List of Famous people born in Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany

Nico Wellenbrink, better known as Nico Santos, is a German singer-songwriter. He collaborated with DJ Topic who featured him on vocals for the hit song "Home" in 2016. Santos has a number of solo hit singles, most notably "Rooftop" in 2017 from his debut solo album Streets of Gold. He has also authored and produced for a number of German artists including Bushido and Shindy and Mark Forster among others. He currently lives in Berlin.

Heino Ferch is a German film, theatre and television actor. His notable film roles include Albert Speer in Downfall (2004) and Harry Melchior in The Tunnel (2001).

Jan Böhmermann is a German satirist, podcast, and television host. He also worked as a writer, producer, radio host, and is best-known for his activism through publicity stunts.

Angelique Kerber is a German professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 and winner of three Grand Slam tournaments, she made her professional debut in 2003 and rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the No. 92-ranked player in the world. She ascended to the top of the rankings on 12 September 2016, thus becoming the twenty-second and oldest player to achieve the number-one ranking for the first time.

Meret Becker is a German actress and singer.

Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann EK OBE was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964.

Martin Ney is a German serial killer. He wore a mask while killing three and sexually assaulting at least 40 children in school camps. He also did some of his activities in camps, private homes and other places. Ney, who committed his first act in 1992, was also known as the "Masked Man" and the "Black Man". After his arrest on 15 April 2011, the 40-year-old educator confessed to three murders, but is suspected of two others. Ney was sentenced on 27 February 2012 by the Stade district court among other things, for three murders to life imprisonment. The court also noted the particular severity of the guilt.

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a German diplomat. During World War II he served as an attaché for Nazi Germany in occupied Denmark. He tipped off the Danes about the Germans' intended deportation of the Jewish population in 1943 and arranged for their reception in Sweden. Danish resistance groups subsequently rescued 95% of Denmark's Jewish population. Israel has designated Duckwitz as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.

Jürgen Trittin is a German Green politician. He was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 1998 to 2005 in Germany.

Julian Brandt is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.