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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]]
* ] - philosopher and journalist
], 1939]]
* ] - 19th-century ]
], 1879]]
* ] - painter
], 1945]]
* ] - Australian economist
], 1860]]
* ] - writer
], 1941]]
* ] - stage and film director
], 1900]]
* ] (1912-1945), was a German jazz and light music reedist and bandleader<ref name=grove>Rainer E. Lotz, "Erhard Bauschke". '']''. 2nd edition, ed. ].</ref>
], ca.1938-1939]]
* ] - architect, designer of ]
] in Wroclaw]]
* ] - ] clergyman, religious leader in the resistance movement against ]
* ] (1864–1915) a psychiatrist and neuropathologist, discovered ]
* ] - physicist
* ] (1634–1691), German physician and botanist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Amman, Paul |volume= 1 | page = 859 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - entrepreneur
* ] (1902–1992) a German-Austrian Jewish émigré, philosopher, essayist and journalist.
* ] - philosopher
* ] (1818–1879) a German ].
* ] - biologist
* ] (1904–1964), a Serbian painter and academic.
* ] - suspected of starting the ]
* ] (1915–2002), an Australian economist
* ] - mathematician
* ] (1828–1897), a German ] and ]
* ] - ]
* ] (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>
* ] - sociologist
* ] (1885–1970), a German writer and ].
* ] - botanist
* ] (1906–1999), a German stage, film and opera director
* ] (1919-2011) was a world-renowned scholar, author, lecturer and guest professor<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>
* ] (1912–1945), a German jazz and light music reedist and bandleader.<ref name=grove>Rainer E. Lotz, "Erhard Bauschke". '']''. 2nd edition, ed. ].</ref>
* ] — neurosurgeon
* ] (1870–1947), a German architect and urban planner, designed the ]
* ] - virologist
* ] (1906–1945), ] clergyman, leader of the resistance against ]
* ] - rabbi and founder of ]
* ] (1882–1970), a German physicist and mathematician, developed ]
* ] - biochemist
* ] (1804–1854), a German businessman who made ]s
* ] - mathematician, one of the founders of ]
* ] (1874–1945), a German philosopher, main interests: ] & ]
* ] - cartographer, created the first map of ]
* ] (c1655-1697), painter and apothecary
* ] - Lutheran theologian, Protestant reformer of Breslau and Silesia
* ] (1828–1898), a biologist, a founder of modern ] and ].
* ] - ] poet
* ] (1888–1972), a German American mathematician, wrote '']''
* ] - poet and actor
* ] (1927–2015), a German journalist.
* ] - Professor of English Literature
* ] (1862–1950), an American conductor and composer.
* ] - mathematician (topologist)
* ] (1926–2019), an American diplomat, the United States ambassador to five nations.
* ] - biologist
* ] (1811–1906), a Polish beekeeper, discovered ] in bees.
* ] - theatre critic and essayist
* ] (1848–1918), a Prussian '']'' during ].
* ] - physicist
* ] (1897–1990), a German/British sociologist, worked on civilizing/decivilizing processes.
* ] - New Testament scholar and philologist
* ] (1797-1885), a Prussian '']''
* ] (1885-1973) - conductor
* ] (1873–1942}, a German botanist.
* ] - political activist
* ] (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>
* ] - physicist, invented transmission of photographs by facsimile and wireless
* ] (1873–1941) a German neurologist and neurosurgeon
* ] - architect and town planner
* ] (1910–1999) a biochemist, researched viruses.
* ] - architect
* ] (1801–1875), rabbi and founder of ]
* ] - architect
* ] (1929–2008), Australian ] and protein ]
* ] - socialist politician and reformer
* ] (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>
* ] - artist
* ] (1942–2020), a German politician and ]
* ] - poet and diplomat
* ] (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>
* ] - actor
* ] (1868–1942), mathematician, one of the founders of ]
* ] - economist and socialist theorist
* ] (1516–1574) a German cartographer, created the first map of ]
* ] - Cardinal priest and archbishop of ]
* Sir ] (1850–1934) a British baritone, pianist, conductor and composer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Henschel, George |volume= 13 | page = 302 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - artist
* ] (1490–1547), Lutheran theologian, Protestant reformer of Breslau and Silesia
* ] - surgeon, contributed to development of modern surgery
* ] (1616–1679) a German poet of the ] era
* ] - German-American composer and Kapellmeister
* ] (1784–1853), a German general and nobleman.
* ] - soprano opera singer
* ] (1798–1880), German poet and actor.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Holtei, Karl Eduard von |volume= 13 | pages = 619&ndash;620 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] (born 1949) - Israeli pop singer and composer
* ] (1927–2011), a British scholar of English Literature
* ] - German admiral, commander of High Seas Fleet
* ] (1894–1971), a German mathematician who worked on ] and ].
* ] - printer, lithographer and publisher
* ] (1924–2006), a German–American academic professor of biology in the US.
* ] - World War I flying ace (the "Red Baron")
* ] (1818–1897), a German mineralogist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kenngott, Gustav Adolph |volume= 15 | page = 732 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - ornithologist, forester, author
* ] (1867–1948), theatre critic and essayist
* ] - botanist
* ] (1824–1887), a German physicist, dealt with electrical circuits and spectroscopy
* ] - theological professor and dissenter to the ]
* ] - theologian and philosopher * ] (1888–1948), a German Lutheran theologian and lexicographer of biblical languages.
* ] (1885–1973), orchestral conductor and composer
*], educationist and feminist
* ] (1799–1853), a German poet and painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kopisch, August |volume= 15 | page = 897 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - operatic soprano
* ] (1873–1939), a Polish activist, journalist and politician.
* ] - 17th-century religious poet
* ] (1870–1945), physicist, invented transmission of photographs by facsimile and wireless
* ] - philosopher and Roman Catholic martyr
* ] (1891–1978), a German architect and urban planner, proponent of ]
* ] - music critic
* ] (1782–1869), a Prussian architect whose specialty was theatres.
* ] - historian
* ] (1732–1808), a Prussian master builder and royal architect.
* ] - Inspector General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
* ] (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>
* ] - chess player
* ] (1808–1880), a German historical and landscape painter.
* ] - theologian and Church historian, Prefect of the ]
* ] (1703 in Trzebnica – 1768), Queen consort of France.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Marie Leszczynska |volume= 17 | page = 713 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - war hero and language teacher.
* ] (1635–1683), a Baroque Silesian playwright, lawyer, diplomat and poet
* ] - philosopher
* ] (1904–1964), an Austrian-Hungarian and American actor.
* ] (1706–1751) - publisher of a German encyclopedia, the ''Grosses Universal-Lexicon ''
* ] (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 ==

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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