List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany

Andreas Kalbitz is a German politician and was from 2013 to 2020 member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 chairman of the faction of his former party in the Landtag of Brandenburg, a state parliament.

Alicia Gräfin (Countess) von Rittberg is a German actress. Following numerous roles in German films and television series, she came to attention outside Germany for her brief role as Emma in the 2014 film Fury. Rittberg starred as Ida Lenze in the lead role in the German TV series Charité for which she received the Bambi Award in 2017.

Sven Bender is a German footballer who plays as a central defender and defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and Germany national team. He was raised in Brannenburg and started his football career playing for TSV Brannenburg. Sven is the twin brother of Lars Bender.

Georg Uecker is a German actor. Since 1985, he has played the character of Dr. Carsten Flöter on the popular German TV series Lindenstraße on ARD. Controversially, in 1987, he kissed Gert Weinbauer. This was the first gay kiss in a German series in the evening. A second kiss was in 1990 with character Robert Engel this brought about discussions on LGBT topics in the media. Uecker still continues to play the character. His other television credits include Schillerstraße and he is often a guest on Genial daneben. He is an LGBT-activist and lives in Cologne.

Alfons Hörmann is a German businessperson and sports official. Since 7 December 2013, he has been the President of the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. He had previously served as President of the German Ski Association from 2005 to 2013.

Joey Heindle is a German singer. He is best known for winning the seventh season of the game show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! (2013) and finishing in 5th place in season 9 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2012), despite universally negative reviews from the jury each week.

Konstantin Alexander Wecker is a German singer-songwriter; he also works as a composer, author, and actor.

Melissa Khalaj is a German television host and singer.

Ilse Aigner is a German politician and member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU).

Mavie Hörbiger is a German-Austrian actress. Since 2009, she belongs to the ensemble of Vienna's Burgtheater.