List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany

Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is best known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story; other famous works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 35 million copies, and adapted as motion pictures, stage plays, operas and audio books. Ende is one of the most popular and famous German authors of the 20th century, mostly due to the enormous success of his children's fiction. He was not strictly a children's writer, as he wrote books for adults as well. Ende's writing could be described as a surreal mixture of reality and fantasy.

Daniela Ludwig is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2002.

Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht is a German actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1999. His father, Uwe Ochsenknecht, is also an actor. He has a younger brother, Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht.

Robert Jarczyk is a German television actor.

Bernd Schuster is a German former football player of the late 1970s through early 1990s, who won club titles playing for the Spanish sides FC Barcelona (1980–1987) and Real Madrid (1988–1990). He played as a midfielder and was nicknamed "der Blonde Engel". After retiring as a player, he managed a number of European clubs, including Real Madrid, taking them to the league title in the 2007–08 season.

Daniela Kluckert is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. She has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin since 2017.

Rosemarie Elizabeth Aquilina is an American judge. She is a judge of the 30th circuit court in Ingham County, Michigan. Previously, Aquilina was the 55th District Court Judge, where she served as both a Sobriety Court Judge as well as the Chief Judge. She is the judge who sentenced Larry Nassar in the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal.

Peter Gauweiler is a German politician, and a member of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) formerly in the German Bundestag, where he represented Munich South and served as deputy leader of the CSU. He resigned his parliamentary seat and leadership post in 2015 at age 65. Gauweiler is considered a Euro-sceptic and made a name with partly successful constitutional complaints against the euro bailout fund and the Lisbon Treaty.

Eduard Zimmermann was a German journalist, television presenter and security expert.

Philipp Heerwagen is a German professional footballer who plays for SV Sandhausen, as a goalkeeper.