Hello. Can somebody help me name some famous people from the Saarland?

Question

I would like to make a presentation to some kids about Saarland. I have a lot about steel and history but very little about fun things like food and drink and - most importantly - famous people. Can people help me?

Answer 1

Heinz Becker is the first one that comes to mind. He is well known and very funny with his typical "saarlaendisch" way to talk

Answer 2

Hello,

there is a German band called Klee - look on youtube for the song 'Gold' - it is great!!

xx

Answer 3

Hmm, one of the most famous (but not popular *g*) people coming from Saarland is former leader of the German Democratic Republic, Erich Honecker. Also the former financial minister and leader of the Socialdemocratic Party of Germany, Oskar Lafontaine, was born there.

Answer 4

Oskar Lafontaine - a German politician, born 1943 in Saarlouis-Roden

Dieter Heinz - architect, born 1930 in Saarbrücken

Ludwig Harig - author, born 1927 in Sulzbach/Saar

Rudi Assauer - soccer player and manager, born 1944 in Sulzbach/Saar

Ingrid Caven - actress and wife of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, born 1938 in Saarbrücken

Jörg Michael Peters - the bishop in Trier, born 1969 in Saarbrücken

Nicole Seibert, known as Nicole - a German singer, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1982 (the only German victory there), born in 1964 in Saarbrücken

Erich Honecker - one of the leading persons in the former GDR, born in 1929 in Neunkirchen

Markus Heitz - German phantasy author, born 1971 in Homburg

Okay, I found some others, it was hard but I did it ;-)

Answer 5

Gerd Dudenhöfer (aka "Heinz Becker"), German comedian.