Editing Stralsund (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:AHArnimB.jpg|140px|thumb|Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg, pre-1868]]
[[File:Angela Merkel 2019 cropped.jpg|140px|thumb|Angela Merkel, 2019]]

=== Public service and commerce ===
*[[Thomas Kantzow]] (c.1505–1542), chronicler of the [[Duchy of Pomerania]]
*[[Bartholomäus Sastrow]] (1520–1603), official, notary and mayor of Stralsund
*[[Nicodemus Tessin the Elder]] (1615–1681), Swedish architect
*[[Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld]] (1651–1722), Swedish [[Field marshal]]
*[[Philip Johan von Strahlenberg]] (1676–1747), Swedish officer and geographer
*Count [[Johan August Meijerfeldt the Younger]] (1725–1800), a Swedish [[field marshal]].
*[[Ernst Moritz Arndt]] (1769–1860), nationalist author, poet, fighter against serfdom.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Arndt, Ernst Moritz |volume= 2 | pages= 627&ndash;628 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Ferdinand von Schill]] (1776–1809), leader of a revolt against French domination.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Schill, Ferdinand Baptista von |volume= 24 | pages= 323&ndash;324 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Carl Georg Schwing]] (1778–1858), jurist and mayor of Stralsund
*[[Georg Friedrich Schömann]] (1793–1879), classical scholar.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Schömann, Georg Friedrich |volume= 24 | page= 357 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Arnold Ruge]] (1802–1880), philosopher and political writer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Ruge, Arnold |volume= 23 | page= 821 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg]] (1803–1868), Prime minister of Prussia
*[[Hermann von Mallinckrodt]] (1821–1874), parliamentarian from the Province of Westphalia
*[[Eduard von Jachmann]] (1822–1887), [[vice admiral]] of the [[Prussian Navy]]
*[[Erich Haupt]] (1841–1910), Lutheran theologian.<ref>{{Cite NIE |wstitle= Haupt, Erich |volume= IX | page= |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Leonhard Tietz]] (1849–1914), merchant, opened his first department store in Stralsund in 1879
*[[Georg Wertheim]] (1857–1939), merchant, founded the [[Wertheim (department store)|Wertheim]] chain of department stores
*[[Johannes Kromayer]] (1859–1934), classical historian
*[[Wolfram Setz]] (1941–2023), historian, editor and translator
*[[Angela Merkel]] (born 1954), politician; her office is still located on the main shopping street
*[[Dietmar Bartsch]] (born 1958), politician, member of the Bundestag

=== Science ===
[[File:Burmeister Harmann 1807-1892.png|140px|thumb|Harmann Burmeister, {{Circa|1885}}]]
*[[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]] (1742–1786), Swedish Pomeranian / German pharmaceutical chemist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Scheele, Karl Wilhelm |volume= 24 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Christian Ehrenfried Weigel]] (1748–1831), scientist
*[[Hermann Burmeister]] (1807–1892), German-Argentine zoologist, entomologist and botanist <ref>{{cite Appletons'|wstitle= Burmeister, Karl Hermann Konrad |short= x}}</ref>
*[[William Lindley]] (1808–1900), engineer, designed water and sewerage systems
*[[Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson]] (1809–1848), medical doctor and entomologist
*[[Otto Gottlieb Mohnike]] (1814–1887), physician and naturalist
*[[Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten]] (1817–1908), botanist and geologist
*[[Ernst Kromayer]] (1862–1933), dermatologist and inventor
*[[Karl Grünberg (otologist)|Karl Grunberg]] (1875–1932), [[otologist]]

=== The Arts ===
[[File:Heinrich Kruse - Radierung von Johann Lindner, 1890.jpg|140px|thumb|Heinrich Kruse, 1890]]
* [[Hermann Raupach]] (1728–1778), composer
* [[Paul Struck]] (1776–1820), composer
* [[Joachim Nicolas Eggert]] (1779–1813), Swedish composer and [[musical director]]
* [[Joachim Daniel Andreas Müller]] (1812–1857), Swedish gardener and writer
* [[Heinrich Kruse]] (1815–1902), dramatist, publicist and playwright <ref>{{Cite NIE |wstitle= Kruse, Heinrich |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Friedrich Spielhagen]] (1829–1911), novelist, literary theorist and translator.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Spielhagen, Friedrich von |volume= 25 | page= 667 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Hermann Carl Hempel]] (1848–1921), landscape painter
* [[Hans-Heinz Dräger]] (1909–1963), German-American musicologist
* [[Harry Kupfer]] (1935–2019), opera director, worked at the [[Stralsund Theatre]] 1958–1962
* [[Nadja Uhl]] (born 1972), actress

=== Sport ===
*[[Olaf von Schilling]] (born 1943), swimmer
*[[Helmut Losch]] (1947–2005), weightlifter, bronze medallist at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Jürgen Heuser]] (born 1953), weightlifter, silver medallist at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Monika Kallies]] (born 1956), rower, gold medallist at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Silke Möller]] (born 1964), athlete, team bronze medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Carsten Embach]] (born 1968), bobsledder, team gold medallist at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]
*[[Ulrike Maisch]] (born 1977), long-distance runner
*[[Eric Koreng]] (born 1981), beach volleyball player
*[[Ariel Hukporti]] (born 2002), basketball player