List of sons and daughters of the city of Kamenz
The following people were born in Kamenz . Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Kamenz is irrelevant. They are listed chronologically according to the year of birth.
Until the 18th century
- Joachim Burser (around 1583–1639), doctor and botanist
- Justus von Gebhard (1588–1656), lawyer and Imperial Privy Councilor in Vienna
- Johann Michael Schmahl (1654–1725), master organ builder in Steinheim an der Murr and Heilbronn
- Johann Jänichen (1659–1731), educator and poet
- Daniel Gotthilf Manitius (1668–1698), physician in Dresden, member of the Leopoldina since 1694
- Johann Gottfried Lessing (1693–1770), Lutheran theologian
- Johann Friedrich Gregorius (1697–1761), Protestant theologian and hymn poet
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), poet
- Immanuel Friedrich Gregorius (1730–1800), Lutheran theologian and historian
- Johann Friedrich Burscher (1732–1805), Lutheran theologian
- Johann Gottlieb Lessing , Rector of the Lyceum in Chemnitz
- Johann Gotthelf Herzog (1738–1787), doctor
- Karl Gotthelf Lessing (1740–1812), playwright and mint director
- Friedrich August Bevilaqua (1777–1845), lieutenant general and honorary citizen of Kamenz
- Karl Drechsler (1800–1873), cellist
19th century
- Gustav Heinrich Warnatz (1810–1872), ophthalmologist and Freemason
- Ludwig Haberkorn (1811–1901), politician and President of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament; since 1856 honorary citizen of Kamenz
- Adolf Ernst Hensel (1811–1862), politician, President of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament
- Johannes Minckwitz (1812–1885), poet, translator and philologist (born in Lückersdorf)
- Heinrich Minckwitz (1819–1886), politician and revolutionary (born in Lückersdorf)
- Caesar Dietrich von Witzleben (1823–1882), historian, archivist and editor
- August Theodor Goebel (1829–1916), printer and publicist (born in Gelenau)
- Kurt Albin Lade , called Ruick (1843–1922), Lord Mayor of Gera from 1881 to 1898
- Emil Oskar Müller (December 14, 1843 - November 15, 1930 in Kamenz), cloth manufacturer and since 1916 honorary citizen of Kamenz
- Wilhelm Weisse (1846–1916), gardener and landscape architect, honorary citizen since 1903
- Alwin Ruffini (1851–1906), bass singer
- Paul Bruger (1872–1960), educator, politician and local history researcher
- Alwin Freudenberg (1873–1930), writer and educator
- Erich Weber (1885–1961), publisher, author and master confectioner
- Hermann Unger (1886–1958), composer and university professor
- Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff (1893–1946), Prussian major general
- Bruno Richard Hauptmann (1899–1936), carpenter; Executed for kidnapping and murdering the Lindbergh baby in the United States
20th century
- Gottfried Bombach (1919–2010), economist, is considered to be one of the pioneers of mathematically oriented economic theory
- Hans Thamm (1921–2007), musician
- Gottfried Zawadzki (1922–2016), artist
- Horst Sendler (1925–2006), judge, from 1976 Vice President and from 1980 to 1991 President of the Federal Administrative Court
- Manfred Buhr (1927–2008), historian of philosophy
- Johannes Peschel (* 1931), sculptor
- Christian Weißmantel (1931–1987), physicist
- Wolfgang Steglich (* 1933), chemist
- Georg Baselitz (* 1938 as Hans-Georg Kern in Deutschbaselitz), one of the most important German painters
- Karl Sperling (* 1941), human geneticist
- Helga Bender (1942–2018), synonym: Helga König, actress
- Hans-Dieter Schöne (* 1942), organist and church music director
- Ulrich Röseberg (October 21, 1943 - March 23, 1994 in Berlin ), philosopher
- Stephan Trepte (1950–2020), rock musician; born in Biehla
- Wolfgang H. Arnold (* 1951), physician and professor at the University of Witten / Herdecke
- Wolfgang Krause Zwieback (* 1951), actor, director and author
- Wolfgang Mager (* 1952), rower, two-time Olympic gold medalist
- Reiner Deutschmann (* 1953), politician and entrepreneur
- Matthias Körner (* 1954), writer
- Joachim Nimtz (* 1957), actor
- Henry Nitzsche (* 1959), politician
- Roland Balck (* 1960), football player