List of Famous people born in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Ernst Loof was an automotive engineer and racing driver from Germany. He contributed to the design of the BMW 328 sports car in the late 1930s.

Gerhard Thielcke was a German environmentalist, professor and co-founder of the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland, an important German environmental organization.

Ernst Arnold Kohlschütter was a German astronomer and astrophysicist from Halle.

Georg Händel was a barber-surgeon and the father of Georg Frideric Handel.

Otto Ferdinand Georg Kern was a German classical philologist, archaeologist and epigraphist. He specialized in the field of ancient Greek religion, being known for his investigations of Greek mystery cults and Orphism, as well as the ancient city of Magnesia on the Maeander and later also the history of ancient studies. In 1907 he became professor at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, where he became rector in 1915/16.

Traugott Herr was a German general during World War II who commanded the 14th Army and the 10th Army of the Wehrmacht. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.