-songwriter | Bonnie | Piesse | Female | Australia | Oceania | WWW | She got her break playing a trapeze artist in the Australian children's television series High Flyers at the age of 15. Later she played the role of Beru Lars in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. She also had recurring roles on Blue Heelers, Horace and Tina, Stingers and Last Man Standing. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actress, theater director and writer | Adriana | Altaras | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She worked as a theater director at the Berliner Ensemble and Neuköllner Oper in Berlin. In 1998 she received the Deutscher Filmpreis Award. In addition to the theater and film work, she worked with Steven Spielbergs Shoah Foundation as an interviewer and lecturer. | Arts (performing - acting) | Actresses and singers | Rosalie & Rachel | Pignot | Les Frangines | Female | France | Europe | WWW | Rosalie Symon and Rachel Pignot form the duo "Les Frangines" ("The Sisters"), regularly performing in the theater "l'EssaĂŻon" (Paris). | Arts (performing - acting) | Clown | Dimitri Jakob | MĂŒller | Dimitri | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | In 1973, he was awarded the Grock prize, and appeared with Big Apple Circus (New York). He has also performed in many other countries across the globe. He was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame in 1995. | Arts (performing - acting) | Clown, humorist | Frieder | Nögge | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - acting) | Comedian, actor, author | Nik | Rabinowitz | Male | South Africa | Africa | WWW | Over the past ten years Nik has established himself as one of the premier comics of South Africa, well known for his multilingual satire and passion for goats. He has produced and performed seven one man shows, presents "The Week that Wasnt" on Talk Radio 702 / Cape Talk, and plays a legion of characters for ZA News. | Arts (performing - acting) | Comedienne, actress | Idil | Baydar | Jilet Ayse, Gerda Grischke | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Her clichĂ©d fictional character, the Berlin women Gerda Grischke and Jilet Ayse, an 18-year-old girl with a Turkish migrant background, became well known on YouTube. Her channel reached up to 80,000 clicks per video. On television, she was featured in cabaret and comedy shows such as StandUpMigranten (EinsPlus), NightWash (Einsfestival), Pufpaff's Happy Hour (3sat) or Ladies Night (WDR). On September 29, 2014, her cabaret solo program "Deutschland, wir mĂŒssen reden!" ("Germany, we need to talk"!) premiered in Berlin. | Arts (performing - acting) | Kabaret artist | Karel | de Rooy | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | "Mini" of the Dutch music-comedy-duo "Mini & Maxi" | Arts (performing - acting) | Magician, comedian | Erasmus | Stein | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Member and multiple prize winner of the "Magical Circle of Germany". Appears in TV shows, such as the "Comedy-Lab" produced for ZDFneo TV station. He is chief editor of the magazine "Magie" ("Magic"). | Arts (performing - acting) | Magician, comedian | Axel | Toby | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | 2005 German National Champion in the "General Magic" category, 2004 South German Champion in Magic. | Arts (performing - acting) | Model | Hailey | Baldwin | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Model. She is the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin and niece of actor Alec Baldwin. Sister of Alaia Baldwin, who works as a model as well. | Arts (performing - acting) | Model | Alaia | Baldwin | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Model. She is the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin and niece of actor Alec Baldwin. Sister of Hailey Baldwin, who works as a model as well. | Arts (performing - acting) | Model | Hanna | Bohnekamp | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Ranked second in 5th season of German TV casting series "Germany's Next Topmodel" | Arts (performing - acting) | Model | Jessica | Hart | Female | Australia | Oceania | WWW | Appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Her Advertisements include H&M, Seafolly, Victoria's Secret, Gap etc. | Arts (performing - acting) | Model | Svenja | Parotat | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Photo spreads in us edition of "Cosmopolitan" magazine and German edition of "GQ" magazine. | Arts (performing - acting) | Model, actress | Vendela | Kirsebom | Female | Sweden / Norway | Europe | WWW | She has appeared on the magazine covers of Bride's (US), Flare (Canada), Shape (US), FHM (UK), and Zest (US) and has been featured multiple times in the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She appeared in Batman and Robin in 1997 as Nora Fries and The Parent Trap, alongside Lindsay Lohan and Dennis Quaid, in 1998. | Arts (performing - acting) | Model, actress, writer, journalist and television personality | Veronica | Webb | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Webb was the first African-American to have a major cosmetics contract. Webb appeared on covers of Vogue, Essence and Elle magazines and on the runway for Victoria's Secret and Chanel. | Arts (performing - acting) | Stage and screen actress, director. | Katharina Marie | Schubert | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She is considered as one of the most asked for German theater actresses. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (violinist, newage-jazz) | Thomas | Kagermann | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - music) | Audio electronics engineer | David E. | Blackmer | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Most famous as the inventor of the DBX noise reduction system and founder of dbx, Inc. (died on 21 March 2002) | Arts (performing - music) | Chansonier | Tim | Fischer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - music) | Comedien, singer | Prunella | RiviĂšre | Female | France | Europe | WWW | Member of "Sea Girls", a group of four actresses / singers accompanied with a double bassist-singer-composer and with a guitarist. They interpret new songs of Jean-Max RiviĂšre, Jean-Louis Guitard, StĂ©phanie Tesson etc. | Arts (performing - music) | Composer | Stephanie Ann | Boyd | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | An advocate of the innate creativity in young people, she has brought composition programs to music festivals in three countries. She frequently collaborates with Australian conductor Nathan Aspinall and has commissions this season from The Meadowlark Trio, Violin Monster, the Jennifer Fischer trio, Collage New Music, and others. Her string orchestra works are published by TRN Music. | Arts (performing - music) | Composer | David | Johnson | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | David Charles Johnson was a Scottish composer and a scholar of 18th century Scottish music. Dr David Johnson was âan internationally recognised scholarâ. whose work did much to rediscover and reinvent 18th century Scottish music, and set it in its historical context. | Arts (performing - music) | Composer | Elmar | Lampson | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He wrote two symphonies, solo- and chamber music, music for choir and an opera. His music is published by Peermusic Hamburg, New York and is available on various CDs, published by col legno, Vienna. President of the University of Music and Drama Hamburg. Head of the Werner Richard - Dr. Carl Dörken-Chair for Phenomenology of Music at the University Witten/Herdecke. Worked as Dean of the Faculty of General Studies of the Witten/Herdecke University. | Arts (performing - music) | Composer | Marcus | Paus | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | One of the most performed Norwegian composers of his generation. He is noted as a representative of a reorientation toward tradition, tonality and melody, and his works have been lauded by critics in Norway and abroad. Son of Ole Paus, Norwegian singer, author and poet. | Arts (performing - music) | Composer | Kaija | Saariaho | Female | Finland | Europe | WWW | She was awarded the title Musician of the Year 2008 (announced by Musical America, the US publishing company for performing arts), for being "among the few contemporary composers to achieve public acclaim as well as universal critical respect". | Arts (performing - music) | Composer, musician | Chris | Codish | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Keyboarder and vocalist of the band "The Brothers Groove". Won several awards, such as 1997 Detroit Music Award for "Blues Performer or Group Deserving Wider Recognition" | Arts (performing - music) | Composer, musician (church), director | Claus | Bantzer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | As a composer of music for more than 20 films, he has worked closely the film directors Peter Lilienthal, Doris Dörrie, Jan SchĂŒtte and Tevfik Ba?er. | Arts (performing - music) | Composer, organist, tenor | Valentin | Villard | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | He has composed the "Messe Ă six voix op. 44" and many other works | Arts (performing - music) | Conductor | Jens Georg | Bachmann | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Conducted internationally at Deutsche Staatsoper and Komische Oper (both Berlin), The Metropolitan Opera (NY), Royal Swedish Opera (Stockholm), and others. | Arts (performing - music) | Conductor | Simon | Gaudenz | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | He has been Music Director and Chief Conductor at the Collegium Musicum in Basel since 2004, before which he spent four years as Music Director at Basel's Camerata Variabile. He has also been named Principal Guest Conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra for a three-year tenure starting as of the 2010/2011 season. In February 2009, Simon Gaudenz won the "Deutscher Dirigentenpreis", which carries in it the highest award of any conductor competition in Europe. | Arts (performing - music) | Conductor | Marek | Janowski | Male | Poland | Europe | WWW | Chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, as well as Artistic and Music Director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR). | Arts (performing - music) | Conductor | Toby | Thatcher | Male | Australia | Oceania | WWW | Toby C Thatcher (born 28 January 1989) is an Australian-British conductor, oboist and cor anglais player. As from April 2015 he is Assistant Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Winner of several prizes. | Arts (performing - music) | DJ and producer | Joris | Voorn | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | DJ and producer who resides in Amsterdam. Voorn is the co-owner of the Amsterdam-based labels Rejected (with Edwin Oosterwal) and Green. | Arts (performing - music) | Entertainer and chansonier | Sven | Ratzke | Male | Netherlands / Germany | Europe | WWW | Sven Ratzke mixes Berlin cabaret of the 20s with bizarre improvisation talent and pop style. | Arts (performing - music) | Guitarist, song-writer | Wendy | Melvoin | Wendy | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Best known for her work with Prince as part of his backing band The Revolution, and for her collaboration with Lisa Coleman as one half of the duo Wendy & Lisa | Arts (performing - music) | Harpist, pianist, vocalist, and songwriter | Joanna | Newsom | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | The media have sometimes labeled her as one of the most prominent members of the modern psych folk movement. | Arts (performing - music) | Hip hop artist | Sean Michael Leonard | Anderson | Big Sean | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Sean signed with GOOD Music (Kanye West) in 2007, and then in 2008 signed with Island Def Jam. After releasing a number of mixtapes Sean released his debut album Finally Famous in 2011. | Arts (performing - music) | Music director | Mika | Eichenholz | Male | Sweden | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - music) | Music producer | Michael | PĂ€rt | Male | Estonia | Europe | WWW | He is an award-nominated music producer and music editor, who has gained renown in the music and film communities by working closely with Oscar- and Grammy-winning artists, and with Icelandic megastar Björk, film director Francis Ford Coppola, composer Howard Shore, and film director and Prince of Thailand Chatrichalerm Yukol among others. He has contributed to award-winning projects such as the BAFTA-winning LazyTown and the Grammy-nominated albums Volta by Björk and Neon Bible by Arcade Fire. He is the son of classical composer Arvo PĂ€rt. | Arts (performing - music) | Musical performer/drummer | Quinten | Giglio | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Quinten Giglio, artist and musician, has been performing in San Diego for 8 years with CREW Motivational Performance. He has performed in New York City with the off Broadway show STOMP. While performing takes up the majority of his time, he also pursues interests in 35mm film photography and 3-D printing. Quinten has actually built a 3-D printer at home for experiments. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician | Josh | Dibb | Deakin | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | One of the founding members of the experimental music group Animal Collective. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician | Robi | Faustmann | Male | Austria | Europe | WWW | Popular musician in Austria and beyond. He represents one half of the singer-songwriter duo "Keiner mag Faustmann" which was nominated for best song at the "Amadeus-Awards" 2013. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician | Jerome | Froese | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Officially joined his father, Edgar Froese in the band Tangerine Dream. He remained a member until 2006, currently he is working on several other projects. Prior to his direct involvement, Froese often appeared on the covers of the band's albums as a child, beginning with the 1973 release of Atem, when he was two years four months old at the time the album was released. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (bass player) | Niek | Meul | Male | Belgium | Europe | WWW | Bass player of band "Das Pop". In 1998, they won influential HUMOs Rock Rally contest (Belgium). | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (bass player), composer, producer | Hellmut | Hattler | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | His projects included "Kraan", "Tab Two" and "Hattler". Hattler has toured and recorded with many international musicians of the genre including Michael Brecker, Kai Eckhardt, Billy Cobham, Joachim KĂŒhn, Ernie Watts, Alphonse Mouzon, and Nippy Noya. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (bass player), writer | Fumi | Koyasu | Foomy | Female | Japan | Asia | WWW | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (Cellist) | Claire | Oppert | Female | France | Europe | WWW | Claire Oppert studied to the Academy Tchaikovsk of Moscow, where she obtained her diploma in 1993. She is a prize-winner of several international competitions. She has been playing as soloist with numerous orchestras, to include the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra since 1993. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (cello player) | Matthias Michael | Beckmann | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Matthias Michael Beckmann ranks as a pioneer of the cello. playing a unique 5-stringed cello with a descant E string and a range of five octaves, he is the first musician to perform the entire cello repertoire from Bach to Gulda on a 5-stringed instrument. As a soloist, Matthias Michael Beckmann is best known for his rendering of works by Haydn, Boccherini, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Dvo?ĂĄk and Gulda, and since 2007 also for premiĂšring works for 5-stringed cello. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (classical pianist) | Aaron | McMillan | Male | Australia | Oceania | WWW | At age 16 he was the youngest Australian pianist to gain a Licentiate Diploma of Music with distinction. He took part in the 1996 Sydney International Piano Competition. He died on 14 May 2007. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (dance/electronica/house/trance), songwriter | Kirsty | Hawkshaw | Female | UK | Europe | WWW | She is known for her participation as lead vocalist for the group Opus III, and her collaborative work with other musicians and producers. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (drums, guitar, piano), composer, producer | Philippe | Kayser | Don Philippe | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Founding member of former hip hop band "Freundeskreis" (two golden records: LP "Esperanto" and hit single "Anna") | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (electronic pop) | Janosch | Moldau | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (experimental) | Noah | Lennox | Panda Bear | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Founding member of the band Animal Collective | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (guitarist) | Reinhard | Vanbergen | Male | Belgium | Europe | WWW | Guitarist of band "Das Pop". In 1998, they won influential HUMOs Rock Rally contest (Belgium). | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (guitarist), composer, producer | Jesse | Cook | Male | Canada | Americas | WWW | Widely considered one of the most influential figures in "nouveau flamenco" (new flamenco) music. Winner of Juno Award 2001 in the Best Instrumental Album category for "Free Fall." Received two Juno nominations in 2008. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (guitarist, barrels player), singer | Janove | Ottesen | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | He specializes in vocals, guitar and barrels, and is a leading member of the Norwegian band Kaizers Orchestra. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (guitarist, keyboarder) | Ivar | Vogt | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Member of Norwegian pop/rock band "Real Ones". Their band received the 2008 Spellemannprisen for Best Pop Album for "All for the Neighbourhood". | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (guitarist, sitar player, banjo player) | JĂžrgen | Sandvik | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Member of Norwegian pop/rock band "Real Ones". Their band received the 2008 Spellemannprisen for Best Pop Album for "All for the Neighbourhood". | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (harmonica player), composer and conductor | RenĂ© | Giessen | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | One of the world's most famous harmonica players, widely known for playing the harmonica on the title melody of famous German "Winnetou" movies. Famous as well for playing harp in Enio Morricone's "Once upon a time in the west". | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (hip hop) | Tarik | Ejjamai | DJ Izm | Male | Australia | Oceania | WWW | Member of Bliss n Eso, a Multi Platinum ARIA Award-winning Australian hip hop band based in Sydney.Further members are Waldorf alumni Jonathan Notley and Max MacKinnon. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (hip hop) | Max | McKinnon | MC Eso | Male | Australia | Oceania | WWW | Member of Bliss n Eso, a Multi Platinum ARIA Award-winning Australian hip hop band based in Sydney. Further members are Waldorf alumni Jonathan Notley and Tarik Ejjama. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (hip hop) | Jonathan | Notley | MC Bliss | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Member of Bliss n Eso, a Multi Platinum ARIA Award-winning Australian hip hop band based in Sydney. Further members are Waldorf alumni Max McKinnon and Tarik Ejjamai. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (jazz piano), composer | Mika | Pohjola | Male | Finland | Europe | WWW | He is one of the most prolific Scandinavian jazz musicians in his generation. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (pianist) | Till | Fellner | Male | Austria | Europe | WWW | He won first prize in the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey in 1993. He was awarded the Mozartinterpretationspreis of the Mozartgemeinde Wien in 1998. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (pianist), composer, author | Ketil | BjĂžrnstad | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Initially trained as a classical pianist, he discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz". He is an artist on the ECM record label, but has also published some 20 books (predominantly novels) and a number of poetry and essay collections. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (rock) | Lars | Lillo-Stenberg | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | He is the man behind the Norwegian band deLillos, but he also played in The Last James and still plays in the band Young Neils. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (rock), actor | Martin | Schenkel | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | Starred in sitcom "Fascht e Familie" | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (singer, kearbordist) | Ralf | HĂŒtter | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Lead singer, keyboardist, founding member and leader of the electronic-music band Kraftwerk. Since the departure of Florian Schneider in 2008, he is the group's sole remaining founding member. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (Ukulele) | Taimane | Gardner | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Considered one of the best Ukulele players worldwide. Taimane has performed in Las Vegas, California, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Samoa. She has played privately for John Travolta, Steven Seagal, George Clooney, Toyota, Pepsi, IBM and at international film festivals, and she has opened for Chicago, Jimmy Buffett, Konishiki, Cecilio and Kapono, Na Leo and Chris Isaak. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (violinist) | Henning | Kraggerud | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | He has established himself as one of Scandinavia's most outstanding international soloists. A recipient of Norway's prestigious Grieg Prize, Bergen International Festival has appointed him its Artist-Residence 2004. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (violinist) | Rachel | Podger | Female | UK / Germany | Europe | WWW | Specialising in the performance of baroque music. She is a professor of baroque violin at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (violinist), professor | Theodora | Geraets | Female | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | Violinist and Professor at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. First Price Winner De Nederlandse Muziekprijs voor viool (1989) | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (violinist), singer | Emma | HĂ€rdelin | Female | Sweden | Europe | WWW | Violinist and lead singer in folk-rock band Garmarna and also lead singer for the folk band Triakel | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (violinist, keyboarder), singer (pop/rock) | David | Vogt | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Singer of Norwegian pop/rock band "Real Ones". Their band received the 2008 Spellemannprisen for Best Pop Album for "All for the Neighbourhood". | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (violist) | Nils | Mönkemeyer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Widely-known violist. Winner of several awards. Appointed Professor for viola at the Hochschule fĂŒr Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden in 2009. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician (vocalist) | Bent | Van Looy | Male | Belgium | Europe | WWW | Lead singer of band "Das Pop". In 1998, they won influential HUMOs Rock Rally contest (Belgium). | Arts (performing - music) | Musician, composer | Lisa | Coleman | Lisa | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Coleman plays piano and keyboards. She was a member of Princes backing band The Revolution from 1980 to 1986. She is currently one half of the musical duo Wendy & Lisa, formed with Wendy Melvoin in 1986. | Arts (performing - music) | Musician, songwriter and fashion designer | Elisa | Randazzo | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Although her contributions as a songwriter, singer and violinist have spanned many musical projects, Bruises and Butterflies is her first solo release. Randazzo is known for layered harmonies and string arrangements. | Arts (performing - music) | Musicologist, cultural scientist, dramatic advisor | Katrin | Zagrosek | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She has been appointed the artistic director of the "NiedersĂ€chsische Musiktage" as of 2012. Since 2008, she has been working as executive producer of "Wien Modern", Austria's biggest festival for contemporary music. Daughter of Lothar Zagrosek, conductor. | Arts (performing - music) | Opera singer | Chiara | Skerath | Female | Belgium / Switzerland | Europe | WWW | Swiss belgian international Opera singer. Sings at Paris Opera, Salzburg Festival, Bern Opera, Frankfurt Opera. She has been awarded numerous prizes including the Audience Prize and 6th Prize at the 2014 Queen Elisabeth Competition, the Grand Prix de Duo Chant-Piano at the 2013 International Nadia Lili Boulanger Competition, and more. | Arts (performing - music) | Opera Singer (Tenor) | Torsten | Kerl | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Famous Wagner singer (TannhĂ€user 2013 at Bayreuther Restspiele), MET Opera NYC, Milan Scala, Salzburger Festspiele, Semper Opera Dresden and many more. Winner of the Grammy Award 2000 and of numerous competitions. | Arts (performing - music) | Producer | Felix J. | Gauder | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Produced acts include "Das Modul", "The Free", "e-rotic" | Arts (performing - music) | Producer and songwriter | Pontus | Winnberg | Male | Sweden | Europe | WWW | Member of music production and songwriting team Bloodshy & Avant, (co-)writer and (co-)producer of songs by Britney Spears, Madonna and others. Pontus Winnberg is also a member of Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow. | Arts (performing - music) | Rap artist, actress | Nina | Tenge | Nina MC | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Mostly known for her participation in the "Deichkind" hit single "Bon Voyage" in 2000 | Arts (performing - music) | Record Producer, Songwriter, Entertainment manager | Jeremy | Skaller | Jremy | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Jeremy Skaller has produced and written songs that have sold over 20 Million copies. He is a Grammy nominated producer, most known for his work with Jay Sean and Cash Money. He wrote and produced the Billboard #1 single "Down" and has since gone on to manage acts signed to various record labels. | Arts (performing - music) | Saxophonist (classical) | Sigurd Manfred | RaschĂšr | Pioneer of the classical saxophone | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Worldwide concertizing classical saxophonist - wrote the most famous method book "Top Tones" and many others - Prof. of saxophone: Copenhagen, Malmö, Julliard, Manhatten and Eastman School of Music. Played with most of the major orchestras of Europe, USA, Australia etc.as soloist with famous conductors: Boston Philharmonic - with Serge Koueivitzki; New York Philharmonic with John Barbirolli, Leonard Bernstein; Berlin Philharmonic with Hermann Scherchen, FurthwĂ€ngler etc. Over 200 works were written for him, for example by Glazounov, Ibert, Hindemith, Martin, Haba, Larsson etc. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer | BĂȘ | Ignacio | Female | Brazil / Germany | Americas / Europe | WWW | Her style relates to pop, world music, bossa nova, lounge and jazz. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer | Angelina | Jordan | Female | Norway | Europe | WWW | Norwegian child singer whose audition for the 2014 season of Norway's Got Talent at the age of seven, singing "Gloomy Sunday" in the style of Billie Holiday, became a viral video online, and led to worldwide press coverage. She went on to win the competition (at eight) with her performance of George Gershwin's "Summertime". Since then she has worked to raise millions of dollars on behalf of environmental causes and children's charities around the world. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer | John | McCrea | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Lead singer and founding member of alternative rock band Cake. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer (bass-baritone) | NjĂ„l | Sparbo | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | One of Norway's most active and versatile classical singers. In 2009, Sparbo received the Grieg Award, which is awarded annually by the Edvard Grieg museum Troldhaugen. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer (opera / mezzo soprano), director | Susannah | Haberfeld | Female | Switzerland / UK | Europe | WWW | Arts (performing - music) | Singer (pop / rock) | Jennifer | Rush | Female | USA / Germany | Americas | WWW | Best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love" of 1985 (listed in the Guinness Book Of Records as "the best selling single by a female solo artist in the history of the British music industry" until 1992) | Arts (performing - music) | Singer (pop) | Sanjaya | Malakar | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Finalist on the sixth season of American Idol | Arts (performing - music) | Singer (pop), TV host | Bernhard Albrecht Matthias Lasse | BlĂŒmel | Ben | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | His greatest success was 2002 with the hit single "Engel", a collaboration with singer Gim. He was also successful as TV presenter of the music show The Dome (RTL II), Toggo Music (Super RTL) and Bravo TV (Pro 7) | Arts (performing - music) | Singer (rock), songwriter, and guitarist | John | Kay | Joachim Krauledat | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Known as the frontman of Steppenwolf. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer (Wagner tenor) | Wolfgang | Windgassen | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Windgassen sang at all the important opera houses all over the world. He was invited to perform at the reopening of the Bayreuth Festival in 1951 and continued to appear there till 1970, singing all the great Wagner tenor roles. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer opera Tenor Wagner | Torsten | Kerl | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | See Internet http://www.torstenkerl.com | Arts (performing - music) | Singer, songwriter, stand-up-comedian, producer | Olaf Roberto | Bossi | Male | Italy | Europe | WWW | Founded his first band in Waldorf school. Stage and tv appearances as singer-songwriter/comedian. Winner of several awards, incl. 2 golden records as producer, nominated for an Echo award. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Mariana | Aydar | Female | Brazil | Americas | WWW | Singer of MPB (Brazilian popular music). She was born in SĂŁo Paulo in 1980. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Julian | Berntzen | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Won the Norwegian music award "Spellemannprisen" in 2003 as the best new artist/upcoming artist that year. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Annelotte | de Graaf | Amber Arcades | Female | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | Her output attracted the attention of Heavenly Recordings, which released her debut full-length album, Fading Lines, in June 2016. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Josie | Field | Female | South Africa | Africa | WWW | Young upcoming singer songwriter, released her first CD "Mercury" in 2007 which brought her two no.1 radio hitsingles in South Africa. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Sadie | Jemmett | Female | UK | Europe | WWW | In 2012 Sadie was featured on the compilation album Music is Love - A Singer-Songwriters Tribute to the Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Her cover of Teach Your Children has gained excellent reviews and radio play in Europe and the United States. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Jennifer | Leonhardt | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Her music blends many genres of American music, including folk, soul, gospel, country, rock, blues, and R&B, and is known for her harmonies and a wide vocal range, and an ability to improvise in live performance. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Nicolas | Michel | K | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | His albums include "Arbre rouge", "Amour dans la rue" etc. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Jascha | Richter | Male | Denmark | Europe | WWW | Singer, songwriter and keyboarder of Danish soft rock band "Michael Learns to Rock" (formed in 1988, more than 9 million albums sold) | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Martina | Sorbara | Female | Canada | Americas | WWW | Martina is a singer-songwriter and the lead singer of the electro-pop band Dragonette. The band won the Canadian Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year in 2012 and was nominated for a Juno Award for the Best New Group in 2008. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Sufjan | Stevens | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | He is best known for his 2005 album, Illinois, which hit number one in the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and for the song "Chicago". Brother of long distance and marathon runner Marzuki Stevens. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter | Aspen | Switzer | Female | Canada | Americas | WWW | Aspenâs second CD, âhumble but bearing no apologyâ (released Nov. 2008) was chosen as a finalist for 3 awards at the 2009 British Columbia Interior Music Awards and she won for best Folk/Traditional Recording of the Year and best Roots/World Recording of the Year. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter (sacred music) | Snatam | Kaur | Snatam Kaur Khalsa | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Snatam is an internationally-acclaimed singer-songwriter of Sikh devotional music, kirtan, and is one of the top-selling musicians in the New Age music genre. She has toured the world, promoting peace and bringing her music to the masses. She received numerous positive reviews of her concerts and albums, especially in alternative and yogic media. Her career received a boost when it became known that her music was a favorite of Oprah Winfrey, and she even played for Oprah at her private birthday party on Maui. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter (soul-folk) | Layah Jane | Singer-Wilson | Layah Jane | Female | Canada | Americas | WWW | Jane has appeared at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, Ottawa Folk Festival, Toronto Winterfolk Festival, Toronto City Roots Festival, North by Northeast Music Festival, Blue Skies Music Fest. She was nominated for the 2008 Toronto Independent Music Award for Best Folk Artist. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter and actress | Charlie | Storwick | Female | Canada | Americas | WWW | She is most notable for being the winner of The Next Star season 4. Storwick is also the first ever contestant on The Next Star to get one million views on YouTube. | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter, composer, producer, musician | Tim | Arnold | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | Currently a solo artist performing under the name "The Soho Hobo", but first achieved success as the singer and songwriter of Britpop band Jocasta in the mid-1990s | Arts (performing - music) | Singer-songwriter, political activist, eurythmy teacher | Maria | Stern | Maria Krisan | Female | Austria | Europe | WWW | In Austria Maria Stern is known as a political singer-songwriter and activist who fights against the poverty of children from single parents and for women right in Austria. | Arts (performing - music) | Sociologist, music manager | Elmar | Weingarten | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Artistic Director of the RSO Berlin, Berlin philharmonics, Ensemble Modern and Tonhalle Orchestra ZĂŒrich, now artistic Director of the Festspiele ZĂŒrich. | Arts (performing - music) | Violinist | Nathaniel | Anderson-Frank | Male | Canada | Americas | WWW | In February 2011 Nathaniel was appointed to the No. 4 chair of the Philharmonia Orchestra first violin section. He has lead the Orchestra on occasion, and is a regular leader of the Orion Symphony and Paradisal Players. He had a full scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he obtained his Master of Music degree. He was a winner of the Concerto Prize at RAM. | Arts (performing - music) | Violinist (classical and popular music) | Jan | Baruschke | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He gave concerts in Spain and Germany quite early and participated as a soloist on tours of the "Chamber Orchestra Orpheus" (Bulgaria) and the "New Chamber Orchestra Luebeck" throughout the United States, France, and the Czech Republic. First violinis of the Johann-Strauss-Ensemble founded by him and pianist Prof. Barthel. | Arts (performing - other) | Ballet dancer at the Scapino Ballet Company, Rotterdam | Rein | Putkamer | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | Ballet dancer at the Scapino Ballet Company, Rotterdam. Professional Training: HAVO voor Muziek and Dans, Rotterdamse Dansacademie. Danced with: Galili Dance. Now with the famous Scapino Ballet. | Arts (performing - other) | Comedian | Tijl | Beckand | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | Well known Dutch comedian from the television programme the Lama's, a group of 4 improvising comedians. | Arts (visual - design related) | Artist / author / musician / skateboarder / celebrity photographer / filmmaker / fashion designer / model | Julian | Klincewicz | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | He has shot video for Gosha Rubchinskiy, Eckhaus Latta, New York band Haerts, and he hosted his second exhibition in Tokyo. He was personally invited by Kanye West to film the YEEZY Season 3 presentation in Madison Square Gardens. | Arts (visual - design related) | Designer | Ferdinand Alexander | Porsche | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Designer of Porsche 911 and Porsche 904 | Arts (visual - design related) | Designer | Gotthardin | Thylmann | Goan Thylmann | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Chief Designer BOGNER Sport | Arts (visual - design related) | Designer, architect | Thomas | Heatherwick | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | Founder of London-based design practice Heatherwick Studio. Since the late 1990s Heatherwick has emerged as one of BritainĂąâŹâąs most gifted and imaginative designers. His innovative approach to design has earned him a reputation as an "ideas engine" | Arts (visual - design related) | Designer, silver smith | Sebastian | Schildt | Male | Sweden | Europe | WWW | Arts (visual - design related) | Fashion designer | Bella | Freud | Female | UK | Europe | WWW | She worked for Vievienne Westwood before starting her own design company. Daughter of artist Lucian Freud and great granddaughter of the inventor of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud. | Arts (visual - design related) | Fashion designer | Eva | Gronbach | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of "T-Com inspire!award" 2004, according to German magazine "NEON" she is "amongst the 100 most influential young Germans" | Arts (visual - design related) | Fashion designer | Tomas | Maier | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Creative Director at the Italian luxury lifestyle brand Bottega Veneta, which is part of the Luxury Division of PPR. Tomas Maier joined Bottega Veneta as Creative Director in June 2001. In the years since, he has established Bottega Veneta as one of the worldâs top luxury goods houses. | Arts (visual - design related) | Motorcycle craftsman and parts engineer | Roger | Goldammer | Male | Canada | Americas | WWW | Custom-designs and builds Harley Davidson motorcycles, winner of the first annual "Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building" (California, USA) in October 2004, 1st place winner at 2004 AMD pro-show and at 2004 Las Vegas bike fest "Artistry in Iron" master builders bike show, 2003 VQ award for most innovative bike builder (by Easyriders and V-Twin magazines) | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Cinematographer | Inigo | Westmeier | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Specialized on documentaries (e.g. "Alone in four walls", winner of Max OphĂŒls Prize 2008 as "Best Documentary"). | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Cinematographer, screenplay writer, film director and producer | Thomas | Mauch | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Has had numerous collaborations with director Werner Herzog. His career spans fifty years working in both film and TV, predominantly in Germany. Awarded with the German Film Award in 1973, 1979 and 1989. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Cinematographer, screenplay writer, film director and producer | Jörg | Schmidt-Reitwein | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He has collaborated with director Werner Herzog on a number of projects. Among his many collaborations with other directors, Schmidt-Reitwein is notable for his cinematographic achievement in shooting Alan Greenberg's acclaimed 1982 documentary about Jamaica and death of Bob Marley, Land of Look Behind. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director (film), actor | John | Polson | Male | Australia | Oceania | WWW | In 2005 he directed the film Hide and Seek, starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning, which achieved number one box-office status in America. He also directed the feature film Tenderness starring Russell Crowe and Laura Dern, which was released in 2009. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director (film, stage), screenwriter, actor | Rainer Werner | Fassbinder | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He is one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director (stage) | Jette | Steckel | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of several awards, such as "talented young director of the year"2007 awarded by the leading german theater magazine "Theater heute" and Rolf-Mares-Prize 2011 for staging "Don Carlos" at Thalia Theater Hamburg. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director (theater) | Hans-Peter | Lehmann | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former director of State Opera at Hannover (Staatsoper Hannover, 1981 - 2001), also stageing at the Operas of Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Basel, Brussels, Amsterdam, Milan, Paris, Chicago, Venice and Zurich. Son of Kurt Lehmann, sculptor. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director and dance-film-maker | Katrina | McPherson | Female | UK | Europe | WWW | She is one of the first generation of truly hybrid video-dance artists. She is the sister of Colin McPherson, photojournalist and freelance photographer | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director, actor (tv), photographer | Caspar | Arnhold | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of German Short Film Award in Gold for Short Film "Full Stop" in 2004. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director, author | Jutta | Winkelmann | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director, screenwriter, producer | Austin | Chick | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Made the films XX/XY, released in 2002, and August, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director, script writer | Boris | Hars-Tschachotin | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | "Sergej in der Urne" / "Sergej in the Urn", winner of multiple awards | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Director, Scriptwriter | Burkhard | Feige | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He received several awards, to include the Grimme-Prize for "Schnitzeljagd im Heiligen Land" (2011) | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Documentarian | Lisei | Caspers | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of "Deutscher Nachwuchsfilmpreis 2007" (German Young Talents Movie Award) for "Grenzgebiet - Spiritual Healing" | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Film director | Oliver | Hirschbiegel | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Directed "Der Untergang" ("Downfall", Academy Award nominee for best foreign film in 2005), "Das Experiment" | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Film director | Lenard Fritz | Krawinkel | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Directed and produced first German animated movie "Back to Gaya" | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Film director | Stefan | Krohmer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Awards include Adolf Grimme Award in Gold 2002 and 2004. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Film director | Gust | Van Den Berghe | Male | Belgium | Europe | WWW | He made a trilogy of films that were internationally rewarded with prices (Lucifer [2014], Blue Bird [2011] and En waar de sterre bleef stille staan [2010]) | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Film director, producer | Ariel | Nasr | Male | Canada / Afghanistan | Americas / Asia | WWW | His film, The Boxing Girls of Kabul, won the Canadian Screen Award in March 2013 in the Best Short Documentary category. Ariel wrote and directed the film. Ariel was nominated for an Oscar in the Live Action Short Film category for Buzkashi Boy. He was the producer of this film. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Film, theatre and arts director / producer, charity fundraiser and campaigner | Hamish | Jenkinson | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | Directed the short film "The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa", starring Kevin Spacey. Director of the ceremony for UEFA Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium, 2011. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | movie director, photographer | Germinal | Roaux | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | For his film "Left Foot Right Foot" (2013) he received the "Bayard d'Or pour la Meilleure PremiĂšre Oeuvre au FIFF de Namur 2013". The film was also within the official selection for "Special Screening" at theFestival du Film de Zurich 2013. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Photographer | Tom | Stone | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Most widely known for his documentary photography of outsider, displaced and homeless populations in California. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Photographer | Albert | Watson | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | He has shot over 200 covers of Vogue around the world and 40 covers of Rolling Stone magazine since the mid-1970s. Photo District News named Watson one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Photographer | Donata | Wenders | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Production designer | Knut | Loewe | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Production designer for "The Wave" / "Die Welle", "Cold is the Evening Breeze" / "Kalt ist der Abendhauch" | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Production designer | Heidi | LĂŒdi | Female | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | Worked with Wim Wenders, has been responsible for selecting style and visual design for movies such as "Der Zauberberg" (1982), for which she, together with her husband, received the German Film Award in Gold for "Outstanding Individual Achievement: Production Design". | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Stage director, artistic director | Matthias | Hartmann | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Director of Vienna's Burgtheater since 2009 | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Surrealist artist, photographer | Meret | Oppenheim | Female | Switzerland / Germany | Europe | WWW | Oppenheim was a member of the Surrealist movement of the 1920s along with AndrĂ© Breton, Luis Buñuel, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, and other writers and visual artists. Besides creating art objects, Oppenheim also famously appeared as a model for photographs by Man Ray, most notably a series of nude shots of her interacting with a printing press. | Arts (visual - film, photography etc.) | Video artist and experimental film maker | Max | Hattler | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Best known for his kaleidoscopic political short films âCollisionâ (2005) and "Spin" (2010), abstract stop motion works "Shift" (2012) and "AANAATT" (2008), and psychedelic animation loops "Sync", "1923 aka Heaven" and "1925 aka Hell" (2010). | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Airbrush artist | Knud | Tiroch | Male | Austria | Europe | WWW | Belongs to Europe's finest Airbrush artists. He designed for David Coulthard, ZZ Top, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Artist | Danie | Mellor | Male | Australia | Oceania | WWW | He works in different media including printmaking, drawing, painting, and sculpture. Considered a key figure in contemporary Indigenous Australian art, the dominant theme in his art is the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian cultures. He was the winner of the 2009 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Cartoonist | Kwam | Korsa-Acquah | Dum-Doodles | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | Renowned celebrity Urban cartoonist working with Warner Bros. Records. He draws urban cartoons and has been commissioned by Bashy and Chris Brown. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Cartoonist | Ville | Ranta | Male | Finland | Europe | WWW | Ranta has achieved fame through his original, often very personal and sometimes controversial cartoons. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Comedian, cartoonist | Michael | Marks | Micha Marx | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of several awards as solo touring comedian. In his capacity of cartoonist he invented the #Quarantierchen during the global pandemic. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Comic painter | Jan-Michael | Richter | Jamiri | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He is one of the most recognized comics artists in Germany. Jamiri has published nine comic collections since 1990. He has published one- and two-page comics in German magazines since 1992. Today, he has more than one million readers monthly. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Fine Art painter | Caitlin | Keogh | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | She is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art & many other collections. Represented by the Bortolami Gallery in NewYorkCity. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Ilustrator, meditation instructor, musician, poet, fine and visual artist and writer. | TĂ©rsio | Greguol | T. Greguol | Male | Brazil | Americas | WWW | T. Greguol has been a big fan of monsters since his childhood. Influenced by ideas averse to the media and great attention to the arts, of the Waldorf education. But also exposed to the 80s pop culture. He is a visual and fine artist, writer, musician and teaches meditation. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Painter | Aleah | Chapin | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Winner of the BP portrait Award 2012 - first female American Artist to win the award. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Painter | Odd | Nerdrum | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Internationally acclaimed painter and anti-modernist cult figure | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Painter | Amanda | Sage | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | She trained and worked with the Fuchs dynasty of artists, being one of the more notable students. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Painter (figurativist), model | Kaja | Norum | Female | Norway | Europe | WWW | A former student and protĂ©gĂ© of painter Odd Nerdrum, Norum is devoted to Nerdrums philosophy of Kitsch painting, and is a part of The Kitsch Movement spawned by Nerdrum. After the latter relocated to France in 2011, Norum is the primary caretaker of his gallery and his estate. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Painter, activist. | Zaria | Forman | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | aria Forman documents climate change with pastel drawings. She travels to remote regions of the world to collect images and inspiration for her work, which is exhibited worldwide. She has flown with NASA on several Operation IceBridge missions over Antarctica, Greenland, and Arctic Canada. She was featured on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, PBS, and BBC. She delivered a TEDTalk, and spoke at Amazon, Google, and NASAâs Goddard Space Flight Center, exhibited in Banksyâs Dismaland, and was the artist-in-residence aboard the National Geographic Explorer in Antarctica. Her works have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, and the Smithsonian Magazine. Her drawings have been used in the set design for the popular Netflix series, House of Cards. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Painter, artist | VebjĂžrn | Sand | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | He is known for his paintings as well as his public arts projects, such as the Da Vinci Project, and the Kepler star monument (Norwegian Peace Star) at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Painter, graphic designer, photographer, author and director | Christian | Volckman | Male | France | Europe | WWW | He is mostly known for his motion capture animation effort Renaissance, for which he was granted the Award for Best Feature Film at the 5th Festival of European Animated Feature Films and TV Specials. The film was internationally released in 2006 and received mixed reviews from movie critics. It was awarded the Feature Film Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Painter, object artist | Jerome | Bech | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | Known for colourful paintings and objects, sometimes signed with humorous textual remarks. | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Sculptor and painter | Nicolaus | Widerberg | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Arts (visual - painting, drawing etc.) | Sculptor, artist, landscape architect and interdisciplinary urban planner | Herbert | Dreiseitl | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | His particular expertise is in combining artistic aspects with environmental planning and implementation with regard to water in an urban setting. His work is considered to be at the leading edge in urban hydrology and the treatment of waste and stormwater, realizing sustainable infrastructure which combines city resource needs with space for nature and people. | Community and social services | Philantropist, musician (jazz), author | Ise | Bosch | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Widely-known philanthropic figure in Germany, co-founder of Pecunia e.V., the German network of women with inherited wealth and filia.die Frauenstiftung (German Women's Fund). She is also a jazz musician and author. Ise Bosch is granddaughter of Robert Bosch, German industrialist, engineer and inventor engineering, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH. | Computer and mathematics | Computer scientist, programming language pioneer, politician | Kristen | Nygaard | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Internationally he is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s. | Design | Costume Designer | Layla | Griffin | Female | UK | Europe | WWW | Costumed a Bafta-winning film (Until The River Runs Red) | Design | Fashion designer | Ioana | Ciolacu | Female | Romania | Europe | WWW | She is known for receiving the Designer for Tomorrow Awards from Stella McCartney and for founding her own Ioana Ciolacu label. | Design | Fashion Designer, blogger | Anine | Bing | Female | Denmark | Europe | WWW | Anine Bing has been in the fashion industry since the age of 15. Besides music and modeling, Bing has done several design collaborations with different brands. Eventually Anine began dreaming about making her own clothing line, a dream which finally became true. In the summer of 2012 her self-titled clothing line was launched and it became an instant success. | Education | Management Professor | Otto | Scharmer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Senior Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),a Thousand Talents Program Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing,and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. Scharmer is author of the change management method and book "Theory U". | Education | Professor of Political Economy | Henrik | Enderlein | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Henrik Enderlein is Professor of Political Economy at the Hertie School of Governance. He holds degrees from Sciences Po, Paris, and Columbia University, New York. Henrik Enderlein's awards includes the Max Planck Society's Otto-Hahn Medal for outstanding achievements by young scientists. He has published widely in both Economics and Political Science. In 2011-2012 he was an expert member of the German parliamentary study commission on âGrowth, Wealth, and the Quality of Lifeâ. | Education | Statistician, Researcher | Andreas | Schleicher | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Statistician and researcher in the field of education. He is the Division Head and coordinator of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the OECD Indicators of Education Systems programme (INES). | Food preparation and serving related | Chef | Sergio | Arno | Male | Brazil | Americas | WWW | Renowned chef de cuisine in SĂŁo Paulo. Published various recipe books and owns some famous restaurants. | Food preparation and serving related | Chef | Esben Holmboe | Bang | Male | Denmark | Europe | WWW | Head chef of Oslo based Restaurant "Maaemo", one of the top 50 restaurants in the world. | Food preparation and serving related | Chef | Graham | Kerr | The Galloping Gourmet | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | English cooking personality who is best known for his 1969â1971 television cooking show The Galloping Gourmet. | Food preparation and serving related | Chef, cookbook author, designer, and television personality | Sara | La Fountain | Female | USA / Finland | Americas / Europe | WWW | She has starred in several Food related shows in Finland | Food preparation and serving related | TV chef, author | Sarah | Wiener | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Healthcare | Biochemist | Thomas C. | SĂŒdhof | Male | Germany / USA | Europe | WWW | Thomas C.SĂŒdhof is the co-awardee of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with James Rothman and Randy Schekman) for work on vesicle trafficking. He is well known for his study of synaptic transmission. Currently, he is a professor in the School of Medicine and of Neurology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. | Healthcare | Doctor, biochemist, author | Alexander S. | KekulĂ© | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Head of the Chair for Medical Microbiology and Virology of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) and director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology of the University Hospital Halle (Saale), Germany. Recipient of several awards, such as the Hans Popper Award for Basic Research der International Association for the Study of the Liver (1992) | Healthcare | Spriritual and meditation teacher, author and tutor | Sebastian | Gronbach | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Known as the modernist of Anthroposophy in Germany | Legal | Federal Public Prosecutor General | Ekkehard | Kohlhaas | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former Federal Public Prosecutor General at the German Federal Surpreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) (retired) | Life, physical and social science | Child and youth psychiatrist, paediatrician | Raisa | Cacciatore | Female | Finland | Europe | WWW | Cacciatore is an award winning psychiatrist who has published several books. She is vocal and active for the issues in children and youth well-being. | Life, physical, and social science | Editor, literary scholar, teacher | Helmut | Sembdner | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He is considered as an important researcher of the life and work of the German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer Heinrich von Kleist | Life, physical, and social science | Futurologist | Prof. Dr. Ulrich | Reinhardt | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | One of the most famous German Futurologists. Adviser to several politicians, author of books, professor. He is a scientist who has always been putting the people in the focus of his research. Instead of doing research on "how are we GOING TO live in the future?", he focuses on the question: "how do we WANT to live in the future?". | Life, physical, and social science | Historian of environmental sciences | Peder | Anker | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | He is specializing in the history of ecology and ecological architecture and design. Anker has received research fellowships from the Fulbright Program, the Dibner Institute and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, and been a visiting scholar at both Columbia University and University of Oslo. | Life, physical, and social science | Oceanographer | Wolf-Christian | Dullo | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Holder of Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Prize 2002 | Life, physical, and social science | Physicist | John Fitzallen | Moore | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | His work in military electronics, communications, and spectroscopy culminated in medical electronics and x-ray products with the founding of the company Bio-Imaging Research. Holder of several patents. He is the son of authors Virginia Moore and Louis Untermeyer. | Life, physical, and social science | Plant cultivation scientist | Wolfram | Achtnich | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Co-initiator and former managing director of "Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂŒr BewĂ€sserungswirtschaft", also worked as advisor and evaluator for FAO and other international organizations | Life, physical, and social sciences | Marine Biologist | Peter Lutz | Prokosch | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Marine Biologist, former Chief Executive Officer, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Germany (2002 - 2006); Managing Director of GRID-Arendal, a centre collaborating with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | Life, physical, and social sciences | Physicist | Viola | Priesemann | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Priesemann researched the spread and containment strategies of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and also increasingly appeared in public. | Management | CEO | Kenneth | Chenault | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Former President (1997 - 2001) and Chief Executive Officer of American Express. He is the third African-American CEO of a Fortune 500 company. | Management | CEO | Thomas | Jorberg | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Speaker of the board of Germany's first ethical and ecological bank, GLS Bank, which is a member of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values | Management | CEO | Joerg | Jungermann | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | CEO, over 20 years of leading the first anthroposophical hospital in Germany, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke (GKH) into healthcare landscape of Germany. University Witten/Herdecke was founded by the GKH main founding players. Born 1936, Waldorf graduate of several German schools (incl. Stuttgart, Nurnberg, Berlin), studied medicine in Berlin, lived with Quaker family in Pennsylvania, USA, on post-war Fulbright Scholarship. | Management | CEO | Karl MatthĂ€us | Schmidt | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | CEO of Quirin Bank since 2006. Founder of CONSORS discount brokerage bank. Was awarded the "National Leadership Award" by Economic Forum Deutschland in 2006 | Management | CEO | Peter | WĂŒrtenberger | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former CEO of Yahoo! Germany and Bild / T-Online AG | Management | Chief Executive Officer | Alexander | Gerber | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | CEO Demeter Germany and Vice-President Demeter International. Basic transdisciplinary research methodology development, initiated and designed the first German organic food chain master study programme in English language, CEO of the German organic umbrella organisation (BĂLW), CEO Demeter and Vice-president Demeter International | Management | Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board | Ulrich | Rotermund | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Beate Uhse AG, Europe's largest company group specialized in erotic business, son of Beate Uhse, founder | Management | Entrepreneur and Managing Director | Katharina | Staudacher | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Founder and managing director of foodloose GmbH & Co. KG, German manucfacturer of organic cereal bars. Founded in 2010, the start-up company was approaching revenues of ⏠1 mn end of 2014. Produced cereal bars are vegan and free of aditives, lactose and gluten. | Management | Executive Creative Director | Anselmo | Ramos | Male | Brazil / USA | Americas | WWW | Executive Creative Director with Ogilvy & Mather Brazil. Anselmo is a member of the O&M Worldwide Creative Council, and one of the founders of DAVID, a new kind of global agency with a Latin heart, with offices in Buenos Aires and SĂŁo Paulo. | Management | General Manager | Marcus-Milan | Arandelovic | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Hilton Worldwide, Area General Manager Benelux | Management | Managing Director | Michael | Andritzky | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Managing Director (HauptgeschĂ€ftsfĂŒhrer) of Arbeitgebervereinigung Nahrung und GenuĂ e.V., socio-political employers federation of German food industry | Management | Managing Director | Thilo | Bode | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Founder and Managing Director of consumer rights organisation Foodwatch e.V., former executive director of Greenpeace Germany and International. | Management | Managing Director | Jean-Philippe | Marazzani | Male | France | Europe | WWW | He is marketing and digital Director General of electrical retailer "Darty" (darty.com). Awarded a diploma by the IEP (INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL STUDIES) of Paris, he began his career in 1991 at L'OrĂ©al, being responsible for management control. He integrated the group Kesa Electricals in 2001 and became a sales manager of Dacem, later manager of secondary purchases and portable technology. In 2008 he was named managing director of Darty.com, in 2013 he was appointed as managing director of Darty in charge of marketing, communication and digital. | Management | Managing Director | Götz E. | Rehn | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Founder and managing director of "Alnatura Gmbh": organic food supermarket chain (77 branches), organic food items distributed under the "Alnatura" brand, natural textiles distributed under the "Cotton People Organic" brand. Götz E. Rehn is holder of the German "Entrepreneur of the Year 2005"-Award, category "Trade", awarded by "Ernst & Young" and "Manager Magazin". | Management | President | Peter | Kulitz | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | President of the Chamber of Commerce Ulm, president of the Association of Chamber of Commerce of the German State of Baden-WĂŒrttemberg. | Management | President | Karl Otto | Pöhl | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former President of German Federal Bank (1980 to 1991). | Management | President | Michael | Rogowski | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former President of the Federal Association of the German Industry "BDI" (2001 - 2004) | Management | President of the Board of Directors of German branch of "MĂ©decins Sans FrontiĂšres" ("Doctors without borders") | Tankred | Stöbe | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Dr Tankred Stöbe is a specialist in internal medicine and currently works in an intensive care unit and in emergency medicine in a Berlin hospital. His first mission with MĂ©decins Sans FrontiĂšres took him to Thailand/Myanmar in 2002, followed by missions to Liberia, Indonesia, Palestine, South Sudan and Somalia, amongst others. In 2004, he joined the MĂ©decins Sans FrontiĂšres Germany Board of Directors and was elected president in 2007. | Management | Publisher, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and senior executive | Miguel R. | Forbes | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Senior executive at Forbes Media, LLC. He is the son of Robert Forbes and grandson of Malcolm Forbes. | Management | Speaker of Supervisory Board | Wolfgang | Porsche | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Speaker of the Supervisory Board of German sports vehicles manufacturer Porsche AG and of Porsche Automobil Holding SE. | Management | Speaker of the Supervisory Board | Andreas | Kaufmann | Male | Austria / Germany | Europe | WWW | Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, who is both Waldorf alumnus and a former Waldorf teacher, invested in Leica Camera AG eight years ago. As Chairman of its supervisory board, he has helped to cement the companyâs reputation as one of the most exclusive camera brands in the world. | Management | Television executive, producer, writer, and director | Tony | Krantz | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Krantzâs shows have won numerous Emmys and Golden Globes. In 2002, Krantz received the Producerâs Guild Award for best dramatic series for his work on 24 as its executive producer. | Management | Vice President | Morten Hagland | Hansen | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Vice President responsible for Business Services at RigNet, provider of managed communications and other network-based services for the upstream oil and gas industry. Mr. Hansen is responsible for the sales, engineering, operations, products/solutions and marketing functions. He is seen as a leader within the remote communications industry for the energy sector. | Media | Chief editor | Florian | Harms | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former chief editor (2015-2016) and deputy chief editor (2011-2015) of German online news magazine "SPIEGEL online" | Media | Director General | Thomas | Gruber | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former director general of Bavarian Broadcasting (Bayerischer Rundfunk) (2002 - 2011), former director general of the Consortium of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD) (2005 - 2006) | Media | Event manager, media artist and podcaster | Tim | Pritlove | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | At the beginning of the 1990s Pritlove belonged to the developers of the first interactive, telephone based communication platform Die Villa. He is coordinator and co-developer of the Project Blinkenlights. In the last years he was a scientific assistant in the Institut fĂŒr zeitbasierte Medien at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1996 he founded the first T-shirt label of the hacker culture named interhemd modebewusstseinserweiterung. | Media | Journalist | Esther | Saoub | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Esther has extensive working experience gathered as a journalist in several countries of the Middle East, including Syria, Egypt, Libya, the Palestinian Territories, Saudi-Arabia, Yemen and Sudan. In particular, she has covered the "Arab Spring" and the ousting of Mubarak in Cairo for the German SWR tv station (member of the ARD consortium of public broadcasters in Germany) and also reported from other places in the Middle East, including Gaza.In 2012, she was nominated for the Reemtsma Liberty Award. | Media | Journalist (music) | Johannes | Anders | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | Music journalist (modern jazz, contemporary music, classical music), also known in the Swiss movie scene as former film technician and designer of colored light (color grading). | Media | Journalist, author | Bahman | Nirumand | Male | Iran | Asia | WWW | His book Persien, Modell eines Entwicklungslandes oder Die Diktatur der Freien Welt ("Persia, a model of a developing nation or the dictatorship of the Free World") was published in January 1967 (translated as Iran, The New Imperialism in Action) had a large influence upon the internationalism of the May 1986 student uprising. | Media | Journalist, author, radio editor | Tobias | Jaecker | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Journalist, author, editor of radio programmes "Der Schöne Morgen" and "Der Tag" of "Radio EINS" (Radio Berlin-Brandenburg, RBB) | Media | Journalist, editor, publisher, author and professor | Victor Saul | Navasky | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Professor of journalism, director of the George Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism at Columbia University, former publisher and editorial director (1995 - 2005) as well as former editor (1978 - 1995) and now publisher emeritus of "The Nation" | Media | Journalist, foreign correspondent, crisis reporter (TV) | Christoph Maria | Fröhder | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Only western TV journalist remaining in Cambodia following the invasion of the Khmer Rouge in 1975. Provided TV reports from Baghdad in the Gulf Wars of 1991 and 2003. | Media | Journalist, newspaper columnist | George | Hume | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | BBC journalist and newspaper columnist for Herald Tribune and other British papers | Media | Journalist, TV presenter | Tamina | Kallert | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Well known for her travel feature entitled "Wunderschön!" | Media | Photographer | Adriane | Ohanesian | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Adriane is an award-winning photographer based out of Nairobi, Kenya. She attended the Eddie Adams workshop in 2014, where she received an award from National Geographic. She has also been recognized as one of Magnum Photoâs top â30 under 30â and received LensCultureâs Emerging Talent award her photographs of women soldiers in rebel-controlled Kachin, Myanmar. | Media | Photojournalist | Cybelle | Codish | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | She has her photo essays highlighted in national publications such as Rolling Stone, Spin and NME. Has shot hundreds of nationally and internationally known artists like Ricki Lee Jones, Nina Simone, Kanye West and Nickleback. | Media | Photojournalist, freelance photographer | Colin | McPherson | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | He is the brother of Katrina McPherson, director and dance-film maker | Media | Radio and TV entertainer | Thomas | Koschwitz | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Media | Radio entertainer | Kathi | Wenusch | Female | Austria | Europe | WWW | Media | TV and newspaper reporter | Aram | Roston | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Investigative journalist, a correspondent at Newsweek Magazine and The Daily Beast, and author of The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi. In 2010, Roston was awarded the Daniel Pearl Award for a story called "How the US Funds the Taliban." | Media | TV host, author | Jon | Almaas | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | Best known from the weekly humour program Nytt pĂ„ nytt, where he has been since the start in 1999 | Media | TV presenter | Tita | von Hardenberg | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | ARD TV station: "Polylux", "Das Letzte im Ersten" | Media | TV presenter | Filemon | Wesselink | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | Known for his open-minded handling of controverse topics, such as drugs and sex. Deemed to be one of the most popular and credible presenters of the Netherlands. | Media | YouTuber | Maximilian | Knabe | HandOfBlood | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of the Web Video Award 2016, Comedian, video artist, with over 1 million subscribers on YouTube. | Other | Activist | Raphael | Fellmer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He lived from 2010 until 2015 in a money strike, which started with a moneyless journey from The Netherlands to Mexico.[1] He is an activist, who lived without money to raise awareness [2] and makes use of surplus of the consumer society. To fight food waste, he created a foodsaving movement, a network which collected and shared more than 3 million kilogram of food. He is co-founder of foodsharing.de, where people can share their leftover food instead of throwing them away. In 2015 together with friends he founded yunity, a multi-sharing and saving platform. | Politics | Cartographer | Thomas | van Linge | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | One of the foremost cartographers of the Islamic State conflict | Politics | Consul General | Hugo Jr. | Rodriguez | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Before becoming the US Consul General of Mexico City, Hugo has worked extensively overseas with the US State Department in many different countries including Mexico, Peru, Italy, Iraq and India. | Politics | Diplomat | JĂŒrgen | Erdmenger | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former Director General of General Directorate Transport at the European Commission | Politics | Diplomat | Joern G. | Stegen | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Diplomat (retired), working with the Council of Europe for 38 years, covering various functions, including Director of the Private Office of the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, and Head of the Table Office and of the Interparliamentary Relations Directorate of the Parliamentary Assembly with emphasis in the democratisation process of Central and Eastern European parliaments. | Politics | Member of Parliament | Freimut | Duve | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former member of German Federal Parliament and a deputy for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)(1980 - 1998), former Representative on Freedom of the Media for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (1998 - 2004) | Politics | Member of Parliament | Olaf | Feldmann | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Former member of German Federal Parliament (1981 - 1998) | Politics | Member of Parliament | Konrad | Schily | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Member of German Federal Parliament, founder and former President of University Witten-Herdecke (brother of former German Minister of the Interior [1998 - 2005] and President by Seniority of German Federal Parliament, Otto Schily). He is a neurologist and co-founder of the Witten/Herdecke University, Germany's first private university that opened in 1982. He was the university's president from 1982 to 1999 and from 2002 to 2004. | Politics | Member of Parliament | Oras | Tynkkynen | Male | Finland | Europe | WWW | Member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Green League, formerly Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's Advisor on Climate Policy, Member of the City Council of Tampere and environmental activist. | Politics | Minister | Andreas | Carlgren | Male | Sweden | Europe | WWW | Swedish Centre Party politician, former Minister for the Environment, Ministry of the Environment | Politics | Minister | Pekka | Haavisto | Male | Finland | Europe | WWW | Politician (Green League), Member of Finish Parliament, Member of Helsinki City Council, Minister of Environment (1995-1999, first European cabinet minister representing a Green party), has worked in various tasks in the United Nations | Politics | Politician | Scott | Boman | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Libertarian politician from Michigan. In the 2012 election cycle he received interviews and mention by regional, national and international media in the course of running for United States Senate. | Politics | Politician | Werner | Kirschner | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Member of the Parliament of the German State of Lower Saxony between 1972 and 1994, representing the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Deputy Head of the SPD State Parliament Fraction between 1978 and 1983. | Politics | Politician | Jesse | Klaver | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | GreenLeft politician. Since 2010 he is a member of the House of Representatives. Before that he was chair of the youth union of the Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond. Klaver got international attention for opposing tax evasion. | Politics | Politician | Alexander | Kulitz | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Politician, lawyer, Member of German Parliament (since 2007) | Politics | Secretary General of NATO | Jens | Stoltenberg | Male | Norway | Europe | WWW | 13th Secretary General of NATO (since 2014). Former Prime Minister of Norway (2000 - 2001, and 2005-2013), leader of the Norwegian Labour Party since 2002 | Sports | Cyclist | Sean | Yates | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | Former professional cyclist and a sporting director of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Prior to his professional career, Yates competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in the 4,000m individual pursuit (he also later competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics), in 1980 he also won the British 25-mile individual time trial championship. | Sports | Epee fencer | Ricarda | Multerer | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Four time German champion in epee fencing. Winner of silver medal at the 2010 world championships in Paris as a member of the German equipe. | Sports | Fencer | Marcel | Fischer | Male | Switzerland | Europe | WWW | Fencer, competed in the Men's ĂpĂ©e Individual at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. Finished 4th at the 2000 Olympics. | Sports | Fencer | Cornelia | Hanisch | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | She won a gold medal in the women's team foil and a silver in the individual foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics. | Sports | Fencer | Sebastian | Happ | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of silver medal in Ă©pĂ©e fencing, youth world championship 2002 | Sports | Footballer | Robin | van Persie | Male | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | Plays as a striker for Manchester United and the Dutch national team. | Sports | Footballer | Klaus | Wunder | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He played for FC Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup victory in 1975. He earned one cap for the Germany national football team and also represented West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics. | Sports | Freestyle skier | Angeli | Vanlaanen | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. | Sports | Golfer | Luke | Donald | Male | UK | Europe | WWW | In May 2011, Donald became the number one golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking after winning the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club. | Sports | Ice dancer | Benjamin | Agosto | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | With partner Tanith Belbin, Agosto is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, 2004-2006 Four Continents Champion, and 2004-2007 US National Champion | Sports | Ice hockey player | Carl Georg | Kuechler | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | German national ice hockey team player 1988, 1989 (for 2 world championships), Australian inline hockey national team coach 1997 & 1998 (for 1 world championship), Singapore inline hockey national team coach men & women 2002, 2003, 2004 (for 2 world championships) | Sports | Icehockey player | Gregor | Stein | Male | Austria | Europe | WWW | Played for the following clubs: Wiener EV, EHC Freiburg, EisbĂ€ren Juniors Berlin, Blue Lions Leipzig, Saale Bulls Halle, Atse Graz, Dresdner Eislöwen, Kassel Huskies | Sports | Long distance and marathon runner | Marzuki | Stevens | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Brother of singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. | Sports | Manager | Siegfried | Dietrich | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Manager and investor of German football club and seven-time German national champion 1. FFC Frankfurt. He is considered as visionary and "Spiritus Rector" of German and European women's football. | Sports | Managing Director, Entrepreneur | Florian | Zech | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Joint-Managing Director of AMANDLA EduFootball. Florian Zech co-founded AMANDLA when he was 20 years old. Since then he is the driving force behind the development and implementation of the organisation and programmes. The aim of all of AMANDLA's activities is to tackle social inequality through the innovative fusion of education and football. Using the power of football AMANDLA creates safe-hubs of development and learning for disadvantaged young people in South Africa. The organisationâs holistic football-based programme model stimulates and encourages young people to strive for a better future. The strong moral concept underpinning all AMANDLA programmes reinforces universal values and norms, often lacking in destabilised and non-existent family structures. In 2012, AMANDLA EduFootball was awarded the "Beyond Sport Award" for the best project worldwide in the category "Sport for Conflict Resolution". | Sports | Olympic Skier and Cyclist | Georgia | Simmerling | Female | Canada | Americas | WWW | The first Canadian ever to compete in three different sports (Alpine Skiing, Skicross and Track Cycling) at three different Olympic Games, she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics for Team Pursuit Cycling. | Sports | Poker player | Mark | Vos | pokerbok | Male | South Africa / Australia | Africa | WWW | Claimed to be one of the world's top online poker players. As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,200,000. His 9 cashes at the WSOP account for $977,728 of those winnings. | Sports | Professional NFL football player | Laurent | Duvernay-Tardif | Male | Canada | Americas | WWW | Professional NFL football player (Offensive lineman) for the Kansas City Chiefs and Medical student at McGill University. In May 2014, at the age of only 26, the Mont-Saint-Hilaire native became the 10th Canadianâand first Quebeckerâto be drafted by an NFL team. Laurent is playing football in the NFL in Kansas City while pursuing his studies in Medicine at McGill University in Montreal. Philanthropist at his young age, he just launched his foundation and a biographical book (in French). | Sports | Professional rock climber | Ashima | Shiraishi | Female | USA / Japan | Americas | WWW | Professional rock climber, youngest person and first female to climb the grade of 9a+, came first in her category for the youth world climbing competition | Sports | Racing driver | Wolfgang Reichsgraf Alexander Berghe | von Trips | Taffy | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Germany's first Grand Prix winner (1961) since Hermann Lang. | Sports | Racing driver (cart racing) | GastĂŁo FrĂĄguas | Filho | Male | Brazil | Americas | WWW | 1995 worldchampion in cart-racing, 1998 go for Formula Renault | Sports | Rower | MahĂ© | Drysdale | Male | New Zealand | Oceania | WWW | Olympic gold medals, Single Sculls, London, Rio de Janeiro. Olympic bronze medal, Single sculls, Beijing. World Champion, Single Sculls, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 | Sports | Rower | Georgina | Earl | formerly Georgina Evers-Swindell | Female | New Zealand | Oceania | WWW | In 2001 she won silver at the World Championships in both the double and quadruple sculls. Together with her identical twin sister, Caroline Evers-Swindell, she won gold at both the 2002 and 2003 Rowing World Championships in the double sculls. She also won, again with her sister, the 2004 Olympic gold medal. In 2002, she broke the indoor 2000 m rowing world record, recording a time of 6m 28.5s beating the previous record by 2.1s. In November 2005 she and her sister were named Rowing Female Crew of the Year by the International Rowing Federation (FISA). | Sports | Rower | Caroline | Meyer | formerly Caroline Evers-Swindell | Female | New Zealand | Oceania | WWW | In 2001 she won silver at the World Championships in both the double and quadruple sculls. Together with her identical twin sister, Georgina Evers-Swindell, she won gold at both the 2002 and 2003 Rowing World Championships in the double sculls. She also won, again with her sister, the 2004 Olympic gold medal. In November 2005 she and her sister were named Rowing Female Crew of the Year by the International Rowing Federation (FISA). | Sports | Sailor | Karen | Leibovici | Female | France | Europe | WWW | 2005: 4th woman to buckle le VendĂ©e Globe. 2004: 9th of the English Transatlantic race. 2002 - Record of the Crossing of Channel, aboard Adrien with Jean-Luc Van den Heede. 2001 - Deckchair (Transatlantic race) 6.50 (La Rochelle-Salvador of Bahia): 9th; Mini Fastnet: 2000 - Mini Barcelona: 1st; Triangle of the Sun: 2nd; Cross-Channel 1998 - Summer Mini: 1st | Sports | Sailor | Hannes | Peckolt | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He won a bronze medal in 49er class at the 2008 Summer Olympics. | Sports | Sailor and professional skipper | Marc | Thiercelin | Captain Marck | Male | France | Europe | WWW | 1994: 1st French championship with a crew in Figaro 1996-1997: 2nd of VendĂ©e Globe 1997: 2nd of the Transatlantic race Jacques-Vabre 1997: 2nd of the World Classification of the skipper FICO 1998-1999: 2nd of the World tour Around Alone 1999: 5th of the Transatlantic race Jacques-Vabre 2009: record of TransmĂ©diterranĂ©enne, solo between Marseille and Carthage (Tunisia) in 1 day, 9hours | Sports | Ski-jumper | Akseli | Kokkonen | Male | Norway / Finland | Europe | WWW | Member of Norwegian national team. | Sports | Skydiver | Moritz | Friess | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Speed Skydiving World Champion 2018 | Sports | Snowboarder | Tina | Haller | Tina Basich | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | One of the first women snowboarders in the world. Pioneer in sport. Basich began snowboarding in 1986, when the sport was still new. She is noted for winning a variety of competitions from the 1980s onward, and for helping in the design of outerwear and snowboards for women, including one of the first women's pro-models for SIMS Snowboards. | Sports | Snowboarder | Vinzenz | LĂŒps | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | Ranked 2nd at Nippon Open 2004, Winner European Open HP 2003, Winner Kaunertaler Opening Slopestyle 2002, Winner FIS Weltcup Stoneham/Canada HP 2002. | Sports | Snowboarder | Nicolien | Sauerbreij | Female | Netherlands | Europe | WWW | She won seven World Cup races and ranked first in the parallel giant slalom standings of the 2007â2008 and the 2009â2010 World Cup. She competed in the Winter Olympic Games of 2002, 2006 and won the gold medal in the women's parallel giant slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics. | Sports | Sprint canoer | Tamara | Jenkins | Female | USA | Americas | WWW | Olympic Athlete in Sprint canoeing. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event. | Sports | Sprint canoer | Jordan | Malloch | Male | USA | Americas | WWW | Olympic Athlete in Canoeing, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. | Sports | Sprinter | Josefina | Elsler | Female | Germany | Europe | WWW | Several achievements in international athletics competitions, such as bronze medal at the 2015 Relay World Championships. Retired from competitive sports in Q4/2017. | Sports | Stuntman, entrepreneur | Jochen | Schweizer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | He has set world records for bungee jumping and falling stunts. On September 19, 1997 Schweizer set a new world record for the longest bungee jump by jumping from 2500m with a 285m long rope. He founded a company selling adventure events, such as parachuting, bungee jumping. | Sports | Surfer | Ken | FĂŒhrer | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | German national youth champion freestyle surfing 2002 | Sports | Surfer | Normen | GĂŒnzlein | Male | Germany | Europe | WWW | 2005 German Champion - Freestyle/Wave, 2005 Productionboard World Champion | Sports | Tennis player | Stanislas | Wawrinka | Male | Switzerland / Germany | Europe | WWW | Winner of gold medal in men's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics. | Sports | Wheelchair basketball player | Kathleen | O'Kelly-Kennedy | Female | Australia | Oceania | WWW | She was part of the bronze medal-winning Australia womens national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. |
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