List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany
Karl Fiehler
Karl Fiehler was a German Nazi Party (NSDAP) official and Mayor of Munich from 1933 until 1945. He was an early member of the Nazi Party having joined in 1920. In 1933, he became a Reichsleiter in the party and was a member of the Reichstag. In March of 1933, he was appointed Mayor of Munich and held that post until the end of World War II in Europe. During his time as mayor, Fiehler was zealously anti-Semitic and saw to it that the Jewish population of the city was persecuted. After the war in January 1949, Fiehler was sentenced to two years in a labour camp, but the sentence was suspended given the previous three-and-a-half years of detention he had already served.
Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a member of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg and margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Duchess of Krnov by marriage.
Max Goldt
Max Goldt is a German satirical author and musician.
Frederick Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels
Frederick Augustus of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was a German nobleman and Prussian general. A prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and thus one of the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1792 he was granted the Duchy of Oels and the Duchy of Bernstadt and thus also became the ruling duke of these duchies.
Johanna Stegen
Johanna Stegen, was a German heroine of the Napoleonic Wars.
Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a German noblewoman member of the House of Welf and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Coburg.
Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Margravine of Brandenburg-Küstrin
Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Küstrin.
Leopold of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Maximilian Julius Leopold of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and nominal duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg was a Prussian general.
Jan Wüstenfeld
Jan Wüstenfeld is a German biathlete. He competed in the men's 20 km individual event at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Charles Alten
Field Marshal Sir Charles (Carl) August von Alten was a Hanoverian and British soldier who led the famous Light Division during the last two years of the Peninsular War. At the Battle of Waterloo, he commanded a division in the front line, where he was wounded. He later rose to the rank of Field Marshal in the Hanoverian army.