List of Sorbs

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
• Kito Lorenc (1938–2017) - Writer, lyric poet, and translator
• Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994)
• Stanislaw Tillich (b. 1959)
• Mina Witkojc (1893–1975)
• Carolina Eyck (b. 1987)

See also[]

• Sorbs