Notable Residents
- Early Baroque composer and organist Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654) was both born and spent the majority of his life and career in Halle.
- Baroque composer Georg Friedrich Händel was born in Halle on 23 February 1685, and stayed for 17 years.
- Georg Cantor worked as a professor at the university of Halle.
- Dorothea Christiane Erxleben of Quedlinburg (1715–1762) made her Doctor of Medicine in 1754 at the Medical Department of Martin Luther University (MLU).
- August Hermann Francke (1663–1727), Lutheran Pietist theologian at the University of Halle and founder of the internationally renowned Halle Orphan House complex.
- Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746), a botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer of Siberia, Kamchatka and Alaska.
- August Lafontaine (1758–1831), a writer of sentimental novels hugely popular in their time, died in Halle.
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt was a composer, writer and music critic who lived in Halle. He was a close friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- Ludwig Wucherer (1790–1861) was elected Councillor.
- Georg Listing (born 1987) bassist from the Magdeburg-based band, Tokio Hotel.
- George Müller (1805–1898), coordinator of orphanages in Bristol, England.
- Lyonel Feininger Painter who created several famous images in Halle, including Der Dom in Halle.
- Reinhard Heydrich, one of the leading Nazis in World War II, was born in the town. Heydrich was assassinated by Czech partisans in Prague in 1942.
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a former Vice Chancellor and longest serving Foreign Minister of Germany, was born in Reideburg, which belongs to Halle today.
- Huguenots – French Protestants, around 700 people made Halle their home after fleeing prosecution in France.
- Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907–1980) Lawyer, officer, judge and member of the German resistance.
- Classical composer Daniel Gottlob Türk was born in Halle in 1750, and was a professor at the University of Halle.
- Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher was university preacher and professor of theology to the University of Halle, where he remained until 1807.
- Oswald Boelcke, World War I German Flying Ace, was born in 1891 outside of Halle.
- Johannes Hassebroek (1910–1977) commandant of Gross-Rosen concentration camp was born in the city.
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, theology student of University Halle 1796-1800, went into hiding and used a phorphyr cave along the river Saale at the Klausberge, this cave later was known as the "Jahn-Höhle" (Cave), not just known for his four F as in "frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei" (fresh, pious, happy and free).
- Yoan Pablo Hernández, Cruiserweight boxing champion (Immigrated from Cuba).
- Frederick Muhlenberg was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, graduated at Halle University.
- Manfred Kuschmann, East German athlete and European Champion of 1974 lived in Halle.
- Nickel Hofmann, mastermason, worked over thirty years in Halle, including the Market Church and the Composanto.
- Waldemar Cierpinski, East German athlete and two times Olympic Champion, lives in Halle.
- Blessed Carl Lampert, Priest, beheaded by Nazis in WWII at Halle.
- Kai Pflaume, German television presenter, born in Halle.
- Andreas Wank, German ski jumper, born in Halle.
- Bernd Baselt, German university professor whose published catalogue led to the modern day opus designator (HWV) which is now commonly used when referring to the works of George Frideric Handel.
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