List of Famous people born in Brandenburg, Germany

Franz Ernst Neumann was a German mineralogist, physicist and mathematician.

Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow was a Prussian-born Swiss soldier and military writer.

Martin Patzelt is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg since 2013.

Volkmar Sigusch is a German sexologist, physician and sociologist. From 1973 to 2006, he was the director of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft at the clinic of Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.

Uwe Freimuth is a retired decathlete from East Germany, who finished in eighteenth place with 7860 points at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Matthias Warnig is a former officer of the Stasi and currently the Managing Director (CEO) of the Nord Stream AG, a company for construction and operation of the Nord Stream submarine gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.

Bernhard Kadenbach was a German biochemist with main research in structure and function of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase, who worked as a professor in the chemistry department of Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Heinz Barth was a mid-ranking member in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a convicted war criminal who was responsible for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre of 1944.

Lothar Baumgarten was a German conceptual artist, based in New York and Berlin. His work includes installation and film.

Niklas Kohrt is a German actor.