List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany
Walter Doerfler
Wolf Steininger
Luitpold Braun
Luitpold Braun is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. From 1996 to 2008 he was chairman of the Weilheim-Schongau. In the CSU, he was chairman of the Association of Municipal Affairs and member of the party executive.
Hans Striedl
Ulrike Mascher
Arnfrid Astel
Engelbert Endrass
Engelbert Endrass was a German U-boat commander in World War II. He commanded the U-46 and the U-567, being credited with sinking 22 ships on ten patrols, for a total of 118,528 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping, to purportedly become the 23rd highest claiming U-boat commander of World War II.
Frank Shorter
Frank Charles Shorter is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic success, along with the achievements of other American runners, is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States during the 1970s.
Gret Palucca
Gret Palucca, born Margarethe Paluka, was a German dancer and dance teacher, notable for her dance school, the Palucca School of Dance, founded in Dresden in 1925.