List of Famous people born in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Jens Voigt is a German former professional road bicycle racer and, upon retirement, became a cycling sports broadcast commentator. During his cycling career, Voigt raced for several teams, the last one being UCI ProTeam Trek Factory Racing. Voigt wore the yellow jersey of the Tour de France twice, though he was never a contender for the overall title owing to the mountainous nature of the stages of the race being better suited to climbing specialists. His career achievements include winning the Critérium International a record-tying 5 times and a number of one-week stage races, as well as two Tour de France stage victories. In September 2014, he set a new hour record.

Paul Voß is a German former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2016 for the Team Heinz Von Heiden, Team 3C Gruppe–Lamonta, Team Milram, Endura Racing and Bora–Argon 18 squads. He now works as a directeur sportif for the LKT Team Brandenburg team.

Tilo Jung is a German journalist and chief editor of the political webshow Jung & Naiv.

Carl Wilhelm Scheele was a German and Swedish Pomeranian pharmaceutical chemist. Isaac Asimov called him "hard-luck Scheele" because he made a number of chemical discoveries before others who are generally given the credit.

Sebastian Schulz is a German voice actor from Rostock.

Peter-Michael Diestel is a German lawyer and former politician. He was the last Interior Minister of East Germany, under Prime Minister Lothar de Maizière.

Carl Gregor Herzog zu Mecklenburg was a German historian of music and art. He served as director of the Museum of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart for a period of 18 years, and was noted for his books on music and art. He was a member of the former Mecklenburg ducal family.

Ernst Moritz Arndt was a German nationalist historian, writer and poet. Early in his life, he fought for the abolition of serfdom, later against Napoleonic dominance over Germany. Arndt had to flee to Sweden for some time due to his anti-French positions. He is one of the main founders of German nationalism and the 19th century movement for German unification. After the Carlsbad Decrees, the forces of the restoration counted him as a demagogue.

Anne Helm is a German voice actress from Berlin. She is best known as the voice of Babe in Babe and the German dub-over voice of Mallory Grace in The Spiderwick Chronicles. Her sister, Luise Helm, and her father, Gunnar Helm, are also voice actors.

Karl August Nerger was a naval officer of the Imperial German Navy in World War I, who achieved fame and recognition during the war for his command of the auxiliary cruiser SMS Wolf.