List of Sorbs
At about a population of 60,000, the Sorbs are the smallest Slavic-speaking
group in Europe.
This is a list of notable Sorbs.
Historical
- Czimislav – 9th-century King of the Sorbs
- Jakub Bart-Ćišinski – Poet, writer, playwright, and translator
- Jan Kilian – Pastor and leader of the Sorbian colony in Texas
- Korla Awgust Kocor – Composer and conductor
- Ludwig Leichhardt – Explorer and naturalist
- Jan Arnošt Smoler – Philologist and writer
- Handrij Zejler – Writer, pastor, and national activist
- Pavle Jurišić Šturm, born Paulus Eugen Sturm – General in the Serbian Army
Contemporary
- Jurij Brězan – Writer, novelist, and author of children's books
- Martha Israel – member of the Volkskammer
- Jurij Koch – Writer, editor, and reporter
- John Symank – Head coach for Northern Arizona University and the University of Texas at Arlington football teams, defensive back in the NFL, and player for the University of Florida
- Mato Kosyk – Poet and minister
- Baldur von Schirach – Nazi German politician and convicted war criminal
- Kito Lorenc – Writer, lyric poet, and translator
- Kurt Krjeńc – East German politician and Chairman of Domowina
- Marie Simon – nurse
- Erwin Strittmatter
- Stanislaw Tillich
- Mina Witkojc
- Carolina Eyck
- Margot Robbie, Australian actress of Scottish, German and Sorb heritage.
- Peter Schowtka – member of the Landtag of Saxony
- Eva Ursula Lange – painter, illustrator, graphic designer, and ceramist