title: List of people from Erfurt
text: # 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
  * de:Johannes Lang (c. 1487–1548), theologian; the "Reformer of Erfurt"
  * 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 and Schinkel student
  * Christian Eduard Langethal (1806–1878), botanist
  * Hugo Rothstein (1810–1865), officer
  * August Gottfried Ritter (1811–1885), composer and organist
  * Anton Dominik Fernkorn (1813–1878), sculptor
  * Eduard Gerhardt (1813–1888), painter, draftsman, printmaker, lithographer and architect
  * Ferdinand Bellermann (1814–1889), landscape painter
  * Fritz Müller (1821–1897), biologist, born in Windischholzhausen
  * Carl Reinthaler (1822–1896), composer, conductor and director of the cathedral choir in Bremen
  * Oskar Schade (1826–1906), philologist
  * Otto Ribbeck (1827–1898), classical scholar
  * Julius Grosse (1828–1902), writer and theater critic
  * Alfred Kirchhoff (1838–1907), geographer
  * Carl von Thieme (1844–1924), co-founder of two large German insurance companies Munich reinsurance company and Allianz AG
  * Bernhard Ziehn (1845–1912), music theorist
  * Paul von Kleist (1846–1926), Prussian lieutenant general
  * Johann Heinrich Hübschmann (1848–1908), philologist
  * Günther von Kirchbach (1850–1925), general
  * Oskar von Hutier (1857–1934), General in World War I
  * Max Weber (1864–1920), sociologist, lawyer, economist and social economist
  * Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865–1936), astronomer
  * Hermann Kiese (1865–1923), rosarian, born in Vieselbach
  * Alfred Weber (1868–1958), economist, sociologist and cultural philosopher
  * Paul Lipke (1870–1955), chess master
  * Max E. Binner (born 1883), politician
  * Hubert Weise (1884–1950), general
  * Erich Zeigner (1886–1949) politician (SPD/SED), prime minister of Saxony 21 March to 29 October 1923
  * Willi Münzenberg (1889–1940), communist, publisher and film producer
  * Erika Glässner (1890–1959), actress
  * Erich Köhler (1892–1958), politician (CDU), president of the Bundestag from 1949 to 1950
  * Walter Zander (1898–1993), lawyer
  
  ### 20th century
  
  **1900s**
  
  * Werner Danckert (1900–1970), musicologist
  * Reinhard Gehlen (1902–1979), German general, first president of Federal Intelligence Service
  * Hans Hess (1907–1975), museologist
  * Margaretha Reichardt (1907–1984), textile designer and Bauhaus alumni
  * Hans Günther (1910–1945), policeman, Sturmbannführer and head of the Central office for Jewish emigration in Prague
  
  **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 (1925–2022), journalist, nonfiction author and language critic
  * Peer Schmidt (1926–2010), actor
  * Gert Schramm (1928–2016), survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp
  * Winfried Herz (born 1929), footballer
  * Reinhard Lettau (1929–1996), writer
  
  **1930s**
  
  * Johannes Wallmann (born 1930), professor of church history at the University of Bochum, pietism researcher
  * Georg Stoltze (1931–2007), cyclist
  * Wilhelm Brückner (born 1932), luthier
  * Jutta Langenau (1933–1982), swimmer
  * Lothar Stäber (born 1936), cyclist
  * Lothar Ahrendt (born 1936), politician (SED), from 1989 to 1990 Minister of the Interior of the GDR
  * Joachim Wendler (1939–1975), aquanaut
  
  **1940s**
  
  * Alexander Lang (born 1941), director and actor
  * Gerd Nauhaus (born 1942), musicologist
  * Wolfgang Scheidel (born 1943), luger
  * Boris Gulko (born 1947), Grandmaster in chess
  * Christine Westermann (born 1948), television host and author
  * Christel Augenstein (born 1949), politician, 2001-2009 mayor of Pforzheim
  * 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
  * Evelyn Stolze (born 1954), swimmer
  
  **1960s**
  
  * Sabine Busch (born 1962), athlete
  * Carsten Sänger (born 1962), football player
  * Stefan Böger (born 1966), football player and coach
  * Axel Kühn (born 1967), bobsledder
  * Maik Landsmann (born 1967), cyclist and Olympic champion
  * Sybille Gruner (born 1969), handball player
  * Thomas Luther (born 1969), Grandmaster in chess
  * Eyck Zimmer (born 1969), award-winning chef
  
  **1970s**
  
  * Thomas Rudolph (born 1970), luger
  * Christoph Genz (born 1971), tenor
  * Andreas Müller (born 1971), paralympic athlete
  * Marco Weißhaupt (born 1972), footballer
  * Steffen Wöller (born 1972), luger
  * Katrin Apel (born 1973), biathlete
  * Andreas Bausewein (born 1973), politician (SPD) and mayor of Erfurt
  * Alexander Beyer (born 1973), film actor (Good Bye Lenin, The Legend of Rita, Sonnenallee)
  * André Korff (born 1973), cyclist
  * Erik Niedling (born 1973), artist
  * Sabine Völker (born 1973), speed skater
  * Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (born 1974), speed skater and Olympic champion
  * Franziska Schenk (born 1974), speed skater
  * Marco Schreyl (born 1974), television host
  * Matthias Höpfner (born 1975), bobsledder
  * Carsten Schneider (born 1976), politician (SPD), Member of Bundestag since 1998
  * 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 and actress
  * Silvio Smalun (born 1979), figure skater
  
  **1980s**
  
  * Clueso (born 1980) (a.k.a. Thomas Hübner), singer
  * Clemens Fritz (born 1980), footballer
  * Stefan Lindemann (born 1980), figure skater
  * Andreas Pohle (born 1981), long jumper and triple jumper
  * Janin Reinhardt (born 1981), television presenter and actress
  * Judith Hesse (born 1982), speed skater
  * Christian Müller (born 1982), cyclist
  * Simon Schwartz (born 1982), illustrator and comic novel writer
  * 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
  * Christian Beck (born 1988), football player
  
  **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
  
  ## Notable residents of Erfurt
  
  * Eoban (died 754), martyr, buried in Erfurt
  * Eleazar of Worms (1176–1238), taldmudist, worked as hazzan in Erfurt
  * de:Heinrich von Friemar (the elder) (c. 1245–1340), an Augustinian friar, philosopher, theologian and aesthetic writer.
  * Meister Eckhart (c.1260–1327), theologian, lived in Erfurt
  * Heinrich von Friemar (the younger) (c. 1285–1354) Augustinian friar and theologian
  * Johannes de Indagine (c.1415–1475), Carthusian monk and theologian
  * Jacob Weil (died before 1456), rabbinate in Erfurt
  * Martin Luther (1483–1546), lived as student and later as an Augustinan friar in Erfurt
  * Adam Ries (1492–1559), mathematician, worked in Erfurt between 1518 and 1522/23
  * Justus Jonas (1493–1555), Lutheran theologian and Rector of University of Erfurt.
  * 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), governor 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
  * Marcus Urban (born 1971), footballer with FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
  