List of well-known personalities in the Westerwald
This page lists the well-known personalities of the Westerwald. In addition to at least a national level of awareness or a relevant own article in Wikipedia, at least one of the following criteria should be met for inclusion in this list:
- born in the Westerwald
- Sustainable and temporally extensive cultural, political, social or religious work in the Westerwald
A decision about a mention may have to be made on a case-by-case basis.
A.
- Willy Abel (designer and inventor)
- Adolf von Nassau (Roman-German King 1292–98)
- Dirk Adorf (racing driver)
- Johannes Baptista von Albertini (bishop and botanist)
- Elisabeth Alexander (writer)
- John Peter Altgeld (Governor of Illinois)
- Uwe Alzen (racing driver)
- Meike Anlauff (rock and pop singer)
- Arnold II of Wied (Archbishop of Cologne 1151–56)
- Gerhard Augst (linguist)
B.
- Stefan Baldus (politician, CDU)
- Andreas Balzar (irregulars)
- Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (politician, SPD)
- Hans-Artur Bauckhage (politician, FDP)
- Joe Bausch (doctor and actor)
- Johann Wilhelm Bausch (Bishop of Limburg 1834–40)
- Bonifatius Becker (Abbot of the Kornelimünster Monastery 1956-67)
- Ernst-Otto Berk (General)
- Alfred Beth (politician, CDU)
- Emil Bettgenhäuser (politician, SPD)
- Oliver Bimber (computer scientist)
- Joseph Blank (politician, CDU)
- Theodor Blank (former Federal Minister, CDU)
- Wilhelm Boden (politician, CDU; Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate 1946-47)
- Josef Brenner (politician, CDU)
- Bruno IV. Von Sayn (Archbishop of Cologne 1205-08)
- Manfred Bruns (former Federal Prosecutor at the Federal Court of Justice)
- Boris Büchler (sports reporter)
- Klaus Budewig (President of the Constitutional Court of Saxony 2005-06)
- August Bungert (composer and poet)
- Katja Burkard (TV presenter)
C.
- Josef Christ (sculptor)
- Wolfram Christ (conductor and violist)
- Gerhard Curdes (architect, urban and landscape planner)
D.
- Karl-Wilhelm Dahm (theologian and sociologist)
- Friedrich Dasbach (priest, publicist and politician)
- Frank Decker (political scientist)
- Paul Deussen ( historian of philosophy and indologist)
- Paul Dickopf (co-founder of the BKA)
- Diether von Nassau (Archbishop of Trier 1300-07)
- Ralph Dommermuth (entrepreneur)
- Verena Dreier (athlete)
E.
- Jürgen Ebach (theologian)
- Thomas Enders (Manager)
- Dominik Eulberg (techno producer)
F.
- Heiner Feldhoff (writer)
- Carl Otto Fey (hunting painter)
- Eberhard Fischer (botanist)
- Rosa Flesch (founder of the order of the Franciscan Sisters of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels)
- Herman Flesche (architect)
- Friederike Elisabeth of Saxony-Eisenach (Duchess)
- Friedrich III. von Wied (Bishop of Münster 1522–32)
- Friedrich III. von Wied (Count and founder of the city of Neuwied)
- Friedrich IV von Wied (Archbishop of Cologne 1562–67)
- Dieter Fritsch (geodesist)
- Konrad Fuchs (historian)
- Anton Führer (teacher, headmaster and author)
- Johannes Füllenbach (theologian and missionary)
G
- Jörg Geibert (politician, CDU)
- Hellmuth Gensicke (historian)
- Erhard Geyer (former Federal Chairman of the German Association of Civil Servants)
- Maria Wilhelm Friedrich Gies (Artist)
- Frank Göbler (Slavist)
- Karl Otto Götz (artist, main representative of the Informel)
- Robert Götz (poet and composer)
- Heinrich Gogarten (landscape painter)
- Paul Grimm (artist)
- Hermann Gründel (ambassador)
- Peter Günther (racing cyclist)
- Rudi Gutendorf (soccer coach)
H
- Otto Rudolf Haas (steel industrialist)
- Rudolf Haas (entrepreneur)
- Dieter Hackler (Federal Commissioner for Civilian Service 1991-2006)
- Hadwig von Wied (Abbess of the Gerresheim and Essen monasteries)
- Dittmar Hahn (judge at the Federal Administrative Court 1992-2008)
- Karl-Eberhard Hain (lawyer)
- Karl Hartmann (poet)
- Johannes Haw (founder of the religious orders of the St. John sisters of Mary Queen and the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist)
- Henry III. von Sayn (Graf)
- Heinrich IV of Sayn (Count)
- Annegret Held (writer)
- Ulla Held-Daab (judge at the Federal Administrative Court)
- Bernhard Hemmerle (church musician and composer)
- Richard Henkes (Father and resistance fighter against National Socialism)
- Hendrik Hering (politician, SPD)
- Hermann V von Wied (Archbishop of Cologne 1515–47)
- Norbert van Heyst (General)
- Georg Hilpisch (Vicar General and Church Historian)
- Joseph Höffner (Bishop of Münster 1962–1969 and Archbishop of Cologne 1969–1987)
- Juan Holgado (Olympic Champion)
- Peter Melander von Holzappel (General)
- Joachim Hörster (politician, CDU, Member of the Bundestag)
- Peter Hussing (boxer)
I.
- Bodo Illgner (national soccer player)
- Friedrich von Ingenohl (Admiral)
- Arnold von Isenburg (Archbishop of Trier 1242–59)
- Johann von Isenburg (Archbishop of Trier 1547–56)
- Salentin von Isenburg (Archbishop of Cologne 1567–77)
J
- Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Hadamar (Prince)
- Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Eisenach (Duke)
- Hermann Jung (journalist and writer)
K
- Thomas Kagermann (musician)
- Johannes Kalpers (singer)
- Maria Katharina Kasper (founder of the order of the poor servants of Jesus Christ)
- Joseph von Keller (copperplate engraver)
- Hermann Knackfuß (painter)
- Arthur Knautz (Olympic Champion)
- Kaspar Kögler (painter and local poet)
- Heinz König (Economist and Rector of the University of Mannheim)
- Thomas Kraft (soccer player)
- Andreas Krautscheid (politician, CDU)
- Gerhard Krempel (member of parliament, lawyer, honorary citizen of Westerburg)
- Jörg Kühn (architect)
L.
- Georg Leber (former Federal Minister, SPD)
- Johann Daniel Leers (botanist)
- Franz Leuninger (resistance fighter against National Socialism)
- Ernst Lindemann , (naval officer and commander of the battleship Bismarck )
- Roman Lob (singer)
- Karl Löber (Dr. hc, teacher, folklorist)
- Jacqueline Lölling (skeleton athlete)
- Stephan Lück (church musician, theologian and editor)
- The Ludolfs (car recyclers and series stars)
- Heinrich August Luyken (German writer in Esperanto)
M.
- Ferdinand von Malaisé (Bavarian general and educator of King Ludwig III and his brother Prince Leopold of Bavaria)
- René Marik (puppeteer and comedian)
- Norbert Martin (sociologist)
- Bernd Merkel (admiral and dentist)
- Mathias Metternich (mathematician and physicist)
- Benno Johann Josef Müller (Bible Student)
- Johannes Müller (philologist)
- Norbert Müller-Everling (sculptor)
N
- Astrid van Nahl (mediaevalist, publicist and translator)
O
- Adam C. Oellers (art historian)
- Johannes Orth (pathologist)
- Hanns-Josef Ortheil (writer)
P
- Leander Petzoldt (ethnologist)
- Ulrich Pracht (general and medic)
- Fritz Pullig (aviation pioneer)
R.
- Adolph Raht (politician)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (social reformer)
- Simon Reichwein (humanist, doctor and scholar)
- Roderich Reifenrath (journalist)
- Karl Reinhardt (school reformer)
- Dietmar Rieth (politician)
- Erhard Rittershaus (politician)
- Mike Rockenfeller (racing driver)
- Andreas Rödder (historian)
- Abraham Roentgen (cabinet maker)
- David Roentgen (cabinet maker)
- Gerhard Roth (politician, SPD)
- Heinrich Roth (politician, center)
- Hermann Josef Roth (theologian, natural scientist and cultural scientist)
- Erwin Rüddel (politician, CDU)
- Josef Rüddel (politician, CDU)
- Barbara Rudnik (actress)
S.
- August Sander (important photographer of the 20th century)
- Heike Schäfer (singer)
- Rudolf Scharping (politician, SPD)
- Horst Scheel (actor)
- Werner Schepp (church musician)
- Dirk Schiefen (musician)
- Jan Schlaudraff (national soccer player)
- Karl Schneider-Pungs (Admiral)
- Bernhard Constantin von Schoenebeck (physician, librarian and author)
- Ambrosius Schupp (Jesuit, writer, zoologist)
- Dominik Schwaderlapp (Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cologne)
- Heinz Schwarz (former Interior Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate)
- The Seekatz family of painters has its roots in Westerburg:
- Georg Friedrich Christian Seekatz (1683–1750)
- Johann Martin Seekatz (1680–1729)
- Franz-Josef Sehr (businessman and fire department official)
- Volker Sellin (historian and rector of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
- Hartmut Siebertz (general and medic)
- Siegfried von Westerburg (Archbishop of Cologne 1275–97)
- Gerd Silberbauer (actor)
- Pedro Sinzig (Franciscan, missionary)
- Martin Stadtfeld (pianist)
- Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (Prussian politician)
- Rolf Steinhaus (Admiral)
- Alois Stettner (painter)
- Carmen Sylva → Elisabeth zu Wied
- Ralph Szepanski (journalist)
T
- Bruno Tacke (peat researcher and soil scientist)
- Hans Teusen (General)
- Amand Theis (soccer player)
- Theodoric II of Wied (Archbishop of Trier 1212–42)
U
- Ulrich Ueckerseifer (journalist and TV business expert, WDR)
W.
- Franz Xaver Wagner (designer and inventor)
- Adalbert II. Von Walderdorff (prince abbot and bishop of Fulda 1757–59)
- Johann Philipp von Walderdorff (Archbishop of Trier 1756–68, Prince-Bishop of Worms 1763–68)
- Roland Walter (geologist)
- Ulrich Wegener (former commander of GSG 9)
- Roman Weidenfeller (soccer player)
- Anna Thekla von Weling (writer)
- Erich Wenderoth (lawyer and co-founder of the Rheinische Post )
- Elisabeth zu Wied (Queen of Romania and writer, pseudonym Carmen Sylva )
- Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (explorer)
- Prince Wilhelm zu Wied (President of the Prussian Mansion and President of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament)
- Prince Wilhelm zu Wied (Prince of Albania 1914)
- Clemens Wilmenrod (TV chef)
- Paul Wingendorf (politician, CDU)
- Gisela Wirtgen (founder of children in need and entrepreneur)
- Philipp Wirtgen (botanist, local researcher)
- Eduard Wissmann (writer and politician)
- Otto Wittgen (Lord Mayor of Koblenz)
- Klaus-Peter Wolf (writer, screenwriter, lived in Bruchertseifen for many years)
- Erwin Wortelkamp (sculptor and painter)
Z
- Paul Zimmerling (visual artist)
- Ludwig Zöller (geographer)