List of personalities of the city of Chemnitz
This is a list of personalities from the city of Chemnitz .
sons and daughters of the town
The following overview contains people who were born within the city area of Chemnitz (in its current extent):
A.
- Elisabeth Ahnert (1885–1966), artist
- Gerlind Ahnert (1934–2007), television presenter, actress and voice actress
- Paul Oswald Ahnert (1897–1989), astronomer
- Brigitte Ahrens (* 1945), pop singer
- Wolfgang Altenburger (1931–2008), editor-in-chief of the magazine Mosaik and the children's magazine Atze
- Erich Angermann (1927–1992), historian
- Mark Arndt (* 1941), Russian Orthodox Archbishop
- Johannes Arnold (1928–1987), writer
- Günter Auerswald (* 1936), racing cyclist
- Eberhard Aurich (* 1946), 1st Secretary of the Central Council of the FDJ in the GDR
B.
- Franz Baake (* 1931), director
- Karl Bachler (1905–1997), writer
- Paul Bachmann (1465 / 68–1538), Cistercian monk and abbot of the Altzella monastery
- Rico Badenschier (* 1978), doctor and politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Schwerin
- Romy Bär (* 1987), national basketball player
- Ernst Barth (1909–1992), teacher and local researcher in the Ore Mountains
- Johannes Barthel (1931–2015), materials scientist and physicist
- Gerhard Bäßler (1924–2007), football coach
- Sabine Becker (* 1959), speed skater
- Volker Beier (* 1943), sculptor
- Johann David Beil (1754–1794), actor and stage poet
- Veronika Bellmann (* 1960), politician
- Olaf Bender (* 1968), artist and musician
- Fritz Bennewitz (1926–1995), theater director
- Friedrich Bergmann (1890–1960), architect and university professor
- Rolf Berthold (1938–2018), politician (SED) and diplomat
- Eberhard Beschnitt (1933–2011), politician (SED)
- Ruth Beutler (1897-1959), zoologist
- Wilhelm Biedenkopf (1900–1996 / 97), entrepreneur and graduate engineer
- Werner Bierbaum (* 1928), officer and MfS functionary
- Thomas Billhardt (* 1937), photographer and publicist
- Dietrich Birnbaum (1942–2017), cardiac surgeon
- Matthias Biskupek (* 1950), writer and literary critic
- Kirsten Block (* 1960), actress
- Dieter Bochmann (* 1938), professor for automata theory and design automation and author
- Lutricia Bock (* 1999), figure skater, German champion 2016
- Gerd Böckmann (* 1944), actor and director
- Gustav Boeters (1869–1942), doctor and National Socialist
- Tatjana Böhm (* 1954), co-founder of the independent women's association (UFV) and minister without portfolio of the GDR
- Michael Böhme (* 1943), painter
- Peter Böhme (1942–1962), victim of the Berlin Wall
- Ulrich Böhme (1939–1996), educator and politician (SPD)
- Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers (1871–1938), songwriter (Berliner Luft)
- Max Karl Böttcher (1881–1963), writer
- Hans-Joachim Böttrich (1923–2013), director, author and journalist
- Heinz Böttrich (1925–2009), politician (CDU) and MdL
- Marianne Brandt (1893–1983), painter, sculptor and designer
- Helmut Bräuer (* 1938), archivist and historian
- Werner Bräunig (1934–1976), writer
- Roland Breitenbach (1935–2020), Roman Catholic priest and writer
- Anne Breitfeld (* 1980), actress
- Reinhard Brühl (1924–2018), military historian
- Karl Burdach (1891–1976), Lieutenant General in World War II
- Curt Ludwig Ehrenreich von Burgsdorff (1886–1962), lawyer, senior civil servant in the “Anschluss of Austria” and during the occupation of the Czechoslovak Republic and Poland; SA member in the general rank
- Klaus Burmeister (* 1954), futurologist
C.
- Hans Carl von Carlowitz (1645–1714), forest scientist
- Jens Carlowitz (* 1964), athlete
- Gertrud Caspari (1873–1948), children's book illustrator
- Ernst Castan (1871–1948), politician (SPD), MdL
- Ernst Otto Clauß (1843–1889), factory owner, textile entrepreneur, member of the Reichstag
D.
- Manfred Dähne (* 1945), racing cyclist
- Martin Decker (1925–2013), architect
- Michael Degen (* 1932), actor
- Johannes Dick (1910–1963), politician (KPD / SED) and diplomat
- Bernhard Traugott Dietrich (1840–1902), composer of the song Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit
- Carl Benjamin Dietrich (1791–1864), Protestant pastor and chronicler
- Frank Diettrich (* 1939), sculptor
- Otto Dietze (1833–1890), architect
- Steffen Dietzsch (* 1943), philosophy historian and essayist
- Günther Doberenz (1923–1999), GDR diplomat, Consul General in the JAR , Ambassador to Kuwait (1975–1982)
- Egon Doerstling (1890–1965), General of the Air Force
- Dan Drastic (* 1976), DJ and music producer
- Dore Dreysel (1904–?), Actress, singer, voice actress and author
- Philipp Dulichius (1562–1631), composer
E.
- Henrik Eberle (* 1970), historian and publicist
- Ernst Eberstein (1886–1966), officer and first director of Chemnitz Airport
- Hans Ebert (1919–1988), art historian and museologist
- Joachim Ebert (1930–1999), classical philologist and sports historian
- Max Eckert-Greifendorff (1868–1938), cartographer and university professor
- Melchior Eckhart (1555–1616), Protestant theologian
- Auguste Eichhorn (1851–1902), co-founder of the proletarian women's movement
- Emil Eichhorn (1863–1925), Police President of Berlin during the German Revolution 1918–1919, KPD member, member of the Reichstag
- Klaus Eidam (1926-2006), dramaturge
- Werner Eidner (* 1923), politician (SED)
- Wolf-Rüdiger Eisentraut (* 1943), architect
- Jenny Elbe (* 1990), track and field athlete
- Wolfgang Emmerich (* 1941), literary and cultural scientist
- Peter Emmrich (* 1938), physician
- Kati Engel (* 1982), politician (Die Linke) and member of the Thuringian state parliament
- Ingeborg Esenwein-Rothe (1911–2002), economist
- Eli Evans (1805–1882), entrepreneur and politician
F.
- Georg Fabricius (1516–1571), Protestant poet, historian and archaeologist
- Ralf Fährmann (* 1988), soccer goalkeeper
- Eberhard Feik (1943–1994), actor
- Lothar Fichtner (* 1934), politician (SED)
- Dietmar Findeisen (* 1935), mechanical engineer and professor
- Martin Finger (* 1990), poker player
- Juliane Fisch (* 1987), theater and television actress
- Bernd Fischer (1940–2018), Colonel of the Stasi of the GDR
- Hans Fischer (1936–2008), motorcycle racing driver
- Horst Fischer (1930–1986), trumpeter
- Richard Fischer (1883–1972), writer
- Marianne Fischer-Kupfer (1922–2008), opera singer and singing teacher
- Werner Fleissner (1922–1985), General
- Richard Foerster (1869–1940), qualified mining engineer and member of the supervisory board of Friedrich Krupp AG
- Benjamin Förster (* 1989), soccer player
- Stefan Förster (* 1950), boxer
- Dietmar Franke (1938–2007), politician (CDU)
- Bernd Freitag (* 1942), anesthesiologist
- Rolf Frick (1936–2008), university professor, entrepreneur and politician
- Kurt Friedrich (1901–1995), motorcycle racing driver
- Johannes Frießner (1892–1971), General
- Ines Fröhlich (* 1964), State Secretary in the Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport
- Georg Frotscher (1868–1943), General of the Infantry
- Manfred Fuchs (* 1938), soccer goalkeeper
- Teodoro Fuchs (1908–1969), Argentine conductor and music teacher
- Fritz Funke (1907–1977), cyclist
- Helene Funke (1869–1957), painter
- Rolf Funke (1910–1988), toy manufacturer
G
- Alexander Gauland (* 1941), politician (AfD), editor and publicist
- Ernst Geissler (1915–1989), space pioneer
- Dieter Gerschler (* 1944), artist
- Kurt Gerstenberg (1886–1968), art historian
- Thomas Geßner (1954–2016), physicist and university professor
- Ute Geweniger (* 1964), swimmer
- Albrecht Gläser (1928–2013), oncological surgeon in Leipzig and Halle
- Fritz Gleibe (1900–1990), lawyer, politician and Lord Mayor of Chemnitz
- Hanns Gobsch (1893–1957), writer, playwright
- Erich Goeritz (1889–1955), entrepreneur, art collector and patron
- Daniel Göhlert (* 1980), soccer player
- Tim Göhlert (* 1984), soccer player
- Gerson Goldhaber (1924-2010), American nuclear and astrophysicist
- Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009), composer and conductor
- Michael Goller (* 1974), visual artist and author
- Erich Gottgetreu (1903–1981), journalist
- Christian Friedrich Graefe (1780–1851), classical philologist and university professor
- Ronny Graupe (* 1979), jazz musician
- Georg Sigismund Green the Younger (1712–1754), Protestant theologian
- Fritz Greuner (1903–1990), politician (LDPD) and member of the People's Chamber of the GDR
- Eberhard Grießbach (* 1935), former Rear Admiral of the People's Navy
- Walter Grundmann (1906–1976), Protestant theologian
- Rudi Gruner (1909–1984), painter, draftsman and book illustrator
- Hans Gruß (1883–1959), restaurateur, entrepreneur and theater director
- Stefan Grützner (* 1948), weightlifter
- Johann Friedrich Gühling (1702–1772), Protestant theologian
- Klaus Günther (* 1941), politician (CDU)
H
- Richard Haas (1910–1988), hygienist, bacteriologist and university professor
- Hellmut Haase-Altendorf (1912–1990), composer and pianist
- Walter Hagen-Groll (1927–2018), choirmaster, conductor and pianist
- Charlotte Hagenbruch (1896–1968), actress and screenwriter
- Fritz Hehle (* 1942), politician
- Johannes Hehle (1906–1944), military photographer
- Werner Hahmann (1883–1977), painter, graphic artist and architect
- Carl Horst Hahn (* 1926), industrial manager, former CEO of Volkswagen AG
- Joachim Hahn (1942–1997), prehistoric
- Siegfried Hähnel (1934–2010), military and MfS functionary
- Walter Hähnel (1905–1979), politician (KPD, SED)
- Edmund Richard Hamel (1890–1983), Swiss entrepreneur
- Erich Hänel (1915–2003), football player
- Rudolf Harlaß (1892–1944), KPD functionary and resistance fighter
- Christian Hartenhauer (* 1948), politician
- Gunar Hartling (1930–2005), secret service agent
- Peter Härtling (1933–2017), writer
- Gustav Hartmann (1842–1910), entrepreneur
- Helmut Hartwig (1920–1994), politician and secret service agent (MfS)
- Eberhard Hasche (1920–1973), surgeon
- Regina Hastedt (1921–2007), photographer and author
- Hellmut Haubold (1905–1968), endocrinologist and SS leader
- Arthur Hauffe (1892–1944), General of the Infantry of the Wehrmacht
- Günter Hauk (1932–1979), composer
- Jochen Hauser (* 1941), writer and screenwriter
- Gerhard Hausmann (1922–2015), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Jochen Hauser (* 1941), writer and screenwriter
- Beatrix Haustein (1974–2002), writer
- Fritz Heckert (1884–1936), member of the German Reichstag (Weimar Republic), KPD member
- Christian Heermann (1936–2017), Karl May researcher, writer and publicist
- Wolfgang Heinze (* 1944), politician (Die Linke)
- Hans Helfritz (1902–1995), composer, musicologist, writer and photographer
- Rudolf Hellmann (1926–2005), sports official
- Gerd Henniger (1930–1990), art historian, writer and translator
- Kerstin Hensel (* 1961), author
- Stefan Hentschel (1948–2006), pimp and boxer
- Wolfgang Herbst (* 1933), Protestant theologian and church musician
- Jürgen Hering (* 1937), librarian
- Lars Hermel (* 1970), soccer player and coach
- Stephan Hermlin (1915–1997), writer
- Thomas Hermsdorfer (1967–2019), politician
- Lotte Herrlich (1883–1956), photographer
- Peter Herrmann (1941–2015), composer and university professor
- Heinz Herz (1907–1983), historian and professor
- Wilfriede Heyer (1937–2017), politician (SPD)
- Stefan Heym (1913–2001), writer and member of the Bundestag for the PDS
- Günther Heymann (* 1917), doctor
- Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729–1812), ancient scholar, classical philologist, linguist and archaeologist
- Holger Hiemann (* 1968), soccer goalkeeper
- Johann Wilhelm Hilliger (1643–1705), Protestant theologian
- Johann Zacharias Hilliger (1693–1770), Lutheran theologian
- Johanna Himmler (1894–1972), politician (KPD)
- Falk Hoffmann (* 1952), water diver
- Eberhard Hofmann (* 1930), biochemist
- Friedrich H. Hofmann (* 1934), teacher, philatelist and local history researcher
- Michael Hofmann (* 1944), painter and graphic artist
- Johannes Hohlfeld (1888–1950), genealogist and historian
- Wolfgang Holz (1936–2009), actor
- Franz Holzweißig (1928–2018), engineer, university professor and author
- Peter Hoppe (1938–2010), painter and graphic artist
- Joachim Hoyer (* 1919), actor and director
- Michael Hübner (* 1959), track cyclist
- Sascha Hübner (* 1988), track cyclist, son of Michael Hübner
- Hadayatullah Hübsch (1946–2011), writer and imam
- Werner Hübschmann (1901–1969), composer and lecturer
I.
- Denny Ihle (* 1984), speed skater
- Nico Ihle (* 1985), speed skater
- Werner Illing (1895–1979), writer, screenwriter and director
- Vitaly Ivanov (* 1976), Russian handball player
J
- Addi Jacobi (1936–2013), journalist and publicist
- Gina Jacobs (* 1998), short tracker
- Richard Adolf Jaenicke (1858–1917), entrepreneur and co-founder of the Wanderer-Werke
- Ilse Jahn (1922-2010), biologist
- Stefan Jähnichen (* 1947), computer scientist
- Eduard Theodor Jäkel (1817–1874), newspaper editor, writer and politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
- Albert Janka (1907–1933), politician (KPD)
- Walter Janka (1914–1994), publisher, SED member, accused of "counter-revolutionary conspiracy" in the GDR
- Renate Johne (* 1940), classical philologist and epigraphist
- Hans Jüchser (1894–1977), painter and graphic artist
K
- Mathias Kaden (* 1981), techno and house DJ and musician
- Katharina Kammer-Veken (1920–2017), writer
- Helfried Kampf (1951–1989), Protestant deacon, founder of the Hohburg handicapped aid
- Heribert Kandler (1890–1968), lawyer and politician
- Anna Keel (1940–2010), painter
- Wolfgang Keilig (1915–1984), officer
- Axel Keller (* 1977), soccer goalkeeper
- Dietmar Keller (* 1942), Minister for Culture in the GDR
- Werner Kempf (1925–1999), painter and speaker of the Ore Mountains dialect
- Margrit Kennedy (1939–2013), architect, ecologist and writer
- Romy Kermer (* 1956), figure skater, second in the 1976 Olympics and figure skating coach
- Jürgen Kern (* 1940), actor
- Andrea Kersten (* 1965), politician
- Walter von Kielpinski (1909–?), Germanist, head of division in the Reich Main Security Office
- Dieter Kieselstein (1928–2012), puppeteer
- Friedrich Max Kircheisen (1877–1933), historian
- Siegfried Kirschen (* 1943), referee and football official
- Maximilian Kirschner (1861–1913), actor
- Ernst Kirsten (1911–1987), ancient historian and historical geographer
- Dieter Klaua (1930–2014), mathematician
- Max Klauß (* 1947), athlete
- Gudrun Klein (* 1943), SPD politician, MdL
- Regine Kleinau (* 1946), track and field athlete
- Ekkehard Klemm (* 1958), musician and conductor
- Gustav Friedrich Klemm (1802–1867), cultural historian and librarian
- Rainer Klis (1955–2017), writer
- Rolf Klötzler (* 1931), mathematician and university professor
- Helmut Klug (1921–1981), chess composer and organizer
- John Kluge (1914-2010), German-American businessman
- Walter Franz Koch (1870–1947), lawyer, diplomat and politician
- Brigitta Kögler (* 1944), lawyer and politician
- Horst Köhler (1924–1984), diplomat
- Kurt Köhler (1911–1990), communist resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Gabriele Kohlisch (* 1963), luge and bobsleigh athlete
- Martin Kohlmann (* 1977), lawyer and politician
- Georg W. Költzsch (1938–2005), Museum Director of the Folkwang Museum in Essen
- Manfred König (1934–1994), commercial artist
- Dora Koering (1880–1945), tennis player
- Werner Kothe (1919–2010), surgeon, university lecturer in Greifswald and Leipzig
- Hildegard Krahmer (1912–1985), toy maker
- Ines Krause (* 1965), heptathlete
- Angela Krauss (* 1950), writer
- Wolfram Krempel (* 1936), theater director and director
- Carl Traugott Kreyßig (1786–1837), Privy Councilor of Justice in the Ministry of Finance in Dresden
- Johann Gottlieb Kreyziger (1779–1854), rector of the Lyceum in Annaberg, professor at the Princely School in Meißen and classical philologist
- Evelyn Kroker (1942–2012), economic archivist
- Herbert Küchler (1908–1964), chess composer
- Jan Kuhlbrodt (* 1966), writer
- Felix Kummer (* 1989), rapper / musician
- Christian Kühn (* 1982), actor, author, director and comedian
- Johannes Kühnel (* 1950), politician (CDU)
- Andreas Kuhnert (1951–2019), politician (SPD)
- Klaus-Dieter Kühnrich (* 1944), engineer and politician (CDU)
- Rainer Kunad (1936–1995), composer
- Sigrun Kunz (* 1939), table tennis player
- Herbert Kunze (1913–1981), painter and university professor
- Paul Kunze (1897–1986), experimental physicist
- Günter Kurz (* 1943), actor
- Christian Kux (* 1985), racing cyclist
L.
- Georg Landgraf (1885–1933), politician and publishing director
- Niklas Landgraf (* 1996), soccer player
- Simone Lang (* 1971), figure skater
- Arthur Lange (1875–1929), sculptor
- Eberhard Langer (* 1934), engineer and politician (SED, PDS)
- Botho Laserstein (1901–1955), judge and publicist
- Thomas Laudeley (* 1966), football player
- Pierre le Beau (* 1986), football player
- Helmut Lehmann (* 1935), racing cyclist
- Volkmar Lehmann (* 1943), Slavist
- Ruth Leibnitz (1928–2011), sculptor
- Richard Leising (1934–1997), poet
- Margot Leonard (* 1927), actress and voice actress
- Arne Leonhardt (1931–1982), writer
- Eckhard Lessing (1935–2020), Protestant theologian
- Klaus Lettke (* 1938), writer
- Olaf Leu (* 1936), graphic designer and designer
- Heiner Lichtenstein (1932–2010), journalist and publicist
- Hendrik Liebers (* 1975), football player
- Georgia Lind (1905–1984), actress
- Paul Lindenau (around 1489 - 1541), Lutheran theologian
- Uta Lindgren (1941–2017), historian
- Heinrich Robert Lindner (1851–1933), railway engineer
- Helga Lindner (* 1951), swimmer
- Lothar Lindner (* 1928), trade unionist (FDGB)
- Roland Lindner (* 1937), diplomat
- Walter Linse (1903–1953), lawyer
- Max Littmann (1862–1931), architect
- Volker Lippmann (* 1952), actor and director
- Bruni Löbel (1920–2006), film actress
- Kay Lorentz (1920–1993), cabaret artist
- Heinz Lorenz (* 1929), soccer player
- Christa Löser (1926–2012), actress
- Wolfgang Lötzsch (* 1952), racing cyclist
- Barbara Ludwig (* 1962), politician and mayor of the city of Chemnitz
- André Luge (* 1991), football player
M.
- Hannelore Mabry (1930–2013), author, journalist, women's rights activist, sociologist, voice actress
- Erich Mäder (1897–1934), politician (SPD)
- Hasso Mager (1920–1995), writer
- Heinrich Malz (1910 – unknown), SS leader
- Marianne Martin (* 1935), TV presenter and local poet from the Ore Mountains
- Johannes Martini (1866–1935), painter and graphic artist
- Karl Maruhn (1904–1976), mathematician
- Gesine Matthes (* 1955), member of the state parliament
- Rudolf Maus (1902–1942), resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Iris Mayer (* 1975), journalist
- Achim Mehlhorn (* 1939), chemist
- Herbert Mehlhorn (1903–1968), SS leader
- Volker Mehner (* 1953), painter and graphic artist
- Horst Menzel (1912–1938), interbrigadist
- Felix Menzel (* 1985), journalist
- Paul Merkel (1897–1978), educator, founding rector of the Lüneburg University of Education
- Gerhard Meyer (1915–2002), actor, director and artistic director
- Dirk Michaelis (* 1961), singer and composer
- Siegfried Michl (1923–1954), trade unionist (FDGB)
- Christine Mielitz (* 1949), general manager and director
- Harro Miller (* 1940), football player and coach
- Lucy Millowitsch (1905–1990), popular actress and theater director
- Jutta Mirtschin (* 1949), graphic designer
- Anja Mittag (* 1985), soccer player and world champion 2007
- Joeline Möbius (* 1992), artistic gymnast
- Regine Möbius (* 1943), writer
- Christian Möckel (* 1973), soccer player
- Gerald Möckel (1935–2012), diplomat
- Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990), writer
- Michael Morgner (* 1942), artist
- Erich Mückenberger (1910–1998), member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED and chairman of the Central Party Control Commission in the GDR
- Joachim Mückenberger (1926–2020), cultural politician and museum director, general director of DEFA
- Andreas Mühe (* 1979), photographer
- Christian Alexander Müller (* 1980), musical actor
- Dietmar Müller (* 1940), professor for circuit and system design
- Erhard Müller (1926–2017), politician (SED), Lord Mayor of Cottbus
- Georg Alexander von Müller (1854–1940), admiral, 1906 to 1918 head of the naval cabinet of the German Reich
- Gerd Müller (* 1952), writer
- Gerhard Müller (* 1928), politician (SED)
- Hella Müller (* 1942), puppeteer
- Jutta Müller (* 1928), figure skating coach, figure skater
- Max Müller (1899–1977), politician (KPD / SED), resistance fighter against National Socialism and Lord Mayor of Chemnitz
- Rudolf Müller-Gerhardt (1873–1962), animal and landscape painter
- Konrad Alexander Müller-Kurzwelly (1855–1914), painter (naturalism, impressionism)
- Friedrich Müller-Starke (1877–1967), Lord Mayor of Hanau
- Peter Munz (1921–2006), historian
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- Johann Karl Naeve (≈1650–1714), legal scholar
- Kurt-Bernhard Nakath (* 1949), Chief Medical Officer of the Bundeswehr
- Gerd Natschinski (1928–2015), composer (film music "Servus Peter")
- Gerhard Naumann (1930–2007), economist
- Günter Naumann (1925–2009), actor
- Hans-Peter Naumann (1939–2020), medievalist, linguist and runologist
- Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798), composer, organist, conductor and musicologist
- Paul Neefe (1507–1566), cloth merchant and mayor of Chemnitz
- Jana Neubert (* 1984), athlete
- Erik Neukirchner (* 1972), sculptor
- Paul Neumann (1880–1961), Senator
- Christoff Neumeister (* 1933), classical philologist
- Carsten Nicolai (* 1965), musician, artist and label owner (Raster-Noton)
- Bernd Niestroj (1946–2008), television journalist
- Alfred Nimser (* 1932), stage technician
- Wolfgang Nordwig (* 1943), Olympic champion in 1972 and former world record holder in the pole vault
- Rolf Noskwith (1919–2017), British cryptanalyst
- Rose Nyland (1929–2004), writer and member of the People's Chamber
O
- Wolfgang Oehme (1930–2011), garden architect
- Edith Oss (1914–2012), dancer and film actress
- Harry Ott (1933–2005), ambassador of the GDR
- Frei Otto (1925–2015), architect, architectural theorist and professor of architecture, builder of the Munich Olympic roof
- Lothar Otto (1932–2019), cartoonist and book illustrator
- Sylke Otto (* 1969), luge rider
P
- Andreas Pabst (* 1979), pianist, conductor and arranger
- Bernd Patzig (* 1944), racing cyclist
- Heinz Patzig (1929–2013), soccer player and coach
- Otto Paust (1897–1975), National Socialist journalist and writer
- Wolfgang Penz (1950–1979), actor
- Martin Petzoldt (1946–2015), theologian
- Dietmar Pfeifer (1940–2010), football player
- Manfred Pfeifer (1934–2003), soccer player and coach
- Hans Pfohe (1918–2004), founder of the Lucia knitwear factory
- Hans Piazza (1932–2017), historian and university professor
- Bodo Pieroth (* 1945), legal scholar
- Christiane Pilz (* 1975), tri- and duathlete
- Marie Pleißner (1891–1983), women's rights activist and teacher
- Willy Pöge (1869–1914), entrepreneur, horse, cyclist and motor sportsman
- Max Pommer (1847–1915), architect, building contractor and pioneer of reinforced concrete construction in Germany
- Ralf Pönitzsch (* 1957), track and field athlete
- Gottfried Porstendorfer (1929–2001), geophysicist
- Walter Potzelt (1903–1955), SS leader
- Anett Pötzsch (* 1960), figure skater
- Manfred Prasser (1932–2018), architect and engineer
- Friedrich Prätorius (1902–1962), set designer, painter and graphic artist
R.
- Joachim Raubold (1938–2003), politician (SPD)
- Wolfgang Rauchfuß (1931–2005), member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED
- Claudia Rauschenbach (* 1984), figure skater
- Ernst Rein (1858–1953), engineer and entrepreneur, founder of the Droop + Rein machine tool factory in Bielefeld
- Julius Reinhardt (* 1988), soccer player
- Gert Reinholm (1923–2005), dancer, teacher and ballet director
- Walter Renard (1904–1994), mechanical engineer, professor for horticultural technology and rector of the Technical University of Hanover
- Johannes Renger (* 1934), ancient orientalist
- Olaf Renn (* 1969), soccer player
- Rico Rex (* 1976), figure skater
- Edelbert Richter (* 1943), theologian and politician (DA, SPD, Die Linke)
- Hans Jürgen Richter (* 1948), politician (SPD)
- Harald Richter (* 1945), badminton player
- Herbert Richter (* 1947), racing cyclist
- Lothar Richter (1912–2001), football player
- Fritz Riemann (1902–1979), psychoanalyst
- Hans Riemann (1899–1992), classical archaeologist, born in Gablenz
- Joachim Rieß (* 1937), graphic artist
- Günter Rinnhofer (* 1945), photographer
- Rissa (* 1938), artist
- Peter Rocholl (* 1929), television journalist, producer, director and author
- Jürgen Rohde (* 1953), handball goalkeeper
- Eberhard Rohrscheidt (* 1939), television and radio presenter
- Klaus Rother (* 1932), geographer
- Cindy Roleder (* 1989), track and field athlete
- Nicol Römer (around 1435–1493), merchant, mine owner and councilor in Zwickau
- TM Rotschönberg (* 1961), artist
- Eberhard Rösch (* 1954), biathlete
- Christina Rost (* 1952), handball player
- Frank Rost (* 1973), soccer goalkeeper
- Daniel Rosenfeld (* 1989), musician, composer of the Minecraft soundtrack
- Volker Roth (* 1942), soccer referee
- Siegmund Rotstein (* 1925), chairman of the Jewish community in Chemnitz
- Karsten Rotte (1929–1997), physician
- Wera Röttgering (* 1944), founder and chairwoman of the Heart Wishes Association
- Wilhelm Rudolph (1889–1982), painter, wood cutter, graphic artist, draftsman
- Karsten Rotte (1929–1997), gynecologist and radiation oncologist
- Ulrich Rühle (* 1940), author
- Frank Ruttloff (* 1972), actor
S.
- Max Schäller (1902–1974), politician (KPD / SED)
- Sirko Schanze (1975-2008), football player
- Siglinde Schaub (* 1940), politician (PDS, Die Linke)
- Tom Scheffel (* 1994), soccer player
- Richard Scheibe (1879–1964), sculptor
- Helmut Schelsky (1912–1984), sociologist and university professor
- Margitta Scherr (* 1943), actress
- Gerhard Schill (1925–2000), local politician
- Denise Schindler (* 1985), cyclist
- Peter Schindler (* 1937), cyclist
- Max Schippel (1859–1928), university professor, member of the Reichstag
- Gerhart Schirmer (1913–2004), lieutenant colonel in the Wehrmacht, commander of a paratrooper regiment, bearer of oak leaves, colonel in the Bundeswehr
- Michael Schirner (* 1941), art college professor
- Klaus Schlette (1928–1996), theater director, set designer, actor and theater manager
- Henry Schmidt (1912–1996), SS leader
- Jens Schmidt (* 1963), soccer goalkeeper
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976), expressionist painter and graphic artist
- Karl-Heinz Schmidt (1938–2016), Protestant pastor and dialect author from the Ore Mountains
- Walter Schmidt (1892–1948), President of the Dresden Railway Directorate
- Wieland Schmiedel (* 1942), sculptor
- Klaus Schmiegel (* 1939), chemist
- Rico Schmitt (* 1968), football coach
- Günter Schmitz (1909–2002), painter and graphic artist
- Wolfgang Schnecke (1944–2018), production designer, director and media designer
- Angela Schneider (* 1944), politician (PDS), MdL
- Petra Schneider (* 1963), swimmer and Olympic champion
- Rolf Schneider (* 1932), writer
- Peter Schnetz (* 1940), poet, playwright, radio editor and journalist
- Wolfgang Schoedel (1905–1973), physiologist and university professor
- Gerhard Schönherr (1926–2016), officer and economist, deputy minister (GDR)
- Elmar Schossig (1950–2009), architect and photographer
- Horst Schubert (1919–2001), mathematician
- Mathias Schubert (1952-2004), politician (SPD)
- Volkmar Schubert (* 1942), politician (CDU), MdL
- Zikmund Schul (1916–1944), composer
- Max Schuldt (1903–1934), SA leader
- Eberhard Schulze (* 1940), agricultural scientist
- Hans Joachim Schulze (1938–2003), colloid chemist
- Rudolph Schulze (1918–1996), President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Minister for Post and Telecommunications in the GDR
- Heinz Schumann (* 1934), graphic artist, commercial artist and type designer
- Dirk Schuster (* 1967), soccer player and coach
- Jörg Schüttauf (* 1961), actor
- Ernst-Günther Schwamkrug (1919–1995), politician (CDU)
- Doreen Seidel (* 1985), model
- Wilhelm August Seim (1844–1905), master builder and national liberal politician
- Irmgard (Irmi) Selver (1906-2004), emigrant
- Louis Seydler (1839-1896), politician
- Gabriele Seyfert (* 1948), figure skater and world champion
- Rüdiger Siebert (1944–2009), journalist, editor and travel writer
- Ernst Sieverts (1924–2018), architect
- Eberhard Siewert (* 1934), military
- Erik Simon (* 1987), ski jumper
- Ernestine Minna Simon (1845–1902), textile worker and strike leader
- Eberhard Simons (1937–2005), philosopher
- Joachim Singer (* 1942), athlete
- Gerald Sippel (* 1945), painter and graphic artist
- Albert Soergel (1880–1958), literary scholar
- Jan Soldat (* 1984), director and screenwriter
- Justin Sonder (* 1925), Auschwitz survivor
- Detlev Spangenberg (* 1944), politician
- Günter Spranger (1921–1992), writer
- Christoph Sramek (* 1950), musicologist and music critic
- Ruth Stachorra (1938-2014), politician (SPD)
- Bernd Steinbach (* 1952), computer scientist
- Werner Steinbach (1919–2005), mechanical engineer and professor
- Rico Steinmann (* 1967), soccer player
- Bernd Steinwendner (* 1939), Austrian painter, graphic artist and draftsman
- Fritz Steppat (1923–2006), Islamic scholar
- Ingo Steuer (* 1966), figure skater and figure skating coach
- Jörg Stingl (* 1961), mountaineer
- Fritz Stopp (1886–1975), teacher and botanist
- Reinhard Straube (* 1946), actor and radio play speaker
- Heinrich Straumer (1876–1937), architect
- Anja Strobel (* 1974), psychologist
- Reiner Süß (1930–2015), chamber singer, entertainer and politician (SPD)
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- Erik Tallig (* 2000), soccer player
- Stephan Tanneberger (1935–2018), physician and chemist
- Ulrike Tauber (* 1958), swimmer
- Gerald Thalheim (* 1950), politician
- Hans-Günther Thalheim (1924–2018), Germanist and literary scholar
- Herbert Theile (* 1930), doctor and human geneticist
- Stev Theloke (* 1978), swimmer
- Manfred Thiede (* 1936), diplomat, ambassador of the GDR in Mali, Niger, Upper Volta, Mauritania and Algeria
- Siegfried Thiele (* 1934), composer
- Alexander Thieme (1954–2016), track and field athlete
- Bernhard Thieme (1925–1977), film director and screenwriter
- Tassilo Thierbach (* 1956), figure skater and trainer
- Detlef Thierig (* 1934), chemist
- Hans-Joachim Thilo (1914–2003), Protestant theologian and psychoanalyst
- Petra Thümer (* 1961), swimmer and Olympic champion
- Johannes Thümmler (1906–2002), SS-Obersturmbannführer and senior government councilor
- Joachim Tomaschewsky (1919–2019), film and theater actor
- Roland Töpfer (1929–1999), animation director
- Jordan Torunarigha (born 1997), football player
- Trettmann (* 1973), hip-hop, RnB and dancehall singer
- Wolfgang Trilling (1925–1993), Catholic priest, theologian and New Testament scholar
- Harry Trumpold (1928–2012), engineer and politician (LDPD)
- Wolf Trutz (1887–1951), film and stage actor
- Peter Tschernig (1945–2017), musician
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- Detlef Uhle (* 1961), yoga teacher
- Erich Uhlich (1915–2007), politician (SED)
- Heinz Uhlitzsch (1893–1971), iron and steel engineer
- Sabine Unger (* 1960), actress
- August Wilhelm Unzer (1770–1847), bookseller and publisher in Königsberg
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- Karl Velhagen (1897–1990), ophthalmologist and university professor
- Paul Verner (1911–1986), member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED in the GDR
- Waldemar Verner (1914–1982), military, first naval officer in the GDR with the rank of admiral
- Dieter Vieweger (* 1958), theologian and archaeologist
- Ilse Voigt (1905–1990), actress and voice actress
- Joachim Voigtmann (* 1940), art historian and museum director
- Alfred Vogel (1930–2019), military
- Hans-Jochen Vogel (1943–2005), student pastor
- Martin Christian Vogel (* 1951), Protestant theologian, university rector and singer
- Paul Vogel (1845–1930), politician (DVP), MdL, President of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament
- Renate Vogel (* 1955), swimmer
- Walther Vogel (1880–1938), maritime historian
- Valentin Voith (around 1487 − after 1558), poet of dramas, proverbs and master songs
- Ludwig Volz (1934–2011), Roman Catholic theologian, religious educator and biblical theological author
- Adalbert Votteler (1924–1995), writer
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- Ernst Wabra (1907–1970), politician (KPD, SED)
- Joachim Wach (1898–1955), religious scholar
- Kurt Wagner (1904–1989), Deputy Minister for National Defense of the German Democratic Republic
- Johann Salomon Wahl (1689–1765), court painter of Christian VI. from Denmark
- Joachim Walther (1943–2020), writer
- Klaus Walther (* 1937), literary scholar and writer
- Jürgen Warnatz (1944–2007), physicist
- Christian Friedrich Wehner (1775–1862), Mayor of Chemnitz
- Wolfgang Weichelt (1929–1993), political scientist and politician (SED)
- Wolfgang Weidlich (1928–2019), publisher and bookseller
- Rolf Weigand (* 1984), engineer and politician (AfD)
- Eckhard Weigel (* 1942), architect and politician (CDU)
- Richard Weissbach (1882–1950), publisher
- Manfred Weißbecker (* 1935), historian
- Hanni Weisse (1892–1967), actress
- Folker Weißgerber (1941–2007), manager
- Thomas Weitin (* 1971), literary scholar and professor
- Joachim Wenzel (1927–1958), journalist
- Dietmar Werner (* 1938), economist and non-fiction author
- William Wernigk (1894–1973), opera singer
- Robert Wesselhöft (1796–1852), fraternity member and doctor
- Rolf Wetzel (* 1921), politician (SED) and finance and insurance functionary
- Lutz Wienhold (* 1965), soccer player
- Arno Wilhelm (* 1988), poetry slammer, poet and author
- Hermann Heinz Wille (1923–2002), writer
- Heinz Winkler (1910–1958), Minister for Development in the GDR
- Kati Winkler (* 1974), figure skater
- Ronny Winkler (* 1971), figure skater
- Walfried Winkler (1904–1982), motorcycle racer
- Julius Friedrich Winzer (1778–1845), ethnologist and Protestant theologian
- Tom Wittgen (* 1932), crime writer
- Werner Wittig (1930–2013), painter and graphic artist
- Willy Wittig (1902–1977), painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Werner Wolf (1925–2019), musicologist
- Chris Wolff (* 1954), pop singer ("Lady Sunshine", "On the beach of Maspalomas")
- Ludwig Wolff (1893–1968), General of the Infantry
- Anne Wollner (1939–2007), actress
- Mandy Wötzel (* 1973), figure skater
- Brigitte Wujak (* 1955), track and field athlete
- Joseph Wulf (1912–1974), German-Polish historian
- Klaus Wunderlich (1931–1997), pop organist, composer, arranger
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- Peter von Zahn (1913–2001), radio and television journalist
- Jannis Zamanduridis (* 1966), wrestler and national coach
- Gustav Zeuner (1828–1907), engineer
- Simone von Zglinicki (* 1951), actress
- Peter Zingler (* 1944), writer and screenwriter
- Gerhard Zippel (1925–2007), 1st secretary of the SED district leadership in Stollberg / Erzgeb.
- Günter Zöller (* 1948), figure skater
- Mathias Volkmar Zschocke (* 1969), politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), state board spokesman for his party in Saxony
- Manfred Zucker (1938–2013), chess problem composer
Honorary citizen
The following overview contains people who have received honorary citizenship from the city of Chemnitz . The list is based on the date of award; before 1945 the list is still incomplete.
- Peter Otto Clauß (1787–1872), owner of a calico printing plant in Chemnitz, politician, Member of the State of Saxony (Kingdom of Saxony),
- Christian Friedrich Wehner (1775–1862), Mayor of Chemnitz
- Jacob Georg Bodemer (1807–1888), Zschopau spinning mill owner and library donor
- Léonçe von Könneritz (1835–1890), manor owner, lawyer and politician, Saxon finance minister
- Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reich Chancellor
- Johann von Zimmermann (1820–1901), locksmith, factory manager, inventor and entrepreneur, founder of the German machine tool industry
- 1877: Robert Vetters (1825–1895), city councilor and mayor of Chemnitz
- 1880: Rudolph Stadler (1825–1906), city councilor and mayor of Chemnitz
- 1906: Anton Ohorn (1846–1924), councilor, teacher, poet and writer
- 1907: Heinrich Gustav Beck (1854–1933), Lord Mayor of Chemnitz, Saxon Minister of Culture and Chairman of the Saxon Ministry as a whole
- 1911: Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1841–1917), textile entrepreneur in Lunzenau, patron of the arts, secret councilor of commerce
- 1930, March 10: Johannes Huebschmann (1867–1930), lawyer, politician and from 1917 to 1930 Lord Mayor of Chemnitz
- 1933: Adolf Hitler , Reich Chancellor
- 1946, November 21: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976), painter and graphic artist
- 1949, April 13: Richard Scheibe (1879–1964), sculptor
- 1950, August 29: Martha Schrag (1870–1957), painter and graphic artist
- 1961, October 9: Anastas Hovhannessi Mikojan (1895–1978), First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR
- 1971, April 27th: Semyon Nikolayevich Voloschtschuk , General Secretary of the SDAG WISMUT
- 1974, August 29: Max Müller (1899–1977), retired Lord Mayor D.
- 1974, October 4th: Nikolai Wassilijewitsch Bannikow , First Secretary of the Irkutsk Regional Committee
- 1976, January 22: Hans Riesner (1902–1976), City School Councilor and City Councilor for Culture
- 1978, September 25: Valery Bykowski (1934–2019), Soviet cosmonaut
- 1978, September 25: Sigmund Jähn (1937–2019), cosmonaut (first German in space)
- 1982, February 17: Wilhelm Rudolph (1889–1982), painter
- 1983, May 9: Elisabeth Wetzel (1907–1994), Association of Antifascist Resistance Fighters
- 1988, January 7: Paul Kurzbach (1902–1997), composer
- 1988, December 22nd: Katarina Witt (* 1965), figure skater
- 1990, October 3: Christoph Magirius (* 1937), pastor of the St. Andreas parish
- 1991, September 25: Klaus Bungert (1926–2006), retired Lord Mayor D. von Düsseldorf (twin city of Chemnitz)
- 1992, February 6: Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918–2007), returned in 2001 because an exhibition of his controversial war drawings failed
- 1994, June 9: Carl Hahn junior (* 1926), former chairman of the supervisory board of Volkswagen AG
- 2001, October 2: Stefan Heym (1913–2001), writer
- 2004, November 22: Folker Weißgerber (1941–2007), former Group Board Member for Production and Logistics at Volkswagen AG
- 2007, May 16: Siegmund Rotstein (1925–2020), long-time chairman of the Jewish community in Chemnitz
- 2008, December 12th: Jutta Müller (* 1928), figure skater and figure skating coach
- 2016, November 4th: Dr. Peter Seifert (* 1941), former Lord Mayor of Chemnitz (1993–2006)
- 2017, January 25: Justin Sonder (* 1925), concentration camp survivor
- 2018, April 20: Ingrid Mössinger (* around 1940), General Director of the Chemnitz Art Collections
Other personalities
The following people were not born in Chemnitz, but they worked in Chemnitz:
- Georgius Agricola (actually Georg Pawer; 1494–1555), scientist and "father of mineralogy"
- Balthasar Balduin (1605–1652), Superintendent of Chemnitz from 1636 to 1638
- Michael Ballack (* 1976), former soccer player; went to the sports high school in Chemnitz and played for two Chemnitz clubs
- Karl-Heinz Barth (1937–2011), architect, art historian and local politician
- Erich Basarke (1878–1941), one of the most important architects of the 20th century in Chemnitz
- Alexej Baumgärtner (* 1988), speed skater; went to the sports high school in Chemnitz and started for two Chemnitz clubs
- Heinrich Brandler (1881–1967), union official, head of the KPD 1921–1923, founder of the KPD (opposition) , from 1914 full-time union leader in Chemnitz
- Peter-Klaus Budig (1928–2012), university professor and politician; Professor at the TH Karl-Marx-Stadt and TU Chemnitz
- Wenzel Bürger (1869–1946), one of the well-known architects in Chemnitz in the first half of the 20th century
- Ernst Friedrich Benno Alexander von Cochenhausen (1850–1908), chemist and government councilor , Prof. General Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Experimental Dyeing, in Chemnitz
- Carlfriedrich Claus (1930–1998), graphic artist and writer with a significant influence on the art scene in Chemnitz
- Theodor Crüger (1694–1751), Lutheran theologian and historian; 1735 took over the superintendature in Chemnitz, and died here
- Balthasar Crusius (1550–1630), Rector in Chemnitz
- Atlas Crusius (1606–1679), Mayor of Chemnitz
- Alexander Dierks (* 1987), politician (CDU), general secretary of the CDU regional association of Saxony and Member of the State Parliament
- Hanns Diettrich (1905–1983), sculptor, created a. a. the children's fountain, August Fighters, and several memorials in Chemnitz
- Hans Dresig (1937–2018), professor of technical mechanics and author
- Jens Fiedler (* 1970), track cyclist (sprint, Keirin), two-time Olympic champion, multiple world and European champion, 21-time German champion
- Paul Herbert Freyer (1920–1983), general director at the theater from 1956 to 1960
- Jürgen Golle (* 1942), composer and university professor
- Georg Sigismund Green the Elder (1673–1734), Superintendent in Chemnitz
- Johann Georg Hager (1709–1777), pedagogue and geographer, long-time rector of the local Latin school
- Michael Harbauer (* 1969), director of the SCHLINGEL international film festival for children and young audiences
- Richard Hartmann (1809–1878), machine manufacturer
- Carl Gottlieb Haubold (1783–1856), machine manufacturer, founder of Chemnitz mechanical engineering
- Hanka Kliese (* 1980), politician (SPD), MdL
- Josef Kneifel (* 1942) carried out a bomb attack on the Soviet tank memorial in Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1980 - today an activist of the right-wing extremist HNG
- Robert Kohl (1813–1881), superintendent at the St. Nikolaikirche
- Magnus Ottomar Kölz († 1864), lawyer and politician, Member of the State Parliament (Kingdom of Saxony)
- Volkmar Leimert (* 1940), composer and music dramaturge
- Johann Gottlieb Lessing (1732–1808), rector of the lyceum and brother of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Levina (* 1991 as Isabella Lueen ), singer and songwriter; grew up in Chemnitz
- Hans Dietrich Lindstedt (1929–2008), writer and journalist
- Franz Alexander Maschke (1844–1923), conservative politician, Member of the State Parliament (Kingdom of Saxony), Chief City Secretary of Chemnitz
- Klaus-Jürgen Matthes (* 1945), engineer and university professor, rector of the TU Chemnitz
- Reimund Neugebauer (* 1953), engineer and university professor
- Paulus Niavis (≈1460 – ≈1514), rector in Chemnitz, humanist and author
- Friedrich Nobbe (1830–1922), teacher at the secondary school and from 1861 teacher for plant and animal physiology at the state higher trade school and employee at the agricultural research station in Chemnitz
- Gustav Noske (1868–1946), editor of the Chemnitz SPD newspaper Volksstimme, member of the Reichstag, Minister of Defense in the Weimar Republic
- Fred Otto (1883–1944), architect and Chemnitz city planner
- Peter Patt (* 1963), politician (CDU), MdL
- Thomas Ranft (* 1945), graphic artist
- Franz Xaver Rewitzer (1798–1869), politician, 1848 revolutionary, President of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament
- Carl Riha (1923–2012), opera director in Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1957 to 1989 and opera director
- Emil Rosenow (1871–1904), writer, editor and member of the Reichstag
- Aljona Savchenko (* 1984), figure skater, trains in Chemnitz
- Carl Eduard Schubert (1830–1900), organ builder
- Matthias Schweighöfer (* 1981), actor, attended the Dr.-Wilhelm-André-Gymnasium in Chemnitz
- Louis Schönherr (1817–1911), loom maker and is considered the inventor of the mechanical loom
- Adam Siber (1516–1584) was rector in Chemnitz
- Johann Traugott Sterzel (1841–1914), first director of the König Albert Museum; directed the excavations and installation of the "Petrified Forest"
- Jörg Stingl (* 1961), mountaineer
- Friedrich Straumer (1840–1900), educator, local writer and conservative politician
- Robin Szolkowy (* 1979), figure skater, trains in Chemnitz
- Richard Tauber (1891–1948) made his debut as an opera singer at the city theater in Chemnitz
- Junior Torunarigha (* 1990), soccer player, grew up in Chemnitz
- Friedrich August Unger (1758–1846), superintendent in Chemnitz from 1807–1846
- Wolfgang Uhlmann (* 1938), economic historian
- Arno Vetterling (1903–1963), worked for some time as Kapellmeister in Chemnitz
- Willy Weidermann (1898–1985), Chief of Police
- Adolf Ferdinand Weinhold (1841–1917), laid the foundations for the vacuum jug
- Otto Werner (1854–1923), the highest city gardening director, created the most important green spaces in the city
- Johann Baptist Winklhofer (1859–1949), entrepreneur and co-founder of the Chemnitz Wanderer-Werke
- Katarina Witt (* 1965), figure skater, went to the sports school in Karl-Marx-Stadt, trained with Jutta Müller
- Eugen-Georg Woschni (* 1929), communications engineer
See also
- List of the Lord Mayors of Chemnitz
- List of well-known personalities from the Technical University of Chemnitz
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://saebi.isgv.de/biografie/Hildegard_Krahmer_%281912-1985%29
- ↑ Overview of the Lord Mayors of Hanau , website of the city of Hanau (as of November 15, 2016); Retrieved February 20, 2017
- ↑ Decision B-030/2017. In: stadt-chemnitz.de. January 25, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Chemnitz to Dr. hc Ingrid Mössinger