List of Famous people born in Saxony, Germany
Bernd Arnold
Bernd Arnold is a German rock climber and mountaineer. He is known for more than 900 first ascents in the East German Saxon Switzerland climbing region. During the 1970s and 1980s he established most of the hardest routes of the region and became one of the most influential German climbers of his era. He is well-known for climbing barefoot, even on very hard routes.
Gerhard Hund
Gerhard Friedrich Hund is a German chess player, mathematician and computer scientist.
Henry I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark
Henry I, called the Elder, a member of the House of Wettin, was Count of Eilenburg as well as Margrave of the Saxon Eastern March from 1081 and Margrave of Meissen from 1089 until his death.
John George IV, Elector of Saxony
John George IV was Elector of Saxony from 1691 to 1694.
Alexander von Sachsen
Gershom Schocken
Gershom Gustav Schocken was an Israeli journalist and politician who was editor of Haaretz for more than 50 years and a member of the Knesset for the Progressive Party between 1955 and 1959.
Hellmuth Hase
Carl Adolph von Brühl
John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony
John of Saxony, also known as "John the Younger" or "Hans of Saxony" was Hereditary Prince of Saxony from the Albertine line of the House of Wettin.
Yigal Tumarkin
Igael Tumarkin is an Israeli painter and sculptor.