Gehrden is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km (6.21 mi) southwest of Hanover and next to the recreation area Deister.

• Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), inventor, founder of electrical engineering and industrialist,^[2]
• Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823–1883), industrialist.^[3]
• Hans-Joachim Frey (born 1965), theater director
• Maria Schrader (born 1965), actress, screenwriter and director.
• Tim Pritlove (born 1967), eventmanager, media artist and member of Chaos Computer Club

• Marc Bator (born 1972), newsreader at the Tagesschau 2000–2013, since then at Sat.1
• Carolina Bartczak (born 1985), a Canadian actress of Polish descent.

• Werner Lueg (1931–2014), athlete, bronze medallist in the 1500m at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• Wolfgang Kreißig (born 1970), high jumper
• Grischa Niermann (born 1975), racing cyclist
• Christian Pampel (born 1979), volleyball national player
• Nils Pfingsten-Reddig (born 1982), footnaller, played 517 games
• Kristin Demann (born 1993), footballer, played over 170 games and 20 for Germany women
• Grant-Leon Ranos (born 2003), Armenian football player