List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany

Gustav Metzger was an artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike. Together with John Sharkey, he initiated the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966.

Leo Kirch was a German media entrepreneur who founded the Kirch Group.

Yascha Benjamin Mounk is a German-born American political scientist. As of July 2022, he is currently Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC.

Isabell Klein Isabell Nagel, is a German handball player for Nantes Handball.

Wenceslaus IV was King of Bohemia from 1363 until his death and King of Germany from 1376 until he was deposed in 1400. He belonged to the House of Luxembourg.

Christina Ackermann is a retired German World Cup alpine ski racer. She specialised in slalom and competed in three Winter Olympics and four World Championships.

Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim was a German Army colonel and a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany involved in the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler.

Tobias "Toby" Sheldon was a German songwriter who became a television reality star noted for having paid considerable amounts for plastic surgery in order to resemble singer Justin Bieber. He appeared on the television shows Botched on the E! network and My Strange Addiction on TLC. Some experts argued that Sheldon's obsession was a case of body dysmorphia. This topic was discussed in depth during his appearance alongside Justin Jedlica on the talk show Bethenny.

Michael Köllner is a German professional football manager who is the current manager of 1860 Munich.

Stefan Luitz is a German World Cup alpine ski racer. He primarily competes in giant slalom, but in January 2016 at Kitzbühel, Luitz completed both runs in slalom, a first in his World Cup career, and finished eighteenth. His only previous second run in slalom was more than three years earlier, in December 2012 at Madonna di Campiglio, where he failed to finish.