List of personalities from the city of Riesa

The list of personalities of the city of Riesa contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Saxon city of Riesa . These are personalities who were born here or who worked here.

For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Riesa, see the corresponding local articles.

sons and daughters of the town

Dieter Noll (1966)

Raimund von Pape (1798–1850), administrative officer
Johann Georg von Welck (1839–1912), administrative officer
Adolph von Carlowitz (1858–1928), Saxon officer, infantry general and minister of war
Johannes Müller (1864–1949), Protestant theologian
Max Schreiber (1869–1929), farmer and politician (German Reform Party, DNVP, SLV), born in Leutewitz
Otto Walcha (1901–1968), painter, writer, archivist
Benno Roth (1903–1983), Austrian father of the Benedictine Abbey of Seckau as well as educator and church historian
Bernhard Krüger (1904–1989), SS-Sturmbannführer
Horst Naumann (1908–1990), painter and graphic artist
Paul Rumpelt (1909–1961), intelligence officer, head of Department XIV of the Ministry of State Security
Rolf Moebius (1915-2004), actor
Heinz Werner (* 1916), soccer goalkeeper and coach
Gerhard Zschäbitz (1920–1970), Marxist historian and editor
Dieter Noll (1927–2008), writer
Benno Werth (1929–2015), sculptor and painter and former university professor in Aachen
Wolfram Schwabhäuser (1931–1985), mathematical logician who dealt with model theory
Adolf Niggemeier (* 1931), politician (CDU of the GDR) and lawyer
Siegfried Niese (* 1932), professor of chemical analysis
Ulrich Wolf (1933–2017), biologist and human geneticist
Karl-Heinz Rädler (1935–2020), astrophysicist and geophysicist
Wolfgang Hückel (1936–2019), diplomat, 1st Embassy Secretary in the People's Republic of Congo, then Ambassador to Chad (1979–82)
Siegfried Altmann (* 1936), engineer and professor of electrical engineering
Achim Plato (* 1936), actor and director
Werner Krause (* 1938), graduate engineer and university professor
Gernot Weser (1938–2015), motorcycle racing driver
Klaus Tonndorf (1939–2020), politician (Neues Forum)
Frank Obermann (1944–1995), actor
W. Jens Zeller (* 1944), physician and politician (AfD)
Michael Albrecht (* 1947), politician (CDU)
Hans-Jürgen Joseph (* 1950), lawyer, attorney general of the GDR
Jürgen Schmieder (* 1952), politician (FDP)
Monika Zehren (* 1952), track and field athlete
Wolfgang Kühne (1953–2008), voice actor, actor, screenwriter, director and lecturer
Roland Hahnemann (* 1954), politician (independent)
Jürgen Schön (* 1956), sculptor
Roswitha Beier (* 1956), swimmer
Olaf Jentzsch (* 1958), racing cyclist
Andreas Wolf (* 1958), soccer player
Andreas Lau (* 1959), sports scientist, university professor and basketball official
Peter Ritter (* 1959), politician (Die Linke)
Heiko Peschke (* 1963), soccer player
Andreas Leo Grapatin (* 1963), politician (CDU)
Ulf Kirsten (* 1965), soccer player
Astrid Harzbecker (* 1965), pop singer
Elke Hauck (* 1967), film director
Rüdiger Heinze (* 1971), film producer and screenwriter
Heike Geißler (* 1977), writer
Christoph Walther (* 1978) and Stefan Schramm (* 1979), music cabaret performers in the duo " Zärtitäten mit Freunde "
Marcel Gebhardt (* 1979), soccer player and club official
Maik Wagefeld (* 1981), soccer player
Romy Logsch (* 1982), bobsledder
André Pollmächer (* 1983), long-distance runner
Rico Stöcker (born April 26, 1985), former heavyweight boxer
Lydia Neumann (* 1986), soccer player
Kerstin Thiele (* 1986), judoka and Olympian
Benjamin Kirsten (* 1987), soccer player
Tom Nattermann (* 1993), soccer player
Maximilian Arnold (* 1994), soccer player
Turgay Gemicibaşi (* 1996), football player

Personalities associated with the city

Christoph Felgenhauer (* before 1604; † November 30, 1639), councilor and raft director, owner of the Riesa manor since 1621
Rudolf Stempel (born April 25, 1879 in Pulsnitz, † October 19, 1936 in Leipzig), pastor in Gröba and martyr of the Evangelical Church
Ludwig Koch (* 1908; † after 1941), football coach (1934 ff.) At Riesaer SV
Alfred Mirtschin (born January 2, 1892 in Dresden; † November 19, 1962 in Riesa), local researcher and co-founder of the Riesaer Heimatmuseum
Willi Arlt (born October 27, 1919 in Bobersen; † July 27, 1947), football player
Walter Fritzsch (born November 21, 1920 in Planitz; † October 15, 1997 in Dresden), football coach (1958) at Stahl Riesa
Max Hübner (born February 27, 1927 in Breitenhain), member of the People's Chamber of the GDR
Karl Schäffner (born December 29, 1931 in Apolda; † June 8, 1995 in Berlin), football coach (1970–72) TSV Stahl Riesa
Horst Barth (born August 19, 1933 in Torgau; † November 2, 2018 in Riesa), teacher and politician (FDP), Lord Mayor of Riesa (1990-2001)
Klaus Lehmann (born December 30, 1939 in Prestewitz), football player
Günter Guttmann (born April 12, 1940 in Markt-Bohrau; † March 29, 2008 in Prenzlau), football coach (1973-82) at Stahl Riesa
Peter Kohl (born January 29, 1942 in Hohenmölsen), football coach (1982–85) at Stahl Riesa
Wolfgang Lischke (born July 4, 1947), former football player
Frieder Andrich (born July 22, 1948 in Röderau), former soccer player
Lothar Kurbjuweit (born November 6, 1950 in Seerhausen), former football player
Claus Boden (born October 7, 1951 in Dresden), former football player
Gerd Schädlich (born December 30, 1952 in Rodewisch), football coach (1990–91) at Stahl Riesa
Gerti Töpfer (born June 30, 1953 in Elbingerode), Lord Mayor of Riesa (2003-14)
Peter Kotte (born December 8, 1954 in Lötzschen near Großenhain), former football player
Frank Dünger (born October 27, 1961 in Neumark; † October 7, 2006), former football player
Harald Czudaj (born February 14, 1963 in Wermsdorf), bobsledder and entrepreneur
Wolfram Köhler (born March 8, 1968 in Templin), Lord Mayor of Riesa (2001–03)
Ralf Hauptmann (born September 20, 1968 in Eberswalde), football player
Rico Glaubitz (born April 10, 1973 in Dresden), football player
Marcus Hesse (born March 22, 1984 in Dresden), football player
Manuel and his friends (Elektrik Cloud Core Band)