List of Famous people born in Saxony, Germany

Caspar Peucer

First Name Caspar

Last Name Peucer

Born on January 6, 1525

Died on September 25, 1602 (aged 77)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Caspar Peucer was a German reformer, physician, and scholar of Sorbian origin.

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Johann Kaspar Kerll

First Name Johann

Last Name Kerll

Born on April 9, 1627

Died on February 13, 1693 (aged 65)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Johann Caspar Kerll was a German baroque composer and organist. He is also known as Kerl, Gherl, Giovanni Gasparo Cherll and Gaspard Kerle.

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Valentin Alberti

First Name Valentin

Last Name Alberti

Born on December 15, 1635

Died on September 19, 1697 (aged 61)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Valentin Alberti (1635–1697) was a Lutheran, orthodox philosopher and theologian from Silesia and was the son of a preacher.

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Herwig von Meißen

First Name Herwig

Last Name Meißen

Born on November 30, 1099

Died on June 27, 1119 (aged 19)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Herwig of Meissen was Bishop of Meissen from 1106 to 1119.

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Theodor Apel

First Name Theodor

Born on May 11, 1811

Died on November 26, 1867 (aged 56)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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George B. McClellan, Jr.

First Name George

Last Name Jr.

Born on November 23, 1865

Died on November 30, 1940 (aged 75)

Born in Germany, Saxony

George Brinton McClellan Jr., was an American politician, statesman, author, historian and educator. The son of American Civil War general and presidential candidate George B. McClellan, he was the 93rd Mayor of New York City, serving from 1904 to 1909.

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Christian Friedrich Schuricht

First Name Christian

Last Name Schuricht

Died on August 2, 1832

Born in Germany, Saxony

Christian Friedrich Schuricht was a German architect and painter who designed, among others, the New Palace and the Chinese garden at Pillnitz Castle.

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Falk-Willy Wild

First Name Falk-Willy

Born in Germany, Saxony

Actor

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Kurt Sorge

First Name Kurt

Last Name Sorge

Born on July 28, 1855

Died on September 9, 1928 (aged 73)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Alexander Höfer

First Name Alexander

Last Name Höfer

Born on January 16, 1877

Died on January 3, 1937 (aged 59)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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