List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany
Rudolf Schenker
Rudolf Schenker is a German guitarist and founder of the hard rock band Scorpions, being the rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter and longest-serving original member. He is the CEO/Owner-Manager of the Scorpions Musik-Produktions-und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (Scorpions-music-production-publishing-company) and Owner/founder of the Scorpio-sound-Studios at his place of residence, Schwarmstedt, Lower Saxony.
Nadine Chandrawinata
Nadine Chandrawinata is an Indonesian actress, award-winning film producer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Puteri Indonesia 2005, She is representing Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant. She was the second of Puteri Indonesia to participate in the pageant after a long hiatus in 1996. She measures 175 cm in height and 60 kg in weight.
Joana Mallwitz
Joana Mallwitz is a German conductor and pianist.
Fabian Klos
Fabian Klos is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Arminia Bielefeld. He is also the current captain of the team.
Doris Dörrie
Doris Dörrie is a German film director, producer and author.
Klaus Lage
Klaus Lage is a German musician from Soltau, Lower Saxony. He is known for his 1984 single "1000 und 1 Nacht (Zoom!)".
Paul Schockemöhle
Paul Schockemöhle is a former German showjumper. He is the brother of Alwin Schockemöhle, another leading German rider. He was three times European Champion on his best horse Deister. In 1990, Schockemöhle was secretly recorded poling horses, a practice which involves rapping a horse's legs with a pole to train it to jump higher. Poling is forbidden by the International Equestrian Federation, and spot checks were subsequently carried out at several other German training establishments.
Oliver Kalkofe
Oliver Lars Fred Kalkofe is a German satirist, columnist, book author, actor, voice actor, writer and audiobook narrator.
Hans-Lothar Domröse
General Hans-Lothar Domröse is a senior German Army officer, former Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum.
Ulf Herman
Ulf Nadrowski is a German professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ulf Herman. He is best known in the United States for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling where he was part of The Full Blooded Italians faction from 1998 to 1999. Herman is also known around the world for his time in the European independent circuit, most notably in the United Kingdom for All Star Wrestling, the BWF, Frontier Wrestling Alliance, and more recently 1 Pro Wrestling and Real Quality Wrestling.