List of Famous people born in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Joachim Streich
Joachim Streich is a German former footballer, who won the bronze medal with East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Robin Szolkowy
Robin Szolkowy is a retired German pair skater. With partner Aliona Savchenko, he is the 2010 and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a five-time World champion, a four-time European champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion, and an eight-time German national champion.
Vanessa Low
Vanessa Low is a German-born Australian Paralympic athlete competing in T42 sprint and long jump events. Born in Germany, she gained Australian nationality in June 2017.
Luise Amtsberg
Luise Amtsberg is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been a member of the German Bundestag since the federal election in 2013. She contested the constituency of Kiel in 2013 and 2017.
Christoph Maus
Christoph Biemann is a German writer, director and producer and one of the presenters of the award-winning children's television show, Die Sendung mit der Maus. Also known as Die Maus, it has been on the air since 1971; Biemann joined the show in 1972. He has his own production company, Delta TV, and has won numerous awards, including the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Though he produces many film shorts for The Mouse, he doesn't speak in or narrate any of them. He is known by a trademark green sweatshirt, which he wears on television and in public appearances.
Yelena Solovey
Elena Solovey is a Soviet-American film actress. She has appeared in 55 films since 1966. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Faktas at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.
Leif-Erik Holm
Leif-Erik Holm is a German politician of the AfD party and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament.
Anna Leopoldovna
Anna Leopoldovna, born Elisabeth Katharina Christine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and also known as Anna Carlovna, was regent of Russia for just over a year (1740-1741) during the minority of her infant son Emperor Ivan VI.
Klaus Lederer
Klaus Lederer is a German politician of The Left.
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke was a Prussian field marshal. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field. He commanded troops in Europe and the Middle East, commanding during the Second Schleswig War, Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. He is described as embodying "Prussian military organization and tactical genius." He was fascinated with railways and pioneered their military usage. He is often referred to as Moltke the Elder to distinguish him from his nephew Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke, who commanded the German Army at the outbreak of World War I.