List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany

Julia Viellehner was a German long-distance duathlete and triathlete who competed in long-distance world duathlon and triathlon championships.

Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig, Prince Regent of Bavaria, was the de facto ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, due to the incapacity of his nephews, King Ludwig II for three days and King Otto for 26 years.

Christian Danner is a former racing driver from Germany.

Andrea Wolf was a radical leftist activist. She was a PKK militant. She was killed while fighting with the PKK in 1998. Before her death, Wolf had been implicated in some revolutionary activities, and was accused of being part of the Red Army Faction from Germany. The Andrea Wolf case is the focus of a short film by Hito Steyerl called November.

Ruth Drexel was a German actress, director, and theatre director/manager. Her best-known role was as "Resi Berghammer" in the German television series, Der Bulle von Tölz, in which she played the mother of the eponymous cop. As of January 2006, she played the role in 58 episodes.

Bärbel Kofler is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2004. In 2016, she was appointed as Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Markus Babbel is a German professional football coach and former player who last managed the Western Sydney Wanderers FC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England. Babbel won the UEFA Cup twice, in 1996 with Bayern and in 2001 with Liverpool, and was part of the Germany team that won UEFA Euro 96.

Gabriele Krone-Schmalz is a German broadcast journalist and author.

Gustave Albin Whitehead was an aviation pioneer who emigrated from Germany to the United States where he designed and built gliders, flying machines, and engines between 1897 and 1915. Controversy surrounds published accounts and Whitehead's own claims that he flew a powered machine successfully several times in 1901 and 1902, predating the first flights by the Wright Brothers in 1903.

Charlotte Knobloch is the former President of Central Council of Jews in Germany from 2006 to 2010. She is also Vice President of the European Jewish Congress and the World Jewish Congress. She has for many years been one of the primary leaders of the Jewish community in Munich, as President of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde München und Oberbayern since 1985.