List of Famous people born in Brandenburg, Germany

Wilhelm Windelband was a German philosopher of the Baden School.

Christoph Pfingsten is a German racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma. He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.

Daniel Musiol is a German former professional cyclist.

Ferdinand von Bredow was a German Generalmajor and former head of the Abwehr in the Reich Defence Ministry (Reichswehrministerium) and deputy defence minister in Kurt von Schleicher's short-lived cabinet . He was promoted to captain in November 1918 and saw active service in the First World War. Bredow was among Schleicher's closest associates, being described by the British military historian John Wheeler-Bennett as a man "blindly devoted" to Schleicher. Wheeler-Bennett lived in Berlin between 1927 and 1934 and, as a man well connected to the German ruling class, knew Schleicher and his followers well. Schleicher appointed Bredow as his successor as head of the Ministerial Office in the Defence Ministry, which was the Reichswehr's favorite instrument for exerting influence on politics.

Friedrich Gustav Adolf Eduard Ludwig Schmidt-Ott was a German lawyer, scientific organizer, and science policymaker. He was the Prussian Minister of Culture, president of the Emergency Association of German Science, on the advisory boards of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and its institutes, and chairman of the Donor Federation of the Emergency Association of German Science.

Martin Männel is a German professional footballer who plays for Erzgebirge Aue as a goalkeeper. On 24 May 2015, Männel scored a goal against 1. FC Heidenheim which tied the match but did not save his team from relegation.