List of personalities who worked in Homburg

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This list includes personalities who worked in Homburg .

  • Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633–1707) French general and Marshal of France, fortress builder of Louis XIV; had the castle and town expanded into a fortress, its basic structure of the old town can still be seen today.
  • Johann Christian von Mannlich (1741–1822), painter and architect; was the leading architect in the construction of Karlsberg Palace and put on a collection of paintings there on behalf of Charles II August.
  • Charles II August (1746–1795), Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken; built Karlsberg Castle
  • Anton Gapp (1766–1833), French Catholic priest and founder of an order of sisters in Homburg; 1811–1821 pastor of Kirrberg
  • Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer (1789–1845) was Landcommissär in Homburg from 1818 to 1832 and wrote some of his important writings here.
  • Johann Georg August Wirth (1798–1848) published the first edition of the German Tribune in Homburg in 1832.
  • Oscar Orth (1876–1958), surgeon and head of the state hospital
  • Carl Erich Alken (1909–1986), urologist, Nestor of German urology, honorary senator of Saarland University
  • Shlomo Lewin (1911–1980), German publisher and rabbi; worked as a teacher in Homburg before the Second World War
  • Wilhelm Weber (1918–1999), art historian and visual artist; researched and documented Karlsberg Castle
  • Friedrich Loew (1920–2018), long-time professor at the University Hospital, founder of Neurosurgery Homburg
  • Paul Gerhardt Scheurlen (1923–2015), long-time professor at the university hospital, director of the 1st internal medicine
  • Rosemarie Scheurlen (* 1925), doctor and Saarland Minister for Labor, Health and Social Affairs for the FDP from 1977 to 1985
  • Leonhard Schweiberer (1930–2017), surgeon, long-time professor at the University Hospital, former alpine ski racer
  • Gernot Feifel (1935–2019), surgeon, long-time professor at the University Hospital and director of surgery, member of the German Science Council
  • Uwe Klimaschefski (* 1938), former Bundesliga soccer player and coach
  • Michael Pfreundschuh (1949–2018) hematologist and oncologist, professor at the university clinic and director of internal medicine