Emmy Kreiten-Barido (1894–1985), singer and mother of the martyred Karlrobert Kreiten
Reinhard Saftig (born 1952), football player and trainer
Mario Adorf (film and stage actor, author)
Balthasar Krems (inventor of the sewing machine)
Jacques Loeb 1859–1924, physiologist and biologist
Stephan Ackermann (born 1963), bishop
Henry Alken (1753–1827), sculptor and painter
Carl Burger (1875–1950), sculptor
Marc Hennerici (born 1982), racing driver
Tim Kruse (born 1983), football player
Werner Lamberz (1929–1978), member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the  SED in  GDR.

Dominik Meffert, (born 1981), tennis player
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888), social reformer and founder of the cooperative movement, was District Secretary in Mayen and church hosts the Evangelical Church of Mayen
Winfried Schäfer (born 1950), football player and coach
Jan Siewert (born 1982), football coach
Delta Tech (Computer Systems)
Fritz Seitz (1905–1949); Catholic  Priest in Diocese of Speyer, longtime prisoner in Dachau concentration camp
 Mayen
Emmy Kreiten-Barido (1894–1985), singer and mother of the martyred Karlrobert Kreiten
Reinhard Saftig (born 1952), football player and trainer
Mario Adorf (film and stage actor, author)
Balthasar Krems (inventor of the sewing machine)
Jacques Loeb 1859–1924, physiologist and biologist
Stephan Ackermann (born 1963), bishop
Henry Alken (1753–1827), sculptor and painter
Carl Burger (1875–1950), sculptor
Marc Hennerici (born 1982), racing driver
Tim Kruse (born 1983), football player
Werner Lamberz (1929–1978), member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the  SED in  GDR.
Dominik Meffert, (born 1981), tennis player
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888), social reformer and founder of the cooperative movement, was District Secretary in Mayen and church hosts the Evangelical Church of Mayen
Winfried Schäfer (born 1950), football player and coach
Jan Siewert (born 1982), football coach
Delta Tech (Computer Systems)
Fritz Seitz (1905–1949); Catholic  Priest in Diocese of Speyer, longtime prisoner in Dachau concentration camp
 Mayen
Mayen