List of personalities from Lutherstadt Wittenberg

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Here are figures of Wittenberg recorded whose work closely with the Lutheran town and the University of Wittenberg is connected. This only applies to people whose curriculum vitae can be seen in relation to Wittenberg. The city's sons and daughters are recorded separately in the list of sons and daughters of the city of Wittenberg . The list does not claim to be complete. It is arranged chronologically according to the respective date of birth.

Date of birth unknown

Until 1500

  • Michael Wolgemut (* 1434; † 1519), painter
  • Thomas Eschaus (* 1438 in Recklinghausen, † 1535 in Wittenberg), physician
  • Adam von Fulda (* 1445 in Fulda; † 1505 in Wittenberg), composer and music theorist
  • Petrus von Ravenna (* around 1448 in Ravenna; † 1508 in Mainz), legal scholar
  • Jacopo de 'Barbari (* 1450 in Venice, † 1515 in Brussels), painter
  • Henning Göde (* 1450 in Werben; † 1521 in Wittenberg), lawyer
  • Goswin von Orsoy (* 1450; † summer 1515 in Prettin), theologian, politician and first chancellor of the University of Wittenberg
  • Martin Pollich von Mellerstadt (* around 1452 in Mellrichstadt, † 1513 in Wittenberg), physician
  • Nicolaus Marschalk (* 1455 in Roßla; † 1525 in Rostock), legal scholar, humanist and historian
  • Johannes Aesticampianus (* 1457 in Sommerfeld, † 1520 in Wittenberg), theologian and humanist
  • Conrad Celtis (* 1459 in Wipfeld, † 1508 in Vienna), humanist and poet
  • Theodoricus Block (* 1460 in Hildesheim, † 1524 in Magdeburg), physician, theologian and humanist
  • Ulrich von Dinstedt (* 1460 in Tiefurt; † 1525 in Eisfeld), lawyer and theologian
  • Hieronymus Schulz (* 1460 in Großglogau, † 1522 in Wittstock), theologian
  • Jodocus Trutfetter (* 1460 in Eisenach, † 1519 in Erfurt), theologian, logician, rhetorician and philosopher
  • Tilman Riemenschneider (* around 1460 in Osterode, † 1531 in Würzburg), sculptor
  • Peter Burckhard (* 1461 in Ingolstadt, † 1526 in Ingolstadt), physician
  • Fabian von Auerswald (* 1462; † after 1540), author
  • Friedrich III. (* 1463 in Torgau; † 1525 in Lochau), Elector of Saxony
  • Johann von Staupitz (* 1465 in Motterwitz, † 1524 in Salzburg), theologian
  • Balthasar Düring (* 1466 in Königsberg in Bavaria, † 1529 in Coburg), theologian and reformer
  • Hermann von dem Busche (* 1468 in Sassenburg; † 1534 in Dülmen), humanist
  • Johann Mantel I. (* 1468 in Miltenberg, † 1530 in Elgg), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes Amandi (* 1470 in Westphalia; † 1530 in Goslar), theologian and reformer
  • Matthäus Beskau (* 1470 in Torgau, † 1533 in Wittenberg), theologian and legal scholar
  • Johann Eberlin von Günzburg (* 1470 in Kleinkötz, † 1533 in Lautershausen), theologian
  • Albrecht Dürer (* 1471 in Nuremberg, † 1528 in Nuremberg), painter
  • Johann Böschenstein (* 1472 in Esslingen am Neckar, † 1540 in Nördlingen), Hebrew, hymn poet and mathematician
  • Lucas Cranach the Elder (* 1472 in Kronach, † 1553 in Weimar), painter
  • Ambrosius Volland (* 1472 in Markgröningen, † 1551 in Stuttgart), legal scholar and politician
  • Hans Burgkmair the Elder (* 1473 in Augsburg, † 1531 in Augsburg), painter
  • Georg Elner (* 1473 in Staffelstein, † 1543 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Matthäus Adriani (* 1475 in Spain; † after 1521 in Freiburg im Breisgau?), Hebrist
  • Pankratius Klemme (* 1475 in Hirschberg, † 1546 in Danzig), theologian and reformer
  • Michael Meurer (* 1475 in Hainichen, † 1537 in Königsberg), theologian, hymn composer and reformer
  • Tilemann Schnabel (* 1475 in Alsfeld, † 1557 in Alsfeld), theologian and reformer
  • Otto Beckmann (* 1476 in Warburg, † 1540 in Warburg), humanist
  • Bartholomäus Stein (* 1477 in Brieg, † 1520 in Breslau), humanist and geographer
  • Matthäus Zell (* 1477 in Kaysersberg (Alsace), † 1548 in Strasbourg), theologian and reformer
  • Laurentius Zoch (* 1477 in Halle (Saale), † 1547 in Wittenberg), lawyer and legal scholar
  • Wolfgang Capito (* 1478 in Haguenau, † 1541 in Strasbourg), theologian and reformer
  • Balthasar Fabricius (* around 1478 in Vacha; † 1541 in Wittenberg), humanist, grammarian and rhetorician
  • Erhard Altdorfer (* 1480 in Regensburg, † 1561 in Schwerin), draftsman, painter and master builder
  • Christoph Blanck (* 1480 in Ulm; † 1541 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
  • Andreas Bodenstein (* 1480 in Karlstadt; † 1541 in Basel), theologian
  • Konrad Cordatus (* 1480 in Leombach; † 1546 near Spandau), theologian and reformer
  • Bonifacius Erasmi de Rode (* 1480 in Zörbig, † 1560 in Pößneck), mathematician and theologian
  • Friedrich Fischer (* 1480 in Heidingsfeld; autumn 1529 in Königsberg), humanist and lawyer
  • Johannes Fritzhans (* 1480 in Magdeburg, † 1540 in Magdeburg), reformer
  • Matthias Grünewald (* 1480 in Würzburg, † 1528 in Halle (Saale)), painter and graphic artist
  • Sebastian Küchenmeister (* 1480 in Freiberg; † 1528 in Chemnitz), theologian
  • Kilian Reuter (* 1480 in Mellrichstadt, † 1517 in Wittenberg), humanist and playwright
  • Richard Sbrulius (* 1480 in Cividale del Friuli or Udine, † after 1528), humanist and poet
  • Georg Sibutus (* 1480 in Tannroda; † after 1528), humanist and poet
  • Johann Faust (* around 1480; † around 1540 in Staufen), astrologer and alchemist
  • Leonhard Kaiser (* around 1480 in Raab; † 1527 in Schärding), theologian and reformer
  • Conrat Meit (* around 1480 in Worms, † around 1550/1551 in Antwerp), sculptor and painter
  • Wolfgang Reissenbusch (* around 1480 in Torgau; † 1540 in Prettin), humanist, legal scholar and theologian
  • Johannes Wechtlin (* around 1480 or 1485 in Strasbourg; † unknown), painter and woodcut artist
  • Christian II of Denmark (* 1481 in Nyborg, † 1559 in Kalundborg), King of Denmark
  • Christoph Scheurl (* 1481 in Nuremberg; † 1542 in Nuremberg), lawyer, diplomat and humanist
  • Hieronymus Schurff (* 1481 in St. Gallen 1481; † 1554 in Frankfurt (Oder)), lawyer
  • Christian Beyer (* around 1482 in Kleinlangheim; † 1535 in Weimar), lawyer and politician
  • Gerhard Geldenhauer (* 1482 in Nijmegen, † 1542 in Marburg), humanist and theologian
  • Nikolaus von Amsdorf (* 1483 in Torgau, † 1565 in Eisenach), theologian
  • Gregor Brück (* 1483 in Brück, † 1557 in Jena), lawyer and electoral chancellor
  • Johannes Grau (* 1483 in Kronach, † 1559 in Weimar), theologian
  • Simon Heins (* 1483 in Brück; † 1523 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Kaspar Kantz (* 1483 in Nördlingen, † 1544 in Nördlingen), theologian and reformer
  • Wenzeslaus Linck (* 1483 in Colditz; † 1547 in Nuremberg), theologian and reformer
  • Martin Luther (* 1483 in Eisleben, † 1546 in Eisleben), reformer
  • Nicolaus Maurus (* 1483 in Sankt Goarshausen, † 1539 in Frankfurt am Main), theologian
  • Georg Spalatin (* 1484 in Spalt; † 1545 in Altenburg), humanist, theologian, reformer and historian
  • Paul Speratus (* 1484 in Rötlen, † 1551 in Marienwerder), reformer and hymn poet
  • William Tyndale (* 1484 in North Nibley, † 1536 in Vilvoorden), theologian and Bible translator
  • Johann Boldewan (* 1485 in Greifenberg; † 1533 in Belzig), theologian
  • Johannes Bugenhagen (* 1485 in Wollin, † 1558 in Wittenberg), reformer
  • Hans von Doltzig (* 1485; † 1551 in Leipzig), politician of the Reformation period
  • Johannes Frosch (* 1485 in Bamberg, † 1533 in Nuremberg), theologian and reformer
  • Georg Helt (* 1485 in Forchheim, † 1545 in Dessau), humanist, classical philologist and theologian
  • Jakob Otter (* 1485 in Lauterbourg; † 1547 in Esslingen am Neckar), theologian and reformer
  • Heinrich Stackmann (* 1485 in Fallersleben, † 1532 in Wittenberg), medic and poet
  • Nikolaus Decius (* around 1485 in Hof (Saale); † after 1546), theologian, hymn poet and reformer
  • Johannes Langer (* around 1485/1486 in Bolkenhain; † 1548 in Coburg), theologian and reformer
  • Hermann Marsow (* around 1485 in Riga; † 1555 in Tartu?), Theologian and reformer of Livonia
  • Stanislaus Rapagelanus (* around 1485; † 1545 in Königsberg (Prussia)), theologian
  • Theobald Schwarz (* around 1485 in Haguenau or Strasbourg, † 1561 in Strasbourg), theologian and reformer
  • Martin Agricola (* 1486 in Schwiebus, † 1556 in Magdeburg), music theorist, music teacher and composer
  • Johann Apel (* 1486 in Nuremberg; † 1536 in Nuremberg), lawyer and humanist
  • Basilius Axt (* 1486 in Frankfurt (Oder), † 1558 in Königsberg (Prussia)), medic
  • Johann Dölsch (* 1486 in Feldkirch, † 1524 in Wittenberg), theologian and reformer
  • Melchior Fendt (* 1486 in Nördlingen, † 1564 in Wittenberg), medic
  • Johannes Ferrarius (* 1486 in Amöneburg, † 1558 in Marburg), lawyer, theologian and philosopher
  • Johannes Gunckel (* 1486 in Wangen im Allgäu, † 1533 in Wittenberg), physicist and logician
  • Franz Lambert von Avignon (* 1487 in Avignon; † 1530 in Frankenberg (Eder)), theologian and reformer
  • Caspar Lindemann (* 1486 in Eisleben, † 1536 in Wittenberg), doctor
  • Hermann Tulichius (* around 1486 in Steinheim (Westphalia); † 1540 in Lüneburg), theologian, pedagogue and reformer
  • Bartholomäus Bernhardi (* 1487 in Feldkirch, † 1551 in Kemberg), theologian
  • Johann Gramann (* 1487 in Neustadt an der Aisch; † 1541 in Königsberg), reformer and hymn poet
  • Nicolaus Kratzer (* 1487 in Munich, † 1550 in Oxford), humanist, mathematician and astronomer
  • Konrad Ebene (* 1487 in Wismar, † 1567 in Rostock), theologian
  • Michael Stifel (* 1487 in Esslingen am Neckar, † 1567 in Jena), mathematician
  • Valentin Voith (* 1487 in Chemnitz, † after 1558 in Magdeburg), poet and playwright
  • Johann Lange (* around 1487 in Erfurt, † 1548 in Erfurt), theologian, humanist and reformer
  • Gabriel Zwilling (* around 1487 in Annaberg, † 1558 in Torgau), theologian and reformer
  • Caspar Aquila (* 1488 in Augsburg, † 1560 in Saalfeld), theologian
  • Johann Briesmann (* 1488 in Cottbus, † 1549 in Königsberg), theologian and reformer
  • Ulrich von Hutten (* 1488 in Steckelberg Castle; † 1523 on Ufenau Island), poet
  • Johann Lindemann (* 1488 in Neustadt an der Saale; † April 18, 1554 in Schweinfurt), teacher and theologian
  • Georg Rhau (* 1488 in Eisfeld, † 1548 in Wittenberg), composer and printer
  • Johannes Schwertfeger (* 1488 in Meißen; † 1524 in Wittenberg), theologian and legal scholar
  • Michael Weisse (* around 1488 in Neisse; † 1534 in Landskron), theologian and hymn composer
  • Heinrich von Zütphen (* around 1488 in Zutphen; † 1524 in Heide (Holstein)), prior, reformer, is considered a Protestant martyr
  • Thomas Cranmer (* 1489 in Aslacton, † 1556 in Oxford), theologian
  • Lorenz Fries (* 1489 in Mergentheim, † 1550 in Würzburg), politician and historian
  • Thomas Müntzer (* 1489 in Stolberg (Harz); † 1525 in Mühlhausen (Thuringia)), theologian and revolutionary during the Peasants' War
  • Paul vom Rode (* 1489 in Quedlinburg, † 1563 in Stettin), theologian and reformer
  • Prista Frühbottin (* 1490 in Wittenberg; † June 29, 1540 in Wittenberg), executed in a witch trial for alleged weather magic and poisoning of pastures
  • Matthäus Aurogallus (* 1490 in Komotau, † 1543 in Wittenberg), historian, linguist and Hebraist
  • Eberhard Brisger (* 1490 in Mühlheim, † 1545 in Altenburg), theologian and reformer
  • Michael Cellarius (* 1490 in Burgheilen near Rain am Lech; † 1548 in Augsburg), theologian and reformer
  • Alexius Crosner (* 1490 in Colditz, † 1535 in Altenburg), theologian
  • Philipp Engelbrecht (* 1490 in Engen; † 1528 in Strasbourg), humanist and poet
  • Valentin Friedland (* 1490 in Troitschendorf; † 1556 in Liegnitz), educator
  • Florian Geyer (* 1490 in Giebelstadt; † 1525 near Würzburg), farmer's guide
  • Augustin Gschmus (* 1490 in Mulhouse; † 1543 in Mulhouse), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes Hadeke (* 1490 in Stade, † 1525 in Rome), poet
  • Georg Kleinschmidt (* 1490 in Schauenstein; † 1556 in Leipzig), doctor
  • Joseph Klug (* 1490 in Nuremberg; † 1552 in Wittenberg), printer
  • Melchior Lotter the Younger (* 1490 in Leipzig, † 1542 in Leipzig), printer
  • Friedrich Myconius (* 1490 in Lichtenfels, † 1546 in Gotha), theologian and reformer
  • Tilemann Plathner (* 1490 in Stolberg (Harz), † 1551 in Stolberg (Harz)), theologian and reformer
  • Kaspar Schwenckfeld (* 1490 in Ossig near Liegnitz, † 1561 in Ulm), theologian and reformer
  • Pleikard Sindringer (* 1490 in Schwäbisch Hall, † 1551 in Jena), legal scholar
  • Veit Warbeck (* 1490 in Schwäbisch Gmünd; † 1534 in Torgau), philologist
  • Johann Westermann (* 1490 in Münster; †? In Hofgeismar), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes Bernhardi (* around 1490 in Schlins, † 1534 in Wittenberg), rhetorician and physicist
  • Christian Döring (* around 1490 in Frankfurt (Oder), † 1533 in Wittenberg), goldsmith and book publisher
  • Egidius Faber (* around 1490 in Kremnitz, † 1558 in Boizenburg), theologian
  • Heinrich Faber (* around 1490 in Lichtenfels, † 1552 in Oelsnitz), music theorist
  • Johann Heß (* around 1490 in Nuremberg; † 1547 in Breslau), theologian and reformer
  • Johann Horn (* around 1490 in Taus in Böhmen; † 1547 in Jungbunzlau), theologian and hymn poet
  • Burkard Waldis (* around 1490 in Sooden-Allendorf; † 1556 in Abterode), fable poet, playwright and carnival author
  • Martin Bucer (* 1491 in Schlettstadt; † 1551 in Cambridge), theologian and reformer
  • Caspar Borner (* 1492 in Großenhain, † 1547 in Leipzig), theologian and reformer
  • Michael Caelius (* 1492 in Döbeln, † 1559 in Mansfeld), theologian and reformer
  • Konrad Krebs (* 1492 in Büdingen; † 1540 in Torgau), builder and architect
  • Wilhelm Nesen (* 1492 in Nastätten; † 1524 in Wittenberg), humanist and educator
  • Bartholomaeus Rieseberg (* 1492 in Mieste, † 1566 in Gardelegen), theologian
  • Georg Rörer (* 1492 in Deggendorf, † 1557 in Jena), theologian
  • Theobald Billicanus (* 1493 in Billigheim; † 1554 in Marburg), theologian, lawyer and reformer
  • Adrian Buxschott (* 1493 in Antwerp, † 1561 in Drakenburg), theologian and reformer
  • Sixt Dietrich (* 1494 in Augsburg, † 1548 in Sankt Gallen), composer
  • Simon Grynaeus (* 1493 in Veringendorf; † 1541 in Basel), theologian and reformer
  • Justus Jonas the Elder (* 1493 in Nordhausen; † 1555 in Eisfeld), lawyer, theologian, reformer
  • Johannes Oldekop (* 1493 in Hildesheim, † 1574 in Hildesheim), theologian
  • Olaus Petri (* 1493 in Örebro, † 1552 in Stockholm), Swedish reformer
  • Johann Pfeffinger (* 1493 in Wasserburg am Inn, † 1573 in Leipzig), theologian and reformer
  • Heinrich Winkel (* 1493 in Wernigerode, † 1551 in Braunschweig), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes Agricola (* 1494 in Eisleben, † 1566 in Berlin), reformer
  • Bernhard Bogentanz (* 1494 in Liegnitz; † around 1540 in Liegnitz), music theorist
  • Johann Draconites (* 1494 in Karlstadt, † 1566 in Wittenberg), theologian, humanistic philosopher and reformer
  • Martin Frecht (* 1494 in Ulm; † 1556 in Tübingen), theologian and reformer
  • Ambrosius Moibanus (* 1494 in Breslau, † 1554 in Breslau), theologian and reformer
  • Hans Tausen (* 1494 in Birkende, † 1561 in Ripen), theologian
  • Matthäus Alber (* 1495 in Reutlingen, † 1570 in Blaubeuren), theologian and reformer
  • Johann Geyling (* 1495 in Ilsfeld, † 1559 in Großbottwar), theologian
  • Moritz Goltz (* 1495 in Belzig; † 1548 in Frankfurt am Main), bookseller and publisher
  • Kaspar Löner (* 1495 in Markt Erlbach; † 1546 in Nördlingen), hymn composer, theologian and reformer
  • Hans Lufft (* 1495; † 1584 in Wittenberg), printer and mayor
  • Sebaldus Münsterer (* 1495 in Nuremberg, † 1539 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
  • Konrad Nesen (* 1495 in Nastätten; † 1560 in Zittau), humanist and mayor of Zittau
  • Augustin Schurff (* 1495 in St. Gallen, † 1548 in Wittenberg), physician
  • Stephan Wild (* 1495 in Pleinfeld, † 1550 in Zwickau), physician
  • Hermann Finck (* around 1495 in Pirna; † 1558 in Wittenberg), music theorist, composer and organist
  • Johann Mantel II (* around 1495 in Cottbus; † around 1542 in?), Theologian
  • Hieronymus Nopp (* around 1495 in Herzogenaurach; † 1551 in Regensburg), theologian, educator and reformer
  • Jacobus Probst (* around 1495 in Ypres; † 1562 in Bremen), theologian
  • Gervasius Schuler (* around 1495 in Strasbourg, † 1563 in Lenzburg), theologian and reformer
  • Johann Forster (* 1496 in Augsburg; † 1556 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Adam Reusner (* 1496 in Mindelheim, † 1582 in Mindelheim), mystic and poet
  • Petrus Suawe (* 1496 in Stolp, † 1552 in Gjorslev), diplomat
  • Johann Walter (* 1496 in Kahla; † 1570 in Torgau), church musician
  • Sebastian Fröschel (* 1497 in Amberg, † 1570 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Philipp Melanchthon (* 1497 in Bretten, † 1560 in Wittenberg), reformer
  • Simon Schaidenreisser (* 1497 in Bautzen, † 1592 in Munich), writer and humanist
  • Johannes Lonicer (* around 1497 in Artern, † 1569 in Marburg), classical philologist; Professor of the Greek and Hebrew languages, humanist, poet and theologian
  • Katharina Zell (* around 1497 in Strasbourg, † 1562 in Strasbourg), theological author and reformer
  • Erasmus Alberus (* 1498 in Bruchenbrücken; † 1553 in Neubrandenburg), theologian, reformer and poet
  • Hieronymus Baumgartner (* 1498 in Nuremberg, † 1565 in Nuremberg), reformer and mayor of Nuremberg
  • Johannes Honterus (* 1498 in Kronstadt, † 1549 in Kronstadt), humanist and reformer
  • Johann Weiß (* 1498 in Kronach; † 1561 in Meißen), theologian
  • Andreas Winkler (* 1498 in Winkel (Helme), † 1575 in Breslau), teacher and printer
  • Pietro Paolo Vergerio (* around 1498 in Capodistria, † 1565 in Tübingen), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes Aepinus (* 1499 in Ziesar; † 1553 in Hamburg), theologian and reformer
  • Thomas Blarer (* 1499 in Konstanz; † 1567 in Neu-Giersberg), hymn poet and lawyer
  • Katharina von Bora (* 1499 in Lippendorf, † 1552 in Torgau), wife of Martin Luther
  • Martin Borrhaus (* 1499 in Stuttgart, † 1564 in Basel), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes Carion (* 1499 in Bietigheim; † 1537/1538 in Berlin), astrologer, mathematician and historian
  • Adrianus Petit Coclico (* 1499 in Flanders; † around 1562 or 1563 in Copenhagen), music theorist, singer and composer
  • Kilian Goldstein (* 1499 in Kitzingen; † 1568 in Halle (Saale)), lawyer
  • Gottschalk Kruse (* 1499 in Braunschweig, † 1540 in Hamburg), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes a Lasco (* 1499 in Lask; † 1560 in Pirczow), reformer in Poland
  • Michael Lotter (* 1499 in Leipzig, † 1556 in Magdeburg), printer
  • Justus Menius (* 1499 in Fulda; † 1558 in Leipzig), theologian and reformer of Thuringia
  • Laurentius Petri (* 1499 in Örebro, † 1573 in Uppsala), Swedish archbishop and reformer
  • Peter Martyr Vermigli (* 1499 in Florence, † 1562 in Zurich), theologian and reformer
  • Hieronymus Weller (* 1499 in Freiberg (Saxony), † 1572 in Wittenberg), theologian and reformer
  • Jan van Woerden (* 1499 in Woerden, † 1525 in Woerden), Protestant martyr
  • Johann Machabeus (* before 1500 in Scotland, † 1557 in Copenhagen), reformer and theologian
  • Alexander Alesius (* 1500 in Edinburgh, † 1565 in Leipzig), theologian and reformer
  • Andreas Althamer (* 1500 in Sontheim an der Brenz, † 1539 in Ansbach), theologian and reformer
  • Jan Augusta (* 1500 in Prague, † 1572 in Jungbunzlau), theologian
  • Joachim Camerarius the Elder (* 1500 in Bamberg, † 1574 in Leipzig), humanist, polymath and poet
  • Johann Campanus (* 1500 in Maeseyck, † 1575 in Jülich), theologian and Baptist
  • Janus Cornarius (* 1500 in Zwickau, † 1558 in Jena), physician, author, philologist and linguist
  • Georg Dasch (* 1500 in Würzburg, † 1578 in Gotha), Mayor of Gotha
  • Matthäus Delius (* 1500 near Halberstadt, † 1565 in Hamburg), educator
  • Christoph Hegendorf (* 1500 in Leipzig, † 1540 in Lüneburg), poet, theologian and lawyer
  • Jost Hoen (* 1500 in Gelnhausen, † 1569 in Dillenburg), educator and chancellery
  • Caspar Huberinus (* 1500 in Stotzard, † 1553 in Öhringen), theologian, writer, hymn poet and reformer
  • Valentin Ickelsamer (* 1500 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, † 1547 in Augsburg), grammarian
  • Jakob von Jonas (* 1500 in Götzis, † 1558 in Abensberg), philologist, legal scholar, politician and diplomat
  • Konrad Mauser (* 1500 in Nuremberg, † 1548 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
  • Balthasar Menz the Elder (* 1500 in Herford, † 1585 in Eckmannsdorf), theologian
  • Basilius Monner (* 1500 in Weimar, † 1566 in Jena), legal scholar
  • Paul Rebhun (* 1500 in Waidhofen in Austria, † 1546 in Oelsnitz), theologian, educator and poet
  • Johann Timann (* 1500 in Amsterdam, † 1557 in Nienburg / Weser), theologian and reformer
  • Johann Bernhard (* around 1500 in Hohenstein; † 1551 in Herborn), theologian and reformer
  • Ambrosius Berndt (* around 1500 in Jüterbog; † 1542 in Wittenberg), philologist and Protestant theologian
  • Johannes Dreyer (* around 1500 in Bega; † 1544 in Minden), theologian and reformer
  • Jacob Hegge (* around 1500 in Danzig), theologian and reformer
  • Hans Kohlhase (* around 1500 near Müncheberg; † 1540 in Berlin), product dealer
  • Gerd Omeken (* around 1500 in Kamen, † 1562 in Güstrow), theologian and reformer

1501-1600

1501-1510

  • Nicolaus Boie the Younger (* 1501 in Meldorf; † 1542 in Meldorf), Protestant theologian, reformer and hymn poet
  • Anton Corvinus (* 1501 in Warburg, † 1553 in Hanover), theologian and reformer
  • Theodor Fabricius (* 1501 in Anholt, † 1570 in Zerbst), theologian and reformer
  • Johann Glandorp (* 1501 in Münster (Westphalia), † 1564 in Herford), humanist, pedagogue, poet, theologian and reformer
  • Jakob Milich (* 1501 in Freiburg im Breisgau, † 1559 in Wittenberg), mathematician and physician
  • Erasmus Sarcerius (* 1501 in Annaberg, † 1559 in Magdeburg), theologian and reformer
  • Veit Winsheim (* 1501 in Windsheim, † 1570 in Wittenberg), rhetorician, philologist, physician and Graecist
  • Johannes Garcaeus the Elder (* 1502 in Pritzwalk, † 1558 in Neubrandenburg), theologian and reformer
  • Anton Lauterbach (* 1502 in Stolpen, † 1569 in Pirna), theologian and reformer
  • Georg Major (* 1502 in Nuremberg, † 1574 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Nikolaus Medler (* 1502 in Hof (Saale), † 1551 in Bernburg (Saale)), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes Kessler (* around 1502 in St. Gallen; † 1574 in St. Gallen), theologian and reformer
  • Veit Amerbach (* 1503 in Wemding, † 1557 in Ingolstadt), scholar and humanist
  • Georg Buchholzer (* 1503 in Dahme; † 1566 in Berlin), theologian and reformer
  • Franz Burchart (* 1503 in Weimar, † 1560 in Weimar), scholar and politician
  • Jakob Micyllus (* 1503 in Strasbourg, † 1558 in Heidelberg), humanist, poet and educator
  • Peder Palladius (* 1503 in Ribe, † 1560 in Copenhagen), theologian and reformer of Denmark
  • Georg Scharnekau (* around 1503 in Hanover, † 1558 in Hanover), theologian and reformer
  • Hermann Bonnus (* 1504 in Quakenbrück, † 1548 in Lübeck), theologian and reformer
  • Caspar Cruciger the Elder (* 1504 in Leipzig, † 1548 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Elisabeth Cruciger (* 1504; † 1535 in Wittenberg), composer
  • Melchior Kling (* 1504 in Steinau an der Straße; † 1571 in Halle (Saale)), lawyer and legal scholar
  • Christoph Lasius (* 1504 in Strasbourg, † 1572 in Senftenberg), theologian
  • Johannes Mathesius (* 1504 in Rochlitz, † 1565 in St. Joachimsthal), theologian and reformer
  • Lucas Edenberger (* 1505 in Edenbergen, † 1548 in Weimar), librarian
  • Matthias Garbitius (* 1505 in Istria, † 1559 in Tübingen), philologist
  • Achilles Pirminius Gasser (* 1505 in Lindau, † 1577 in Augsburg), historian, physician and astrologer
  • Thomas Kantzow (* 1505 in Stralsund, † 1542 in Stettin), chronicler and historian
  • John Knox (* 1505 in Gifford Gate, † 1572 in Edinburgh), reformer of Scotland
  • Veit Dietrich (* 1506 in Nuremberg, † 1549 in Nuremberg), theologian, writer and reformer
  • Hieronymus Köler the Elder (* 1507 in Nuremberg, † 1573 in Nuremberg), travel writer
  • Ludwig Agricola (* 1508 in Kulmbach, † after 1540 in Kulmbach), theologian and reformer
  • Andreas von Barby (* 1508 in Loburg, † 1559 in Roskilde), politician and bishop of Lübeck
  • Franziskus Joel (* 1508 in Szöllös, † 1579 in Greifswald), pharmacologist and physician
  • Lucas Lossius (* 1508 in Vaake; † 1582 in Lüneburg), theologian, educator and hymnologist
  • Georg Sabinus (* 1508 in Brandenburg, † 1560 in Frankfurt (Oder)), poet
  • Simon Sulzer (* 1508 in Schattenhalb; † 1585 in Basel), theologian and reformer
  • Jacob Schenck (* around 1508 in Waldsee; † 1554 in Leipzig), theologian and reformer
  • Abraham Culvensis (* 1509 in Kulva, † 1546 in Kulva), lawyer and reformer
  • Mikael Agricola (* 1510 in Pernaja, † 1557 in Kuolemajärvi), theologian
  • Franz Davidis (* 1510 in Cluj, † 1579 in Deva, Romania), theologian
  • Georg Forster (* 1510 in Amberg; † 1568 in Nuremberg), composer
  • Johannes Freder (* 1510 in Köslin; † 1562 in Wismar), theologian and hymn poet
  • Joachim Greff (* 1510 in Zwickau, † 1552 in Roßlau), pedagogue, theologian and playwright
  • Albert Hardenberg (* 1510 in Hardenberg (Overijssel), † 1574 in Emden), theologian and reformer
  • Kaspar Heidenreich (* 1510 in Freiberg, † 1586 in Torgau), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes Marcellus (* 1510 in Königsberg in Bavaria; † 1551/52 in Wittenberg), philologist and poet
  • Leonhard Stöckel (* 1510 in Bardejov; † 1560 in Bardejov), playwright, pedagogue and reformer
  • Nikolaus Glossenus (* around 1510 in Hamburg, † 1547 in Magdeburg), theologian
  • Joachim Westphal (* 1510 in Hamburg; † 1574 in Hamburg), theologian and reformer

1511-1520

  • Friedrich Bernbeck (* 1511 in Kitzingen; † 1570 in Kitzingen), mayor and designer of the Reformation in Kitzingen
  • Paul Eber (* 1511 in Kitzingen; † 1569 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Erasmus Ebner (* 1511 in Nuremberg, † 1577 in Helmstedt), diplomat, scholar and statesman
  • Simon Lemnius (* 1511 in Guat; † 1550 in Chur), humanist and neo-Latin poet
  • Erasmus Reinhold (* 1511 in Saalfeld, † 1553 in Wittenberg), astronomer
  • Georg Parsimonius (* 1512 in Heroldingen, † 1576 in Ansbach), theologian, reformer and confessionalist
  • Stephan Riccius (* 1512 in Kahla, † 1588 in Lissen), theologian
  • Martin Weiher (* 1512 in Leba; † 1556 in Köslin), theologian
  • Johann Hoppe (* around 1512 in Bautzen, † 1565 in Culm), educator
  • Adrian Albinus (* 1513 in Lauban, † 1590 in Küstrin), legal scholar
  • Niels Hemmingsen (* 1513 in Errindlev, † 1600 in Roskilde), theologian, philologist and school reformer
  • Detmar Kenckel (* 1513 in Verden; † 1584 in Bremen), Mayor of Bremen
  • Georg Melhorn (* 1513 in Altenburg; † 1563 in Waldenburg (Saxony)), educator and theologian
  • Joachim I. von Alvensleben (* 1514 in Hundisburg, † 1588 in Alvensleben), scholar and reformer
  • Andreas Aurifaber (* 1514 in Breslau, † 1559 in Königsberg), physician
  • Erasmus Flock (* 1514 in Nuremberg, † 1568 in Nuremberg), mathematician, astronomer, poet and physician
  • Johannes Gigas (theologian) (* 1514 in Nordhausen; † 1581 in Schweidnitz), theologian, hymn poet, humanist and reformer
  • Caspar Landsidel (* 1514 in Leipzig, † 1560 in Leipzig), educator and rhetorician
  • Andreas Musculus (* 1514 in Schneeberg; † 1581 in Frankfurt (Oder)), theologian and reformer
  • Johann Placotomus (* 1514 in Münnerstadt, † 1577 in Danzig), physician and teacher
  • Georg Joachim Rheticus (* 1514 in Feldkirch / Vorarlberg, † 1574 in Kaschau), mathematician and physician
  • Viktorin Strigel (* 1514 in Kaufbeuren, † 1569 in Heidelberg), theologian
  • Melchior Acontius (* 1515 in Oberursel (Taunus), † 1569 in Allstedt), humanist and poet
  • Sebastian Boetius (* 1515 in Guben; † 1573 in Halle (Saale)), theologian
  • Valerius Cordus (* 1515 in Simshausen, † 1544 in Rome), medic and botanist
  • Johannes Stigel (* 1515 in Friemar, † 1562 in Jena), poet and rhetorician
  • Andreas Poach (* around 1515 in Eilenburg; † 1585 in Utenbach), theologian and reformer
  • Franz Tymmermann (* around 1515 in Hamburg; † after 1540), painter, pupil of Lucas Cranach the Elder
  • Hartmann Beyer (* 1516 in Frankfurt am Main; † 1577 in Frankfurt am Main), mathematician, theologian and reformer
  • Nikolaus von Dornspach (* 1516 in Mährisch Trübau, † 1580 in Zittau), Mayor of Zittau
  • Georg Fabricius (* 1516 in Chemnitz, † 1571 in Meißen), poet, historian and archaeologist
  • Nicolaus Gallus (* 1516 in Köthen, † 1570 in Liebenzell), theologian and reformer
  • Johann Habermann (* 1516 in Eger (Bohemia); † 1590 in Zeitz), theologian, writer and Hebrew
  • Martin Helbig (* 1516 in Neisse; † 1574 in Breslau), cartographer and educator
  • Wolf von Kötteritz (* 1516 in Altenburg, † 1575 in Magdeburg), lawyer and politician
  • Cyriacus Lindemann (* 1516 in Gotha, † 1568 in Gotha), educator
  • Adam Siber (* 1516 in Schönau; † 1584 in Grimma), humanist and educator
  • Herluf Trolle (* 1516 at Lillö Castle, Kristianstad municipality, † 1565 in Copenhagen), Danish admiral and naval hero
  • Hieronymus Wolf (* 1516 in Oettingen in Bavaria; † 1580 in Augsburg), humanist and philologist
  • Georg Aemilius (* 1517 in Breslau, † 1569 in Breslau), theologian
  • Johannes Aurifaber (Vratislaviensis) (* 1517 in Mansfeld, † 1568 in Stolberg (Harz)), theologian and botanist
  • Christoph Entzelt (* 1517 in Saalfeld / Saale, † 1583 in Osterburg), theologian and historian
  • Simon Leupold (* 1517 in Prettin, † 1578 in Güstrow), Mecklenburg statesman
  • Hieronymus Mencel (* 1517 in Schweidnitz, † 1590 in Eisleben), theologian
  • Caspar Pfreund (* 1517 in Saalfeld / Saale; † 1574 in Wittenberg), pharmacist and mayor
  • Kaspar Brusch (* 1518 in Schlaggenwald; † 1559 between Rothenburg and Windsheim), humanist, theologian, Count Palatinate, historian and Poeta laureatus
  • Francisco de Enzinas (* 1518 in Burgos (Castile-León), † 1552 in Strasbourg), Spanish humanist
  • Christoph Fischer (* 1518 in Joachimsthal, † 1598 in Celle), theologian
  • Hieronymus Gerhard (* 1518 in Hildesheim, † 1574 in Stuttgart), statesman
  • Johannes Hommel (* 1518 in Memmingen, † 1562 in Leipzig), theologian, mathematician and astronomer
  • Johannes Kentmann (* 1518 in Dresden; † 1574 in Torgau), physician and natural scientist
  • Hubert Languet (* 1518 in Vîteaux; † 1581 in Antwerp), diplomat, lawyer and theologian
  • Johannes Aurifaber (Vimariensis) (* 1519 in Weimar, † 1575 in Erfurt), theologian
  • Christoph Baldauf (* 1519 in Zwickau, † 1580 in Naumburg), educator
  • Eustachius von Knobelsdorff (* 1519 in Heilsberg, † 1571 in Breslau), poet and epic poet
  • Johann Crato von Krafftheim (* 1519 in Breslau, † 1585 in Breslau), humanist and doctor
  • Ulrich von Mordeisen (* 1519 in Leipzig, † 1572 in Dresden), statesman
  • Johann Schneidewein (* 1519 in Stolberg, † 1568 in Zerbst), lawyer
  • Johann Konrad Ulmer (* 1519 in Schaffhausen, † 1600 in Schaffhausen), theologian and reformer
  • Petrus Vincentius (* 1519 in Breslau, † 1581 in Breslau), rhetorician, ethicist and educator
  • Johann Aicholz (* 1520 in Vienna, † 1588 in Vienna), physician and botanist
  • Tilemann Cragius (* 1520 in Lüchow; † after 1577 in?), Theologian
  • Matthias Flacius (* 1520 in Albona; † 1575 in Frankfurt am Main), theologian
  • Frantz Friderich (* 1520 in East Germany, † 1584 in Frankfurt (Oder)), medalist, wood cutter and copper engraver
  • Sebastian Glaser (* 1520 in Eisfeld, † 1577 in Schleusingen), statesman and historian
  • Caspar Helth (* 1520 in Heltau, † 1574 in Cluj-Napoca), theologian, writer, publisher and reformer
  • Heinrich Knaust (* 1520 in Hamburg, † 1580 in Erfurt), pedagogue, playwright, poet and theologian
  • Stanislaw Karnkowski (* 1520 in Karnków; † 1603 in Łowicz), theologian
  • Matthias Lauterwald (* 1520 in Elbing; † 1555 in Eperies), philologist, mathematician and theologian
  • Andreas Martini (* 1520 in Rostock, † 1561 in Rostock), theologian
  • Thomas Matthias (* 1520 in Brandenburg an der Havel, † 1576 in Brandenburg an der Havel), politician in the Electorate of Brandenburg
  • Bernhard Mensing (* 1520 in Lübeck, † 1567 in Rostock), rhetorician and logician
  • Bartholomäus Sastrow (* 1520 in Greifswald, † 1603 in Stralsund), writer
  • Sebastian Theodoricus (* 1520 in Windsheim, † 1574 in Wittenberg), mathematician and physician
  • Georg Thym (* 1520 in Zwickau, † 1560 in Wittenberg), educator, poet and author
  • Basilius Faber (* around 1520 in Sorau, † around 1576 in Erfurt), educator
  • Bartholomäus Rosinus (* around 1520 in Pößneck, † 1586 in Regensburg), theologian

1521-1530

  • Johannes Criginger (* 1521 in St. Joachimsthal, † 1571 in Marienberg (Erzgebirge)), theologian, cartographer and writer
  • Paul von Eitzen (* 1521 in Hamburg, † 1598 in Schleswig), theologian and reformer
  • Jacob Heerbrand (* 1521 in Giengen an der Brenz, † 1600 in Tübingen), theologian and reformer
  • Petrus Ketzmann (* 1521 in Nuremberg, † 1570 in Feuchtwangen), theologian and educator
  • Johannes Marbach (* 1521 in Lindau; † 1581 in Strasbourg), theologian, reformer and confessionalist
  • Joachim Moller the Younger (* 1521 in Hamburg, † 1588 in Bardowick), politician
  • Simon Musaeus (* 1521 in Vetschau, † 1576 in Mansfeld), theologian and reformer
  • Johann Trauterbuhl (* 1521 in Halberstadt; † 1585 in Halle (Saale)), legal scholar and politician
  • Veit Winsheim the Younger (* 1521 in Ofen; † 1608 in Hamburg), legal scholar
  • Hieronymus Besold (* 1522 in Nuremberg, † 1562 in Nuremberg), theologian
  • Joachim von Beust (* 1522 in Möckern, † 1597 in Planitz), lawyer
  • Michael Beuther (* 1522 in Karlstadt; † 1587 in Strasbourg), historian, poet, lawyer and civil servant
  • Martin Chemnitz (* 1522 in Treuenbrietzen, † 1586 in Braunschweig), theologian
  • Moritz Heling (* 1522 in Friedland; † 1595 in Nuremberg), theologian
  • Christoph Irenäus (* 1522 in Schweidnitz, † 1595 in Bubenbach), theologian and reformer
  • Georg Kleefeld (* 1522 in Elbing, † 1576 in Danzig), Mayor of Danzig
  • Lucas Maius (* 1522 in Römhild, † 1598 in Kassel), theologian and playwright
  • Matthäus Röseler (* 1522 in Luckau; † 1569 in Rostock), poet, mathematician, astronomer, doctor and legal scholar
  • Hermann Wilken (* 1522 in Neuenrade; † 1603 in Heidelberg), humanist and mathematician
  • Konrad Limmer (* around 1522 in Neustadt an der Orla; † 1592 in Heilsbronn), theologian, reformer and confessionalist
  • Jan Blahoslav (* 1523 in Přerov, † 1571 in Moravský Krumlov), humanist, writer and composer
  • Kaspar Eberhard (* 1523 in Schneeberg, † 1575 in Wittenberg), theologian and educator
  • Christoph Herdesianus (* 1523 in Halberstadt, † 1585 in Nuremberg), lawyer and theologian
  • Esrom Rüdinger (* 1523 in Bamberg, † 1591 in Altdorf near Nuremberg), philologist, pedagogue, physicist and historian
  • Johannes Wigand (* 1523 in Mansfeld, † 1587 in Liebemühle, Osterode district), theologian
  • Albrecht Giese (* 1524 in Danzig, † 1580 in Danzig), councilor and diplomat
  • Nikolaus Gompe (* 1524 in Rauenthal im Rheingau, † 1595 in Wiesbaden), theologian
  • Kasper Goltwurm (* 1524 in Sterzing, † 1559 in Weilburg), theologian
  • Abdias Prätorius (* 1524 in Salzwedel, † 1573 in Wittenberg), philosopher, theologian and reformer
  • Johann Stössel (* 1524 in Kitzingen, † 1576 in Senftenberg), theologian and reformer
  • Michael Teuber (* 1524 in Eisleben, † 1586 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
  • Erich Volkmar von Berlepsch (* 1525; † 1589 in Roßla), chief judge in Leipzig and chief captain in Thuringia
  • Johann Bocerus (* 1523 in Hausberge, † 1565 in Rostock), poet and historian
  • Simon Bruns (* 1525 in Breslau; † 1570 in Schneverdingen), theologian and reformer
  • Georg Cracow (* 1525 in Stettin, † 1575 in Leipzig), lawyer and statesman
  • Paul Crusius (* 1525 in Coburg, † 1572 in Orlamünde), theologian, mathematician and historian
  • Friedrich Dedekind (* 1525 in Neustadt am Rübenberge, † 1598 in Lüneburg), writer
  • Johannes Karg (* 1525 in Augsburg, † 1588 in Hirsau), theologian, historian and educator
  • Caspar Peucer (* 1525 in Bautzen, † 1602 in Dessau), medic
  • Joachim Magdeburg (* 1525 in Gardelegen; † around 1587), theologian, hymn poet and composer
  • Michael Neander (* 1525 in Sorau, † 1595 in Ilfeld), educator
  • Lelio Sozzini (* 1525 in Siena, † 1562 in Zurich), theologian
  • Tilemann Stella (* 1525 in Siegen, † 1589 in Wittenberg), Renaissance scholar
  • Johann Sturio (* 1525 in Hof (Saale), † 1561 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Heinrich Rantzau (* 1526 at the Steinburg near Itzehoe; † 1598 at Schloss Breitenburg), governor of Schleswig-Holstein
  • Joachim vom Berge (* 1526 in Herrendorf; † 1602 in Glogau), diplomat and statesman
  • Paul Dolscius (* 1526 in Plauen; † 1589 in Halle (Saale)), physician, educator and poet
  • Charles de l'Écluse (* 1526 in Arras, † 1609 in Leiden), doctor and botanist
  • Andreas Ellinger (* 1526 in Orlamünde, † 1582 in Jena), medic and poet
  • Hermann Hamelmann (* 1526 in Osnabrück, † 1595 in Oldenburg), theologian and historian
  • Nikolaus Jagenteufel (* 1526 in Königsberg (Prussia), † 1583 in Weimar), theologian and educator
  • Johannes Matthaeus (* 1526 in Schmalkalden, † 1588 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Andreas Pouchenius the Elder (* 1526 in Gardelegen; † 1600 in Lübeck), theologian
  • Christian Schütz (* 1526 in Waldkappel, † 1592 in Dresden), theologian
  • Abraham Ulrich (* 1526 in Kronach; † 1577 in Zerbst), theologian
  • Kunemann Flinsbach (* 1527 in Bergzabern, † 1571 in Zweibrücken), reformer
  • Johann Hermann (* 1527 in Nördlingen, † 1605 in Breslau), physician
  • Tilemann Hesshus (* 1527 in Wesel, † 1588 in Helmstedt), theologian
  • Johannes Fabricius Montanus (* 1527 in Bergheim (Alsace), † 1566 in Chur), theologian, poet and polymath
  • Andreas Mylius (politician) (* 1527 in Meißen; † 1594 in Gädebehn), politician, diplomat, historian and chronicler
  • Balthasar Rhau I (* 1527 in Naumburg am Queis, † 1601 in Greifswald), Graecist, ethnologist, historian and theologian
  • Jacob Runge (* 1527 in Stargard, † 1595 in Greifswald), theologian
  • Siegfried Sack (* 1527 in Nordhausen, † 1596 in Magdeburg), theologian
  • Rudolf Clenck (* 1528 in Bremen, † 1578 in Callenberg), theologian
  • Andreas Fabricius (* 1528 in Chemnitz; † 1577 in Eisleben), theologian and poet
  • Matthäus Judex (* 1528 in Dippoldiswalde, † 1564 in Rostock), theologian and reformer
  • Lazarus Ercker von Schreckenfels (* 1528 in Annaberg, † 1594 in Prague), mint master and author
  • Petrus Lotichius Secundus (* 1528 in Niederzell near Schlüchtern, † 1560 in Heidelberg), medic and poet
  • Cyriacus Spangenberg (* 1528 in Nordhausen, † 1604 in Strasbourg), theologian and historian
  • Abraham Buchholzer (* 1529 in Schöna; † 1584 in Freystadt), theologian, educator and historian
  • Christian Calenus (* 1529 in Femern; † 1617 in Greifswald), mathematician, physician, historian and poet
  • Nikolaus Cisnerus (* 1529 in Mosbach, † 1583 in Heidelberg), humanist, lawyer and poet
  • Matthias Gunderam (* 1529 in Kronach, † 1564 in Crailsheim), theologian
  • Johannes Ligarius (* 1529 in Nesse; † 1596 in Norden), theologian, reformer and confessionalist
  • Michael Neander (* 1529 in Joachimsthal, † 1581 in Jena), mathematician, Graecist and physician
  • Daniel Rantzau (* 1529; † 1569 in Warberg), Danish field captain
  • Samuel Selfisch (* 1529 in Erfurt, † 1615 in Wittenberg), book publisher
  • Justus Vultejus (* 1529 in Wetter (Hesse), † 1575 in Marburg), educator and philologist
  • Georg Agricola (* 1530 in Mimbach, † 1575 in Amberg), educator, physician and humanist
  • Johann Agricola (* 1530 in Spremberg, † 1590 in Bautzen), theologian
  • Lucas Bacmeister the Elder (* 1530 in Lüneburg; † 1608 in Rostock), theologian and hymn composer
  • Stanislaus Bornbach (* 1530 in Warsaw, † 1597 in Danzig), chronicler
  • David Chyträus (* 1530 in Ingelfingen; † 1600 in Rostock), theologian and school organizer
  • Matthias Colerus (* 1530 in Altenburg, † 1587 in Jena), legal scholar
  • Jacob Lucius the Elder (* 1530 in Kronstadt, † 1597 in Helmstedt), draftsman and printer
  • Johann Magdeburg (* 1530 in Gardelegen, † 1565 in Hamburg), poet
  • Heinrich Moller (* 1530 in Hamburg, † 1589 in Hamburg), theologian
  • Hieronymus Osius (* 1530 in Schlotheim, † 1574 in Graz), neo-Latin poet, literary scholar and rhetorician
  • Bruno Seidel (* 1530 in Querfurt; † 1591 in Erfurt), physician, proverb collector and poet
  • Nikolaus Selnecker (* 1530 in Hersbruck, † 1592 in Leipzig), theologian
  • David Voit (* 1530 in Ronneburg, † 1589 in Wittenberg), theologian

1531-1540

  • Paul Crell (* 1531 in Eisleben, † 1579 in Meißen), theologian
  • Achatius Cureus (* 1531 in Marienburg, † 1594 in Osterwyk), author and neo-Latin poet
  • Johann Lauterbach (* 1531 in Löbau; † 1593 in Heilsbronn), pedagogue, hymn poet and historian
  • Johannes Letzner (* 1531 in Hardegsen, † 1613 in Strodthagen), chronicler
  • Heinrich Paxmann (* 1531 in Burgwedel, † 1580 in Frankfurt (Oder)), pedagogue, ethnologist and physician
  • Matthias Wesenbeck (* 1531 in Antwerp, † 1586 in Wittenberg), lawyer
  • Martinus Balticus (* 1532 in Munich, † 1601 in Ulm), pedagogue, playwright and writer
  • Joachim Cureus (* 1532 in Freistadt; † 1573 in Glogau), theological writer, historian and physician
  • Lorenz Dürnhofer (* 1532 in Nuremberg, † 1594 in Nuremberg), theologian
  • Owen Günther (* 1532 in Eiderstedt, † 1615 in Helmstedt), philosopher
  • Leonhard Krenzheim (* 1532 in Iphofen, † 1598 in Fraustadt), theologian
  • Georg Lysthenius (* 1532 in Naumburg, † 1596 in Dresden), theologian
  • Martin Schalling the Younger (* 1532 in Strasbourg; † 1608 in Nuremberg), theologian, hymn poet and reformer
  • Friedrich Widebrand (* 1532 in Pößneck, † 1585 in Heidelberg), theologian
  • Johannes Caselius (* 1533 in Göttingen, † 1613 in Helmstedt), humanist, lawyer and philologist
  • Gallus Dreßler (* 1533 in Nebra; † around 1585 in Zerbst), cantor and composer
  • Bernhard Hederich (* 1533 in Freiberg (Saxony); † 1605 in Schwerin), chronicler, pedagogue, poet and grammarian
  • Petrus Herbert (* 1533 in Fulnek; † 1571 in Eibenschitz), theologian and hymn poet
  • Edo Hildericus (* 1533 in Jever; † 1599 in Altdorf), historian, mathematician, philologist and theologian
  • Timotheus Kirchner (* 1533 in Döllstädt; † 1587 in Weimar), theologian
  • Philipp Lindemann (* around 1533–1535 in Mansfeld, † January 9, 1563 near Ingolstadt), professor at the University of Wittenberg
  • Johann Major (* 1533 in Joachimsthal; † 1600 in Zerbst), theologian, humanist and poet
  • Valentin Weigel (* 1533 in Naundorf; † 1588 in Zschopau), writer
  • Joachim Camerarius the Younger (* 1534 in Nuremberg; † 1598 in Nuremberg), physician, botanist and natural scientist
  • Samuel Eisenmenger (* 1534 in Bretten; † 1585 in Bruchsal), medic, theologian and astrologer
  • Abel Eppens (* 1534 in Equart; † 1590 in Emden), chronicler of the Reformation period
  • Johannes Ferinarius (* 1534 in Stephansdorf; † 1602 in Marburg), educator and theologian
  • Simon Pauli the Elder (* 1534 in Schwerin, † 1591 in Rostock), theologian
  • Zacharias Ursinus (* 1534 in Breslau; † 1583 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse), theologian and reformer
  • Johannes Borcholten (* 1535 in Lüneburg, † 1593 in Helmstedt), legal scholar
  • Thomas Brunner (* 1535 in Landshut, † 1571 in Steyr), author of biblical dramas
  • Johannes Clajus (* 1535 in Herzberg (Elster); † 1592 in Bendeleben), educator, theologian and grammarian
  • Hieronymus Haubold (* 1535 in Frankenberg (Saxony), † 1579 in Eferding), educator and theologian
  • Lambert Ludolph Helm (* 1535 in Deventer, † 1596 in Heidelberg), humanist and poet
  • Johann Josua Löner (also: Löhner, Loner) (* around 1535 in Oelsnitz (Vogtland), † 1595 in Altenburg), theologian
  • Paul Heß (* 1536 in Breslau, † 1603 in Oels), physician
  • Heinrich Husanus (* 1536 in Eisenach, † 1587 in Lüneburg), poet, lawyer and diplomat
  • Thomas Mauer (* 1536 in Triebel, † 1575 in Lüneburg), theologian and poet
  • Balthasar Menz the Younger (* 1537 in Niemegk, † 1617 in Wittenberg), historian, chronicler and imperial poeta laureatus
  • Morten Pedersen (* 1537 in Grenaa, † 1595 in Roskilde), theologian, historian and astronomer
  • Gregor Bersman (* 1538 in Annaberg, † 1611 in Zerbst), philologist and Latin poet
  • Andreas Schoppe (* 1538 in Lebenstedt; † 1614 in Wernigerode), theologian, writer and chronicler
  • Jacob Madsen Vejle (* 1538 in Vejle; † 1606 in Odense), theologian
  • Christoph von Dohna (* 1539 in Mohrungen, † 1584 in Nyborg), Prussian burgrave, Danish military, politician and diplomat
  • Johannes Fleischer the Elder (* 1539 in Breslau, † 1593 in Breslau), theologian and late humanist
  • Georg Mauritius (* 1539 in Nuremberg, † 1610 in Nuremberg), pedagogue, poet and playwright
  • Paul Melissus (* 1539 in Mellrichstadt, † 1602 in Heidelberg), writer, translator and composer
  • Andreas Schato (* 1539 in Torgau; † 1603 in Wittenberg), mathematician, physicist and doctor
  • Salomon Alberti (* 1540 in Naumburg, † 1600 in Dresden), physician
  • Laurentius Albertus (* 1540 in Neustadt, † after 1583 in Vienna?), Linguist and grammarian
  • Pantaleon Candidus (* 1540 in Ybbs; † 1608 in Zweibrücken), theologian, historian and author
  • Michael Haslob (* 1540 in Berlin; † 1589 in Frankfurt (Oder)), poet and humanist
  • Thomas Jordan (* 1540 in Klausenburg, † 1586 in Brno), physician
  • Bartholomäus Scultetus (* 1540 in Görlitz, † 1614 in Görlitz), mayor of Görlitz, cartographer, mathematician and astronomer
  • Simon Sten (* 1540 in Lommatzsch; † 1619 in Heidelberg), educator, ethnologist, philologist, historian and literary scholar

1541-1550

  • Michael Grass the Elder (* 1541 in Treptow, † 1595 in Rostock), lawyer
  • Eilard von der Hude (* 1541 in Hoya; † 1606 in Verden), chronicler
  • Johannes Löwenklau (* 1541 in Coesfeld, † 1594 in Vienna), legal scholar, Graecist and historian
  • Wolfgang Amling (* 1542 in Münnerstadt; † 1606 in Zerbst), theologian
  • Andreas Crappius (* 1542 in Lüneburg, † 1623 in Hanover), hymn composer
  • Georg Rollehagen (* 1542 in Bernau; † 1609 in Magdeburg), poet and educator
  • Petrus Albinus (* 1543 in Schneeberg, † 1598 in Dresden), poet and historian
  • Georg Forberger (* 1543 in Mittweida; † after 1604), editor and translator
  • Daniel Hermann (* 1543 in Neidenburg, † 1601 in Riga), humanist and poet
  • Valentin Schindler (* 1543 in Oederan, † 1604 in Helmstedt), philologist and orientalist
  • Johann Friedrich von Schönberg (* 1543 in Sitzenroda; † 1614 in Falkenberg / Elster), writer and lawyer
  • Sebastian Artomedes (* 1544 in Joachimsthal, † 1602 in Danzig), physician
  • Konrad Bergius (* 1544 in Langenzenn, † 1592 in Königsberg (Prussia)), theologian and hymn poet
  • Georg Besserer (* 1544 in Kolberg; † 1604 in Stettin), pedagogue, rhetorician and theologian
  • Jakob Lindner (* 1544 in Mittweida, † 1606 in Naumburg), educator
  • Johannes Mathesius the Younger (* 1544 in Kitzingen; † 1607 in Simmern), theologian
  • Heinrich Bünting (* 1545 in Hanover; † 1606 in Hanover), Protestant theologian and chronicler
  • Johannes Dinckel (* 1545 in Tröchtelborn, † 1601 in Coburg), theologian
  • Otto von Grünrade (* 1545 in Delitzsch, † 1613 in Heidelberg), theologian
  • Ernst Ludwig von Pommern-Wolgast (* 1545 in Wolgast, † 1592 in Wolgast), Duke
  • Heinrich Maius (* 1545 in Sangerhausen, † 1607 in Heidelberg), theologian
  • Nikolaus von Reusner (* 1545 in Löwenberg; † 1602 in Jena), legal scholar
  • Peder Aagesen (* 1546 in Copenhagen, † 1591 in Copenhagen), philologist
  • Tycho Brahe (* 1546 in Knudstrup Castle, † 1601 in Prague), astronomer
  • Joachim a Burck (* 1546 in Burg; † 1610 in Mühlhausen), composer
  • Jakob Monau (* 1546 in Breslau; † 1603 in Breslau), polyhistor
  • Urban Pierius (* 1546 in Schwedt; † 1616 in Bremen), theologian
  • Johannes Pistorius the Younger (* 1546 in Nidda (Hesse), † 1608 in Freiburg im Breisgau), physician, historian and theologian
  • Lorenz Rhodomann (* 1546 in Lower Saxony; † 1606 in Wittenberg), educator, theologian, historian and philologist
  • Petrus Wesenbeck (* 1546 in Antwerp, † 1603 in Coburg), lawyer
  • Jurij Dalmatin (* 1547 in Gurkfeld, † 1589 in Laibach), Slovenian reformer
  • Samuel Fischer (* 1547 in St. Joachimsthal, † 1600 in Jena), theologian
  • Nicodemus Frischlin (* 1547 in Erzingen, † 1590 in Hohenurach), philologist, playwright and poet
  • Rudolf Goclenius the Elder (* 1547 in Korbach; † 1628 in Marburg), physicist, mathematician, medic and philosopher
  • Samuel Huber (* 1547 in Burgdorf; † 1624 in Osterwieck), theologian
  • Martin Moller (* 1547 in Kropstädt; † 1606 in Görlitz), mystic and hymn poet, is considered to be the founder of the literature of edification in Lutheranism
  • Paul Zwilling (* 1547 in Torgau, † 1581 in Torgau), neo-Latin epic
  • Giordano Bruno (* 1548 in Nola near Naples, † 1600 in Rome), philosopher
  • Dethard Horst (* 1548 in Norden (East Frisia), † 1618 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
  • Paul Mathesius (* 1548 in Joachimsthal, † 1584 in Oschatz), theologian
  • Georg Mylius (* 1548 in Augsburg, † 1607 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Valentinus Otho (* around 1548 in Magdeburg; † 1605 in Heidelberg?), Mathematician
  • Georg Henisch (* 1549 in Bartfeld; † 1618 in Augsburg), humanist, educator, physician and lexicographer
  • Johann Narhammer (* 1549 in Mühlberg (Elbe), † 1593 in Bautzen), theologian
  • Friedrich Peters (* 1549 in Hallerspring; † 1617 in Braunschweig), theologian and proverb collector
  • Caspar Ulenberg (* 1548 in Lippstadt; † 1617 in Cologne), theologian, poet and composer
  • Aegidius Hunnius the Elder (* 1550 in Winnenden, † 1603 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Matthias Anomäus (* 1550 in Wunsiedel, † 1614 in Steyr), educator, mathematician and physician
  • Levin Buchius (* 1550 in Werdau, † 1613 in Königsberg (Prussia)), legal scholar
  • Fabian von Dohna (* 1550 in Stuhm, † 1621 in Carektiven), general, diplomat and statesman
  • Christoph Rothmann (* 1550 in Bernburg; † 1600 in Bernburg), mathematician and astronomer
  • Wilhelm Zepper (* 1550 in Dillenburg, † 1607 in Herborn), theologian
  • Albert Voit (* around 1550 in Königsberg; † 1606 in Zerbst), educator and literary scholar

1551-1560

  • Franz Hildesheim (* 1551 in Küstrin, † 1613 in Berlin), physician, historian and poet
  • Paul Jenisch (* 1551 in Annaberg, † 1612 in Dresden), educator and theologian
  • Christoph Corvin (* 1552 in Zurich; † 1620 in Herborn), printer and publisher
  • Ernestus Hettenbach (* 1552 in Mergentheim, † 1616 in Wittenberg), physicist and medic
  • Polykarp Leyser the Elder (* 1552 in Winnenden, † 1610 in Dresden), theologian
  • Reinhold Heidenstein (* 1553 in Königsberg (Prussia), † 1620 in Sullenschin), diplomat, lawyer and chronicler
  • Andreas Krag (* 1553 in Ripen; † 1600 in Copenhagen), mathematician, physicist and doctor
  • Ambrosius Pape (* 1553 in Magdeburg, † after 1612 in Magdeburg), theologian and playwright
  • Johannes Wanckel (* 1553 in Kemberg, † 1616 in Wittenberg), historian
  • Eberhard von Weyhe (* 1553 in Hanover, † 1633 in Lüneburg), court official, lawyer and writer
  • Sebastian von Bergen (* 1554 in Hamburg, † 1623 in Hamburg), lawyer and statesman
  • Nikolaus Leutinger (* 1554 in Altlandsberg, † 1612 in Osterburg), theologian, chronicler, poet and historian
  • Hieronymus Nymmann (* 1554 in Torgau, † 1594 in Wittenberg), medic
  • Johann Arndt (* 1555 in Ballenstedt, † 1621 in Celle), theologian
  • Andreas Cludius (* 1555 in Osterode am Harz, † 1624 in Osterode am Harz), legal scholar
  • Melchior Eckhart (* 1555 in Chemnitz, † 1616 in Oels), theologian
  • Andreas Libavius (* 1555 in Halle (Saale); † 1616 in Coburg), historian, poet, doctor and chemist
  • Petrus Calaminus (* 1556 in Neurode, † 1598 in Heidelberg), theologian
  • Sibrand Lubbert (* 1556 in Langwarden, † 1625 in Franeker), theologian
  • Ernst Cothmann (* 1557 in Lemgo, † 1624 in Rostock), lawyer and legal scholar
  • Heinrich Eckstorm (* 1557 in Elbingerode, † 1622 in Walkenried), theologian and educator
  • David Herlitz (* 1557 in Zeitz; † 1636 in Stargard), mathematician, physician, historian and poet
  • Georg von Schoenaich (* 1557 near Sorau, † 1619 in Carolath), humanist and promoter of the Reformation
  • Johann Zanger the Younger (* 1557 in Braunschweig, † 1607 in Wittenberg), lawyer
  • Johann Georg Agricola (* 1558 in Amberg, † 1633 in Regensburg), physician
  • Salomon Gesner (* 1559 in Bunzlau, † 1605 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Johann Georg Gödelmann (* 1559 in Tuttlingen, † 1611 in Dresden), lawyer, diplomat and witch theorist
  • Peter Heige (* 1559 in Stralsund, † 1599 in Dresden), legal scholar
  • Melchior Jöstel (* 1559 in Dresden, † 1611 in Freiberg), mathematician and physician
  • Andreas von Rauchbar (* 1559 in Quedlinburg, † 1602 in Quedlinburg), lawyer
  • Theodosius Fabricius (* 1560 in Nordhausen, † 1597 in Göttingen), theologian
  • Jan Gruter (* 1560 in Antwerp, † 1627 in Bierhelderhof), writer and polyhistor
  • Johann Halbritter (* 1560 in Michelfeld, † 1627 in Tübingen), lawyer
  • Michael Heberer (* 1560 in Bretten; † after 1623), travel writer and poet
  • Andreas von Knichen (* 1560 in Aschersleben, † 1621 in Zerbst), legal scholar and politician

1561-1570

1571-1580

1581-1590

1591-1600

1601-1700

1601-1610

1611-1620

1621-1630

  • Andreas Fromm (* 1621 in Plänitz; † 1683 in Strahov), educator, composer and theologian
  • Johann Ernst Gerhard the Elder (* 1621 in Jena, † 1668 in Jena), theologian
  • Caspar Ziegler (* 1621 in Leipzig; † 1690 in Wittenberg), lawyer, poet and composer
  • Michael Schernack (* 1622 in Treuenbrietzen; † February 7, 1675 in Wittenberg), pastor, song writer
  • Johannes Colberg (* 1623 in Kolberg; † 1687 in Greifswald), theologian
  • David Schirmer (* 1623 in Pappendorf, † 1686 in Dresden), poet
  • Gottfried von Jena (* 1624 in Zerbst; † 1703 in Halle (Saale)), legal scholar, diplomat and politician
  • Daniel Klesch (* 1624 in Iglo; † 1697 in Berlin), theologian and poet
  • Samuel Pomarius (* 1624 with Winzig, † 1683 in Lübeck), theologian
  • Johann Thomasius (* 1624 in Leipzig, † 1679 in Altenburg), legal scholar, statesman and poet
  • Johann Deutschmann (* 1625 in Jüterbog, † 1706 in Wittenberg), theologian
  • Johann Andreas Lucius (* 1625 in Dresden, † 1686 in Dresden), theologian
  • Elias Siegesmund Reinhard (* 1625 in Halle (Saale), † 1669 in Leipzig), theologian
  • Matthias Wasmuth (* 1625 in Kiel, † 1688 in Kiel), orientalist and theologian
  • Josua Arnd (* 1626 in Güstrow, † 1687 in Güstrow), theologian, historian and hymn poet
  • Werner Theodor Martini (* 1626 in Salzwedel, † 1685 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
  • Johann Georg Lorenz (* 1627 in Schmannewitz, † 1689 in Schulpforta), educator
  • Johann Georg Schoch (* 1627 in Leipzig; † around 1690), poet, playwright and translator
  • Caspar Leyser (* 1628 in Leipzig; † 17 May 1699 in Wittenberg), court court and consistorial advocate, councilor and governing mayor in Wittenberg
  • Andreas Concius (* 1628 in Narzym; † 1682 in Königsberg (Prussia)), mathematician
  • Justus Sieber (* 1628 in Einbeck, † 1695 in Schandau), theologian, philologist and poet
  • Esdras Edzardus (* 1629 in Hamburg, † 1708 in Hamburg), orientalist, private scholar and activist of the Jewish mission
  • Konrad Feuerlein (* 1629 in Schwabach; † 1704 in Nuremberg), theologian and hymn composer
  • Friedrich Viccus (* 1629 in Breslau, † 1697 in Breslau), theologian
  • Johann Georg Wilke (* 1630 in Dresden, † 1691 in Meißen), educator
  • Martin Lipenius (* 1630 in Götz, † 1692 in Lübeck), educator and bibliographer
  • Andreas Müller (* 1630 in Greifenhagen, † 1694 in Stettin), theologian and philologist
  • Karl Seyffahrt (* 1630 in Halle (Saale), † 1681 in Gröbzig), theologian and poet
  • Elias Ladiver (* around 1630/33 in Silein, † 1686 in Eperies), pedagogue and playwright

1631-1640

1641-1650

1651-1660

1661-1670

1671-1680

1681-1690

1691-1700

1701-1800

1701-1710

1711-1720

1721-1730

1731-1740

1741-1750

1751-1760

1761-1770

1771-1780

1781-1790

1791-1800

1801-1900

1801-1850

  • Werner VIII von Alvensleben (* 1802 in Eichenbarleben, † 1877 in Potsdam), Prussian general
  • Johann Friedrich von Brandt (* 1802 in Jüterbog; † 1879 in Merreküll), physician and natural scientist
  • Johann Heinrich Deinhardt (* 1805 in Niederzimmer, † 1867 in Bromberg), educator
  • Friedrich Drake (* 1805 in Pyrmont, † 1882 in Berlin), sculptor
  • Johannes Zeltner (* 1805 in Eschenbach; † 1882 in Nuremberg), manufacturer, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
  • Albert Liebner (* 1806 in Schkölen, † 1871 in Meran), theologian, philologist and historian
  • Moritz Meurer (* 1806 in Pretzsch (Elbe); † 1877 in Callenberg), theologian and church historian
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (* 1806 in Großvargula, † 1876 in Leipzig), philologist
  • Johann Hinrich Wichern (* 1808 in Hamburg, † 1881 in Hamburg), theologian
  • Johann Gottfried Galle (* 1812 in Pabsthaus, † 1910 in Potsdam), astronomer
  • Eduard Feodor Gloeckner (* 1812 in Borna; † 1885 in Dresden), lawyer, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
  • Karl August Schapper (* 1815 in Niederkleen, † 1898 in Wernigerode), theologian
  • Werner von Siemens (* 1816 in Lenthe; † 1892 Berlin), industrialist, founder of electrical engineering
  • Karl Wilhelm Nitzsch (* 1818 in Zerbst, † 1880 in Berlin), historian
  • Eduard Hartstein (* 1823 in Pretzsch (Elbe), † 1869 in Poppelsdorf), agronomist
  • Carl Stein (* 1824 in Niemegk; † 1902 in Wittenberg), music director, organist at the castle church
  • Gottlieb Stier (* 1825 in Basel, † 1896 in Dessau), historian, philologist and educator
  • Adam Krolczyk (* 1826 in Niedenau, † 1872 in Hong Kong), theologian
  • Friedrich Adler (* 1827 in Berlin, † 1908 in Berlin), master builder and building researcher
  • Adalbert Falk (* 1827 in Metschkau; † 1900 in Hamm), Prussian minister of culture, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
  • Fritz Eunike (* 1831 in Bad Freienwalde, † 1892 in Wittenberg), officer, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
  • Rudolf Baxmann (* 1832 in Stendal; † 1869 in Bonn), theologian and author
  • Ernst Lausch (* 1836 in Friedersdorf, † 1888 in Wittenberg), writer
  • Georg Schleusner (* 1841 in Kemberg, † 1911 in Cochstedt), theologian

1851-1900

  • Johann Gottlieb Schoch (* 1853 in Wörlitz, † 1905 in Magdeburg), garden architect
  • Karl Lamprecht (* 1856 in Jessen; † 1915 in Leipzig), historian
  • Olga Gebauer (* 1858 in St Petersburg, † 1922 in Berlin), founder of the midwifery association
  • Richard Bartmuß (* 1859 in Schleesen, † 1910 in Dessau), composer
  • Adine Gemberg (* 1860 in Saint Petersburg, † 1902 in Wittenberg), writer
  • Gottfried Krüger (* 1863 in Treuenbrietzen, † 1941 in Wittenberg), doctor and local researcher, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
  • Nathan Söderblom (* 1866 in Trönö; † 1931 in Uppsala), theologian, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
  • Wolf von Gersdorff (* 1867 in Potsdam, † 1949 in Berlin), politician, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
  • Karl Dunkmann (* 1868 in Aurich; † 1932 in Berlin), theologian and sociologist
  • Richard Erfurth (* 1869 in Schleinitz, † 1949 in Wittenberg), local researcher and historian
  • Karl Janisch (* 1870 in Berlin; † 1946 in Schwegermoor), mechanical engineer and industrial manager, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
  • Otto Kleinschmidt (* 1870 in Geinsheim 1870, † 1954 in Wittenberg), natural scientist
  • Maximilian Meichßner (* 1875 in Belzig, † 1954 in Wittenberg), superintendent
  • Paul Fiebig (* 1876 in Halle (Saale), † 1949 in Calbe (Saale)), theologian
  • Otto Dibelius (* 1880 in Berlin; † 1967 in Berlin), theologian
  • Julius Riemer (* 1880 in Berlin; † 1958 in Wittenberg), museum founder
  • Theodor Knolle (* 1885 in Hildesheim, † 1955 in Hamburg), theologian
  • Otto Rasch (* 1891 in Friedrichsruh; † 1948 in Nuremberg), Lord Mayor 1934–36, as commander of Einsatzgruppe C a. a. for the massacre at Babi Yar responsible
  • Friedrich von Basse (* 1893 in Hagen, † 1972 in Oberhausen), Lord Mayor of Wittenberg
  • Hermann Oberth (* 1894 in Sibiu; † 1989 in Nuremberg), atomic physicist
  • Hermann Groine (* 1897 in Dardesheim, † 1941 near Jarovatka), NSDAP local group leader, later a member of the Reichstag
  • Oskar Thulin (* 1898 in Aschersleben, † 1971 in Wittenberg), theologian and historian

1901-1945

  • Erich Viehweger (* 1907 in Bremerhaven, † 1992 in Wartenburg), painter and set designer
  • Erwin Wickert (* 1915 in Bralitz; † 2008 in Remagen), diplomat and writer
  • Konrad Wolf (* 1925 in Hechingen, † 1982 in Berlin), director
  • Helmut Bläss (* 1926 in Halle (Saale); † 2005 in Wittenberg), theater director, director and actor
  • Albrecht Steinwachs (* 1934 in Quedlinburg; † 2012 in Wittenberg), superintendent
  • Ezard Haußmann (* 1935 in Potsdam, † 2010 in Potsdam), actor
  • Wolfgang Böhmer (* 1936 in Dürrhennersdorf), physician, former Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt
  • Gunnar Berg (* 1940 in Magdeburg), physicist
  • Hans-Peter Gensichen (* 1943 in Pritzwalk; † November 28, 2019), theologian, ethnologist, initiator of the GDR Green Table
  • Friedrich Schorlemmer (* 1944 in Wittenberge), theologian

After 1945

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ lu:  Stübner . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 713.