List of Famous people born in Hesse, Germany

Michael Kessler is a German actor, comedian and author from Wiesbaden.

Norbert Blüm was a German politician who served as a federal legislator from North Rhine-Westphalia, chairman of the CDU North Rhine-Westphalia (1987–1999), and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.

Peter Michael Tauber is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2009. From 16 December 2013 to 26 February 2018 he served as Secretary General of the CDU.

Jochen Alexander Schropp is a German actor and television host.

Cenk Tosun is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Everton and the Turkey national team.

Ulrike Folkerts is a German actress. She is most famous for playing police officer Lena Odenthal in the German crime television series Tatort. The episodes are located in the town of Ludwigshafen.

Thomas Weikert is a German sports official. He is current President of the International Table Tennis Federation and was elected to office on 31 May 2017. Formerly the Deputy President, Thomas Weikert became President in 2014 when Adham Sharara, who had held the office since 1999, assumed the role of Chair and Honorary President of the International Table Tennis Federation.

Maxim Mehmet is a German film actor. He inherited his Turkish surname from his Crimean Tatar grandfather. He lived with his spouse in Berlin before he moved to Vienna.

Margot Käßmann is a Lutheran theologian, who was Landesbischöfin (bishop) of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover in Germany. On October 28, 2009, she was elected to lead the Evangelical Church in Germany, a federation of Protestant church bodies in Germany. She stepped down from both offices on February 24, 2010 following a drunk-driving incident. After serving as an "Reformation Ambassador" for the 500th anniversary of Reformation, she retired in 2018.

Andrea Ypsilanti is a German politician.