List of German journalists

This is a list of German journalists, those born in Germany and who have established citizenship or residency.

A

 * Aline Abboud (born 1988)
 * Prince Albrecht of Croÿ (born 1959)
 * Robin Alexander (born 1975)
 * Hanns Altermann (1891–1963)
 * Götz Aly (born 1947)
 * Melanie Amann (born 1978)
 * Karl Andree (1808–1875)
 * Reinhard Appel (1927–2011)
 * Pinar Atalay (born 1978)
 * Jakob Augstein (born 1967)
 * Rudolf Augstein (1923–2002)
 * Stefan Aust (born 1946)

B

 * Shakuntala Banerjee (born 1973)
 * Peter Bartels (born 1943)
 * Gabi Bauer (born 1962)
 * Gitta Bauer (1919–1990)
 * Reinhold Beckmann (born 1956)
 * Klaus Bednarz (1942–2015)
 * Inge Bell (born 1967)
 * Thomas Bellut (born 1955)
 * Klaus Bender (born 1938)
 * Klaus von Bismarck (1912–1997)
 * Nikolaus Blome (born 1963)
 * Gero von Boehm (born 1954)
 * Peter Boenisch (1927–2005)
 * Erich Böhme (1930–2009)
 * Alexander Bommes (born 1976)
 * Jan Böhmermann (born 1981)
 * Bettina Böttinger (born 1956)
 * Adolf Brand (1874–1945)
 * Jo Brauner (born 1937)
 * Nikolaus Brender (born 1949)
 * Klaus Bresser (born 1936)
 * Mathias Bröckers (born 1954)
 * Henryk Broder (born 1946)
 * Erich Brost (1903–1995)
 * Wibke Bruhns (1938–2019)
 * Gerd Bucerius (1906–1995)
 * Wolfgang Büchner (born 1966)
 * Traude Bührmann (born 1942)
 * Tom Buhrow (born 1958)

C

 * Paul Carell (1911–1997)
 * Claus Hinrich Casdorff (1924–2004)
 * C. W. Ceram (1915–1972)
 * Rudolph Chimelli (1928–2016)
 * Sabine Christiansen (born 1957)
 * Harri Czepuck (1927–2015)

D

 * Susanne Daubner (born 1961)
 * Gerhard Delling (born 1959)
 * Ulrich Deppendorf (born 1950)
 * Kai Diekmann (born 1964)
 * Hoimar von Ditfurth (1921–1989)
 * Annette Dittert (born 1962)
 * Marion Dönhoff (1909–2002)
 * Mathias Döpfner (born 1963)
 * Sammy Drechsel (1925–1986)
 * Wolfgang Duncker (1909–1942)

E

 * Fritz Eberhard (1896–1982)
 * Dietrich Eckart (1868–1923)
 * Ellen Ehni (born 1973)
 * Carolin Emcke (born 1967)
 * Lothar Erdmann (1888–1939)
 * Paul Ernst (1866–1933)

F

 * Heribert Faßbender (born 1941)
 * Markus Feldenkirchen (born 1975)
 * Joachim Fest (1926–2006)
 * Angela Finger-Erben (born 1980)
 * Karl-Hermann Flach (1929–1973)
 * Matthias Fornoff (born 1963)
 * Georg Forster (1754–1794)
 * Peter Frey (born 1957)
 * Frederic Friedel (born 1945)
 * Michel Friedman (born 1956)
 * Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs (1927–1995)
 * Matthias Frings (born 1954)
 * Horst Fust (1930–2003)

G

 * Bettina Gaus (1956–2021)
 * Günter Gaus (1929–2004)
 * Anne Gellinek (born 1962)
 * Annette Gerlach (born 1964)
 * Hellmut von Gerlach (1866–1935)
 * Fritz Gerlich (1883–1934)
 * Petra Gerster (born 1955)
 * Otto Gildemeister (1823–1902)
 * Alexander Görlach (born 1976)
 * Hermann L. Gremliza (1940–2019)
 * Ulrike von der Groeben (born 1957)
 * Detlef Grumbach (born 1955)

H

 * Barbara Hahlweg (born 1968)
 * Brigitte Hamann (1940–2016)
 * Horst Hano (born 1937)
 * Johannes Hano (born 1963)
 * Maximilian Harden (1861–1927)
 * Norbert Häring (born 1963)
 * Waldemar Hartmann (born 1948)
 * Hadija Haruna-Oelker (born 1980)
 * Tina Hassel (born 1964)
 * Theodor Haubach (1896–1945)
 * Norbert Haug (born 1952)
 * Gaby Hauptmann (born 1957)
 * Bodo Hauser (1946–2004)
 * Dunja Hayali (born 1974)
 * Wolf Heckmann (1929–2006)
 * Gerd Heidemann (born 1931)
 * Marcus Hellwig (born 1965)
 * Kai Hermann (born 1938)
 * Volker Herres (born 1954)
 * Rudolf Herrnstadt (1903–1966)
 * Felix Hirsch (1902–1982)
 * Jan Hofer (born 1952)
 * Werner Höfer (1913–1997)
 * Max Hofmann (born 1974)
 * Charlotte Hohmann (1900–1971)
 * Raphael Honigstein (born 1973)
 * Ernst Huberty (1927–2023)

I

 * Maybrit Illner (born 1965)

J

 * Heinrich Eduard Jacob (1889–1967)
 * Claus Jacobi (1927–2013)
 * Siegfried Jacobsohn (1881–1926)
 * Oliver Janich (born 1969)
 * Günther Jauch (born 1956)
 * Josef Joffe (born 1944)

K

 * August von Kageneck (1922–2004)
 * Hellmuth Karasek (1934–2015)
 * Jürgen Kaube (born 1962)
 * Ernst Keil (1816–1878)
 * Sven Felix Kellerhoff (born 1971)
 * Georgine Kellermann (born 1957)
 * Johannes B. Kerner (born 1964)
 * Thomas Kielinger (born 1940)
 * Ulrich Kienzle (1936–2020)
 * Susanne Kippenberger (born 1957)
 * Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989)
 * Claus Kleber (born 1955)
 * Peter Kloeppel (born 1958)
 * Steffen Klusmann (born 1966)
 * Carsten Knop (born 1969)
 * Tanit Koch (born 1977)
 * Berthold Kohler (born 1961)
 * Karl-Heinz Köpcke (1922–1991)
 * Theo Koll (born 1958)
 * Siegfried Kracauer (1889–1966)
 * Elmar Kraushaar (born 1950)
 * Gabriele Krone-Schmalz (born 1949)
 * Dieter Kronzucker (born 1936)
 * Dieter Kürten (born 1935)

L

 * Andreas Landwehr (born 1959)
 * Hans-Dieter Lange (1926–2012)
 * Christoph Lanz (born 1959)
 * Markus Lanz (born 1969)
 * Claus Larass (born 1944)
 * Gabriele Lesser (born 1960)
 * Hans Leyendecker (born 1949)
 * Christian Lindner (born 1959)
 * Monica Lierhaus (born 1970)
 * Peter Limbourg (born 1960)
 * Günther von Lojewski (1935–2023)
 * Wolf von Lojewski (born 1937)
 * Giovanni di Lorenzo (born 1959)
 * Gerhard Löwenthal (1922–2002)
 * Ernst-Dieter Lueg (1930–2000)

M

 * Sandra Maischberger (born 1966)
 * Helmut Markwort (born 1936)
 * Harald Martenstein (born 1953)
 * Hede Massing (1900–1981)
 * Miriam Meckel (born 1967)
 * Ulrike Meinhof (1934–1976)
 * Peter Merseburger (1928–2022)
 * Rudolf Michael (1890–1980)
 * Bascha Mika (born 1954)
 * Sonia Seymour Mikich (born 1951)
 * Caren Miosga (born 1969)
 * Erik Möller (born 1979)
 * Ann-Katrin Müller (born 1987)
 * Katrin Müller-Hohenstein (born 1965)
 * Julitta Münch (1959–2020)

N

 * Peretz Naftali (1888–1961)
 * Henri Nannen (1913–1996)
 * Michael Naumann (born 1941)
 * Natias Neutert (born 1941)
 * Friedrich Nowottny (born 1929)

O

 * Frederik Obermaier (born 1984)
 * Bastian Obermayer (born 1977)
 * Rudolf Olden (1885–1940)
 * Matthias Opdenhövel (born 1970)
 * Carl von Ossietzky (1889–1938)

P

 * Gaby Papenburg (born 1960)
 * Jana Pareigis (born 1981)
 * Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894)
 * Monika Piel (born 1951)
 * Frank Plasberg (born 1957)
 * Frederik Pleitgen (born 1976)
 * Fritz Pleitgen (1938–2022)
 * Ines Pohl (born 1967)
 * Alan Posener (born 1949)
 * Heribert Prantl (born 1953)
 * Günter Prinz (1929–2020)

R

 * Iris Radisch (born 1959)
 * Judith Rakers (born 1976)
 * Ashwin Raman (born 1946)
 * Julian Reichelt (born 1981)
 * Johann Georg Reißmüller (1932–2018)
 * Anja Reschke (born 1972)
 * Georg Restle (born 1965)
 * Sir John Retcliffe (1815–1878)
 * Béla Réthy (born 1956)
 * Felix Rexhausen (1932–1992)
 * Claus Richter (born 1948)
 * Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823–1897)
 * Udo Röbel (born 1950)
 * Paul Ronzheimer (born 1985)
 * Dagmar Rosenfeld (born 1974)
 * Lea Rosh (born 1936)
 * Jürgen Roth (1945–2017)
 * Thomas Roth (born 1951)
 * Gerd Rubenbauer (born 1948)
 * Anna Rüling (1880–1953)
 * Gerd Ruge (1928–2021)
 * Nina Ruge (born 1956)

S

 * Dirk Sager (1940–2014)
 * Thomas Satinsky (born 1963)
 * Bettina Schausten (born 1965)
 * Denis Scheck (born 1964)
 * Fritz Schenk (1930–2006)
 * Frank Schirrmacher (1959–2014)
 * Patricia Schlesinger (born 1961)
 * Wolf Schneider (1925–2022)
 * Cordt Schnibben (born 1952)
 * Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (1918–2001)
 * Peter Scholl-Latour (1924–2014)
 * Jörg Schönenborn (born 1964)
 * Claudia Schreiber (born 1958)
 * Constantin Schreiber (born 1979)
 * Jürgen Schreiber (1947–2022)
 * Doris Schröder-Köpf (born 1963)
 * Alice Schwarzer (born 1942)
 * Steffen Seibert (born 1960)
 * Hajo Seppelt (born 1963)
 * Klaus-Peter Siegloch (born 1946)
 * Hans Siemsen (1891–1969)
 * Christian Sievers (born 1969)
 * Ferdinand Simoneit (1925–2010)
 * Marietta Slomka (born 1969)
 * Theo Sommer (1930–2022)
 * Richard Sorge (1895–1944)
 * Augustin Souchy (1892–1984)
 * Axel Springer (1912–1985)
 * Gabor Steingart (born 1962)
 * Susanne Stichler (born 1961)
 * Claus Strunz (born 1966)

T

 * Peter Tamm (1928–2016)
 * Hartmann von der Tann (born 1943)
 * Hermann-Josef Tenhagen (born 1963)
 * Elmar Theveßen (born 1967)
 * Wim Thoelke (1927–1995)
 * Carmen Thomas (born 1946)
 * Hans-Hermann Tiedje (born 1949)
 * Thaddäus Troll (1914–1980)
 * Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935)
 * Richard Tüngel (1893–1970)

U

 * Wilhelm Ulbrich (1846–1922)
 * Udo Ulfkotte (1960–2017)
 * Leopold Ullstein (1826–1899)
 * Klaus Umbach (1936–2018)

V

 * Larissa Vassilian (born 1976)
 * Werner Veigel (1928–1995)

W

 * Silvia Wadhwa (born 1959)
 * Franz Josef Wagner (born 1943)
 * Günter Wallraff (born 1942)
 * Rüdiger von Wechmar (1923–2007)
 * Maria von Welser (born 1946)
 * Christine Westermann (born 1948)
 * Ulrich Wickert (born 1942)
 * Wilhelm Wieben (1935–2019)
 * Deba Wieland (1916–1992)
 * Anne Will (born 1966)
 * Georg Wolff (1914–1996)
 * Theodor Wolff (1868–1943)
 * Jörg Wontorra (born 1948)
 * Olaf von Wrangel (1928–2009)
 * Alexandra Würzbach (born 1968)

X

 * You Xie (born 1958)

Y

 * Deniz Yücel (born 1973)

Z

 * Peter von Zahn (1913–2001)
 * Ingo Zamperoni (born 1974)
 * Hans Zehrer (1899–1966)
 * Linda Zervakis (born 1975)
 * Annika Zimmermann (born 1989)
 * Eduard Zimmermann (1929–2009)