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Gerhart Hauptmann
German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)
Martin Niemöller
German theologian (1892–1984)
Ludwig Achim von Arnim
German poet and novelist
August Wilhelm Schlegel
German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)

Bettina von Arnim
German writer and novelist (1785-1859)

Stefan George
German poet, editor, and translator (1868–1933)

Johannes R. Becher
German politician, novelist and poet (1891–1958)
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
German scholar and poet (1798–1874)
Paul Gerhardt
German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)
Arno Holz
German naturalist poet and dramatist (1863-1929)
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart
German poet (1739-1791)
Paul Fleming
German physician, poet and diplomat (1609-1640)
Reiner Kunze
German poet, writer, translator, and GDR dissident (born 1933)
Henry III
Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia from 1221 to 1288
Hans Evers
German actor and writer (1871–1943)

Justinus Kerner
German poet and medical writer (1786-1862)
Werner Bergengruen
German writer (1892–1964)

Leopold Schefer
German poet, novelist and composer
Christoph von Schmid
German priest, writer and educator (1768–1854)
Ewald Christian von Kleist
German poet and noble (1715-1759)
Otto Julius Bierbaum
German writer and poet (1865–1910)
Johann von Rist
German poet and dramatist
Christian Friedrich Henrici
Christian Friedrich Henrici (January 14, 1700 – May 10, 1764), writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many works by Johann Sebastian Bach, notably the St Matthew Passion of 1727.
Philipp Nicolai
German Lutheran pastor, hymnwriter
Savo Kostadinovski
Macedonian and German writer, travel writer and translator
Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau
Silesian poet, imperial counselor, council members of Breslau (1618-1679)
Johannes von Tepl
German-language writer
Hans Carossa
German writer (1878-1956)
Friedrich von Logau
German poet (1604-1655)
Daniel Casper von Lohenstein
German writer, diplomat and lawyer (1635-1683)
Lutz Seiler
German writer
Hermann Löns
German journalist and writer (1866–1914)
Georg Philipp Harsdorffer
German poet (1607-1658)
Isolde Kurz
German poet (1853–1944)
Adolf Bartels
German writer (1862–1945)
Johann Anton Leisewitz
German lawyer, dramatic poet, and central figure of the Sturm und Drang era
Georg Neumark
German poet and composer of hymns (1621-1681)
Heinrich Albert
German composer and poet
Heinrich Christian Boie
German writer (1744-1806)
Friedrich von Matthisson
German poet (1761-1831)
Josef Kohler
German poet (1849-1919)
Georg Fabricius
German poet, historian, and archaeologist, 1516-1571
August Stramm
German poet (1874–1915)
Paul Scheerbart
German writer (1863-1915)
Franz Josef Degenhardt
German songwriter, writer and lawyer (1931–2011)
Johannes Daniel Falk
German poet
Thorsten Kaye
German-British actor
Herbert Eulenberg
German writer (1876-1949)
Max Halbe
German dramatist (1865-1944)
Johann Heermann
German poet hymn-writer (1585-1647)
Heinrich Meibom
German physician and scholar
Karl Ludwig von Knebel
German poet and translator
Peter Crüger
German astronomer and mathematician (1580-1639)
Christoph August Tiedge
German poet
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten
German poet
Jürgen Becker
German poet and writer (1932–2024)
Euricius Cordus
German physician, botanist, and poet (1486-1535)
Paul-Henri Campbell
poet, writer
Sigmund von Birken
German poet (1626-1681)
Max von Schenkendorf
Prussian poet, song-writer and soldier