List of Famous people born in Thuringia, Germany

Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg nicknamed the Rich or Günther with the fat mouth, was a ruling Count of Schwarzburg.

Louis Frederick I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was the ruling prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Count of Hohenstein, Lord of Rudolstadt, Blankenburg and Sondershausen from 1710 until his death.

Johann Christoph Bach was a German musician of the Baroque period.

Frederick Anton of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was the ruling Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt from 1718 until his death.

Henry IX Reuss, Count of Köstritz Count Reuss had to Köstritz. Henry IX was the founder of the middle branch Köstritz Reuss.

Louis of Meissen was a German nobleman from the House of Wettin. He was Bishop of Halberstadt and later Bishop of Bamberg, then Archbishop of Mainz and finally Archbishop of Magdeburg.

Johannes Bach was a German piper and carpet weaver. He was the son of Veit Bach, the founder of the Bach family of musicians. He was the great-grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Otto Wilhelm Madelung was a German surgeon who was a native of Gotha. His son, physicist Erwin Madelung (1881–1972), discovered the Madelung constant.