List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany

Jenny Elvers, is a German actress and hostess. She studied acting in Berlin, Hamburg and Chicago, and has worked as an actress and hostess since the early 1990s. She was married to her agent.

Arminius was a Roman officer and later chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, in which three Roman legions under the command of general Publius Quinctilius Varus were destroyed. His victory at Teutoburg Forest would precipitate the Roman Empire's permanent strategic withdrawal from Magna Germania. Modern historians have regarded Arminius' victory as one of Rome's greatest defeats. As it prevented the Romanization of Germanic peoples east of the Rhine, it has also been considered one of the most decisive battles in history, and a turning point in world history.

Hans Peter Geerdes, professionally known by his stage name H.P. Baxxter is a German musician who is best known as the lead vocalist of the German techno band Scooter. He founded Scooter with his friend Rick J. Jordan in 1993.

Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel is a German politician who was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 and Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018. He was Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 2009 to 2017, which made him the party's longest-serving leader since Willy Brandt. He was the Federal Minister of the Environment from 2005 to 2009 and the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2013 to 2017. From 1999 to 2003 Gabriel was Minister-President of Lower Saxony.

Martin Sonneborn is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. He is a founder and federal chairman of Die PARTEI. He was editor-in-chief of the satirical magazine Titanic from 2000 to 2005 and works for Spiegel Online and ZDF.

Senta-Sofia Delliponti is a German singer, songwriter and actress. Since January 2014, she uses the stage name Oonagh. Her signature musical style is inspired by the mystical lore of J. R. R. Tolkien's universe and by ethnic sounds throughout the world.

Edgar Selge is a German actor.

Karl Bernhard Dall was a German comedian, singer, and television presenter. His distinctive 'hanging' eye was caused by a congenital ptosis.

Ulrike Marie Meinhof was a West German far-left militant. She co-founded the Red Army Faction in 1970, after having worked as a journalist for the monthly left-wing magazine konkret. Meinhof was arrested in 1972, charged with numerous murders and the formation of a criminal association. In 1976, before the trial concluded, Meinhof was found hanged in her prison cell in Stuttgart. The official statement claimed that Meinhof had committed suicide; however, several facts led to public controversy about her death.

Ernie Reinhardt, better known as Lilo Wanders, is a famous German transvestite entertainer, comedian and theatre/television host.