Editing Hildesheim (section)

=== Public service & public thinking ===
* [[Gotthard of Hildesheim]] (960–1038), Roman Catholic saint 
* [[Bernward of Hildesheim]] (960–1022), [[List of bishops of Hildesheim|Bishop of Hildesheim]]
* [[Leo of Vercelli]] (ca 965–1026), prelate who served as the [[Bishop of Vercelli]] from 999
* [[Benno of Meissen]] (ca 1010–1106), named [[Bishop of Dresden-Meissen|Bishop of Meissen]] in 1066, canonized in 1523.
* [[Adelog of Hildesheim]] (died 1190), [[List of bishops of Hildesheim|Bishop of Hildesheim]] from 1171 to 1190
* [[John of Hildesheim]] (ca 1310–1375), [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] [[friar]] and writer
* [[Didrik Pining]] (1430–1491), explorer of the North Atlantic & [[privateer]]
* [[Eva von Trott]] (1505–1567), the royal mistress of [[Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], from 1522 until 1567.
* [[Christoph Daniel Ebeling]] (1741–1817), scholar who studied the geography and history of North America.<ref>{{Cite AmCyc |wstitle= Ebeling, Christoph Daniel |volume= VI |last= |first= |page= |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Frederick Hornemann]] (1772–1801), German African explorer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Hornemann, Frederick |volume= 13 |page= 709 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Philip Marheineke]] (1780–1846), Protestant church leader.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Marheineke, Philip Konrad |volume= 17 |page= 707 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Christian August Brandis]] (1790–1867), philologist and historian of philosophy.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Brandis, Christian August |volume= 4 |page= 428 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Moritz Güdemann]] (1835–1918), an Austrian rabbi, historian and [[Chief rabbi]] of Vienna.
* [[Henry Rathbone]] (1837–1911), US Consul, committed to an asylum for the criminally insane after murdering his wife
* [[Jakob Guttmann (rabbi)|Jakob Guttmann]] (1845–1919), chief rabbi locally, 1874 and 1892 and philosopher
* [[Adolf Bertram]] (1859–1945), German Roman Catholic bishop and [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] 
* [[Julius Guttmann]] (1880–1950), German and [[Israel]]i [[rabbi]], Jewish philosopher and historian
* [[Wilhelm Koppe]] (1896–1975), [[Obergruppenführer]] and General der Waffen-SS und Polizei
* [[Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt]] (1900–1945), a general in the [[Wehrmacht]] during World War II
* [[Karl Hamann]] (1903–1973), 1948–51 chairman of the [[Liberal Democratic Party of Germany|LDPD]] and minister
* [[Wolfram Sievers]] (1905–1948), Nazi war criminal and director of [[Ahnenerbe]], executed for war crimes
* [[Stefan Schostok]] (born 1964), politician, [[List of mayors of Hanover|Mayor of Hanover]] from 2013 to 2019.
* [[Andreas Bovenschulte]] (born 1965), politician, [[List of mayors of Bremen|mayor of Bremen]] since 2019
* [[Mauritius Wilde]] (born 1965), a Benedictine monk, priest, professor, podcaster, spiritual director and author.
* [[Hubertus Heil]] (born 1972), politician (SPD) & Govt. minister
* [[Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983)|Prince Ernst August of Hanover]] (born 1983), hereditary Prince of Hannover
* [[Christian von Hanover]] (born 1985) a German prince in pretense