List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany
Andreas Toba
Andreas Toba is a German gymnast. He competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's artistic team all-around. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Prince Christian of Hanover
Prince Christian of Hanover is a German noble, the younger son of Ernst August, Prince of Hanover, and his first wife, Chantal Hochuli.
Dietrich Grönemeyer
Dietrich H. W. Grönemeyer is a German professor of medicine and one of the inventors of Microtherapy. He grew up in Bochum with his two brothers. One of them, Herbert Grönemeyer, is a popular musician.
Timo Kastening
Timo Kastening is a German handball player for TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and the German national team.
Thomas Ehrhorn
Thomas Ehrhorn is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body.
Lennard Kämna
Lennard Kämna is a German professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He rode with Team Stölting in 2015, before his team and Cult Energy Pro Cycling merged for the 2016 season.
Peter Feldmann
Peter Manuel Feldmann is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). On 25 March 2012, he was elected Mayor of Frankfurt-am-Main as successor of Petra Roth (CDU).
Bernd Wiegand
Bernd Wiegand is a German independent politician. Until 2011, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He is the mayor of Halle (Saale) since 1 December 2012 after gaining 19.88% of the votes in the first round and 52.92% in the second round. On 27 October 2019, Wiegand was reelected after gaining 61.42% of the votes in the second round.
Roland Baar
Roland Baar was a German rower who competed for his nation at several Olympic Games. After retiring from the sport in 1996, he received the Thomas Keller Medal in 1998. He served on the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee between 1999 and 2004.
Mirko Slomka
Mirko Slomka is a German football manager who last managed Hannover 96.