List of personalities from the city of Borna
The list of personalities of the city of Borna contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Saxon city of Borna in the district of Leipzig . These are personalities who were honorary citizens of the city, who were born or died in Borna and today's districts, or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Borna see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- 1836: Johann Karl Heinrich von Zobel , Lutheran theologian
- 1895: Otto von Bismarck , Reich Chancellor
- 1936: Clemens Thieme , architect
sons and daughters of the town
- Vitalis Fleck († around 1477), physician, first professor of medicine at the University of Greifswald
- Martin Hayneccius (1544–1611), scholar, pedagogue and neo-Latin poet
- Christian Gerber (1660–1731), Lutheran theologian and writer, born in Görnitz
- Heinrich Friedrich Innocentius Apel (1732–1802), lawyer, mayor and founder
- August Wilhelm Bernhardt von Uechtritz (1752–1800), Electoral Saxon officer, aristocratic genealogist and author
- Gustav Friedrich Dinter (1760–1831), theologian and educator
- Karl Immanuel Nitzsch (1787–1868), Protestant theologian
- Eduard Feodor Gloeckner (1812–1885), lawyer and honorary citizen of Wittenberg
- Robert Theodor Heyne (1815–1848), Appelation Councilor
- Rudolph Anton (1830–1884), lawyer and politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
- Johann Franz Ettig (1830–1905), Seimarober teacher, author and writer
- Julius Kreutzbach (1845–1913), piano maker, founder and owner of the Hof-Pianofortefabrik-Leipzig Julius Kreutzbach
- Oskar von Ehrenthal (1854–1921), Saxon infantry general in the First World War
- Georg Emil Müller (1857–1928), organ builder and harmonium manufacturer
- Clemens Thieme (1861–1945), builder of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig
- Hans Hofmann (1867–1933), cantor and teacher in Leipzig
- Karl Ryssel (1869–1939), politician (SPD; USPD)
- Martha Schrag (1870–1957), painter and graphic artist
- Ludwig Külz (1875–1938), professor of tropical medicine
- Wilhelm Külz (1875–1948), politician (DDP, LDPD), MdR, Reich Minister of the Interior
- Karl Möbius (1876–1953), sculptor
- Otto Scheibner (1877–1961), work teacher
- Kurt Pietzsch (1884–1964), geologist
- Wilhelm Pester (1885–1963), hermit
- Karl Dannhauer (1891–1977), teacher, ornithologist and botanist
- Friedrich Schille (1901–1994), chronicler
- Albert Leiterer (1902–1985), lawyer, SS-Obersturmbannführer, head of the state police (head) office Magdeburg, district administrator
- Kurt Kräcker (1916–1966), local politician, mayor of Wesel
- Wolfgang Heyl (1921–2014), politician (CDU)
- Jost Biedermann (1922–2008), politician (CDU), member of the People's Chamber of the GDR
- Horst Pehnert (1932–2013), journalist and party functionary in the GDR
- Joachim Burkhardt (* 1933), television journalist, writer and playwright
- Peter Fährmann (* 1937), former tennis player
- Gertraude Gruhle (* 1938), politician (CDU Saxony)
- Konrad Schaller (1943–2017), football player
- Thomas Munkelt (* 1952), track and field athlete, Olympic hurdles winner
- Michael Schweighöfer (* 1952), actor
- Roland Kostulski (* 1953), former rower
- Jan von Flocken (* 1954), historian and journalist
- Katrin Keller (* 1962), educator and historian
- Maic Malchow (* 1962), track cyclist
- Barbara Bollwahn (1964–2018), writer and journalist
- Ilona Stumpe-Speer (* 1964), writer
- Sven Lehmann (1965–2013), actor
- Jens Streifling (* 1966), musician
- Rainer Müller (* 1966), historian and former GDR civil rights activist
- Heiko Herlofson (* 1969), porn actor
- Jörg Schindler (* 1972), politician (Die Linke), federal manager
- Torsten Jülich (* 1974), soccer player
- Jana Hensel (* 1976), author and journalist
- Henry Graichen (* 1976), District Administrator of the Leipzig District (since August 1, 2015)
- Steffen Radochla (* 1978), racing cyclist
- Oliver Herber (* 1981), soccer player
- Franziska Jünger (* 1986), actress
- Rico Engler (* 1987), soccer player
- Janik Mäder (* 1996), soccer player
- Franz Semper (* 1997), national handball player
- Anthony Petrifke (* 1998), actor
Personalities associated with the city
- Christian Wilhelm Ludwig von Abeken (1826–1890), public prosecutor, politician
- Urban Kreutzbach (1796–1868), organ builder
- Karl Wilhelm Gebert (1811–1875), German lawyer and politician, MdR, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
- Karl Heinrich (1822–1890), German lawyer and politician, MdR, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony), Mayor of Borna
- Jacob Lossius (1596–1663), Lutheran theologian and Superintendent Borna
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Pester. In: geschichteborna.de. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .