List of Famous people born in Thuringia, Germany

Otto Ludwig was a German dramatist, novelist and critic born in Eisfeld in Thuringia. He was one of Germany's first modern realists and one of the most notable dramatists of the period.

August Gottlieb Schoenborn was a German American architect who helped design the United States Capitol dome.

Hermann Bonitz, German scholar, was born at Langensalza in Prussian Saxony.

Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann was the first breeder of Doberman Pinscher. He started the creation of this dog breed in the town of Apolda, in the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach around 1890, following the Franco-Prussian War.

Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers was a German botanist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Walp. when citing a botanical name.

Fritz Arno Wagner is considered one of the most acclaimed German cinematographers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He played a key role in the Expressionist film movement during the Weimar period and is perhaps best known for excelling "in the portrayal of horror" according to noted film critic Lotte H. Eisner.

Ferdinand Konrad Bellermann was a German painter and naturalist, who specialized in scenes of Venezuela.