List of Famous people born in Hesse, Germany

Aykut Anhan, known by his stage name Haftbefehl, is a German rapper of Turkish and Kurdish descent. He was signed to his own record label Azzlack, before signing with the label Echte Musik.

Johannes "Jo" Hermann Bruno Anton Weil is an award-winning German actor and television host, best known for his portrayals of Oliver Sabel on the long-running German serial Verbotene Liebe and titular bodyguard, Frank Farmer, in multiple productions of The Bodyguard stage musical, in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.

Katja Kraus is a German former football player and official. She was the first German woman to be a board member of a Fußball-Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV.

Stefan Ortega Moreno is a German professional footballer who plays for Arminia Bielefeld as a goalkeeper.

Sarah Köhler is a German swimmer. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the women's 400 metre freestyle, she finished 10th in the heats and did not qualify for the final. In the women's 800 metre freestyle, she finished in 8th place. She was also a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team which finished 12th in the heats and did not qualify for the final.

Caroline Link, is a German film director and screenwriter.

Tarek Mohammed Al-Wazir is a politician in the German Green Party. Since January 2014 he has been deputy to the Hessian prime minister Volker Bouffier, and Hessian Minister of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development. He is a member of the Landtag of Hesse and was co-chair of the Hessian Green Party.

Theodor W. Adorno was a German philosopher, sociologist, psychologist, musicologist, and composer known for his critical theory of society.

Nicola Beer is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Monika Staab is a former German football player and football manager. From 2012 until 2014 she was 15 months in charge of Qatar women's national football team. She was the manager of the women’s Bundesliga side 1. FFC Frankfurt from 1993 to 2004. She was also the chairman of the club.