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This list includes people who were born in or lived in ] before 1945. For a list of famous residents after 1945, see ]


This list includes people who were born in or lived in ] before 1945. For a list of famous residents after 1945, see ].
* ] - discoverer of ].
], 1915]]
* ] - 19th-century ].
], 1939]]
* ] — architect, designer of '']''.
], 1879]]
* ] - ] clergyman, religious leader in the resistance movement against ].
], 1945]]
* ] - entrepreneur.
], 1860]]
* ] - philosopher.
], 1941]]
* ] - biologist
], 1900]]
* ] - mathematician
], ca.1938-1939]]
* ] - ].
] in Wroclaw]]
* ] - sociologist
* ] (1864–1915) a psychiatrist and neuropathologist, discovered ]
* ] — neuro-surgeon.
* ] (1634–1691), German physician and botanist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Amman, Paul |volume= 1 | page = 859 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - virologist
* ] (1902–1992) a German-Austrian Jewish émigré, philosopher, essayist and journalist.
* ] - rabbi and founder of ]
* ] (1818–1879) a German ].
* ] - mathematician, one of the founders of ]
* ] (1904–1964), a Serbian painter and academic.
* ] - lutheran theologian, Protestant reformer of Breslau and Silesia
* ] - mathematician (topology) * ] (1915–2002), an Australian economist
* ] (1828–1897), a German ] and ]
* ] - Baroque poet
* ] (1517–1568), a Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Aurifaber |volume= 2 | pages = 925&ndash;926; see para 2 |quote=2. Joannes (Vratislaviensis; 1517–1568), the younger brother of Andreas.....|short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - poet and actor
* ] (1885–1970), a German writer and ].
* ] - biologist.
* ] (1906–1999), a German stage, film and opera director
* ] - theatre critic and essayist
* ] (1912–1945), a German jazz and light music reedist and bandleader.<ref name=grove>Rainer E. Lotz, "Erhard Bauschke". '']''. 2nd edition, ed. ].</ref>
* ] - New Testament scholar and philologist
* ] (1870–1947), a German architect and urban planner, designed the ]
* ] - physicist
* ] (1906–1945), ] clergyman, leader of the resistance against ]
* ] - political activist
* ] (1882–1970), a German physicist and mathematician, developed ]
* ] (* 1885) - conductor
* ] (1804–1854), a German businessman who made ]s
* ] - architect
* ] (1874–1945), a German philosopher, main interests: ] & ]
* ] - architect
* ] - poet and diplomat * ] (c1655-1697), painter and apothecary
* ] - socialist politician and reformer * ] (1828–1898), a biologist, a founder of modern ] and ].
* ] (1888–1972), a German American mathematician, wrote '']''
* ] - artist
* ] (1927–2015), a German journalist.
* ] - economist and socialist theorist
* ] (1862–1950), an American conductor and composer.
* ] - Physicist
* ] (1926–2019), an American diplomat, the United States ambassador to five nations.
* ] - Cardinal priest and archbishop of Cologne
* ] (1811–1906), a Polish beekeeper, discovered ] in bees.
* ] - artist
* ] (1848–1918), a Prussian '']'' during ].
* ] - surgeon, contributed to development of modern surgery
* ] (1897–1990), a German/British sociologist, worked on civilizing/decivilizing processes.
* ] - soprano opera singer
* ] (1797-1885), a Prussian '']''
* ] - printer, lithographer and publisher
* ] (1873–1942}, a German botanist.
* ] - WWI flying ace
* ] (1919–2011), a scholar, author, lecturer and guest professor re. Christian ethics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=65FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9D8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1151,1241931&dq=george-forell+carver&hl=en|title=The danger of thinking we are really holy|date=19 March 1983|work=]|accessdate=25 February 2011}}</ref>
* ] - botanist
* ] (1873–1941) a German neurologist and neurosurgeon
* ] - theological professor and dissenter to the ]
* ] (1910–1999) a biochemist, researched viruses.
* ] - theologian and philosopher
* ] (1801–1875), rabbi and founder of ]
* ] - 17th century religious poet
* ] (1929–2008), Australian ] and protein ]
* ] - philosopher and Roman Catholic martyr
* ] (1764–1832), a German diplomat and writer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gentz, Friedrich von |volume= 11 |last= Phillips |first= Walter Alison |author-link= Walter Alison Phillips | pages = 606&ndash;607 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - historian
* ] (1942–2020), a German politician and ]
* ] - inspector general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
* ] (1823–1909), a German poet, dramatist, literary critic and literary historian. <ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Gottschall, Rudolf von |volume= 12 | page = 279 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - chess player
* ] (1868–1942), mathematician, one of the founders of ]
* ] - war hero and language teacher
* ] (1516–1574) a German cartographer, created the first map of ]
* ] - philosopher
* Sir ] (1850–1934) a British baritone, pianist, conductor and composer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Henschel, George |volume= 13 | page = 302 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1490–1547), Lutheran theologian, Protestant reformer of Breslau and Silesia
* ] (1616–1679) a German poet of the ] era
* ] (1784–1853), a German general and nobleman.
* ] (1798–1880), German poet and actor.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Holtei, Karl Eduard von |volume= 13 | pages = 619&ndash;620 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1927–2011), a British scholar of English Literature
* ] (1894–1971), a German mathematician who worked on ] and ].
* ] (1924–2006), a German–American academic professor of biology in the US.
* ] (1818–1897), a German mineralogist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kenngott, Gustav Adolph |volume= 15 | page = 732 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1867–1948), theatre critic and essayist
* ] (1824–1887), a German physicist, dealt with electrical circuits and spectroscopy
* ] (1888–1948), a German Lutheran theologian and lexicographer of biblical languages.
* ] (1885–1973), orchestral conductor and composer
* ] (1799–1853), a German poet and painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kopisch, August |volume= 15 | page = 897 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1873–1939), a Polish activist, journalist and politician.
* ] (1870–1945), physicist, invented transmission of photographs by facsimile and wireless
* ] (1891–1978), a German architect and urban planner, proponent of ]
* ] (1782–1869), a Prussian architect whose specialty was theatres.
* ] (1732–1808), a Prussian master builder and royal architect.
* ] (1825–1864), a Prussian-German jurist, philosopher and socialist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lassalle, Ferdinand |volume= 16 |last= Kirkup |first= Thomas | pages = 235&ndash;236 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1808–1880), a German historical and landscape painter.
* ] (1703 in Trzebnica – 1768), Queen consort of France.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Marie Leszczynska |volume= 17 | page = 713 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1635–1683), a Baroque Silesian playwright, lawyer, diplomat and poet
* ] (1904–1964), an Austrian-Hungarian and American actor.
* ] (1839–1923), a German chemist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lunge, Georg |volume= 17 | page = 126 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1914–2005), a Swedish economist and socialist theorist
* ] (1933–2017), Cardinal priest and archbishop of ]
* ] (1815–1905), a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings and paintings.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von |volume= 18 | pages = 146&ndash;147 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1850-1905), surgeon, contributed to development of modern surgery
* ] (1904–1957), a German composer and Kapellmeister.
* ] (born 1938), a German operatic soprano.
* ] (1854–1925), a composer, pianist and teacher of Polish-Jewish descent.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Moszkowski, Moritz |volume= 18 | page = 904 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1855–1916), a German admiral, commander of High Seas Fleet
* ] (1824–1909), printer, lithographer and publisher
* ] (1892 - ?), author
* ] (born 1931), mathematician and computer scientist
* ] (1892–1918), World War I flying ace (the "Red Baron")
* ] (1830–1898) a German forester, ornithologist, hunter and writer.
* ] (1813-1881), German painter
* ] (1915–1942), German-born French cartoonist
* ] (1832–1897), a German botanist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Sachs, Julius von |volume= 23 | page = |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1783–1843), theological professor and dissenter to the ]
* ] (1768–1834) a Reformed theologian, philosopher and biblical scholar
* ] (1833–1902), a German feminist, educator, journalist and women's rights activist.
* ] (1879–1952), a German operatic coloratura soprano
* ] (ca.1624–1677), a German Catholic priest, physician, mystic and religious poet.
* ] (1895–1987), biochemist
* ] (1891–1942), philosopher and Roman Catholic martyr
* ] (1928–2009) an American music critic and author
* ] (1926–2016), American historian of German & Jewish history and historiography.
* ] (1730–1794), Inspector General of the Continental Army during the ]
* ] (1862–1934), chess player
* ] ((1804–1874), theologian and Church historian of the ]
* ] (1799–1877), a German Protestant theologian, pastor and historian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottreu |volume= 26 | page = 862 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1914–2005), war hero and language teacher.
* ] ( 1908–1975), German-Jewish journalist and NS collaborator.<ref>Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Record cards from Personal Cards (1939–1994)</ref>
* ] (1534–1583) a German Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Ursinus, Zacharias |volume= 27 | page = 803 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1679–1754), a German philosopher.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wolff, Christian |volume= 28 |last= Pringle-Pattison |first= Andrew Seth |author-link= Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison | page = 774 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1819–1870) a German Protestant theologian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wuttke, Karl Friedrich Adolf |volume= 28 | page = 861 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (1706–1751), publisher of a German encyclopedia, the ''Grosses Universal-Lexicon''.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Encyclopaedia |volume= 26 | pages = 369&ndash;382;see page 374, para 3|quote= One of the largest .....completed by Johann Heinrich Zedler, a bookseller of Leipzig, who was born at Breslau 7th January 1706...|short= 1}}</ref>


=== Nobel laureates === == Nobel laureates ==
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:30, 6 September 2024

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.

Alois Alzheimer, 1915
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1939
portrait of George Henschel, 1879
portrait of Otto Klemperer, 1945
Ferdinand Lassalle, 1860
Peter Lorre, 1941
Adolph von Menzel, 1900
Edith Stein, ca.1938-1939
Plaque in honour of Christian Wolff in Wroclaw

Nobel laureates

listed by year of award

References

  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.....
  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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