List of people from Braunschweig

This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, the German city of Braunschweig (English: Brunswick).

A to D

 * Kurt Ahrens Jr. (born 1940), racing driver
 * Karl Andree (1808–1875), geographer
 * Richard Andree (1835–1912), geographer
 * Augustus William (1715–1781), Duke of Brunswick-Bevern
 * Georg Anschütz (1886–1953), psychologist
 * Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764–1788), Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Theodore Bachenheimer (1923–1944), soldier
 * Joachim Bäse (born 1939), German international footballer
 * Ewald Banse (1883–1953), geographer
 * Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (died 1804), Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast
 * Johann Christian Martin Bartels (1769–1836), mathematician
 * Anton August Beck (1713–1787), engraver
 * Bibiana Beglau (born 1971), actress
 * Levin August, Count von Bennigsen (1745–1826), general
 * Götz Bernau (born 1941), violinist
 * Hans Berr (1890–1917), soldier
 * Helmut Beumann (1912–1995), historian
 * Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern (born 1955), engineer
 * Klaus-Dieter Bieler (born 1949), Olympic athlete
 * August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (1845–1912), ornithologist
 * Rudolf Blasius (1842–1907), ornithologist
 * Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862), botanist
 * Oliver Blume (born 1968), manager
 * Bettina Blumenberg (born 1962), field hockey player
 * Jacob Bobart the Elder (1599–1680), botanist and first head gardener of Oxford Botanic Garden
 * Wolfgang Bochow (born 1944), badminton player
 * Otto Bock (born 1881), athlete
 * Johann Joachim Christoph Bode (1731–1793), translator
 * Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Eduard Bornhardt (1864–1946), geologist
 * Bosse (born 1980), rock musician
 * Hartmut Bossel (born 1935), environmental scientist
 * Hermann Bote (c. 1450–c. 1520), chronicler
 * Detlef Bothe (born 1965), actor and film director
 * Wilhelm Bracke (1842–1880), one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany, predecessor of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
 * Jack Brand (born 1953), Canadian international soccer player
 * Walter Bransen (1886–1941), composer
 * Wolfgang Brase (born 1939), footballer
 * Rudolf Maria Breithaupt (1873–1945), composer
 * Ingrid Bruckert (born 1952), field hockey player
 * Bernd Buchheister (born 1962), footballer
 * Christian Heinrich Bünger (1782–1842), surgeon
 * Johann Gottlieb Buhle (1763–1821), philosopher
 * Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst (1919–1993), military officer and member of the German resistance.
 * Petra Butler (born 1966), Academic
 * Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom
 * Lorenz S. Cederbaum (born 1946), physical chemist
 * Charles I (1713–1780), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Charles II (1804–1873), Duke of Brunswick
 * Alix von Cotta (1842–1931), promoter of women's education
 * Stephan Dabbert (born 1958), agricultural economist
 * Ewald Daub (1889–1946), cinematographer
 * Simson Alexander David (1755–1813), writer
 * Georg von der Decken (1836–1898), politician
 * Richard Dedekind (1831–1916), mathematician
 * Carl Ferdinand Degen (1766–1825), mathematician
 * Edward Degener (1809–1890), politician
 * Jaro Deppe (born 1948), footballer
 * Dirk Dirksen (1937–2006), music promoter
 * Werner Ditzinger (1928–2016), swimmer
 * DJ Pari (born 1975), musician
 * Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn (1838–1913), zoologist
 * Wolfgang Dramsch (born 1949), footballer
 * Carl Georg Oscar Drude (1852–1933), botanist
 * Paul Drude (1863–1906), physicist, developed the Drude model.
 * Johann Philipp Du Roi (1741–1785), botanist
 * Julius Düker (born 1996), footballer

E to H

 * André Ehrenberg (born 1972), Olympic canoer
 * Jochen H.H. Ehrich (born 1946), pediatric doctor
 * Justin Eilers (born 1988), footballer
 * Jusuf El-Domiaty (born 1990), basketball player
 * Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750), Holy Roman Empress
 * Lars Ellmerich (born 1961), footballer
 * Christine Enghaus (1815–1910), actress
 * Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914–1987), Prince of Hanover
 * Oskar Fehr (1871–1959), ophthalmologist
 * Frank E. Fesq (1840–1920), soldier
 * Ferdinand Albert I (1636–1687), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 * Karl Fiehler (1895–1969), politician
 * Emil Fischer (1838–1914), opera singer
 * Florian Floto (born 1988), Olympic archer
 * Jacques Goldberg (1861–1934), musician, actor and theatre director.
 * Moritz Ludwig Frankenheim (1801–1869), physicist
 * Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815), leader of the Black Brunswickers.
 * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (1900–1988), actor
 * Werner Fürbringer (1888–1982), U-boat commander
 * Günter Gaus (1929–2004), journalist
 * Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematician
 * Hans Friedrich Geitel (1855–1923), physicist
 * Johan Georg Geitel (1683–1771), painter
 * George William of Hanover (1915–2006), Prince of Hanover
 * Gerwin von Hameln (c. 1415–1496), cleric and book collector
 * Willy Giesemann (born 1937), German international footballer
 * Werner Goeritz (1892–1958), general
 * Moritz Göttel (born 1993), footballer
 * Karl Heinrich Gräffe (1799–1873), mathematician
 * Nico Granatowski (born 1991), footballer
 * Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777–1857), entomologist
 * Michael Green (born 1972), field hockey player
 * Wolfgang Grobe (born 1956), footballer
 * Otto Grotewohl (1894–1964), Prime minister of the German Democratic Republic
 * Hansadutta Swami (born 1941), guru
 * Otto Harder (1892–1956), German international footballer
 * Robert Hartig (1839–1901), mycologist
 * Albert Heine (1867–1949), actor
 * Adolph Henke (1775–1843), physician
 * Kurt Heyser (1894–1974), general
 * Karl Gustav Himly (1772–1837), surgeon<
 * Robert Homburg (1848–1912), politician
 * Harry Hoppe (1894–1969), general
 * Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn (1774–1848), physician
 * Jannes Horn (born 1997), footballer
 * August Howaldt (1809–1883), engineer
 * Georg Ferdinand Howaldt (1802–1883), sculptor
 * Hermann Heinrich Howaldt (1841–1891), sculptor
 * Friedrich Huch (1873–1913), writer
 * Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), historian and writer
 * Rainer Hunold (born 1949), actor
 * Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765), composer

I to L

 * Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775–1813), zoologist
 * Jette Joop (born 1968), fashion designer
 * Steffen Jürgens (born 1967), actor
 * Henning Kagermann (born 1947), physicist
 * Kai Karsten (born 1968), Olympic sprinter
 * Katrin Kauschke (born 1971), field hockey player
 * Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988), art director
 * Sascha Kirschstein (born 1980), footballer
 * Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831), writer
 * Frederik Theodor Kloss (1802–1876), painter
 * August Wilhelm Knoch (1742–1818), naturalist
 * Robin Knoche (born 1992), footballer
 * Gustav Knuth (1901–1987), actor
 * Konrad Koch (1846–1911), football pioneer
 * Özkan Koçtürk (born 1974), footballer
 * Louis Köhler (1820–1886), composer
 * Leo von König (1871–1944), painter
 * Oliver Koletzki (born 1974), music producer
 * Charles Konig (1774–1851), naturalist
 * Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890–1945), general
 * Nina Kraft (born 1968), triathlete
 * Uwe Krause (born 1955), footballer
 * Gerard Krefft (1830–1881), zoologist
 * Louis Krevel (1801–1876), painter
 * Alfred Kubel (1909–1999), politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
 * Wolfgang Kubicki (born 1952), politician
 * Christiane Kubrick (born 1932), actress and painter
 * Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt (born 1964), German lutheran bishop
 * Jens Kujawa (born 1965), basketball player
 * Karl Lachmann (1793–1851), philologist
 * Heike Lätzsch (born 1973), field hockey player
 * August Lafontaine (1758–1831), author of sentimental didactic novels once immensely popular, born and brought up in the city
 * Christophe Lambert (born 1985), judoka
 * Gerhard Landmann (1904–1933), SS man
 * Paul Lehmann (1884–1964), palaeographer
 * Katharina Lehnert (born 1994), tennis player
 * Rudolf Lindau (1888–1977), politician

M to P

 * Thilo Maatsch (1900–1983), artist
 * Alexander Madlung (born 1982), German international footballer
 * Willy Maertens (1893–1967), actor
 * Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow (1810–1893), noblewoman and educator
 * Günter Mast (1927–2011), businessman
 * Walter Mattern (1920–1974), SS-Hauptsturmführer
 * Heike Matthiesen (born 1969), classical guitarist
 * Heinz Mayr (born 1935), Olympic racewalker
 * MC Rene (born 1976), rapper
 * Rosine Elisabeth Menthe (1663–1701), wife of Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Florian Meyer (born 1968), football referee
 * Johann Heinrich Meyer (1812–1863), publisher
 * Klaus Meyer (1937–2014), footballer
 * Hugo Miehe (1875–1932), botanist
 * Nils Mittmann (born 1979), basketball player
 * Tomo Johannes in der Mühlen (born 1961), DJ and producer
 * Gustav von der Mülbe (1831–1917), general
 * Müller Brothers, a noted 19th-century string quartet composed of four brothers.
 * Günther Müller-Stöckheim (1913–1943), U-boat commander
 * Adolph Nehrkorn (1841–1916), ornithologist
 * Christian Neidhart (born 1968), footballer and manager
 * Marie Neurath (1898–1986), graphic designer
 * Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846), astronomer
 * Walter Nicolai (1873–1947), spy
 * Wilhelm Nienstädt (1784–1862), educator
 * Carl Theodor Ottmer (1800–1843), architect
 * Eva Pagels (born 1954), field hockey player
 * Melanie Paschke (born 1970), Olympic sprinter
 * Kurd Peters (1914–1957), soldier
 * Marc Pfitzner (born 1984), footballer
 * Jens Pieper (born 1968), Olympic archer
 * Bernhard Plockhorst (1825–1907), painter
 * Patrick Posipal (born 1988), footballer

Q to T

 * Walter Ramme (born 1895), Olympic swimmer
 * Erik Range (born 1977), YouTube personality
 * Fritz Randow (born 1952), rock drummer
 * Tobias Rau (born 1981), German international footballer
 * Gustav von Rauch (1774–1841), general
 * Paul Rehkopf (1872–1949), actor
 * Wilhelmine Reichard (1788–1848), balloonist
 * Daniel Reiche (born 1988), footballer
 * Kurt Reidemeister (1893–1971), mathematician
 * Frank Rennicke (born 1964), singer and far-right political activist
 * Arnold Rimpau (1856–1936), entrepreneur
 * Johannes Runge (1878–1949), Olympic athlete
 * Ernst Sagebiel (1892–1970), architect
 * Michael Scheike (born 1963), footballer
 * Heinz-Günter Scheil (born 1962), footballer
 * Galka Scheyer (1889–1945), painter
 * Dieter Schidor (1948–1987), actor
 * Gudrun Scholz (born 1940), field hockey player
 * Eberhard Schrader (1836–1908), orientalist
 * Dennis Schröder (born 1993), NBA basketball player, currently with the Atlanta Hawks.
 * Norbert Schultze (1911–2002), composer
 * Christian Schwarzer (born 1969), handball player
 * Edda Seippel (1919–1993), actress
 * Emil Selenka (1842–1902), zoologist
 * Paul Sievert (1895–1988), racewalker
 * Hans Sommer (1837–1922), composer and mathematician
 * Jan Spoelder (born 1973), footballer
 * Louis Spohr (1784–1859), composer
 * Alfred Staats (born 1891), Olympic gymnast
 * Gustav Steinmann (1856–1929), geologist and paleontologist
 * Bartholomaeus Stockmann (c. 1550–1609), composer
 * Wenzel Storch (born 1961), film director and producer
 * Stephanie Storp (born 1968), Olympic shot putter
 * Delphin Strungk (c. 1600–1694), composer and organist
 * Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700), composer and violinist
 * Gustav Teichmüller (1832–1888), philosopher
 * Mechthildis Thein (1888–1959), actress
 * Ulrich Thein (1930–1995), actor
 * Phillip Tietz (born 1997), footballer
 * Louis Tronnier (1897–1952), general

U to Z

 * Constantin Uhde (1836–1905), architect
 * Lette Valeska (1885–1985), artist
 * Conrad Varrentrapp (1844–1911), historian
 * Hans Waldmann (1922–1945), fighter pilot
 * Gerd Wedler (1929–2008), chemist
 * Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758–1828), painter
 * Reinhard Wendemuth (born 1948), Olympic rower
 * Franz Wenzler (1893–1942), film director
 * Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), naturalist
 * Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841), zoologist
 * Rudolf Wilke (1873–1908), caricaturist
 * William of Brunswick (1830–1884), Duke of Brunswick
 * Christian Ludewig Theodor Winkelmann (1812–1875), piano maker
 * Hermann Winkelmann (1849–1912), Heldentenor
 * Frederick Albert Winsor (1763–1830), inventor
 * Franz Winter (1861–1930), archaeologist
 * Ludwig Winter (architect) (1843–1930), architect
 * Nils Wogram (born 1972), musician
 * Adolf Wolf (1899–1973), general
 * Johann Zanger (1557–1607), legal scholar
 * H. Dieter Zeh (born 1932), physicist
 * Michael Zickerick (born 1948), diplomat
 * Albrecht Zimmermann (1860–1931), botanist
 * Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856), entomologist

A to D

 * Leopold August Abel (1717–1794), violinist
 * Franz Abt (1819–1885), composer
 * Albert I (1236–1279), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 * Albert of Prussia (1837–1906), Regent of Brunswick
 * Friedrich Alpers (1901–1944), politician
 * Anthony Ulrich (1633–1714), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696–1762), Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Johann Arndt (1555–1621), theologian
 * Auctor (bishop) (c. 5th century), patron saint of Braunschweig
 * Augusta of Great Britain (1737–1813), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), composer
 * Fritz Bauer (1903–1968), judge and prosecutor, who played an essential role in starting the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.
 * Johann Georg Beck (1676–1722), engraver
 * Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923), chemist and inventor of the Beckmann thermometer
 * Oswald Berkhan (1834–1917), physician
 * Willem Bilderdijk (1756–1831), poet
 * Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809–1870), zoologist and founder of the Botanischer Garten der Technischen Universität Braunschweig.
 * Hermann Blumenau (1819–1899), founder of Blumenau, Brazil.
 * Wilhelm von Bode (1845–1929), art historian
 * Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819–1892), writer
 * Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976), zoologist
 * Rasmus Borowski (born 1974), composer and actor
 * Maria Antonia Branconi (1746–1793), royal mistress of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Heinrich Brandes (1803–1868), painter
 * Adolf Breymann (1839–1878), sculptor
 * Franz Ernst Brückmann (1697–1753), mineralogist
 * Brun I (c. 975–c. 1010), Count of Brunswick
 * Bruno (died 880), Duke of Saxony
 * Victor von Bruns (1812–1883), surgeon
 * Heinrich Büssing (1843–1929), industrialist
 * Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558), theologian
 * Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746–1818), educator and writer
 * Charles William Ferdinand (1735–1806), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Emmanuelle Charpentier (born 1968), biochemist
 * Martin Chemnitz (1522–1586), Lutheran theologian and reformer
 * Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744–1816), chemist
 * Walter Dexel (1890–1973), painter

E to J

 * Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier (1768–1825), physician
 * Johann Arnold Ebert (1723–1795), writer
 * Carl Friedrich Echtermeier (1845–1910), sculptor
 * Egbert II (c. 1060–1090), Count of Brunswick and Margrave of Meissen
 * Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813), composer
 * Albert Eichhorn (1856–1926), theologian
 * Frauke Eickhoff (born 1967), judoka
 * Manfred Eigen (born 1927), Nobel laureate in chemistry
 * Theodore Eisfeld (1816–1882), conductor
 * Gottlieb Elster (1867–1917), sculptor
 * Theodor Engelbrecht (1813–1892), pomologist
 * Ernest Augustus (1887–1953), Duke of Brunswick
 * Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (born 1974), field hockey player
 * Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743–1820), produced the first complete German translation of William Shakespeare's plays.
 * Hansjörg Felmy (1931–2007), actor
 * Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1721–1792), field marshal
 * Franz Wilhelm Ferling (1796–1874), oboist, composer, and clarinetist
 * Alexander Fesca (1820–1849), composer
 * Otto Finsch (1839–1917), explorer
 * Christoph Bernhard Francke (c. 1660–1729), painter
 * Frederick Augustus (1740–1805), Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels
 * Friedrich Traugott Friedemann (1793–1853), educator
 * Kurt Otto Friedrichs (1901–1983), mathematician
 * Theodor Geiger (1891–1952),sociologist
 * Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816–1872), writer
 * Gertrude of Brunswick (c. 1060–1117), Margravine of Meissen
 * Silvio Gesell (1862–1930), merchant
 * Johann Glandorp (1501–1564), educator
 * Gerhard Glogowski (born 1943), politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
 * Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759), composer
 * Uwe Gronostay (1939–2008), composer
 * Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1856–1928), politician
 * Johann Oswald Harms (1643–1708), painter and engraver
 * Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783), composer
 * Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig (1743–1831), entomologist
 * Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (1804–1872), theologian and historian
 * Henry the Lion (1129–1195), Duke of Saxony and Bavaria
 * Henry V (c. 1173–1227), Count Palatine of the Rhine
 * Henry the Peaceful (1411–1473), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 * August Hermann (1835–1906), physical education pioneer
 * Levi Herzfeld (1810–1884), rabbi and historian
 * Erik Hesselberg (1914–1972), writer and artist
 * August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), poet and author of Das Lied der Deutschen.
 * Israel Jacobson (1768–1828), merchant and Jewish reformer.
 * Heinrich Jasper (1875–1945), politician, Prime Minister of Brunswick
 * Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), SS and police leader
 * Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem (1709–1789), theologist
 * John Albert of Mecklenburg (1857–1920), Regent of Brunswick
 * Wolfgang Joop (born 1944), fashion designer
 * Robert Jordan (writer, born 1885) (1885–1970), writer

K to R

 * Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739), composer
 * Inge Kilian (born 1935), Olympic high jumper
 * Dietrich Klagges (1891–1971), politician
 * Klaus von Klitzing (born 1943), Nobel laureate in physics
 * Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1814–1904), chemist
 * Gottfried Michael Koenig (1926–2021), composer
 * Peter Joseph Krahe (1758–1840), architect
 * Nicolette Krebitz (born 1972), actress
 * Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660–1727), composer
 * Johann Anton Leisewitz (1752–1806), poet
 * Ludwig Lemcke (1816–1884), philologist and literary historian
 * Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), writer and philosopher
 * Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874–1925), illustrator
 * Henry Litolff (1818–1891), composer
 * Louis Rudolph (1671–1735), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Friedrich Lübker (1811–1867), educator and philologist
 * Rudi Lüttge (1922–2016), Olympic racewalker
 * Matilda of England (1156–1189), Duchess of Saxony
 * Marie of Baden (1782–1808), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Erwin Otto Marx (1893–1980), engineer
 * Jakob Mauvillon (1743–1794), historian and writer
 * Jürgen Moll (1939–1968), footballer
 * Benno Ohnesorg (1940–1967), university student killed by a policeman during a demonstration in West Berlin
 * Otto IV of Brunswick (1175–1218), Holy Roman Emperor
 * Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716–1801), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Helga Pilarczyk (1926–2011), operatic soprano
 * Agnes Pockels (1862–1935), chemist
 * Werner Pöls (1926–1989), historian
 * Karl Pohlig (1864–1928), conductor
 * Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), writer
 * Hans Reinowski (1900–1977), politician, publisher and writer
 * Hermann Riedel (1847–1913), composer
 * Friedrich Adolf Riedesel (1738–1800), commander during the American Revolutionary War
 * Anna Roleffes (c. 1600–1663), one of the last women executed as a witch in Braunschweig.
 * Rudolph Augustus (1627–1704), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 * Michael Ruetz (born 1940), photographer
 * Nina Ruge (born 1956), TV presenter
 * Francesco Carlo Rusca (1693–1769), painter

S to Z

 * Hermann Schacht (1814–1864), pharmacist and botanist
 * Ewald Schnug (born 1954), agricultural researcher, professor, Honorary-President of the International Scientific Center for Fertilizers
 * Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990), chemist
 * Katharina Marie Schubert (born 1977), actress
 * Gustav Anton von Seckendorff (1775–1823), writer
 * Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903–1967), Vice-Chancellor of Germany
 * Otto Sprengel (1852–1915), surgeon
 * Henry E. (1797–1871) and C.F. Theodore Steinway (1825–1889), piano makers
 * Stendhal (1783–1842), writer and politician
 * Albert Sukop (1913–1993), German international footballer
 * Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord (1736–1821), churchman
 * Heinrich Emil Timerding (1873–1945), mathematician
 * Fate Tola (born 1987), long-distance runner
 * Ludger Tom Ring the Younger (1522–1584), painter
 * Julius Tröger (1862–1942), chemist
 * Kaspar Ulenberg (1549–1617), theologian
 * August Ferdinand von Veltheim (1741–1801), mineralogist
 * Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892–1980), Duchess of Brunswick
 * Alfred Vierkandt (1867–1953), sociologist
 * Friedrich Vieweg (1761–1835), publisher
 * Peter Wilhelm Friedrich von Voigtländer (1812–1878), optician
 * Heinz Waaske (1924–1995), camera designer
 * Mitchell Weiser (born 1994), footballer
 * Ehm Welk (1884–1966), journalist
 * George Westermann (1810–1879), publisher
 * Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1770–1853), pharmacist
 * William V (1748–1806), Prince of Orange
 * Olaf Willums (1886–1967), painter and printmaker
 * Johannes Winkler (1897–1947), rocket pioneer
 * Georg Wittig (1897–1987), Nobel laureate in chemistry
 * Werner Zahn (1890–1971), bobsledder and World War I flying ace
 * Luminita Zaituc (born 1968), Olympic long-distance runner
 * Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815), geographer and zoologist
 * Georg Heinrich Zincke (1692–1769), jurist