List of Famous people born in Hesse, Germany

Heinz Mack is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.

Claus Wisser is a German entrepreneur and a patron of music and the arts. He was head of the service company Wisag which he founded, and has been chairman of its supervisory board from 2011. He is also known for being a founding member of the Rheingau Musik Festival, and chairman of its supporting association. He was twice a member of the Federal Convention to elect the German President.

Arvid Harnack was a German jurist, Marxist economist, Communist and German resistance fighter in Nazi Germany. Harnack became a leading German resistance fighter as a member of a Berlin anti-fascist resistance group that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Abwehr. He and his American-born wife, Mildred Harnack, were executed by the Nazi regime during WWII.

Heinz Müller is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Marc-Oliver Kempf is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for VfB Stuttgart.

Jennifer Simone Macide Şebnem Schaefer is a German fashion model, actress and TV presenter.

Moritz Müller is a German professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing as Captain for Kölner Haie in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Mathias Herrmann is a German television actor. He studied acting from 1983–86 at the rewarded Otto-Falckenberg-School in Munich. Parallel to his studies he already played at the Munich Kammerspiele. His film debut he had given in 1987 in Ralf Hüttners successful movie Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen.

Angela Maurer is a German long-distance swimmer.

Elia Soriano is an Italian-German professional footballer who plays for Kickers Offenbach as a striker. He is the older brother of Roberto Soriano.