Editing Dessau (section)

===The arts===
* [[Wilhelm Karl Rust]] (1787–1855), a German pianist
* [[Friedrich von Olivier]] (1791–1859), a German history painter in the Romantic style
* [[Wilhelm Müller]] (1794–1827), lyric poet, best known for the [[Lieder]] of [[Franz Schubert]]
* [[Ludwig Philippson]] (1811–1889), writer and rabbi, founder of [[Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums]]
* [[Wilhelm Rust]] (1822–1892), composer, musicologist, Bach researcher and choirmaster
* [[Bernhard Cossmann]] (1822–1910), a German cellist
* [[Friedrich Grützmacher]] (1832–1903), cellist and composer
* [[Leopold Grützmacher]] (1835-1900), a German cellist and composer. 
* [[Erna Schorlemmer]] (1875-1945), a German composer 
* [[Julius Schubring (archaeologist)|Julius Schubring]] (1839–1914), classical scholar
* [[Henriette Johanne Marie Müller]] (1841–1916), a street character identified with Hamburg
* [[August Klughardt]] (1847–1902), composer and conductor<ref>{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Klughardt,_August |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Kurt Weill]] (1900–1950), composer, grew up in Dessau, worked with [[Bertolt Brecht]], 
* [[Gerhard Nebel]] (1903–1974), writer, essayist and cultural critic
* [[Ursula Herking]] (1912–1974), actress and cabaret artist<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379024/  IMDb Database] retrieved 21 September 2019</ref>
* Anne-Marie Lauenstein (1923–2010), first German war bride to emigrate to the US in 1946
* [[Herbert Tobias]] (1924–1982), fashion photographer
* [[Horst Bollmann]] (1925–2014), a German film and television actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093180/  IMDb Database] retrieved 21 September 2019</ref>
* [[Gerhard Stolze]] (1926–1979), a German operatic tenor
* [[Karl-Heinz Kämmerling]] (1930–2012), professor of piano
* [[Brigitte Grothum]] (born 1935), a German film actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343874/  IMDb Database] retrieved 21 September 2019</ref>
* [[Dieter Hallervorden]] (born 1935), comedian, cabaret artist and singer, hon. citizen of Dessau<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356448/  IMDb Database] retrieved 21 September 2019</ref>
* [[Imi Knoebel]] (born 1940), a German artist of minimalist, abstract painting and sculpture
* [[Emil Schult]] (born 1946), painter, poet and musician
* [[Thomas Kretschmann]] (born 1962), actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0470981/  IMDb Database] retrieved 21 September 2019</ref>
* [[Annette Schlünz]] (born 1964), a German musician and composer
* [[Michael Flade]] (born 1975), German composer of electronic music