List of personalities of the city of Markkleeberg
The list of personalities of the city of Markkleeberg contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Saxon city of Markkleeberg . These are personalities who are honorary citizens of the city, who were born here or in today's districts or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Markkleeberg see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
The city of Markkleeberg grants honorary citizenship to people "who have rendered outstanding service to their fellow human beings, to the common good, to our city and their reputation" in an excellent and exemplary manner. It goes out with death.
- 2000: Jean-Marie Mick (* 1936), former mayor of Pierre-Benite, Markkleeberg's French twin town
- 2008: Zahava Szász Stessel (* 1930), former Hungarian forced laborer in Markkleeberg
- 2010: Manfred Nozar, former mayor of Neusäß , the Bavarian twin town of Markkleeberg
sons and daughters of the town
- Johannes Reinhart (* 1450 in Zöbigker ), Rector of the University of Leipzig
- Valentin Otto (1529–1594), musician and Leipzig Thomaskantor
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener (1714–1771), writer and publicist of the Enlightenment, was born on the manor in what is now the Markkleeberg district of Wachau
- Friedrich Kirchner (1885–1960), General of the Armored Force in World War II, born in Zöbigker
- Karl Rauch (1897–1966), publisher, writer and translator.
- Willy Nebel (1897–1985), professor of mechanical technology and former rector of the Karl-Marx-Stadt University of Mechanical Engineering
- Momme Mommsen (1907–2001), German-American literary scholar and professor in Berlin
- Karl Büchner (1910–1981), classical philologist, professor at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, born in Gaschwitz
- Alexander Arendt (1921–1986), physician
- Hannes Kästner (1929–1993), organist at the Thomaskirche Leipzig
- Brigitte Rabald (1934–2019), pop singer
- Rolf Rademann (* 1934), deacon, retired church music director and honorary citizen of the city of Schwarzenberg
- Matthias Brehme (* 1943), gymnast, two-time Olympic medalist in a team all-round competition
- Jürgen Wieczorek (* 1948), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Robert Förster (* 1978), racing cyclist
Personalities associated with the city
- Statz Friedrich von Fullen (1638–1703), royal Polish and electoral Saxon secret war councilor, married Anna Catharina von Anckelmann in 1660, who owned the manor Markkleeberg
- Johann Friedrich Jacob Reichenbach (1760–1839), classical philologist and educator, died in Zöbigker
- Gottlob Heinrich Adolph Wagner (1774–1835), literary historian, playwright, translator and writer, last lived on the Großstädteln estate , now part of Markkleeberg
- Otto Harrassowitz (1845–1920), antiquarian, publisher and author, died in Gaschwitz
- Paul Emil Flechsig (1847–1929), psychiatrist and brain researcher, is considered one of the "fathers of neuroanatomy", lived in Charlottenstrasse, today Mehringstrasse in Markkleeberg
- Theodor Fritsch (1852–1933), publicist of anti-Semitic writings and politician, MdR, died in Gautzsch
- Paul Herfurth (1855–1937), publisher and politician (NLP), lived and died in Markkleeberg
- Adolf Lehnert (1862–1948), sculptor, lived and worked in Markkleeberg from 1912
- Franz Heinrich Weißbach (1865–1944), an ancient orientalist, retired in Markkleeberg, where he died in a bomb attack in 1944
- Hans Hofmann (1867–1933), cantor, professor and senior teacher in Leipzig, lived from 1910 to 1933 in what is now the Markkleeberg district of Oetzsch
- Paul Rehme (1867–1941), law scholar and university professor, died in Markkleeberg
- Wilhelm Volz (1870–1958), geographer and geologist, died in Markkleeberg
- Leo Rosenberg (1879–1963), civil lawyer and law professor at the University of Leipzig, lived from 1936 to 1938 on Raschwitzer Strasse in Markkleeberg
- Marie Gey-Heinze (1881–1908), painter and graphic artist, lived and died in what is now the Markkleeberg district of Oetzsch
- Maximilian Lambertz (1882–1963), Austrian albanologist, spent his retirement in Markkleeberg
- Josef Hohlbaum (1884–1945), surgeon and university professor in Leipzig and Prague, died in Markkleeberg
- Camillo Ugi (1884–1970), soccer player, lived in Markkleeberg from 1921 and died here
- Franz Dornseiff (1888–1960), classical philologist, died in Markkleeberg
- Otto Herfurth (1893–1944), officer, most recently major general, grew up in Markkleeberg
- Anna Reitler (1894–1948), politician (KPD), MdR, died in Markkleeberg
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944), visited the Karl-Rauch-Verlag and the nursery of the publisher's parents in Markkleeberg-Ost, Bornaische Str. 35 in 1939
- Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002), philosopher and rector of the University of Leipzig, lived in Kastanienweg 1 from 1941 to 1947
- Wolfgang Schadewaldt (1900–1974), literary scholar, classical philologist and translator, lived in Kastanienweg 1 from 1934 to 1941
- Oskar Baumgarten (1907–2008), graduate farmer and university professor, organized and directed the agra agricultural exhibition
- Johannes Muntschick (1921–2007), musician and composer, lived in Markkleeberg
- Siegmund Haunschild (1925–2014), judoka, professor at DHfK, lived in Markkleeberg
- Günter Rössler (1926–2012), photographer, lived and worked in Markkleeberg
- Oskar Brüsewitz (1929–1976), Protestant pastor who, with his public self-immolation in Zeitz, influenced the church and opposition in the GDR; had a shoemaker's workshop at 3 Städtelner Strasse
- Erika Krause (1924–2017) German presenter, quiz master and author. Moderated events at agra in her long-term home in Markkleeberg.
- Gerhard Lehmann (* 1935), sports scientist, lives in Markkleeberg
- Horst Köhler (* 1943), politician (CDU) and economist, Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 2004 to 2010 , lived in Markkleeberg from 1945 until he left the GDR in 1953
- Neo Rauch (* 1960), painter, lives in Markkleeberg
- Else Buschheuer (* 1965) is a German writer, journalist and television presenter, attended the musical-artistic Rudolf-Hildebrand-Gymnasium in Markkleeberg and lived in the boarding school
- Monika Lazar (* 1967), politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Member of the Bundestag, grew up in Markkleeberg
- Nadja Michael (* 1969) opera singer; attended the Rudolf Hildebrand Special School for Music in Markkleeberg and lived in the boarding school
- Anja Jonas (* 1973), politician (FDP), MdL, resident in Markkleeberg
- Oliver Fritzsche (* 1977), politician (CDU), Member of the State Parliament, lives in Markkleeberg
- Sandra "Mo" Krüger (* 1975 in Leipzig), German television presenter, speaker and singer, lives in Markkleeberg
- Robert Burdy (* 1964) presenter and television journalist, lives in Markkleeberg