List of Famous people born in Hesse, Germany

Rudolf Thome is a German film director and producer. He has directed more than 30 films since 1964. His 1986 film Tarot was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.

René Pollesch is a German author and dramatist. From 1983 to 89, he studied Applied Theatre Studies at the University of Giessen. He won the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 2001 for world wide web-slums and again in 2006 for Cappuccetto Rosso. He has been named as the new director of Berlin's Volksbühne Theatre in 2019 and take up the role in 2021

Jonas Rutsch is a German road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo. He rode for Lotto–Kern Haus in the men's team time trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.

Susanne Porsche is a German film producer and investor.

Heinz Jost was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was involved in espionage matters as the Sicherheitsdienst or (SD) section chief of office VI of the Reich Main Security Office. Jost was responsible for genocide in eastern Europe as commander of Einsatzgruppe A from March - September 1942.

Steven Müller is a German track and field athlete. He competed in the men's 200 metres event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.

Hans-Jürgen Irmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2017.

Volker Stanzel is a retired German diplomat and the former ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Japan and China as well as former Political Director. Since 2015 he works and publishes on political topics in Berlin, Germany.

Oliver Hartmann is a German metal vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer who performed in various acts, either as guitarist, solo or choir singer. He is best known for his role as vocalist and one of the founders of the band At Vance, his own band Hartmann and his guest appearances on albums of several prominent metal bands, including Freedom Call, Edguy, Rhapsody, Genius rock opera, Iron Mask, Aina's metal opera Days of Rising Doom and the metal opera Avantasia where he participated as a vocalist in 4 albums and also as a guitarist of the live and studio line up. He is also guitarist and vocalist with the Pink-Floyd tribute band Echoes.

Arno Stern is a German-born French pedagogue and researcher.