List of Famous people born in Saxony, Germany

Johann Meisner

First Name Johann

Last Name Meisner

Born on April 4, 1615

Died on November 11, 1681 (aged 66)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Axel Eggebrecht

First Name Axel

Last Name Eggebrecht

Born on January 10, 1899

Died on July 14, 1991 (aged 92)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Axel Constantin August Eggebrecht was a German journalist, writer and screenwriter.

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Paul Röber

First Name Paul

Last Name Röber

Born on February 5, 1587

Died on March 18, 1651 (aged 64)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Paul Harzer

First Name Paul

Last Name Harzer

Born on August 1, 1857

Died on February 21, 1932 (aged 74)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Paul Harzer (1857–1932) was a German mathematician and astronomer best known for his papers arguing with Albert Einstein regarding the Sagnac effect and its relationship to Special Relativity. Harzer was Professor of Astronomy at the University of Kiel and Director of its observatory. His published article on the experiment of Franz Harress drew two reply articles from Einstein.

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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wegener

First Name Johann

Last Name Wegener

Born on April 20, 1812

Died on July 11, 1879 (aged 67)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Jo Hanns Rösler

First Name Jo

Last Name Rösler

Born on April 7, 1899

Died on September 25, 1966 (aged 67)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Heinrich Dietzel

First Name Heinrich

Last Name Dietzel

Born on January 19, 1857

Died on May 22, 1935 (aged 78)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff

First Name Friedrich

Last Name Erdmannsdorff

Born on May 18, 1736

Died on March 9, 1800 (aged 63)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Erdmannsdorff was a German architect and architectural theoretician, and one of the most significant representatives of early German Neoclassicism during the Age of Enlightenment. His work included Wörlitz Palace in the present-day Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, one of the earliest Palladian buildings on the European continent. His most well-known student was Friedrich Gilly, the teacher of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

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Erhard Lommatzsch

First Name Erhard

Last Name Lommatzsch

Born on February 2, 1886

Died on January 20, 1975 (aged 88)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Erhard Lommatzsch was a German Romance philologist.

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Johannes Paul

First Name Johannes

Last Name Paul

Born on May 12, 1891

Died on May 31, 1990 (aged 99)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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