Elisabeth Grümmer (1911–1986), operatic lyric soprano Josef Kainz (1858–1910), actor (1854–1895), historian, occultist and theosophist Karl Korsch (1886–1961), Marxist (1773–1839), stenographer Jean Paul (1763–1825), poet Kirill Petrenko (born 1972), conductor Max Reger (1873–1916), composer, pianist and conductor Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), poet Adele Sandrock (1863–1937), actress Richard Strauss (1864–1949), composer and conductor Ingrid van Bergen (born 1931), actress Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), poet, dramatist, diplomat and philosopher References Schmalkalden-Meiningen Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen