List of Famous people born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Johann Gottfried Müthel was a German composer and noted keyboard virtuoso. Along with C.P.E. Bach, he represented the Sturm und Drang style of composition.

Hans Lassen Martensen was a Danish bishop and academic. He was a professor at the University of Copenhagen and Bishop of the Diocese of Zealand.

Carl Ludwig Jessen was a North Frisian painter. Today he is known as the "Frisian painter" in Germany. As a Naturalist painter he is notable for depicting the contemporary rural life of his native area.

Rochus Wilhelm Traugott Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Liliencron was a Germanist and historian, known for his collection of German Volkslieder, published in five volumes in 1865-1869, and as the editor of the biographical reference work Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), published 1875-1912.

Adolf Ellegard Jensen was one of the most important German ethnologists of the first half of the 20th century.