List of Famous people born in Leipzig, Germany

Hans Leibelt was a German film actor.

Hermann Liebmann was a German politician from the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He died shortly after his release from a Nazi concentration camp as a result of abuse received while imprisoned.

Karl Otto Clemens Wittgenstein was a German-born Austrian steel tycoon. A friend of Andrew Carnegie, with whom he was often compared, at the end of the 19th century he controlled an effective monopoly on steel and iron resources within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and had by the 1890s acquired one of the largest fortunes in the world. He was also the father of concert pianist Paul Wittgenstein, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and of philanthropist Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein.

Rudolf (Rudi) Jahn was a German politician and Minister-President of Brandenburg (1949–1952). He was born in Leipzig.

Albrecht Penck was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck.