Who knew there were so many famous people named Anja in the world? Our list of celebrities named Anja includes pictures and information about each person when available, so you can get to know them a little better if you don't know them. The famous Anjas below come from all walks of life, but all ended up achieving fame or notoriety in one way or another. This list includes singers named Anja, actors named Anja, and much more. Anja Rubik, Anja Mittag, and Anja Kling are only a few of the well-known people named Anja on this list.
Anja Rรผcker
Anja Rรผcker (born December 20, 1972 in Bad Lobenstein, Bezirk Gera) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohlรคnder, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer. Her personal best time is 49.74 seconds, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville.- Actor
Anja Stiefel
Ice Hockey Player, AthleteAnja Stiefel is a Swiss ice hockey forward.Anja Hatakka
ActorAnja Hatakka is an actress.Anja Schรผte
ActorAnja Schรผte is an actor.Anja Hitzler
Anja Hitzler (born 16 February 1983 in Welzheim) is an athlete from Germany. She is a professional soldier and competes in archery. Hitzler represented Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 23rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 632. In the first round of elimination, she faced 42nd-ranked Damla Gunay of Turkey. Hitzler defeated Damla, winning 163-152 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced Wu Hui Ju of Chinese Taipei, losing to the 10th-ranked archer in a 9-8 tie-breaker after matching Wu 156-156 in the regulation 18 arrows. Hitzler finished 21st in women's individual archery. Hitzler was also a member of the 7th-place German team in the women's team archery competition. During the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she was ranked 33rd in the women's individual archery preliminaries with a score of 629. In the first round she defeated Sophie Dodemont with 107-106. She went on to lose to top ranked Park Sung-Hyun in the 1/16 elimination round, losing the match with 112-107.- ActorAnja Knauer (born 18 March 1979) is a German actress who has played the leading female role in some German films.
Anja Nyffeler
AthleteAnja Nyffeler is a Swiss competitor in synchronized swimming who competed in the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, 2013 World Aquatics Championships, and 2012 Summer Olympics.Anja Nerall
Film EditorAnja Nerall is a film editor.Anja Milenkoviฤ
Anja Milenkoviฤ (born 23 June 1982) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for LUV Graz of the Austrian รFB-Frauenliga and the Slovenia national team. She has previously played in the Italian Serie A, for UPC Tavagnacco and Chiasiellis.Anja Haas
Anja Haas (born May 30, 1971 in Gerlos) is a retired Austrian alpine skier. She competed in two events at the 1994 Winter Olympics.Anja Valant
Anja Valant (born 8 September 1977) is a Slovenian triple jumper and long jumper. Her personal best jump for triple jump is 14.69 metres, achieved on 4 June 2000 in Kalamata and her personal best long jump is 6.54 metres, achieved on 18 May 1997. She made the Slovenian national record until Marija ล estak jumped 14.92 metres on 3 June 2007 in Ljubljana.She is currently ranked 68 in the world in the triple jump category and 1980 overall.- Anja Nobus (born 9 April 1974) is a Belgian cyclist. She participates in both road cycling as in cyclo-cross. In 2002 and 2004 she became Belgian national champion in cyclo-cross, while in 2003 she became Belgian road race champion.
Anja Nielsen
Anja Nielsen (born 12 April 1975) is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Anja Sovagovic
ActorAnja Sovagovic is an actress.Anja Schneiderh.Stoeckel
BobsleigherAnja Schneiderh.Stoeckel is a German bobsledder.Anja Steinbauer
PhilosopherAnja Steinbauer (born 1966) is a London-based Sinologist and philosopher. She was born in Mainz, Germany. She is notable as one of the pioneers of the popular philosophy movement, and is the president of Philosophy For All in London. She is also one of the editors of the popularizing magazine Philosophy Now. Much of Steinbauer's scholarly work has related to the Chinese New Confucian philosopher Tang Junyi. This formed the basis for her PhD, which she took at Hamburg University. For some years Steinbauer taught philosophy as part of the adult education department at Birkbeck College in London. When the courses at Birkbeck were cut as a cost-saving measure in 2010, she and six other ex-Birkbeck philosophy tutors joined together to found a new college: the London School of Philosophy (LSP). The LSP's first-ever lecture was given by Anja Steinbauer in January 2011, on the subject "Philosophy and Literature".Anja Gockel
Fashion designerAnja Mรผller
Film Art Director, Production DesignerAnja Mรผller is a film art director and a production designer.Anja Karmanski
ActorAnja Karmanski is an actress.Anja Herden
ActorAnja Herden is an actress.Anja Lais
ActorAnja Lais is an actress.Anja Vesterling
Costume DesignerAnja Vesterling is a film costume designer.Anja Taschenberg
ActorAnja Taschenberg is an actress.Anja Owe
ActorAnja Owe is an actress.Anja Mรถllenbeck
Anja Mรถllenbeck (born Anja Gรผndler on 18 March 1972 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is a retired German discus thrower, whose personal best throw is 64.63 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Obersuhl. She married fellow discus thrower Michael Mรถllenbeck in 1996.Anja Philip
Casting DirectorAnja Philip is a casting director.Anja Schmidt
Casting Director, ActorAnja Schmidt is an actor and casting director.Anja Sicking
WriterAnja Sicking (born 1965, The Hague) is a Dutch writer of novels and short stories.Anja Brinker
Anja Brinker (born January 18, 1991 in Melle, Lower Saxony) is a German artistic gymnast. Brinker is currently student and lives in Seelze-Lathwethren. Her former coach was Dieter Koch, the husband of the current German National Coach Ulla Koch. Now she is coached by Oleg Tchekmarov. She started training in her hometown of Melle at age six. Because of the better training condition, she and her family moved to Hannover. When she was thirteen the training center there was closed and so she started to train at one of the national training centers at Bergisch Gladbach.In 2004, she won gold at the German Junior Nationals on bars and placed third in the All Around. The next year she became Junior National Champion in the All Around and on vault. She also earned a second place on floor and a third place on bars.In 2006, Anja took part in the Junior European Championships in Volos, Greece. Together with Marie-Sophie Hindermann, Joeline Mรถebius, Lisa-Katharina Hill and Dorothee Henzler she won the bronze medal in the team competition, a great success for a German team. She placed nineteenth in the All Around and qualified for bars event final where she finished seventh.2007 was Anja's first year as a senior. At German Nationals, she won gold on bars, silver on floor and in the All Around. She competed at the Ghent World Cup, where she was fourth on bars. At the 2007 European Championships in Amsterdam she placed tenth in the All Around and sixth in bars finals. That year Anja was a part of the German team at the 2007 World Championshipsin Stuttgart that managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing with a respectable tenth place. Brinker was 18th in the All Around, but couldn't qualify for bars final. Despite of some injuries at the beginning of 2008, Anja could qualify for the German team for the Olympic Games in Beijing. There she only competed on her best even, the uneven bars where she could have qualified for event final, but unfortunately, she had a mistake at her dismount still scoring great 15.125 points. The team couldn't live up to the expectations and place 12th and last in qualifications. But it was still a great success that a German team could take part at the Olympics the first time since Barcelona in 1992.
