List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany

Heino von Heimburg was a German U-boat commander in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I and served also as Vizeadmiral in the Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Klaus Dede was a German writer and journalist.

Jürgen Schult is a German former track and field athlete and as of 2021, the world record holder in the discus throw. Holding the title since 1986, it is the longest standing record in men's track and field. Schult represented East Germany in the 1988 Olympic competition in the discus throw on 1 October 1988, when he won the gold medal.

Catharina Helena Dörrien was a German botanist and teacher, recognized as "the most celebrated German-speaking female naturalist of the period". She was a talented artist who painted over 1,400 watercolor botanical illustrations, and published a catalogue of plants of the Principality of Orange-Nassau in 1777. She was also the first woman to name a fungal taxon.

Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a German retired tennis player. Competing as a professional from 2003 until 2019, she won one singles title and 17 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles. Grönefeld competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Timo Schultz is a German former footballer, and current manager of FC St. Pauli.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel was a German poet, literary critic, philosopher, philologist, and Indologist. With his older brother, August Wilhelm Schlegel, he was one of the main figures of Jena Romanticism.

Heinrich Krone was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters was a German artist who was born in Hanover, Germany.

Norbert König is a German sports presenter.