List of Famous people born in Hesse, Germany

Andreas Steinhöfel is a German author for children and young adult books, and a translator.

Lisa Bund is a German pop singer, songwriter, radio host, actor, and reality television star. She is best known for achieving third place in the fifth season of German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Lisa Bund released her first album, Born Again in 2007. The first single was "Learn to Love You". It reached the Top-20 in the German single-charts. After the end of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), she appeared in Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! in 2008.

Kathrin Klaas is a female hammer thrower from Germany. She is member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletes team.

Mandala Tayde is a German actress and model who works in Italy and Germany.

Souad Mekhennet is a German journalist and author who has written or worked for The New York Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast and German television channel ZDF.

Jan Löhmannsröben is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hansa Rostock.

Kirsten Kappert-Gonther is a German psychotherapist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. Since the 2017 German federal election, she has been a member of the Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany. She did not win the constituency mandate in Bremen I, but was elected via the Bremen state list.

Alfred Grosser is a German-French writer, sociologist, and political scientist. He is known for his contributions towards the Franco-German cooperation after World War II and for criticizing Israel.

Karl Heinrich Timmermann was the first American officer to cross the Rhine River in Germany during World War II after directing the assault across the bridge, helping remove explosive charges, and surviving the German Army demolition attempt to destroy the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 7, 1945.

Klaus-Peter Willsch is a German politician of the CDU party and member of the Bundestag, representing Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg.