Persons
- Tyle von Frankenberg, building master and sculptor in stone, (14th century)
- Wigand Gerstenberg, chronicler (1457–1522), compiled the "Stadtchronik für Frankenberg bis 1525" ("Town chronicle for Frankenberg to 1525")
- Philipp Soldan, sculptor, carver, building master and painter, (1500–1570)
- Georg Thonet, entrepreneur, great-grandson of Michael Thonet, built the Thonet firm back up after the Second World War and won it international fame, especially with Bauhaus steel-pipe furniture. (1909–2005)
- Ansgar Nierhoff, sculptor and artist, grew up in Frankenberg
- Christiane Kohl, journalist (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and writer ("Der Jude und das Mädchen" – "The Jew and the Girl")
- Friedhelm König, Evangelistic writer, spent a great deal of his life in Frankenberg and is cofounder of the Frankenberger Handelsschule.
in 1994 the town conducted an international artist workshop for two months which was called' stele mensch and the sculptures mace during these worlshop were installed in different parts of the town.
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