List of Famous people born in Brandenburg, Germany

Patrick Ebert is a German professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Super League Greece 2 club Xanthi.

Wilhelm, German Crown Prince of Prussia was the eldest child and heir of the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II, and the last Crown Prince of the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. After the death of his grandfather Emperor Frederick III, Wilhelm became crown prince at the age of six, retaining that title for more than 30 years until the fall of the empire on 9 November 1918. During World War I, he commanded the 5th Army from 1914 to 1916 and was commander of the Army Group German Crown Prince for the remainder of the war. Crown Prince Wilhelm became head of the House of Hohenzollern on 4 June 1941 following the death of his father and held the position until his own death on 20 July 1951.

Sergey Vasilyevich Zhenovach is a Soviet and Russian theater director, teacher, рrofessor. Founder and artistic Director Of the Studio Of Theatrical Art since 2005. Artistic Director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Тheatre on March 23, 2018.

Daniel Frahn is a German footballer who plays as a striker for SV Babelsberg 03.

Hans Erwin Hagedorn was an East German serial killer who murdered three young boys from 1969 until 1971.

Jana Schimke is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who serves as member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament.

Ursula Werner is a German actress born September 28, 1943, in Eberswalde, Germany. She grew up in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. After studying at the Staatlichen Schauspielschule Berlin, she obtained her first roles in the Halle Opera House, and in the Berlin cabaret "Die Distel". From 1974 to 2009 Werner was a permanent member of the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin. She also makes guest appearances on the Gorki stage. She is particularly remembered for her role of Dr. Unglaube in the 1977 film Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu. From 2001 to 2007 she played a permanent secondary character in the Schloss Einstein series. Following several minor roles in film and on TV, she took the leading role for Andreas Dresen's Wolke 9 where she played the part of a woman in her late sixties who leaves her older husband for an even older man. The film attempts to show that even in advanced years, love and sex simply do not just stop. For this unusual role, Werner received the 2009 German Film Award (Lola) for the best female leading role.

Erwin Helmchen was a German footballer who played as a striker. He is the most prolific goalscorer in official matches in recorded history according to RSSSF with at least 982 goals scored in 575 official matches, as well as the top goalscorer in league matches with over 720 goals, the second-most prolific goalscorer for a single team in official matches with at least 667 goals and the goalscorer with most career hat-tricks with at least 141.

Nico Marquardt is a German politician, non-executive director and consultant. At the age of 13, he became internationally known with his astronomy research work entitled The Killer Asteroid 99942 Apophis.

Axel Schulz is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 1999, and in 2006. He challenged three times for both the IBF and European heavyweight titles, losing close decisions in all of them. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 1989 World Championships and silver at the 1989 European Championships, both in the heavyweight division.