List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany
Nicolas Kühn
Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn is a German professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich II as a winger and striker.
Jyhan Artut
Jyhan Artut is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Frederick, Prince of Wales,, was heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death from a lung injury at the age of 44. He was the eldest but estranged son of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach, and the father of King George III.
Chris Kraus
Christopher J. Kraus is a German author and film director.
Timo Hübers
Timo Bernd Hübers is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hannover 96.
Jörg Bode
Jörg Bode is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party, currently serving as the Minister for Economics, Labour and Transport and Deputy Prime Minister of the state of Lower Saxony.
Cora Stephan
Cora Stephan is a German-speaking writer and essayist.
Lars Rudolph
Lars Rudolph is a German actor and musician. He appeared in more than ninety films since 1984. He won the Max-Ophüls-Preis in 1997.
Christina Haferkamp
Christina Haverkamp is a German-based human rights activist with special focus on the Yanomami people living in Venezuela and Brazil. She founded the non-profit organization Yanomami-Hilfe e.V. in 2006 to help the indigenous people there. This was after she revoked her association and membership at the Society of Threatened Peoples with the argument that the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) organization had embezzled money and enriched itself by collecting donations meant to help the Yanomami but were not paid out for the allocated Yanomami projects. She gives lectures in schools and universities about human rights and environment.
Léon Schäfer
Léon Gabrial Schäfer is a German Paralympic athlete who competes in mainly sprinting and long jump events at international level events and is a current world record holder in the men's long jump T63. He has represented Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He finished in fourth place at the men's long jump T42 where he narrowly missed the bronze medal and will be representing Germany at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.