List of Famous people born in Hesse, Germany

Marco Russ is a German footballer who last played as a defender for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Kristina Schröder is a German politician who served as the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2009 to 2013. She served as a Member of Parliament between 2002 and 2017.

Edgar Franke is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2009.

Senna Gammour, also known mononymously as Senna, is a German singer, television personality and presenter. She was a member of the girl group Monrose.

Horst Antes is a German artist and sculptor.

Indira Weis is a German singer and actress, who rose to fame as a member of the R&B/Pop group Bro'Sis.

Reinhard Genzel is a German astrophysicist, co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a professor at LMU and an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy", which he shared with Andrea Ghez and Roger Penrose.

Ernest Maurice "Kiki" VanDeWeghe III is an American former professional basketball player, coach and executive in the National Basketball Association. He serves as the Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations of the National Basketball Association (NBA). VanDeWeghe is a retired professional basketball player and was formerly the general manager of the Denver Nuggets and the New Jersey Nets, and a head coach of the Nets.

Stephanie Ann Jones is a football manager and former player who last managed the German women's national team. As a defender, she earned 111 caps for the national team between 1993 and 2007, helping her country win the 2003 FIFA Women's World Championship and three consecutive European Championships. After retiring from active football, Jones worked as a football administrator, in charge of organising the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, before becoming a manager.

Fabio De Masi is a German-Italian politician. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2017 and was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany from 1 July 2014 to 23 October 2017. He is a member of The Left Party, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left.