Editing Rostock (section)

==Notable people==
{{Further|:Category:People from Rostock}}
[[File:Blücher (nach Gebauer).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]], {{Circa|1815}}]]
[[File:Peter Schulz 2010.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Peter Schulz]], 2010]]
[[File:Portret van Simon Paulli, RP-P-1878-A-961.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Simon Paulli]], 1648]]
[[File:Albrecht Kossel nobel.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Albrecht Kossel]]]]

=== Public service & thinking ===
*[[Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg]] (??–1227), Lord of Mecklenburg
*[[Carl Friedrich Behrens]] (1701-1750), German sailor and soldier, landed in [[Easter Island]]
*[[Franz Aepinus]] (1724–1802), German-Russian natural philosopher<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodor |volume= 1 | page = 258 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]] (1742–1819), Prussian field marshal<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von |volume= 4 | page = 90 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Moritz Wiggers]] (1816–1894), politician, lawyer and notary
*[[Rudolph Sohm]] (1841–1917), jurist, Church historian and theologian
*[[Mathilde Mann]] (1859–1925), prominent German translator and editor
*[[Carl Brockelmann]] (1868–1956), [[Semitic studies|semiticist]] and orientalist
*[[Hans Paasche]] (1881–1920), politician and pacifist
*[[Ernst Heinkel]] (1888–1958), aviation pioneer, worked in [[Warnemünde]]
*[[Erika Fuchs]] (1906–2005), translator
*[[Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg]] (1918–2019), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
*[[Berndt von Staden]] (1919–2014), diplomat, Ambassador to the United States 1973–1979
*[[Peter Schulz]] (1930–2013), politician (SPD) and first [[List of mayors of Hamburg|Mayor of Hamburg]] 1971–1974
*[[Klaus Kilimann]] (born 1938), politician (SPD), physicist and Mayor of Rostock 1990–1993
*[[Joachim Gauck]] (born 1940), politician, civil rights activist and President of Germany 2012–2017
*[[Heinz Eggert]] (born 1946), theologian and CDU politician
*[[Eva-Maria Kröger]] (born 1982), politician, Mayor of Rostock since February 2023

=== Science and academia ===
*[[Tycho Brahe]] (1546–1601), Danish astronomer and alchemist. Student and scientist at the [[University of Rostock]].
*[[Simon Paulli]] (1603–1680), Danish physician and naturalist
*[[Matthias Christian Sprengel]] (1746–1803), geographer and historian
*[[Christian Martin Frähn]] (1782–1851), German-Russian numismatist and historian<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Frahn, Christian Martin |volume= 10 | page = 773 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Ferdinand von Mueller|Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller]] (1825–1896), German-Australian physician, geographer and botanist<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Müller, Ferdinand von, Baron |volume= 18 | page = |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Clara Wehl]] (1833–1901), Australian botanist
*[[Johann Georg Noel Dragendorff]] (1836–1898), pharmacist and chemist
*[[Hermann von Maltzan]] (1843–1891), [[malacologist]], worked in the field of [[conchology]]
*[[Albrecht Kossel]] (1853–1927), biochemist and pioneer in genetics, recipient of 1910 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for determining the chemical composition of nucleic acids
*[[Paul Walden]] (1863–1957), Latvian-German chemist, lived and worked in Rostock
*[[Gustav Mie]] (1868–1957), physicist, worked on electromagnetic waves
*[[Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann]] (1894–1960), American art historian, archaeologist and professor
*[[Arthur R. von Hippel]] (1898–2003), German-American materials scientist and physicist
*[[Hans von Ohain]] (1911–1998), physicist and engineer, worked in [[Warnemünde]]
*[[Egbert Brieskorn]] (1936–2013), mathematician who introduced [[Brieskorn sphere]]s
*[[Sibylle Günter]] (born 1964), theoretical physicist, since 2011 heads the [[Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics]]

[[File:Francesco Cleyn (18th century) by Thomas Chambars.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Francis Cleyn]]]]
[[File:Dörte Helm (1898-1941) - Selbstbildnis.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Dörte Helm]], pre-1941]]

=== The Arts ===
*[[Francis Cleyn]] (c. 1582 – 1658), painter and tapestry designer<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Clein, Francis |volume= 11 |last= Cust |first= Lionel |author-link= Lionel Cust |pages=26-27 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther]] (1734–1802), Baltic-German architect, worked in [[Tartu]]
*[[John Brinckman]] (1814–1870), poet and short story writer in [[Low German]]
* Brothers [[Friedrich Eggers]] (1819-1872, art historian & [[Karl Eggers]] (1826–1900), lyric poet
*[[Paul Tischbein]] (1820–1874), illustrator and painter primarily of landscapes; part of the [[Tischbein family]]
*[[Adolf Wilbrandt]] (1837–1911), German novelist and dramatist<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wilbrandt, Adolf |volume= 28 | pages = 631&ndash;632  |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Edvard Munch]] (1863–1944), Norwegian painter, lived in Rostock 1907/08<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rostock.de/erlebnisse/munch-haus.html|access-date=23 April 2023|website=rostock.de|title=Munch Haus|language=de}}</ref>
*[[Heinrich Tessenow]] (1876–1950), architect, professor and urban planner
*[[Paul Wallat]] (1879–1964), landscape artist, draftsman and sculptor
*[[Margarete Scheel]] (1881–1969), artist, specializing in sculpture and ceramics
*[[:de:Bruno Gimpel|Bruno Gimpel, (DE Wiki)]] (1886–1943), painter and illustrator
*[[Egon Tschirch]] (1889–1948), painter and illustrator.
*[[Dörte Helm]] (1898–1941), [[Bauhaus]] artist, painter and graphic designer
*[[Jessie Rindom]] (1903–1981), Danish film actress
*[[Marianne Hoppe]] (1909–2002), actress
*[[Peter Borgelt]] (1927–1994), actor
*[[Jo Jastram]] (1928–2011), sculptor
*[[Walter Kempowski]] (1929–2007), writer
*[[Erik Smith]] (1931–2004), British record producer, pianist and harpsichordist
*[[Mario Frank]] (born 1958), writer, CEO of [[Der Spiegel]] 2007/8; now a political biographer
*[[Franziska Knuppe]] (born 1974), fashion model
*[[Hinnerk Schönemann]] (born 1974), actor
*[[Marteria]] (born 1982), hip hop artist
*[[Vicke Schorler]] (born 1560), German merchant

[[File:Jan Ullrich 2016 01.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Jan Ullrich]], 2016]]

=== Sports ===
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe]] (1888–1949), tennis and field hockey player
*[[Siegfried Brietzke]] (born 1952), German rower and Olympic team gold medallist
*[[Hansjörg Kunze]] (born 1959), track and field athlete, bronze medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Frank Rohde]] (born 1960), footballer and coach, played over 250 games and 42 for [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
*[[Martina Proeber]] (born 1963), diver, silver medallist at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] 
*[[Christian Schenk]] (born 1965), decathlete, gold medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Ramona Portwich]] (born 1967), canoe sprinter and multiple team medallist at three Summer Olympics 
*[[Andreas Tews]] (born 1968), flyweight boxer, won two medals at two Summer Olympics
*[[Jörn Lenz]] (born 1969), footballer who played over 430 games
*[[Jan Quast]] (born 1970), light flyweight boxer, bronze medallist at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Steffen Baumgart]] (born 1972), football manager and former player who played 535 games
*[[Rolf Kohnert]] (born 1938), cyclist, 3 times Australian Masters Champion
*[[Jan Ullrich]] (born 1973), cyclist, [[Tour de France]] winner, won two medals at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Dörte Lindner]] (born 1974), diver, bronze medallist at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Annika Walter]] (born 1975), diver silver medallist at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Britta Kamrau]] (born 1979), long-distance swimmer
*[[André Greipel]] (born 1982), road bicycle racer
*[[Jennifer Zietz]] (born 1983), footballer, played 278 games and 15 for [[Germany women's national football team|
Germany women]]
*[[Hannes Ocik]] (born 1991), rower, three-time world champion, twice an Olympic team silver medallist