Schleswig-Holstein is the birthplace and home of numerous figures who have shaped global science, politics, and culture.
* **Willy Brandt:** Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Chancellor of West Germany, born in Lübeck. * **Thomas Mann:** Nobel Prize-winning author of *Buddenbrooks* and *The Magic Mountain*, born in Lübeck. * **Max Planck:** Theoretical physicist and originator of quantum theory, born in Kiel. * **Günter Grass:** Nobel Prize-winning author and artist who lived and worked in Lübeck for much of his later life. * **Theodor Mommsen:** Renowned historian, classicist, and Nobel laureate in Literature, born in Garding. * **Carl Maria von Weber:** Influential Romantic composer, born in Eutin.
