Giessen
Giessen is town in central Germany, north of Frankfurt. It's known for the Mathematikum, a museum focused on math, with hands-on experiments. Next door, the Liebig Museum has chemistry exhibits, plus the lab of 19th-century scientist Justus von Liebig. Part of the University of Giessen, the Botanical Garden was founded in 1609 and has thousands of plant species. Northwest, Burg Gleiberg castle overlooks the town.
People born in Giessen (First 49 people) - Page 0
Fritz Pfeffer
German dentist
Volker Bouffier
Former Minister-President of Hesse
Helge Braun
Member of the German Bundestag
Karl Kling
Racing driver
Chris Liebing
German DJ
Jan Köppen
Television presenter
Udo Bullmann
Member of the European Parliament
Demis Nikolaidis
Greek former football player
Shaghayegh Dehghan
Iranian actress
Hein Heckroth
German film art director
Niko Nicotera
American actor
Walter Dornberger
German engineer
Vincent Klink
German chef
Wilhelm Liebknecht
German Politician
Robert Rosenthal
American psychologist
Martin Stock
Film score composer
Lucia Puttrich
Member of the Bundesrat of Germany
Stefan Bellof
German race car driver
Christian Bischoff
Georg Friedrich Knapp
German economist
Daniel Davari
Football player
Julia Sude
German beach volleyball player
Hartley Shawcross
Former Attorney General for England and Wales
Andreas Türck
Actor
Jochen Schropp
Actor
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
German chemist
Okan Derici
Turkish footballer
Harald Lesch
German physicist
Anne Imhof
German visual artist
Luk Pfaff
Actor
Annika Beck
German tennis player
Albert Osswald
German Politician
Karl Vogt
Scientist
Joachim Faber
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse
Wolfgang Rübsam
German-American organist
Joe Filisko
American musician
Thaddäus Meilinger
Actor
Helena Hufnagel
Film director
Joachim Vogel
German judge
Jochen Retter
Film editor
Julius Wilbrand
German chemist
Sonny Kittel
German footballer
Lina Arndt
Frank Lorber
Musical artist
Henner Winckler
Film director
Per Günther
German basketball player
Christoph Amend
German journalist
