Editing Dresden (section)

==Notable people==
=== Public service ===
* [[Augustus II the Strong]] (1670–1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Augustus II. | volume= 2 | pages = 915–916 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Augustus III of Poland]] (1696–1763), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Augustus III. | volume= 2 | page = 916 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Frederick Augustus I of Saxony]] (1750–1827), King of Saxony.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Frederick Augustus I. | volume= 11 |last1= Hashagen |first1= Justus |author1-link= | pages = 60–61 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Anthony of Saxony]] (1755–1836), King of Saxony
* Count [[Heinrich von Bellegarde]] (1756–1845), ''[[Generalfeldmarschall]]'' and statesman.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bellegarde, Heinrich Joseph Johannes | volume= 3 | page = 697 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Johann von Thielmann|Johann Adolf, Freiherr von Thielmann]] (1765–1824), Prussian cavalry soldier.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Thielmann, Johann Adolf | volume= 26 | page = 847 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Wilhelm Adolf Becker]] (1796–1846), classical scholar.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Becker, Wilhelm Adolf | volume= 3 | page = 608 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Frederick Augustus II of Saxony]] (1797–1854), King of Saxony.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Frederick Augustus II. | volume= 11 |last1= Hashagen |first1= Justus |author1-link=  | page = 61 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[John, King of Saxony]] (1801–1873), King of Saxony.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= John, King of Saxony | volume= 15 |last1= Hashagen |first1= Justus |author1-link=  | pages = 444–445 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel]] (1809–1885), Prussian general field marshal.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Manteuffel, Edwin, Freiherr von | volume= 17 | page = 604 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Albert, King of Saxony]] (1828–1902), King of Saxony.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Albert (king of Saxony) | volume= 1 | page = 498 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[George, King of Saxony]] (1832–1904), King of Saxony.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= George, King of Saxony | volume= 11 | pages = 746–747 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Heinrich von Treitschke|Heinrich Gotthard Freiherr von Treitschke]] (1834–1896), historian, political writer and nationalist
* [[Ernst Brandes (politician)|Ernst Brandes]] (1862–1935), German lawyer, estate manager and politician
* [[Frederick Augustus III of Saxony]] (1865–1932), King of Saxony
* [[Amelie Beese]] (1886–1925), aviator
* [[Max Immelmann]] (1890–1916), WWI fighter pilot, first pilot awarded the [[Pour le Mérite]], known as the "Blue Max"
* [[Herbert Wehner]] (1906–1990), politician (SPD)
* [[Wolfgang Bergold]] (1913–1987), East German politician and diplomat
* [[Wolfgang Mischnick]] (1921–2002), politician (FDP)
* [[Peter Hoffmann (historian)|Peter Hoffmann]] (1930–2023), historian
* [[Gerhart Baum]] (born 1932), politician (FDP)
* [[Andreas von Bülow]] (born 1937), politician and writer
* [[Christine Bergmann]] (born 1939), politician (SPD)
* [[Katja Kipping]] (born 1978), politician (The Left)

===Academics===
* [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]] (1651–1708), German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher
* [[Christoph M. Kimmich]] (born 1939), German-American historian and eighth President of [[Brooklyn College]]
* [[Gert Jäger]] (born 1935), translation scholar

=== The Arts ===
* [[August Buchner]] (1591–1661), influential Baroque poet
* [[August Joseph Pechwell]] (1757–1811), painter
* [[Theodor Körner (author)|Theodor Körner]] (1791–1813), poet and soldier.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Körner, Karl Theodor | volume= 15 | page = 913 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Moritz Hauptmann]] (1792–1868), music theorist, teacher and composer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Hauptmann, Moritz | volume= 13 | pages = 68–69 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Ludwig Richter]] (1803–1884), painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Richter, Adrian | volume= 23 | page = 312 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Hans von Bülow]] (1830–1894), conductor, virtuoso pianist and composer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bülow, Hans Guido von | volume= 4 | page = 795 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Paul Miersch]] (1868–1956), composer 
* [[Elsa Laura Wolzogen]] (1876–1945), composer
* [[Victor Klemperer]] (1881–1960), Jewish author of ''I Will Bear Witness''
* [[Erich Kästner]] (1899–1974), author of books
* [[Carle Hessay]] (1911–1978), Canadian painter
* [[Siegfried Geißler]] (1929–2014), composer, conductor, hornist and politician
* [[Gerhard Richter]] (born 1932), painter
* [[Gernot Roll]] (1939–2020), cinematographer, film director and script writer
* [[Amalie Scholl]] (1823–1879), German composer
* [[Georgina Schubert]] (1840–1878), composer and singer
* [[Thomas Fritsch]] (1944–2021), film, television and dubbing actor
* [[Andrea Ihle]] (born 1953), operatic soprano
* [[Annette Jahns]] (1958–2020), operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto, and opera director
* [[Siarhei Mikhalok]] (born 1972), Belarusian rock musician and actor

=== Science and business ===
* [[Georg Bartisch]] (ca.1535 – 1607), eye surgeon and author of first German-language textbook of [[ophthalmology]]
* [[Carl Friedrich Wenzel]] (ca.1740 – 1793), chemist and metallurgist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wenzel, Karl Friedrich | volume= 28 | pages = 521–522 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann]] (1797–1873), mineralogist and geologist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Naumann, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich | volume= 19 | page = 278 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Otto Linné Erdmann]] (1804–1869), chemist, introduced vaccination into Saxony.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Erdmann, Otto Linné | volume= 9 | page = 734 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[A. Lange & Söhne|Ferdinand A. Lange]] (1815–1875), watchmaker, founder of [[A. Lange & Söhne]]
* [[Julius Hermann Moritz Busch]] (1821–1899), publicist; ''"Bismarck's Boswell"''.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Busch, Julius Hermann Moritz | volume= 4 | page = 869 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Ernst Engel]] (1821–1896), statistician and economist; ''[[Engel curve]]'' & ''[[Engel's law]]''.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Engel, Ernst | volume= 9 | page = 405 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Melitta Bentz]] (1873–1950), inventor of the [[coffee filter]].
* [[Karl Reinisch]] (1921–2007), engineer
* [[Edith Schönert-Geiß]] (1933–2012), numismatist
* [[Marie Simon]] (1824–1877), nurse<ref>{{Cite web |last=Venske |first=Ruth |date=25 August 2009 |title=Biografie von Marie Simon (1824–1877) |trans-title=Biography of Marie Simon (1824–1877) |url=https://saebi.isgv.de/biografie/Marie_Simon_(1824-1877) |access-date=26 August 2023 |website=[[Sächsische Biografie]] |language=de}}</ref>
* [[Reinhart Heinrich]] (1946–2006), biophysicist

=== Sport ===
* [[Kurt Hitke]] (1889–1979), American racing driver
* [[Heinz Melkus]] (1928–2005), racing driver and founder of [[Melkus]]
* [[Curt Rottman]] (1886–1928), Olympic gymnast
* [[Matthias Sammer]] (born 1967), footballer and football coach
* [[Ad Santel]] (1887–1966), professional wrestler
* [[Helmut Schön]] (1915–1996), football coach
* [[Wolfgang Seidel]] (1926–1987), racing driver
* [[Fritz Wiessner]] (1900–1988), pioneer of free climbing
* [[Alexander Wolfe (wrestler)|Axel Tischer]] (born 1986), professional wrestler