List of personalities of the city of Sangerhausen
The list of personalities of the city of Sangerhausen contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the city of Sangerhausen . These are personalities who have been granted honorary citizenship, who were born here or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Sangerhausen see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- Gustav Adolf Spengler, co-founder of the Heimatmuseum
sons and daughters of the town
Born in the 16th and 17th centuries
- Heinrich Maius (1545–1607), Protestant theologian
- Johannes Niedling (1602–1668), hymn poet
- Philipp Müller (1640–1713), Lutheran theologian
- Samuel Bottschild (1641–1707), Dresden painter, best known for his wall and ceiling paintings
- Heinrich Christoph Fehling (1654–1725), court painter to August the Strong in Dresden
- Christian August Hausen the Elder (1663–1733), Lutheran theologian and historian
- Johann August Olearius (1688–1746), Protestant theologian
Born in the 18th century
- Johann Friedrich Hoffmann (1710–1759), lawyer, mountain judge and mayor of Sangerhausen
- Johann Carl Friedrich von Brause (1729–1792), Protestant theologian
- Johann Karl Christoph Ferber (1739–1786), professor at the University of Helmstedt and philosopher
- Friedrich August von Leutsch (1757–1818), lawyer, Saxon diplomat and Hanoverian court vice-president
- Wilhelm Ludwig Gottlob Freiherr von Eberstein (1762–1805), writer and philosopher, born in Morungen
- Christian August Joachim Leißring (1777-1852), actor and opera singer (tenor)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Agthe (1796–1830), composer and Kreuzkantor
Born in the 19th century
- Emil Rödiger (1801–1874), orientalist and Semitist
- Julius von Bose (1809-1894), Prussian general of the infantry
- Otto Ludwig Krug von Nidda (1810–1885), Prussian civil servant in the mining industry, member of the Reichstag
- Louis Krug von Nidda (1821–1902), Prussian staff officer and member of the Reichstag of the German Empire
- Julius Schmidt (1823–1897), officer and prehistoric
- Rudolf von Ploetz (1825–1898), Prussian major general
- Johannes Moritz Wölfel (1830–1893), lawyer and member of the Reichstag
- Alfred Freiherr von Werthern (1842–1908), Prussian major general and chronicler of the von Werthern family
- Emil Jungmann (1846–1927), philologist
- Oskar Blencke (1848–1901), stage actor
- Bruno Hilpert (1850–1910/16), imperial music director
- Friedrich Krankenhagen (1850–1928), high school teacher, mathematician, philologist and school director in Stettin
- Sigismund von Förster (1856–1934), Prussian general of the infantry
- Ludwig von Doetinchem de Rande (1864–1941), Prussian government director and district administrator
- Max Ludwig (1871–1961), General of the Artillery and Head of the Army Weapons Office
- Ernst Fulda (1885–1960), mining clerk
- Paul Brohmer (1885-1965), biologist
- Wilhelm Dienemann (1891–1966), geologist
- Alban Heß (1891–1970), bookseller and opponent of National Socialism
Born in the 20th century
- Paul Lähne (1902–1990), politician and trade unionist
- Hans Schulze (1903–1962), railway engineer
- Hans Wenke (1903–1971), educationalist and non-party education politician
- Werner Stock (1903–1972), actor
- Werner Rothmaler (1908–1962), botanist and professor at the University of Greifswald
- Horst Rumstedt (1921–1986), painter and sculptor
- Werner Braun (1926–2012), musicologist
- Erika Arlt (1926–2015), local history researcher and recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Helmut Bauermeister (1927–1989), GDR economist and diplomat
- Heinz Heydecke (1931–1985), writer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Eigler (* 1932), transplant doctor, emeritus for surgery
- Heinz Göhring (1935–2000), sociologist and interpreter
- Reinhard Kühnau (* 1936), mathematician, emeritus. University professor at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle and member of the Leopoldina
- Florian Tennstedt (* 1943), professor in Kassel
- Einar Schleef (1944–2001), director and writer
- Frank Werner (* 1944), writer and audio dramaturge
- Klaus-Otto Zirkler (* 1946), veterinarian and politician (LDPD and FDP)
- Jan Spitzer (* 1947), actor and voice actor
- Gerd Böttger (* 1948), politician (SED, PDS and Die Linke) and former member of the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Jörg Weißhaupt (* 1949), soccer player in the GDR upper league
- Gerd Hubold (* 1950), marine biologist
- Harald Koch (* 1954), politician (Die Linke) and from 2009 to 2013 member of the German Bundestag
- Manfred Leisenberg (* 1954), university lecturer in computer science
- Norbert Nachtweih (* 1957), soccer player
- Manfred Möck (* 1959), actor
- Simone Heinemann-Meerz (* 1960), President of the State Medical Association of Saxony-Anhalt
- Andreas Knebel (* 1960), athlete
- Sabine Seidler (* 1961), Rector at the Technical University of Vienna
- Matthias Viehmann (* 1961), Professor of Industrial Electronics, Nordhausen University
- Martina Beltz (* 1962), chess player
- Undine Materni (* 1963), writer and poet
- Ariane Radfan (* 1965), volleyball player
- Thomas Liese (* 1968), racing cyclist
- Steffen Ritter (* 1968), business trainer, business author and speaker
- André Schröder (* 1969), politician (CDU), member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt and finance minister in the state government of Saxony-Anhalt
- Juschka Spitzer (* 1969), theater actress and director
- Juliane Kleemann (* 1970), pastor and politician (SPD)
- Nils Heinrich (* 1971), cabaret artist, composer and musician
- Dominik Maltritz (* 1971), economist and university professor
- Stefan Gebhardt (* 1974), politician (Die Linke), born in Wippra
- Andreas Gehlmann (* 1974), politician (AfD)
- Diana Herold (* 1974), photo model, dancer in the comedy show Bullyparade
- Sylvia Kühnemund (* 1974), former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1,500 meter run
- Nadine Hampel (* 1975), politician (SPD)
- Kai Niemann (* 1978), composer and singer
- Frank Sitta (* 1978), politician (FDP), member of the Presidium of the FDP, state chairman of the FDP Saxony-Anhalt and FDP district chairman in Halle (Saale)
- Daniel Ochoa (* 1979), singer
- Sascha Trüllezsch-Wijnen (* 1979), media and communication scientist, associated university professor Salzburg
- Evelyn Edler (* 1981), politician (Die Linke)
- Annekatrin Thiele (* 1984), skull rower
- Thomas Nathan Krüger (* 1986), composer
- Sebastian Lüdecke (* 1987), politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), state chairman in Saxony-Anhalt from 2011 to June 2016
- Paul Winter (* 1997), ski jumper
Individual evidence
- ↑ not born in Sangerhausen, but in Nordhausen . (see https://www.hs-nordhausen.de/studium/ing/lehrpersonal/prof-dr-ing-m-viehmann/ )
Personalities related to the city
- Jutta von Sangerhausen (around 1200–1260), Blessed (regional saint), patron saint and benefactress
- Anno von Sangerhausen († around 1273), tenth Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and National Champion of Livonia
- Hans Knauth († around 1485), bailiff of Sangerhausen
- Caspar Tryller (1542–1625), electoral Saxon official and founder in Sangerhausen
- Michael Tryller (1551–1610), electoral Saxon official in Sangerhausen
- Aegidius Hunnius the Younger (1594–1642), theologian, Superintendent von Sangerhausen
- Christian Gottlob Kellers (1703–1766), academic journalist, was rector of the city school in Sangerhausen from 1730 until his death
- Bernhard Dächsel (1823–1888), Sangerhausen judiciary
- Hermann Quantity (1841–1939), classical philologist, pedagogue and author of a Bible translation, between 1887 and 1894 head of the grammar school in Sangerhausen
- Moritz Knobloch , Mayor of Sangerhausen (1882–1919)
- Gustav Adolf Spengler (1868–1961), master carpenter, local researcher and discoverer of a mammoth, can be seen in the Spengler Museum in Sangerhausen
- Martin Wiegel (1898–1949), LDP parliamentary group chairman 1947–1948 and Minister for Trade and Supply 1948–1949 in Saxony-Anhalt
- Wilhelm Schmied (1910–1984), painter and graphic artist
- Thilo Ziegler (1937–2015), local politician, miner and local researcher