Editing Güstrow (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Ruperto Carola 500-03 Karl Holsten.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Karl Christian Johann Holsten]], pre 1897]]
* [[Christian Geist]] (ca 1650–1711), a German composer and organist, who lived and worked in Scandinavia.
* [[Joachim Daniel von Jauch]] (1688–1754), major general and baroque architect
* [[John Brinckman]] (1814–1870), poet and short story writer of humorous works in [[Plattdeutsch]].
* [[Karl Christian Johann Holsten]] (1825–1897), a German Protestant theologian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Holsten, Karl Christian Johann |last= |first= |author-link= |volume= 13 |page=618 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Ulrich Neckel]] (1898–1928), pilot in WWI and a recipient of the [[Pour le Mérite]] medal
* [[Harry Lehmann]] (1924–1998), [[Max Planck Medal]] award-winning physicist
* [[Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky]] (1933–2023), jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, composer and author; ''father of [[free jazz]]'' in the GDR
* [[Peter Kurth]] (born 1957), a German actor.

=== Aristocracy ===
[[File:Karl.I.Mecklenburg.JPG|thumb|140px|[[Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg]]]]
* [[Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (1486–1547), Duke of [[Mecklenburg]] in Güstrow
* [[John Albert I]] (1525–1576), duke of [[Mecklenburg-Güstrow]] from 1547 to 1556 and of [[Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] from 1556 to 1576.
* [[Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (1527–1603), Duke of [[Mecklenburg-Güstrow|Mecklenburg (-Güstrow)]] from 1555-56 to 1603.
* [[Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (1540–1610 in Güstrow) [[List of rulers of Mecklenburg|Duke of Mecklenburg]]
* [[Johann VII, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (1558–1592), [[Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
* [[John Albert II]] (1590–1636 in Güstrow), was [[List of rulers of Mecklenburg|Duke of Mecklenburg]] from 1608 to 1611,
* [[Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow]] (1633–1695), last ruler of [[Mecklenburg-Güstrow]] from 1636 to 1695. 
* [[Karl, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Güstrow]] (1664–1688), hereditary prince of [[Mecklenburg-Güstrow]].

=== Sport ===
* [[Torsten Voss]] (born 1963), decathlete, silver medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Frank-Peter Roetsch]] (born 1964), biathlete, twice gold medallist at the [[1988 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Patrick Kühl]] (born 1968), medley swimmer, silver medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]