List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany

Lucas Bacmeister was a Lutheran theologian and church music composer.

Ernst Paul Heinz Prüfer was a German Jewish mathematician born in Wilhelmshaven. His major contributions were on abelian groups, graph theory, algebraic numbers, knot theory and Sturm–Liouville theory.

Augustus William, a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1714 until his death.

Saint Willigis was Archbishop of Mainz from 975 until his death as well as archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Ernest Augustus was ruler of the Principality of Lüneburg from 1658 and of the Principality of Calenberg from 1679 until his death. He was appointed as the ninth prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692, but died before the appointment became effective.

Francis Buchholz is a German bass guitarist best known as a former member of the rock/hard rock band Scorpions from 1973 to 1992.

Tekin Kurtulus is a German actor of Turkish descent. He is the older brother of actor Mehmet Kurtuluş.

Ahmet Kuru is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker.