Born in Braunschweig
A to D
- Kurt Ahrens Jr. (born 1940), racing driver [1]
- Karl Andree (1808–1875), geographer [2]
- Richard Andree (1835–1912), geographer [3]
- Augustus William (1715–1781), Duke of Brunswick-Bevern [4]
- Georg Anschütz (1886–1953), psychologist
- Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764–1788), Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel [5] </ref>
- Theodore Bachenheimer (1923–1944), soldier
- Joachim Bäse (born 1939), German international footballer [6]
- Ewald Banse (1883–1953), geographer [7]
- Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (died 1804), Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast [8]
- Johann Christian Martin Bartels (1769–1836), mathematician [9]
- Anton August Beck (1713–1787), engraver [10]
- Bibiana Beglau (born 1971), actress [11]
- Levin August, Count von Bennigsen (1745–1826), general [12]
- Götz Bernau (born 1941), violinist
- Hans Berr (1890–1917), soldier
- Helmut Beumann (1912–1995), historian [13]
- Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern (born 1955), engineer
- Klaus-Dieter Bieler (born 1949), Olympic athlete [14]
- August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (1845–1912), ornithologist [15]
- Rudolf Blasius (1842–1907), ornithologist [16]
- Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862), botanist [17]
- Oliver Blume (born 1968), manager
- Bettina Blumenberg (born 1962), field hockey player [18]
- Jacob Bobart the Elder (1599–1680), botanist and first head gardener of Oxford Botanic Garden [19]
- Wolfgang Bochow (born 1944), badminton player [20]
- Otto Bock (born 1881), athlete [21]
- Johann Joachim Christoph Bode (1731–1793), translator [22]
- Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Eduard Bornhardt (1864–1946), geologist [23]
- Bosse (born 1980), rock musician [24]
- Hartmut Bossel (born 1935), environmental scientist [25]
- Hermann Bote (c. 1450–c. 1520), chronicler [26]
- Detlef Bothe (born 1965), actor and film director [27]
- Wilhelm Bracke (1842–1880), one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany, predecessor of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. [28]
- Jack Brand (born 1953), Canadian international soccer player [29]
- Walter Bransen (1886–1941), composer
- Wolfgang Brase (born 1939), footballer [30]
- Rudolf Maria Breithaupt (1873–1945), composer [31]
- Ingrid Bruckert (born 1952), field hockey player [32]
- Bernd Buchheister (born 1962), footballer [33]
- Christian Heinrich Bünger (1782–1842), surgeon [34]
- Johann Gottlieb Buhle (1763–1821), philosopher [35]
- Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst (1919–1993), military officer and member of the German resistance. [36]
- Petra Butler (born 1966), Academic
- Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom [37]
- Lorenz S. Cederbaum (born 1946), physical chemist [38]
- Charles I (1713–1780), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel [39]
- Charles II (1804–1873), Duke of Brunswick [40]
- Alix von Cotta (1842–1931), promoter of women's education
- Stephan Dabbert (born 1958), agricultural economist
- Ewald Daub (1889–1946), cinematographer [41]
- Simson Alexander David (1755–1813), writer [42]
- Georg von der Decken (1836–1898), politician [43]
- Richard Dedekind (1831–1916), mathematician [44]
- Carl Ferdinand Degen (1766–1825), mathematician [45]
- Edward Degener (1809–1890), politician [46]
- Jaro Deppe (born 1948), footballer
- Dirk Dirksen (1937–2006), music promoter [47]
- Werner Ditzinger (1928–2016), swimmer [48]
- DJ Pari (born 1975), musician
- Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn (1838–1913), zoologist [49]
- Wolfgang Dramsch (born 1949), footballer [50]
- Carl Georg Oscar Drude (1852–1933), botanist [51]
- Paul Drude (1863–1906), physicist, developed the Drude model. [52]
- Johann Philipp Du Roi (1741–1785), botanist [53]
- Julius Düker (born 1996), footballer [54]
E to H
- André Ehrenberg (born 1972), Olympic canoer [55]
- Jochen H.H. Ehrich (born 1946), pediatric doctor
- Justin Eilers (born 1988), footballer [56]
- Jusuf El-Domiaty (born 1990), basketball player [57]
- Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750), Holy Roman Empress [58]
- Lars Ellmerich (born 1961), footballer
- Christine Enghaus (1815–1910), actress [59] [60]
- Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914–1987), Prince of Hanover [61]
- Oskar Fehr (1871–1959), ophthalmologist [62]
- Frank E. Fesq (1840–1920), soldier
- Ferdinand Albert I (1636–1687), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg [63]
- Karl Fiehler (1895–1969), politician
- Emil Fischer (1838–1914), opera singer [64]
- Florian Floto (born 1988), Olympic archer [65]
- Jacques Goldberg (1861–1934), musician, actor and theatre director.
- Moritz Ludwig Frankenheim (1801–1869), physicist [66]
- Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815), leader of the Black Brunswickers. [67]
- Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (1900–1988), actor [68]
- Werner Fürbringer (1888–1982), U-boat commander
- Günter Gaus (1929–2004), journalist
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematician [69]
- Hans Friedrich Geitel (1855–1923), physicist [70]
- Johan Georg Geitel (1683–1771), painter
- George William of Hanover (1915–2006), Prince of Hanover [71]
- Gerwin von Hameln (c. 1415–1496), cleric and book collector [72]
- Willy Giesemann (born 1937), German international footballer
- Werner Goeritz (1892–1958), general
- Moritz Göttel (born 1993), footballer [73]
- Karl Heinrich Gräffe (1799–1873), mathematician [74]
- Nico Granatowski (born 1991), footballer
- Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777–1857), entomologist [75]
- Michael Green (born 1972), field hockey player [76]
- Wolfgang Grobe (born 1956), footballer
- Otto Grotewohl (1894–1964), Prime minister of the German Democratic Republic [77]
- Hansadutta Swami (born 1941), guru
- Otto Harder (1892–1956), German international footballer [78]
- Robert Hartig (1839–1901), mycologist [79]
- Albert Heine (1867–1949), actor [80]
- Adolph Henke (1775–1843), physician [81]
- Kurt Heyser (1894–1974), general
- Karl Gustav Himly (1772–1837), surgeon< [82]
- Robert Homburg (1848–1912), politician [83]
- Harry Hoppe (1894–1969), general
- Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn (1774–1848), physician [84]
- Jannes Horn (born 1997), footballer
- August Howaldt (1809–1883), engineer [85]
- Georg Ferdinand Howaldt (1802–1883), sculptor [86]
- Hermann Heinrich Howaldt (1841–1891), sculptor
- Friedrich Huch (1873–1913), writer [87]
- Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), historian and writer [88]
- Rainer Hunold (born 1949), actor [89]
- Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765), composer [90]
I to L
- Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775–1813), zoologist [91]
- Jette Joop (born 1968), fashion designer [92]
- Steffen Jürgens (born 1967), actor [93]
- Henning Kagermann (born 1947), physicist [94]
- Kai Karsten (born 1968), Olympic sprinter [95]
- Katrin Kauschke (born 1971), field hockey player [96]
- Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988), art director [97]
- Sascha Kirschstein (born 1980), footballer
- Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831), writer [98]
- Frederik Theodor Kloss (1802–1876), painter [99]
- August Wilhelm Knoch (1742–1818), naturalist [100]
- Robin Knoche (born 1992), footballer
- Gustav Knuth (1901–1987), actor [101]
- Konrad Koch (1846–1911), football pioneer [102]
- Özkan Koçtürk (born 1974), footballer
- Louis Köhler (1820–1886), composer [103]
- Leo von König (1871–1944), painter [104]
- Oliver Koletzki (born 1974), music producer [105]
- Charles Konig (1774–1851), naturalist [106]
- Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890–1945), general
- Nina Kraft (born 1968), triathlete [107]
- Uwe Krause (born 1955), footballer
- Gerard Krefft (1830–1881), zoologist [108]
- Louis Krevel (1801–1876), painter [109]
- Alfred Kubel (1909–1999), politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony [110]
- Wolfgang Kubicki (born 1952), politician [111]
- Christiane Kubrick (born 1932), actress and painter [112]
- Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt (born 1964), German lutheran bishop
- Jens Kujawa (born 1965), basketball player [113]
- Karl Lachmann (1793–1851), philologist [114]
- Heike Lätzsch (born 1973), field hockey player [115]
- August Lafontaine (1758–1831), author of sentimental didactic novels once immensely popular, born and brought up in the city [116]
- Christophe Lambert (born 1985), judoka [117]
- Gerhard Landmann (1904–1933), SS man [118]
- Paul Lehmann (1884–1964), palaeographer [119]
- Katharina Lehnert (born 1994), tennis player [120]
- Rudolf Lindau (1888–1977), politician [121]
M to P
- Thilo Maatsch (1900–1983), artist [122]
- Alexander Madlung (born 1982), German international footballer [123]
- Willy Maertens (1893–1967), actor [124]
- 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 [125]
- MC Rene (born 1976), rapper [126]
- Rosine Elisabeth Menthe (1663–1701), wife of Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel [127]
- Florian Meyer (born 1968), football referee [128]
- Johann Heinrich Meyer (1812–1863), publisher [129]
- Klaus Meyer (1937–2014), footballer [130] [131]
- Hugo Miehe (1875–1932), botanist [132]
- Nils Mittmann (born 1979), basketball player [133]
- 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. [134]
- Günther Müller-Stöckheim (1913–1943), U-boat commander
- Adolph Nehrkorn (1841–1916), ornithologist [135]
- Christian Neidhart (born 1968), footballer and manager [136]
- Marie Neurath (1898–1986), graphic designer [137]
- Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846), astronomer [138]
- Walter Nicolai (1873–1947), spy [139]
- Wilhelm Nienstädt (1784–1862), educator
- Carl Theodor Ottmer (1800–1843), architect [140]
- Eva Pagels (born 1954), field hockey player [141]
- Melanie Paschke (born 1970), Olympic sprinter [142]
- Kurd Peters (1914–1957), soldier
- Marc Pfitzner (born 1984), footballer [143]
- Jens Pieper (born 1968), Olympic archer [144]
- Bernhard Plockhorst (1825–1907), painter [145]
- Patrick Posipal (born 1988), footballer [146]
Q to T
- Walter Ramme (born 1895), Olympic swimmer [147]
- Erik Range (born 1977), YouTube personality [148]
- Fritz Randow (born 1952), rock drummer [149]
- Tobias Rau (born 1981), German international footballer [150]
- Gustav von Rauch (1774–1841), general [151]
- Paul Rehkopf (1872–1949), actor [152]
- Wilhelmine Reichard (1788–1848), balloonist [153]
- Daniel Reiche (born 1988), footballer [154]
- Kurt Reidemeister (1893–1971), mathematician [155]
- Frank Rennicke (born 1964), singer and far-right political activist [156]
- Arnold Rimpau (1856–1936), entrepreneur [157]
- Johannes Runge (1878–1949), Olympic athlete [158]
- Ernst Sagebiel (1892–1970), architect [159]
- Michael Scheike (born 1963), footballer
- Heinz-Günter Scheil (born 1962), footballer
- Galka Scheyer (1889–1945), painter [160]
- Dieter Schidor (1948–1987), actor [161]
- Gudrun Scholz (born 1940), field hockey player [162]
- Eberhard Schrader (1836–1908), orientalist [163]
- Dennis Schröder (born 1993), NBA basketball player, currently with the Atlanta Hawks. [164] [165]
- Norbert Schultze (1911–2002), composer [166]
- Christian Schwarzer (born 1969), handball player [167]
- Edda Seippel (1919–1993), actress [168]
- Emil Selenka (1842–1902), zoologist [169]
- Paul Sievert (1895–1988), racewalker [170]
- Hans Sommer (1837–1922), composer and mathematician [171]
- Jan Spoelder (born 1973), footballer [172]
- Louis Spohr (1784–1859), composer [173]
- Alfred Staats (born 1891), Olympic gymnast [174]
- Gustav Steinmann (1856–1929), geologist and paleontologist [175]
- Bartholomaeus Stockmann (c. 1550–1609), composer
- Wenzel Storch (born 1961), film director and producer [176]
- Stephanie Storp (born 1968), Olympic shot putter [177]
- Delphin Strungk (c. 1600–1694), composer and organist [178]
- Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700), composer and violinist [179]
- Gustav Teichmüller (1832–1888), philosopher [180]
- Mechthildis Thein (1888–1959), actress [181]
- Ulrich Thein (1930–1995), actor [182]
- Phillip Tietz (born 1997), footballer [183]
- Louis Tronnier (1897–1952), general
U to Z
- Constantin Uhde (1836–1905), architect [184]
- Lette Valeska (1885–1985), artist [185]
- Conrad Varrentrapp (1844–1911), historian [186]
- Hans Waldmann (1922–1945), fighter pilot
- Gerd Wedler (1929–2008), chemist [187]
- Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758–1828), painter [188]
- Reinhard Wendemuth (born 1948), Olympic rower [189]
- Franz Wenzler (1893–1942), film director [190]
- Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), naturalist [191]
- Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841), zoologist [192]
- Rudolf Wilke (1873–1908), caricaturist [193]
- William of Brunswick (1830–1884), Duke of Brunswick [194]
- Christian Ludewig Theodor Winkelmann (1812–1875), piano maker
- Hermann Winkelmann (1849–1912), Heldentenor [195]
- Frederick Albert Winsor (1763–1830), inventor [196]
- Franz Winter (1861–1930), archaeologist [197]
- Ludwig Winter (1843–1930), architect [198]
- Nils Wogram (born 1972), musician [199]
- Adolf Wolf (1899–1973), general
- Johann Zanger (1557–1607), legal scholar [200]
- H. Dieter Zeh (born 1932), physicist
- Michael Zickerick (born 1948), diplomat
- Albrecht Zimmermann (1860–1931), botanist [201]
- Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856), entomologist [202]
