List of sons and daughters of the city of Dessau-Roßlau

The following list contains known sons and daughters of Dessau and Roßlau . They are listed chronologically according to their year of birth. It is irrelevant whether the people later had their sphere of activity in Dessau or Roßlau or not.

Until 1800

• 1507, August 15, George III. , † October 17, 1553, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Lutheran reformer
• 1574, July 2, Dorothea Maria von Anhalt , † July 18, 1617 in Weimar , Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
• 1579, June 17, Ludwig I , † January 7, 1650 in Köthen , Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, founder of the Fruit-Bringing Society
• 1609, July 26th, Adolph Wilhelm von Krosigk , † 1665, politician, diplomat and envoy
• 1627, November 17, Johann Georg II. , † August 7, 1693, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
• 1653, January 7, Bernhard Friedrich Albinus , † September 7, 1721 in Leiden , physician
• 1676, July 3, Leopold I , called "Der Alte Dessauer", † April 9, 1747, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal
• 1687, August 4th, Prince Johann Wilhelm Friso , † July 14th 1711 in Strijensas (Netherlands), governor of the Netherlands and ancestor of the Dutch royal family
• 1695, April 19, Georg Albrecht , † June 12, 1739 in Barby , Duke of Saxony-Weissenfels-Barby
• 1700, December 25, Leopold II , † December 16, 1751, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
• 1729, September 6, Moses Mendelssohn , † January 4, 1786 in Berlin , philosopher
• 1740, August 10, Leopold III. , † August 9, 1817, actually Leopold III. Friedrich Franz, called "Father Franz", Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
• 1751, December 22, August Rode , † June 16, 1837, writer and politician
• 1753, December 19, Countess Wilhelmine von Lichtenau , † July 9, 1820 in Berlin , lover of King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (Prussia)
• 1763, September 5, Franz Graf von Waldersee , † May 30, 1823, politician and writer
• 1785, April 1, Ferdinand Johann von Olivier , † February 11, 1841 in Munich , painter
• 1789, October 25, Samuel Heinrich Schwabe , † April 11, 1875, astronomer
• 1790, March 22, Gottfried Bandhauer , † March 20, 1837, master builder of classicism
• 1791, April 23, Woldemar Friedrich von Olivier , † September 5, 1859, painter
• 1791, April 25, Franz Heinrich von Waldersee , † January 16, 1873 in Breslau , Prussian general of the cavalry
• 1794, October 1, Leopold IV. Friedrich , † May 22, 1871, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
• 1794, October 7, Wilhelm Müller , † October 1, 1827, poet
• 1795, July 21, 1795, Friedrich von Waldersee , † January 15, 1864 in Potsdam , Prussian lieutenant general, minister of war and military writer
• 1796, March 19, Carl Gollmick , † October 3, 1866 in Frankfurt am Main , composer
• 1799, March 28, Carl von Basedow , † April 11, 1854 in Merseburg , doctor

1801 to 1900

• 1811, December 22, Ludwig Philippson , † December 29, 1889 in Bonn , rabbi , writer and publisher
• 1818, June 20, August Fuchs , † June 8, 1847, classical philologist
• 1822, August 15, Wilhelm Rust , † May 2, 1892 in Leipzig , composer
• 1823, December 6, Friedrich Max Müller , † October 28, 1900 in Oxford , linguist
• 1827, January 29, Theodor Ackermann , † June 10, 1911, publisher
• 1827, September 7, Wilhelm Hosäus , † July 17, 1900, librarian, writer and theologian
• 1831, April 29, Friedrich I , † January 24, 1904 in Ballenstedt , Duke of Anhalt
• 1832, March 1, Friedrich Grützmacher , † February 23, 1903 in Dresden , composer and cellist
• 1835, September 4, Leopold Grützmacher , † February 26, 1900 in Weimar , composer and cellist
• 1841, July 18, Johanne Henriette Müller , † July 8, 1916 in Hamburg , Hamburg original ("Zitronenjette")
• 1845, April 17, Max Arnhold , † 1908 in Dresden , banker
• 1849, June 10, Eduard Arnhold , † 1925 in Neuhaus , entrepreneur and patron of the arts
• 1855, September 2, Otto Strützel , † December 25, 1930 in Munich , painter
• 1856, August 19, Friedrich II. , † April 21, 1918 at Ballenstedt Castle , Duke of Anhalt
• 1858, October 28, Friedrich von Kalitsch , † January 8, 1938 at Gut Bärenthoren , Forstmann
• 1861, April 18, Eduard , † September 13, 1918 in Berchtesgaden , Duke of Anhalt
• 1861, November 12, Georg Steindorff , † August 28, 1951 in North Hollywood (USA), Egyptologist
• 1870, January 10, Hans von Raumer , † November 3, 1965 in Berlin , politician ( DVP ) and Reich Economics Minister
• 1876, January 9, Hans Bethge , † February 1, 1946 in Göppingen , writer and poet
• 1879, April 23, Walther Spielmeyer , † February 6, 1935 in Munich , psychiatrist and neurologist
• 1881, February 13, Fritz Hesse , † April 30, 1973 in Bad Neuenahr , politician ( DDP ), Lord Mayor of Dessau 1918 to 1933
• 1881, November 12, Maximilian von Weichs , † September 27, 1954 in Rösberg , general , army and army group commander
• 1891, December 6, Gotthard Sachsenberg , † August 23, 1961 in Bremen , officer, entrepreneur and politician ( economic party )
• 1895, October 12, Henrik Herse , † March 16, 1953, writer
• 1900, March 2, Kurt Weill , † April 3, 1950 in New York , composer

From 1901

• 1901, January 11, Joachim Ernst , † February 18, 1947 in Buchenwald, Duke of Anhalt
• 1903, November 27, Richard Paulick , † March 4, 1979 in Berlin, architect
• 1908, April 8, Heinz Schubert , † 1945, composer and conductor
• 1909, June 17, Karl Gatermann the Younger , † April 3, 1992 in Munich, painter, graphic artist and set designer
• 1911, December 14, Hans von Ohain , † March 13, 1998 in Melbourne (Florida), physicist
• 1912, January 28, Ursula Herking , † November 17, 1974 in Munich, actress
• 1914, March 16, Hans Georg Schachtschabel , † October 29, 1993 in Mannheim, politician (SPD)
• 1914, April 1, Willi Meinck , † April 7, 1993 in Zittau, writer
• 1921, March 22nd, Wolfgang Schwenke , † May 3rd, 2006 in Fürstenfeldbruck, zoologist, entomologist and forest scientist
• 1925, February 11, Horst Bollmann , actor
• 1925, March 12, Horst Mehring , † May 15, 2017 in Oldenburg, actor
• 1926, April 11, Bobby Bölke , actually Walter Bölke, † May 24, 2007 in Berlin, actor and presenter
• 1926, June 27, Joost Siedhoff , actor
• 1926, October 1, Gerhard Stolze , † March 11, 1979 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, opera singer
• 1932, June 24, Eberhard Natho , Protestant theologian, 1970–94 Church President of the Evangelical Church in Anhalt
• 1933, February 26, Brigitte Grothum , actress
• 1933, December 14th, Hans Jürgen Sonnenberger , legal scholar
• 1935, May 25, Dieter Strützel , cultural scientist
• 1935, September 5, Dieter Hallervorden , actor and cabaret artist
• 1940, December 31, Imi Knoebel , painter and sculptor
• 1940, May 7th, Dorit Zinn , writer
• 1943, January 28, Manfred Jendryschik , storyteller, poet and essayist
• 1946, October 10, Emil Schult , painter and musician ("Kraftwerk")
• 1951, July 26th, Günter Dreibrodt , handball player
• 1959, June 5, Werner Schildhauer , athlete
• 1962, September 8, Thomas Kretschmann , actor
• 1968, January 19, Steffi Lemke , politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen)
• 1968, June 29, Tilo Kummer , politician (Die Linke)
• 1970, January 6th, Susanne Evers , actress (Lindenstrasse)
• 1976, February 25, Danny Fuchs , football player
• 1977, February 18, Beatrice Kaps-Zurmahr , actress
• 1981, July 11th, Sandra Naujoks , professional poker player known as "Black Mamba"
• 1985, November 27th, Jana opponent , inline speed skater and speed skater