List of Famous people born in Bavaria, Germany

Norbert Kückelmann was a German film director, screenwriter and lawyer. He was born in Munich, During the 1950s he studied law and worked part-time as a film critic. After graduation, he worked as a lawyer in Munich and Mainz. In 1965 he founded together with Alexander Kluge and Hans-Rolf Strobel the Young German Film Committee (German: Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film. Continuing to work as a lawyer he directed his first film Die Sachverständigen in 1973. At the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival the film won a Silver Bear. His first film also won the Deutscher Filmpreis - Best Feature Film. At the 34th Berlin International Film Festival, his film Man Under Suspicion also won a Silver Bear. Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.

Peter Howard Selz was a German-born American art historian and museum director and curator who specialized in German Expressionism.

Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer.

Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim was a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire in the Thirty Years' War.

Christian Träsch is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back or defensive midfielder.

Paul Maar is one of the most important modern German writers for children and young people. He is a novelist, playwright, translator and illustrator.

Gisela Elsner was a German writer. She won the Prix Formentor in 1964 for her novel Die Riesenzwerge.

Annette Kolb was the working name of German author and pacifist Anna Mathilde Kolb. She became active in pacifist causes during World War I and this caused her political difficulties from then on. She left Germany in the 1920s and her works were banned during the Third Reich. She wrote novels on high society and in later life wrote nonfiction about musicians. In 1955 she won the Goethe Prize.

Isabelle Joschke is an offshore sailor of dual nationality of German and French she was born on 27 January 1977 in Munich, Germany.

Patrick Ehelechner is a German retired professional ice hockey goaltender.