Jochen is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Jochen Asche Jochen Asche was an East German luger who competed during the 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1962 FIL World Luge Championships in Krynica, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a co ...

, East German luger, competed during the 1960s *

Jochen Böhler Jochen Böhler (born 1969 in Rheinfelden) is a German historian, specializing in the history of Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th century, especially the World Wars, the Holocaust, nationality and borderland studies. He is the recipient of sev ...

(born 1969), German historian, specializing in the history of World War II * Jochen Babock (born 1953), East German bobsledder * Jochen Bachfeld (born 1952), retired boxer from East Germany * Jochen Balke (1917–1944), German breaststroke swimmer *

Jochen Behle Jochen Behle (born 7 July 1960 in Korbach, Hesse) is a former (West) German cross-country skier who competed from 1980 to 1998. Competing in six Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay at Lilleham ...

(born 1960), former (West) German cross-country skier *

Jochen Bleicken Jochen Bleicken (3 September 1926 in Westerland, Sylt – 24 February 2005 in Hamburg) was a German professor of ancient history. Biography The son of a salesman, Bleicken studied from 1948 to 1954 history and classical philology at the unive ...

(1926–2005), German professor of ancient history * Jochen Borchert (born 1940), German politician and member of the CDU * Jochen Breiholz, German opera manager * Jochen Busse (born 1941), German television actor *

Jochen Carow Jochen Carow (born February 10, 1944) is a German former footballer. Club career He played more than 150 East German top-flight matches. International career Carow won one cap for East Germany in 1972 against Uruguay Uruguay, officia ...

(born 1944), German former footballer * Jochen Cassel (born 1981), German badminton player * Jochen Danneberg (born 1953), East German ski jumper * Jochen Dornbusch, the coach for the men's Hong Kong national team *

Jochen Endreß Jochen Endreß (born 3 November 1972) is a retired German football player. Honours VfB Stuttgart * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathema ...

(born 1972), retired German football player * Jochen Förster (born 1942), East German slalom canoeist, competed in the 1960s and 1970s *

Jochen Fahrenberg Jochen Fahrenberg (born 18 September 1937 in Berlin) is a German psychologist in the fields of Personality, psychophysiology and philosophy of science. Biography Jochen Fahrenberg studied psychology, sociology and philosophy in Freiburg, London an ...

(born 1937), German psychologist in the fields of personality and psychophysiology *

Jochen Feldhoff Jochen Feldhoff (born 10 September 1943) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 ...

(born 1943), former West German handball player *

Jochen Figge Jochen Figge (born 1947) is a German professional association football, football coach who has managed the national teams of a number of countries, including Nepal national football team, Nepal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football ...

(born 1947), German professional football coach * Jochen Fraatz (born 1963), former German handball player *

Jochen Alexander Freydank Jochen Alexander Freydank is a German film director. Freydank has directed feature films, TV movies, commercials and stage plays, and won various awards, including an Academy Awards, Academy Award for his short film ''Toyland (2007 film), Toyland ...

, German film director *

Jochen Hasenmayer Jochen Hasenmayer (born 28 October 1941 in Pforzheim, Germany) is a German speleologist and cave diver from Birkenfeld in Baden-Württemberg, whose spectacular dives have frequently made headlines. Cave diving Hasenmayer began his cave diving ...

(born 1941), German cave diver *

Jochen Hecht Jochen Thomas Hecht (German: International Phonetic Alphabet, /hɛçt/) (born 21 June 1977) is a German ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey player. He has been serving as assistant coach for Adler Mannheim since March 2022. Hec ...

(born 1977), German professional ice hockey player *

Jochen Heisenberg Jochen Heisenberg (born 16 May 1939) is a German physicist specializing in nuclear physics, and Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of New Hampshire. He is the son of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Werner Heisenberg, who was a co-foun ...

(born 1939), German physicist and Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of New Hampshire *

Jochen Hick Jochen Hick (born April 2, 1960, in Darmstadt) is a German film director and producer of mainly independent feature and documentary films, also specialising in LGBT subjects. In 1994 he founded the film and TV production company GALERIA ALASKA PRO ...

(born 1960), German film director and producer of mainly independent feature and documentary films *

Jochen Hippel Andreas Jochen Hippel (born October 14, 1971) is a musician from Kirchheimbolanden in southwest Germany. He played one of the most prominent roles in computer music during the 16-bit microcomputer era, composing hundreds of tunes for games and de ...

(born 1971), musician from Kirchheimbolanden in southwest Germany *

Jochen Horst Jochen Horst (born 7 September 1961 in Osnabrück) is a German film, TV and theater actor. Horst graduated in 1986 from the state Academy of Music and Performing Arts (''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst'') in Graz, Austri ...

, German/English Film, TV and Theater actor *

Jochen Kühner Jochen Kühner (born 15 October 1980 in Speyer) is a German rower. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's lightweight four. He has also been world champion in this event, along with his brother Martin Kühner, ...

(born 1980), German rower *

Jochen Kientz Jochen Kientz (born 17 September 1972) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Born in Mannheim, Kientz played youth football at several clubs, including local VfR Mannheim and SV Waldhof Mannheim, but made ...

(born 1972), retired German footballer who played as a central defender *

Jochen Klepper Jochen Klepper (22 March 1903 – 11 December 1942) was a German writer, poet and journalist. Life Klepper was born in Beuthen an der Oder, (now Bytom Odrzański in Poland). Suffering from severe asthma, he was schooled at home by his father, a ...

(1903–1942), German writer, poet and journalist *

Jochen Kowalski Jochen Kowalski (born 30 January 1954) is a German alto or mezzo countertenor, noted for his very rich timbre. Early life Jochen Kowalski was born in Wachow, Nauen District, Bezirk Potsdam, in East Germany (now a small village belonging to th ...

(born 1954), German alto or mezzo countertenor, noted for his very rich timbre * Jochen Lempert (born 1958), German photographer whose work is about the world of nature and animals * Jochen Lettmann (born 1969), German slalom canoeist *

Jochen Liedtke Jochen Liedtke (26 May 1953 – 10 June 2001) was a German computer scientist, noted for his work on microkernel operating systems, especially in creating the L4 microkernel family. Career Education In the mid-1970s Liedtke studied for a d ...

(1953–2001), German computer scientist, noted for his work on microkernels *

Jochen Mass Jochen Richard Mass (; 30 September 1946 – 4 May 2025) was a German racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from to . Mass won the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix with McLaren. In endurance racing, Mass won the 24 Hours of Le Ma ...

(1946–2025), German racing driver and broadcaster * Jochen Meißner (born 1943), German rower *

Jochen Miller Jochen van der Steijn (; born 11 April 1979), better known by his stage name Jochen Miller (), is a Dutch trance musician and progressive house DJ. Biography He started his career under the alias "DJ Jochen"; changing to his current name in 2003 ...

, trance musician and DJ from Mill, Netherlands * Jochen Müller (born 1963), German footballer *

Jochen Neerpasch Jochen Neerpasch (born 23 March 1939) is a German former racecar driver and motorsports manager. Career His racing career began in the 1960s, first on Borgward touring car, then with the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans as a first major event. Racing ...

(born 1946), former German racing car driver and motorsports manager *Jochen Nerpel (born 1983), racing car driver, winner of the German Formula König championship in 2002 *

Jochen Piest Jochen Piest (1964 in Bad Honnef – 1995 in Tscherwljonnaja) was a German correspondent for the German newsmagazine ''Stern''. Life On 10 January 1995, Piest was killed in a suicide attack by a Chechen rebel against a Russian mine-clearing u ...

, correspondent for the German newsmagazine Stern * Jochen Pietzsch (born 1963), East German luger * Jochen Reimer (born 1985), Canadian-born German professional ice hockey goaltender *

Jochen Rindt Karl Jochen Rindt (; 18 April 1942 – 5 September 1970) was a racing driver, who competed under the Austrian flag in Formula One from to . Rindt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Lotus, and remains the only driver to ...

(1942–1970), German racing driver, represented Austria during his career *

Jochen Sachse Jochen Sachse (born 2 October 1948 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is an East German former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich Munich is t ...

(born 1948), East German former athlete, competed mainly in the hammer throw *

Jochen Schöps Jochen Schöps (born 8 October 1983) is a German professional volleyball player, a former member of the Germany national team, a participant at the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), bronze medallist at the 2014 World Championship, and ...

(born 1983), volleyball player from Germany, plays for the Men's National Team *

Jochen Schümann Jochen Schümann (; born 8 June 1954) is a German sailor and three-time Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the '' finn class''. He competed in the Soling class at the 1988, 1996 ...

(born 1954), German sailor and Olympic champion * Jochen Schmid (born 1963), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany * Jochen Schneider (born 1942), West German sprint canoeist * Jochen Schweizer (born 1957), German stuntman *

Jochen Seitz Jochen Seitz (born 11 October 1976) is a German professional football manager and former player. Seitz played professionally in his country for Hamburger SV, SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Stuttgart, FC Schalke 04, Kaiserslautern, TSG Hoffenheim and A ...

(born 1976), German footballer * Jochen Verschl (born 1956), retired West German long jumper *

Hans-Jochen Vogel Hans-Jochen Vogel (; 3 February 192626 July 2020) was a German lawyer and a politician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as List of mayors of Munich, Mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972, winning t ...

(1926–2020), politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, party leader and minister *

Jochen Zeitz Jochen Zeitz (born 6 April 1963) is a businessman best known for his work as CEO of Harley-Davidson, Inc. and chairman of LiveWire Inc. In April 2025, Zeitz announced his intention to retire from the company after five years as CEO. Previo ...

(born 1963), CEO of the Sport & Lifestyle Group of PPR and Executive Chairman of PUMA SE

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