Editing Schwerin (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Heinrich von Bülow (IZ 04-81).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Heinrich von Bülow (diplomat)|Heinrich von Bülow]]]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R10922, Franziska Ellmenreich.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Franziska Ellmenreich]]]]
*[[Konrad Ernst Ackermann]] (1712–1771), actor
*[[Friedrich Ludwig Schröder]] (1744–1816), actor, theatre director and playwright.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Schröder, Friedrich Ludwig |last= |first= |author-link= |volume= 24 |pages=378-379 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Karl Albert von Kamptz]] (1769–1849), lawyer, Prussian Minister of Justice from 1832 to 1842.
*[[Heinrich von Bülow (diplomat)|Heinrich von Bülow]] (1792–1846), diplomat and Prussian statesman
*[[Carl von Lemcke]] (1831–1913), art historian, songwriter, rector at the University of Stuttgart
*[[Pauline Soltau]] (1833–1902), portrait painter, violinist
*[[August Kundt]] (1839–1894), physicist; invented [[Kundt's tube]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Kundt, August Adolph Eduard Eberhard |volume= 15 |page=946 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Walther Flemming]] (1843 in n Sachsenberg – 1905), biologist and founder of [[cytogenetics]]
*[[Marie Hankel]] (1844–1929), writer of [[Esperanto literature]] and advocate of [[women's suffrage]].
*[[Hans von Koester]] (1844–1928), naval officer, became [[Grand admiral]]
*[[Franziska Ellmenreich]] (1847–1931), actress
*[[Friedrich Klockmann]] (1858–1937), mineralogist
*[[Heinrich Friese (biologist)|Heinrich Friese]] (1860–1948), entomologist and bee researcher
*[[Heinrich Cunow]] (1862–1938), politician (SPD) and writer
*[[William Berwald]] (1864–1948), an American composer and conductor
*[[Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper]] (1883–1935), military officer and Nazi Party politician
*[[Hermann Baranowski]] (1884–1940), Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
*[[Paul Gösch]] (1885–1940), painter and architect, Nazi victim
*[[Bernhard Schwentner]] (1891–1944), Catholic priest and resistance fighter
*[[Max Burghardt]] (1893–1977), actor, director, and President of the [[Cultural Association of the GDR]]
*[[Wilhelm Facklam]] (1893 in Upahl – 1972), landscape artist and draftsman
*[[Wilhelm Gustloff]] (1895–1936), Nazi party leader, worked in [[Davos]], assassinated
*[[Rudolf Metzmacher]] (1906–2004), cellist
*[[Ludwig Bölkow]] (1912–2003), industrialist and aeronautical pioneer 
*[[Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse]] (1918–2019), typographer calligrapher and bookbinder
*[[Verena Keller (singer)|Verena Keller]] (born 1940), mezzo-soprano
*[[André Brie]] (born 1950), politician (The Left), Member of the European Parliament, 1999/2009
* [[Katrin Sass]] (born 1956), actress
*[[Heidrun Bluhm]] (born 1958), politician (The Left)
*[[Oliver Riedel]] (born 1971), musician, member of the band [[Rammstein]]

=== Aristocracy ===
[[File:Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Crown Princess of Germany and Prussia.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], 1905]]
*[[Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (ca 1318 – 1379), feudal lord in Northern Germany 
*[[Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (1685 – 1735 in Schwerin Castle). [[List of Prussian royal consorts|Queen consort in Prussia]] by marriage to King [[Frederick I of Prussia]]
*[[Frederick Francis I]] (1756–1837), ruler as duke 1785/1815, and as grand duke 1815/1837
*[[Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (1779–1801), maternal grandmother of [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Albert]], the husband of [[Queen Victoria]]
*[[Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg]] (1873–1969), Africa traveler, colonial politician and first President of the [[German Olympic Sports Confederation|German Olympic Committee]]
*[[Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (1879–1952),  [[List of Danish royal consorts|Queen of Denmark]], 1912/1947 & [[Kingdom of Iceland|Queen of Iceland]], 1918/1944
*[[Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (1886–1954), last Crown Princess of the [[German Empire]]
*[[Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (1910–2001), heir apparent to the [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

=== Sport ===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S0709-0009, Andrea Pollack.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Andrea Pollack]], 1977]]
*[[Manfred Schneider]] (born 1941), rower, bronze medallist at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Detlef Pirsig]] (1945–2019), football player and manager; he played 385 matches
*[[Gabriele Hinzmann]] (born 1947), discus thrower; bronze medallist at the [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|
1976 Summer Olympics]] 
*[[Wolf-Rüdiger Netz]] (born 1950), former footballer, played over 300 games
*[[Anke Westendorf]] (born 1954), Olympic volleyball player
*[[Rosemarie Gabriel]] (born 1956), swimmer, team gold and silver medallist at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Andrea Pollack]] (born 1961), swimmer, multiple medallist at the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] & [[1980 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Torsten Bréchôt]] (born 1964) judoka, bronze medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Steffen Zühlke]] (born 1965), rower, bronze medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] 
*[[Matthias Stammann]] (born 1968), footballer, played 299 games
*[[Sylvia Roll]] (born 1973), Olympic volleyball player
*[[Hanka Durante]] (born 1976), Olympic volleyball player
*[[Robert Müller (footballer)|Robert Müller]] (born 1986), footballer, played 489 games
*[[Peter Kretschmer]] (born 1992), sprint canoer, gold medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]