List of Famous people born in Thuringia, Germany

Anton Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt

First Name Anton
Born on October 10, 1653
Died on December 20, 1716 (aged 63)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Anton Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt was a Count of Schwarzburg and Hohenstein and Lord of Sondershausen, Arnstadt and Leutenberg from 1666 until his death. In 1697, he was raised to Prince of Schwarzburg.

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Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe

First Name Wolfgang
Last Name Goethe
Born on September 18, 1820
Died on January 20, 1883 (aged 62)
Born in Germany, Thuringia
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Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg

First Name Princess
Last Name Saxe-Altenburg
Born on July 8, 1830
Died on July 6, 1911 (aged 80)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia was the fifth daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg. She is an ancestor of the British, Greek, Romanian, Yugoslavian, and Spanish Royal Families through her elder daughter Olga.

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Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

First Name Andreas
Last Name Schmidt-Schaller
Born on October 30, 1945 (age 80)
Born in Germany, Thuringia
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Erdmuthe Dorothea of Reuss-Ebersdorf

First Name Erdmuthe
Born on November 7, 1700
Died on June 19, 1756 (aged 55)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Erdmuthe Dorothea, Countess of Zinzendorf, née Countess of Reuss-Ebersdorf was a German Pietist and hymn writer.

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Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz

First Name Heinrich
Last Name Greiz
Born on March 20, 1878
Died on October 13, 1927 (aged 49)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz was the last reigning Prince Reuss of Greiz from 1902 to 1918. Then he became Head of the House Reuss of Greiz which became extinct at his death in 1927.

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Johann Michael Bach I

First Name Johann
Last Name I
Born on August 9, 1648
Died on May 17, 1694 (aged 45)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Johann Michael Bach was a German composer of the Baroque period. He was the brother of Johann Christoph Bach, as well as first cousin, once removed and father-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as the "Gehrener Bach" to distinguish him from the "Wuppertaler Bach", Johann Michael Bach (1745–1820).

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Prince August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

First Name Prince
Born on August 14, 1747
Died on September 29, 1806 (aged 59)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Prince August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was a German prince of the Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg line of the Ernestine Wettins and a patron of the arts during the Age of Enlightenment.

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Princess Auguste Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

First Name Princess
Born on November 30, 1752
Died on May 28, 1805 (aged 52)
Born in Germany, Thuringia
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Irma Münch

First Name Irma
Born on May 15, 1930 (age 95)
Born in Germany, Thuringia
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