Editing Rostock (section)

=== 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