List of Famous people born in Thuringia, Germany

Johann Bernhard Bach was a German composer, and second cousin of J. S. Bach.

Alfred Weber was a German economist, geographer, sociologist and theoretician of culture whose work was influential in the development of modern economic geography.

Rosemarie Schuder was a German writer.

Robby Schlund is a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany and since 2017 member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body.

Walter Eucken was a German economist of the Freiburg school and father of ordoliberalism. He is closely linked with the development of the concept of "social market economy".

Roland Jahn is a German journalist and former East German dissident who took office as Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records in March 2011.

Sascha Benecken is a German luger who has competed since 1999.

Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the 4th and 23rd Panzer Divisions during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Ernest I, called "Ernest the Pious", was a duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg. The duchies were later merged into Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

Christoph Stephan is a former German biathlete. In 2008, he won his first single World Cup Race.