Editing Stralsund (section)

=== 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