List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany
Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Eric I, the Elder was Duke of Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1495 and the first reigning prince of Calenberg-Göttingen.
Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
Henry III, a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Lüneburg from 1559 until 1569, jointly with his brother William the Younger. From 1569, he ruled over the Lordship of Dannenberg until his death.
Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Johann Gerhard Oncken
Johann Gerhard Oncken was a pioneer German Baptist preacher, variously referred to as the "Father of Continental Baptists", the "Father of German Baptists" and the "Apostle of European Baptists". Oncken, Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann (1799–1882), and Julius Wilhelm Köbner (1806–1884) were known as the Baptist cloverleaf. J. G. Oncken helped direct and guide the growth of Baptists throughout Germany and across much of Europe for half a century.
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern was Queen of Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg as the wife of Frederick the Great. She was the longest-serving Queen with a tenure of more than 46 years. She was praised for her charity work during the Seven Years' War.
George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
George ruled the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg from 1816 until his death.
Christopher von Deylen
Schiller is a German electronic music band, who rose to fame in 1998 and named after the German poet and dramatist Friedrich Schiller. Originally it was a duo consisting of Christopher von Deylen and Mirko von Schlieffen. Around 2001 or 2002, von Schlieffen left the band, leaving von Deylen the solo member.
Tina Engel
Tina Engel is a German actress. She has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1975. She starred in the 1981 film The Boat Is Full, which was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Silver Bear.
Ludwig Klages
Friedrich Konrad Eduard Wilhelm Ludwig Klages was a German philosopher, psychologist, graphologist, poet, writer, and lecturer, who was a two-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In the Germanic world, he is considered one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century. He began his career as a research chemist according to his family's wishes, though soon returned to his passions for poetry, philosophy and classical studies. He held a post at the University of Munich, where in 1905 he founded the Psychodiagnostisches Seminar; the latter was forced to close in 1914 with the outbreak of World War I. In 1915, Klages moved to neutral Switzerland, where over the following decades much of his mature philosophical works were written. Klages died in 1956.