List of Famous people born in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Diana Körner is a German actress. She is probably best known outside Germany for her brief character Lieschen in Stanley Kubrick's period film Barry Lyndon.

Thomas Kretschmann is a German actor. His notable film roles include Lieutenant Hans von Witzland in Stalingrad (1993), Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist (2002), Hermann Fegelein in Downfall (2004), Major Timothy Cain in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2005), Captain Englehorn in King Kong (2005), Major Otto Remer in Valkyrie (2008), the voice of Professor Z in Cars 2 (2011), Hauptmann Peter Kahn in Stalingrad (2013). He also appeared as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

Christian Prokop is a German handball retired professional player and current coach. He last served as the German national team head coach.

Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling was a German general during World War II. He was the last commander of the Berlin Defence Area during the Battle of Berlin, and led the defence of the city against Soviet forces, finally surrendering just before the end of World War II in Europe.

Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt was the daughter of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, and his wife, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. She married and divorced a son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, then married and divorced a baron.

Annett Louisan is a German singer. She lives in Hamburg, Germany. Louisan is her stage name, derived from the name of her grandmother, Louise. Concerning her birth year, there is conflicting testimony, with the official date being given as 1979. Her first album, Bohème, was listed on German charts for almost a year, with a peak ranking of third place. She appeared on the AVO Session program at Basle on 7 November 2006.

Margot Honecker was an East German politician who was an influential member of that country's Communist regime until 1989. From 1963 until 1989, she was Minister of National Education of the GDR. She was married to Erich Honecker, the leader of East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party from 1971 to 1989 and concurrently from 1976 to 1989 the country's head of state.

Caroline Bardua was a German painter. She was one of the first middle-class women who was able to create an existence for herself as an independent artist.

Günther Krause is a German engineer, academic, politician and businessman. He was Germany's minister of transport from 1991 to 1993.

Annemarie Eilfeld, also known as Annemie, is a German singer and songwriter, best known as a former contestant of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of the Idols franchise. She released her first single "Animal Instinct" in May 2010.