List of Famous people born in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Jacob Christian Schäffer, alternatively Jakob, was a German dean, professor, botanist, mycologist, entomologist, ornithologist and inventor.

Gotthard Handrick was a German Olympic athlete and German fighter pilot during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.

Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann was a German chemist who helped discover cadmium in 1817.

Johann Friedrich Naumann was a German scientist, engraver, and editor. He is regarded as the founder of scientific ornithology in Europe. He published The Natural History of German Birds (1820–1844) and The Eggs of German Birds (1818–1828). His father Johann Andreas Naumann (1744–1826) was a naturalist, and his brother Carl Andreas Naumann (1786–1854) was also an ornithologist.

Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann or Wiedemann was a German painter. From 1702 he worked as court painter to Frederick William I, prince and later king of Prussia. He also produced portraits of several other members of the Prussian royal family