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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 ]

* ] - discoverer of ].
This list includes people who were born in or lived in ] before 1945. For a list of famous residents after 1945, see ].
* ] - philosopher and journalist.
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* ] - 19th-century ].
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* ] — architect, designer of '']''.
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* ] - ] clergyman, religious leader in the resistance movement against ].
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* ] - Physicist
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* ] - entrepreneur.
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* ] - philosopher
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* ] - biologist
], ca.1938-1939]]
* ] - a person suspected of starting the ]
] in Wroclaw]]
* ] - mathematician
* ] (1864–1915) a psychiatrist and neuropathologist, discovered ]
* ] - ]
* ] (1634–1691), German physician and botanist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Amman, Paul |volume= 1 | page = 859 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - sociologist
* ] (1902–1992) a German-Austrian Jewish émigré, philosopher, essayist and journalist.
* {{link|de|Johann Jacob Eybelwieser}}, architect
* ] (1818–1879) a German ].
* ] - botanist
* ] (1904–1964), a Serbian painter and academic.
* ] — neuro-surgeon
* ] - virologist * ] (1915–2002), an Australian economist
* ] (1828–1897), a German ] and ]
* ] - rabbi and founder of ]
* ] (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>
= Peter Gellhorn - musician
* ] (1885–1970), a German writer and ].
* ] - mathematician, one of the founders of ]
* ] (1906–1999), a German stage, film and opera director
* ] cartographer, first map of ]
* ] (1912–1945), a German jazz and light music reedist and bandleader.<ref name=grove>Rainer E. Lotz, "Erhard Bauschke". '']''. 2nd edition, ed. ].</ref>
* ] - Lutheran theologian, Protestant reformer of Breslau and Silesia
* ] (1870–1947), a German architect and urban planner, designed the ]
* ] - ] poet
* ] (1906–1945), ] clergyman, leader of the resistance against ]
* ] - poet and actor
* ] (1882–1970), a German physicist and mathematician, developed ]
* ] - Professor of English Literature
* ] (1804–1854), a German businessman who made ]s
* ] - mathematician (topology)
* ] (1874–1945), a German philosopher, main interests: ] & ]
* ] - biologist.
* ] - theatre critic and essayist * ] (c1655-1697), painter and apothecary
* ] (1828–1898), a biologist, a founder of modern ] and ].
* ] - physicist
* ] (1888–1972), a German American mathematician, wrote '']''
* ] - New Testament scholar and philologist
* ] (* 1885) - conductor * ] (1927–2015), a German journalist.
* ] (1862–1950), an American conductor and composer.
* ] - political activist
* ] (1926–2019), an American diplomat, the United States ambassador to five nations.
* ] - Physicist - Invented transmission of photographs by facsimile and wireless.
* ] (1811–1906), a Polish beekeeper, discovered ] in bees.
* ] - Architect and town planner.
* ] (1848–1918), a Prussian '']'' during ].
* ] - architect
* ] (1897–1990), a German/British sociologist, worked on civilizing/decivilizing processes.
* ] - architect
* ] (1797-1885), a Prussian '']''
* ] - socialist politician and reformer
* ] - artist * ] (1873–1942}, a German botanist.
* ] (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>
* ] - poet and diplomat
* ] (1873–1941) a German neurologist and neurosurgeon
* ]- actor
* ] (1910–1999) a biochemist, researched viruses.
* ] - economist and socialist theorist
* ] - Cardinal priest and archbishop of ] * ] (1801–1875), rabbi and founder of ]
* ] (1929–2008), Australian ] and protein ]
* ] - artist
* ] (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>
* ] - surgeon, contributed to development of modern surgery
* ] (1942–2020), a German politician and ]
* ] - soprano opera singer
* ] (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>
* ] (born 1949) - Israeli pop singer and composer
* ] (1868–1942), mathematician, one of the founders of ]
* ] - German admiral, commander of High Seas Fleet.
* ] (1516–1574) a German cartographer, created the first map of ]
* ] - printer, lithographer and publisher
* Sir ] (1850–1934) a British baritone, pianist, conductor and composer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Henschel, George |volume= 13 | page = 302 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - World War I flying ace ("Red Baron")
* ] (1490–1547), Lutheran theologian, Protestant reformer of Breslau and Silesia
* ] - ornithologist, forester, author
* ] (1616–1679) a German poet of the ] era
* ] - botanist
* ] (1784–1853), a German general and nobleman.
* ] - theological professor and dissenter to the ]
* ] (1798–1880), German poet and actor.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Holtei, Karl Eduard von |volume= 13 | pages = 619&ndash;620 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - theologian and philosopher
* ] (1927–2011), a British scholar of English Literature
* ] - operatic soprano
* ] (1894–1971), a German mathematician who worked on ] and ].
* ] - 17th century religious poet
* ] (1924–2006), a German–American academic professor of biology in the US.
* ] - philosopher and Roman Catholic martyr
* ] (1818–1897), a German mineralogist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kenngott, Gustav Adolph |volume= 15 | page = 732 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - music critic
* ] (1867–1948), theatre critic and essayist
* ] - historian
* ] (1824–1887), a German physicist, dealt with electrical circuits and spectroscopy
* ] - inspector general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
* ] (1888–1948), a German Lutheran theologian and lexicographer of biblical languages.
* ] - chess player
* ] (1885–1973), orchestral conductor and composer
* ] - war hero and language teacher
* ] (1799–1853), a German poet and painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kopisch, August |volume= 15 | page = 897 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] - philosopher
* ] (1873–1939), a Polish activist, journalist and politician.
* ] (1706–1751) publisher of a German encyclopedia, the Zedler's Grosses Universal-Lexicon
* ] (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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* ] (1994) * ] (1994)

==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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