Klaus Störtebeker (c. 1360–1401), privateer
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557–1631), queen of Denmark
Bernhard Latomus (1560–1613), historian
Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691), historian
Joachim Gerstenbüttel (c. 1650–1721), composer
Johan Henrik Scheffel (1690–1781), Swedish painter
Johan Carl Wilcke (1732–1796), physicist.

Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1785–1860), historian, statesman
Heinrich Keil (1822–1894), philologist
Theodor Martens (1822–1884), architectural and landscape painter
Friedrich Bernhard Christian Maassen (1823–1900), law professor
Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher
Marie Musaeus Higgins (1855–1926), founder of Musaeus College, Colombo
Franz Ziehl (1857–1926), a bacteriologist
Gustav Neckel (1878–1940), Germanist and Skandinavist
Anton von Hohberg und Buchwald (1885–1934), Reichswehr and SS officer
Harald Weinrich (born 1927), German classical scholar; scholar of Romance philology and philosopher; emeritus professor of the Collège de France, where he held the chair of Romance literature from 1992 to 1998
Heino Kleiminger (1939–2015), football player
Gunter Pleuger (born 1941), diplomat and politician
Klaus Grünberg (born 1941), actor
Peter Sykora (born 1946), soccer player of the GDR
Joachim Streich (born 1951), football player and coach
Marita Koch (born 1957), track and field athlete of the GDR and Olympic champion
Roswitha Eberl (born 1958), canoeist
Kerstin Brandt (born 1961), high jumper
Andreas Zachhuber (born 1962), football player and coach
Kathrin Haacker (born 1967), Olympic champion in rowing
Fiete Sykora (born 1982), football player
Robert Tesche (born 1987), football player
Klaus Störtebeker (c. 1360–1401), privateer
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557–1631), queen of Denmark
Bernhard Latomus (1560–1613), historian
Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691), historian
Joachim Gerstenbüttel (c. 1650–1721), composer
Johan Henrik Scheffel (1690–1781), Swedish painter
Johan Carl Wilcke (1732–1796), physicist.
Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1785–1860), historian, statesman
Heinrich Keil (1822–1894), philologist
Theodor Martens (1822–1884), architectural and landscape painter
Friedrich Bernhard Christian Maassen (1823–1900), law professor
Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher
Marie Musaeus Higgins (1855–1926), founder of Musaeus College, Colombo
Franz Ziehl (1857–1926), a bacteriologist
Gustav Neckel (1878–1940), Germanist and Skandinavist
Anton von Hohberg und Buchwald (1885–1934), Reichswehr and SS officer
Harald Weinrich (born 1927), German classical scholar; scholar of Romance philology and philosopher; emeritus professor of the Collège de France, where he held the chair of Romance literature from 1992 to 1998
Heino Kleiminger (1939–2015), football player
Gunter Pleuger (born 1941), diplomat and politician
Klaus Grünberg (born 1941), actor
Peter Sykora (born 1946), soccer player of the GDR
Joachim Streich (born 1951), football player and coach
Marita Koch (born 1957), track and field athlete of the GDR and Olympic champion
Roswitha Eberl (born 1958), canoeist
Kerstin Brandt (born 1961), high jumper
Andreas Zachhuber (born 1962), football player and coach
Kathrin Haacker (born 1967), Olympic champion in rowing
Fiete Sykora (born 1982), football player
Robert Tesche (born 1987), football player
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