List of Famous people born in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Augustin Cranach was a German painter. He was born and died in Wittenberg, and was the son of Lucas Cranach the Younger and Magdalena Schurff. He was the father of Lucas Cranach III.

Polykarp Leyser II was a German Lutheran theologian and superintendent in Leipzig. He was professor of theology since 1613.

Delphine von Schauroth was a German pianist and composer.

Karl Wilhelm Nitzsch was a German historian known for his studies of ancient Rome and medieval Germany. He was the son of classical philologist Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch (1790–1861).

Ferdinand Reich was a German chemist who co-discovered indium in 1863 with Hieronymous Theodor Richter.

Hermann Paasche was a German statistician and economist. He is known for his Paasche Index, which provides a calculation of the Price Index. Paasche studied economics, agriculture, statistics and philosophy at University of Halle. In 1879, he became a professor of political science at Aachen University of Technology. Paasche died in 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Georg Peter Hermann Eggert was a German architect. He designed important public buildings such as the Frankfurt Main Station and the New Town Hall in Hannover, often in the style of Neo-Renaissance.

August Heinrich Ritter was a German philosopher and historian of philosophy.