List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany

Anton Thumann was a member of the SS of Nazi Germany who served in various Nazi concentration camps during World War II. After the war, Thumann was arrested by British occupation forces and charged with crimes against humanity. At the Neuengamme Camp Case No. 1 in 1946 he was found guilty, sentenced to death and executed at Hamelin prison.

Karl-Heinz Brunner is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was elected a member of the German parliament (Bundestag) in the federal election of 2013.

Sieglinde Hofmann was a German militant and member of both the Socialist Patients' Collective and the Red Army Faction.

Ivo Iličević is a Croatian footballer who most recently played for 1. FC Nürnberg in the Bundesliga.

Christian Gerhaher is a German baritone and bass singer in opera and concert, particularly known as a Lieder singer.

Meritan Shabani is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for VVV-Venlo, on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Karl Holz was a German Nazi Party politician. He was Gauleiter of Gau Franconia and rose to the rank of Gruppenführer in the Sturmabteilung (SA).

Alejandro Christoph Duarte Preuss is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Günay Güvenç is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Gaziantep F.K..

John II was Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 until his death, the fourth of the House of Hohenzollern. After his death he received the cognomen Cicero, after the Roman orator of the same name, but the elector's eloquence and interest in the arts is debatable.