List of artists from Mecklenburg

The following is a list of artists from, or associated with, the historical region of Mecklenburg, now part of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

	Born	Died	Place	Art form	Style/Movement	Note
Anna Kovalchuk	1977		Neustrelitz^[1]	Actress
Anne Helm	1986		Rostock^[2]	Voice actress
Annelies Burmeister	1928	1988	Ludwigslust^[3]	Actress
Annie Krull	1876	1947	Tessin^[4]	Opera singer (soprano)
Albert Ellmenreich	1816	1905	Schwerin	Composer
Albert Wolff	1814	1892	Neustrelitz^[5]	Sculptor
Alfred Meyer	1882	1956	Schwerin^[6]	Writer
Barbara Klünder	1919	1988	Althagen^[7]	Ceramics
Bernd Spier	1944	2017	Ludwigslust^[8]	Singer	Schlager
Brigitte Ringeling [de]	1921	1994	Bad Doberan^[9]	Ceramics
Carl Eggers	1787	1863	Neustrelitz^[10]	Painter	Nazarene movement
Carl Hinrichs [de]	1903	1990	Schwerin^[11]	Painter
Carl Malchin	1838	1923	Kröpelin^[12]	Painter
Carl Suhrlandt	1828	1919	Ludwigslust^[13]	Painter
Charles Philippe Dieussart	1625	1696	Laage	Architect	Baroque
Charly Hübner	1972		Neustrelitz^[14]	Actor
Christoph Biemann	1952		Ludwigslust^[15]	Director
Christian Doermer	1935	2022	Rostock^[16]	Actor
Christiane Klonz	1969		Lübz^[17]	Composer	Classical music
Cornelius Krommeny	1500s	1599	Güstrow	Painter	Court painter
Daniel Friderici	1584	1638	Rostock^[18]	Composer	Cantor
David Timm	1969		Waren^[19]	Conductor	Jazz
Dora Koch-Stetter	1881	1968	Althagen^[7]	Painter
Dorothee Rätsch	1940		Passentin^[20]	Sculptor
Egon Tschirch	1889	1948	Rostock^[21]	Painter	Expressionism
Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg	1613	1676	Güstrow^[22]	Poet
Elise Blumann	1897	1990	Parchim^[23]	Painter	Expressionism
Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel	1596	1625	Güstrow^[24]	Poet
Emilie Mayer	1812	1883	Friedland^[25]	Composer	Romanticism
Ernst Barlach	1870	1938	Güstrow^[26]	Sculptor	Expressionism
Erich zu Putlitz	1892	1945	Brahlstorf^[27]	Architect	Nazi architecture
Erik Smith	1931	2004	Rostock^[28]	Pianist	Classical music
Erika Dunkelmann	1913	2000	Rostock^[29]	Actress
Franz Benque	1841	1921	Ludwigslust^[30]	Photographer
Franz Bunke	1857	1939	Schwaan^[31]	Painter	Realism
Franziska Ellmenreich	1847	1931	Schwerin^[32]	Actress
Franziska Knuppe	1974		Rostock^[33]	Actress
Friederike Ellmenreich	1775	1845	Schwerin^[34]	Opera singer (contralto)
Friedrich Griese	1890	1975	Lehsten^[35]	Writer	Völkisch movement
Friedrich Lange	1834	1875	Plau am See^[36]	Painter	Nazarene movement
Friedrich Ludwig Schröder	1744	1816	Schwerin^[37]	Actor
Friedrich Wachenhusen	1859	1925	Schwerin^[38]	Painter
Fritz Greve	1863	1931	Malchin^[39]	Painter
Fritz Hollenbeck	1929	2021	Lübz^[40]	Actor
Fritz Koch-Gotha [de]	1877	1956	Althagen^[41]	Illustrator
Fritz Reuter	1810	1874	Stavenhagen^[42]	Writer
Georg David Matthieu	1737	1778	Ludwigslust^[43]	Painter	Portrait painting
Gerd Brenneis	1930	2003	Nienhagen^[44]	Opera singer (tenor)
Gerhard Baumann [de]	1921	2006	Klein Rogahn^[45]	Composer	Martial music
Gerhard Marcks	1889	1981	Niehagen^[46]	Sculptor
Gerhard Ringeling [de]	1887	1951	Schönberg^[47]	Writer
Gertrud Kleinhempel [de]	1875	1948	Althagen^[48]	Designer
Guglielmo Plüschow	1852	1930	Wismar^[49]	Photographer
Gun-Brit Barkmin	1971		Rostock^[50]	Opera singer (soprano)
Günther Uecker	1930	2025	Wendorf^[51]	Sculptor	ZERO
Gustav Hinrichs	1850	1942	Grabow^[52]	Composer	Romanticism
Gustav Ritter [de]	1867	1945	Grabow^[53]	Writer	Völkisch movement
HA Schult	1939		Parchim^[54]	Performance artist	Conceptualism
Hanne-Lore Kuhse	1925	1999	Schwaan^[55]	Opera singer (soprano)
Hanning Schröder	1896	1987	Rostock^[56]	Composer
Hans Franck [de]	1879	1964	Schwerin^[57]	Writer	Die Kogge [de]
Hans G. Helms	1932	2012	Teterow^[58]	Writer	Jazz
Hans Gahlenbeck	1896	1975	Rostock^[59]	Conductor
Hans Mierendorff	1882	1955	Rostock^[60]	Actor
Hermann Schepler [de]	1911	1993	Grabow^[61]	Painter
Heiko Mathias Förster	1966		Crivitz^[62]	Conductor
Heiner Carow	1929	1997	Rostock^[63]	Screenwriter
Heinrich Alexander Stoll	1910	1977	Parchim^[64]	Writer
Heinrich Pommerencke	1821	1873	Plate^[65]	Painter	Portrait painting
Heinz Kippnick	1928	2019	Schwerin^[66]	Heraldist
Helene Weyl	1893	1948	Ribnitz^[67]	Writer
Hermann Koch	1856	1939	Dömitz^[68]	Painter
Hermann Ritter	1849	1926	Wismar^[69]	Composer
Henriette von Bissing [de]	1798	1879	Waren^[70]	Narrator
Hinnerk Schönemann	1974		Rostock^[71]	Actor
Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn	1805	1880	Tressow^[72]	Writer
Ingrid Bachér	1930		Rostock^[73]	Writer	Group 47
Jessie Rindom	1903	1981	Rostock	Actress
Jing Xiang	1993		Rostock^[74]	Actress
Jo Jastram	1928	2011	Rostock^[75]	Sculptor
Johann Heinrich Suhrlandt	1742	1827	Schwerin^[76]	Painter
Johann Jakob Engel	1741	1802	Parchim^[77]	Writer
Johann Leopold Abel	1795	1871	Ludwigslust^[78]	Composer
Johanna Beckmann [de]	1868	1941	Burg Stargard^[79]	Porcelain painter
Johannes Gillhoff	1861	1930	Glaisin^[80]	Writer
Jörg Pose	1959		Rostock^[81]	Actor
Jule Böwe	1969		Rostock^[82]	Actress
Jürgen Frohriep	1928	1993	Rostock^[83]	Actor
Karl Graedener	1812	1883	Rostock^[84]	Composer	Opera
Karl Rettich	1841	1904	Rosenhagen^[85]	Painter
Karl Scharnweber	1950		Rostock^[86]	Organist	Jazz
Katharina Brauren	1910	1998	Grabow^[87]	Actress
Katrin Sass	1956		Schwerin^[88]	Actress
Käthe Miethe [de]	1893	1961	Althagen^[89]	Writer
Kirsten Nilsson	1931	2017	Voigtsdorf	Cabaret performer
Klaus Grünberg	1941		Wismar^[90]	Actor
Klaus Lass [de]	1950		Rostock^[91]	Singer-songwriter	Country music	Member of De Plattfööt
Konrad Ernst Ackermann	1710	1771	Schwerin^[92]	Actor
Leonhard Adelt	1881	1945	Boizenburg^[93]	Writer
Leopold August Abel	1718	1794	Ludwigslust^[94]	Composer
Louise Abel	1841	1907	Goldberg^[95]	Photographer
Ludwig Brunow	1843	1913	Lutheran^[96]	Sculptor
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten	1758	1818	Grevesmühlen^[97]	Poet
Luise Mühlbach	1814	1873	Neubrandenburg^[98]	Writer	Historical fiction
Manfred W. Jürgens	1956		Grevesmühlen^[99]	Painter
Margarete Scheel	1881	1969	Rostock^[100]	Sculptor	Free Secession
Maria Bard	1900	1944	Schwerin^[101]	Actress
Marie Hager	1872	1947	Burg Stargard^[102]	Painter
Marie Kundt	1870	1932	Neustrelitz^[103]	Photographer
Marianne Hoppe	1909	2002	Rostock^[104]	Actress
Martha Rose-Grabow [de]	1858	1940	Grabow^[61]	Painter
Marteria	1982		Rostock^[105]	Rapper	German hip-hop
Martin Brauer	1971	2021	Rostock^[106]	Actor
Manfred Osten	1938		Ludwigslust^[107]	Poet
Max Burghardt	1893	1977	Schwerin^[108]	Actor
Oliver Riedel	1971		Schwerin^[109]	Bassist	Neue Deutsche Härte	Member of Rammstein
Paul Gösch	1885	1940	Schwerin^[110]	Painter	Expressionism
Paul Wallat	1879	1966	Rostock^[111]	Sculptor
Pauline Soltau	1833	1902	Ludwigslust^[112]	Painter	Genre art
Peter Borgelt	1927	1994	Rostock^[113]	Actor
Peter Wawerzinek	1954		Rostock^[114]	Writer
Pyranja	1978		Rostock^[115]	Rapper	German hip-hop
Rudolf Ahlers [de]	1889	1954	Neubrandenburg^[116]	Writer	Völkisch movement
Rudolf Tarnow	1867	1933	Parchim^[117]	Writer
Rudolph Suhrlandt	1781	1862	Ludwigslust^[118]	Painter	Portrait painting
Sebastian Schulz	1977		Rostock^[119]	Voice actor
Sigrid Alegría	1974		Rostock	Actress
Theodor Körner	1791	1813	Rosenow^[120]	Poet		Killed in action while temporarily in Mecklenburg
Theodor Martens	1822	1884	Wismar^[121]	Painter
Theodor Reichmann	1849	1903	Rostock^[122]	Opera singer (baritone)
Thomas Böttger	1957		Neustrelitz^[123]	Composer
Ursula Kurz [de]	1923	2018	Wittenburg^[124]	Poet
Ute Christensen	1955		Neubrandenburg^[125]	Actress
Volker Handloik	1961	2001	Rostock^[126]	Saxophonist	Jazz
Volkwin Marg [de]	1936		Grabow^[127]	Architect		Grew up in Grabow (1949–1957)
Walter Kempowski	1929	2007	Rostock^[128]	Writer
Wilhelmine Suhrlandt	1803	1863	Ludwigslust^[129]	Lithographer
Wilhelm Facklam	1898	1972	Upahl^[130]	Painter
Wilhelm Neumann	1849	1919	Grevesmühlen^[131]	Architect	Historicism
Wilhelm Titel	1784	1862	Boltenhagen^[132]	Painter	Portrait painting
Wilhelm Langschmidt	1805	1866	Grabow^[133]	Painter
Wilhelm von Gloeden	1856	1931	Wismar^[134]	Photographer
Wilhelm Wandschneider	1866	1942	Plau am See^[135]	Sculptor
Wolfgang Büttner	1912	1990	Rostock^[136]	Actor
Wolfgang Rieck [de]	1953		Rostock^[137]	Singer-songwriter	Folk

List of artists from Mecklenburg

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