List of personalities of the city of Falkenstein / Vogtl.
The list of personalities of the city of Falkenstein / Vogtl. contains people who are involved in the history of the Saxon town of Falkenstein / Vogtl. have played a sustainable role. These are personalities who are honorary citizens of Rodewisch or who were born here or who worked here.
For the personalities from the Falkenstein / Vogtl. incorporated localities see also the corresponding local article.
Honorary citizen
- July 21, 1866: Christian Heinrich Hecker (1795–1875), master weaver and city councilor
- June 12, 1867: Franz Adolph von Trützschler (1792–1873), manor owner and city councilor
- April 1, 1895: Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reich Chancellor
- November 5, 1914: Carl Friedrich Bleyer (1844–1930), manufacturer, member of the state parliament and city councilor
- February 17, 1933: Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), Field Marshal General and President
- Erich Schmalfuß (1905–1992), resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1975: Gotthard Schettler (1917–1996), university professor for internal medicine
sons and daughters of the town
- Tobias Dressel (1635–1717), organ builder
- Walter Helbig (1878–1968), painter, graphic artist and wood cutter, last lived in Switzerland
- Willy Rudert (1884–1949), local and dialect poet
- Gottfried Weimann (1907–1990), athlete
- Willi Gall (1908–1941), communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Helmut Rauca (1908–1983), perpetrator of the Holocaust, born in Trieb
- Herbert Weidlich (1910–1991), lawyer, university professor, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Gotthard Schettler (1917–1996), physician
- Oswald Graf zu Münster (1917–2003), photographer
- Gottfried Schüler (1923–1999), painter
- Herbert Bräutigam (* 1927), sinologist
- Hans Taubert (* 1928), biologist and science fiction author
- Manfred Thieme (* 1936), officer in the National People's Army
- Wolfgang Männel (1937–2006), economist
- Bernd Eisenfeld (1941–2010), historian and GDR opposition activist
- Gerd Trommer (* 1941), engineer and author of historical novels
- Wilfried Rettig (* 1942), engineer and author
- Hans-Jürgen Hardtke (* 1944) scientist and university professor
- Brigitte Eisenfeld (* 1945), soprano
- Michael Gruner (* 1945), director and general manager
- Christian Steyer (* 1946), actor and musician
- Wolfgang Stöhr (* 1946), ski jumper
- Kurt-Werner Schulz (1953–1989), architect, victim of the Cold War
- Gabriele Eckart (* 1954), writer
- Rudolf Braun (* 1955), politician, member of the German Bundestag
- Andreas Lämmel (* 1959), politician (CDU)
- Stefan Persigehl (* 1962), soccer player
Personalities associated with the city
- Gerd Möckel (* 1943), politician (CDU) and member of the Saxon state parliament, deputy head of school in Falkenstein / Vogtl.
- Christiane Gotte (* 1988), soccer player, gas station manager