List of Famous people born in Ilmenau, Germany

Horst Hörnlein

First Name Horst

Last Name Hörnlein

Born on May 31, 1945 (age 80)

Born in Germany, Thuringia, Ilmenau

Height 184 cm | 6'0

Horst Hörnlein is a former East German luger and bobsleigh coach who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He and Reinhard Bredow won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.

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Petrus Musaeus

First Name Petrus

Last Name Musaeus

Born on August 7, 1620

Died on December 20, 1674 (aged 54)

Born in Germany, Thuringia, Ilmenau

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Hans Rinn

First Name Hans

Last Name Rinn

Born on March 19, 1953 (age 73)

Born in Germany, Thuringia, Ilmenau

Height 188 cm | 6'2

Hans Rinn is an East German former luger who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won three medals at the Winter Olympics, including two gold and one bronze.

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Johannes Musaeus

First Name Johannes

Last Name Musaeus

Born on February 7, 1613

Died on May 4, 1681 (aged 68)

Born in Germany, Thuringia, Ilmenau

Johannes Musaeus was a German Protestant theologian.

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Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse

First Name Johann

Last Name Heinse

Died on June 22, 1803

Born in Germany, Thuringia, Ilmenau

(Johann Jakob) Wilhelm Heinse, German author, was born at Langewiesen in Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

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