List of Famous people born in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Margarete "Grete" Wittkowski was a German economist and politician. Between 1961 and 1967 she served as deputy chair of the East German Council of Ministers, the only woman ever to hold this post. Between 1967 and 1974, she served as President of the East German National Bank.

Theodor Kullak was a German pianist, composer, and teacher. He was born in Krotoschin and died in Berlin.

Stanisław Wojciechowski was a Polish politician, scholar, and activist in the cooperative movement. In 1922 he was elected the second President of the Republic of Poland following the assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz. He was ousted by the May Coup d'État of 1926.

Hanna Suchocka is a Polish political figure, lawyer, professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Chair of the Constitutional Law Department, former First Vice-President and Honorary President of the Venice Commission.

Wolfgang Thonke, was a journalist, graduated military scientist, major general, and was the last Deputy Commanding General (A3) of the National People's Army Air Force in the former German Democratic Republic. He was a military aviator/fighter pilot of “performance level I” with more than 1,500 flight hours.

Henryk Zygalski was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma ciphers before and during World War II.

Christfried Berger was a protestant theologian in the German Democratic Republic and, subsequently, in Germany following reunification. He was a leading ecumenist.

Krzysztof Jan Skubiszewski (listen) was a Polish politician, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1993) and an established scholar in the field of international law.