Public service , 1978 , 1852 •
Clemens von Delbrück (1856–1921), conservative politician,
Vice-Chancellor of Germany 1908–1916 •
Helga Einsele (1910–2005), a criminologist, prison director and high-profile prisons reformer. •
Gerhard Feige (born 1951), bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg •
August Hermann Francke (1663–1727), Lutheran Pietist theologian at the University of Halle and founder of the Halle Orphan House complex. •
Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016), former Vice Chancellor and longest serving
Foreign Minister, (1974 to 1992), was born in Reideburg, which belongs to Halle today •
Gerald Götting (1923–2015), chairman of the East German
Christian Democratic Union, 1966–1989. •
Margot Honecker (1927–2016), First Lady of the
German Democratic Republic, 1971–1989 •
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778–1852), theology student of University Halle 1796–1800, went into hiding using a porphyry cave along the river Saale. It became known as the "Jahn-Höhle" (Cave). •
Christian Andreas Käsebier (1710–1757), intelligence operative for
Frederick the Great, robber and swindler, born and raised in Halle •
Carl Lampert, (1894–1944), priest, beheaded by Nazis in World War II at Halle •
Hans Litten (1903–1938), lawyer, represented opponents of the Nazis at trials from 1929 and 1932 •
Johann David Michaelis (1717–1791), a Prussian biblical scholar and teacher. •
Frederick Muhlenberg (1750–1801), the first
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, graduated at Halle University. •
George Müller (1805–1898), preacher and philanthropist, coordinator of orphanages in
Bristol. •
Cornelia Pieper (born 1959), a German politician, now German
consul general in
Gdańsk, Poland. •
Henriette Quade (born 1984), politician •
Richard Raatzsch (born 1957), philosopher and professor of practical philosophy •
Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619–1680), a princess of
Saxe-Altenburg •
Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907–1980), lawyer, officer, judge and member of the German resistance •
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768–1834), university preacher and professor of theology to the University of Halle, where he remained until 1807. •
Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907–1980), a jurist, soldier and member of the
German resistance and judge of the German
Federal Constitutional Court. •
Albrecht Schröter (born 1955), politician (SPD) and mayor of Jena from 2006 to 2018. •
Gertrud Schubart-Fikentscher (1896–1985), first female professor of law from 1948 for 17 years •
Ullrich Sierau (born 1956), politician (SPD) and mayor of Dortmund from 2010 to 2020 •
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572–1619), a
Prince-elector of the
Margraviate of Brandenburg •
Hans-Christian Ströbele (born 1939), politician (Greens) and member of the Bundestag •
Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737–1772), a German physician, philosopher and statesman. •
Ľudovít Štúr (1815–1856), Slovak national leader, linguist and writer, studied at the University of Halle in 1838–1840
Military , pre-1837 •
Max von Bahrfeldt (1856–1936),
Prussian General, local historian, and world renown numismatist, died here in 1936 •
Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942), a leading
Nazi in
WWII and a main architect of the
Holocaust •
Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901–1970), an SS functionary, fled to Argentina after WWII •
Oswald Boelcke (1891–1916), World War I German flying ace, born near Halle •
Karl von Eberstein (1894–1979),
German nobility, early member of the Nazi Party, the SA and the SS. •
Walter Eisfeld (1905–1940), Nazi SS concentration camp commandant •
Paul Götze (1903–1948), Nazi SS officer at Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps executed for war crimes •
Johannes Hassebroek (1910–1977), Nazi SS commandant of
Gross-Rosen concentration camp. •
Karl Freiherr von Müffling (1775–1851), Prussian general field marshal.
Science •
Bernd Baselt (1934–1993), university professor, published a catalogue leading to the modern day opus designator (
HWV) which is used when referring to the works of
George Frideric Handel. •
Dorothea Christiane Erxleben of
Quedlinburg (1715–1762) received her
Doctor of Medicine degree in 1754 from the Medical Department of Martin Luther University (MLU) •
Georg Cantor (1845–1918), mathematician and professor at the university of Halle •
Arthur Golf (1877–1941), an academic agronomist, focussed on
colonial agriculture •
Siegwart Horst Günther (1925–2015), a German physician,'father of the anti-uranium-weapons movement in Germany', born in Halle •
Friedrich Hoffmann (1660–1742), a German physician and chemist. •
Christian Knaut (1656–1716), doctor, botanist and librarian •
Andreas Libavius (1550–1616), practised alchemy, wrote the book
Alchemia, a chemistry textbook •
Felix Jacob Marchand (1846–1928), a German pathologist, coined the term
atherosclerosis •
Leonhard Sohncke (1842–1897), mathematician and professor of physics •
Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709–1746), a botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer of Siberia, Kamchatka and Alaska •
Charles Tanford (1921–2009), American protein chemist, born in Halle as Karl Tannenbaum •
Christian Friedrich von Völkner (1728–1796), German translator and historian in Russia
Arts in Market Square, Halle •
Conny Bauer (born 1943) &
Johannes Bauer (1954–2016) jazz trombonists. •
Johann Friedrich Bause (1738–1814), a copper engraver; primarily of portraits. •
Ursula Brömme (1931–2001), operatic soprano •
Thuon Burtevitz (born 1973), composer •
Heinrich Andreas Contius (1708–1795) an organ builder in the Baltic States •
Susanne Daubner (born 1962), German news and television presenter •
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956), painter of several famous images in Halle, incl.
Der Dom in Halle. •
Ernst Flügel (1844–1912), a German Romantic composer. •
Robert Franz (1815–1892), a German composer, mainly of lieder. •
Moritz Götze (born 1964), artist, painter, sculptor, born and lives in Halle •
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759),
Baroque composer, born and raised in Halle. •
Carola Helbing-Erben (born 1952), textile artist •
Claire Heliot (1866–1953), a German
lion tamer. •
Johann Georg Ludwig Hesekiel (1819–1874), author and journalist. •
Nickel Hoffmann (1536–1592), mastermason, worked over 30 years in Halle, including the
Market Church and the Composanto •
August Lafontaine (1758–1831), a writer of sentimental novels, then hugely popular, died in Halle •
Georg Listing (born 1987), bassist from the
Magdeburg-based band,
Tokio Hotel •
Johann Friedrich Naue (1787–1858), classical composer •
Ursula Noack (1918–1988), a cabaret artiste, film and stage actress and chanson singer •
Kai Pflaume (born 1967), German television presenter, born in Halle •
Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), composer, writer and music critic, lived in Halle. He was a close friend of
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe •
Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654),
Baroque composer and organist, spent most of his life in Halle •
Hellmut Schnackenburg (1902–1974), conductor •
Ina Seidel (1885-1974), lyric poet and novelist •
Daniel Gottlob Türk (1756–1813), classical composer, was born in Halle in 1750, and was a professor at the University of Halle •
Anja Daniela Wagner (born 1969), operatic mezzo-soprano •
Paul Weigel (1867–1951), a German-American actor, appearing in over 110 films between 1916 and 1945.
Sport , 1976 •
Bernd Bransch (1944–2022), a footballer with 317 club caps and 64 for
East Germany •
Waldemar Cierpinski (born 1950), East German athlete and twice Olympic Champion, lives in Halle •
Fritz Huschke von Hanstein (1911–1996), a German racing driver, worked for
Porsche •
Yoan Pablo Hernández (born 1984),
Cruiserweight boxing champion (immigrated from
Cuba) •
Marita Lange (1943–2025), shot putter, silver medallist at the
1968 Summer Olympics •
Lothar Milde (born 1934), East German discus thrower, silver medallist at the
1968 Summer Olympics •
Jochen Pietzsch (born 1963), a former East German
luger, he won gold in at the
1988 Winter Olympics and bronze in
1984. •
Conny Pohlers (born 1978), a German former footballer with 67 caps with
Germany women •
Torsten Spanneberg (born 1975), an team bronze medal winner in the medley relay at the
2000 Summer Olympics •
Andreas Wank (born 1988), German ski jumper, team gold medallist at the
2014 Winter Olympics •
Ulrich Wehling (born 1952), a retired German skier who won the Nordic combined event in the Winter Olympics three consecutive times, in 1972, 1976, and 1980. •
Dariusz Wosz (born 1969), a German football coach and former player with 563 club caps and 17 for
Germany Other •
Marla-Svenja Liebich (born 1970), German far-right activist • Tom Kesselhut (born 1991), German Twitch streamer ==Twin towns – sister cities==