theologian, educator Karl Immanuel Nitzsch (1767-1868), theologian Ludwig Otto (1850—1920), artist, was born at Borna Clemens Thieme (1861-1945), builder of the Volkerschlacht memorial in Leipzig Ludwig Külz (1875-1938), professor of tropical medicine Wilhelm Külz (1875-1948), politician (DDP, LDPD), MdR, Minister of the Interior Karl Möbius (1876-1953), German sculptor Wolfgang Heyl (1921-2014), politician (CDU) Horst Pehnert (1932-2013), journalist and party official in the GDR Thomas Munkelt (born 1952), athlete, hurdler Maic Malchow (born 1962), track cyclist Sven Lehmann (1965-2013), actor Torsten Jülich (born 1974), soccer player Thorsten Görke (born 1976), soccer player Steffen Radochla (born 1978), cyclist Oliver Herber (born 1981), soccer player References External links Leipzig (district)