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Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

and notable residents of the city, ordered chronologically. {{TOC right

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 Erhard Etzlaub ( 1455 1465 – 1532) was a German astronomer, geodesist, cartographer, instrument maker and physician. Life Little is known of Etzlaub's life. One "Erhart Etzlauber" became a citizen of Nuremberg in 1484, but his profession was n ...

(1460–1532), astronomer * de:Johannes Lang (c. 1487–1548), theologian; the "Reformer of Erfurt" *

Henricus Grammateus Henricus Grammateus (also known as Henricus Scriptor, Heinrich Schreyber or Heinrich Schreiber; 1495 – 1525 or 1526) was a German mathematician. He was born in Erfurt. In 1507 he started to study at the University of Vienna, where he subsequen ...

(1495–1526), mathematician

16th century

Michael Altenburg Michael Altenburg (27 May 1584 – 12 February 1640) was a German theologian and composer. Altenburg was born at Alach, near Erfurt. He began attending school in Erfurt in 1590; he began studying theology at the University of Erfurt in 1598, ...

(1584–1640), theologian, born in Alach * Johannes Thesselius (1590–1643), composer

17th century

* Johannes Bach (1604–1673), composer *

Hiob Ludolf Hiob or Job Ludolf ( la, Iobus Ludolfus or '; 15 June 1624– 8 April 1704), also known as Job Leutholf, was a German orientalist, born at Erfurt. Edward Ullendorff rates Ludolf as having "the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship". L ...

(1624–1704), orientalist *

Johann Michael Vansleb Johann Michael Vansleb (1 November 1635 – 1679) was a German theologian, linguist and Egypt traveller. He converted to Catholicism and was a member of the Dominican Order from 1666. ''(Depending on the language of publication, his name is sp ...

(1635–1679), theologian * Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (1644–1694), mother of

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

* Johann Aegidius Bach (1645–1716), organist *

Johann Ambrosius Bach Johann Ambrosius Bach (22 February 1645 – ) was a German musician, father to Johann Sebastian Bach. Life Johann Ambrosius Bach was born in Erfurt, Germany, the son of musician Christoph Bach (1613–1661). He was the twin brother of Joh ...

(1645–1695), musician *

Johann Christoph Bach Johann Christoph Bach (baptised – 31 March 1703) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period. He was born at Arnstadt, the son of Heinrich Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach's first cousin once removed and the first cousin of J.S. B ...

(1645–1693), musician *

Johann Heinrich Buttstett Johann Heinrich Buttstett (also ''Buttstedt'', ''Buttstädt'') (25 April 1666 – December 1, 1727) was a German Baroque organist and composer. Although he was Johann Pachelbel's most important pupil and one of the last major exponents of the sou ...

(1666–1727), composer, born in Bindersleben *

(1671–1721), composer *

Johann Bernhard Bach Johann Bernhard Bach (23 May 1676 – 11 June 1749) was a German composer, and second cousin of J. S. Bach.Smith, Timothy A"Johann Bernhard Bach 1676-1749" Northern Arizona University. Retrieved 3 August 2012. Life Johann Bernhard Bach was bo ...

(1676–1749), composer *

Johann Gottfried Walther Johann Gottfried Walther (18 September 1684 – 23 March 1748) was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era. Walther was born at Erfurt. Not only was his life almost exactly contemporaneous to that ...

(1684–1748), music theorist * Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (1685–1764), composer *

Elias David Häusser Elias David Häusser (25 June 1687 – 16 March 1745) was a German-Danish architect working in the Baroque and Rococo styles. He is most known for designing the first Christiansborg Palace which was almost completely destroyed in a fire in 1794. ...

(1687–1745), architect * Amalia Pachelbel (1688–1723), painter *

Jakob Adlung Jakob Adlung, or Adelung, (14 January 1699 – 5 July 1762) was a German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, composer and music theorist. Biography He was born in Bindersleben, near Erfurt, to David Adlung, an organist and his ...

(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 Johann Hieronymus Schröter (30 August 1745, Erfurt – 29 August 1816, Lilienthal) was a German astronomer. Life Schröter was born in Erfurt, and studied law at Göttingen University from 1762 until 1767, after which he started a ten-y ...

(1745–1816), astronomer *

Johann Wilhelm Hässler Johann Wilhelm Hässler (March 29, 1747 – March 22 (other sources, March 29), 1822), was a German composer, organist and pianist.Joan Benson Clavichord for Beginners 0253011647 - 2014 - Page 61 "Johann Wilhelm Hässler. (1747–1822). Häs ...

(1747–1822), composer * Samuel Gottlieb Vogel (1750–1837), physician * Rudolph Zacharias Becker (1752–1822), educator * Johann Joachim Bellermann (1754–1842), theologist *

Wilhelm Gottlieb Tennemann Wilhelm Gottlieb Tennemann (7 December 1761 – 30 September 1819) was a German historian of philosophy. Life He was born and educated at Erfurt. In 1788, he became a lecturer on the history of philosophy at the University of Jena. Ten years lat ...

(1761–1819), historian * Johann Trommsdorff (1770–1837), chemist *

Johann Jakob Bernhardi Johann Jakob Bernhardi (1 September 1774, in Erfurt – 13 May 1850, in Erfurt) was a German doctor and botanist. Biography Johann J. Bernhardi studied Medicine and Botany at the University of Erfurt, and after graduation practiced medicine for a ...

(1774–1850), botanist * Justus Hecker (1795–1850), physician

19th century

Carl Martin Reinthaler Büste von Kropp 1902

August Soller Johann August Karl Soller (14 March 1805 – 6 November 1853) was a Prussian, and later, German architect.

(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 Ferdinand Konrad Bellermann (14 March 1814, in Erfurt – 11 August 1889, in Berlin) was a German painter and naturalist, who specialized in scenes of Venezuela.Hernández Caballero, Serafín (Editor). (1998): ''Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela''. ...

(1814–1889), landscape painter *

Fritz Müller Johann Friedrich Theodor Müller (31 March 1822 – 21 May 1897), better known as Fritz Müller, and also as Müller-Desterro, was a German biologist who emigrated to southern Brazil, where he lived in and near the German community of Blumenau, ...

(1821–1897), biologist, born in Windischholzhausen * Carl Reinthaler (1822–1896), composer, conductor and director of the cathedral choir in Bremen *

Oskar Schade Oskar Schade (25 March 1826 – 30 December 1906) was a German philologist and Germanist born in Erfurt. In 1860, he received his habilitation at Halle, and from 1863 to 1906 was a professor at the University of Königsberg. He was the author o ...

(1826–1906), philologist *

Otto Ribbeck Johann Carl Otto Ribbeck (23 July 1827, in Erfurt – 18 July 1898, in Leipzig) was a German classical scholar. His works are mostly confined to criticisms of Latin poetry and to classical character sketches. Biography He was born at Erfurt in S ...

(1827–1898), classical scholar *

Julius Grosse Julius Waldemar Grosse (25 April 1828 – 9 May 1902), German poet, the son of a military chaplain, was born at Erfurt. Biography He received his early education at the gymnasium in Magdeburg, and on leaving school and showing disinclination f ...

(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 Günther Emanuel Graf von Kirchbach (9 August 1850 – 6 November 1925) was a German Generaloberst who served during the First World War. Biography Günther von Kirchbach was born in Erfurt in 1850, the son of Hugo von Kirchbach. He entered the ...

(1850–1925), general *

Oskar von Hutier Oskar Emil von Hutier (27 August 1857 – 5 December 1934) was a German general during the First World War. He served in the German Army from 1875 to 1919, including war service. During the war, he commanded the army that took Riga, Russian Repub ...

(1857–1934), General in World War I * Max Weber (1864–1920), sociologist, lawyer, economist and social economist *

Johannes Franz Hartmann Johannes Franz Hartmann (11 January 1865 – 13 September 1936) was a German physicist and astronomer. In 1904, while studying the spectroscopy of Delta Orionis he noticed that most of the spectrum had a shift, except the calcium lines, which h ...

(1865–1936), astronomer * Hermann Kiese (1865–1923), rosarian, born in Vieselbach *

Alfred Weber Alfred Weber (; 30 July 1868 – 2 May 1958) was a German economist, geographer, sociologist and theoretician of culture whose work was influential in the development of modern economic geography. Life Alfred Weber, younger brother of the ...

(1868–1958), economist, sociologist and cultural philosopher *

Paul Lipke Paul Lipke (30 June 1870 – 8 March 1955) was a German chess master. Lipke was born in Erfurt. In 1889, he tied for 5–6th in Breslau (6th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier A'', Emanuel Lasker won), and took 4th in Dessau. In 1892, he won in Dre ...

(1870–1955), chess master * Max E. Binner (born 1883), politician *

Hubert Weise __NOTOC__ Hubert Weise (22 December 1884 – 14 February 1950) was a German general (Generaloberst) in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Weise surrendered to the Allied ...

(1884–1950), general * Erich Zeigner (1886–1949) politician (SPD/SED), prime minister of Saxony 21 March to 29 October 1923 *

Willi Münzenberg Wilhelm "Willi" Münzenberg (14 August 1889, Erfurt, Germany – June 1940, Saint-Marcellin, France) was a German Communist political activist and publisher. Münzenberg was the first head of the Young Communist International in 1919–20 and est ...

(1889–1940), communist, publisher and film producer *

Erika Glässner Erika Glässner (28 February 1890 – 21 July 1959) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Werner Krafft'' (1916) * ''Diamonds'' (1920) * '' The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920) * '' The Love Corridor'' (1921) * '' Th ...

(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

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-27237-0001, Reinhard Gehlen

* Werner Danckert (1900–1970), musicologist *

Reinhard Gehlen Reinhard Gehlen (3 April 1902 – 8 June 1979) was a German lieutenant-general and intelligence officer. He was chief of the Wehrmacht Foreign Armies East military intelligence service on the eastern front during World War II, spymaster of the ...

(1902–1979), German general, first president of Federal Intelligence Service * Hans Hess (1907–1975), museologist *

Margaretha Reichardt Margaretha Reichardt (6 March 1907 – 25 May 1984), also known as Grete Reichardt, was a textile artist, weaver, and graphic designer from Erfurt, Germany.

(1907–1984), textile designer and

Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., 20 ...

alumni * Hans Günther (1910–1945), policeman,

Sturmbannführer __NOTOC__ ''Sturmbannführer'' (; ) was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank equivalent to major that was used in several Nazi organizations, such as the SA, SS, and the NSFK. The rank originated from German shock troop units of the First World War ...

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 Hans Fleischhacker (10 March 1912 – 30 January 1992) was a German anthropologist with the Ahnenerbe and a commander in the SS of Nazi Germany. He worked with Bruno Beger on some projects, making measurements of Jewish people. He was with Bege ...

(1912–1992), anthropologist, born in Töttleben * Gerhard Schöpfel (1912–2003), flying ace *

Rolf Günther Rolf Günther (8 January 1913 – August 1945) was a German functionary who served in the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) as an ''Sturmbannführer'' and who acted as deputy to Adolf Eichmann. He first joined the '' Sturmabteilung'' (SA) in 1929 and became ...

(1913–1945), major in SS

1920s

Annemarie Schimmel Annemarie Schimmel (7 April 1922 – 26 January 2003) was an influential German Orientalist and scholar who wrote extensively on Islam, especially Sufism. She was a professor at Harvard University from 1967 to 1992. Early life and education ...

(1922–2003), orientalist * Wolf Schneider (1925–2022), journalist, nonfiction author and language critic *

Peer Schmidt Peer Eugen Georg Schmidt (11 March 1926; Erfurt, Weimar Germany – 8 May 2010; Berlin) was a German actor who specialized in films, television and dubbing. He is best known as the German voice of Gérard Philipe, Marlon Brando and Jean-Paul Bel ...

(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 Joachim Wendler (June 6, 1939, in Erfurt, Germany – September 25, 1975, in Rockport, Massachusetts) was a West German aquanaut who died of an air embolism while returning to the surface of the Gulf of Maine from the Helgoland underwater habita ...

(1939–1975), aquanaut

1940s

* Alexander Lang (born 1941), director and actor * Gerd Nauhaus (born 1942), musicologist *

Wolfgang Scheidel Wolfgang Scheidel (born 1 March 1943) is an East German former luger who won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. He also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold in the me ...

(born 1943), luger *

Boris Gulko Boris Franzevich Gulko ( rus, Борис Францевич Гулько, p=bɐˈrʲis ɡʊlʲˈko; born February 9, 1947) is a Soviet-American Grandmaster in chess. Gulko is noted to be the only person to win both the Soviet Chess Championship a ...

(born 1947), Grandmaster in chess * Christine Westermann (born 1948), television host and author *

Christel Augenstein Christel Augenstein (born 15 July 1949 in Erfurt, Germany) is a member of the Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party. From 2001 until 23 July 2009 she was the mayor of Pforzheim, Germany, making her the city's first woman mayor. ...

(born 1949), politician, 2001-2009 mayor of Pforzheim * Ralf Schulenberg (born 1949), footballer

1950s

* Klaus Wunder (born 1950), footballer *

Jochen Babock Jochen Babock (born 26 August 1953 in Erfurt) is an East German bobsledder who competed in the mid-1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Oly ...

(born 1953), bobsledder *

Ulrich Holbein Ulrich Holbein (born January 24, 1953, in Erfurt) is a German writer. Holbein was the winner of the 2003 Hugo Ball Prize and winner of the 2012 Kassel Literary Prize The Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor (''Kasseler Literaturpreis fü ...

(born 1953), writer *

Ute Lubosch Ute Lubosch (born 10 March 1953 in Erfurt) is a German actress, who began her career in East German theater, film, and television. Background Ute Lubosch studied acting at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig and in the drama studio of the Dresden S ...

(born 1953), actress * Joachim Werneburg (born 1953), writer * Evelyn Stolze (born 1954), swimmer

1960s

* Sabine Busch (born 1962), athlete *

Carsten Sänger Carsten Sänger (born 8 November 1962) is a German former footballer. Club career In the DDR-Oberliga the defender played only for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt. After the German reunification Sänger was under contract for a couple of East German cl ...

(born 1962), football player * Stefan Böger (born 1966), football player and coach *

Axel Kühn Axel Kühn (born 22 June 1967 in Erfurt) is a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a ...

(born 1967), bobsledder *

Maik Landsmann Maik Landsmann (born 25 October 1967) is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial (100 km), ...

(born 1967), cyclist and Olympic champion *

Sybille Gruner Sybille Gruner (born 18 May 1969) was a member of the German women's national handball team between 1989 and 1995. In 1993 the team won the world championships in a very close game against Denmark. One year later, during the European championshi ...

(born 1969), handball player *

Thomas Luther Thomas Luther (born November 4, 1969, in Erfurt) is a German chess player and International Grandmaster of chess. In 2000 he was a member of the German team that won the silver medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Childhood and Youth He ...

(born 1969), Grandmaster in chess *

Eyck Zimmer Eyck Zimmer (born 22 December 1969, Erfurt, German Democratic Republic) is an English chef. He was awarded the Chef of the Year in Great Britain 2006 and the Chef of the Year in Portugal 2008. Eyck's initial training was at the Erfurter Hof, par ...

(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 Alexander Beyer (born 24 June 1973) is a German actor. He was born in Erfurt, East Germany. He has appeared in such films as Volker Schloendorff's ''The Legend of Rita'' (''Die Stille nach dem Schuss'', 1999), Leander Haußmann's ''Sun Alley'' ...

(born 1973), film actor (''

Good Bye Lenin ''Good Bye Lenin!'' is a 2003 German Tragicomedy, tragicomedy film, directed by Wolfgang Becker (director, born 1954), Wolfgang Becker. The cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon (actress), Maria Simon. The s ...

'', '' The Legend of Rita'', ''

Sonnenallee ''Sonnenallee'' (''Sun Avenue'' or ''Sun Alley'') is a 1999 German comedy film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, ''Am kürzere ...

'') * André Korff (born 1973), cyclist * Erik Niedling (born 1973), artist * Sabine Völker (born 1973), speed skater *

Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (born 20 November 1974) is a German former speed skater. At the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006 ...

(born 1974), speed skater and Olympic champion *

Franziska Schenk Franziska Schenk (born 13 March 1974) is a former German speed skater. She was a specialist in the sprint distances (500 and 1000 m). At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she won a bronze on the 500 m in Vikingskipet at Hamar Hamar is ...

(born 1974), speed skater *

Marco Schreyl Marco Schreyl (born 1 January 1974) is a German television and radio host. Television career In 1997, Schreyl began his television host career at MDR television. On 2 October 2000, he went to ZDF and was the presenter of the television mag ...

(born 1974), television host * Matthias Höpfner (born 1975), bobsledder * Carsten Schneider (born 1976), politician (SPD), Member of Bundestag since 1998 *

Daniel Becke Daniel Becke (born 12 March 1978, in Erfurt), is a former road bicycle and track cyclist from Germany, who was born in the former East Germany. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He was decorated on Fe ...

(born 1978), cyclist *

Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel (; born 8 April 1978 in Erfurt) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2001. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won gold in the two-woman event with teammate Sandra Kiriasis. The pair also won two me ...

(born 1978), bobsledder *

Stephan Schreck Stephan Schreck (born 15 July 1978 in Erfurt) is a German former professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist, who rode for and . He was unable to find a new team after folded, and subsequently decided to retire.http://cyclingnews.org/news.p ...

(born 1978), cyclist * René Wolff (born 1978), cyclist *

Yvonne Catterfeld Yvonne Catterfeld (born 2 December 1979) is a German singer, actress, and television personality. Born and raised in Erfurt, Thuringia, she later moved to Leipzig to pursue her career in music. In 2000, she participated in the debut season of the ...

(born 1979), singer and actress *

Silvio Smalun Silvio Smalun (born 2 November 1979 in Erfurt, Thuringia) is a German former competitive figure skater. He is the 2003 Bofrost Cup on Ice bronze medalist, the 2000 Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist, and a two-time (2001 and 2003) German na ...

(born 1979), figure skater

1980s

Clueso Thomas Hübner (born 9 April 1980), better known by his stage name Clueso (), is a German singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer. His first album, ''Text und Ton'', was released in 2001. Since then, he has released seven more albums, of which ...

(born 1980) (a.k.a. Thomas Hübner), singer *

Clemens Fritz Clemens Fritz (born 7 December 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back and as a defensive midfielder. He is mostly known for his 11-year spell at Werder Bremen. Having begun his career at Rot-Weiß Erfurt an ...

(born 1980), footballer * Stefan Lindemann (born 1980), figure skater * Andreas Pohle (born 1981), long jumper and triple jumper *

Janin Reinhardt Janin Ullmann (' Reinhardt; born 14 November 1981) is a German television presenter and actress. Career Ullmann participated in a casting of the German music channel VIVA. She was chosen from 3,000 participants and became the host of ''Interak ...

(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 Florian Wünsche (born 18 July 1991) is a German actor and well known for his role as Manuel Siewert in the children soap opera ''Schloss Einstein''. He had his first small role in the feature movie ''Wer küsst schon einen Leguan?'' in 2003. T ...

(born 1991), actor *

Kevin Möhwald Kevin Möhwald (born 3 July 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Union Berlin. Career Möhwald made his debut for Rot-Weiß Erfurt in December 2011, as a substitute for Nils Pfingsten-Reddig in a Thuringia d ...

(born 1993), footballer * Silvano Varnhagen (born 1993), footballer

Notable residents of Erfurt

* Eoban (died 754), martyr, buried in Erfurt *

Eleazar of Worms Eleazar of Worms (אלעזר מוורמייזא - also מגרמייזא of Garmiza or Garmisa) (c. 1176–1238), or Eleazar ben Judah ben Kalonymus, also sometimes known today as Eleazar Rokeach ("Eleazar the Perfumer" אלעזר רקח) from t ...

(1176–1238), taldmudist, worked as hazzan in Erfurt * de:Heinrich von Friemar (the elder) (c. 1245–1340), an Augustinian monk, philosopher, theologian and aesthetic writer. *

Meister Eckhart Eckhart von Hochheim ( – ), commonly known as Meister Eckhart, Master Eckhart

(1492–1559), mathematician, worked in Erfurt between 1518 and 1522/23 *

Justus Jonas Justus Jonas, the Elder (5 June 1493 – 9 October 1555), or simply Justus Jonas, was a German Lutheran theologian and reformer. He was a Jurist, Professor and Hymn writer. He is best known for his translations of the writings of Martin Luther ...

(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 Andreas Armsdorff (also Armsdorf; 9 September 1670 – 31 December 1699) was a German composer and organist. He was born in Mühlberg, near Gotha, and studied music and law. At some point in his early life he moved to nearby Erfurt where he may ...

(1670–1699), composer, worked in Erfurt *

Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (8 February 1744 – 10 February 1817) was Prince- Archbishop of Regensburg, Arch-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, Bishop of Constance and Worms, prince-primate of the Confederation of the Rhine and Gr ...

(1744–1817), governor of Erfurt *

Paulus Stephanus Cassel Paulus Stephanus Cassel (February 27, 1821 – December 23, 1892), born Selig Cassel, was a German Jewish convert to Christianity, writer, orator, and missionary to Jews. Biography Cassel was born in Gross-Glogau, Silesia, Prussia. His father was ...

(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 Joachim Meisner (25 December 1933 – 5 July 2017) was a German cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the immediate past Archbishop of Cologne, serving from 1989 until his resignation was accepted by Pope Francis in 2014. He previously serve ...

(born 1933), cardinal *

Paul Friedrichs Paul Friedrichs (21 March 1940; Buchholz – 30 August 2012; Erfurt) was an East German professional motocross racer. He won three consecutive FIM 500cc motocross world championships from 1966 to 1968. Biography Friedrichs grew up in Meckle ...

(1940–2012), motocross racer, lived in Erfurt *

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (née Kleemann, born 7 September 1966) is a German former speed skater. She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist, winning the 3000 metres in 1992 and 1998 and the 5000 metres in 1992. She won a total of eight Olympic m ...

(born 1966), speed skater *

Marcus Urban Marcus Urban (born 4 August 1971, earlier ''Marcus Schneider''Kirbach, Roland (21 June 2007 ''Schwulsein heute - ganz normal?''in ''Die Zeit''. Retrieved 16 July 2017.) is a former German football player. He played with the East Germany national ...

(born 1971), footballer with FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt