List of Famous people born in Brandenburg, Germany

Doreen Jacobi is a German actress and former model.

Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué was a German writer of the Romantic style.

Willi Kimmritz was a German serial killer, rapist and burglar.

Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a Prussian architect, city planner, and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both neoclassical and neogothic buildings. His most famous buildings are found in and around Berlin.

Tim Kleindienst is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for 1. FC Heidenheim on loan from Gent.

Jana Majunke is a German Paralympic cyclist.

Thomas Lutze is a German politician. Born in Elsterwerda, Brandenburg, he represents The Left. Thomas Lutze has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saarland since 2009.

Julia Lier is a German rower. She competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam winning a gold medal.

Arne Carl Maier is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC, and the Germany national under-21 team.

Andreas Thom is a former German professional footballer who played as a forward for BFC Dynamo, Bayer Leverkusen, Celtic and Hertha BSC. He played 51 times for East Germany throughout the 1980s and played 10 times for the unified German national team in the early 1990s. He is now retired from playing and works as a youth coach at Hertha BSC.