List of personalities of the city of Saarbrücken
This list contains personalities born in Saarbrücken as well as those who had their sphere of activity in Saarbrücken without having been born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth.
Personalities born in Saarbrücken
Until 1800
- Johann Andreae (around 1570 - 1645), registrar and court historiographer
- Johann Eberhard zu Eltz (1594–?), Chancellor
- Ludwig Heinrich von Nassau-Dillenburg (1594–1662), count, from 1652 prince, of Nassau-Dillenburg
- Johann (Nassau-Idstein) (1603–1677), Count of Nassau and Idstein and Protestant regent
- Ernst Casimir von Nassau-Weilburg (1607–1655), Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- Gustav Adolf (1632–1677), Count of Saarbrücken
- Ludwig Kraft (1663–1713), son of Count Gustav Adolf of Nassau-Saarbrücken
- Karl Ludwig (1665–1723), son of Count Gustav Adolf von Nassau-Saarbrücken
- August Karl Wilhelm Weissenbruch (1744–1826), one of the first encyclopedists
- Ludwig (1745–1794), Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
- Johann Jacob Röchling (1746–1822), merchant, mayor of Old Saarbrücken and Völklingen
- Christian Heinrich Quien the Elder (1750–1831), merchant and mayor of Old Saarbrücken
- Johann Ludwig Schmidtborn (1754–1804), merchant and mayor of Old Saarbrücken
- Karl Kaspar Pitz (1756–1795), painter
- Johann Sebastian Bruch (1759–1828), businessman, local politician, judge and mayor of old Saarbrücken
- Johann Friedrich Köllner (1764–1853), reformed pastor, educator, local historian and mayor of old Saarbrücken
- Carl Wilhelm von Günderrode (1765–1823), forester and politician
- Heinrich Thomas von Karcher (1773-1824), diplomat
- Johann Heinrich Graeser (1774–1857), engineer and miner
- Karl Lauckhard (* 1776), administrative officer, notary, local politician and mayor of old Saarbrücken
- August Ludwig Reuther (1780–1855), merchant and mayor of old Saarbrücken
- Friedrich Haldy (1788–1844), businessman, local politician and Saarbrücken mayor
- Heinrich Kraemer (1789–1867), iron industrialist
- Adolph Graf von Ottweiler (1789–1812), son of Duke Ludwig von Nassau-Saarbrücken and participant in the Russian campaign in 1812
- Johann Carl Schmidtborn (1794–1877), businessman, politician and mayor of Saarbrücken
- Philipp Zimmermann (1796–1850), librarian and patron
- Friedrich Carl Bentz (1799–1864), businessman, local politician and mayor of Sankt Johann
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Georg Adolf Schwinn (1815–1892), entrepreneur and politician
- Karl Karcher (1818–1868), merchant, landowner and mayor of Sankt Johann
- Wilhelm Heinrich Kewenig (1818–1889), President of the Regional Court and member of the Prussian House of Representatives
- Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819–1898), composer, born in Gouffontain (Schafbrücke)
- Gustav Bruch (1822–1899), brewery owner and politician
- Adolf Achenbach (1825–1903), civil servant and mining captain
- Emil Haldy (1826–1901), secret councilor, local politician and industrialist
- Carl Röchling (1827–1910), industrialist
- Heinrich von Achenbach (1829–1899), mining lawyer and politician
- Ludwig Lautz (1830–1884), banker and politician
- Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg (1836–1901), coal and steel industrialist and politician
- Georg Heckel (1839–1899), merchant and benefactor of Malstatt
- Eduard von Kehler (1843–1910), Lieutenant General
- Guido Karcher (1844–1905), admiral
- August Carl Klein (1847–1920), politician and acting mayor of Saarbrücken
- Samuel Brandt (1848–1938), classical philologist
- Friedrich Schmitz (1850–1895), botanist
1851 to 1900
- August Windeck (1853–1933), Mayor, MdR
- Julius Becker (around 1854 – after 1905), ran amok
- Edmond Pottier (1855–1934), French art historian and archaeologist
- Carl Röchling (1855–1920), painter and illustrator
- Harry von Wright (1859–1925), Prussian lieutenant general
- Ernst Heckel (1861–1949), industrialist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch (1868–1955), anatomist
- Johann Jacob Haßlacher (1869–1940), steel industrialist, MdR
- Carl Klein (1873–1934), architect, first state curator of the Saarland
- Ludwig Friedrich Karl Berg (1874–1939), Catholic clergyman
- Robert Laugs (1875–1942), Kapellmeister and conductor
- Rudolf Drawe (1877–1967), professor of fuel technology
- Karl Lohmeyer (1878–1957), art historian
- Karl Raabe (1879–1953), industrialist
- Franz Hofer (1882–1945), film director
- Richard Becker (1884–1969), politician
- Walther Poppelreuter (1886–1939), neurologist and psychiatrist
- Georg Blank (1887–1966), lawyer, politician and second mayor of the city of Neunkirchen
- Michael Schulien (1888–1968), Catholic priest, missionary and papal visitor
- Alfred Sturm (1888–1962), Lieutenant General
- Margot Benary-Isbert (1889–1979), author
- Paul Georg Ehrhardt (1889–1961), engineer, test pilot, author of hunting and pilot books
- Karl Brück (1895–1964), Gauleiter of the NSDAP
- Julius Lips (1895–1950), ethnologist and sociologist
- Maximiliane Ackers (1896–1982), writer, screenwriter and actress
- Hans-Ulrich Back (1896–1976), major general
- Hans Wagner (1896–1967), Lieutenant General
- Heinrich Held (1897–1957), theologian
- Ly Klein (1898–1968), painter
- Curt Seibert (1898–1975), writer
- Peter Altmeier (1899–1977), politician
- Heinrich Detjen (1899–1968), politician
- Walter Dürrfeld (1899–1967), graduate engineer, manager of the Buna plant
- Heinrich Wagner (1899–1953), Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG
- Karl Elgas (1900–1985), politician
- Fritz Neumeyer (1900–1983), harpsichordist, pianist, musicologist and composer
20th century
1901 to 1910
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- Franz Ruland (1901–1964), politician
- Robert Carl (1902–1987), composer, conductor and music publisher
- Alfred Ibach (1902–1948), dramaturge, actor, publisher and author
- Max Ophüls (1902–1957), film director
- Claus Seibert (1902–1977), lawyer and judge
- Karl Steinhauer (1902–1981), politician
- Peter Klassen (1903–1989), diplomat
- Marta Kuhn-Weber (1903–1990), painter, sculptor and doll maker
- Hanns Schloß (1903–1986), engineer and politician
- Edgar Jené (1904–1984), painter, graphic artist and surrealist
- Mathias Ludwig Schroeder (1904–1950), working-class writer
- Peter Clemens (1905–1981), politician
- Rudolf Schmeer (1905–1966), politician (NSDAP)
- Hanns Altmeier (1906–1979), painter and art teacher
- Ernst-Ludwig Loewel (1906–1997), fruit grower in the old country
- Hans Pink (1906–1974), politician
- Hermann Otto Sleumer (1906–1993), German-Dutch botanist
- Wolfgang Staudte (1906–1984), film director
- Fritz Ries (1907–1977), industrialist, lawyer and royal Moroccan honorary consul
- Heinrich Schneider (1907–1974), politician
- Heinrich Matz (1908–1945), communist resistance fighter against National Socialism and victims of National Socialism
- Egon Reinert (1908–1959), lawyer and politician
- Paul Simon (1908–1947), politician
- Ernst Braun (1909–1994), tailor, youth association functionary (SAJ), Spain fighter, concentration camp prisoner in Buchenwald, local and state politician (BDS / SPD / SED), head of the Thuringian police and cultural functionary
- Hermann Gombert (1909–2001), art historian
- Georg Schneider (1909–1970), teacher, KPD / SED functionary and university professor in Jena
- Rudolf Kerner (1910–1998), SS-Hauptsturmführer and detective inspector
- Walter Schellenberg (1910–1952), SS brigade leader and major general
- Gerhard Schröder (1910–1989), politician (CDU)
1911 to 1920
- Wilhelm Sold (1911–1995), football player
- Kurt Craemer (1912–1961), painter, designer and illustrator
- Fritz Hellwig (1912–2017), politician
- Karl Heinz Bolay (1914–1993), writer and poet
- Nikolaus Schreiner (1914–2007), politician
- Käthe Kirschmann (1915–2002), resistance fighter
- Ernst Schäfer (1915–1973), politician
- Otto Steinert (1915–1978), photographer
- Heinrich Bollinger (1916–1990), resistance fighter, professor of philosophy
- Eduard W. Diehl (1917–2003), doctor and entomologist
- Wilhelm Bollinger (1919–1975), resistance fighter, chemist
- Karl Schmieden (1919–1946), German SS member and war criminal
1921 to 1930
- Edith Braun (1921–2016), author and dialect researcher
- Otto Braun-Falco (1922–2018), doctor and dermatologist
- Günther Jahr (1923–2007), lawyer
- Frédéric Back (1924–2013), Canadian film animator and animation director
- Hans Schmitt (1924–1995), pianist
- Kurt Schmitt (1924–1992), pianist
- Kurt Zimmer (1924–2008), canoeist
- Joachim Kopper (1925–2013), philosopher and university professor
- Frederic Vester (1925–2003), biochemist, environmental expert and author
- Rudolf Arens (1926–1991), grassland scientist
- Roger Guérin (1926-2010), French jazz trumpeter and singer
- Roland Stigulinszky (* 1926), graphic artist, caricaturist and satirist
- Tzvi Avni (* 1927), Israeli composer
- Lutwin Beck (* 1927), gynecologist and obstetrician
- Werner Biel (1927-2006), rower
- Volkmar Gross (1927–1992), artist
- Manfred Güthler (* 1927), painter, graphic artist and graduate designer
- Hans-Klaus Heinz (1927–2004), Protestant pastor and composer
- Walter Henn (1927–2004), politician
- Otto Lackenmacher (1927–1988), painter
- Paul Schneider (* 1927), sculptor
- Hans Stiff (1927–2016), journalist and newspaper publisher
- Otto Düben (1928–2018), radio play director
- Heinrich Heß (1928–1993), canoeist
- Karl August Schleiden (1928–2009), philologist, city historian, publisher and author
- Marianne Schultz-Hector (* 1929), politician
- Dieter Heinz (1930–2017), architect and curator
- Arno Krause (1930–2018), founder and chairman of the European Academy in Otzenhausen
- Georg Mascetti (1930–1982), swimmer
- Hanns Peters (1930–2015), rower and Catholic association official
- Hans Schröder (1930–2010), sculptor and painter
- Karl Stephan (* 1930), process engineer and university lecturer
1931 to 1940
- Ingrid Biedenkopf (* 1931), wife of the Saxon Prime Minister Kurt Biedenkopf
- Kilian Breier (1931–2011), photographer
- Rut Rex (* 1931), singer, actress and musical artist
- Günther Büch (1932–1977), theater director
- Hans-Ludwig Jessberger (1932–2001), civil engineer for foundation engineering
- Georg Keßler (* 1932), soccer player and coach
- Gerd Boder (1933–1992), composer
- Willy Schäfer (1933–2011), actor and voice actor
- Claus Vogel (1933–2012), Indologist and Tibetologist
- Günter Herrmann (1934–2012), football player
- Werner Hoppe (1934-2010), wrestler
- Gerhard Stuby (1934–2020), lawyer and professor at the University of Bremen
- Carlo Weber (1934–2014), architect and university professor
- Ernst Alt (1935–2013), painter and sculptor
- Klaus-Dieter Becker (* 1935), mathematician and physicist in Saarbrücken
- Siegfried Kessler (1935–2007), French pianist and composer
- Eva Graf (1936–2001), table tennis player
- Gerhard Löh (* 1936), chess player
- Georg Adolf Schnarr (1936–2010), lawyer, member of the state parliament and football official
- Fritz Arend (1937–1998), painter, glass painter and picture maker
- Hans Jürgen Drumm (1937–2018), economist
- Helga Hoffmann (* 1937), track and field athlete
- Rolf Lacour (1937-2018), wrestler
- Helga Mees (1937-2014), fencer
- Peter Jan Pahl (* 1937), civil engineer
- Gerhard Podskalsky (1937–2013), Byzantinist, Slavist and theologian
- Rolf Riehm (* 1937), composer
- Erhard Roy Wiehn (* 1937), sociologist
- Ingrid Caven (* 1938), chanson singer and actress
- Wolfgang Gerber (* 1938), judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Horst Franz Kern (* 1938), doctor and biologist
- Werner Klinnert (1938–2006), chemist and politician
- Marie-Luise Scherer (* 1938), writer
- Claus Dieter Clausnitzer (* 1939), actor
- Liesel Jakobi (* 1939), track and field athlete
- Ellen Marx (* 1939), artist and book author
- Erwin Trouvain (1940-1982), wrestler
1941 to 1950
- Lukas Kramer (* 1941), painter
- Jürgen Schmidt (* 1941), Rector
- Werner Schreiber (* 1941), politician
- Klaus Ahlheim (1942–2020), educational scientist
- Wolfgang Haubrichs (* 1942), German medievalist and name researcher
- Ulrike Kolb (* 1942), writer
- Franz Ruland (* 1942), lawyer
- Trudeliese Schmidt (1942–2004), opera singer
- Rüdiger Weigang (* 1942), actor
- Ursula Seiler-Albring (* 1943), politician
- Jürgen Rischar (* 1944), politician
- Waltraud Schiffels (* 1944), writer and Germanist
- Alfred Werner Maurer (* 1945), architect, archaeologist and art historian
- Margit Otto-Crépin (1945–2020), French dressage rider
- Heinrich Hettrich (* 1947), Indo-Europeanist and university professor
- Karl-Ludwig Kunz (* 1947), German-Swiss legal scholar and criminologist
- Lothar Schnitzler (* 1947), politician
- Joachim Bitterlich (* 1948), diplomat
- Reiner Braun (* 1948 in the Brebach-Fechingen district), politician
- Jürgen Brosius (* 1948), molecular geneticist and evolutionary biologist
- Martin R. Becker (* 1949), visual artist
- Hans-Jürgen Dick (* 1949), officer, general staff doctor and head of the Bundeswehr Medical Service
- Hendrik Fassmann (* 1949), social scientist and rehabilitation scientist
- Charly Marks (* 1949), pop singer and guitarist
- Liliane von Rönn (* 1949), dominatrix, prostitute and women's rights activist
- Norbert Schaeffer (1949–2020), radio play author and director
- Hubert Seiwert (* 1949), religious scholar and historian of religion
- Hans-Peter Annen (* 1950), diplomat
- Rainer Grün (1950–2010), politician
- Horst Hinschberger (* 1950), politician and president of 1. FC Saarbrücken
- Mathilde Koller (* 1950), lawyer, President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia
- Erika Ober (* 1950), politician
- Joachim Schumacher (* 1950), photographer
1951 to 1960
- Ilona Christen (1951–2009), German-Swiss television and radio presenter
- Peter Jacoby (* 1951), politician
- Michael Kunzler (1951–2014), professor of liturgical science
- Egbert Baqué (* 1952), gallery owner, author and translator
- Christoph Hubig (* 1952), philosopher
- Horst Hübsch (1952–2001), artist
- Stefan Koppelkamm (* 1952), graphic designer, exhibition designer, photographer, author and university lecturer
- Michael Karr (* 1953), journalist and television presenter
- Wolfgang Wahlster (* 1953), computer scientist
- Dieter Burgard (* 1954), politician
- Joachim Deckarm (* 1954), athlete and handball player
- Meinrad Maria Grewenig (* 1954), art historian, museum director and cultural manager
- Ingrid Peters (* 1954), singer, presenter, painter
- Helmut Eisel (* 1955), clarinetist and composer
- Werner G. Jeanrond (* 1955), Roman Catholic theologian
- Barbara König (* 1955), zoologist, behavioral scientist and university lecturer
- Volker Schneider (* 1955), politician
- Karl-Heinz Paqué (* 1956), economist and politician
- Christiaan Tonnis (* 1956), painter, draftsman and video artist
- Uwe Brandt (* 1957), pianist and music teacher
- Hiltrud Breyer (* 1957), politician
- Markus Gehrlein (* 1957), judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Hans Peter Hoffmann (* 1957), sinologist, writer and literary translator
- Klaus Ries (* 1957), historian and university professor
- Volker Schmidt (* 1957), politician
- Bernd Wegner (* 1957), politician
- Gabriele Dobusch (* 1958), politician
- Roland Fischer (* 1958), photographer
- Susanne Specht (* 1958), sculptor
- Daniel Koppelkamm (* 1959), cameraman
- Franziska Lang (* 1959), classical archaeologist
- Jörg Schumacher (* 1959), spokesman for the management of Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH
- Wolfgang Schumacher (* 1959), politician
- Saskia Vester (born 1959), actress
- Rena Wandel-Hoefer (* 1959), architect and urban planner
- Matthias Harig (* 1960), jazz trumpeter
- Bernhard Kempen (* 1960), lawyer
- Christoph Mudrich (1960–2019), jazz musician and big band leader
- Jörg Michael Peters (* 1960), auxiliary bishop in Trier
- Eberhard Zorn (* 1960), Lieutenant General of the Army of the Bundeswehr
1961 to 1970
- Jörg Alt (* 1961), member of the Jesuit order
- Ellen Arnhold (* 1961), television presenter
- Joachim Conrad (* 1961), theologian and university professor, Evangelical Lutheran pastor, non-fiction author and editor
- Gero Gemballa (1961–2002), journalist and author
- Klaus Michael Heinz (* 1961), television author and editor
- Wolfram Henn (* 1961), human geneticist and medical ethicist
- Susanne Reichrath (* 1961), politician
- Claudia Willger (* 1961), politician
- Jürgen Barke (* 1962), politician
- Andreas Diehl (* 1962), athlete
- Thomas Engel (* 1962), actor
- Sabine Hennrich (* 1962), politician
- Holger Höcke (* 1962), writer
- Sandra (* 1962), pop singer
- Karen Böhne (* 1963), actress
- Markus Gramer (* 1963), painter and graphic artist
- Klaus Hoffmann (* 1963), TV producer, sports and event manager
- Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (* 1963), tennis player
- Jutta Krüger-Jacob (* 1963), lawyer and politician
- Carola Pekrun (* 1963), German crop scientist and prorector at the HfWU
- Andrea Wandel (* 1963), architect and professor
- Stephan Körner (* 1964), judge
- Alex Beyrodt (* 1964), guitarist, composer and producer
- Verena Kiefer (* 1964), translator
- Peter Kuttler (* 1964), journalist and moderator
- Nicole (* 1964), pop singer
- Tilman Repgen (* 1964), legal historian
- Elke Schwab (* 1964), writer
- Chris Weinheimer (* 1964), jazz and improvisation musician and composer
- Bernhard Wittmann (* 1964), keyboardist and composer
- Ralf Cetto (* 1965), jazz musician
- Klaus Richter (* 1965), legal scholar and legal historian
- Gustav Rivinius (* 1965), cellist
- Walter Schmidt (1965–2016), freelance journalist and author
- Manfred Trenz (* 1965), computer game developer
- Markus Zahnhausen (* 1965), recorder player and composer
- Ulrich C. Baer (* 1966), literary scholar and journalist
- Thomas Blug (* 1966), guitarist, composer and producer
- Christina Diggance (* 1966), politician
- Christof E. Ehrhart (* 1966), manager and honorary professor
- Andreas Escher (* 1966), computer game developer
- Michael Hassemer (* 1966), lawyer, university professor and judge
- Elmar Hess (* 1966), video and installation artist
- Nils Minkmar (* 1966), German-French historian and journalist
- Matthias Steinmetz (* 1966), astrophysicist
- Oliver Strauch (* 1966), jazz drummer, composer and music producer
- Alke Brinkmann (* 1967), artist
- Christopher Ecker (* 1967), writer and literary critic
- Marcus Hammerschmitt (* 1967), journalist and writer
- Marcus Imbsweiler (* 1967), writer and music editor
- Stephan Mathieu (* 1967), musician and sound artist
- Johannes Thome (* 1967), psychiatrist and university professor
- Stephan Toscani (* 1967), politician
- Gregor Weber (* 1968), actor
- Silke Biendel (* 1969), politician
- Frank Nimsgern (* 1969), composer, producer, guitarist and pianist
- Andrea Becker (* 1970), lawyer, State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Saarland
- Holger Willi Montag (* 1970), writer and painter
1971 to 1980
- Stephan Straub (* 1971), football player
- Klaus Erfort (* 1972), cook
- Thorsten Havener (* 1972), mind reader, entertainer, illusionist, personality trainer and non-fiction author
- Jörg Reeb (* 1972), soccer player
- Martin Siewert (* 1972), jazz and improvisation musician
- Thassilo Haun (* 1973), tennis player and coach
- Ansgar Kreutzer (* 1973), Catholic theologian and university professor
- Alexander Mayer (* 1973), conductor
- Florian Opitz (* 1973), documentary film director, author and journalist
- Thomas Schmitt (* 1973), politician
- Nina Azizi (* 1974), actress and presenter
- Jessica Kastrop (* 1974), presenter
- Alexandra von Lieven (* 1974), Egyptologist and religious scholar
- Gesine Manuwald (* 1974), classical philologist
- Bianca Hein (* 1975), actress, singer and speaker
- Gabriele Herrmann (* 1975), politician, MdL
- Christina Teuthorn-Mohr (* 1975), presenter and journalist
- Sascha Berger (* 1976), musician
- Manuela Ripa (* 1976), politician
- Atischeh Hannah Braun (* 1977), actress and voice actress
- Patrick Khatami (born 1977), actor
- Daniel Fünffrock (* 1978), actor
- Andreas Augustin (* 1979), politician
- Oliver Luksic (* 1979), politician
- Tshawe Baqwa (* 1980), pop singer
- Susanka Bersin (* 1980), radio presenter
1981 to 1990
- Daniel Schommer (* 1981), soccer player
- Mirco Rollmann (* 1981), singer
- Lars Albert (* 1982), athlete
- Audrey Hannah (* 1982), German-Canadian pop singer
- Christian Weber (* 1983), soccer player
- Benjamin Baltes (* 1984), football player
- Christian Barthen (* 1984), organist, pianist, harpsichordist and church musician
- Kevin Körber (* 1984), presenter, television editor and podcaster
- Yvonne Ploetz (* 1984), politician
- Vanessa Calcagno (* 1985), singer
- Pablo Ben-Yakov (* 1986), actor
- Jeanine Cicognini (* 1986), Swiss badminton player
- Jan Fischer (* 1986), wrestler
- Mike Frantz (* 1986), soccer player
- Michael Seewald (* 1987), Roman Catholic theologian, professor of dogmatics and the history of dogmas in Münster
- Andreas Waschburger (* 1987), swimmer
- Lukas Kohler (* 1987), soccer player
- Romina Holz (* 1988), soccer player
- Manuel Krass (* 1988), jazz musician
- Tim Stegerer (* 1988), soccer player
- Sascha Weber (* 1988), cyclocross driver
- Bausa (* 1989), rapper
- Marie-Louise Finck (* 1989), lawyer and quiz player
- Jasmin Freilang (* 1989), politician
- Yannick Kakoko (* 1990), football player
- Jonas Hector (* 1990), soccer player
1991 to 2000
- Till Wöschler (* 1991), javelin thrower
- Frederik Jörg (* 1992), basketball player
- Florian Ballas (* 1993), soccer player
- Sebastian Jacob (* 1993), football player
- Fedor Holz (* 1993), poker player and entrepreneur
- Nathalie Weinzierl (* 1994), figure skater
- Lisa Klein (* 1996), racing cyclist
Personalities who have worked or are working in the city
- Elisabeth of Lorraine (1395–1456), countess
- Hieronymus Bock (1498–1554), botanist and pharmacist
- Friedrich Joachim Stengel (1694–1787), general builder
- Charles Rupied (1762-1824), Mayor
- Johannes Bückler (1779–1803), “Schinderhannes”, imprisoned robber in Saarbrücken prison, escaped in 1798
- Katharine Weißgerber (1818–1886), called: Schultze Katrin , born in Schwarzenholz / Saar, Samaritan from the battle on the Spicherer Heights near Saarbrücken in 1870
- Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902), physician and politician, from 1865 member of the Prussian state parliament for Saarbrücken, among others
- Paul Neff (1853–1934) and Paul Schmook (1860–1921), mayors of Sankt Johann and Malstatt-Burbach who played a key role in the unification of the city in 1909
- Walter Gieseking (1895–1956), professor and head of a master class for piano at the Saar University of Music
- Karl Walz (1900–1990), trade unionist and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag (1953–1957)
- Peter Paul Seeberger (1906–1993), architect and town planning director
- August Tiedtke (1913–1972), carom player and multiple world and European champion
- Andor Foldes (1913–1992), professor and head of a master class for piano at the Saar University of Music
- Willi Graf (1918–1943), grew up in Saarbrücken, member of the White Rose resistance group , posthumously conferred honorary citizenship of the city of Saarbrücken in 2003
- Max Mangold (1922–2015), linguist at Saarland University
- Wigand Siebel (1929–2014), sociologist at Saarland University.