List of personalities of the city of Erfurt
This article lists personalities who were born in Erfurt or who worked there particularly.
Honorary citizen
- 1820 Karl Hahn , school councilor
- 1825 Friedrich Wilhelm von Jagow , commander of an army corps
- 1833 Carl Burghardt , doctor
- 1841 Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Strass , educator, writer and historian
- 1843 Georg Friedrich Magnus August von Hedemann , commander
- 1852 Hermann von Mallinckrodt , politician
- 1860 Ephraim Salomon Unger , mathematician and teacher, founder of the Erfurt high school
- 1875 Wilhelm Johann Albert von Tettau , politician and historian
- 1889 Robert Lucius von Ballhausen , Prussian Minister of Agriculture, member of the Reichstag and the Prussian manor house
- 1889 Richard Breslau , 1871–1889 Lord Mayor
- 1892 Max Kirchhoff , councilor, 2nd mayor of Erfurt 1861–1892
- 1895 Otto von Bismarck , Reich Chancellor
- 1910 Ferdinand Lucius , entrepreneur
- 1992 Lorenz Drehmann , chairman of the association “ Heimattreue Erfurter ” (in West Germany) 1983 to 1992
- 1998 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann , speed skater
- 2002 Andreas Müller (born February 22, 1971 in Erfurt), athletics and disabled sports
- 2006 Ilse Franke , donated an extensive art collection to the Angermuseum
- 2009 Joachim Kaiser , artist and cultural politician
- 2017 Manfred Ruge , Mayor of the City of Erfurt from 1990 to 2006
On February 8, 1946, the Erfurt City Council declared the honorary citizenship granted to the then Reich Chancellor Hitler and the Prussian Prime Minister Göring in 1937, as well as the honorary citizenship granted to Gauleiter Sauckel and Reich Interior Minister Frick in 1937 null and void.
At the end of 1989, the Erfurt City Council decided to withdraw the honorary citizenship granted to Günter Mittag , a member of the Politburo of the SED during the GDR era .
sons and daughters of the town
The following personalities were born in Erfurt:
Until 1800
- Thomas von Erfurt (around 1300), Magister Regens and Rector of the St. Severi and St. Jakob Schools
- Hans Römer († 1535), leader of the Thuringian Anabaptist movement
- Samuel Selfisch (1529–1615), publisher and bookseller
- Matthäus Dresser (1536–1607), school humanist, educator, philologist and historian
- Johannes Thal (1542–1583), doctor and botanist
- Lukas Weischner (1550 / 55–1609), bookbinder and librarian
- Michael Altenburg (1584–1640), theologian and composer
- Job Ludolf (1624–1704), founder of Ethiopian Studies, a sub-area of African Studies
- Georg Christoph Petri von Hartenfels (1633–1718), doctor and scientist, rector of the University of Erfurt
- Elisabeth Lemmerhirt (1644–1694), mother of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johann Egidius Bach (1645–1716), violist and alto in the Erfurt Town Musicians Company
- Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645–1695), musician and father of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johann Christoph Adlung (1648–1681), professor of medicine and oriental languages at the University of Erfurt
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ludolf (1655–1712), scholar
- Wilhelm Hieronymus Brückner (1656–1736), legal scholar
- Johann Heinrich Buttstedt (1666–1727), organist and composer of the Baroque
- Georg Melchior von Ludolf (1667–1740; also Ludolph), lawyer and assessor at the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar
- Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749), composer (cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Johann Leopold von Gudenus (1676–1713), auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Worms and titular bishop of Pergamum
- Johann Michael Langguth (1682–1739), Protestant theologian
- Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748), organist, conductor, composer and musicologist
- Johann Alexander Thiele (1685–1752), painter and etcher
- Christian Reichart (1685–1775), founder of horticulture in Germany
- Elias David Häusser (1687–1745), late baroque architect
- Daniel Triller (1695–1782), medic
- Jakob Adlung (1699–1762), organist, composer, music writer and instrument maker
- Johann Heinrich Hartung (1699–1756), publisher and printer owner in Königsberg (Prussia)
- Johann Hieronymus Kniphof (1704–1763), botanist
- Johann Rudolph Engau (1708–1755), legal scholar
- Sidonia Hedwig Zigarunemann (1711–1740), writer
- Jakob Samuel Beck (1715–1778), painter
- Friedrich Elias Meyer the Elder (around 1723–1785), sculptor and porcelain modeler
- Johann Christian Kittel (1732–1809), organist and composer
- Paul Johann Friedrich Helmershausen (1734–1820), physician, Goethe's landlord
- Franz Vollrath Buttstedt (1735–1814), organist, composer (who knows how near my end will be)
- Wilhelm Bernhard Trommsdorff (1738–1782), physician, chemist and botanist
- Johann Hieronymus Schroeter (1745–1816), lawyer, high official and one of the most famous astronomers of his time
- Johann Wilhelm Häßler (1747–1822), composer and organist
- Samuel Gottlieb Vogel (1750–1837), physician, balneologist
- Rudolph Zacharias Becker (1752–1822), folk writer, teacher, journalist and Enlightenment publisher
- Kaspar Friedrich Lossius (1753–1817), Protestant clergyman, educator and writer
- Johann Joachim Bellermann (1754–1842), theologian and Semitist
- Johann Rudolph Gottlieb Beyer (1756–1813), Protestant theologian
- Sophie Albrecht (1757–1840), writer
- Johann Melchior Möller (1760–1824), pastor in Stotternheim
- Christian Gotthilf Herrmann (1765–1823), Protestant theologian, university professor and general superintendent
- Johann Bartholomäus Trommsdorff (1770–1837), pharmacist and pharmacist
- Johann Christoph Weingärtner (1771–1833), mathematician, clergyman and theologian
- Nikolaus Christian Heinrich Dornheim (1772–1830), graphic artist and painter
- Michael Gotthard Fischer (1773–1829), organist and composer
- Johann Jakob Bernhardi (1774–1850), botanist
- Ludwig Friedrich von Froriep (1779–1847), surgeon, university professor and publisher
- Sebastian Lucius (1781–1857), manufacturer in the industrial age
- Franz Leopold Koch (1782–1850), pharmacist, benefactor, founder and operator of the first bathing establishment in Orb
- Friedrich Knie (1783–1850), circus director and founder of the Knie circus dynasty
- Carl Ritschl (1783–1858), Protestant theologian, bishop and general superintendent of Pomerania
- Johann Friedrich Möller (1789–1861), General Superintendent of the Church Province of Saxony
- Christian Samuel Schier (1791–1824), poet and private scholar
- Heinrich August Erhard (1793–1851), archivist, physician and historian
- Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker (1795–1850), medical historian
- Friedrich Adolph Haage (1796–1866), gardener and botanist
- Karl Herrmann (1797–1874), businessman, historian and geographer
1801 to 1850
- August Soller (1805–1853), architect and Schinkel student
- Friedrich von Nerly (1807–1878), painter
- Franz Anton Bicking (1809–1873), physician and writer
- August Gottfried Ritter (1811–1885), composer and organist
- Franz Kuchenbuch (1812–1896), lawyer and painter between romanticism and realism
- Anton Dominik Fernkorn (1813–1878), sculptor
- Eduard Gerhardt (1813–1888), painter, draftsman, graphic artist, lithographer and architect
- Ferdinand Konrad Bellermann (1814–1889), landscape painter
- Karl Friedrich Eduard Lucas (1816–1882), pomologist
- Ernst Hasse (born May 22, 1819; † September 2, 1860 in Dresden), painter
- Friedrich Stephan (1822–1904), bank director, member of the Reichstag
- Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822–1896), composer, conductor and head of the cathedral choir in Bremen
- Oswald von Loebell (1823–1898), Prussian lieutenant general
- Gustav Wilhelm Ferdinand Pleßner (1824–1895), railway construction engineer
- Oskar Schade (1826–1906), Germanist
- Wilhelm Ernst Möller (1827–1892), Lutheran theologian, church historian and university professor
- Otto Ribbeck (1827–1898), classical philologist
- Julius Grosse (1828–1902), writer and theater critic
- Christian Hagans (1829–1908), engineer and founder of the locomotive manufacturer Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans
- Eugen Lucius (1834–1903), chemist and industrialist, co-founder of the Hoechst paintworks
- Robert Lucius von Ballhausen (1835–1914), Prussian Minister of Agriculture, member of the Reichstag and the Prussian manor house
- Adolph Hoffmann (1835–1899), lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
- Albert von Holleben (1835–1906), Prussian general and military writer
- Alfred Kirchhoff (1838–1907), geographer
- Carl von Thieme (1844–1924), co-founder of Munich Reinsurance Company and Allianz AG
- Maria Goswina von Berlepsch (1845–1916), Swiss-Austrian writer
- Bernhard Ziehn (1845–1912), music theorist
- Paul von Kleist (1846–1926), Prussian lieutenant general
- Ernst von Münchhausen (1847–1921), manor owner and court official
- Heinrich Hübschmann (1848–1908), orientalist, founder of modern Armenian linguistics
- Georg Kugel (1848–1930), visual artist; ornamental design of the facade of the Erfurt town hall
- Günther von Kirchbach (1850–1925), Prussian Colonel General
1851 to 1900
- Max Besler (1853 - after 1918), historian of the city of Forbach
- Mathilde Amalie Ida Countess von Keller (1853–1945), court lady of the German Empress, Auguste Viktoria
- Wilhelm Knappe (1855–1910), diplomat, colonial official, ethnologist
- Oskar von Hutier (1857–1934), general in the First World War
- Alfred Koch (1858–1922), microbiologist and university professor
- Adalbert Trillhaase (1858–1936), painter of naive painting
- Theodor Glocke (1859–1933), social democratic publisher and Berlin city councilor
- Paul Wolffram (1860–1932), ministerial official
- Wilhelm von Beczwarzowski (1862–1932), major general in the First World War
- Max Weber (1864–1920), sociologist, lawyer, political economist and social economist
- Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865–1936), astronomer and university professor
- Osmar Trillhaase (1865–1932), Erfurt sculptor; worked in the facade design in Erfurt
- Alfred Weber (1868–1958), political economist, sociologist and cultural philosopher
- Paul Lipke (1870–1955), chess master
- Hermann Reinicke (1870–1945), General of the Infantry and Chief of the Army Personnel Office (1923–27)
- Paul Trommsdorff (born May 19, 1870 - † February 22, 1940 in Hanover), librarian
- Walter von Nathusius (1873–1943), entrepreneur
- Max Stürcke (1876–1947), banker
- Alfred Hess (1879–1931), shoe manufacturer and patron of the arts
- Willy Becker (1881–1956), theater director and director
- Friedrich Benary (1883–1914), historian
- Heinrich Herrling (1883–1956), architect
- Karl Meinhardt (1885–1951), architect of the New Building in Erfurt
- Otto Ritschl (1885–1976), painter and writer
- Carl Wendemuth (1885–1964), politician (SPD), member of the Reichstag
- Karl Klein (1886–1960), party functionary (SPD / Spartakusbund / KPD / SED), trade union official and manager of a wholesale company
- Kurt Pinthus (1886–1975), writer and journalist
- Erich Zeigner (1886–1949), politician (SPD / SED), Prime Minister of Saxony March 21 - October 29, 1923
- Oskar Wagner (1887–1952), veterinarian, parasitologist and university professor
- Alfred Zschorsch (1887–1956), sculptor
- Ulrich von Fresenius (1888–1962), lawyer, mayor of Wernigerode 1933–1945
- Arthur Hoffmann (1889–1964), National Socialist philosopher, educator and university lecturer
- Willi Munzenberg (1889–1940), communist, publisher and film producer
- Walter Nischwitz (1889–1969), politician (FDP / DVP)
- Alfred Hanf (1890–1974), painter, graphic artist and commercial artist, "the picture chronicler of Erfurt"
- Karl Hähnel (1892–1966), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Erich Köhler (1892–1958), politician (CDU), President of the Bundestag 1949–50
- Walter Rein (1893–1955), composer
- Hans Meyer (1897–1963), judge at the Federal Administrative Court
- Hildegard Domizlaff (1898–1987), sculptor, woodcut and jewelry artist
- Walther Haage (1899–1992), gardener, botanist and non-fiction author
- Theo Kellner (1899–1969), painter and architect
- Wilhelm Nauhaus (1899–1979), bookbinder, artist, archivist and publicist
1901 to 1925
- Adolf Mans (1901–1972), former political prisoner of the Buchenwald concentration camp and employee of the National Memorial and Memorial (NMG) Buchenwald
- Reinhard Gehlen (1902–1979), General of the Wehrmacht and first President of the German Federal Intelligence Service
- Werner Wächter (1902–1946), politician (NSDAP) and party functionary
- Siegfried Trommsdorff (1902–1975), politician in the Soviet Zone and state chairman of the CDU Thuringia
- Werner Veidt (1903–1992), actor and author
- Wolfgang Pohle (1903–1971), industrialist and politician
- Heinz-Hugo John (1904–1944), politician (NSDAP), soldier
- Rudolf Ruscheweyh (1905–1954), Dutch-Liechtenstein arms dealer, secret service employee and party donor
- Kurt Huhnholz (1906–1987), politician (NSDAP)
- Hans Werner Rothe (1906 – ≈1985), businessman, author, paleontologist and fossil collector
- Margaretha Reichardt (1907–1984), textile designer and Bauhaus student
- Hans Hess (1908–1975), German-British shoe manufacturer and art historian
- Heinrich Schonder (born July 23, 1910 - † June 28, 1943), corvette captain of the Navy, submarine commander, bearer of the Knight's Cross (see Wikipedia)
- Hans Günther (1910–1945), police officer, SS-Sturmbannführer and head of the "Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Prague"
- Hellmut Stauch (1910–1970), German-South African architect and sailor
- Kurt Kunert (1911–1996), flautist and composer
- Rolf Becker (1912–1984), teacher and poet
- Rolf Günther (1913–1945), SS-Sturmbannführer, Adolf Eichmann's deputy
- Wilhelm Schröder (1913–1967), Minister for Agriculture and Forestry of the GDR
- Richard Felix Kaszemeik (1914–1944) was a member of the German Peace Society and was sentenced to death for refusing to do military service
- Wolfgang Kummer (1914–1988), bobsledder
- Lorenz Drehmann (1915–1992), academic librarian, chairman of the Erfurt Heimattreue eV association, honorary citizen of Erfurt
- Käthe Menzel-Jordan (* 1916), architect and church restorer
- Heinz Bormann (1918–8 February 1989 in Schönebeck), East German fashion designer and textile manufacturer
- Gerhard Becker (1919–1973), composer, arranger and conductor
- Klaus Friedland (1920–2010), historian, archivist and librarian
- Horst Jahresling (1922–2013), artist, painter, graphic artist, architecture restorer, art pedagogue, university professor and bell designer and scribe
- Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003), Islamic scholar
- Fritz B. Busch (1922–2010), journalist and book author
- Helmut Nordhaus (1922–2014), football player
- Ralph J. Boettner (1923–1982), actor, director and screenwriter
- Günther Krause (1923–2012), conférencier and entertainer
- Hermann Reinholz (1924–1967), lawyer and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Rolf Henniger (1925–2015), actor and director
- Jürgen Joedicke (1925–2015), architecture professor
- Jochen Müller (1925–1985), football player
- Franklin Pühn (* 1925), sculptor
- Wolf Schneider (* 1925), journalist, non-fiction author and language critic
1926 to 1950
- Reinhard Bühling (1926–2012), lawyer and politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Dieter Eckert (1926–2013), lawyer and ministerial official
- Wolf Littmann (1926–2000), journalist and publicist
- Peer Schmidt (1926–2010), actor and voice actor
- Horst Rudolf Abe (1927–2006), medical historian at the Medical Academy in Erfurt
- Joachim Scharfenberg (1927–1996), pastoral psychologist
- Johanna Schell (1927–2017), church musician in Potsdam
- Gerd Dicke (* 1928), auxiliary bishop emeritus in the diocese of Aachen
- Hermann Oxfort (1928–2003), Berlin Mayor and Senator for Justice (FDP)
- Siegfried Vollrath (1928–2018), soccer player and coach
- Joachim Kaiser (1929–2010), artist and cultural politician, honorary citizen of Erfurt 2009
- Reinhard Lettau (1929–1996), writer
- Rolf Rettich (1929–2009), illustrator and children's book author
- Brunhilde Hanke (* 1930), politician
- Gerd W. Heyse (* 1930), aphorist and poet
- Günther Jahn (1930–2015), politician (SED), 1967–73 first secretary of the Central Council of the FDJ
- Manfred Schmidt (* 1930), GDR diplomat
- Johannes Wallmann (* 1930), professor of church history at the University of Bochum, Pietism researcher
- Georg Stoltze (1931–2007), racing cyclist
- Gerhard Franke (1933–1997), football player
- Jutta Langenau (1933–1982), swimmer
- Helmut Sontag (1934–1988), librarian
- Klaus-Dieter Kaiser (1935–2015), historian and teacher
- Peter Koch (1935–2015), manager and non-fiction author
- Friedrich Standfuß (1935–2017), civil engineer
- Lothar Ahrendt (* 1936), politician (SED), 1989–90 Interior Minister of the GDR
- Rudolf Bentzinger (* 1936), Germanist and philologist
- Christian Heise (* 1936), son of Heinz Heise, publisher
- Jörg Hoffmann (1936–1993), sculptor and painter
- Gottfried Meinhold (* 1936), scientist and writer
- Bruno Thost (1936–2019), actor, theater director and artistic director
- Reinhart Zimmermann (1936–2011), stage designer and head of equipment at the Komische Oper Berlin.
- Jörg Baetge (* 1937), economist a. a. at the University of Münster and head of the Baetge research team
- Ernst Schubert (* 1937), retired general pharmacist D. the Bundeswehr
- Hermann Lutz (* 1938), police officer and federal chairman of the police union
- Peter Reinicke (* 1938), social work scientist
- Hella Riede (* 1938), tennis player
- Friedemann Steiger (* 1938), theologian and writer
- Harald Wehner (1938–2012), football player
- Bernd Wilhelmi (1938–2018), physicist and rector of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Jürgen Wolter (1938–2013), Protestant theologian
- Heinz-Jürgen Schröder (* 1939), surgeon
- Uwe Bremer (* 1940), painter and graphic artist
- Ernst Günter Herrmann (* 1941), sculptor and landscape architect
- Karl Herzog (* 1941), volleyball player and coach
- Klaus Heiner Kamps (1941–2019), mathematician
- Alexander Lang (* 1941), director and actor
- Ueli Luginbühl (1941–2010), Swiss cyclist
- Ingeborg Fleischhauer (* 1942), historian and university professor
- Rüdiger Götze (1942–2017), actor and director
- Gerd Schuchardt (* 1942), politician (SPD)
- Dieter Hennig (* 1943), painter and graphic artist
- Jürgen Höpfner (* 1943), writer
- Christoph Krampe (* 1943), legal scholar, legal historian and university professor
- Günter Maschke (* 1943), writer
- Norbert Otto (* 1943), politician (CDU)
- Wolfgang Scheidel (* 1943), luge and Olympic champion
- Barbara Sichtermann (* 1943), publicist and writer
- Eckhard Freise (* 1944), university professor
- Peter Lorenz (1944–2009), science fiction author and photographer
- Werner Nekes (1944–2017), film director
- Rolf Schönstedt (* 1944), church musician, professor and university rector
- Karin Schubert (* 1944), SPD politician
- Bernd Cailloux (* 1945), writer
- Manfred Ruge (* 1945), politician (CDU), Mayor of Erfurt from May 1990 to May 2006
- Ingeborg Ohnheiser (1946–2018), philologist and Slavist
- Boris Gulko (* 1947), American chess grandmaster of Russian origin
- Heinz-Jürgen Gottschalk (* 1948), rock musician
- Walter Heintz (* 1948), soccer player
- Jürgen Kerth (* 1948), blues guitarist and singer
- Christine Westermann (* 1948), TV presenter and author
- Christel Augenstein (* 1949), politician (FDP), Mayor of Pforzheim from 2001 to 2009
- Henryk Goldberg (* 1949), journalist, film and theater critic
- Michael Starcke (1949-2016), poet
- Klaus Wunder (* 1950), football player
1951 to 1975
- Petra Barthel (* 1951), actress and voice actress
- Jürgen Valdeig (* 1951), painter and publisher
- Siegmar Mosdorf (* 1952), politician (SPD), Parliamentary State Secretary from 1998 to 2002
- Bernd Römer (* 1952), guitarist and rock musician
- Matthias Winde (* 1952), actor
- Michael Gabel (* 1953), theologian and university professor
- Ulrich Holbein (* 1953), writer
- Ute Lubosch (* 1953), actress
- Christian Matthias Schlaga (* 1953), diplomat
- Christoph Koch (* 1954), Member of the State Parliament (CDU)
- Evelyn Stolze (* 1954), swimmer
- Ulf Annel (* 1955), cabaret artist, writer and director
- Jürgen Bartel (born March 2, 1955), city original and solo entertainer
- Wolfgang Lauerwald (* 1955), doctor and politician (AfD)
- Gerda Gabriel (* 1956), singer
- Jürgen Adlung (* 1957), pianist, composer
- Frank Störzner (* 1958), non-fiction author
- Ralf Werneburg (* 1958), paleontologist
- Heinz-Jürgen Kronberg (* 1959), politician (CDU)
- Ulrich Walluhn (* 1959), non-fiction author
- Petra Zieger (* 1959), rock singer
- Gisela Schulze (* 1960), rehabilitation teacher and university professor
- Thomas Bachmann (* 1961), writer, songwriter
- Hans-Christian Schink (* 1961), photographer
- Sabine Busch (* 1962), athlete
- Ute Gebhardt (* 1963), television journalist, director and author
- Marion Walsmann (* 1963), politician (CDU)
- Matthias Wien (* 1963), actor and theater director
- Stefan Böger (* 1966), soccer player and coach
- Michael Panse (* 1966), politician (CDU)
- Stefan Schorch (* 1966), Protestant theologian, biblical scholar and Hebraist
- Axel Kühn (* 1967), bobsleigh driver, world champion and Olympic runner-up
- Maik Landsmann (* 1967), cyclist and Olympic champion
- Andreas Bach (* 1968), cyclist and world champion
- Steffen Raßloff (* 1968), historian and publicist
- Michael Triegel (* 1968), painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- Sybille Gruner (* 1969), handball player
- Thomas Luther (* 1969), grand master in chess
- Eyck Zimmer (* 1969), cook
- Steffen Quasebarth (* 1970), television presenter
- Thomas Rudolph (* 1970), luge rider
- Emma Braslavsky (* 1971), philosopher, writer and curator
- Christoph Genz (* 1971), classical singer (tenor)
- Lars Funke (* 1972), speed skater
- Steffen Wöller (* 1972), luge rider
- Katrin Apel (* 1973), biathlete
- Daniel Bärwolf (* 1973), soccer player
- Andreas Bausewein (* 1973), politician (SPD) and Lord Mayor of Erfurt
- Alexander Beyer (born 1973), actor ( Good Bye, Lenin! ; The Legend of Rita ; Sonnenallee )
- Stephan Genz (* 1973), classical singer (baritone)
- Erik Niedling (* 1973), contemporary artist
- Sabine Völker (* 1973), speed skater
- Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (* 1974), speed skater and Olympic champion
- Andreas Jaschke (born October 5, 1974); Film director ( The Unconditional ; Ludenmann is getting ready )
- Franziska Schenk (* 1974), speed skater and television presenter
- Marco Schreyl (* 1974), television presenter
- Andreas Behr (* 1975), speed skater
- Jana Haas (* 1975), swimmer
- Matthias Höpfner (* 1975), bobsledder
- Stefan Möller (* 1975), politician (AfD)
From 1976
- Carsten Schneider (* 1976), politician (SPD)
- Katja Wolf (* 1976), politician (Die Linke)
- Daniel Becke (* 1978), professional cyclist
- Katharina König-Preuss (* 1978), politician (Die Linke)
- Claudia Maicher (* 1978), politician (Bündnis90 / Die Grünen)
- Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel (* 1978), bobsleigh pilot
- Stephan Schreck (* 1978), racing cyclist
- René Wolff (* 1978), track cyclist
- Yvonne Catterfeld (* 1979), singer, actress, musician and presenter
- Jörg Dallmann (* 1979), speed skater
- Tilman König (* 1979), film director and producer
- Anousch Mueller (* 1979), writer
- Silvio Smalun (* 1979), figure skater
- Tim Zühlke (* 1979), track cyclist and cycling trainer
- Clueso (* 1980), singer, rapper, songwriter and producer
- Clemens Fritz (* 1980), soccer player
- Marcel Helbig (* 1980), social researcher
- Stefan Lindemann (* 1980), figure skater
- Andreas Pohle (* 1981), triple jumper
- Janin Ullmann (* 1981), television actress and presenter
- Heike Hartmann (* 1982), speed skater
- Judith Hesse (* 1982), speed skater
- Karl-Friedrich König (* 1982), film director and producer
- Stephanie Müller-Spirra (* 1983), television presenter
- Robert Lehmann (* 1984), long and medium distance specialized speed skater
- Julia Jurack (* 1985), handball player
- Elisabeth Pähtz (* 1985), chess player
- Kristin Wieczorek (* 1986), figure skater
- Patrick Gretsch (* 1987), racing cyclist
- Martin Krämer (* 1987), chess player
- Christian Beck (* 1988), soccer player
- Stephanie Beckert (* 1988), speed skater and Olympic champion
- Hendrik Annel (* 1989), actor, director and DJ
- Florian Kroop (* 1989), actor and radio play speaker
- Patrick Beckert (* 1990), speed skater
- Florian Wünsche (* 1991), actor
- Pascal Kleßen (* 1992), actor
- Maria Ehrich (* 1993), actress
- Kevin Möhwald (* 1993), soccer player
- Silvano Varnhagen (* 1993), soccer player
- Viviane Witschel (* 1993), actress
- Edzard Ehrle (* 1995), actor
- Max Reschke (* 1995), actor
- Konrad Geßner (* 1995), racing cyclist
- John Mandrysch (* 1996), cyclist
- Paul Henning (* 1997) volleyball player
- Stefan Wiegand (* 1998), actor
- Ruth Schönherr (* 1999), actress
Other personalities related to Erfurt
Well-known personalities are listed here who have spent part of their life in Erfurt or who died in Erfurt.
Born until 1900
- Bonifatius (* around 673 in Crediton, Wessex, Great Britain; † June 5, 754/55 in Dokkum, West Friesland), Benedictine monk, founder of the Diocese of Erfurt and "Apostle of the Germans"
- Meister Eckhart (* around 1260 in Tambach or in Hochheim; † 1327/28 in Cologne or Avignon), one of the most important theologians and mystics of the Christian Middle Ages
- Amplonius Rating de Berka (* 1363/64 in Rheinberg am Niederrhein; † 1435 in Cologne), scientist, doctor, founder of the Bibliotheca Amploniana , which is considered to be the largest still preserved manuscript collection of a medieval scholar (today part of the university library )
- Johannes de Indagine (* 1415 in Hattendorf near Stadthagen; † 1475 in Erfurt), prior of the Erfurt Charterhouse , reform theologian and author of theological writings
- Martin Luther (born November 10, 1483 Eisleben, † February 18, 1546 in Eisleben), reformer, studied in Erfurt and entered 1505 in the Augustinian monastery one
- Jodokus Heß (* 1484 in Geislingen an der Steige; † September 23 or November 3, 1539 in Erfurt), prior of the Erfurt Charterhouse, writer
- Eobanus Hessus (born January 6, 1488 in Halgehausen † October 4, 1540 in Marburg), Protestant humanist and neo-Latin poet
- Adam Ries (born March 27, 1492 in Staffelstein, † March 30, 1559 in Annaberg), arithmetic master
- Cornelius Gobelius (born November 7, 1570 in Bruttig; † June 5 or 7, 1611 in Heiligenstadt), provost of the Church BMV and auxiliary bishop
- Johann Matthäus Meyfart (born November 9, 1590 in Jena; † January 1642 in Erfurt), Protestant theologian, pastor at the Predigerkirche in Erfurt, hymn book poet ( Jerusalem, you high-rise city ) and opponent of torture in witch trials
- Ludwig Compenius (* around 1603 in Halle (Saale); † February 11, 1671 in Erfurt), organ and harpsichord builder
- Christoph Bach (born April 29, 1613 in Wechmar, † September 22, 1661 in Arnstadt), brother of Johann and Heinrich Bach and grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johann Pachelbel (* August 1653 in Nuremberg; † March 3, 1706 ibid), composer, organist at the Predigerkirche
- Joachim Justus Breithaupt (born February 17, 1658 in Northeim; † March 16, 1732 in Bergen Monastery near Magdeburg), Lutheran theologian, homileticist and hymn poet
- Ernst Christoph Barchewitz (* 1687 in Groß-Sömmerda; † 1758 Erfurt) commanding officer of the Dutch East India Company, author
- Andreas Gordon (born June 15, 1712 in Cofforach, Scotland; † August 22, 1751 in Erfurt), Scottish theologian, philosopher, physicist and Benedectine monk.
- Isidorus Keppler (born November 13, 1715 in Dingelstädt, † August 22, 1792 in Erfurt), Roman Catholic theology professor
- Johann Anton Lucius (* 1742; † 1810), founder of the company named after him in Erfurt, which existed until 1945
- Johann Christian Lossius (* 1743 in Liebstedt, † 1813 in Erfurt), taught as a philosopher in Erfurt. Among other things, author of one of the most knowledgeable philosophical dictionaries, published in Erfurt in 1803 under the title New philosophical general real dictionary .
- Johann Christian Gotthard (* around 1760 in Westhausen near Gotha; † June 8, 1813 in Erfurt), school inspector, academician and professor at the University of Erfurt
- Leopold Wilhelm von Dobschütz (born January 1, 1763 in Brieg; † February 3, 1836 at Gut Zölling, Freystadt district), Prussian general of the cavalry (" Liberator Wittenbergs "), commander of the Erfurt Citadel (1814) and honorary doctorate from the University of Erfurt ( 1814)
- Ernst Ludwig Wilhelm von Dacheröden (born November 11, 1764 in Minden; † January 30, 1806 in Zeitz), cathedral dean in Naumburg; grew up shortly after the birth in Erfurt
- Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Thon (born November 3, 1773 in Kaltennordheim, † June 4, 1844 in Erfurt), author, lived his last years in Erfurt
- Franz Spitzner (born October 31, 1787 in Trebitz, † July 2, 1841 in Wittenberg), classical philologist, 1820/24 senior teacher at the Ratsgymnasium
- Goswin Krackrügge (born September 26, 1803 in Soest, † November 18, 1881 in Kassel), city councilor, revolutionary 1848/49
- Ernst Benary (born November 10, 1819 in Kassel, † February 19, 1893 in Erfurt), gardener, seed producer and merchant and plant breeder
- Hermann Kickton (1847–1915), City Planning Officer in Erfurt from 1888 to 1914
- Hermann Schmidt (born June 16, 1851 in Dedesdorf, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg; † February 28, 1921 in Erfurt), lawyer and Lord Mayor of Erfurt from 1895 to 1919
- Friedrich Zange (born September 3, 1846 in Neuhaus, Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen, † March 18, 1931 in Erfurt), rector of the Heinrich-Mann-Gymnasium Erfurt and Protestant theologian
- Karl von Eine (born January 1, 1853 in Herzberg am Harz, † April 7, 1934 in Mülheim an der Ruhr), Prussian officer, most recently Royal Prussian Colonel General
- Hermann Paul Reisshaus (born September 29, 1855 in Burg near Magdeburg, † September 5, 1921 in Schwarzburg), German politician (SPD) and member of the Bundestag
- August Possecker (born April 19, 1860 in Marbach near Erfurt, † November 19, 1936 in Erfurt), fossil collector
- Henry Pels (born June 6, 1865 in Hamburg, † April 1, 1931 in Berlin), entrepreneur, founder of 'Umformtechnik Erfurt'
- Georg Kossenhaschen (born August 28, 1868 in Oldenburg, † April 2, 1931 in Magdeburg); Hotelier, owner of the hotels Erfurter Hof and Haus Kossenhaschen , among others
- Max Brockert (* 1870 in Einberg near Coburg, † 1962 in Erfurt), architect
- Paul Albert Glaeser-Wilken (born August 3, 1874 in Breslau, † August 4, 1942 in Groß Buchholz near Perleberg), director and actor, was engaged several times at the Erfurt City Theater in the 1920s
- Alfred Machol (born January 24, 1875 in Edelsheim, † January 18, 1937 in Naumburg), professor of surgery, on his initiative and with his intensive participation, the new surgical clinic inaugurated in 1928 at the Erfurt Municipal Hospital was established
- Richard Wetz (born February 26, 1875 in Gleiwitz, Silesia; † January 16, 1935 in Erfurt), composer, conductor, music teacher and music writer, 1906–1925 head of the Erfurt Music Association, 1934–1935 municipal music officer
- Ferdinand Sauerbruch (born July 3, 1875 in Barmen, today a district of Wuppertal; † July 2, 1951 in Berlin), surgeon (his scientific career began in Erfurt)
- Johannes Klass (* 1879 in Reutlingen; † 1936 in Erfurt), architect, chief building officer in Erfurt, designed many public buildings, but also residential areas
- Ludwig Boegl (born August 10, 1880 in Neumarkt / Upper Palatinate; † December 27, 1952 in Erfurt), city councilor in Erfurt, under whose aegis a large number of buildings in the city were built in the 1920s and 1930s
- Alfred Jansa (born July 16, 1884 in Stanislau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, † December 20, 1963 in Vienna), Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian Armed Forces, was exiled to Erfurt after the annexation of Austria and lived there until 1946
- Marie Elise Kayser (born November 28, 1885 in Görlitz; † September 6, 1950 in Erfurt), pediatrician and founder of the human milk collection centers in Germany
- Friedrich Heinze (born April 4, 1889 in Erfurt, † January 5, 1945 in Weimar), resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, executed with the guillotine in the courtyard of the Weimar Regional Court
- Margot Benary-Isbert (born December 2, 1889 in Saarbrücken, † May 27, 1979 in Santa Barbara / California), writer who lived in Erfurt from 1917 to 1945 (with interruptions)
- Egbert Schwarz (born June 22, 1890 in Kemmern near Riga; † December 23, 1966 in Erfurt), professor of surgery, founding rector of the Medical Academy Erfurt (MAE) 1954–1959
- Selmar Bühling (born July 21, 1895 in Haferungen; † May 31, 1977 in Berlin / West), lawyer in Erfurt, regional court director in West Berlin, chairman of the Erfurt home loyalty association from 1960 to 1977
Born after 1900
- Gerhard Gloege (born December 24, 1901 in Crossen an der Oder; † April 15, 1970 in Bonn) was one of the most important German Protestant theologians of the 20th century and the first post-war provost of Erfurt
- Heinz Heise (born March 29, 1902 in Hanover; † November 5, 1974 in Hanover), publisher and founder of the Heinz-Heise-Verlag. 1924–1938 worked in leading positions at the Mitteldeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft in Erfurt.
- Kurt Schröder (born July 23, 1902 in Duisburg, † September 27, 1979 in Erfurt), professor of ear, nose and throat medicine, rector of the MAE 1963–1965
- Hermann Becker (born April 8, 1905 in Plauen / Vogtland; † August 18, 1981 in West Berlin), LDP politician in Erfurt and Thuringia from 1945. 1948–1950 imprisonment in SBZ / GDR, then forced labor in Vorkuta until 1955. Rehabilitation 1993.
- August Sundermann (born October 21, 1907 in Hochwiesen / Westphalia; † October 13, 1994 in Erfurt), professor of internal medicine, rector of the MAE 1965–1970
- Hugo Aufderbeck (born March 23, 1909 in Hellefeld; † January 17, 1981 in Erfurt), Catholic theologian and bishop in the GDR
- Otto Knöpfer (born March 13, 1911 in Arnstadt; † May 22, 1993 in Erfurt), painter and chairman of the Association of Visual Artists in the Erfurt district
- Harry Güthert (born March 1, 1912 in Graz / Austria; † February 4, 1989 in Erfurt), Professor of Pathology, Rector of MAE 1959–1963
- Johann Cilenšek (born December 4, 1913 in Großdubrau; † December 14, 1998 in Erfurt), composer and music teacher, living in Erfurt from 1945–1998
- Rosemarie Albrecht (born March 19, 1915 in Kobe / Japan; † January 7, 2008 in Jena), Prof. Dr. med., chief physician at the ENT clinic of the municipal hospitals, then at the Medical Academy Erfurt (1952–1957). She played a major role in the construction of the new ENT clinic from 1955.
- Helmut Patzer (born May 30, 1919 in Jena-Lichtenhein; † November 24, 2009 in Erfurt), professor of paediatrics, rector of the MAE 1970–1973
- Werner Usbeck (born February 25, 1920 in Steinbach-Hallenberg; † December 10, 2007 in Erfurt), professor of surgery, rector of the MAE 1973–1985
- Günther Panzram (born December 23, 1923 in Artern; † October 30, 2014 in Erfurt), internist, diabetologist, director of the Medical Polyclinic of the Medical Academy Erfurt
- Fritz Markwardt (born December 3, 1924 in Magdeburg, † September 10, 2011 in Erfurt), Professor of Pharmacology at the Medical Academy in Erfurt
- Walter Künzel (born November 2, 1928 in Königgrätz / Czechoslovakia), professor of preventive dentistry, rector of the MAE 1990–1993
- Siegfried Herrmann (born November 7, 1932 in Unterschönau; † February 14, 2017 in Erfurt), track and field athlete, Olympic participant and trainer
- Dietrich Taube (born November 19, 1932 in Walzen / Upper Silesia), 1991 to 2002 General Manager of the Erfurt Theater
- Georg Greißinger (born February 13, 1934 - † April 6, 2012 in Steinhude), lawyer
- Rudolf Zießler (born August 7, 1934 in Rodewisch; † December 17, 2015), art historian, monument conservator, state curator of Thuringia 1991–1999
- Günter Vogel (born December 11, 1934 in Pößneck; † January 4, 2011 in Erfurt), doctor and professor at the Medical Academy Erfurt (internal medicine; haemostaseology)
- Karl-Hans Arndt (born December 19, 1935 in Wittenberg, † July 25, 2012 in Erfurt), sports physician, district sports doctor in Erfurt, medical officer in Erfurt, professor
- Georg Sterzinsky (born February 9, 1936 in Warlack, Heilsberg district, East Prussia; † June 30, 2011 in Berlin), Archbishop of Berlin, studied in Erfurt and was vicar general in the Episcopal Office of Erfurt-Meiningen from 1981 to 1989
- Roland Matthes (born November 17, 1950 in Pößneck; † December 20, 2019 in Wertheim), as an athlete at SC Turbine Erfurt, the most successful back swimmer of all time to this day
- Johanna Schaller , later Johanna Klier (born September 13, 1952 in Artern), athlete and Olympic champion from SC Turbine Erfurt
- Harald Dörig (born January 8, 1953 in Frankfurt am Main), 2000 to 2018 judge at the Federal Administrative Court, 2002 chairman of the sponsoring association of the Gutenberg-Gymnasium
- Gerald Grusser (born July 5, 1956) is General Manager of the Erfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Honorary Consul of Sweden and Honorary Professor at the University of Erfurt.
- Detlef Macha (born December 13, 1958 in Greiz; † September 2, 1994 in Coburg), racing cyclist and trainer (SC Turbine Erfurt), five-time world champion in track cycling.
- Alexander Thumfart (* 1959 in Middle Franconia), city councilor in Erfurt and political scientist at the University of Erfurt
- Vicki Vomit (born July 9, 1963 in Trusetal), musician and comedian
- Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born September 7, 1966 in Sondershausen), speed skater
- Marcus Urban (born August 4, 1971 in Weimar), football player; played for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
- Eva Padberg (born January 27, 1980 in Bad Frankenhausen), photo model; lives in Erfurt
- Joon Wolfsberg (born March 8, 1992), musician, singer-songwriter
literature
- Gerhard Herz (2017): The honorary citizens of Erfurt. In: City and History. Journal for Erfurt , No. 66 (02/2017), pp. 14–15.