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. 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 - Paulus Eugen Sturm (1848–1922) - Serbian general, Sorbian origin Contemporary Jurij Brězan (1916–2006) - Writer, novelist, and author of children's books 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 Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994) Stanislaw Tillich (b. 1959) Mina Witkojc (1893–1975) Carolina Eyck (b. 1987) Peter Schowtka (1945–2022), member of the Landtag of Saxony See also Sorbs Sorbs