Editing Hanover (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Hannah Arendt auf dem 1. Kulturkritikerkongress, Barbara Niggl Radloff, FM-2019-1-5-9-16.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Hannah Arendt]], 1958]]
[[File:Wilhelm Busch 1878.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Wilhelm Busch]]]]
[[File:Georg Friedrich Grotefend.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Georg Friedrich Grotefend]]]]
[[File:Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Bernhard Christoph Francke.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]]]]
[[File:2019 Lena - by 2eight - DSC4551.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Lena Meyer-Landrut]], 2019]]
[[File:Franz Gareis Portrait Friedrich Schlegel.jpg|thumb|140px|Portrait of [[Friedrich Schlegel]], 1801]]
* [[Hannah Arendt]] (1906–1975), American political theorist
* [[Erdoğan Atalay]] (born 1966), actor
* [[Rudolf Augstein]] (1923–2002), journalist, founder of the weekly journal [[Der Spiegel]]
* [[Moritz Baier-Lentz]] (born 1986), German-American venture capitalist
* [[Hermann Bahlsen]] (1859–1919), businessman, founder of the biscuit company [[Bahlsen]] and inventor of the [[Leibniz-Keks]]
* [[Marc Bator]] (born 1972), journalist
* [[Rudolf von Bennigsen]] (1824–1902), liberal politician<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bennigsen, Rudolf von |volume= 3 | pages = 742&ndash;743 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Klaus Bernbacher]] (born 1931), conductor, music event manager, broadcasting manager and academic teacher
* [[Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff]] (1712–1772) a German-Danish statesman<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Bernstorff, Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von|volume=3|last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain| pages = 807&ndash;808 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Andreas Peter Bernstorff]] (1735–1797), Danish diplomat and Foreign Minister<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Bernstorff, Andreas Peter, Count von|volume=3|last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain|page=806|short=1}}</ref>
* [[Gero von Boehm]] (born 1954), director, journalist and television presenter
* [[Emil Berliner]] (1851–1929), inventor of the [[phonograph]]
* [[Anke Blume]] (born 1969), engineering technology professor, works on [[silica]] and [[silane]] chemistry.<ref name="rpn22">{{cite news |title=ACS Rubber Division names 2023 Science and Technology Award winners |url=https://www.rubbernews.com/news/acs-rubber-division-names-2023-science-and-technology-award-winners |access-date=15 November 2022 |work=Rubber News |publisher=Crain |date=11 November 2022 |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115015403/https://www.rubbernews.com/news/acs-rubber-division-names-2023-science-and-technology-award-winners |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Walter Bruch]] (1908–1990), inventor of the [[PAL]] [[color television]] system
* [[Wilhelm Busch]] (1832–1908), caricaturist, painter and poet<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Busch, Wilhelm |volume= 4 | page = 869 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Laurent Chappuzeau]], (ca.1652-??), clockmaker to the Elector of Hanover 1689–1701
* [[Frederick Dielman]] (1847–1935), German-American portrait and figure painter<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Dielmann, Frederick |volume= 8 | page = 209 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Albert Christoph Dies]] (1755–1822), German painter, engraver and biographer<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Dies, Christoph Albert |volume= 8 | page = 211  |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Champion Jack Dupree]] (1910–1992), American Born Blues Musician
* [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] (1707–1751), eldest son and heir apparent of King [[George II of Great Britain]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Frederick Louis |volume= 11 | pages = 62&ndash;63  |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Gustav Fröhlich]] (1902–1987), actor and film director
* [[Oskar Garvens]] (1874–1951), sculptor and caricaturist<ref>[https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/ressources/artists-personalities-catalog/oskar-garvens-13202Garvens "Oskar Garvens"]{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Musée d'Orsay]], accessed 7 July 2023</ref>
* [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], (1660–1727), King of Great Britain and Ireland, prince elector of Hanover<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= George I. |volume= 11 |last= Gardiner |first= Samuel Rawson |author-link= Samuel Rawson Gardiner | pages = 737&ndash;738 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[George II of Great Britain|George II]], (1683–1760), King of Great Britain and Ireland, prince elector of Hanover<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= George II. |volume= 11 |last= Gardiner |first= Samuel Rawson |author-link= Samuel Rawson Gardiner | pages = 738&ndash;740 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[George III]], (1738–1820), King of Great Britain and Ireland, prince elector of Hanover<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= George III. |volume= 11 |last= Gardiner |first= Samuel Rawson |author-link= Samuel Rawson Gardiner | pages = 740&ndash;743 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Duke of Cambridge#Fourth creation, 1801|George William Frederick Charles, duke of Cambridge]] (1819–1904), Prince George<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Cambridge, Earls and Dukes of |volume= 5 | pages = 89&ndash;90; see para 5 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Gerhard Glogowski]] (born 1943), politician (SPD)
* [[Georg Friedrich Grotefend]] (1775–1853), [[epigraphist]] and [[philologist]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Grotefend, Georg Friedrich |volume= 12 | pages = 620&ndash;621 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Robin E. Haak]] (born 1986), political scientist.
* [[Fritz Haarmann]] (1870–1925), prolific serial killer and rapist
* [[Julia Hamburg]] (born 1986), politician
* [[Conrad Wilhelm Hase]], (1818–1902), architect, founder of the [[Hanover school of architecture]]
* [[Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann]] (1782–1859) German mineralogist<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Hausmann, Johann Friedrich Ludwig |volume= 13 |pages = 70&ndash;71 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[William Herschel]] (1738–1822), astronomer and discoverer of the planet [[Uranus]], and his sister [[Caroline Herschel]] (1750–1848),<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Herschel, Caroline Lucretia |volume= 13 |page= 391 |short=1 }}</ref> also an astronomer<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Herschel, Sir Frederick William |volume= 13 |last1= Pritchard |first1= Charles  |author1-link= Charles Pritchard |last2= Clerke |first2= Agnes Mary |author2-link= Agnes Mary Clerke | pages = 391&ndash;393 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Wyn Hoop]] (born 1936), singer
* [[Alfred Hugenberg]] (1865–1951), businessman and politician (DNVP)
* [[August Wilhelm Iffland]] (1759–1814), German actor and dramatic author<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Iffland, August Wilhelm |volume= 14 | page = 291  |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Manfred Kohrs]] (born 1957), tattooist, conceptual artist and Master of Economics
* [[Dr. Gindi]] (born 1965), contemporary sculptor
* [[Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves]] (1788–1864), architect
* [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] (1646–1716), philosopher, mathematician, developed differential and integral calculus<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm |volume= 16 |last= Sorley |first= William Ritchie |author-link= William Ritchie Sorley | pages = 385&ndash;390 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Klaus Meine]] (born 1948), rock musician, vocalist of the rock band [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]
* [[Georg Meissner]] (1829–1905), anatomist and physiologist 
* [[Otto Fritz Meyerhof]] (1884–1951), recipient of the Nobel prize in medicine, 1922
* [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]] (born 1991), winner of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2010]]
* [[Reiner E. Moritz]] (born 1938), film director and producer
* [[Georg Heinrich Pertz]] (1795–1876), German historian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Pertz, Georg Heinrich |volume= 21 | pages = 263&ndash;264  |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Oliver Pocher]] (born 1978), comedian and television presenter
* [[Rudolf Erich Raspe]] (1736–1794), German librarian, writer and scientist<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Raspe, Rudolf Erich |volume= 13 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Else Raydt]] (1883–1931), fashion designer
* [[Waldemar R. Röhrbein]] (1935–2014), historian, director of [[Historisches Museum Hannover]] 
* [[Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher]] (1817–1894), German economist<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Roscher, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich |volume= 23 | page = 725 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Dirk Rossmann]] (born 1946), businessman
* [[Dieter Roth]] (1930–1998), artist, print-maker, author, poet and world renowned composer
* [[Niki de Saint Phalle]] (1930–2002), sculptor, painter and film maker
* [[Friedrich Schlegel]] (1772–1829), poet, literary critic, philosopher and Indologist<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Schlegel, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von |volume= 24 | pages = 329&ndash;330  |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Gerhard Schröder]] (born 1944), politician (SPD) (former [[Chancellor of Germany]])
* [[Helga Schuchardt]] (born 1939), politician and engineer
* [[Kurt Schumacher]] (1895–1952), politician, re-organiser of the [[SPD]] after World War II
* [[Kurt Schwitters]] (1887–1948), artist
* [[Alexander Moritz Simon]] (1837–1905), Jewish philanthropist, banker and American vice consul
* [[Uli Stein (artist)|Uli Stein]] (1954–2020), artist, cartoonist
* [[Charles Wachsmuth]] (1829–1896), German-American paleontologist and businessman<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wachsmuth, Charles |volume= 28 | pages = 224&ndash;225 |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Gustav Wagemann]] (1885–1933), German lawyer, judge and civil servant
* [[Hans Wehrmann]] (born 1964), [[entrepreneur]], [[economist]], [[inventor]], author and racing driver
* [[Phylicia Whitney]] (born 1950{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}), journalist and public speaker
* [[Christian Wulff]] (born 1959), politician (CDU), former [[President of Germany]]
* [[Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft]] (1915–2005), Chief Rabbi of Hanover and Lower Saxony
=== Sport ===
[[File:2023-07-03 Fussball, Frauen, Deutsche Nationalmannschaft, Media Day 1DX 6605 by Stepro-2.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Stina Johannes]], 2023]]
* [[Husseyn Chakroun]] (born 2004), footballer
* [[Johannes Dietwald]] (born 1985), footballer
* [[Hilal El-Helwe]] (born 1994), German-Lebanese football player
* [[Niclas Füllkrug]] (born 1993), footballer
* [[Stina Johannes]] (born 2000), footballer, goalkeeper for the [[Germany women's national football team]]
* [[Niklas Mackschin]] (born 1994), racing driver
* [[Jan Martín]] (born 1984), German-Israeli-Spanish basketball player
* [[Arnd Meier]] (born 1973), racing driver
* [[Per Mertesacker]] (born 1984), footballer
* [[Daniel Reiss]] (born 1982), professional ice hockey player
* [[Dirk Werner]] (born 1981), racing driver