List of personalities of the city of Magdeburg

Personalities of the city of Magdeburg whose work is closely connected to the city are recorded here. This only affects personalities who have a connection to Magdeburg in their curriculum vitae. The sons and daughters of the city are recorded separately in the list of sons and daughters of the city of Magdeburg . The list does not claim to be complete.

politics

• Emperor Otto I the Great (born November 23, 912 in Wallhausen ; † May 7, 973 in Memleben ),
  Duke of the Saxons , from 936 King of Eastern France and from 962 Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire .
• Emperor Heinrich II. (* May 6, 973 or 978 in Bad Abbach or Hildesheim , † July 13, 1024 in Grona ),
  since 1002 king of Eastern France and from 1014 emperor of the Holy Roman Empire .
• Georg Kühlewein (* around 1590; † after 1678),
  Mayor of Magdeburg.
• Stephan von Lentke († 1684),
  Mayor of Magdeburg.
• Theodor Timmermann (born August 11, 1627, † January 13, 1700),
  mayor of the Palatinate colony of Magdeburg and pharmacist , previously mayor of Mannheim .
• Peter Sandrart (* around 1656 Strasbourg , † 1722 Magdeburg ), long-time mayor of the Palatinate Colony in Magdeburg (1700–1722), entrepreneur (tobacco manufacturer).
• Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (born May 13, 1753 in Nolay, Burgundy, † August 2, 1823 in Magdeburg),
  French politician, officer and mathematician, lived as an exile from 1815 primarily in Magdeburg
• Johann Gottfried von Cocceji (* 1673 in Heidelberg; † December 18, 1738),
  Prussian privy councilor and district president in Magdeburg.
• Karl Rosenthal (born September 21, 1775; † November 18, 1847),
  long-time mayor of Neustadt near Magdeburg.
• Friedrich Christian Adolf von Motz (born November 18, 1775 in Kassel , † June 30, 1830 in Berlin ),
  Prussian Minister of Finance, Upper President of the Province of Saxony and District President of Magdeburg.
• August Wilhelm Francke (born March 14, 1785 in Carow; † May 23, 1851 in Magdeburg),
  Lord Mayor of Magdeburg.
• Johann Joachim Wachsmann (born February 1, 1787 in Uthmöden near Calvörde , † July 25, 1853 in Barby ),
  choir director at Magdeburg Cathedral and composer
• Carl Gustav Friedrich Hasselbach (born March 21, 1809 in Stettin ; † April 21, 1882 in Magdeburg),
  secret government councilor, local politician and mayor of Magdeburg for over 30 years.
• Karl Gaertner (born September 27, 1823 in Berlin , † January 18, 1886 in Magdeburg),
  engineer , entrepreneur and politician of the National Liberal Party (NLP).
• Bruno Thiem (born November 18, 1823 in Halle (Saale) ; † February 20, 1913 in Magdeburg),
  Mayor of Buckau .
• Julius Bremer (born April 17, 1828 in Wolmirstedt , † November 24, 1894 in Magdeburg),
  was one of the founders of the Magdeburg workers' movement.
• Wilhelm Klees (born March 12, 1841 in Buckau , † December 20, 1922 in Magdeburg),
  pioneer of the labor movement and social democratic politician.
• Hermann Otto Reimarus (born September 29, 1857 in Stettin ; † April 21, 1920 in Magdeburg),
  Lord Mayor of Magdeburg.
• Albert Vater (born March 17, 1859 in Soldin / Neumark ; † February 7, 1923 in Magdeburg),
  social democratic politician and co-founder of the KPD in Magdeburg.
• Carl Miller (born April 6, 1860 in Calbe ; † February 2, 1930 in Magdeburg),
  local politician in Magdeburg.
• Hermann Beims (born April 26, 1863 in Havelah / Goslar district , † December 20, 1931 in Magdeburg),
  Lord Mayor of Magdeburg.
• Alwin Brandes (born June 12, 1866 in Groß-Schönau , † November 6, 1949 in Berlin ),
  SPD politician and union leader.
• Otto Richter (born November 30, 1872 in Querfurt , † April 8, 1927 in Magdeburg),
  SPD politician, co-founder of the Magdeburg building cooperative movement.
• Hans Grade (born May 17, 1879 in Köslin , † October 22, 1946 in Borkheide ),
  former German aviation pioneer - October 28, 1908, first flight with the three-decker on the Anger in Magdeburg.
• Emil R. Müller (born July 25, 1879 in Mühltroff in Voigtland, † March 10, 1950 in Magdeburg),
  SPD politician, writer, editor and poet.
• Otto Baer (born February 1, 1881 in Jerichow ; † April 23, 1966 in Magdeburg),
  Magdeburg local politician and Lord Mayor .
• Maria Kühne (born December 25, 1885 in Barleben , † October 25, 1947 in Magdeburg),
  resistance fighter against National Socialism.
• Marie Arning (born April 19, 1887 in Bramsche ; † September 12, 1957 in Magdeburg),
  social democratic politician and member of the Reichstag .
• Hermann Gieseler (born May 23, 1889 in Aschersleben , † August 25, 1948 in Magdeburg),
  union official.
• Ernst Reuter (born July 29, 1889 in Aabenraa , † September 29, 1953 in Berlin ),
  SPD politician, Mayor of Magdeburg from 1931 to 1933.
• Anna Ebert (born August 31, 1889 in Derben , † March 16, 1947 in Magdeburg), KPD
  politician and member of the Magdeburg city council.
• Johannes Kirsch (* 1891; † 1951),
  KPD politician and anti-fascist .
• Herbert Goldschmidt (born September 1, 1890 in Strehlen ( Silesia ), † 1943 in the Riga concentration camp ),
  Magdeburg local politician.
• Artur Wypochowicz (born January 1, 1893 in Posen , † February 9, 1972 in Magdeburg),
  anti-fascist and local politician .
• Hermann Matern (born June 17, 1893 in Burg ; † January 24, 1971 in Berlin ),
  politician ( KPD , SED ).
• Ernst Wille (born April 20, 1894 in Groß-Ottersleben ; † May 27, 1944 in Neuengamme concentration camp ),
  SPD politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism .
• Walter Kaßner (born June 6, 1894 in Prenzlau ; † November 17, 1970 in Berlin ),
  SED politician and mayor of Magdeburg.
• Konrad Schragmüller (born March 11, 1895 in Östrich ; † July 2, 1934 in Berlin-Lichterfelde),
  officer, SA group leader, police president of Magdeburg and member of the Reichstag of the NSDAP.
• Hubert Materlik (born July 8, 1895 in Eichenau (near Opole ), † July 26, 1944 in Magdeburg),
  resistance fighter against National Socialism , KPD politician.
• Georg Singer (born May 31, 1898; † April 25, 1942 in the Lublin concentration camp ),
  KPD politician and anti-fascist .
• Johann Schellheimer (born February 18, 1899 in Höchst ; † February 5, 1945 in Brandenburg (Havel) ),
  German resistance fighter against National Socialism .
• Martin Schwantes (born August 20, 1904 in Drengfurth near Rastenburg / East Prussia ; † February 5, 1945 in Brandenburg (Havel) ),
  German resistance fighter against National Socialism .
• Emanuel Larisch (born January 1, 1906 in Gleiwitz ; † May 21, 1944 in Buchenwald concentration camp ),
  KPD politician, was involved in the resistance against National Socialism .
• Hugo Launicke (born February 2, 1909 in Roßleben ; † June 6, 1975),
  resistance fighter against National Socialism , later SED politician.
• Hans Hauschulz (born December 1, 1912 in Unterpörlitz , † July 9, 1951 in Magdeburg),
  SED politician.
• Ernst-Joachim Gießmann (born February 12, 1919 in Berlin ; † October 17, 2004),
  Minister for Higher and Technical Education in the GDR .
• Werner Eberlein (born November 9, 1919 in Berlin ; † October 11, 2002),
  German communist , former Politburo member of the SED .
• Hans PH Schuster (born November 11, 1928 in Magdeburg; † August 30, 2010 in Magdeburg) entrepreneur, monument conservator and German politician ( FDP ).
• Willi Polte (born January 11, 1938 in Heyrothsberge ),
  Lord Mayor of Magdeburg from 1990 to 2001.
• Lutz Trümper (born October 1, 1955 in Oschersleben ),
  Lord Mayor of Magdeburg from 2001.
• Jens Ackermann (born July 2, 1975 in Magdeburg), Member of the Bundestag , German politician ( FDP )

military

• Dietrich von Falkenberg (* 1580; † May 20, 1631 in Magdeburg),
  Swedish colonel and military commander of Magdeburg.
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (born September 17, 1730 in Magdeburg, † November 28, 1794 in Utica, New York),
  Prussian officer and American general .
• Heinrich Camin (* 1787 in Hornhausen , † 1848 in Hornhausen),
  officer in the army of the Kingdom of Westphalia and later in the army of Prussia
• Eduard von Fransecky (born November 16, 1807 in Gedern , † May 21, 1890 in Wiesbaden ),
  Prussian general of the infantry .
• Lothar von Trotha (born July 3, 1848 in Magdeburg, † March 31, 1920 in Bonn), Prussian infantry general
• Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin (born November 27, 1851 in Wetzlar , † September 30, 1936 in Magdeburg),
  German infantry general .
• Eugen Lindau (born May 3, 1883 in Magdeburg, † May 10, 1960 in Hamburg), German admiral in World War II.
• Otto-Wilhelm Förster (born March 16, 1885 in Ilmenau , † June 24, 1966 in Walsrode ),
  German general of the pioneers .
• Henning von Tresckow (born January 10, 1901 in Magdeburg, † July 21, 1944 in Ostrów Mazowiecka ), German officer, most recently Major General of the Wehrmacht

religion

see also: List of the Archbishops of Magdeburg

• Adalbert von Magdeburg (* around 910 in Lorraine ; † June 20, 981 in Zscherben ),
  saint , Archbishop of Magdeburg (968–981) and historian.
• Ohtrich (* unknown; † October 7, 981 in Benevento ),
  theologian , philosopher .
• Norbert von Xanten (* 1080/1085 in Gennep or Xanten ; † June 6, 1134 in Magdeburg),
  saint , Archbishop of Magdeburg (1126–1134).
• Ludolf von Kroppenstedt (* possibly in Kroppenstedt ; † August 16, 1205),
  Archbishop of Magdeburg.
• Mechthild von Magdeburg (* around 1208/1210; † 1282 in the Helfta monastery in Eisleben ),
  one of the most important mystics in Central Europe.
• Nikolaus von Amsdorf (born December 3, 1483 in Torgau , † May 14, 1565 in Eisenach ),
  German reformer at the time of Luther .
• Caspar Cruciger (born January 1, 1504 in Leipzig , † 1548 in Wittenberg ),
  theologian and companion of Martin Luther .
• Johann Baumgart (born June 24, 1514 in Meißen , † March 18, 1578 in Magdeburg),
  Lutheran theologian, hymn poet and school dramatist.
• Peter Ulner (born October 18, 1523 in Gladebach ( Netherlands ), † September 6, 1595),
  first Reformed abbot of the Berge monastery near Magdeburg.
• Martin Gallus (* before 1550 possibly Bunzlau ; † 1581 in Magdeburg),
  Protestant theologian ,
  Protestant theologian in the 16th century
• Johannes Starcke (* around 1542 in Schwerte ; † after 1599),
  Protestant theologian and writer (from 1570 in Magdeburg).
• Christian Scriver (born January 2, 1629 in Rendsburg , † April 5, 1693 in Quedlinburg ),
  theologian , inspector of the Holzkreis in Calbe / Saale and hymn poet .
• Johann Adam Steinmetz (September 24, 1689 in Großkniegnitz ; † July 10, 1762 in Prester ),
  Protestant theologian , general superintendent and pietist .
• Ernst Ludwig Pauli (May 29, 1716 in Braunschweig ; † April 21, 1783 in Bernburg ),
  Reformed preacher (1740–1764 Magdeburg)
• Johann Samuel Patzke (born October 24, 1727 in Seelow , † December 14, 1787 in Magdeburg),
  Protestant pastor and writer .
• Friedrich Ernst Vorberg (* 1733 in Cobbel ; † April 1808),
  Protestant theologian, educator and writer.
• Rudolph Friedrich Schultze (born July 21, 1738 in Jerxheim, † January 8, 1791 in Magdeburg),
  Protestant clergyman to St. Petri
• Heinrich Gottlieb Zerrenner (born March 8, 1750 in Wernigerode , † November 10, 1811 in Halberstadt ),
  Protestant theologian and pastor of Magdeburg-Beyendorf, general superintendent and writer .
• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch (born May 30, 1759 in Sudenburg , † March 3, 1831 in Magdeburg),
  Protestant clergyman and botanist
• Franz Bogislaus Westermeier (born August 22, 1773 in Flechtorf , † March 1, 1831 in Magdeburg),
  first Protestant bishop in Magdeburg.
• Bernhard Dräsecke (born January 18, 1774 in Braunschweig , † December 8, 1849 in Potsdam ),
  Protestant theologian , general superintendent and bishop .
• Wilhelm Franz Sintenis (born August 26, 1794 in Dornburg (Gommern) , † January 23, 1859 in Magdeburg ),
  Protestant theologian of rationalism
• Leberecht Uhlich (born February 27, 1799 in Köthen ; † March 23, 1872 in Magdeburg),
  theologian , founder of the Friends of Light and pioneer of the free religious movement .
• Albert Fischer (born April 18, 1829 in Ziesar , † April 27, 1896 in Lemsdorf ),
  Protestant pastor and hymnologist , attended the Magdeburg High School .
• Johannes Karl Friedrich Hesekiel (born May 31, 1835 in Altenburg , † July 21, 1918 in Wernigerode ),
  Protestant theologian .
• Otto Siebert (born July 4, 1869 in Sudenburg ; † January 27, 1963 in Fermersleben ),
  Protestant theologian, philosopher and writer.
• Petrus Legge (born October 16, 1882 in Brakel , † March 9, 1951 in Bautzen ), Provost.
• Christoph Hinz (born January 28, 1928 in Zezenow ; † March 21, 1991 in Magdeburg), Provost.

Arts and Culture

• Martin Agricola (born January 6, 1486 in Schwiebus ; † June 10, 1556 in Magdeburg),
  German music theorist, music teacher and composer of the Renaissance .
• Leonhard Schroeter (* around 1532 in Torgau ; † around 1601 in Magdeburg), composer, cantor at the old town Latin school .
• Gallus Dreßler ( Dressler ) (born October 16, 1533 in Nebra ; † between 1580 and 1589 in Zerbst ),
  composer and music theorist, cantor at the old town Latin school .
• Georg Rollehagen (born April 22, 1542 in Bernau ; † May 20, 1609 in Magdeburg),
  writer, educator and preacher.
• Friedrich Weißensee (* around 1560 in Schwerstedt ( Thuringia ); † 1622 in Altenweddingen near Magdeburg),
  composer, cantor at the old town Latin school .
• Heinrich Grimm (* 1593 in Holzminden ; † July 10, 1637 in Braunschweig ),
  composer and music theorist, cantor at the old town Latin school as well as at St. Johannis and St. Jacobi.
• Balthasar Kindermann (born April 10, 1636 in Zittau , † February 12, 1706 in Magdeburg),
  German poet.
• Menahem Pressler (born December 16, 1923 in Magdeburg),
  pianist and founder of the Beaux Art Trio
• Georg Philipp Telemann (born March 24, 1681 in Magdeburg, † June 25, 1767 in Hamburg),
  German Baroque composer
• Christoph Treutmann (around 1693–1757), master organ builder
• Johann Heinrich Rolle (born December 23, 1716 in Quedlinburg , † December 29, 1785 in Magdeburg),
  composer and music teacher.
• Heinrich Rathmann (born January 10, 1750 in Bergedorf ; † March 14, 1821 in Pechau ),
  historian , educator and Protestant pastor.
• Friedrich von Matthisson (born January 23, 1761 in Hohendodeleben near Magdeburg, † March 12, 1831 in Wörlitz near Dessau ),
  German poet and prose writer.
• Stephan Schütze (born November 1, 1771 in Olvenstedt , † March 19, 1839 in Weimar ),
  German writer .
• Christian Friedrich Ehrlich (born May 7, 1807 in Magdeburg , † May 31, 1887 ibid.),
  Music teacher, composer and pianist.
• Wilhelm Raabe (born September 8, 1831 in Eschershausen ; † November 15, 1910 in Braunschweig ),
  narrator of German realism , lived in Magdeburg from 1849 to 1853.
• Adolf Rettelbusch (born December 15, 1858 in Kammerforst ; † January 8, 1934 in Magdeburg),
  painter.
• Johannes Schlaf (born June 21, 1862 in Querfurt ; † February 2, 1941 in Querfurt),
  playwright, narrator and translator.
• Heinrich Vogeler (born August 25, 1869 in Leipzig, † February 21, 1937 in Magdeburg), theater actor, director and general manager at the United Opera and Drama Theaters in Magdeburg
• Albin Müller (born December 13, 1871 in Dittersbach ( Erzgebirge ), † October 2, 1941 in Darmstadt ),
  architect , educator and designer.
• Bruno Taut (born May 4, 1880 in Königsberg ; † December 24, 1938, Istanbul ),
  German architect and town planner .
• Johannes Göderitz (born May 24, 1888 in Ramsin ; † March 27, 1978 in Braunlage ),
  German architect and town planner.
• Carl Krayl (born April 17, 1890 in Weinsberg , † April 1, 1947 in Werder ),
  German architect .
• Katharina Heise (born May 3, 1891 in Groß Salze (Schönbeck), † October 5, 1964 in Halle (Saale) ),
  sculptor and painter.
• Fritz Maenicke (born October 23, 1892 in Halle (Saale) ; † March 16, 1970 in Magdeburg),
  sculptor and restorer .
• Otto Bernhard Wendler (born December 10, 1895 in Frankenberg / Sa. , † January 7, 1958 in Burg ),
  German writer , 1947–1958 chairman of the Saxony-Anhalt Writers ' Association and Magdeburg district
• Willy Knabe (1896–1967), painter, graphic artist and ex-libris artist
• Jutta Balk (born July 9, 1902 in Riga ; † August 9, 1987 in Magdeburg),
  painter, puppet designer and co-founder of the municipal puppet theater in Magdeburg.
• Alexander Schawinsky (born March 25, 1904 in Basel ; † September 11, 1979 in Locarno ),
  Swiss painter, photographer and set designer.
• Hermann Bruse (born April 5, 1904 in Hamm , † May 25, 1953 in Berlin ),
  painter and graphic artist.
• Nomi Rubel (born January 31, 1910 in Magdeburg, † September 11, 1996 in New York City (USA)),
  German-Jewish writer, director and theater director.
• Herbert Stockmann (born May 15, 1913 in Schönebeck (Elbe) , † November 12, 1947 in Halle an der Saale ),
  painter and graphic artist
• Walter Basan (born August 10, 1920 in Magdeburg; † February 14, 1999 in Magdeburg),
  writer and radio play author
• Werner Kunkel (born July 18, 1922 in Magdeburg; † July 1, 2017 in Braunschweig ),
  painter, draftsman and graphic artist
• Martin Selber (born February 27, 1924 in Dresden; † March 3, 2006 in Domersleben ),
  German writer , 1971–1988 Chairman of the Writers' Association of the Magdeburg District
• Heinrich Apel (born May 5, 1935 in Schwaneberg (Börde), Saxony-Anhalt),
  artist and sculptor living in Magdeburg
• Hella Puhlmann , opera and operetta singer
• Klaus Thunemann (* 1937)
  bassoonist
• Ursula Lillig (born September 2, 1938 in Magdeburg, † June 16, 2004 in Frankfurt am Main ),
  German actress ( Raumpatrouille )
• Manfred Gabriel (born September 22, 1939 in Halle (Saale)), painter and graphic artist, worked for a long time in Magdeburg
• Hans-Günther Pölitz (* 1952 in Waldheim),
  cabaret artist, long-time member of the "Kugelblitze" and founder of the " Magdeburg dilemma "
• Fritz Meinecke (* 1989 in Magdeburg), German web video producer , adventurer and urban explorer

economy

• Matthias Wrede (born November 10, 1614; † January 23, 1678 in Magdeburg),
  businessman and founder of the Wredeschen Poor Foundation
• Moyse Garrigue (the elder) (* 1663 in Mazamet ; † October 8, 1715 Magdeburg) jeweler and trader, citizen of the French colony of Magdeburg and head of the French Reformed Church.
• Georg Sandrart (born May 15, 1665 in Strasbourg, † October 8, 1727 in Magdeburg) merchant and tobacco manufacturer.
• Jacques Garrigue (* 1677 in Mazamet , Languedoc, France; † August 24, 1730 in Magdeburg) was a jeweler and church councilor (ancien) of the French Reformed Church in Magdeburg.
• Ernst Christoph Helle (born August 9, 1759 in Neuhaldensleben ; † October 1, 1826 in Magdeburg),
  factory owner, businessman and local politician.
• Johann Gottlob Nathusius (born April 30, 1760 in Baruth / Mark ( Niederlausitz ), † July 23, 1835 in Althaldensleben ),
  royal merchant and industrialist.
• Ernst Carl Helle (born December 5, 1794 - † July 19, 1850),
  sugar manufacturer in Sudenburg near Magdeburg.
• Christian Friedrich Budenberg (born December 21, 1815 in Auf der Hobe near Neuenkirchen ; † September 11, 1883 in Buckau ),
  entrepreneur and co-founder of the mechanical engineering company Schaeffer and Budenberg .
• Bernhard Schäffer (born March 6, 1823 in Gohfeld ( Westphalia ), † December 20, 1877 in Magdeburg),
  mechanic, inventor and manufacturer.
• Heinrich Ludwig Banck (March 5, 1826 - June 19, 1895),
  banker and merchant.
• Gisela Fuchs (born April 18, 1928 in Ilsenburg ),
  operations director of VEB “Progress” Magdeburg, member of the People's Chamber of the GDR.
• Richard Toepffer (born May 27, 1840 in Stettin , † June 19, 1919 in Magdeburg),
  German industrialist. He was instrumental in the introduction of the steam plow and steam threshing in Germany.
• Kurt Sorge (born July 28, 1855 in Zwickau , † September 9, 1928 in Berlin ),
  industrialist and chairman of several business associations.
• Gerhard Korte (born January 28, 1858 in Celle ; † February 2, 1945 in Magdeburg),
  mine operator, businessman and chairman of the German Potash Advisory Board .
• Martin Erich Wilhelm Fräsdorff (born August 3, 1881 in Magdeburg; † September 14, 1966 there),
  entrepreneur who worked in the spice and coffee industry in Magdeburg for over 60 years.

science

• Otto von Guericke (born November 30, 1602 in Magdeburg, † May 21, 1686 in Hamburg ), German scientist, inventor, politician, lawyer, physicist and mayor; Founder of vacuum technology
• Johann Esaias Silberschlag (born November 16, 1721 in Aschersleben , † November 22, 1791 in Berlin ), natural scientist and theologian.
• Georg Christoph Silberschlag (* 1731; † 1790), natural scientist and teacher. He discovered the atmosphere of Venus in the observatory of the Berge monastery .
• Friedrich Haase (philologist) (born January 4, 1808 in Magdeburg, † August 16, 1867 in Breslau), classical philologist.
• Hermann Paul (born August 7, 1846 in Salbke ; † December 29, 1921 in Munich ), Germanist; important representative of the young grammarians
• Otto Schmeil (born February 3, 1860 in Großkugel near Schkeuditz , † February 3, 1943 in Heidelberg ), German biologist, educator and author.
• Erich Marcks (born November 17, 1861 in Magdeburg † November 22, 1938 in Berlin ), German historian, professor for modern and recent history
• Gustav Ricker (born November 2, 1870 in Hadamar ( Hessen-Nassau ), † September 23, 1948 in Dresden ), scientist and doctor.
• Thomas Höhle (born December 10, 1926 in Aue (Saxony) ; † January 9, 2012 in Magdeburg ), German literary scholar, em. Professor at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg .
• Ulrich Gabbert (born April 11, 1947 in Magdeburg ), professor at the TH Magdeburg and Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg .

medicine

• Doctor Eisenbarth (born March 27, 1663 in Oberviechtach ; † November 11, 1727 in Hannoversch Münden ), craft surgeon, surgeon and star engraver.
• Friedrich Simon Morgenstern (born January 31, 1727 in Halle an der Saale ; † August 21, 1782 in Magdeburg), doctor and city physician.
• Maria Neide (* 1780 in Wettin ; † October 24, 1831 in Magdeburg), nurse who died in the fight against the cholera epidemic.
• Eduard Dohlhoff (born July 24, 1799 in Halle an der Saale , † May 27, 1852 in Magdeburg), doctor and medical advisor.
• Werner Hagedorn (born July 2, 1831 in Westhausen near Heiligenstadt , † June 9, 1894 in Magdeburg), German surgeon .
• Johannes Benjamin Brennecke (born November 2, 1849 in Cröchern ; † July 30, 1931 in Magdeburg), secret medical council and doctor .
• Friedrich Robert Kretschmann (born May 20, 1858 in Wolmirstedt ; † November 8, 1934 in Magdeburg), doctor and secret medical councilor .
• Ernst Thesing (born March 13, 1874 at Gut Wickerau (Baumgarten community) near Barten , Rastenburg district , East Prussia province ; † January 3, 1954 in Magdeburg ), Prussian officer, doctor, town doctor, school doctor and author
• Albert Uffenheimer (born May 24, 1876 in Fürth ; † April 1941 in Albany / USA ), doctor .
• Max Otten (born July 25, 1877 in Lima ( Peru ); † September 5, 1962 in Wernigerode ), doctor, pioneer of occupational medicine.
• Gyula Grosz (born October 31, 1878 in Magdeburg; † June 30, 1959 in Magdeburg), doctor.
• Otto Josef Schlein (born June 19, 1895 in Laurahütte , † October 3, 1944 in Auschwitz ), Jewish doctor and communist.

Sports

• Christian Georg Kohlrausch (born April 2, 1851 in Benneckenstein, Harz , † December 11, 1934 in Halberstadt ), German gymnastics teacher, rediscovery of the discus throw
• Wolfgang Seguin (born September 14, 1945 in Burg ), football player of the GDR
• Jürgen Sparwasser (born June 4, 1948 in Halberstadt ), soccer player of the GDR
• Joachim Streich (born April 13, 1951 in Wismar ), soccer player of the GDR
• Jürgen Pommerenke (born January 22, 1953 in Wegeleben ), soccer player of the GDR
• Dagmar Hase (born December 22, 1969 in Quedlinburg ), Olympic champion in swimming
• André Willms (born September 18, 1972 in Burg ), rower
• Stefan Kretzschmar (born February 17, 1973 in Leipzig ), German handball player
• Manuela Lutze (born March 20, 1974 in Blankenburg ), Olympic champion in rowing
• Antje Buschschulte (born December 27, 1978 in West Berlin ), world swimmer champion
• Andreas Ihle (born June 2, 1979 in Bad Dürrenberg ), Olympic champion in canoe racing
• Robert Stieglitz (born June 20, 1981 in Jeisk , Soviet Union ), professional boxer
• Conny Waßmuth , (April 13, 1983 in Halle (Saale) ), Olympic champion in canoe racing
• Helge Meeuw (born August 29, 1984 in Wiesbaden ), European swimming champion
• Marcel Schmelzer (born January 22, 1988 in Magdeburg ), German football player
• Frank Schauer (born April 2, 1989 in Kalbe (Milde) ), German marathon champion

Others

• Queen Editha (* approx. 910; † January 29, 946 in Magdeburg),
  first wife of the future Emperor Otto I the Great .
• Eike von Repgow (* approx. 1180; † approx. 1235),
  Ministerialer , author of the Sachsenspiegel .
• Berthold Schwiesau
  founded the Schwiesau Hospital in 1471 .
• Michael Lotter (* around 1499 in Leipzig , † after 1556 in Magdeburg),
  printer .
• Andreas Kritzmann (* unknown; † March 9, 1551 in Magdeburg),
  gunsmith , folk hero in Magdeburg.
• Johann Bernhard Basedow (born September 11, 1724 in Hamburg ; † July 25, 1790 in Magdeburg),
  German educator and writer .
• Friedrich Gabriel Resewitz (born March 9, 1729 in Berlin ; † October 30, 1806 in Buckau in the monastery of St. John the Baptist on the Mountain ),
  abbot, educator and educational politician.
• Gotthilf Sebastian Rötger (* May 5, 1749 in Klein Germersleben , † May 16, 1831 in Magdeburg)
  pedagogue and head of the well-known pedagogy at the monastery of Our Dear Women .
• Johannes Münze (born March 26, 1823 in Cologne , † May 22, 1868 in Magdeburg),
  pioneer of the German labor movement.
• Gustav Adolf Pfeiffer (born November 15, 1837 in Lentschen near Posen , † December 7, 1902 in Magdeburg),
  Protestant pastor and founder of the Pfeiffer Foundations .
• Ferdinand Friedrich Weichsel (born March 12, 1788 in Laublingen ; † February 4, 1854 in Magdeburg),
  lawyer and politician
• Albert Schulz , pseudonym San-Marte , (born May 18, 1802 in Schwedt / Oder ; † June 3, 1893 in Magdeburg)
  administrative lawyer, poet, Germanist and literary historian, councilor in Magdeburg.
• Paul Jakob Theodor Kozlowski (born January 5, 1824 in Berlin ; † November 24, 1905 in Eberswalde ),
  secret senior building officer and Elbe electricity construction director.
• George Adalbert von Mülverstedt (born July 4, 1825 in Neufahrwasser , † September 29, 1914 in Magdeburg),
  archivist and historian .
• Paul Viktor Niemeyer (born September 22, 1827 in Halle (Saale) , † December 10, 1901 in Weimar ),
  garden architect and garden director of the city of Magdeburg.
• Ida Lücke (née Deneke ) (born March 13, 1838; † after 1914),
  founded several foundations in the Magdeburg region.
• Christian August Peicke (born October 23, 1846 in Groß-Ottersleben ; † February 14, 1939 in Groß-Ottersleben),
  local researcher.
• Eduard Ausfeld (born May 27, 1850 in Schnepfenthal ; † April 4, 1906 in Magdeburg),
  archivist and historian.
• Johann Gottlieb Schoch (born February 1, 1853 in Wörlitz , † October 8, 1905 in Magdeburg),
  garden architect and garden director of the city of Magdeburg.
• Walter Friedensburg (born March 6, 1855 in Hamburg ; † February 19, 1938 in Wernigerode ),
  archivist and historian.
• Georg Winter (born February 3, 1856 in Breslau , † September 1, 1912 in Magdeburg),
  archivist and historian .
• Arthur Ruppin (born March 1, 1876 in Rawitsch near Posen , † January 1, 1943 in Jerusalem ),
  Jewish sociologist, Zionist, pioneer of the founding of the city of Tel Aviv .
• Hans Löscher (born April 19, 1881 in Dresden ; † May 7, 1946 in Dresden),
  educator and writer .
• Ehrengard Frank-Schultz (born March 23, 1885 in Magdeburg; † December 8, 1944 in Plötzensee prison, Berlin), deaconess and victim of the Nazi war justice system.
• Karl Wagner (born May 25, 1891 in Voigtstedt near Artern ; † December 25, 1965),
  communist and opponent of National Socialism .
• Georg Meyer (born January 11, 1893 in Bremen ; † September 15, 1926 in Magdeburg),
  successful fighter pilot in World War I and head of the air shipping company pilot school in Magdeburg
• Johann Waldbach (born February 29, 1920 in Reinschdorf ; † June 17, 1953 in Magdeburg),
  employee of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR , victim of the popular uprising of June 17, 1953.
• Georg Gaidzik (born February 9, 1921 in Mechtal ( Upper Silesia ), † June 17, 1953 in Magdeburg),
  people's policeman , victim of the popular uprising of June 17, 1953 in the GDR .
• Rolf Opitz (born October 24, 1942; † June 25, 2005 in Berlin ),
  chairman of a Magdeburg housing association; is considered the initiator of the Green Citadel in Magdeburg.
• Thorsten Lamprecht (born September 19, 1968 - † May 11, 1992 in Magdeburg),
  was killed in the course of an attack by right-wing extremist youth in the Magdeburg-Cracau district .

See also

• List of sons and daughters of the city of Magdeburg
• List of Magdeburg police presidents