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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 ]
* ] – conductor
* ] (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>
* ] – ]
* ] (1885–1970), a German writer and ].
* ] - Prussian field marshal
* ] (1906–1999), a German stage, film and opera director
* ] – sociologist
* ] (1912–1945), a German jazz and light music reedist and bandleader.<ref name=grove>Rainer E. Lotz, "Erhard Bauschke". '']''. 2nd edition, ed. ].</ref>
* ] – botanist
* ] (1870–1947), a German architect and urban planner, designed the ]
* ] (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>
* ] (1906–1945), ] clergyman, leader of the resistance against ]
* ] — neurosurgeon
* ] (1882–1970), a German physicist and mathematician, developed ]
* ] – virologist
* ] (1804–1854), a German businessman who made ]s
* ] – rabbi and founder of ]
* ] (1874–1945), a German philosopher, main interests: ] & ]
* ] – biochemist
* ] (c1655-1697), painter and apothecary
* ] – politician (SPD)
* ] (1828–1898), a biologist, a founder of modern ] and ].
* ] – mathematician, one of the founders of ]
* ] (1888–1972), a German American mathematician, wrote '']''
* ] – cartographer, created the first map of ]
* ] (1927–2015), a German journalist.
* ] – conductor and singer
* ] (1862–1950), an American conductor and composer.
* ] – Lutheran theologian, Protestant reformer of Breslau and Silesia
* ] (1926–2019), an American diplomat, the United States ambassador to five nations.
* ] – ] poet
* ] (1811–1906), a Polish beekeeper, discovered ] in bees.
* ] - general
* ] (1848–1918), a Prussian '']'' during ].
* ] – poet and actor
* ] (1897–1990), a German/British sociologist, worked on civilizing/decivilizing processes.
* ] – Professor of English Literature
* ] (1797-1885), a Prussian '']''
* ] – mathematician (topologist)
* ] (1873–1942}, a German botanist.
* ] – biologist
* ] (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>
* ] – theatre critic and essayist
* ] (1873–1941) a German neurologist and neurosurgeon
* ] – physicist
* ] (1910–1999) a biochemist, researched viruses.
* ] – New Testament scholar and philologist
* ] (1801–1875), rabbi and founder of ]
* ] (1885–1973) – conductor
* ] (1929–2008), Australian ] and protein ]
* ] – political activist
* ] (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>
* ] – physicist, invented transmission of photographs by facsimile and wireless
* ] (1942–2020), a German politician and ]
* ] – architect and town planner
* ] (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>
* ] – architect
* ] (1868–1942), mathematician, one of the founders of ]
* ] – architect
* ] (1516–1574) a German cartographer, created the first map of ]
* ] – socialist politician and reformer
* 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
* ] – poet and diplomat
* ] (1616–1679) a German poet of the ] era
* ] – actor
* ] (1784–1853), a German general and nobleman.
* ] – economist and socialist theorist
* ] (1798–1880), German poet and actor.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Holtei, Karl Eduard von |volume= 13 | pages = 619&ndash;620 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] – Cardinal priest and archbishop of ]
* ] (1927–2011), a British scholar of English Literature
* ] – artist
* ] (1894–1971), a German mathematician who worked on ] and ].
* ] – surgeon, contributed to development of modern surgery
* ] (1924–2006), a German–American academic professor of biology in the US.
* ] – German-American composer and Kapellmeister
* ] (1818–1897), a German mineralogist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kenngott, Gustav Adolph |volume= 15 | page = 732 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] – soprano opera singer
* ] (born 1949) – Israeli pop singer and composer * ] (1867–1948), theatre critic and essayist
* ] – German admiral, commander of High Seas Fleet * ] (1824–1887), a German physicist, dealt with electrical circuits and spectroscopy
* ] (1888–1948), a German Lutheran theologian and lexicographer of biblical languages.
* ] – printer, lithographer and publisher
* ] (1885–1973), orchestral conductor and composer
* ] – mathematician and computer scientist
* ] (1799–1853), a German poet and painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kopisch, August |volume= 15 | page = 897 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] – World War I flying ace (the "Red Baron")
* ] (1873–1939), a Polish activist, journalist and politician.
* ] – ornithologist, forester, author
* ] (1870–1945), physicist, invented transmission of photographs by facsimile and wireless
* ] (1915–1942) – German-born French cartoonist
* ] (1891–1978), a German architect and urban planner, proponent of ]
* ] – botanist
* ] (1782–1869), a Prussian architect whose specialty was theatres.
* ] – theological professor and dissenter to the ]
* ] (1732–1808), a Prussian master builder and royal architect.
* ] – theologian and philosopher
* ] (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>
*], educationist and feminist
* ] (1808–1880), a German historical and landscape painter.
* ] – operatic soprano
* ] (1703 in Trzebnica – 1768), Queen consort of France.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Marie Leszczynska |volume= 17 | page = 713 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] – 17th-century religious poet
* ] (1635–1683), a Baroque Silesian playwright, lawyer, diplomat and poet
* ] – philosopher and Roman Catholic martyr
* ] (1904–1964), an Austrian-Hungarian and American actor.
* ] – music critic
* ] (1839–1923), a German chemist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lunge, Georg |volume= 17 | page = 126 |short= 1}}</ref>
* ] – historian
* ] (1914–2005), a Swedish economist and socialist theorist
* ] – Inspector General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
* ] (1933–2017), Cardinal priest and archbishop of ]
* ] – chess player
* ] (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>
* ] – theologian and Church historian, Prefect of the ]
* ] (1850-1905), surgeon, contributed to development of modern surgery
* ] – war hero and language teacher.
* ] (1904–1957), a German composer and Kapellmeister.
* ] – philosopher
* ] (born 1938), a German operatic soprano.
* ] (1706–1751) – publisher of a German encyclopedia, the ''Grosses Universal-Lexicon ''
* ] (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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