Halle (Saale) - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

• Early Baroque composer and organist Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654) was both born and spent the majority of his life and career in Halle.
• Baroque composer Georg Friedrich Händel was born in Halle on 23 February 1685, and stayed for 17 years.
• Georg Cantor worked as a professor at the university of Halle.
• Dorothea Christiane Erxleben of Quedlinburg (1715–1762) made her Doctor of Medicine in 1754 at the Medical Department of Martin Luther University (MLU).
• August Hermann Francke (1663–1727), Lutheran Pietist theologian at the University of Halle and founder of the internationally renowned Halle Orphan House complex.
• Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746), a botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer of Siberia, Kamchatka and Alaska.
• August Lafontaine (1758–1831), a writer of sentimental novels hugely popular in their time, died in Halle.
• Johann Friedrich Reichardt was a composer, writer and music critic who lived in Halle. He was a close friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
• Ludwig Wucherer (1790–1861) was elected Councillor.
• Georg Listing (born 1987) bassist from the Magdeburg-based band, Tokio Hotel.
• George Müller (1805–1898), coordinator of orphanages in Bristol, England.
• Lyonel Feininger Painter who created several famous images in Halle, including Der Dom in Halle.
• Reinhard Heydrich, one of the leading Nazis in World War II, was born in the town. Heydrich was assassinated by Czech partisans in Prague in 1942.
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a former Vice Chancellor and longest serving Foreign Minister of Germany, was born in Reideburg, which belongs to Halle today.
• Huguenots – French Protestants, around 700 people made Halle their home after fleeing prosecution in France.
• Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907–1980) Lawyer, officer, judge and member of the German resistance.
• Classical composer Daniel Gottlob Türk was born in Halle in 1750, and was a professor at the University of Halle.
• Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher was university preacher and professor of theology to the University of Halle, where he remained until 1807.
• Oswald Boelcke, World War I German Flying Ace, was born in 1891 outside of Halle.
• Johannes Hassebroek (1910–1977) commandant of Gross-Rosen concentration camp was born in the city.
• Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, theology student of University Halle 1796-1800, went into hiding and used a phorphyr cave along the river Saale at the Klausberge, this cave later was known as the "Jahn-Höhle" (Cave), not just known for his four F as in "frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei" (fresh, pious, happy and free).
• Yoan Pablo Hernández, Cruiserweight boxing champion (Immigrated from Cuba).
• Frederick Muhlenberg was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, graduated at Halle University.
• Manfred Kuschmann, East German athlete and European Champion of 1974 lived in Halle.
• Nickel Hofmann, mastermason, worked over thirty years in Halle, including the Market Church and the Composanto.
• Waldemar Cierpinski, East German athlete and two times Olympic Champion, lives in Halle.
• Blessed Carl Lampert, Priest, beheaded by Nazis in WWII at Halle.
• Kai Pflaume, German television presenter, born in Halle.
• Andreas Wank, German ski jumper, born in Halle.
• Bernd Baselt, German university professor whose published catalogue led to the modern day opus designator (HWV) which is now commonly used when referring to the works of George Frideric Handel.