List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany
Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
Dietrich or Theoderic of Oldenburg was a feudal lord in Northern Germany, holding the counties of Delmenhorst and Oldenburg. He was called "Fortunatus", as he was able to secure Delmenhorst for his branch of the Oldenburgs.
Princess Olga of Hanover
Marnon Busch
Marnon-Thomas Busch is a German footballer who plays as a right-back for 1. FC Heidenheim in the 2. Bundesliga.
Karl August von Hardenberg
Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg was a Prussian statesman and Prime Minister of Prussia. While during his late career he acquiesced to reactionary policies, earlier in his career he implemented a variety of Liberal reforms. To him and Baron vom Stein, Prussia was indebted for improvements in its army system, the abolition of serfdom and feudal burdens, the throwing open of the civil service to all classes, and the complete reform of the educational system.
Sabrina Hering
Sabrina Hering is a German canoeist. She competed in the women's K-4 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where the team won a silver medal.
Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruler of the Principality of Calenberg from 1545 to 1584. Since 1495 the Principality of Göttingen was incorporated in Calenberg.
Sebastian Krüger
Sebastian Krüger is a German artist.
Albert Stegemann
Albert Stegemann is a German politician. Born in Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, he represents the CDU. Albert Stegemann has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.
Günter Meyer
Günter Meyer is a German Geographer and Orientalist. He is chairman of the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) and director of the Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW) at the University of Mainz. Meyer focuses mainly on the Political Geography of the Arab World, and the economic as well as urban development in the Middle East, especially in Egypt, Syria, Yemen and the UAE, but also in Germany. He became known to a wider German-speaking audience through more than 1100 interviews on the Iraq War, the Syrian Civil War and on the Libyan Civil War 2011 and 2014.
Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau
Countess Caroline Amalie of Erbach-Fürstenau, was a countess of Erbach-Furstenau and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. From 1745 to 1748, she was also Regent of Saxe-Hildburghausen.