List of Famous people born in Thuringia, Germany

Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno was a German businessman and politician who was the Chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923, for a total of 264 days. His tenure included the episode known as the Occupation of the Ruhr by French and Belgian troops and the period in which inflation in Germany accelerated notably, heading towards hyperinflation. Cuno was also general director of the Hapag shipping company.

Adalbert Merx was a German Protestant theologian and orientalist.

Friedrich August Gottlob Schumann was a German bookseller and publisher. His best-known work is the 18-volume Lexicon of Saxony, which was completed after his death by Albert Schiffner. He wrote Junker Kurt von Krötenstein's verliebte Heldenfahrt under the pen name of Legaillard.

Karl Friedrich Heusinger was a German pathologist who was a native of Farnroda.

Uwe Barth is a German politician and member of the FDP.