Sons and daughters of the city •
Johann Michael Heineccius (1674–1722), Lutheran clergyman and historian •
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681–1741), professor of law and philosophy •
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781–1832), philosopher •
Bruno Bauer (1809–1882), philosopher •
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829–1907), Prussian General of the Cavalry •
Gerhard Buchwald (1920–2009), physician •
Gunther Emmerlich (1944–2023), singer and entertainer where the
district's
administration is headquartered
Other personalities •
Christian of Saxony-Eisenberg (1653–1707), the only Duke of Saxony-Eisenberg •
Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller (1735–1803), an old philologist and lexicographer, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg between 1747 and 1752 •
Charlotte Amalie von Sachsen-Meiningen (Duchess of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg) lived for several years in Eisenberg •
Georg von Sachsen-Altenburg (1796–1853), Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, resided alternately in Altenburg and Eisenberg •
Otto Hammann (1852–1928), jurist, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg •
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, attended the Christian-School in Eisenberg between 1886 and 1889 •
Peter Landau (1935-2019), legal scientist, went to school in Eisenberg ==References==