Notable People
This is an incomplete list of notable people who were born or lived in, or contributed to the welfare of, the City of Rostock:
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall
- John Brinckman, writer
- Johann Georg Noel Dragendorff (1836-1898), chemist
- Marteria, musician (rapper)
- Joachim Gauck, president of Germany since 18 March 2012
- André Greipel, cyclist
- Ernst Heinkel, aviation pioneer
- Walter Hallstein, politician
- Britta Kamrau, swimmer
- Walter Kempowski, writer
- Paul Martens, cyclist
- Rudolph Sohm, lawyer and Church historian
- Jan Ullrich, cyclist
- Paul Walden, scientist
- People who studied or did research in Rostock:
- Heinrich Schliemann, finished his PhD
- Albert Einstein, received his first Doctor honoris causa in Rostock
- Magnus Pegel, mathematician
- Fritz Reuter, writer
- Rudolf Steiner, founder of Anthroposophy
- Uwe Johnson, writer
- Arno Esch, politician
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