List of Famous people born in Thuringia, Germany
Gerlinde Berk
Barbara Syrbe
Richard Adelbert Lipsius
Richard Adelbert Lipsius was a distinguished German Protestant theologian.
Rainer Ortleb
Rainer Ortleb is German academic and politician.
Christian Schenk
Bernhard Maaz
Edwin Redslob
Edwin Redslob was the Reichskunstwart under the Weimar Republic. Appointed in 1920, he was the only person to fulfil this role as the position was abolished following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933.
Harald Henning
Egon Bönner
Hans Beck
Hans Beck was the German inventor of Playmobil toys. He is often described as "The Father of Playmobil". He began to make toys at an early age and trained as a cabinet maker, before being recruited by toy company Geobra Brandstätter in 1958. Beck is responsible for developing the Playmobil figure, which, in 1971, was distinctive from existing toy figures by its movable parts. The Playmobil toy line was launched in 1974 and in 1975 became a global success.