List of Famous people born in Merseburg, Germany
Jawed Karim
Jawed Karim is an American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur of Bangladeshi-German descent. He is the co-founder of YouTube and the first person to upload a video to the site. This inaugural video, titled Me at the zoo and uploaded on 23 April 2005, has been viewed over 137.8 million times, as of 25 December 2020. During Karim's time working at PayPal, where he met the fellow YouTube co-founders Steven Chen and Chad Hurley, he had designed many of the core components including its real-time anti-Internet-fraud system.
Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg
Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg, was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg
Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg, was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Saalfeld.
Martina Jäschke
Martina Jäschke is a German diver and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where she received a gold medal in the 10 metre platform event.
Ramon Roselly
August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig
August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig, was a German prince and member of the House of Wettin.
Christian III Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Christian III Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, was a duke of Saxe-Merseburg and member of the House of Wettin.
Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt
Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt was a German prince. He was a member of the House of Wettin.
Lucian Müller
Lucian Müller was a German classical scholar.
Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg was a duke of Saxe-Merseburg and member of the House of Wettin.