List of Sorbs

At about a population of 60,000 (30,000 of which speak Sorbian), the Sorbs are the smallest Slavic-speaking group in Europe.

This is a list of notable Sorbs.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Historical

• Czimislav (839–840) – 9th-century King of the Sorbs
• Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856–1909) – Poet, writer, playwright, and translator
• Jan Kilian (1811–1884) – Pastor and leader of the Sorbian colony in Texas
• Korla Awgust Kocor (1822–1904) – Composer and conductor
• Ludwig Leichhardt (1813–1848) – Explorer and naturalist
• Jan Arnošt Smoler (1816–1884) – Philologist and writer
• Handrij Zejler (1804–1872) – Writer, pastor, and national activist
• Pavle Jurišić Šturm, born Paulus Eugen Sturm (1848–1922) – General in the Serbian Army

Contemporary

• Jurij Brězan (1916–2006) – Writer, novelist, and author of children's books
• Martha Israel (1905–c. 1967) – member of the Volkskammer^[1]
• Jurij Koch (b. 1936) – Writer, editor, and reporter
• John Symank (1935–2002) – 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 (1853–1940) – Poet and minister
• Baldur von Schirach (1907-1974) – Nazi German politician and convicted war criminal
• Kito Lorenc (1938–2017) – Writer, lyric poet, and translator
• Kurt Krjeńc (1907–1978) – East German politician and Chairman of Domowina
• Marie Simon (1824–1877) – nurse
• Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994)
• Stanislaw Tillich (b. 1959)
• Mina Witkojc (1893–1975)
• Carolina Eyck (b. 1987)
• Margot Robbie (b. 1990), Barbie and Australian actress of Scottish, German and Sorb heritage.
• Peter Schowtka (1945–2022) – member of the Landtag of Saxony
• Eva Ursula Lange (1928–2020) – painter, illustrator, graphic designer, and ceramist

See also

• Sorbs