List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany

Adolf von Schlagintweit was a German botanist and explorer of Central Asia. Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned by the British East India Company to study the earth's magnetic field in South and Central Asia. They were the first Europeans to cross the Kunlun mountains and the first to explore the region between Karakoram and Kunlun. After their joint exploration, Adolf Schlagintweit made a separate expedition of his own, crossing the present day disputed Aksai Chin region for the first time. Mistaken for a Chinese spy, he was executed in Kashgar.

Otto Heinrich Fugger, Count of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn (1592–1644) was promoted to be a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1628. He was the son of Christoph Fugger von Glött, deceased 1615, the grandson of Johann Fugger, deceased 1598, the great grandson of very wealthy Augsburg city International businessman and banker Anton Fugger (1493–1560). The 16th century Fugger's, descendants of a German businessmen family tracked down to the 14th century, were the Imperial bankers with King Charles I of Imperial Spain, also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles V (1500–1558), and his brother, also Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I of Habsburg (1503–1564), king of Hungary and Bohemia from 1526, emperor from 1556 by abdication of his brother Charles.

Heinrich "Heini" Klopfer was a German ski jumper and architect.

Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg was a German Prince. He was Count palatine of Neuburg and Duke of Jülich and Berg.

Zvjezdan Misimović is a Bosnian former professional footballer who most notably played for Bayern Munich, VfL Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Dynamo Moscow, and Beijing Renhe as an attacking midfielder. Misimović is the second most capped player in the history of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, capped 84 times. His 25 international goals also makes him his country's third top-goalscorer. He represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Beatrix of Nuremberg was a daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg and his wife Elisabeth of Meissen.

Tobias Potye is a German athlete specialising in the high jump. He won the gold medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships.

Rudolf "Rudi" Brunnenmeier was a German football player. The former top scorer of the Bundesliga and five times player for Germany is closely associated with the great era of TSV 1860 München in the 1960s.

Helmut Schlesinger is a German economist and former President of the Bundesbank.