List of Famous people born in Thuringia, Germany

Lutz Seiler is a German poet and novelist.

August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue was a German dramatist and writer who also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany.

Ernst Karl Abbe HonFRMS was a German physicist, optical scientist, entrepreneur, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he developed numerous optical instruments. He was also a co-owner of Carl Zeiss AG, a German manufacturer of scientific microscopes, astronomical telescopes, planetariums, and other advanced optical systems.

Martin Mutschmann was the Nazi Regional Leader (Gauleiter) of the state of Saxony during the time of the Third Reich.

Sabine Deitmer was a German crime writer known for her character, Beate Stein.

Erich Köhler was a German politician. He was the 1st President of the Bundestag from 7 September 1949 to 18 October 1950.

Christoph (Keller) Cellarius was a German classical scholar from Schmalkalden who held positions in Weimar and Halle. Although the Ancient-Medieval-Modern division of history was used earlier by Italian Renaissance scholars Leonardo Bruni and Flavio Biondo, Cellarius' Universal History Divided into an Ancient, Medieval, and New Period helped popularize it. After him, this tripartite division became standard.

Anna Blässe is a German football striker currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg. She previously played for USV Jena and Hamburger SV.

Thomas Krüger is a German politician. He is the President of the Federal Agency for Civil Education and the President of the German Children's Fund. He served as the final Lord Mayor of East Berlin in 1991.

Johanne Sophie Dorothea Albrecht was a German actress and writer. She played leading roles in plays by Friedrich Schiller, who was a good friend of hers. She wrote poetry, novels, and prose, and was married to the doctor and writer Johann Friedrich Ernst Albrecht.