List of Famous people born in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Otto Moll
Otto Hermann Wilhelm Moll was a sadistic SS non-commissioned officer who was executed for atrocities he committed while working at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War. The SS-Hauptscharführer, who held the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant, is said to have personally killed thousands of innocent victims during his time at Birkenau.
Duchess Charlotte Friederike of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was the first wife of Christian VIII from 1806 until 1810, before he became King of Norway and later King of Denmark. She was a daughter of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, the seventh of the couple's surviving children born at Ludwigslust's court.
Theodor Billroth
Christian Albert Theodor Billroth was an Austrian surgeon and amateur musician.
Hermann Burmeister
Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, and botanist. He served as a professor at the University of Halle, headed the museum there and published the Handbuch der Entomologie (1832-1855) before moving to Argentina where he worked until his death.
Jörg Hacker
Jörg Hinrich Hacker is a German microbiologist. He served as president of the Robert Koch Institute from 2008 to 2010 and of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina from 2010 to 2020. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Medical Microbiology.
Marcel Gleffe
Marcel Gleffe is a German living in Norway who saved the lives of several people during the massacre on the island of Utøya. He became known in Germany as the "Saviour of Utøya". He was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Helmut Holter
Helmut Holter is a German politician of the party The Left. From 1998 to 2006 he was Minister for Labor and Construction of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From April 2009 to September 2016 he was chairman of The Left parliamentary group in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Since August 2017 he has been Minister for Education, Youth and Sport in the state of Thuringia.
Jürgen Frohriep
Jürgen Frohriep was a German actor. After 1972 he became widely known for his role as Oberleutnant Jürgen Hübner in Polizeiruf 110, a long running television series that originated in the German Democratic Republic, but which continues to win large television audiences across Germany, following reunification.
Paul Rée
Paul Ludwig Carl Heinrich Rée was a German author, physician, philosopher, and friend of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Frank-Michael Wahl
Frank-Michael Wahl is a former German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.