Gottfried Welsch (November 12, 1618 – September 5, 1690) was a German physician born in Leipzig.
In 1644 he became a professor of anatomy at the University of Leipzig, and afterwards a professor of physiology (1647), pathology (1662) and therapy (1668). He held the title of city physician (Stadtphysikus) in Leipzig, and in 1665 became rector at the University of Leipzig.
Welsch was one of the founders of German forensic medicine, and remembered for introducing fundamental criteria for evaluation of fatal wounds and poisonings. His best known written work in forensics was the 1660 Rationale vulnerum lethalium judicium.
Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann was a German classical scholar and philologist. He published his works under the name Gottfried Hermann or its Latin equivalent Godofredus Hermannus.
Johann Samuel Ersch was a German bibliographer, generally regarded as the founder of German bibliography.
Gottfried Achenwall was a German philosopher, historian, economist, jurist and statistician. He is the father of Statistics.
Leonhard von Spengel was a German classical scholar.
Johannes Bohn was a German physician who was a native of Leipzig.
Anton Friedrich Hohl was a German professor of obstetrics born in Lobenstein.
Christian Gottlieb Ludwig was a German physician and botanist born in Brieg, Silesia. He was the father of physician/naturalist Christian Friedrich Ludwig (1757–1823) and of Christian L. Ludwig (1749–1784), a physician/scientist known for his translation of Joseph Priestley's scientific experiments.
Adolf Friedrich Stenzler was a German Indologist born in Wolgast.
Hermann Sauppe was a German classical philologist and epigraphist born in Weesenstein, near Dresden.
Ernst Platner was a German anthropologist, physician and Rationalist philosopher, born in Leipzig. He was the father of painter Ernst Zacharias Platner (1773–1855).
Friedrich Ludwig Kreysig was a German physician born in Eilenburg.
Christian Knaut was a German physician, botanist and librarian born in Halle an der Saale. His older brother, Christoph Knaut (1638–1694) was also a physician and botanist.
Karl Ferdinand Becker, was a German writer on music, composer and an organist.
Ludwig Strümpell, after his ennoblement in 1870 von Strümpell, was a German philosopher and pedagogue.
Gustav Hartenstein was a German philosopher and author. He was one of the most gifted followers of Johann Friedrich Herbart.
Wilhelm Gottfried Wachsmuth was a German historian and academic.
August Albrecht Meckel (1790–1829) was a German physician. He was the grandson of Johann Friedrich Meckel the Elder and younger brother of Johann Friedrich Meckel.
Johann Heinrich Kopp was a German physician and natural scientist. He was the father of chemist Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp (1817–1892).
Johann Gottfried Bremser was a German-Austrian parasitologist and hygienist.
Johann Baptist Friedreich was a German forensic physician and psychiatrist. He was a prominent member of the so-called "somatic school" of psychiatry in Germany.