List of Famous people born in Brandenburg, Germany

Paula Schramm is a German actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1997.

Wilhelm Hensel was a German painter, brother of Luise Hensel, husband to Fanny Mendelssohn, and brother-in-law to Felix Mendelssohn.

Robert Harting is a retired German discus thrower. He represents the sports club SCC Berlin, his coach is Torsten Schmidt. He is a former Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's discus throw. His younger brother Christoph is the event's current Olympic champion.

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia was the only daughter and the last child of German Emperor Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her father. Her 1913 wedding to Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover was the largest gathering of reigning monarchs in Germany since German unification in 1871, and one of the last great social events of European royalty before the First World War began fourteen months later.

Claudia Hiersche is a German host and actress and is well known for her portrayal of the lesbian fictional character Carla von Lahnstein in the soap opera Verbotene Liebe , where she was on contract status between 2003 and 2009.

Nicole Heesters is a German actress. Nicole comes from a family of actors; her parents are Johannes Heesters, a Dutch German actor, and Louise Ghijs, a Belgian stage actress. Her husband was movie director Pit Fischer and one of her children, daughter Saskia Fischer, is also an actress. Nicole's older sister Wiesje (1931) is a pianist in Vienna, Austria.

Jörg Hube was a German actor and director. He died of cancer.

Franziska Maria "Ska" Keller is a German politician and member of the European Parliament for the Germany constituency. She is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Green Party.

Andriy Vasylyovych Taran is a Ukrainian military leader and politician. He currently is serving as the 16th Minister of Defence of Ukraine. He is also a retired Lieutenant General in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Christoph Harting is a German athlete specialising in the discus throw. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He competed at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships, reaching the final on the second occasion.