List of Famous people born in Saxony, Germany

Frank-Jürgen Weise is a German officer and manager.

Rebekka Haase is a German athlete specialising in the sprinting events. She won three gold medals at the 2015 European U23 Championships.

Rudolf Waldemar Harbig was a German athlete. As a middle distance runner he was best known for the 800 metres world record that he set in Milan in 1939. He also held the European record in the 400 metres from 1939 until 1955.

Ralf Fährmann is a German professional footballer who plays for Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

Ludwig Güttler is an internationally known German virtuoso on the Baroque trumpet, the piccolo trumpet and the corno da caccia. As a conductor, he founded several ensembles including the chamber orchestra Virtuosi Saxoniae. His name is sometimes written in English as Ludwig Guttler.

Eric Dirk Oelschlägel is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie side FC Utrecht. He started his career with Werder Bremen, where he spent four seasons with the club's reserves. After two years with Borussia Dortmund he joined FC Utrecht in 2020.

Dagmar Ziegler is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg since 2009.

Toni Seifert is a German rower. As well as being a double world champion in the men's eight, he has twice competed for Germany at the Olympics in the men's coxless four.

Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the worldly protection of his subject Martin Luther.

Werner Friese was a German football player. He was part of the East German team for its only World Cup appearance in West Germany 1974, as a backup goalkeeper. However, he did not earn any caps for East Germany. He also played for 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.