List of personalities of the city of Mühlhausen / Thuringia
Honorary citizen of the city
see list of honorary citizens of Mühlhausen / Thuringia
sons and daughters of the town
To 1900
- Wakefulness of Mühlhausen (mid-13th century), minstrel; probably came from Mühlhausen
- Christian von Mühlhausen († 1295), Teutonic Knight, Bishop of Samland
- Dietrich Schernberg (around 1500), author of a game of legends about Popess Johanna
- Heinrich Pfeiffer († 1525), peasant leader in the peasant war
- Ludwig Helmbold (1532–1598), Lutheran hymn poet
- Johannes Eccard (1553–1611), composer
- Liborius Wagner (1593–1631), Catholic priest
- Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625–1673), composer
- Johann Andreas Graba (1625–1669), medic
- Johann Christoph Hundeshagen (1635–1681), logician and philosopher
- Johann Georg Ahle (1651–1706), composer
- Zacharias Goeze (1662–1729), Rector at the Ratsgymnasium Osnabrück and author of regional historical writings
- Johann Georg Hoyer (1663–1738), city physician and member of the Leopoldina
- Gottfried Vockerodt (1665–1727), educator
- Johann Gottfried Auerbach (1697–1753), court painter to Emperor Charles VI
- Georg Leopold Hoyer (1703–1765), lawyer and member of the Leopoldina
- Georg Christian Reichel , (1717 / 1727–1771), professor of medicine in Leipzig.
- August Wilhelm von Treskow (1720–1797), ansbach-Bayreuth lieutenant field marshal, later Prussian lieutenant general
- Gottfried Christoph Beireis (1730–1809), doctor, physicist and chemist
- Hermann Christoph Gottfried Demme (1760–1822), writer
- Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769–1857), natural scientist
- John Adolphus Etzler (1791–1846), utopian
- Karl Theodor Gier (1796–1856), mayor and opposition member of the pre-march
- Friedrich August Stüler (1800–1865), architect; shaped the Prussian architecture of his time significantly
- Wilhelm Ludwig Demme (1801–1878), writer
- John August Roebling (1806–1869), civil engineer, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York
- Adolph Methfessel (1807–1878), composer
- Ernst Methfessel (1811–1886), composer
- Carl Engelhart (1817–1886), politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Karl Gottfried Pfannschmidt (1819–1887), painter
- Thekla Naveau (1822–1871), educator and women's rights activist
- Bernhard Schweinberg (1828–1902), politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Johann Georg Bornemann (1831-1896), geologist
- Bruno Weigand (1850–1923), teacher, geologist and entomologist.
- Paul Mankiewitz (1857-1924), banker
- Bruno Schönlank (1859–1901), social democratic journalist, MdR
- Hermann von Schlechtendal (1859–1920), district administrator in Schleiden and Mülheim am Rhein
- John August Roebling II (1867–1952), entrepreneur, grandson of John August Roebling
- August Hertwig (1872–1955), government architect and rector of RWTH Aachen
- Heinrich Werner (1874–1946), tropical medicine
- Paul Blüthgen (1880–1967), lawyer and entomologist
- Konrad von der Goltz (1883–1938), district administrator and parliamentarian in East Prussia
- Paul Bertz (1886–1950), politician (KPD)
- Wilhelm Bode (* 1886 † between 1942 and 1945), locksmith, trade unionist and resistance fighter
- Otto Roettig (1887–1966), infantry general in World War II
- Paul Franke (1888–1950), photography entrepreneur
- Karl Angerstein (1890–1985), Lieutenant General in the Air Force in World War II
- Karl Gossel (1892–1966), politician (CDU)
- Rudolf August Demme (1894–1975), major general in World War II
- Kurt Klemm (1894–1973), politician (NSDAP)
- Erich Hofmann (1895–1982), linguist and university professor
- Walter Assmann (1896–1964), doctor and officer
- Curt Pollex (1898–1987), Brigadier General in the Bundeswehr
From 1901
- Eduard Ludwig (1906–1960), architect of the airlift memorial
- Gerhard Halbritter (1908–2002), sculptor, draftsman and graphic artist
- Martin Klewitz (1917–2013), art historian
- Gerhard Beetz (1918–2005), Protestant theologian
- Roland Gööck (1923–1991), editor, non-fiction author and lecturer
- Helmut Schreiber (1925–1995), actor
- Hanns Hippius (* 1925), psychiatrist
- Günter Fromm (1926–1994), author of books on railway history
- Hans Jochen Genthe (1927–2020), Protestant theologian, lecturer in the New Testament, church historian and author
- Werner Leich (* 1927), Protestant theologian, former regional bishop of Thuringia
- Sigrid Huss (* 1929), graphic artist
- Manfred Thiele (1929–2015), author, bookseller and art dealer, local researcher and investigative journalist
- Erika Riemann (* 1930), writer
- Max Schmidt (1932–2018), political scientist, peace and conflict researcher
- Heinz Schneider (1932–2007), table tennis player
- Günter Würfel (1934–2010), long-time mayor of the fair, honorary citizen of the city
- Eberhard Heiland (1935–2005), painter
- Widukind Herrmann (1936–2011), soccer referee and referee official
- Werner von Moltke (1936–2019), athlete
- Hans Meinhardt (1938–2016), natural scientist, born in Mühlhausen
- Rainer Basedow (* 1938), actor and cabaret artist
- Ulrich Fickel (* 1941), politician (LDPD, FDP)
- Reinhard Turre (1941–2019), Protestant theologian, Diakonie president
- Reinhard Brudöhl (1943–1965), victim on the inner-German border
- Helmut Forsthoff (* 1944), saxophonist
- Arnd Krüger (* 1944), athlete, sports historian, professor and director of the sports science institute at the University of Göttingen
- Susanne Popp (* 1944), musicologist
- Sonny Hennig (1946–2019), rock musician, radio presenter and author
- Matthias Kaiser (* 1950), author and cook
- Roland Richwien (* 1955), politician (CDU), State Secretary in Thuringian ministries
- Christina Baum (* 1956), politician (AfD), member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg
- Hans-Peter Henning (* 1960), actor
- Christoph Matschie (* 1961), politician (SPD), chairman of the SPD in Thuringia
- Olaf Möller (* 1962), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Cornelia Blattner (* 1964), politician (CDU), member of the state parliament in Saxony
- Guido Kunze (* 1965), extreme athlete
- René Breitbarth (* 1966), boxer
- Marko Vogt (* 1971), radio and television presenter
- Hannes Ackermann (* 1990), freestyle motocross rider
- Elisa Müller (* 1990) soccer player
- Nils Butzen (* 1993), soccer player
- Vanessa Müller (* 1994), soccer player
- Luc Ackermann (* 1998), freestyle motocross driver
Other personalities
- Thomas Müntzer (1489–1525), Reformation leader of the peasants in the Peasants' War in 1525; lived in Mühlhausen at the time of the war, where he was beheaded
- Nikolaus Prugener (1494–1553), theologian; worked in Mühlhausen
- Johann Mantel II (1495–1542), theologian and reformer; worked for some time in Mühlhausen
- Justus Menius (1499–1558), reformer, pastor in the Blasius Church
- Sebastian Boetius (1515–1573), Protestant theologian, pastor in Mühlhausen
- Hieronymus Wolf (1516–1580), humanist, founder of Byzantine Studies; worked in Mühlhausen between 1543 and 1545
- Johann Stössel (1524–1576), theologian and reformer, superintendent of Mühlhausen
- Sebastian Starck (1528–1586), theologian and superintendent of Mühlhausen
- Hieronymus Tilesius (1529–1566), theologian, superintendent and reformer of Mühlhausen
- Joachim a Burck (1546–1610), composer; from 1566 active in the Blasius Church in Mühlhausen
- Georg Andreas Fabricius (1589–1645), scholar, head of the Mühlhausen grammar school between 1626 and 1633
- Benjamin Scharff (1651–1702), German doctor, 1687 to 1689 rector at the school in Mühlhausen
- Johann Friedrich Wender (1655–1729), organ builder; had his workshop in Mühlhausen
- Johann Jakob Lungershausen (1665–1729), theologian, superintendent, school inspector and consistorial councilor in Mühlhausen
- Johann Georg Schröter (1683–1747), organ builder; spent the last year of his life in Mühlhausen, where he also died
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), lived in Mühlhausen between 1707 and 1708
- Benjamin Gottlieb Gerlach (1698–1756), was a German educator and author and lived in Mühlhausen from 1730 to 1738
- Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715–1739), organist; worked in Mühlhausen between 1735 and 1736
- Johann Friedrich Schulze (1793–1858), organ builder; worked in Mühlhausen for a few years
- Friedrich Louis Simon (1800–1877), architect and student of Schinkel; lived and died in Mühlhausen
- Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806–1881), chemist and physicist; worked in Mühlhausen for a few years
- Karl Wilhelm Osterwald (1820–1887), educator and writer; from 1865 rector of the Mühlhausen grammar school
- Bernhard Ziehn (1845–1912), music theorist; worked for several years as a teacher in Mühlhausen
- Anton Ohorn (1846–1924), writer; lived in Mühlhausen between 1872 and 1874
- Hermann Iseke (1856–1907), Eichsfeld local poet; went to school in Mühlhausen
- August Lentze (1860–1945), politician; Mayor of Mühlhausen between 1894 and 1898
- Heinrich Nebelsieck (1861–1950), 1895–1903 pastor of St. Mary's Church in Mühlhausen
- Albert Steinrück (1872–1929), actor; temporarily active at the Mühlhausen Theater
- Georg Raeschke (1884–1963), surgeon, gynecologist and obstetrician in Mühlhausen
- Otto Model (1884–1964), lawyer and publicist; lived in Mühlhausen for a long time
- Karl Hermann (1885–1973), politician (USPD, SPD, SED); Mayor of Mühlhausen between 1948 and 1950
- Hannes Stelzer (1910–1944), actor; worked at the Mühlhausen Theater
- Walter Werneburg (1922–1999), painter; completed his training between 1936 and 1939 in Mühlhausen
- Günter Vogler (* 1933), historian, co-founder of the Thomas Müntzer Society in Mühlhausen
- Dieter Fechner (* 1936), non-fiction author; has lived in Mühlhausen since 1946
- Jost Glase (1936–1990), writer and university professor, lived in Mühlhausen from 1968 until his death
- Eckhard Ohl (1947-2006), politician (SPD); worked in Mühlhausen