and policy analyst (United Kingdom) Garlieb Merkel (1769–1850), writer and public activist Elisa von der Recke (1754–1833), writer and poet Gleb Struve (1898–1985), poet and literary historian (United States) Frank Thiess (1890–1977), writer (Germany) Jakob von Uexkull (born 1944), writer and politician (Germany) Peter Ernst Wilde (1732–1785), physician and journalist (Estonia) Gero von Wilpert (1933–2009), writer and literary scientist Entertainment Actors and actresses Heinz Erhardt (1909–1979), comedian, musician, entertainer, actor and poet Irene von Meyendorff (1916–2001), film actress (Germany) Marie Seebach (1830–1897), actress (Germany) Musicians John Christian Bechler (1784–1857), Moravian bishop and composer (United States, Russia) Eduard Erdmann (1896–1958), pianist, composer, professor (Germany) Heinz Erhardt (1909–1979), comedian, musician, entertainer, actor and poet Eduard Mertke (1833–1895), composer and music teacher Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 1991), singer (Germany) Carl David Stegmann (1751–1826), tenor and composer Raimund von zur-Mühlen (1854–1931), tenor and music educator Entrepreneurs James Martin Eder (1838–1921), pioneer of sugar industry in Colombia Karl Otto Georg von Meck (1821–1876), businessman Baron Nils Taube, (1928–2008), Britain's longest serving fund manager, colleague of George Soros and advisor to Lord Rothschild Moritz Freiherr von Grotthuss (*1970), founder of Gestigon and Bareways Explorers Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt (1834–1888), explorer Karl Ernst von Baer (1792–1876), biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, founder of embryology Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778–1852), explorer (Russia) Alexander von Bunge (1803–1890), botanist and expeditionist (Russia) Karl von Ditmar (1822–1892), geologist and explorer (Russia) Karl Eichwald (1795–1876), geologist and physician (Russia) Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793–1831), biologist, physician and explorer (Russia) Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745–1781), naturalist and explorer Ludwig von Hagemeister (1780–1833), seafarer and explorer (Russia) Carl von Hoffman (1889–1982), soldier, adventurer, author, and photographer (United States) Alexander von Kaulbars (1844–1925) military commander and explorer (Russia) Otto von Kotzebue (1787–1846), explorer (Russia) Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770–1846), explorer (Russia) Friedrich von Lütke (1797–1898), navigator and geographer (Russia) Richard Maack (1825–1886), biologist, geographer and explorer (Russia) Alexander von Middendorff (1815–1894), zoologist and explorer Michael von Reinken (1801–1859), vice-admiral and hydrographer (Russia) Otto Schmidt (1891–1956), mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist (Soviet Union) Alexander von Schrenk (1816–1876), mineralogist, botanist and expeditionist (Russia) Leopold von Schrenck (1826–1894), zoologist, geographer and ethnographer (Russia) Georg August Schweinfurth (1836–1925), botanist and explorer Eduard von Toll (1858–1902), geologist and explorer (Russia) Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797–1870), explorer (Russia) Military Alexander of Courland (1658–1686), prince and military commander (Prussia) Władysław Anders (1892–1970), military commander and politician (Poland) Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761–1818), military commander (Russia) Alexander von Benckendorff