List of non-native Hanoverians

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The list of non-native Hanoverians shows people who have a special connection to Hanover without having been born there.

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Surname born in died in Profession / remarks
Cord Broyhan 0? Gronau 1570 Hanover Brewer; invented the beer named after him in 1526
Andreas Crappius 1542 Luneburg 1623 Hanover Composer, cantor of the Marktkirche since 1568
Georg of Braunschweig and Lüneburg-Calenberg 1582 Celle 1641 Hildesheim Prince of Calenberg; chose Hanover as his residence in 1636
Heinrich Schütz 1585 Köstritz 1672 Dresden Composer, musical advisor at the Fürstenhof in Hanover
Christian Ludwig Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1622 Herzberg am Harz 1665 Celle Prince of Calenberg
Valerio Maccioni 1622 San Marino 1676 Hanover Roman Catholic Bishop, Apostolic Vicar of the North German Missions in Hanover
Georg Wilhelm Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1624 Herzberg Castle 1705 Wienhausen Monastery Prince of Calenberg
Johann Friedrich Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg 1625 Herzberg Castle 1679 augsburg Prince von Calenberg, made Herrenhausen his summer residence and brought Leibniz to Hanover
Ludolf Hugo 1632 Rehburg 1704 Hanover Vice Chancellor
Gerhard Wolter Molanus 1633 Hamelin 1722 Hanover Theologian, abbot of the Loccum monastery
Leffmann Behrens 1634 Bockum 1714 Hanover Court factor of the Hanoverian dukes
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 Leipzig 1716 Hanover Philosopher and polymath
Louis Rémy de la Fosse 1659 France 1726 Darmstadt Architect, from 1706 first architect at Georg Ludwig's court in Hanover
Johann Georg von Eckhart 1674 Duingen 1730 Wurzburg Historian, employee of Leibniz and librarian of the later Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library
Johann Friedrich Hodann 1674 Wedtlenstedt 1745 Winsen (Luhe) Theologian and educator, collaborator with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; worked in Hanover from 1702 to 1714
georg Friedrich Handel 1685 Halle (Saale) 1759 London Composer, 1710 court music director for Elector Georg Ludwig in Hanover
August Rudolph Jesaias Bünemann 1716 Minden 1774 Hanover Lawyer and writer, from 1739 lawyer in Hanover, later first among the lawyers, Count Palatinate
Johann Georg Zimmermann 1728 Brugg 1795 Hanover Royal British personal physician, worked in Hanover from 1768
Johann Georg Ziesenis the Younger 1716 Copenhagen 1776 Hanover Court painter, in Hanover from 1760
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart 1742 Holderbank AG 1795 Hanover Court botanist, head of the Herrenhausen Gardens since 1780 in Hanover
Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty 1748 Mariensee 1776 Hanover poet
Charlotte Kestner 1753 Wetzlar 1828 Hanover Model of Lotte in Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Christoph Wendland 1755 Landau in Alsace 1828 Herrenhausen Botanist and court gardener of the Herrenhausen Gardens
Karl Philipp Moritz 1756 Hamelin 1793 Berlin Writer; attended high school in Hanover from 1771
Carl von Alten 1764 Burgwedel 1840 Bolzano General of the Hanoverian Army ( Battle of Waterloo )
Johann Goldfinch 1767 Arolsen 1840 Hanover Doctor, worked in Hanover from 1789
Philipp Heinrich Friedrich Sievers 1774 Dannenberg (Elbe) 1845 Hanover Protestant clergyman, worked in Hanover from 1805
Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves 1788 Uslar 1864 Hanover Architect, urban planner, civil engineer; significantly influenced the urban development of Hanover
Philipp Paul Theodor Dürr 1793 Hann. Münden 1875 Hanover Spa doctor von Limmern, Hofmedicus, founder of the support association for widows and orphans of doctors from the Kingdom of Hanover and the Theodor Dürr'schen Foundation, co-founder of the Hanover Medical Association; Author of meteorological articles for the Hannoversche Zeitung
Heinrich Marschner 1795 Zittau 1861 Hanover Composer; from 1831 director of the Hofkapelle Hannover
Karl August Devrient 1797 Berlin 1872 Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains Actor, 1839–72 at the court theater
Hermann Wilhelm Bödeker 1799 Osnabrück 1875 Hanover Ev. Theologian, first pastor of the Marktkirche since 1839 , honorary citizen of Hanover since 1848
August Wilhelm Papen 1799 Pyrmont 1858 Goslar Military engineer, geodesist and cartographer; compiled the Topographical Atlas of the Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Braunschweig between 1832 and 1847
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer 1800 Gotha 1873 Hanover Superintendent and pastor primarius at the Neustädter Hof- und Stadtkirche St. Johannis and senior consistorial councilor
Karl Karmarsch 1803 Vienna 1879 Hanover Technologist, first director of the Polytechnic School
Rudolf Wiegmann 1804 Adensen 1865 Dusseldorf architect
Joseph Gauss 1806 Braunschweig 1873 Hanover Artillery officer, geodesist and senior civil engineer of the Royal Hanover State Railways ; Son of the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauß ; significantly influenced the expansion of the Hanoverian rail network
Gustav Zimmermann 1808 Gotha 1874 Hanover Politician and publicist
Heinrich Kirchweger 1809 Szczecin 1899 Hanover Railway engineer
Heinrich Christian Burckhardt 1811 Adelebsen 1879 Hanover Forest scientist
Ludwig Windthorst 1812 Ostercappeln 1891 Berlin Politician (center), minister
Hermann Hunaeus 1812 Clausthal 1893 Bad Lauterberg Architect, builder in Hanover since 1835
Wilhelm Engelhard 1813 Grünhagen 1902 Hanover sculptor
Conrad Wilhelm Hase 1818 Einbeck 1902 Hanover Master builder (Christ Church, Künstlerhaus, Marienburg)
Franz Wilhelm Metz 1817 Leipzig 1901 Hanover Typesetter, gymnastics father
Christian Heinrich Tramm 1819 Harburg 1861 Hanover Architect, father of Heinrich Tramm
Friedrich Kaulbach 1822 Bad Arolsen 1903 Hanover Court painter, in Hanover since 1856
Carl Dopmeyer 1824 Jump 1899 Hanover sculptor
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs 1825 Westerfeld, today Aurich 1895 L'Aquila Lawyer and pioneer of the homosexual movement
Louis Kugelmann 1828 Lemförde 1902 Hanover Doctor and social democrat, friend of Karl Marx (letters to Kugelmann)
Albert von Rauch 1829 Berlin 1901 Berlin General of the infantry and commander of the 12th division
Joseph Joachim 1831 Kittsee 1907 Berlin Violinist, conductor and composer, 1852–66 royal concertmaster in Hanover
Edwin Oppler 1831 Oils 1880 Hanover architect
Alfred Graf von Waldersee 1832 Potsdam 1904 Hanover Field Marshal General
Wilhelm Busch 1832 Wiedensahl 1908 Mechtshausen Poet, studied mechanical engineering at the Hanover Polytechnic from 1847–1851
Hubert bull 1838 Berlin 1907 Hanover Architect, designed the Hanover Central Station in 1876
Ferdinand Wallbrecht 1841 Elze 1905 Hanover Architect, contractor, politician
Leopold von Auer 1845 Veszprém 1930 Loschwitz Violinist, violin teacher, studied with Joseph Joachim in Hanover
Paul Rowald 1850 Grabow 1920 Hanover Architect, in Hanover from 1887
Siegmund Seligmann 1853 Verden (Aller) 1925 Hanover Director of Continental AG
Ernst Voges 1854 Heisede 1932 Hanover Private scholar and writer
August Madsack 1856 Hirschfeld (district of Prussia. Holland) 1933 Hanover publisher
Julius trip 1857 Wermelskirchen 1907 Hanover Garden architect ( Maschpark , Stöcken city cemetery )
Hugo Haase 1857 Winsen (Luhe) 1933 Hanover Engineer, creator of the modern carousel, roller coaster and many other constructions, in Hanover from 1909
Hermann Schaedtler 1857 Benthe 1931 Hanover architect
Carl Wolff 1860 Elberfeld 1929 Munich Architect, 1898 building officer at the provincial administration, 1902–14 town building officer of Hanover
Otto Lüer 1865 Bruchhausen 1947 Bad Pyrmont Architect, studied at the Technical University from 1883–1888 , then until 1932 architect in Hanover
Wilhelm Maxen 1867 Hildesheim 1946 Schellerten-Dingelbe Pastor, politician (center), in Hanover from 1895
Georg Capellen 1869 Salzuflen 1934 Hanover Composer and musicologist, in Hanover from 1914
Wilhelm von Debschitz 1871 Goerlitz 1948 Luneburg Painter, 1914–21 director of the Hanover School of Applied Arts and Crafts
Robert Leinert 1873 Striesen 1940 Hanover Politician (SPD), Lord Mayor (1918–24)
Ludwig Vierthaler 1875 Munich 1967 Hanover Sculptor, from 1915 in Hanover
Friedrich Hehr 1879 basket 1952 Hanover Executioner in the time of National Socialism, from 1937 in Hanover
Karl Elkart 1880 Altshausen 1959 Hanover Architect, town planning officer (1925–1945), honorary professor at the Technical University
Albrecht Schaeffer 1885 Elblag 1950 Munich Writer, grew up in Hanover, 1911–15 freelance writer in Hanover
Anton Bamberger 1886 Mitwitz 1950 New York City Industrialist, apprenticed in Hanover and founded a company
Hugo Bamberger 1887 Lichtenfels 1949 New York City Chemist, entrepreneur, company founder, acquired an existing company in Hanover and developed it internationally
Otto Gleichmann 1887 Mainz 1963 Hanover Expressionist painter
Adolf Grimme 1889 Goslar 1963 Degerndorf am Inn Politician (SPD)
Martin Heling 1889 Koseeger 1889 Hanover Agricultural engineer, from 1950 government director and regional stable master in Hanover
Ernst Jünger 1895 Heidelberg 1998 Riedlingen Writer; spent part of his childhood in Hanover
Kurt Schumacher 1895 Culm, West Prussia 1952 Bonn Politician; rebuilt the SPD in Hanover after the Second World War
Werner Kraft 1896 Braunschweig 1991 Jerusalem Librarian and writer; grew up in Hanover
Ernst Thoms 1896 Nienburg / Weser 1983 Wetting Painter of the New Objectivity, 1920–43 and 1950–78 in Hanover
Johannes Sass 1897 Magdeburg 1972 Hanover Painter, in Hanover since 1950
Theanolte Bähnisch 1899 Bytom 1972 Hanover Lawyer, administrative officer and politician (SPD); in Hanover since 1945
Wilhelm Hollstein 1898 Berlin 1973 Hanover Geologist, since 1946 in the newly founded office for soil research in Hanover
Gerhard Graubner 1899 Dorpat, Estonia 1970 Hanover Architect, 1940–67 professor at the Technical University
Grethe Juergens 1899 Holzhausen 1981 Hanover Painter of New Objectivity, attended the Hanover School of Crafts and Applied Arts from 1919
Bernhard Sprengel 1899 Warendorf 1985 Hanover Entrepreneur (Sprengel chocolate), art patron ( Sprengel Museum )
Wilhelm Hauschild 1902 Wroclaw 1983 Hanover Photographer; lived in Hanover from 1918
Yvonne Georgi 1903 Leipzig 1975 Hanover Dancer, choreographer; 1926–31 at the municipal theaters
Kurt Lehmann 1905 Koblenz 2000 Hanover Sculptor; 1949–19 professor at the Technical University
Johann Wilhelm Trollmann 1907 Wilsche 1944 Wittenberg Boxer, German light heavyweight champion, grew up in Hanover, slain in the Wittenberge subcamp
Walter Bruch 1908 Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1990 Hanover Electrical engineer, inventor of the PAL color television system at Telefunken
Heinz Erhardt 1909 Riga 1979 Hamburg Actor and poet; attended today's Tellkampf School for a while
Gerd Lichtenhahn 1910 Koblenz 1964 Hanover architect
Dieter Oesterlen 1911 Heidenheim an der Brenz 1994 Hanover Architect and professor, shaped the reconstruction of Hanover after the Second World War
Paul Arndt 1913 Vienna 1939 Celle Resistance fighter against National Socialism, 1934 head of the KJVD in Hanover
Rudolf Lange 1914 Osnabrück 2007 Hanover Journalist and theater critic
Helmut Zimmermann 1924 Gerwisch 2013 ? Urban history and family researcher, author, 1954–86 employee at the Hanover City Archives
Paul Gerhard Jahn 1925 Berlin 2004 Hanover Ev. Theologian, founding rector of the Evangelical University of Applied Sciences Hanover
Heinz Hennig 1927 Castle (near Magdeburg) 2002 Hanover University professor, founder of the Hanover Boys Choir and Hanover Girls Choir
Jürgen Seifert 1928 Berlin 2005 Hanover Political scientist, since 1971 professor at the University of Hanover
Joop Bergsma 1928 Rotterdam 2011 Harsum Theologian, provost to St. Clemens (1986–96)
Karl-Heinz Kämmerling 1930 Dessau 2012 Hanover Professor of piano at the Hanover University of Music and Theater
Hartmut Badenhop 1930 Großburgwedel Ev. Theologian, state superintendent for the district of Hanover (1982–94)
Hanns Adrian 1931 Darmstadt 2003 Hanover Architect and 1975–93 city planning officer of Hanover
Hans Werner Dannowski 1933 Petershagen 2016 Hanover Ev. Theologian and author, city superintendent from 1980–98, lived in Hanover from 1974, and in 1999 was awarded the city plaque
Dietrich Kittner 1935 Oils 2013 Bad Radkersburg Cabaret artist; lived in Hanover from 1961 to 1991, founder of the Theater am Küchengarten
Madjid Samii 1937 Rascht (Iran) Neurosurgeon, founder of the International Neuroscience Institute
Timm Ulrichs 1940 Berlin Artist, in Hanover since 1959
Walter Hirche 1941 Leipzig Politician (FDP), Lower Saxony Minister of Economics (2003-2009)
Katrin Sello 1941 Berlin 1992 Hanover Art historian, 1976–1989 director of the Kunstverein
Jon Symon 1941 Epsom Rock musician, composer and music producer, in Hanover since the mid-1960s
Peter Antes 1942 Mannheim Professor of Religious Studies, in Hanover since 1973
Hannes Rehm 1943 Berlin 2017 Hanover Banker; July 2004 to December 2008 CEO of Nord / LB, headed SoFFin from February 2009 to 2011
Marion Maerz 1943 Flensburg Singer (he's back); grew up in Hanover and was discovered there as a singer
Gudrun Schröfel 1943 Worms Choir director, conductor and university teacher
Andor Izsák 1944 Budapest Musician, founder of the European Center for Jewish Music in Hanover
Gerhard Schröder 1944 Mossenberg Politician (SPD), from Lower Saxony

Prime Minister (1990–98), Federal Chancellor (1998–2005)

Eckhart von Vietinghoff 1944 Goettingen Lawyer, President of the Regional Church Office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover (1984 to 2008), Honorary Senator of the MHH since 1993
Burkhard Guntau 1948 Hildesheim Lawyer, President of the Hanover Regional Church Office since 2008
Rudolf Schenker 1948 Hildesheim Rock musician, founder of the band Scorpions - Hanover is the band's hometown - Schenker lived in Hanover for a long time and was awarded the city ​​plaque
Valeri Brainin 1948 Nizhny Tagil Music functionary, music teacher and music theorist, has lived in Hanover since 1990
Edelgard Bulmahn 1951 Petershagen Politician (SPD); since 1987 MP of the constituency of the City of Hanover II
Ingrid Spieckermann 1951 Nordhorn Ev. Theologian; 2000–2016 state superintendent for the district of Hanover
Veit Görner 1953 Munich Curator and artist; in Hanover since 2003
Wolfram Hänel 1956 Fulda Writer; lives mainly in Hanover
Stephan Weil 1958 Hamburg Politician (SPD); has lived in Hanover since 1965, today in Kirchrode, mayor from 2006 to 2013, and since 2013 Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
Thomas Quasthoff 1959 Hildesheim Bass baritone, professor of singing; lives mainly in Hanover
Kai Wingenfelder 1959 Hamburg Musician, singer and songwriter of the Hanoverian band Fury in the Slaughterhouse
Susanne Mischke 1960 Kempten (Allgäu) Writer and screenwriter; has lived in Hanover since 2002
Christof Stein-Schneider 1962 Lübeck Rock musician, guitarist and songwriter for the Hanoverian bands Fury in the Slaughterhouse and Wohnraumhelden, lives in the Linden district
Hartmut El Kurdi 1964 Amman Writer, director, actor, musician, has lived in Hanover since 2009, a. a. Winner of the German Children's Radio Play Prize
Stefan Schostok 1964 Hildesheim Politician (SPD), Mayor of Hanover from 2013 to 2019, parliamentary group chairman in the Lower Saxony state parliament from 2010 to 2013
Hannes Schäfer 1965 Goettingen Rock musician, bassist for the Hanoverian band Fury in the Slaughterhouse, now a doctor
Thorsten Wingenfelder 1966 Hamburg Musician, photographer, guitarist and songwriter for the Hanover band Fury in the Slaughterhouse
Anne Nissen 1966 Flensburg Artist; in Hanover since 1990
Mousse T. 1966 Hagen Music producer; has lived in Hanover since 1990
Franziska Stünkel 1973 Goettingen Film director, screenwriter, producer and photographer
Edin Bajrić 1980 Bosanska Dubica Artist; since 1995 in Hanover
Hannes Lambert 1980 Dresden Singer, actor and speaker: in Hanover since 1994
Gintaras Januševičius 1985 Vilnius Pianist; since 2004 in Hanover
Nikola Sarić 1985 Bajina Bašta Painter; in Hanover since 2010
Elnaaz Norouzi 1992 Tehran Model and actress, grew up in Hanover

See also

literature

  • Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : The learned Hanover or lexicon of writers, learned businessmen and artists who have lived and are still alive since the Reformation in and outside of all the provinces that are part of the current Kingdom of Hanover . Gathered from the most credible writers. Bremen: Schünemann 1823. (Published only: Volume 1: A – E; Vol. 2: A – K.)
  • Wilhelm Rothert : General Hanoverian biography . Vol. 1: Hanoverian men and women since 1866. Hanover: Sponholtz 1912.
  • Helmut Zimmermann : Hanoverian portraits. Life pictures from seven centuries . Hanover: Harenberg.
  • Helmut Zimmermann: From Broyhan to Schwitters. Life pictures of well-known Hanoverians . Hanover: Harenberg-Labs 1989. ISBN 3-89042-029-X
  • Sophie & Co. Important women in Hanover. Biographical portraits . Edited by Hiltrud Schroeder . Hanover: Fackelträger-Verlag 1991. ISBN 3-7716-1521-6
  • Hanoverian biographical lexicon . From the beginning to the present . Dirk Böttcher (among others). Hanover: Schlueter 2002. ISBN 3-87706-706-9

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