Editing Leipzig (section)

=== Politicians ===
*[[Nikolaus Krell]] (1551–1601), chancellor of the [[Electorate of Saxony|elector of Saxony]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Crell, Nicholas |volume= 7 | pages = 402–403 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Friedrich Karl Biedermann]] (1812–1901), professor, politician and publisher<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Biedermann, Friedrich Karl |volume= 3 | page = 920 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Louise Otto-Peters]] (1819–1895), suffragette, founded the German Women's Association
*[[August Bebel]] (1840–1913), socialist politician, co-founder of Germany's SPD<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bebel, Ferdinand August |volume= 3 |last= Headlam |first= James Wycliffe |author-link= James Wycliffe Headlam | page = 601 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Karl Liebknecht]] (1871–1919), socialist, co-founded the Communist Party of Germany
*[[Carl Friedrich Goerdeler]] (1884–1945), mayor, a lead conservative resistance against Hitler
*[[Paul Frölich]] (1884–1953), politician, KPD co-founder, biographer of [[Rosa Luxemburg]]
*[[Walter Ulbricht]] (1893–1973), Communist politician, GDR Chairman of the Council of State, 1960–1973
*[[Ruth Fischer]] (1895–1961), Communist politician and journalist, co-founder of the CPA
*[[Annemarie Renger]] (1919–2008), politician, President of the Bundestag, 1972 to 1976
*[[Käte Selbmann]] (1906–1962), teacher and Communist politician<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Herbst |first=Andreas |author-link=Andreas Herbst |url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/recherche/kataloge-datenbanken/biographische-datenbanken/kaete-selbmann |title=Who Was Who in the GDR? |date=2009 |publisher=Ch. Links Verlag |publication-place=Berlin |language=de |chapter=Selbmann, Käte |access-date=2024-04-12 |via=[[Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung]] |archive-date=6 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406205325/https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/recherche/kataloge-datenbanken/biographische-datenbanken/kaete-selbmann |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Matthias Moosdorf]] (born 1965), politician and cellist