List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany

Peter von Schaumberg was Bishop of Augsburg in the 15th century. A member of the nobility, he was studied at the Universities of Heidelberg and Bologna. The bishop was a skilled diplomat and negotiator.

Antonio Franz Theus "Tonio" Selmair-Selwart was a German actor and stage performer.

Christoph von Schmid was a writer of children's stories and an educator. His stories were very popular and translated into many languages. His best known work in the English-speaking world is The Basket of Flowers. In this work, fifteen-year-old Mary is taught all the principles of godliness through the flowers planted and cared for by her father, James, who is the king's gardener. When she is falsely accused of stealing and temporarily banished, her friends try to find some evidence in order to prove that Mary didn't do anything wrong until it's too late. In recent years, The Basket of Flowers has been published in the United States as part of the Lamplighter Family Collection.

Michael Echter was a German painter, known primarily for historical scenes.

Richard Reitinger is a German screenwriter. He is known for co-writing the 1987 film Wings of Desire with Peter Handke and director Wim Wenders. As Handke submitted writings for the project, Reitinger assisted Wenders in scripting scenes around Handke's contributions. Reitinger later reunited with Wenders to write the Wings of Desire sequel Faraway, So Close! with Ulrich Ziegler, with Reitinger and Ziegler responsible for the bulk of the screenplay. Faraway, So Close! went on to win the Grand Prix at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

Otto Ritter von Dandl was a Bavarian politician and lawyer who was the last Minister-President of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Kurt Neumann was a German Hollywood film director who specialized in science fiction movies in his later career.

Christian Rub was an Austrian-born American character actor known for his work in films of the late 1910s to the early 1950s, and was featured in more than 100 movies.

Bernhard Walther was a German merchant, humanist and astronomer based in Nuremberg, Germany.