List of Famous people with last name Leisewitz

Johann Anton Leisewitz

First Name Johann

Last Name Leisewitz

Born on May 9, 1752

Died on September 10, 1806 (aged 54)

Born in Germany, Lower Saxony

Johann Anton Leisewitz was a German lawyer and dramatic poet, and a central figure of the Sturm und Drang era. He is best known for his play Julius of Taranto (1776), that inspired Friedrich Schiller and is considered the forerunner of Schiller's quintessential Sturm und Drang work The Robbers (1781).

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