List of sons and daughters of Lutherstadt Wittenberg
The list contains people who were born in Wittenberg . Whether the city belongs to their later sphere of activity is irrelevant. The list does not claim to be complete. Other personalities related to Wittenberg can be found in the list of personalities from Lutherstadt Wittenberg .
A.
- Karl-Hans Arndt (* 1935; † 2012 in Erfurt ), doctor
- Hans Arnold (* 1860; † 1913 in Charlottenburg ), sculptor
- Karl Gottlieb Anton (* 1778; † 1861 in Görlitz ), classical philologist
B.
- Friedrich Gottlieb Barth (* 1738; † 1794 in Schulpforte ), educator and linguist
- Constanze Behrends (* 1981), actress and singer
- Peter Benedix (* 1980), documentary filmmaker
- Christof Heinrich von Berger (* 1687; † 1737 in Vienna ), lawyer
- Friedrich Ludwig von Berger (* 1701; † 1735 in Wetzlar ), lawyer
- Johann August von Berger (* 1702; † 1770 in Celle ), lawyer
- Martin Berger (* around 1483; † 1529 in Wittenberg), physician
- Karsten Bindrich (* 1973), marksman
- Matthäus Blöchinger (* 1520; † 1584 in Kemberg ), mathematician, philologist and theologian
- Moritz Blum (* 1596; † 1626 in Wittenberg), physician
- Benjamin Gottlieb Lorenz Boden (* 1737; † 1782 in Wittenberg), historian and literary scholar
- Anton Bodenstein (* around 1517; † 1572 in Marienburg), Protestant preacher in Moravia, Prussia and the Duchy of Braunschweig
- Adolf Boettge (* 1848, † 1913 in Wiesbaden ), military musician
- Paul Bosse (* 1881; † 1947 in Wittenberg), surgeon, gynecologist and clinic founder
- Kate Bosse-Griffiths (* 1910; † 1998 in Swansea ), Egyptologist and Cymrian writer
- Johann Gottfried Brendel (* 1712; † 1758 in Göttingen ), physician
- Christian Brück (* 1516; † 1567 in Gotha ), Saxon Chancellor
- Johannes Bugenhagen the Younger (* 1527; † 1594 in Wittenberg), theologian
- Johann Polycarp Bulius (* 1711; † 1778 in Torgau), silk manufacturer
C.
- Benedikt Carpzov the Younger (* 1595 - † 1666 in Leipzig ), legal scholar
- Konrad Carpzov (* 1593; † 1658 in Halle (Saale) ), legal scholar and statesman
- Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (* 1756; † 1827 in Breslau ), lawyer and physicist
- Johann Martin Chladni (* 1710; † 1759 in Erlangen ), theologian and historian
- Ernst Martin Chladni (* 1715; † 1782 in Wittenberg), lawyer
- Augustin Cranach (* 1554; † 1595 in Wittenberg), painter and graphic artist
- Lucas Cranach the Younger (* 1515 † 1586 in Wittenberg), painter
- Caspar Cruciger the Younger (* 1525; † 1597 in Kassel ), theologian
D.
- Adelheid Dietrich (* 1827; † 1891 in Erfurt ), painter
- Christian Donati (* 1640; † 1694 in Wittenberg), logician
- Walter Dreizner (* 1908; † 1996 in Halle (Saale) ), photographer
- Christoph Dübener (* 1987), handball player
E.
- Annemarie Eilfeld (* 1990), singer
- Wilhelm Elfe (* 1843; † 1931 in Wittenberg), city councilor, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
- Cassandra Engel (* 1986), handball player
- Johann Friedrich Erdmann (* 1778; † 1846 in Wiesbaden ), physician
- Karl Gottfried Erdmann (* 1774; † 1835 in Dresden ), physician and botanist
- Ruprecht Eser (* 1943), television journalist
F.
- Matthias Fahrig (* 1985), artistic gymnast
- Tobias Falberg (* 1976), writer and draftsman
- Friedrich August Fischer (* 1727; † 1786 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Valentin Forster (* 1530; † 1608 in Helmstedt ), lawyer
- Reinhold Franckenberger (* 1585; † 1664 in Wittenberg), historian
- Christian Friedrich Franke (* 1767; † 1794 in Wittenberg), theologian
- Max Fürbringer (* 1846; † 1920 in Heidelberg ), doctor
G
- Johannes Garcaeus the Younger (* 1530; † 1574 in Neustadt (Dosse) ), theologian and astrologer
- Louis Gast (* 1819; † 1882 in Dresden ), merchant, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
- Albert Giese (* 1803; † 1834 in Rostock ), linguist
- Rudolf Goclenius the Younger (* 1572; † 1621 in Marburg ), professor of physics, medicine and mathematics in Marburg
- Henriette Gödde (* 1986), German opera and concert singer
- Bert Grabsch (* 1975), cyclist
- Ralf Grabsch (* 1973), cyclist
- Georg Sigismund Green the Elder (* 1673; † 1734 in Chemnitz ), theologian
- Christian Groß (* 1601; † 1673 in Stettin ), theologian, first General Superintendent of Brandenburg
H
- Joachim Bernhard Nicolaus Hacker (* 1760; † 1817 in Zscheila ), theologian, poet and writer
- Heinrich Gottfried Haferung (* 1713; † 1759 in Schönewalde ), theologian
- Wilhelm Halfmann (* 1896; † 1964 in Kiel ), Protestant bishop
- Cristian Hanack (* 1692; † 1765 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Johann Gottlieb Hauptmann (* 1703; † 1768 in Lübbenau ), linguist and theologian
- Georg Michael Heber (* 1652; † 1702 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Christoph Heinrich (* 1985), opera singer
- Marion Hermann-Röttgen (* 1944), speech therapist
- André Herrmann (* 1986), slam poet, blogger, author and columnist
- Else Hertzer (* 1884; † 1978 in Berlin), painter and graphic artist
- Marie Sophie Hingst (* 1987; † 2019 in Dublin), blogger
- Christian Gottlob Holtzhausen (* 1811; † 1894 in Wittenberg), factory owner, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
- Christian Gottlieb Hommel (* 1737; † 1802 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Carl Christian Horvath (* 1752; † 1837 in Potsdam ), founder of the German stock exchange association
- Johann Gottlieb Horwein (* 1709; † 1770 in Dahme ), theologian
- Agidius Hunnius the Younger (* 1594; † 1642 in Altenburg ), theologian
J
- Justus Jonas the Younger (* 1525; † 1567 in Copenhagen ), lawyer and diplomat
- Melchior Junius (* 1545; † 1604 in Strasbourg ), rhetorician and humanist
K
- Gerhard Kettmann (* 1928; † 2009 in Halle (Saale) ), linguist
- Georg Wilhelm Kirchmaier (* 1673; † 1759 in Wittenberg), linguist
- Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (* 1805; † 1860 in Berlin ), botanist, pharmacist and physician
- Ernst Gottfried Christian Klügel (* 1737; † 1819 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Christian Gottlieb Kluge the Younger (* 1742; † 1824 in Meißen ), theologian and educator
- Gottfried Reinhold Köselitz (* 1692; † 1754 in Zerbst ), lawyer
- Johann Augustin Köselitz (* 1721; † 1790 in Zerbst ), theologian
- Helmut Kraatz (* 1902; † 1983 in Berlin ), doctor
- Bartholomäus Kranepul (* around 1450; † 1508 in Wittenberg), theologian
- Georg Friedrich Kraus (* 1718; † 1784 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Erna Krüger (* 1883; † 1973 in Osterode ), painter
- Johann Bartholomäus Krüger (* 1608; † 1638 in Königsberg ), physician
- Walter Kühn (* 1902; † after 1967), lawyer, President of the Supreme Court
- Heinrich Kühne (* 1910; † 2003 in Wittenberg), historian and local researcher
- Margarete von Kunheim (* 1534; † 1570 in Mohrungen ), youngest and only surviving daughter of Martin Luther
- Adolf Karl Kunzen (* 1720; † 1781 in Lübeck ), musician
L.
- Arthur Lambert (* 1891; † 1983 in Wuppertal), athletics trainer
- Christian August Langguth (* 1754; † 1814 in Wittenberg), medic and physicist
- Michael Friedrich Lederer (* 1639; † 1674 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Paul Leonhardt (* 1852; † 1927 in Wittenberg), businessman, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
- Gottlieb Leuchtenberger (* 1839; † 1914 in Wernigerode), philosopher and educator
- Augustin Leyser (* 1683; † 1752 in Wittenberg), lawyer
- Polykarp Leyser II (* 1586; † 1633 in Leipzig), theologian
- Wilhelm Leyser II (* 1628; † 1689 in Wittenberg), lawyer and legal scholar
- Bernd Lindner (* 1952), cultural historian and cultural sociologist
- Johanne Friederike Lohmann (* 1749; † 1811 in Leipzig), writer
- Hans Lorbeer (* 1901; † 1973 in Wittenberg), writer, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
- Peter B. Lorre (* 1984), guitarist, singer and composer
- Paul Luther (* 1533; † 1593 in Leipzig), physician
- Walter Lutze (* 1891; † 1980 in Berlin-Charlottenburg), conductor and composer
M.
- Johann Abraham Mayer (* 1684; † 1726 in Greifswald), physician
- Gottfried Meisner (* 1618; † 1690 in Großenhain), theologian
- Lothar Meister I (* 1931), cyclist
- Anna Melanchthon (* 1522; † 1547 in Königsberg), scholar, daughter of Philipp Melanchthon
- Johann Caspar Ludwig Mencke (* 1752; † 1795 in Halle (Saale)), legal scholar
- Johann Michael (* 1638; † 1718 in Altona), theologian
- Klaus Michael (* 1959), Germanist and literary scholar
- Robert Mittag (1886–1957), politician (CDU), member of the People's Chamber of the GDR
- Joachim Mörlin (* 1514; † 1571 in Königsberg), theologian and reformer
- Maximilian Mörlin (* 1516; † 1584 in Coburg), theologian and reformer
- Kurt Mosert (* 1907; † 1934 in Lichtenburg concentration camp), SA leader and one of the victims of the so-called Röhm putsch
- Johann Heinrich Mücke (* 1735; † 1799 in Grimma), educator and philologist
- Manuela Mucke (* 1975), canoeist
- Sepp Müller (* 1989), politician (CDU)
N
- Eckhard Naumann (* 1947), Lord Mayor of Wittenberg
- Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch (* 1790; † 1861 in Leipzig ), classical philologist
- Karl Ludwig Nitzsch (* 1751; † 1831 in Wittenberg), theologian
- Georg Nymmann (* 1592; † 1638 in Wittenberg), physician
O
- Michael Ohnesorge (* 1983), soccer player
P
- Ines Papert (* 1974), ice climber
- Benedikt Pauli (* 1490; † 1552 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Ulrich Petzold (* 1951), politician
- Caspar Pezel (* 1573; † 1634 in Detmold), lawyer, archivist and librarian
- Frank-Michael Pietzsch (* 1942), politician
R.
- Uwe Raab (* 1962), cyclist
- Hermann Reinecke (* 1888; † 1973 in Hamburg ), General of the Wehrmacht
- Erich Reusch (* 1925; † 2019), sculptor and architect
- Johann Bartholomäus Reusner (* 1613; † 1660 in Dresden ), lawyer and Saxon senior consistorial councilor
- Olaf Rieck (* 1964), mountaineer
- Wolfgang Rieck (* 1954), politician (CDU)
- Helmut Rippl (* 1925), garden and landscape architect
- Paul Philipp Röber (* 1632; † 1696 in Freiberg ), Lutheran theologian
- Johannes Rotlöben (* 1593; † 1649 in Hadersleben ), Lutheran clergyman
S.
- Frank Scheurell (* 1962), politician (CDU)
- Thea Schleusner (* 1879; † 1964 in Berlin ), painter
- Annerose Schmidt (* 1936), pianist
- Uve Schmidt (* 1939), writer
- Bartholomäus Schönborn (* 1530; † 1585 in Zerbst ), physician
- Ernst Christian Schröder (* 1675; † 1758 in Wittenberg), mathematician
- Paul Schwarze (* 1888; † 1943), anti-fascist and worker functionary
- Julius Schweikert (* 1807; † 1876 in Moscow ), physician and pioneer of homeopathy
- Andreas Sennert (* 1606; † 1689 in Wittenberg), orientalist, lexicographer and librarian
- Michael Sennert (* 1615; † 1691 in Wittenberg), physician
- Moritz Ludwig Seyffert (* 1809; † 1872 in Potsdam ), classical philologist
- Paul Gottfried Sperling (* 1652; † 1709 in Wittenberg), physician
- Johann Stoltz (* 1514; † 1556 in Weimar ), theologian
- Aegidius Strauch I (* 1583; † 1657 in Dresden ), theologian
- Aegidius Strauch II (* 1632; † 1682 in Danzig ), theologian
- Johann Strauch I. (* 1588; † 1639 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Michael Strauch (* 1635; † 1709 in Wittenberg), mathematician
- Gottfried Strauss (* 1641; † 1706 in Wittenberg), legal scholar, court and appellate councilor
- Johann Michael Strauss (* 1628 in Wittenberg, † 1692 in Pirna), Lutheran theologian
- Helmut Strehl (* 1931; † 2019), civil engineer and rector of the FH Aachen
- Gottfried Suevus the Younger (* 1652; † 1718 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Jan Suski (* 1964), graphic artist, comic artist and illustrator
T
- Christian Taubmann (* 1597; † 1651 in Wittenberg), legal scholar
- Mathias Tietke (* 1959), journalist, non-fiction author, yoga teacher
- Tobias Tilemann (* 1584; † 1614 in Wittenberg), mathematician
- Solomon Konstantin Titius (* 1766; † 1801 in Wittenberg), medic
- Carl August Tittmann (* 1775; † 1834 in Dresden ), lawyer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Tittmann (* 1784; † 1864 in Dresden ), archivist and historian
- Ferdinand Trautmann (* 1833; † 1902), ENT doctor, medical officer
- Franz Thedieck (1947–2017), German legal scholar
V
- Abraham father (* 1684; † 1751 in Wittenberg), physician
- Karl Vogt (* 1808; † 1869 in Greifswald ), theologian
W.
- Antje Wagner (* 1974), writer
- Hans Wagner (* 1852; † 1940 in Frankfurt am Main ), postage stamp expert
- Augustin Friedrich Walther (* 1688; † 1746 in Leipzig ), doctor, anatomist and botanist
- Eduard Friedrich Weber (* 1806; † 1871 in Leipzig ), doctor
- Ernst Heinrich Weber (* 1795; † 1878 in Leipzig ), physiologist
- Wilhelm Weber (* 1804; † 1891 in Göttingen ), physicist
- Walther Wenck (* 1900; † 1982 in Bad Rothenfelde ), General of the Wehrmacht
- Claudia Wenzel (* 1959), actress
- Ernst Friedrich Wernsdorf (* 1718; † 1782 in Wittenberg), theologian and church historian
- Gottlieb Wernsdorf I (* 1717; † 1774 in Danzig ), educator, rhetorician and author
- Johann Christian Wernsdorf I (* 1723; † 1793 in Helmstedt ), writer, poet and rhetorician
- Richard Wiener (* 1927), lawyer, honorary citizen of Wittenberg
- Georg Friedrich Wiesand (* 1777; † 1842 in Dresden ), lawyer and politician
- Bruno Wittig (* 1885; † 1973 in Butzbach ), politician (SPD)
- Frantz Wittkamp (* 1943), poet and painter
- Eduard Wunder (* 1800; † 1869 in Grimma ), philologist and educator, long-time rector of the Princely School Grimma
Z
- Johann August Zeune (* 1778; † 1853 in Berlin ), educator
- Georg David Ziegra (* 1653; † 1724 in Schmiedeberg), Protestant theologian
- Johann Georg Zimmermann (* 1680; † 1734 in Wittenberg), postmaster
- Torsten Zugehre (* 1972), Lord Mayor of Wittenberg