The following is a list of notable people who were born in Berlin, Germany.
Politicians and statesmen
Friedrich Ancillon (1767–1837), Prussian historian and statesman. Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1803–1868), statesman and politician Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), politician (SPD), member of the Reichstag Berthold von Bernstorff (1842–1917), politician and owner of Schiermonnikoog. Anna of Brandenburg (1487–1514), noblewoman and mother of Christian III (King of Denmark) Rudy Boschwitz (born 1930), U.S. Senator from Minnesota and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, born to a Jewish family in Berlin. Rainer Brüderle (born 1945), politician (FDP) Sawsan Chebli (born 1978), politician (SPD) Eberhard Diepgen (born 1941), politician (CDU), Governing Mayor of Berlin Kurt Eisner (1867–1919), politician (SPD, USPD) Frederick the Great (1712–1786), King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. Frederick William (1620–1688), Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia from 1640 until 1688. Frederick William I (1688–1740), King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until 1740. Frederick William II (1744–1797), King of Prussia from 1786 until 1797. Stefan Gelbhaar (born 1976), politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach (1795–1877), judge, politician and journalist George V of Hanover (1819—1878), King of Hanover from 1851 until 1866. Gregor Gysi (born 1948), politician (The Left) Klaus Gysi (1912–1999), Minister of Culture and state secretary for church affairs of GDR Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885), brother of future German emperor William I. Reinhard Klimmt (born 1942), politician (SPD), Prime Minister of Saarland Hans Luther (1879–1962), Chancellor in the Weimar Republic David McAllister (born 1971), politician (CDU), Prime Minister of Niedersachsen Erich Mielke (1907–2000), head of the Stasi Petra Pau (born 1963), politician (The Left) Hugo Preuss (1860–1925), lawyer and "father of the Weimar Constitution" Jesko von Puttkamer (1855–1917), colonial military chief, and nine times governor of Cameroon Walther Rathenau (1867–1922), industrialist, politician (DDP) and Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974), leader of the Hitlerjugend 1931-1940, Reich governor in Vienna Rupert Scholz (born 1937), politician (CDU) Paul Singer (1844–1911), SPD co-founder, whose chairman and Reichstag, producer Willi Stoph (1914–1999), politician (SED), Chairman of the State Council Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929), politician (DVP), chancellor and foreign minister of the Weimar Republic, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Otto Wels (1873–1939), politician (SPD) William I, German Emperor (1797–1888), German Emperor. Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941), German Emperor. Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709–1758), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Klaus Wowereit (born 1953), politician (SPD), Governing Mayor of Berlin from 2001 to 2014
Entrepreneurs
Ellen Allien, musician, DJ, founder of music label BPitch Control
Heinz Berggruen (1914–2007), art dealer
Ernst Dümmler (1830–1902), bookseller and historian. Alexander Duncker (1813–1897), publisher and bookseller Friedrich Karl Flick (1927–2006), industrialist and billionaire Albert Göring (1895–1966), engineer and business manager Klaus and Eva Herlitz (born 1947 and 1952 respectively), business people and the initiators of the Buddy Bears Günter Herlitz (1913-2010), business people Bernhard Koehler (1849-1927), industrialist and art collector Gustav Langenscheidt (1832–1895), language teacher, book publisher, and the founder of Langenscheidt Publishing Group Ernst Litfaß (1816–1874), publisher, inventor of the Litfaßsäule Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), banker. Franz Oppenheim (1852-1929), industrialist and chemist Harald Quandt (1921–1967), industrialist Hasso Plattner (born 1944), co-founder of SAP SE software company Emil Rathenau (1838–1915), industrialist and founder of the AEG Wolf Jobst Siedler (1926–2013), publisher and publicist Arnold von Siemens (1853-1918), entrepreneur and industrialist Carl Friedrich von Siemens (1872–1941), industrialist Georg Wilhelm von Siemens (1855-1919), industrialist Georg Solmssen (1869-1957), German banker Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wagener (1782-1861), German banker and patron of the arts