List of Famous people born in Thuringia, Germany

Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf was a well-known German botanist and mycologist. He dedicated to his whole life with fungal biology, particularly in classification of fungi and dye production in fungi and lichens. Besides, his textbook on fungi called “Die pilze in morphologischer, physiologischer, biologischer und systematischer beziehung ” in 1890 was also an outstanding work on the subject for many decades. The unicellular achlorophic microalgae Prototheca zopfii is named after him because of his profound suggestions and contributions to Krüger's pioneering work in Prototheca. Thus, his numerous contributions gave him a special status in mycological history.

Hermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist.

Karl Johannes Kniep was a German botanist who was a native of Jena.

Johann Philipp Kirnberger was a musician, composer, and music theorist. He was a student of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Ulrich Köhler was a German archaeologist.

Johann Jakob Bernhardi was a German doctor and botanist.

Sigurd Lohde (1899–1977) was a German film and television actor.

Immanuel Hermann Fichte was a German philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. In his philosophy, he was a theist and strongly opposed to the Hegelian School.