List of Famous people born in Hesse, Germany

Cem Anhan professionally known as Capo or Capo Azzlack is a rapper from Germany with Turkish and Kurdish descent. He is the younger brother of the rapper Haftbefehl.

Rainer Schüttler is a retired German professional tennis player. He was runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and semifinalist at 2008 Wimbledon. Schüttler also won a silver medal in doubles at the 2004 Summer Olympics and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 5 in April 2004.

Lars-Hendrik Röller is a German economist who has been the Director General for Economic and Financial Policy at the German Chancellery since 2011, a position that makes him Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief economic advisor. He previously was the president of the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin. In 2002, he was awarded the Gossen Prize in recognition for his contributions to empirical industrial economics.

Marc Wachs is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for SC Hessen Dreieich.

Marvin Friedrich is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back for 1. FC Union Berlin.

Wolfgang Gerhardt is a German politician and was the leader of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) from 1995 until he was succeeded by Guido Westerwelle in 2001.

Dirk Spaniel is a German politician. Born in Marburg, Hesse, he represents Alternative for Germany (AfD). Dirk Spaniel has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2017.

Oliver Reck is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He manages SSV Jeddeloh.

Theodor Habicht was a leading political figure in Nazi Germany. He played a leading role in the Austrian Nazi Party. During World War II, he was involved in the administration of Nazi-occupied Norway until his dismissal by Adolf Hitler. He later served in the Wehrmacht and was killed in action on the Eastern Front at Nevel in 1944.

Martin Hohmann is a German lawyer and politician. He was a member of the German Parliament ("Bundestag") for the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), from 1998 until 2005. Since 2017 he has again been a member of the German Parliament for the AfD.