Famous Persons from Niţchidorf, , Romania
- Herta Müller - Born on August 17, 1953 - Linguist, Essayist, Novelist, Translator, Poet, and Writer - Friedrich Hölderlin Prize | Ehrengabe der Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft | Förderpreis zum Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen | Premiul UTC la secțiunea „lucrări în limbile naționalităților conlocuitoare" | Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn-Förderpreis | Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Best Translated Book Award | Aspekte-Literaturpreis | honorary doctor of the University of Paderborn | honorary doctor of the University of Jena | Aristeion Prize | Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis | Marieluise-Fleißer-Preis | Hoffmann von Fallersleben Prize | Rauriser Literaturpreis | Eugen Kogon Award | Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis | Tübinger Poetik-Dozentur | Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur | Stadtschreiber von Bergen | Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize | Roswitha Prize | Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis | International Dublin Literary Award | Deutscher Sprachpreis | Deutscher Kritikerpreis | Ricarda-Huch-Preis | Cicero Orator Prize | Hannelore Greve literature award | Brüder-Grimm-Poetikprofessur | Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung | Franz Werfel Human Rights Award | Franz Nabl Prize | Franz-Kafka-Preis | Carl Zuckmayer Medal | Berliner Literaturpreis | Monismanien Prize | Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art | Kleist Prize | Heinrich-Böll-Preis | Joseph-Breitbach-Preis | Nobel Prize in Literature
- Balthasar Waitz - Born on August 18, 1950 - Opinion journalist, and Writer
- Sebastian Kräuter - Born on December 22, 1922 - Catholic bishop, and Catholic priest (died: January 29, 2008)