List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany

Rolf Pinegger was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over forty films, generally in supporting roles.

Jacob Geis was a German theatre director, screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for 35 films between 1935 and 1959.

Johann Leonhard Rost was a German astronomer and author from Nuremberg. He wrote under the alias Meletaon.

Heinz Gerhard Pringsheim was a German music critic, composer, pianist and radio contributing editor.

Ernst Buchner was a German museum administrator and art historian. A native of Munich, he was director of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, a position in German arts administration second only to the head of the Berlin museum network. He joined the Nazi Party in 1933, played a role in seizing Jewish art, and was eventually responsible for safeguarding German collections from the threat of destruction in war. He largely rehabilitated his career after his post-war denazification trial.