List of Famous people born in Saarland, Germany

Claudia Nicoleitzik is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T36 sprint events.

Ferri Abolhassan is a German Doctor of Computer Science and author of specialized literature on IT and management topics. Abolhassan is member of the Managing Board of Telekom Deutschland GmbH, where he is responsible for the Service business area.

David Bardens is a German physician whose case was reported internationally in 2015 after the district court of Ravensburg had ruled that he should get the €100,000 prize money that biologist Stefan Lanka had promised to anyone who could provide information about the size of the measles virus. This award was overturned by the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) Stuttgart in 2016. Although six scientific publications were submitted purporting to show the existence of measles, they failed to meet the contest requirements as set by Lanka.

Rainer Rupp is a former top spy who worked under the codenames Mosel and later Topaz for the East German intelligence service HVA in the NATO headquarters in Brussels from 1977 until 1989, releasing documents of the highest importance to the Eastern Bloc.

Patrik Kühnen is a German former professional tennis player, who turned professional in 1985.

Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh is Iranian-German tennis player who competed for the Iran Davis Cup team in 2008. Currently, he is the coach of Cedrik-Marcel Stebe and Natalia Vikhlyantseva. He was the coach of Angelique Kerber between 2012 and February 2015.

Joseph Leinen is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 until 2019. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.

Franz Untersteller is a German politician of the Green party. Since 2011 he has been Minister of the Environment, Climate and the Energy Sector of Baden-Württemberg in the Cabinets Kretschmann I and II.

Bernd Schneider is a racing driver from Germany. He is a five-time Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champion, and a Mercedes Brand Ambassador.

Dirk Dier is a former professional tennis player from Germany.