List of Kaiserslautern personalities
The following overview contains important personalities related to the city of Kaiserslautern , arranged according to honorary citizens and people who worked in Kaiserslautern. The list does not claim to be complete. Other lists contain people who were born in Kaiserslautern or who played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern .
Honorary citizen
In the order of granting honorary citizenship :
- 1847: Baron Carl von Gienanth (1818–1890), industrialist (iron works in Trippstadt , Eisenberg , Hochstein and Kaiserslautern)
- 1870: Georg Friedrich Kolb (1808–1884), journalist, member of the Bavarian State Parliament and the Frankfurt Parliament; he gave honorary citizenship back in 1876 because of differences with the city council
- 1890: Paul von Braun (1820–1892), district president, who, among other things, suggested setting up the trade museum (now the Pfalzgalerie)
- 1902: Gustav Schmitt (1832–1905), district administrator and councilor, who was honored for his promotion of the school system, agriculture and industry and as a co-founder of the district hospital
- 1924: Lina Pfaff (1854–1929), councilor of commerce, initiated many welfare institutions
- 1925: Julius Gravius (1845–1929), industrialist, donated money for the construction of the Hussong exhibition hall and for a home for the elderly
- 1933: Josef Bürckel (1895–1944), Gauleiter of the Rhine Palatinate; politically determined award without special merits to the city of Kaiserslautern (symbolically revoked in 2013)
- 1933: Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), Reich Minister of the Interior; politically determined award without special merits to the city of Kaiserslautern (symbolically revoked in 2013)
- 1933: Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), President of the Reich; politically determined award without any particular merit to the city of Kaiserslautern
- 1933: Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), Reich Chancellor; politically determined award without special merits to the city of Kaiserslautern (symbolically revoked in 2013)
- 1964: Eugen Hertel (1893–1973), city councilor and member of the state parliament, honored for his services to the reconstruction of the war-torn city
- 1985: Fritz Walter (1920–2002), soccer player and captain of the 1954 world championship team
- 2015: Norbert Thines (* 1940), President of 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 1988 to 1996
People who worked in Kaiserslautern
- Hanns Joachim Armin , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Peter Arnold (* 1952), longtime solo horn player at the SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern and professor at the Musikhochschule Mannheim, has lived in Morlautern for many years
- Rolf Arnold (* 1952), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Christian Baron (* 1985), journalist and writer
- Baltfried Barthel (1915–2013), member of the state parliament, mayor and first mayor of Kaiserslautern
- Elise Barz , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Luitpold Baumblatt (1806–1877), long-time director of the Kaiserslautern commercial school, specialist book author, local writer
- Annemarie Becker , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Theodor Bente , architect
- Klaas Bergmann , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Adolf Bernd , sculptor
- Ferdinand Beyschlag , architect
- Otto Bradfisch (1903–1994), economist, lawyer and SS-Obersturmbannführer; worked in the post-war period as an insurance employee in Kaiserslautern
- Erwin Brünisholz (1908–1943), painter
- Britta E. Buhlmann (* 1956), director of the Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
- Carl Caire , sculptor
- Wolfgang Demtröder (* 1931), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Bernhard J. Deubig (1948–2018), judge and politician (CDU). He was Lord Mayor of Kaiserslautern from 1999 to 2007
- Diana Dietrich / Diana Renate Dietrich , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Thomas Dörfler (* 1966), stage designer, head of equipment at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
- Lothar Dombrowski (1930–2001), journalist, presenter and singer, from 1960 on-site lyrical baritone
- Horst Eckel (* 1932), soccer player, soccer world champion 1954
- Wilfried-Jürgen Ehrlich , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Daniel Engelbarts (* 1973), entrepreneur and "SAT.1 savings detective"
- Hansgeorg Fiebiger , architect
- Wilhelm Franke (1893–1959) Alderman and Mayor of Kaiserslautern 1946–58
- Helmut Freitag (* 1960), church music director
- Caspar Augustin Geiger (1847–1924), professor at the School of Applied Arts
- Anita Graf , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Markus Groß (* 1962), professor at the FH Kaiserslautern
- Friedrich Gundermann , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Urs Häberli (* 1961), artistic director at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
- Hans-Erich Halberstadt , lyric tenor, moderator and audio book speaker
- Horst W. Hamacher (* 1951), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Theo Härder (* 1945), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Reiner Hartenstein (* 1934), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hebel (1875–1931), teacher, school councilor, Palatine legend researcher and folklorist, lived in the city from 1897 until his death
- Bernd Karl Heinrich , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Willi Hemmer , architect
- Sabine Hirler (* 1961), doctoral candidate at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Tim Hoffmann (* 1986), member of the Laserkraft 3D music group
- Hermann Hussong (1881–1960), architect and urban planner
- Julius Huth , architect
- Michael Jäger (* 1966), actor
- Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling (1740–1817), professor at the Hohen Kameral School
- Paul Kahlfeldt (* 1956), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Norbert Kaiser , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Ulrich Kaltenbach , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Franz Karcher (1867–1915), banker and industrialist
- Otto Kern (1950–2017), designer and entrepreneur
- Paul Klostermann , architect
- Klaus Knopper (* 1968), professor at the FH Kaiserslautern
- Cornelius Gerhard Kreiter (* 1937), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Peter Liggesmeyer (* 1963), head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering
- Karl Löchter , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Klaus Artur Ludwig , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Franciscus de Lutra († 1326), Franciscan
- Albert Maas (1888–1936), German sports medicine specialist
- Karl Maas (1885–1955), German football pioneer, district judge and victim of National Socialism
- Wilhelm Major (1890–1931), track and field athlete with FV Kaiserslautern
- Guido Mayer , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Joseph Sales Miltenberger (1777–1854), Provost and Vicar General of the Diocese of Speyer; 1815-21 here cath. City pastor, dean and district school inspector
- Heiner Müller-Merbach (1936–2015), economist and professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Paul Münch (1879–1951), German dialect poet
- Jürgen Nehmer , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Manfred Neitzel , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Friedrich Oehlenschläger , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Kai Paschen , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Arno Platzbecker (1894–1956), painter
- Alfriedt Pohl , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Carl Reiling , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Johannes Reitmeier (* 1962), artistic director at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
- Karl Ritter , architect
- Georg Rittersbacher , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Dieter Rombach (* 1953), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Joseph Rottler , architect
- Erwin Saile , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Uwe Sandner (* 1962), conductor, GMD at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
- Franz Xaver Schädler (1852–1913), 1875–1879 chaplain in Kaiserslautern
- Helmut Schmitt , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Eberhard Schock (* 1939), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Jean Schoen (1825–1887), head of the worsted spinning mill in Kaiserslautern
- Herbert Schoner (1939–1971), police officer, victim of the RAF
- Marion Schulz-Reese , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Ludwig Sebastian , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Fritz Seeberger (1890–1962), architect
- Hans Seeberger (1864–1928), architect
- Karl Seeberger , architect
- Walter Seybold-Epting , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Michael Seyl (* 1963), painter, light artist
- Emmerich Smola (1922–2011), German conductor
- Albert Speer junior (1934–2017), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Heinrich Steiner (1911–2009), painter
- Lieselotte Steingötter , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Klaus Steinmetz (* 1959), undercover agent for the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for the Protection of the Constitution
- Lisa Wagner (* 1979) birthplace of the actress
- Thomas Walter (* 1966), professor at the FH Kaiserslautern
- Walfried Jakob Weber (* 1943), recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Wilhelm Weber (1918–1999), director of the Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
- Heinrich Wolfgang von Weizsäcker (* 1947), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Siegfried Wendt (* 1940), professor at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Adalbert Wietek (1876–1933), architect
- Wolfram Wittrock , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Zedd (* 1989), musician, composer, record producer, remixer and Grammy winner
- Theodor Zink (1871–1934), teacher, collector and local researcher
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c "Symbolic revocation of honorary citizenship of Hitler, Frick and Bürckel by the city council and city council", press release of the city of Kaiserslautern from November 4, 2013, accessed on November 5, 2013
- ↑ http://www.swr.de/landesschau-aktuell/rp/kaiserslautern/kaiserslautern-norbert-thines-wird-ehrenbuerger/-/id=1632/did=16862098/nid=1632/17tmhra/index.html