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Josef Settele1961–2026German biologist and biodiversity researcher, one of the world's most prominent voices on the species crisis and a leading member of the IPBES global assessment.- Klaus Bresser1936–2026German journalist and television presenter who served as editor-in-chief of ZDF from 1988 to 2000 and helped create the heute-journal.
- Irene H. Butter1930–2026German-American Holocaust survivor, peace activist, and professor emeritus of public health at the University of Michigan.
- Michael Thilo1944–2026German singer who performed the original 'Benjamin Blümchen' theme song and had a career spanning East and West Germany.
- Eberhard Bezner1935–2026German textile entrepreneur who led the Baden-Württemberg shirt manufacturer Olymp for 50 years, known as the 'Hemdenpapst'.
- Gerd Nauhaus1942–2026German musicologist who directed the Robert Schumann House in Zwickau and edited the Schumann diaries.
- Andreas Guski1943–2026German Slavist and professor of Slavic philology at the University of Basel, author of the standard biography of Dostoevsky.
- Peter Nogly1947–2026German footballer who captained Hamburger SV to the 1979 Bundesliga title and won the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup.
- Antje Kunstmann?–2026German publisher who ran the Munich-based Verlag Antje Kunstmann, developing it from a feminist women's publisher into a mainstream literary house.
- Peter Hermann1952–2026Peter Hermann (1952–2026) was a German football coach and former player, celebrated as one of the country's foremost assistant coaches at Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
- Peter Petrel1940–2026German Schlager and jazz singer, known for hits like "How Do You Do?" with Duo Windows and "Hamburger Deern" with the Hamburger Rentnerband.
- Max Riese1990–2026Max Riese (c. 1990 – 2026) was a German ultra-endurance cyclist, winner of the Hellenic Mountain Race and a co-founder of the cycling tour company GravGrav.
- Martin Gutzeit1952–2026Martin Gutzeit (1952–2026) was a German Protestant theologian, DDR citizen-rights activist, and co-founder of the East German SPD who later served as Berlin's commissioner for Stasi files.
- Ralf Richter1957–2026Ralf Richter (1957–2026) was a German actor famed for his role as Frenssen in the anti-war film Das Boot and for cult status in the comedy Bang Boom Bang.
- Marlon B. James1966–2026Marlon B. James was a German singer and musician known as a longtime member of the band Söhne Mannheims.
- Karl Corino1942–2026German literary journalist, radio editor, and biographer of Robert Musil who exposed the self-serving accounts of East German literary figures.
- Robert Alexy1945–2026German legal philosopher and jurist, professor at Kiel University, known for his theory of legal argumentation and principles theory of law.
- Frank Schambor1971–2026German radio host known as "ffn-Morgenmän Franky" who hosted the morning show at radio ffn in Lower Saxony for 22 years.
- Erni Mangold1927–2026Austrian actress and stage director whose career spanned more than seven decades across theatre, film, and television.
- Michael Mendl1944–2026Michael Mendl (1944–2026) was a German character actor known for roles in 'Der Untergang', 'Dark', and 'Tatort'.
