List of Famous people born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

George Louis Eyser was a German-American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, earning six medals in one day, including three gold and two silver medals. Eyser competed with a wooden prosthesis for a left leg, having lost his leg after being run over by a train. Despite his disability, he won gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard.

August Hermann Francke was a German Lutheran clergyman, theologian, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar.

Johann Cesar VI. Godeffroy was a German trader, blackbirder and Hanseat.

Adolf Brütt was a German sculptor. He was the founder of the Weimarer Bildhauerschule and its accompanying bronze foundry.

Angelika Klüssendorf is a German writer. She was born in Ahrensburg and raised in Leipzig, both in the German Democratic Republic. In 1985, she fled to West Germany where she has lived ever since.

Lauritz Schoof is a German rower. He was part of the German crew that won the gold medal in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He also successfully defended the quadruple sculls title at the 2016 Rio Olympics as part of the German team.

Bernhard Rogge was a German naval officer who, during World War II, commanded a merchant raider. Later, he became a Konteradmiral in West Germany's navy.

Fabian "Boller" Boll is a retired German football midfielder and current football manager. He is currently in charge of SC Victoria Hamburg.

Lotti Huber was a German actress. She appeared in more than twenty films from 1978 to 1999.

Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.