List of people from Erfurt

This list contains people both born in Erfurt and notable residents of the city, ordered chronologically.

Born in Erfurt, Germany

The following persons were born in Erfurt respectively within the current city borders.

14th century

• Alexander Suslin (died before 1349), rabbi

15th century

• Erhard Etzlaub (1460–1532), astronomer
• Henricus Grammateus (1495–1526), mathematician

16th century

• Michael Altenburg (1584–1640), theologian, born in Alach
• Johannes Thesselius (1590–1643), composer

17th century

• Johannes Bach (1604–1673), composer
• Hiob Ludolf (1624–1704), orientalist
• Johann Michael Vansleb (1635–1679), theologian
• Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (1644–1694), mother of Johann Sebastian Bach
• Johann Aegidius Bach (1645–1716), organist
• Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645–1695), musician
• Johann Christoph Bach (1645–1693), musician
• Johann Heinrich Buttstett (1666–1727), composer, born in Bindersleben
• Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721), composer
• Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749), composer
• Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748), music theorist
• Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (1685–1764), composer
• Elias David Häusser (1687–1745), architect
• Amalia Pachelbel (1688–1723), painter
• Jakob Adlung (1699–1762), organist, born in Bindersleben

18th century

• Johann Rudolf Engau (1708–1755), jurist
• Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann (1711–1740), poet
• Johann Christian Kittel (1732–1809), composer
• Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745–1816), astronomer
• Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747–1822), composer
• Samuel Gottlieb Vogel (1750–1837), physician
• Rudolph Zacharias Becker (1752–1822), educator
• Johann Joachim Bellermann (1754–1842), theologist
• Wilhelm Gottlieb Tennemann (1761–1819), historian
• Johann Trommsdorff (1770–1837), chemist
• Johann Jakob Bernhardi (1774–1850), botanist
• Justus Hecker (1795–1850), physician

19th century

• August Soller (1805–1853), architect
• Christian Eduard Langethal (1806–1878), botanist
• Hugo Rothstein (1810–1865), officer
• Anton Dominik Fernkorn (1813–1878), sculptor
• Eduard Gerhardt (1813–1888), painter
• Fritz Müller (1821–1897), biologist, born in Windischholzhausen
• Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822–1896), organist
• Oskar Schade (1826–1906), philologist
• Otto Ribbeck (1827–1898), classical scholar
• Julius Grosse (1828–1902), poet
• Alfred Kirchhoff (1838–1907), geographer
• Carl von Thieme (1844-1924), German bankier
• Johann Heinrich Hübschmann (1848–1908), philologist
• Günther von Kirchbach (1850–1925), general
• Oskar von Hutier (1857–1934), general
• Max Weber (1864–1920), sociologist
• Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865–1936), astronomer
• Hermann Kiese (1865–1923), rosarian, born in Vieselbach
• Alfred Weber (1868–1958), economist
• Paul Lipke (1870–1955), chess master
• Max E. Binner (born 1883), politician
• Hubert Weise (1884–1950), general
• Erich Zeigner (1886–1949), politician
• Willi Münzenberg (1889–1940), communist political activist
• Erika Glässner (1890–1959), actress
• Erich Köhler (1892–1958), politician
• Walter Zander (1898–1993), lawyer

20th century

1900s

• Reinhard Gehlen (1902–1979), general
• Hans Hess (1907–1975), museologist
• Margaretha Reichardt (1907 - 1984), textile designer and Bauhaus student

1910s

• Max Lackmann (1910–2000), ecumenist
• Heinrich Schonder (1910–1943), U-boat commander
• Hans Fleischhacker (1912–1992), anthropologist, born in Töttleben
• Gerhard Schöpfel (1912–2003), flying ace
• Rolf Günther (1913–1945), major in SS

1920s

• Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003), orientalist
• Wolf Schneider (born 1925), journalist
• Peer Schmidt (1926–2010), actor
• Gert Schramm (born 1928), survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp
• Winfried Herz (born 1929), footballer
• Reinhard Lettau (1929–1996), writer

1930s

• Johannes Wallmann (born 1930), theologian
• Georg Stoltze (1931–2007), cyclist
• Jutta Langenau (1933–1982), swimmer
• Lothar Ahrendt (born 1936), politician
• Lothar Stäber (born 1936), cyclist
• Joachim Wendler (1939–1975), aquanaut

1940s

• Wolfgang Scheidel (born 1943), luger
• Boris Gulko (born 1947), Grandmaster in chess
• Christine Westermann (born 1948), television host
• Christel Augenstein (born 1949), politician
• Ralf Schulenberg (born 1949), footballer

1950s

• Klaus Wunder (born 1950), footballer
• Jochen Babock (born 1953), bobsledder
• Ulrich Holbein (born 1953), writer
• Ute Lubosch (born 1953), actress
• Joachim Werneburg (born 1953), writer

1960s

• Sabine Busch (born 1962), athlete
• Carsten Sänger (born 1962), footballer
• Stefan Böger (born 1966), footballer
• Axel Kühn (born 1967), bobsledder
• Maik Landsmann (born 1967), cyclist
• Sybille Gruner (born 1969), handball player
• Thomas Luther (born 1969), Grandmaster in chess
• Eyck Zimmer (born 1969), award-winning hotel manager

1970s

• Thomas Rudolph (born 1970), luger
• Christoph Genz (born 1971), tenor
• Andreas Müller (born 1971), athlete
• Marco Weißhaupt (born 1972), footballer
• Steffen Wöller (born 1972), luger
• Katrin Apel (born 1973), biathlete
• Andreas Bausewein (born 1973), politician
• Alexander Beyer (born 1973), actor
• André Korff (born 1973), cyclist
• Erik Niedling (born 1973), artist
• Sabine Völker (born 1973), speed skater
• Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (born 1974), speed skater
• Franziska Schenk (born 1974), speed skater
• Marco Schreyl (born 1974), television host
• Matthias Höpfner (born 1975), bobsledder
• Daniel Becke (born 1978), cyclist
• Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel (born 1978), bobsledder
• Stephan Schreck (born 1978), cyclist
• René Wolff (born 1978), cyclist
• Yvonne Catterfeld (born 1979), singer
• Silvio Smalun (born 1979), figure skater

1980s

• Clueso (born 1980), singer
• Clemens Fritz (born 1980), footballer
• Stefan Lindemann (born 1980), figure skater
• Andreas Pohle (born 1981), long jumper
• Janin Reinhardt (born 1981), television presenter
• Judith Hesse (born 1982), speed skater
• Christian Müller (born 1982), cyclist
• Robert Lehmann (born 1984), speed skater
• Elisabeth Pähtz (born 1985), Grandmaster in chess
• Martin Ullmann (born 1986), footballer
• Kristin Wieczorek (born 1986), figure skater
• Patrick Gretsch (born 1987), cyclist
• Stephanie Beckert (born 1988), speed skater
• Thomas Ströhl (born 1988), footballer

1990s

• Patrick Beckert (born 1990), speed skater
• Denis Wieczorek (born 1991), figure skater
• Florian Wünsche (born 1991), actor
• Kevin Möhwald (born 1993), footballer
• Silvano Varnhagen (born 1993), footballer

Others

• Boogie Pimps, electronic music duo
• Bernd das Brot, puppet character from KiKa television and an unofficial mascot of Erfurt

Notable residents of Erfurt

• Eoban (died 754), martyr, buried in Erfurt
• Eleazar of Worms (1176–1238), taldmudist, worked as hazzan in Erfurt
• Meister Eckhart (c.1260–1327), theologian, lived in Erfurt
• Jacob Weil (died before 1456), rabbinate in Erfurt
• Martin Luther (1483–1546), lived as monk and as student in Erfurt
• Adam Ries (1492–1559), mathematician, worked in Erfurt between 1518 and 1522/23
• Johannes Loersfeld (fl. 1520s), printer, worked in Erfurt in the 1520s
• Basil Faber (1520–1576), schoolmaster, worked in Erfurt between 1571 and 1576
• Christoph Bach (1613–1661), worked in Erfurt between 1642 and 1652
• Heinrich Bach (1615–1692), organist, worked in Erfurt
• Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), composer and organist, worked in Erfurt between 1678 and 1690
• Andreas Armsdorff (1670–1699), composer, worked in Erfurt
• Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744–1817), gouvernor of Erfurt
• Paulus Stephanus Cassel (1821–1892), writer, lived in Erfurt
• Emil Büchner (1826–1908), conductor
• Moritz Callmann Wahl (1829–1887), writer, lived in Erfurt
• Ernst Dircksen (1831–1899), architect, lived in Erfurt since 1890
• Richard Wetz (1875–1935), composer, lived in Erfurt since 1906
• Joel Brand (1906–1964), zionist, grew up in Erfurt
• Walter Werneburg (1922–1999), artist, lived in Erfurt
• Hans-Joachim Göring (1923–2010), footballer, lived in Erfurt
• Joachim Meisner (born 1933), cardinal
• Paul Friedrichs (1940–2012), motocross racer, lived in Erfurt
• Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born 1966), speed skater