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
- 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)