Notable Natives
- Johann Heinrich Gottfried Koch, (1705–1775)
- Heinrich Gustav Beck, (1857–1933), Minister-president of Saxony 1914–1918
- Otto Lummer (1860–1925), Physicist
- Otto Dix (1891–1969), artist
- Rudolf Paul, (1893–1978), President of Thuringia 1945–1947
- Karl Weschke, (1925–2005), painter
- Georg Buschner, (1925–2007), head coach East Germany national football team
- Max Frankel, (born 1930), executive editor, New York Times 1986–1994
- Helga Königsdorf, (born 1938), mathematician and author
- Dietrich Peltz (born 1914), Luftwaffe legend
- Nahum Golan (1915–1991), Israelian officer, commander of the Golani Brigade
- Thilo Sarrazin, (born 1945), German politician
- Marlies Göhr, (born 1958), athlete
- Olaf Ludwig, (born 1960), racing cyclist
- Wolfgang Tiefensee, (born 1955), politician
- Heike Drechsler, (born 1964), Olympic gold medalist long jumper
- Jens Heppner, (born 1964), racing cyclist
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