List of Famous people born in Hesse, Germany
Bernd Heller
Angelika Taschen
Derrick Borte
Derrick Stacey Borte is a German-born American filmmaker known for the dark comedy The Joneses (2010), which he wrote, directed, and produced. The film was his directorial debut.
Bernd Perplies
DeeDee Jonrowe
DeeDee Ann Jonrowe is an American kennel owner and dog musher who is a three-time runner up in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and holds the fastest time ever recorded for a woman. She is a very popular figure in the sport, and her completion of the 1,049-mile+ race in 2003 just three weeks after completing chemotherapy for breast cancer received widespread publicity.
Dirk Schlächter
Dirk Schlächter is the bassist of the power metal band Gamma Ray and Avalanch from 2018.
Felix Klein
Bernhard Reuter
Bertram Hilgen
Henrik Rödl
Henrik Markus Rödl is a retired German professional basketball player, and currently a basketball coach. He played college basketball in the US for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. Born in Offenbach am Main, Hesse, he has been credited for his role in bringing other European players, including fellow German Ademola Okulaja, into the North Carolina basketball program.