List of people from Breslau

This list includes people who were born in or lived in Breslau before 1945. For a list of famous residents after 1945, see List of notable people from Wrocław.

Plaque in honour of Christian Wolff in Wroclaw

Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915) a psychiatrist and neuropathologist, discovered Alzheimer's disease
Paul Amman (1634–1691), German physician and botanist.^[1]
Günther Anders (1902–1992) a German-Austrian Jewish émigré, philosopher, essayist and journalist.
Adolf Anderssen (1818–1879) a German chess master.
Đorđe Andrejević-Kun (1904–1964), a Serbian painter and academic.
Heinz Arndt (1915–2002), an Australian economist
Leopold Auerbach (1828–1897), a German anatomist and neuropathologist
Joannes Aurifaber Vratislaviensis (1517–1568), a Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer.^[2]
Bertha Badt-Strauss (1885–1970), a German writer and Zionist.
Boleslaw Barlog (1906–1999), a German stage, film and opera director
Erhard Bauschke (1912–1945), a German jazz and light music reedist and bandleader.^[3]
Max Berg (1870–1947), a German architect and urban planner, designed the Centennial Hall
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), Lutheran clergyman, leader of the resistance against Nazism
Max Born (1882–1970), a German physicist and mathematician, developed quantum mechanics
August Borsig (1804–1854), a German businessman who made steam engines
Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945), a German philosopher, main interests: Epistemology & aesthetics
Hendrik Claudius (c1655-1697), painter and apothecary
Ferdinand Cohn (1828–1898), a biologist, a founder of modern bacteriology and microbiology.
Richard Courant (1888–1972), a German American mathematician, wrote What Is Mathematics?
Harri Czepuck (1927–2015), a German journalist.
Walter Damrosch (1862–1950), an American conductor and composer.
John Gunther Dean (1926–2019), an American diplomat, the United States ambassador to five nations.
Johann Dzierzon (1811–1906), a Polish beekeeper, discovered parthenogenesis in bees.
Hermann von Eichhorn (1848–1918), a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall during WWI.
Norbert Elias (1897–1990), a German/British sociologist, worked on civilizing/decivilizing processes.
Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein (1797-1885), a Prussian General der Infanterie
Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde (1873–1942}, a German botanist.
George Forell (1919–2011), a scholar, author, lecturer and guest professor re. Christian ethics.^[4]
Otfrid Förster (1873–1941) a German neurologist and neurosurgeon
Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat (1910–1999) a biochemist, researched viruses.
Zecharias Frankel (1801–1875), rabbi and founder of Conservative Judaism
Hans Freeman (1929–2008), Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer
Friedrich von Gentz (1764–1832), a German diplomat and writer.^[5]
Alfred Gomolka (1942–2020), a German politician and MEP
Rudolf von Gottschall (1823–1909), a German poet, dramatist, literary critic and literary historian. ^[6]
Felix Hausdorff (1868–1942), mathematician, one of the founders of algebraic topology
Martin Helwig (1516–1574) a German cartographer, created the first map of Silesia
Sir George Henschel (1850–1934) a British baritone, pianist, conductor and composer.^[7]
Johann Heß (1490–1547), Lutheran theologian, Protestant reformer of Breslau and Silesia
Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616–1679) a German poet of the Baroque era
August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1784–1853), a German general and nobleman.
Karl von Holtei (1798–1880), German poet and actor.^[8]
E. A. J. Honigmann (1927–2011), a British scholar of English Literature
Heinz Hopf (1894–1971), a German mathematician who worked on topology and geometry.
Vernon Ingram (1924–2006), a German–American academic professor of biology in the US.
Gustav Adolph Kenngott (1818–1897), a German mineralogist.^[9]
Alfred Kerr (1867–1948), theatre critic and essayist
Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887), a German physicist, dealt with electrical circuits and spectroscopy
Gerhard Kittel (1888–1948), a German Lutheran theologian and lexicographer of biblical languages.
Otto Klemperer (1885–1973), orchestral conductor and composer
August Kopisch (1799–1853), a German poet and painter.^[10]
Wojciech Korfanty (1873–1939), a Polish activist, journalist and politician.
Arthur Korn (1870–1945), physicist, invented transmission of photographs by facsimile and wireless
Arthur Korn (1891–1978), a German architect and urban planner, proponent of modernism
Carl Ferdinand Langhans (1782–1869), a Prussian architect whose specialty was theatres.
Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732–1808), a Prussian master builder and royal architect.
Ferdinand Lassalle (1825–1864), a Prussian-German jurist, philosopher and socialist.^[11]
Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880), a German historical and landscape painter.
Marie Leszczyńska (1703 in Trzebnica – 1768), Queen consort of France.^[12]
Daniel Casper von Lohenstein (1635–1683), a Baroque Silesian playwright, lawyer, diplomat and poet
Peter Lorre (1904–1964), an Austrian-Hungarian and American actor.
Georg Lunge (1839–1923), a German chemist.^[13]
Rudolf Meidner (1914–2005), a Swedish economist and socialist theorist
Joachim Meisner (1933–2017), Cardinal priest and archbishop of Cologne
Adolph Menzel (1815–1905), a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings and paintings.^[14]
Jan Mikulicz-Radecki (1850-1905), surgeon, contributed to development of modern surgery
Richard Mohaupt (1904–1957), a German composer and Kapellmeister.
Edda Moser (born 1938), a German operatic soprano.
Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925), a composer, pianist and teacher of Polish-Jewish descent.^[15]
Hugo von Pohl (1855–1916), a German admiral, commander of High Seas Fleet
Louis Prang (1824–1909), printer, lithographer and publisher
Y. Michel Rabbinowicz (1892 - ?), author
Michael Oser Rabin (born 1931), mathematician and computer scientist
Manfred von Richthofen (1892–1918), World War I flying ace (the "Red Baron")
Oskar von Riesenthal (1830–1898) a German forester, ornithologist, hunter and writer.
Ludwig Rosenfelder (1813-1881), German painter
Horst Rosenthal (1915–1942), German-born French cartoonist
Julius von Sachs (1832–1897), a German botanist.^[16]
Johann Gottfried Scheibel (1783–1843), theological professor and dissenter to the Prussian Union
Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) a Reformed theologian, philosopher and biblical scholar
Auguste Schmidt (1833–1902), a German feminist, educator, journalist and women's rights activist.
Margarethe Siems (1879–1952), a German operatic coloratura soprano
Angelus Silesius (ca.1624–1677), a German Catholic priest, physician, mystic and religious poet.
Karl Slotta (1895–1987), biochemist
Edith Stein (1891–1942), philosopher and Roman Catholic martyr
Michael Steinberg (1928–2009) an American music critic and author
Fritz Stern (1926–2016), American historian of German & Jewish history and historiography.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), Inspector General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
Siegbert Tarrasch (1862–1934), chess player
Augustin Theiner ((1804–1874), theologian and Church historian of the Vatican Apostolic Archive
August Tholuck (1799–1877), a German Protestant theologian, pastor and historian.^[17]
Michel Thomas (1914–2005), war hero and language teacher.
Heinz Henry Todtmann ( 1908–1975), German-Jewish journalist and NS collaborator.^[18]
Zacharias Ursinus (1534–1583) a German Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer.^[19]
Christian Wolff (1679–1754), a German philosopher.^[20]
Adolf Wuttke (1819–1870) a German Protestant theologian.^[21]
Johann Heinrich Zedler (1706–1751), publisher of a German encyclopedia, the Grosses Universal-Lexicon.^[22]

Nobel laureates

listed by year of award

References

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^ "Aurifaber" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 925–926, see para 2. 2. Joannes (Vratislaviensis; 1517–1568), the younger brother of Andreas.....
^ Rainer E. Lotz, "Erhard Bauschke". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
^ "The danger of thinking we are really holy". Leader-Post. 19 March 1983. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ Phillips, Walter Alison (1911). "Gentz, Friedrich von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). pp. 606–607.
^ "Gottschall, Rudolf von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 279.
^ "Henschel, George" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 302.
^ "Holtei, Karl Eduard von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 619–620.
^ "Kenngott, Gustav Adolph" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 732.
^ "Kopisch, August" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 897.
^ Kirkup, Thomas (1911). "Lassalle, Ferdinand" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). pp. 235–236.
^ "Marie Leszczynska" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 713.
^ "Lunge, Georg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 126.
^ "Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 146–147.
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^ "Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottreu" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 862.
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[1] "Amman, Paul" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 859.

[2] "Aurifaber" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 925–926, see para 2. 2. Joannes (Vratislaviensis; 1517–1568), the younger brother of Andreas.....

[grove-3] Rainer E. Lotz, "Erhard Bauschke". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.

[4] "The danger of thinking we are really holy". Leader-Post. 19 March 1983. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[5] Phillips, Walter Alison (1911). "Gentz, Friedrich von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). pp. 606–607.

[6] "Gottschall, Rudolf von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 279.

[7] "Henschel, George" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 302.

[8] "Holtei, Karl Eduard von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 619–620.

[9] "Kenngott, Gustav Adolph" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 732.

[10] "Kopisch, August" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 897.

[11] Kirkup, Thomas (1911). "Lassalle, Ferdinand" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). pp. 235–236.

[12] "Marie Leszczynska" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 713.

[13] "Lunge, Georg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 126.

[14] "Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 146–147.

[15] "Moszkowski, Moritz" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 904.

[16] "Sachs, Julius von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1911.

[17] "Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottreu" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 862.

[18] Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Record cards from Personal Cards (1939–1994)

[19] "Ursinus, Zacharias" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 803.

[20] Pringle-Pattison, Andrew Seth (1911). "Wolff, Christian" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). p. 774.

[21] "Wuttke, Karl Friedrich Adolf" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 861.

[22] "Encyclopaedia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 369–382, see page 374, para 3. One of the largest .....completed by Johann Heinrich Zedler, a bookseller of Leipzig, who was born at Breslau 7th January 1706...

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