List of Famous people born in Lower Saxony, Germany

Roland Freisler was a German Nazi jurist, judge, and politician who served as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice from 1934 to 1942 and President of the People's Court from 1942 to 1945.

Almuth Schult is a German footballer. She currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team as a goalkeeper.

Tilmann Otto, better known by his stage name Gentleman, is a German reggae musician.

Otto Sander was a German film, theater, and voice actor.

Andreas Bovenschulte is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the President of the Senate and Mayor of the city state of Bremen since 2019.

Gert Krawinkel was a German musician and guitarist. He was better known as "Kralle".

Carsten Eggers was a German sculptor and painter. There are about 20 realistic bronze sculptures of his in northern Germany and the Netherlands. His best-known works are a bronze bust of Rudi Carrell and a larger-than-life monument of boxing legend Max Schmeling.

Maria Schrader is a German actress, screenwriter, and director. She directed the award-winning 2007 film Love Life that was based on a novel by Zeruya Shalev and the 2020 Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. She also starred in the German international hit TV series Deutschland 83 (2015), known for being the first German-language series broadcast on US television.

Bettina Zimmermann is a German model and actress. She appeared in more than sixty films since 1999.

Per Mertesacker is a German football coach and former professional player who played as a centre back. He is the current coach of the Arsenal Academy.