Editing Hildesheim (section)

=== The Arts ===
* [[Wilhelm Schmidthild]] (1876–1951), painter, graphic artist, illustrator and art professor.
* [[Erich Pommer]] (1889–1966), film producer
* [[Eberhard Schlotter]] (1921–2014), painter and graphic artist
* [[Guy Stern]] (born 1922), American literary critic and honorary citizen of the city
* [[Lily Franz]] (1924–2011), a [[Sinti]] writer, lived locally
* [[Hans Raffert]] (1927–2005), chef, he was [[White House Executive Chef]] from 1988 to 1992.
* [[Rudolf Schenker]] (born 1948), [[guitarist]] and founding member of the [[hard rock]] [[Musical ensemble|band]] [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]
* [[Bernd Clüver]] (1948–2011), crooner, sang ''The boy with the harmonica''
* [[Michael Schenker]] (born 1955), German rock guitarist, founding member of the [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] and of the band [[UFO (band)|UFO]]
* [[Thomas Quasthoff]] (born 1959), German bass-baritone singer
* Twins [[Wolfgang Lauenstein|Wolfgang]] and [[Christoph Lauenstein]] (born 1962), winners of an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] in 1989 for their film ''[[Balance (cartoon)|Balance]]''
* [[Petra Hartmann]] (born 1970), novelist, journalist and author.
* [[Diane Kruger]] (born 1976), supermodel and actress, who played Helen in the film ''[[Troy (movie)|Troy]]''