List of Rostock's sons and daughters

Significant personalities born in the Hanseatic city of Rostock in the order of their year of birth:

(For personalities who were not born in Rostock, see list of personalities of the city of Rostock . )

Until the 16th century

Magnus level
(1547-1619)

Johannes Posselius the Elder J. (1565-1623)

Johann Sibrand the Elder Ä.
(1569-1638)

Heinrich von Vemern (around 1310 - 1374), clergyman, procurator at the Roman Curia, canons in Lübeck and Schwerin
Dietrich Zukow (around 1380 - 1442), lawyer, university professor and syndic of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Johannes Wyse (around 1410 - 1486), professor of theology
Nicolaus Rutze (around 1460 - before 1520), theologian
Thomas Kaske (around 1490 - around 1550), councilor and from around 1525 to 1535 fleet leader of the Wendish cities of the Hanseatic League
Andreas Eggerdes (around 1500 - 1550), Catholic theologian, university professor and rector of the University of Rostock
Jakob Crusius (around 1520 - 1597), Lutheran theologian
Andreas Martini (around 1520 - 1561), Protestant theologian
Laurentius Kirchhoff (around 1528 - 1580), legal scholar
Marcus Lüschow (1541–1601), legal scholar, university professor and multiple rector of the University of Rostock
Nicolaus Gryse (1543–1614), Lutheran clergyman
Magnus level (1547–1619), doctor and mathematician
Oswald Schlee (1553–1613), Lutheran clergyman and theologian, superintendent
Vicke Schorler (around 1560 - 1625), chronicler and shopkeeper
Jacob Bacmeister (1562–1591), Lutheran theologian and Hebraist
Johann Bacmeister the Elder (1563–1631), professor of medicine and personal physician
Michael Detharding (1565-1625), medic
Heinrich Pauli (1565–1610), physician, professor of medicine and rector of the University of Rostock
Johannes Posselius (the Younger) (1565–1623), professor of the Greek language and rector of the University of Rostock
Statius Borcholt (1569-1617), lawyer
Johann Sibrand (the Elder) (1569–1638), lawyer and professor at the University of Rostock, city counsel
Lucas Bacmeister the Younger (1570–1638), professor of theology and superintendent
Peter Sasse (1571–1642), philosopher, professor of logic
Albert Hein the Elder (1571–1636), legal scholar and diplomat
Joachim Schönermarck (1575–1631), legal scholar and rector of the University of Rostock
Jacob Fabricius (1576–1652), professor of medicine, personal physician and poet
David Reutzius (1576–1634), Lutheran theologian
Samuel Bansovius (1576–1636), lawyer
Christian Schlee (1579–1646), clergyman, theologian and university professor
Matthäus Bacmeister (1580–1626), physician and princely personal physician
Christian Ohm (1580–1638), legal scholar
Franz Cleyn (1582–1658), painter, draftsman and etcher
Johann Quistorp the Elder (1584–1648), theologian and rector of the University of Rostock
Peter Lauremberg (1585–1639), university professor, rector of the University of Rostock and writer
Johann Lauremberg (1590–1658), Low German writer
Heinrich Hein (1590–1666), theologian and legal scholar
Stephan Hein (1590–1643), theologian and philologist, Rector of the University of Rostock
Joachim Stockmann (1592–1653), physician and university professor
Martin Chemnitz the Elder J. (1596-1645), lawyer and diplomat

17th century

Simon Pauli (1603–1680)

Johann Quistorp the Elder J. (1624-1669)

Enoch Schwante the Younger (1652-1717)

Johan Jacob Döbelius (1674–1743)

Nikolaus Schütze (1600–1671), legal scholar, university professor and rector
Johann Below (1601–1668), physician, professor of medicine and personal physician to the Russian tsars
Simon Pauli the Younger (1603–1680), doctor
Paul Neucrantz (1605–1671), doctor and city physician of Lübeck
Lucas Bacmeister (1605–1679), Lutheran theologian
Albert Willebrand (the elder) (1608–1681), legal scholar, monastery inspector, rector of the university
Bernhard Below (1611–1692), physician and royal Swedish personal physician
Johannes Corfinius (1616–1664), Lutheran theologian, university professor and rector, pastor in Rostock and Hamburg.
Hermann Schuckmann (1616–1686), Lutheran theologian, university professor and rector
Hermann Lembke (1619–1674), professor of law and city counsel
Matthias Cadovius (1621–1679), Lutheran theologian
Johann Quistorp the Younger (1624–1669), Lutheran theologian and four times rector of the university
Johann Friedrich Coch (1624–1683), councilor and mayor of Stralsund
Andreas Amsel (1625–1685), legal scholar
Valentin Beselin (1628–1684), merchant and senator in Rostock
Heinrich Dringenberg (1630–1687), professor of morals, catechesis and the Hebrew language, rector of the university
Hermann Becker the Elder Ä. (1632–1681), clergyman and professor of physics, metaphysics and mathematics
Felix Fidler (1633–1707), pastor in Teterow and founder
Johann Sibrand (the Younger) (1637–1701), professor of morals and law
Johann Mantzel (1643–1716), university professor and rector, theologian, philologist and educator
Hermann Sibrand (1645–1712), lawyer, mayor of Stettin
Bernhard Barnstorff (1645–1704), medic
Johann Barnstorff (1648–1705), legal scholar
Jacob Lembke (1650–1693), lawyer, university professor and rector, mayor of Rostock
Johann Nikolaus Quistorp (1651–1715), Protestant theologian and six-time rector of the university
Enoch the Younger (1652–1717), educator and poet
Albert Willebrand (the younger) (1652–1700), legal scholar and university professor
Johann von Bacmeister (1657–1711), legal scholar and Reichshofrat
Christian Michael Stever (1657–1722), lawyer and First Mayor of Rostock
Johann von Klein (1659–1732), professor of law and the Pandects
Matthias Stein (1660–1718), lawyer and professor of law
Johann Joachim Beselin (1661–1718), lawyer and First Mayor of Rostock
Johann Stein (1661–1725), lawyer
Caspar Matthäus Müller (1662–1717), lawyer and university professor, rector of the university
Johann Amsel (1665–1732), legal scholar
Wilhelm David Habermann (1669–1715), professor of medicine
Joachim Heinrich Sibrand (1670–1743), legal scholar and judge at the Wismar Tribunal
Zacharias Grape (the Younger) (1671–1713), Professor of Physics, Metaphysics and Theology
Eberhard Barnstorff (1672–1712), physician
Peter Becker (1672–1753), mathematician and theologian
Johann Joachim Weidner (1672–1732), professor of theology, pastor at the Marienkirche, rector of the university
Johan Jacob Döbelius (1674–1743), doctor and university professor
Konrad Stein (1674–1732), lawyer
Heinrich Askan Engelken (1675–1734), Lutheran theologian
Jakob Carmon (1677–1743), legal scholar
Samuel von Palthen (1679–1750), lawyer
Johann Christian Petersen (the elder) (1682–1766), professor of law and mayor of the city of Rostock
Johann Bernhard Quistorp (1692–1761), physician and three times rector of the university
Valentin Johann Beselin (1693–1755), lawyer and First Mayor of Rostock
Johann Carbiner (1696–1769), lawyer and secretary of the Hanseatic office on Bryggen in Bergen
Johann Christian Burgmann (1697–1775), Lutheran theologian and university professor, rector of the university
Heinrich Becker (1698–1774), theologian
Johann Hermann Becker (1700–1759), theologian

18th century

1701-1750

Heinrich Nettelbladt
(1715–1761)

Bernhard Friedrich Quistorp (1718–1788)

GL von Blücher
(1742–1819)

Carl Friedrich Behrens (1701–1750), navigator
Joachim Nikolaus von Dessin (1704–1761) founded the first public library in South Africa
Hermann Georg Krohn (1705–1756), lawyer and syndic of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Christian Ludwig Taddel (1706–1775), administrative lawyer and hymn poet
Johann Peter Schmidt (1708–1790), lawyer, university professor, rector of the University of Rostock and minister
Carl Heinrich Möller (1709–1759), judge at the Wismar Tribunal
Peter Sasse (1709–1776), historian, theologian and university professor, Vice-Rector of the University
Joachim Lucas Stein (1711–1785), lawyer and legal scholar
Christian Ehrenfried Eschenbach (1712–1788), doctor, city physician, rector of the university
Georg Niehenck (1714–1795), church historian
Joachim Heinrich Pries the Elder (1714–1763), Lutheran theologian and philosopher
Heinrich Nettelbladt (1715–1761), lawyer and Rostock mayor
Johann Heinrich Hülsenbeck (1716–1800), businessman, president of the lower court, the mint and mill office and the flag owner, Rostock mayor
Michael Eberhard Prehn (1717–1787), councilor of Rostock
Johann Jakob Quistorp (1717–1766), theologian and four times rector of the university
Angelius Johann Daniel Aepinus (1718–1784), philosopher and university professor
Anna Leopoldowna (1718–1746), Grand Duchess and Regent of Russia
Bernhard Friedrich Quistorp (1718–1788), theologian and Superintendent General for Swedish Western Pomerania and Rügen
Hermann Becker (1719–1797), legal scholar and consistorial director
Johann Christian Eschenbach the Elder (1719–1759), philosopher, rector of the University of Rostock
Daniel Nettelbladt (1719–1791), lawyer and professor of law
Johann Peter Willebrand (1719–1786), lawyer and travel writer
Theodor Johann Quistorp (1722–1776), lawyer and playwright
Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus (1724–1802), natural philosopher
Georg Detharding (1727–1813), Lutheran theologian, Pastor Jakobikirche
Peter Hermann Becker (1730–1788), theologian
Georg Christoph Detharding the Elder J. (1730-1789), medical practitioner
Heinrich Valentin Becker (1732–1796), theologian and mathematician
Walter Vincent Wiese (1735–1809), lawyer, university professor and rector of the University of Rostock
Johann Rudolph Becker (1736–1815), historian
Johann Christian von Quistorp (1737–1795), jurist and rector of the University of Bützow, senior appellate councilor

Johann Christian Quistorp

Johann Matthias Martini (1738–1806), lawyer and university professor, rector of the Universities of Bützow and Rostock
Benjamin Giesebrecht (1741–1826), theologian
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), Prussian Field Marshal General
Christian Ludwig Gerling (1745–1801), Lutheran theologian, senior pastor of Hamburg's Jacobi Church
Johann Christian Eschenbach the Younger (1746–1823), legal scholar, rector of the University of Rostock
Johann Jacob Prehn (1746–1802), legal scholar
Matthias Christian Sprengel (1746–1803), historian and librarian
Michael Eberhard Prehn (1747–1818), lawyer, senator, mayor of Rostock
Joachim Heinrich Pries the Younger (1747–1796), Lutheran theologian, philosopher, rector of the University of Rostock
Ernst Johann Friedrich Mantzel (1748–1806), lawyer and state lawyer
Theodor Stever (1748–1834), lawyer and mayor of Rostock
Johann Christian Petersen (1750–1806), Lutheran theologian

1751-1800

Johann Christian Koppe (1757-1827)

Friedrich August von Rudloff (1751–1822), administrative lawyer and historian
Adolph Dietrich Weber (1753–1817), lawyer and university professor
Johann Gottfried Quistorp (1755–1835), architect, painter and drawing teacher
Johann Christian Koppe (1757–1827), lawyer and university librarian
Johann Quistorp (1758–1834), natural scientist, botanist and doctor, rector of the university
Georg Detharding (1759–1825), Lutheran clergyman, pastor Jakobikirche
Eberhard Ernst Gotthard von Vegesack (1763–1818), officer in the Swedish service
Georg Gustav Detharding (1765–1839), physician and botanist
Hermann Friedrich Becker (1766–1852), forester
Johann Marcus Constantin Tarnow (1766–1828), Protestant theologian
Johann Taddel (1766–1830), lawyer and mayor of Rostock
Johann Christian Brandenburg (1769–1856), lawyer
Georg Walter Vincent von Wiese (1769–1824), Prussian statesman
Johann Christian Wilhelm Dahl (1771–1810), classical philologist
Johann Bernhard Krey (1771–1826), theologian and historian
Johann Jacob Daniel Weiß (1773–1843), inventor and manufacturer of surgical instruments
Joachim Friedrich Karl Brandenburg (1774–1844), lawyer and mayor of Rostock
Christian Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Nettelbladt (1779–1843), lawyer and freemason
Hans Ludwig von Hanneken (1780–1854), major general, lord of Nütschow and Petershagen
Christian Martin Joachim Frähn (1782-1851), orientalist
Christian Friedrich Mühlenbruch (1785–1843), legal scholar
Detloff Karsten (1787–1879), lawyer and mayor from 1836 to 1846
Gustav Peter Samuel Mähl (1789–1833), chemist and pharmacist
Heinrich Kurt Stever (1789–1827), lawyer and writer
Johann Mann (1791–1871), businessman and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
Georg Wilhelm Detharding (1797–1882), physician
August Achilles (1798–1861), draftsman and lithographer
Christian Krauel (1800-1854), gynecologist

19th century

1801-1820

John Brinckman
(1814-1870)

Ludwig Quosig (1801–1841), organ builder
Friedrich Franz Wilhelm Brunswig (1804–1837), veterinarian
Heinrich Kaehler (1804–1878), sculptor
Louis Christian Heinrich Vortisch (1804–1871), pastor and naturalist
Ferdinand Klitzing (1807–1883), Mayor of Plau am See
Julius Wiggers (1811–1901), Protestant theologian, university professor and writer
Adolph Göpel (1812–1847), mathematician
Karl Graedener (1812–1883), composer
Theodor Klitzing (1812–1882), city architect in Rostock
John Brinckman (1814-1870), Low German writer
Christian Genschow (1814–1891), sculptor
Theodor Ernst Stever (1815–1857), lawyer and politician
Wilhelm Giese (1816–1889), lawyer and First Mayor of Rostock
Moritz Wiggers (1816–1894), lawyer and politician
Friedrich Genzken (1817–1875), lawyer and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
Friedrich Eggers (1819–1872), art historian

1821-1840

Ferdinand von Müller (1825-1896)

Stephan Jantzen
(1827-1913)

Adolf von Wilbrandt
(1837–1911)

Gustava Zinck (1821–1895), poet
Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896), botanist
Karl Eggers (1826–1900), poet
Minna Ziel (1827–1871), portrait and genre painter
Stephan Jantzen (1827–1913), pilot commander and sea rescuer
Georg Genschow (1828–1902), landscape painter
Carl Luckow (1828–1885), architect and construction clerk
Carl Michael Wiechmann (1828–1881) landowner, farmer and local researcher
Wilhelm Knaack (1829-1894), actor
Friedrich Witte (1829–1893), pharmacist, manufacturer and politician
Robert Balck (1831–1907), Mecklenburg administrative lawyer and Oberlanddrost
Christian Behm (1831–1893), senator and lawyer, member of the Reichstag
Conrad Wilbrandt (1832–1921), writer, farmer and member of the Reichstag
Heinrich von Stein (1833–1896), philosopher, philologist and rector of the University of Rostock
Fritz Sturm (1834–1906), landscape and marine painter
Magnus Maßmann (1835–1915), lawyer and from 1889 to 1914 mayor of Rostock
Georg Dragendorff (1836–1898), chemist, pharmacist
Adolf von Wilbrandt (1837–1911), writer
Carl Türk (1838–1890), doctor and city physician in Lübeck
Albert Schatz (1839–1910), music dealer and collector
Albrecht Becker (1840–1911), architect
Elisabeth Strempel (1840–1912), portrait painter

1841-1860

Hermann v. Maltzan
(1843-1891)

Karl Friedrich von Oertzen (1844–1914)

Ludwig Berringer
(1851-1913)

Rudolph Sohm (1841–1917), legal scholar
Hermann von Maltzan (1843–1891), explorer and poet
Karl Friedrich von Oertzen (1844–1914), from 1880 to 1889 district administrator of the Grevenbroich district
Carl Börger (1846–1917), organ builder
Otto Heinrich Gustav von Wendt (1846–1911), legal scholar
Adolf Becker (1848–1922), senator and from 1907 to 1919 mayor of Rostock
Albert Clement (1849–1928), businessman and from 1907 to 1919 mayor of Rostock
Theodor Reichmann (1849–1903), chamber singer
Ludwig Berringer (1851–1913), building contractor and court architect
Gustav Boldt (1853–1939), printer and publisher
Albrecht Kossel (1853–1927), physician and Nobel Prize winner
Adolf Langfeld (1854–1939), lawyer and politician
Anna Meyer (1855–1943), painter
Karl von Buchka (1856–1917), chemist, university professor and senior councilor
Georg Winter (1856–1946), gynecologist, university professor and rector of the University of Königsberg
Ernst Dopp (1858–1929), philologist
Hans Thierfelder (1858–1930), biochemist, university professor in Tübingen
Julius Jeppe (1859–1929), South African entrepreneur and local politician in Johannesburg
Mathilde Mann (1859–1925), translator

1861-1880

Gustav Mie (1869–1957)

Max Dreyer (1862–1946), poet
Ludwig Hinzpeter (1862–1935), composer, educator and music critic
Hans Linck (1863–1945), Senator and member of the German Reichstag, Council Syndicate
Hans Chemin-Petit the Elder Ä. (1864–1917), composer
Friedrich Carl Witte (1864–1938), chemist, manufacturer and politician
Carl Brockelmann (1868–1956), orientalist and Semitist
Fritz Henck (1868–1928), politician (SPD)
Gustav Mie (1868–1957), physicist
Wilhelm Sauerwein (1872–1946), 1919/20 Minister of State (Prime Minister) of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Karl August Nerger (1875–1947), military
Heinrich Tessenow (1876–1950), architect
Hans Berg (1877–1958), lawyer, pioneer of popular missions
Maria Dedo-Brie (1877–1960), teacher and author
Wilhelm Trendelenburg (1877–1946), physiologist
Hans Walsmann (1877–1939), legal scholar, rector of the university
Paul Babendererde (1878–1953), post office clerk, historian and author
Bess Brenck-Kalischer (1878–1933), poet
Paul Wallat (1879–1964), painter and sculptor
Elisabeth Bernhöft (1880–1964), teacher and first student at the University of Rostock
Erich Martini (1880–1960), zoologist, physician and founder of medical entomology in Germany
Albrecht Wendhausen (1880–1945), lawyer, manor owner and member of the Reichstag
Gustav Wilhelm Berringer (1880–1953), architect

1881-1900

Albert Schulz (1895–1974)

Margarete Scheel (1881–1969), sculptor and ceramic designer
Karl Tiedt (1881–1938), politician and sex reformer
Hans Paasche (1881–1920), naval officer, travel writer and essayist
Hans Mierendorff (1882–1955), actor
Ernst Trendelenburg (1882–1945), politician
Gustav Wallat (1882–1911), sculptor
Christian Börger (1883–1955), organ builder
Paul Friedrich Scheel (1883–1959), orthopedist and clinic director
Otto Weidt (1883–1947), brush maker, savior of Jewish citizens in the Holocaust
Heinrich Dethloff (1883–1963), administrative officer and politician (SPD)
Adolf Hofmeister (1883–1956), historian, professor at the University of Greifswald
Karl Boldt (1884–1968), printer and publisher
Herbert Kraus (1884–1965), international lawyer and university professor
Robert Schröder (1884–1959), gynecologist
Adolf Friedrich Lorenz (1884–1962), monument conservator and architect
Walter Behrend (1885–1954), journalist
Rolf Carls (1885–1945), naval officer and politician
Ernst Dopp (1885–1929), classical philologist
Hermann Grapow (1885–1967), Egyptologist
Max Thierfelder (1885–1957), tropical medicine
Bruno Gimpel (1886–1943), painter
Walter Rothbarth (1886–1935), writer
Hermann Buddenhagen (1887–1965), teacher, author and lecturer
Hans Seehase (1887–1974), engineer and inventor
Walther Neumann (1888–1951), historian
Egon Tschirch (1889–1948), painter
Otto-Tile von Kalm (1889–1986), officer
Paul Bugdahn (1890–1948), politician
Fredy Barten (1891–1972), actor
Eva Fiesel (1891–1937), linguist and etrusologist
Carl August Endler (1893–1957), historian and archivist
Annemarie von Harlem (1894–1983), politician (CDU) and member of the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Albert Schulz (1895–1974), Social Democrat and Lord Mayor of Rostock
Wilhelm Voss (1896–1978), economic manager, SS standard leader and military economic leader
Franz bei der Wieden (1896–1973), dramaturge and playwright
Bruno Dieckelmann (1897–1967), politician (NSDAP) and SA leader
Fritz von Hippel (1897–1991), lawyer and legal philosopher
Willy Jesse (1897–1971), politician (SPD)
Siegfried Witte (1897–1961), politician (CDU)
Alfred Starosson (1898–1957), economic functionary of the SPD, later SED
Arthur Robert von Hippel (1898–2003), physicist
Bernd von Arnim (1899–1946), Slavist
Ernst Baltzer (1899–1992), lawyer and notary
Wilhelm Decker (1899–1945), publicist and politician of the NSDAP, member of the Reichstag
Thea Elisabeth Haevernick (1899–1982), prehistoric
Annemarie Holtz (1899–1987), actress
Anna-Liese Schwieger (1899–1974), teacher, Christian Democratic politician and women's rights activist
Heinrich Engel (1900–1988), landscape painter
Karl Eschenburg (1900–1947), photographer
Rudolf Schmidt-Dethloff (1900–1971), painter
Werner Wachsmuth (1900–1990), surgeon, medical officer and university professor

20th century

1901-1920

Friedrich Behrens
(1909–1980)

Dietrich von Denffer
(1914-2007)

Walter Brookmann (1901–1957), politician
Bruno Gebhard (1901–1985), German-American physician and museum founder
Karl Kindt (1901–1959), philosopher, Protestant theologian and educator
Walter Pagels (1901–1977), Lutheran clergyman and state superintendent
Käthe Rieck (1902–2004), museum director and art historian
Max Suhrbier (1902–1971), politician
Werner Schmidt-Boelcke (1903–1985), composer and conductor
Bernhard Quandt (1903–1999), politician
Gerhard Voss (1903–1993), Lutheran clergyman
Erika Fuchs (1906–2005), translator
Hans-Werner Matern (1906–1996), landscape painter
Otto Heinrich Greve (1908–1968), politician
Willi Remer (1908– ??), modern pentathlon
Friedrich Hans Schaefer (1908–1998), teacher and Low German writer
Friedrich Behrens (1909–1980), economist of the GDR
Berthold Bruges (1909–1979), radio author
Hans Gertberg (1909–1970), director and radio editor
Marianne Hoppe (1909–2002), actress
Ilse Kollwitz (1909–1981), local politician
Werner Lembcke (1909–1989), surgeon and university professor
Martha Albrand (1910–1981), German-American writer
Wolfgang Büttner (1912–1990), actor
Otto Schönfeldt (1912–1994), theater director, publicist and politician
Erika Dunkelmann (1913–2000), theater and film actress
Karl Heinz Robrahn (1913–1987), poet
Dietrich von Denffer (1914–2007), botanist
Detlof Krüger (1915–1996), actor, director and artistic director
Friedrich-Franz Wellingerhof (1917–1985), theologian
Berndt von Staden (1919–2014), diplomat
Ernst August Lauter (1920–1984), physicist

1921-1940

Jo Jastram (1928-2011)

Jürgen Thormann (* 1928)

Walter Kempowski
(1929-2007)

Peter Schulz (1930-2013)

Joachim Gauck (* 1940)

Reinhard Münchenhagen (* 1940)

Maria-Viktoria Hasse (1921–2014), mathematician
Anna-Maria Piontek (1921–?), Politician
Heinz Draehn (1921–2010), actor and cabaret artist
Günther Drefahl (1922–2013), chemist, member of the People's Chamber of the GDR, chairman of the GDR Peace Council
Reinhard Elze (1922–2000), historian and university professor
Hans-Volkmar Herrmann (1922–1998), archaeologist
Paul-Friedrich Reder (1922-2004), handball player and trainer
Bernd Andreae (1923–1985), agricultural scientist and geographer
Ludwig Leo (1924–2012), architect
Wilhelm Klingenberg (1924–2010), mathematician
Bodo Homberg (* 1926), writer
Karl Köpke (* 1926), member of the state parliament
Peter Bachér (1927–2020), journalist and author
Peter Borgelt (1927–1994), actor
Jürgen Hinrichs (1927–2014), politician
Liselot Huchthausen (1927–2020), philologist and ancient historian
Werner Timm (1927–1999), art historian
Hans-Erich Weinschenk (1927–1986), professor of electrical engineering, rector of the Magdeburg University of Technology
Gerhard Zeitel (1927–1991), economist and politician
Jürgen Frohriep (1928–1993), actor
Gert Gütschow (* 1928), actor
Jo Jastram (1928–2011), sculptor and graphic artist
Martin Klingenberg (* 1928), biochemist
Horst Köbbert (1928–2014), entertainer, singer and television presenter
Liesel Markowski (1928–2019), musicologist
Jürgen Thormann (* 1928), actor, director and voice actor
Heiner Carow (1929–1997), director
Walter Kempowski (1929–2007), writer
Klaus Mertens (1929–2003), actor
Hans Wilken (1929–2006), gynecologist
Ingrid Bachér (* 1930), writer
Karl-Heinz Krumm (1930–1992), journalist
Peter Schulz (1930–2013), Mayor of Hamburg
Klaus-Jürgen Steindorff (1932-2006), rear admiral
Albrecht-Joachim Boldt (* 1933), pastor in Plau
Hartwig Eschenburg (* 1934), cantor and choir director
Ingo Langberg (1934–2013), radio play director
Ingrid Möller (* 1934), art historian and author
Udo Proksch (1934–2001), businessman, criminal
Henning von Storch (1934–2018), politician
Klaus Zorn (* 1934), GDR diplomat
Christian Doermer (* 1935), actor, director, and screenwriter
Hans Pölkow (* 1935), photographer
Erika Sulzer-Kleinemeier (* 1935), photographer and journalist
Margot Theben (* 1935), politician (PDS, Die Linke)
Marianne Tralau (* 1935), artist and gallery owner
Egbert Brieskorn (1936–2013), mathematician
Peter Hintzmann (1936–1998), GDR diplomat, ambassador to Norway and Iceland
Klaus Peter Krause (* 1936), journalist and blogger
Gerhard Lau (* 1936), monument conservator and author
Hans Joachim Meyer (* 1936), Minister for Education and Science of the GDR
Claus Stier (1936–2016), pastor and author
Detlef Birgfeld (* 1937), artist
Almut Eggert (* 1937), actress and voice actress
Gernot Minke (* 1937), architect
Mara Eggert (* 1938), photographer
Gösta B. Ihde (* 1938), business economist and university lecturer
Kurt Eberhard (1938–2008), psychologist, psychotherapist and social scientist
Klaus Langhoff (* 1939), handball trainer and handball player
Dirk Schneider (1939–2002), politician
Joachim Gauck (* 1940), pastor and politician, eleventh Federal President of Germany
Reinhard Münchenhagen (* 1940), television presenter
Norbert Werbs (* 1940), theologian and auxiliary bishop
Dieter Wruck (* 1940), soccer player and soccer official

1941-1960

Gerd Poppe (* 1941)

Karin Kessow (* 1954)

Peter Wawerzinek (* 1954)

MArio Frank (* 1958)

Thomas Putensen (* 1959)

Jürgen Grambow (1941–2003), literary scholar and Germanist
Thomas Hartwig (1941), cameraman and screenwriter
Gerd Poppe (* 1941), civil rights activist
Hans-Karsten Raecke (* 1941), composer and inventor of musical instruments
Karin Burmeister (* 1942), activist for women's equality, politician and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
Gerd Dührkop (* 1942), athlete
Horst D. Schulz (* 1942), geochemist and hydrogeologist
Ulrich Frohriep (* 1943), writer
Heinz Müller (1943–1970), died as a wall jumper coming from West Berlin
Wolfgang Ziegler (* 1943), pop singer and composer
Ralph Borghard (* 1944), figure skater
Gabriele Gloger-Tippelt (* 1944), scientist specializing in developmental psychology and educational psychology
Reiner Ganschow (* 1945), handball trainer and player
Conrad-Michael Lehment (* 1945), engineer, entrepreneur and politician
Heinz Eggert (* 1946), politician
Hannelore Burosch (* 1947), handball player
Gerd Zielenkiewitz (* 1948), politician
Wilfried Erbguth (* 1949), legal scholar
Günther Schumacher (* 1949), racing cyclist and two-time Olympic champion
Karin Bresemann (* 1950), politician
Angelika Bruhn (* 1950), publisher
Michael Hametner (* 1950), Austrian-German journalist, editor, speaker and critic
Katrin Hart (* 1950), cabaret artist
Klaus Lass (* 1950), musician and singer
Karl Scharnweber (* 1950), church musician and composer
Reinhard Rychly (* 1951), apparatus gymnast
Rainer M. Schröder (* 1951), author
Gabriele Badorek (* 1952), handball player
Siegfried Brietzke (* 1952), rower
Ulrich Karnatz (* 1952), rower, 1976 and 1980 Olympic champion in eighth
Dietrich Kehl (* 1952), soccer player
Rolf Oesterreich (* 1952), figure skater
Ulrike Poppe (* 1953), civil rights activist
Heidi Becker (1954–1987), water diver, European champion 1970
Rita Feldmeier (* 1954), actress
Karin Kessow (* 1954), speed skater, world champion 1975
Rebekka Schmidt (* 1954), politician
Peter Wawerzinek (* 1954), writer
Anette Schröder (* 1955), ceramist, sculptor and author
Helmut Wilk (* 1955), handball trainer and handball player
Stefanie Wolf (* 1955), politician
Michael Mischinger (* 1956), soccer player
Frank-Michael Wahl (* 1956), handball player and trainer
Elke Altmann (* 1957), politician
Frank Hill (* 1957), composer and guitarist
Rainer Jarohs (* 1957), soccer official and former soccer player
Sabine Röther-Kirschke (* 1957), handball player
Reinhold Steingräber (1957-2006), wrestler
Norbert Trieloff (* 1957), soccer player
Mario Frank (* 1958), lawyer and media manager
Michael Schulz (* 1958), soccer player
Klaus Kröppelien (* 1958), rower, 1980 Olympic champion in double sculls
Jan Jastram (* 1958), sculptor
Hansjörg Kunze (* 1959), track and field athlete
Thomas Jastram (* 1959), sculptor
Jörg Pose (* 1959), actor
Thomas Putensen (* 1959), actor, pianist, composer and singer
Frank Pfütze (1959–1991), swimmer
Thomas Beyer (* 1960), politician (SPD)
Raimund Borrmann (* 1960), NPD politician
Antje Bostelmann (* 1960), author of educational non-fiction books and entrepreneur
Astrid Meyerfeldt (* 1960), theater and film actress
Frank Rohde (* 1960), soccer player and coach
Astrid Rösel (* 1960), writer, radio play author and editor

1961-1980

Volker Handloik
(1961-2001)

Thomas Frick (* 1962)

Saskia Valencia (* 1964)

Jan Ullrich (* 1973)

Franziska Knuppe (* 1974)

Eric Baumann (* 1980)

Jürgen Angelow (* 1961), historian
Kirsten Emmelmann (* 1961), track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
Volker Handloik (1961–2001), journalist
Michael Niekammer (* 1961), singer, actor, text writer and artist manager
Gernot Alms (* 1962), soccer player
Katrin Prühs (* 1962), soccer player
Sarina Hülsenbeck (* 1962), swimmer
Thomas Frick (* 1962), director and screenwriter
Oliver Matz (* 1962), ballet dancer
Susanne Rast (* 1962), sculptor and draftsman
Simone Tippach-Schneider (* 1962), publicist and exhibition maker
Iris Hoffmann (* 1963), politician
Martina Proeber (* 1963), water diver
Nils Busch-Petersen (* 1963), politician
Sibylle Günter (* 1964), physicist
Katrin von Maltzahn (* 1964), painter, graphic artist, author and professor
Saskia Valencia (born 1964), actress
Matthias Hahn (* 1965), handball player
René Jung (* 1965), cameraman
Heiko März (* 1965), soccer player and coach
Nils Rudolph (* 1965), swimmer
Christian Schenk (* 1965), athlete
Jörg Schieke (* 1965), writer
Anne Moll (* 1966), actress and voice actress
Claudia Nolte (* 1966), politician
Marco Kostmann (* 1966), football coach
Kathrin Langschwager (* 1966), volleyball player
Angela Schlabinger (* 1967), actress
Silke Peters (* 1967), author, artist and editor
Ramona Portwich (* 1967), canoeist, multiple Olympic champion
Keno Verseck (* 1967), journalist
Brit Wiedemann (* 1967), volleyball player
Christian Zehe (* 1967), eventing rider
Andrea Bölk (* 1968), handball player
Jens Dowe (* 1968), football player
Wilfried Eisenberg (* 1968), manager
Steffen Mau (* 1968), sociologist
Heiko Strohmann (* 1968), politician
Andreas Tews (* 1968), amateur boxer, Olympic champion
Florian Weichert (* 1968), soccer player
Katrin Baaske (* 1969), soccer player
Jule or Kathrin Böwe (* 1969), theater and film actress
Gunnar Dedio (* 1969), film producer and media entrepreneur
Thomas Finck (* 1969), soccer player and coach
Karen Larisch (* 1969), politician and social worker
Jörn Lenz (* 1969), soccer player
Birgit Peter (* 1969), handball player
Axel Rietentiet (* 1969), soccer player and coach
Enrico Röver (* 1969), soccer player and coach
Kerstin Thurow (* 1969), engineering scientist and professor for automation technology
Gun-Brit Barkmin (* 1971), opera singer and concert soloist
Dirk Grabow (* 1971), football official
Daniel Hoffmann (* 1971), soccer player and coach
Ines Jesse (* 1971), legal scholar, political officer and politician
Thomas Lässig (* 1971), football player
Peggy Büchse (* 1972), swimmer
Steffen Baumgart (* 1972), soccer player
Silke Engler (* 1973), politician
Jan Ullrich (* 1973), racing cyclist
Sigrid Alegría (* 1974), Chilean actress
Dörte Lindner (* 1974), water diver
Franziska Knuppe (* 1974), model
Karen Markwardt (* 1974), reporter and presenter
Torsten Schmidt (* 1974), discus thrower
Hinnerk Schönemann (* 1974), actor
Sebastian F. Schwarz (* 1974), theater manager
Kathrin Spielvogel (* 1974), actress and speaker
Stefan Strauch (* 1974), handball player
Annika Walter (* 1975), water diver
Uwe Ehlers (* 1975), soccer player
Ulf Ganschow (* 1975), handball player
Sebastian Hahn (* 1975), soccer player
Birger Lüssow (* 1975), politician (NPD)
Andreas Kuhlage (* 1975), moderator
Ulrike Lucke (* 1975), computer scientist and head of the chair for "Complex multimedia application architectures"
Stefanie Drese (* 1976), politician, state minister and lawyer
Andreas Raelert (* 1976), triathlete
Stefan Strack (* 1976), handball player
Katrin Weber (* 1976), short tracker
Arian Nachbar (* 1977), short tracker
Daniel Klewer (* 1977), soccer player
Mathias Brodkorb (* 1977), politician
Sebastian Schulz (* 1977), voice actor
Pyranja (* 1978), rapper
Mathias Rieck (* 1979), sailor
Britta Kamrau (* 1979), swimmer
Anne Krüger (* 1979), short tracker
Sebastian Hämer (* 1979), singer
Eric Baumann (* 1980), racing cyclist
Carsten Busch (* 1980), soccer player
Michael Raelert (* 1980), triathlete
Sabrina Roß (* 1980), volleyball player
Konstantin Wulff (* 1980), beach volleyball player
Nicole Zimmermann (* 1980), oar oars