Famous, noteworthy, renowned and infamous German people include: Boris Becker, Marlene Dietrich, Claudia Schiffer, Franz Beckenbauer, Adolf Hitler, Richard Wagner, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Albert Einstein and J.S Bach along with many others. Each have shaped Germany throughout history in different ways and have left lasting sporting, political, musical or even Hollywood legacies for that help define Germany as it is now.