List of personalities from the city of Ahaus
The list of the personalities of the city of Ahaus shows the honorary citizens, the people born in the city as well as those otherwise connected with Ahaus .
Honorary citizen of the city
- Maximilian von Kerckerinck zur Borg , 1829
- Wilhelm Vagedes, 1921
- Ysaak van Delden , 1929
- Willy van Delden , 1958
- Gerrit Jan van Delden, 1958
- Felix Sümmermann , 1945
- Bernhard Tembrink, 1963
- Josef Ikemann , 1989
sons and daughters of the town
- Adelheid von Ahaus (* 1205 in Ahaus, † 1250 Horstmar, married to Otto I. von Horstmar), daughter Beatrix was the wife of Friedrich I. (Rietberg)
- Johann III. von Ahaus (* 1274 in Ahaus, † 1323), was ruler of the Ahaus family and heir to the Lohn family
- Otto von Ahaus-Ottenstein (~ 1274 in Ahaus, † 1324), Prince-Bishop Ministerial and Burgmann zu Nienborg
- Jutta von Ahaus (* 1352 in Ahaus, † 1408 in Diepenveen), abbess at Vreden Abbey
- Margaretha von Ahaus (* 1383 in Ahaus, † 1458 in Diepenveen ), abbess in Freckenhorst , sister of Agnes von Ahaus
- Lisa von Solms (1312–1409), granddaughter of Otto von Ahaus-Ottenstein, abbess at Nottuln Abbey
- Otto von Solms († 1359), grandson of Otto von Ahaus-Ottenstein, canon in Münster
- Heinrich von Solms († 1407), provost in Münster
- Simon von Solms († 1384), canon in Münster
- Simon von Solms († 1398), cathedral dean in Cologne
- Agnes von Ahaus (* around 1390 in Ahaus, † 1467 in Nottuln) abbess of Nottuln Abbey , daughter of nobleman Ludolf von Ahaus
- Heidenreich Droste zu Vischering (* 1616 in Ahaus, † 1678 in Ahaus), Droste in the offices of Ahaus and Horstmar
- Johann Wilhelm Hoffnas (* 1727 in Ahaus, † 1795 in Mannheim ), court painter to the Electoral Palatinate
- Hermanus Johannes Nepomucenus Coeverden (* 1730 in Ahaus, † 1817 in Borken), dean of the St. Remigius Propstei, builder of the sacristy
- Clemens Mersmann (* 1820 in Ahaus, † 1872 in Münster ), Prussian district administrator
- Karl Tücking (* 1826 in Ahaus, † 1904 in Neuss ), educator, historian and philologist
- Karl von Westhoven (* 1832 in Ahaus, † 1920 in Münster), Consistorial President in Münster
- Jacob Bernhard Oldenkott (* 1853 in Ahaus, † 1926 in Ahaus Castle ), tobacco manufacturer
- Engelbert von Kerckerinck zur Borg (* 1872 in Ahaus, † 1933 Haus Hohenfeld, Münster), President of the Westphalian Farmers' Association, member of the Reichstag
- Josef Lübbring (* 1876 in Ahaus, † 1931 in Dortmund ), trade union official, civil servant and politician (SPD)
- Heinrich Löhe (* 1877 in Ahaus, † 1961 in Berlin ), dermatologist
- Friedrich Gärtner (* 1882 in Ahaus, † 1970 in Münster), ministerial official
- Helene Helming (* 1888 in Ahaus, † 1977 in Coesfeld ), representative of Montessori education
- Gerrit Jan van Delden (* 1888 in Ahaus, † 1982 in Essen ), board member and supervisory board of the Westphalian jute spinning and weaving mill
- Paul Oldenkott (* 1889 in Ahaus, † 1965 in Ahaus) tobacco manufacturer
- Willy van Delden (* 1890 in Ahaus, † 1977 in Ahaus,) chairman of the Westphalian jute spinning and weaving mill
- Friedrich Köchling (* 1893 in Ahaus, † 1970 in Coesfeld), officer
- Theodor Klauser (* 1894 in Ahaus, † 1984 in Bonn), Catholic theologian, liturgy and church historian and Christian archaeologist
- Bernhard Render (* 1894 in Ahaus-Alstätte, † 1985), politician (CDU)
- Bruno Vagedes (* 1903 in Ahaus, † 1977 in Hünxe ), politician ( center and CDU) and lawyer
- Paul Theodor Oldenkott (* 1934 in Ahaus), neurosurgeon and honorary governor of the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
- Josef Thesing (* 1937 in Ahaus-Alstätte), Deputy Secretary General of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation
- Norbert Kleyboldt (* 1943 in Ahaus), vicar general in the diocese of Münster
- Bernd Kauffmann (* 1944 in Ahaus), cultural manager and lawyer
- Ulrich Boom (* 1947 in Ahaus-Alstätte), auxiliary bishop of Würzburg
- Heinz Paus (* 1948 in Ahaus-Alstätte), Mayor of Paderborn
- Johannes Vöcking (* 1949 in Ahaus), lawyer and politician (CDU)
- Ulrich Dopatka (* 1951 in Ahaus), German-Swiss non-fiction author
- Hubert Schulte (* 1951 in Ahaus), economist and politician (SPD)
- Michael Denhoff (* 1955 in Ahaus), composer and cellist
- Johannes Denhoff (* 1958 in Ahaus), violinist
- Heinrich Rolfing (* 1958 in Ahaus-Alstätte), actor
- Herbert Beckmann (* 1960 in Ahaus), writer and psychologist
- Jochen Terhaar (* 1961 in Ahaus), soccer player
- Josef Depenbrock (* 1961 in Ahaus), German journalist
- Markus Ritter (* 1963 in Ahaus), English studies and professor at the Ruhr University Bochum
- Michael Garmer (* 1964 in Ahaus), politician (CDU)
- Mani Beckmann (* 1965 in Ahaus-Alstätte), writer
- Melanie Becker (1966–2020), theoretical physicist
- Markus Büning (* 1966 in Ahaus), Catholic publicist
- Rei Gesing (* 1973 in Ahaus), German writer
- Jens Spahn (* 1980 in Ahaus-Ottenstein ), politician (CDU)
- Kathrin Weßling (* 1985 in Ahaus), writer
- Heike Wermer (* 1988 in Ahaus), politician (CDU)
- Urszula Radwańska (* 1990 in Ahaus), Polish tennis player
- Stefan Thesker (* 1991 in Ahaus), German soccer player
- Fabian Herbers (* 1993 in Ahaus-Ottenstein), soccer player
Personalities associated with the city
- The noble lords of Ahaus Overview of the family line
- Heinrich von Ahaus (* 1371 in Schöppingen, † 1439 in Münster), son of nobleman Ludolf von Ahaus, cathedral vicar and devotee of the Devotio moderna
- Heinrich II. Von Moers († 1450 in Ahaus), Bishop of Münster and administrator of the Diocese of Osnabrück
- Johann IV of Osnabrück (* 1529 in Viborg , † 1574 in Ahaus Castle), Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Bishop of Münster
- Christoph Bernhard von Galen (* 1606 Bisping house near Rinkerode . † 1678 in Ahaus Castle), Prince-Bishop of Münster
- Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (* 1658 Schloss Gracht , † 1718 in Schloss Ahaus), Prince-Bishop of Münster
- Ernst von Westhoven (* 1795 in Bayreuth, † 1833 in Ahaus), district administrator of the Ahaus district
- Paul Zurmühlen (* 1828 in Münster, † 1897 in Ahaus), German judge and liberal politician
- Julius von Hülst (* 1828 in Münster, † 1859 in Ahaus, House Sonderhaus), district administrator of the Ahaus district
- Friedrich von Schorlemer-Alst (* 1854 in Alst , † 1934 in Ahaus, House Sonderhaus), District Administrator of the Ahaus district
- Ysaak van Delden (* 1859 in Emden , † 1939 in Ahaus), co-founder of the Westphalian jute spinning and weaving mill
- Theodor von Guérard (* 1863 in Koblenz , † 1943 in Ahaus), former Reich Minister. D.
- Felix Sümmermann (* 1889 in Münster, † 1970 in Ahaus), German lawyer and politician
- Franz Berding (* 1915 in Fürstenau, † February 16, 2010 in Münster), German politician (CDU), mayor 1963–1964
- Rembert van Delden (* 1917 in Rheine , † 1999 in Ahaus), German textile merchant and politician (CDU)
- Bernd Oldenkott (* 1925 in Dortmund), diplomat and German ambassador (grew up in Ahaus)
- Franz Skorzak (* 1929 in Flensburg ), German politician (CDU) and trade union official
- Ralf Willing (* 1949 in Vreden ), German trumpet player (grew up in Ahaus)
- Jörg Rühl (* 1965 in Münster), German actor (grew up in Ahaus)
- Roy Peter Link (* 1982 in Cologne ), German actor (grew up in Ahaus)