List of personalities of the city of Celle
This list of personalities of the city of Celle gathers the honorary citizens, sons and daughters of the city - without claim to completeness - as well as other personalities who are connected with the city of Celle.
Honorary citizen
- Simon Hoppener († 1566), ducal clerk and later rent master, since 1547 (oldest "registered" honorary citizen of Germany)
- Medical Councilor Ludwig Andreas Koeler (* 1773; † 1836), court medic, teacher at the Surgical Institute in Celle, director of the college of the United Poor Agencies, since 1832 (devotion to fellow human beings, 1st "official" honorary citizen of the city)
- Ferdinand Hartzer (* 1838; † 1906), sculptor, since 1891 (high and lasting merits in the artistic field, e.g. Thaer and former Germania monument)
- Gerhard Lucas Meyer (* 1830; † 1916), industrialist, secret councilor since 1905 (founder of the new building for the Celle children's hospital), honorary citizen of the cities of Celle and Peine
- Wilhelm Bomann (* 1848; † 1926), manufacturer, founder of the "Vaterländisches Museum" - renamed "Bomann Museum" in 1923, since 1907 (for fundamental work on rural customs and traditions)
- Wilhelm Denicke (* 1852; † 1924), lawyer, Lord Mayor, since 1924 (special commitment to youth and industrial urban development)
- Harry Trüller (born December 20, 1868 - † August 13, 1934), biscuit and rusks manufacturer, mayor, senator, since 1930 (including initiator of the Celle tram)
- Otto Telschow (* 1876; † 1945), since 1936 (dismissed July 12, 2007)
- Wilhelm Heinichen (* 1883; † 1967), member of the regional synod of the Evangelical Lutheran. Regional church, district administrator, councilor, mayor, post mortem 1969
- Consul General Hermann von Rautenkranz (* 1883; † 1973), since 1973 (from drilling worker to pioneer of the domestic oil industry)
- Carla Meyer-Rasch (* 1885; † 1977), local history researcher, writer and journalist, since 1973
- Herbert Severin (* 1931), lawyer, councilor, mayor and mayor 1986–2001, since January 25, 2002 (for outstanding and unparalleled services)
- Lieselotte Tansey (holder of the City Medal of Honor and the Lower Saxony Order of Merit), since August 19, 2009 (for social and cultural commitment and outstanding services). (Hermann von Rautenkranz († 1973) and Lieselotte Tansey-von-Rautenkranz († 2016) were father and daughter).
- Robert Simon (* 1946), since 2015 (successful long-term cooperation between voluntary work and public bodies)
sons and daughters of the town
To 1900
- Jakob Dammann (1534–1591), Lutheran clergyman, reformer of the county of Schaumburg
- Franz Julius Döteber (1575–1648), sculptor, ivory carver and master builder
- Franz Eichfeld (1635–1707), Evangelical Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of the General Diocese of Lüneburg-Celle
- Johann Christian Bacmeister (1662–1717), legal scholar and office director of Celle
- Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1666–1726) was electoral princess of Hanover by marriage and from 1714 de jure queen of England. She went down in history as Princess von Ahlden
- Georg Ernest von Melvill (1668–1742), 1678 page at the court of Duke Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, 1685 officer of the Celle infantry regiment La Motte, 1728 lieutenant general and governor of the fortress Hameln, 1733 commander of the Hanover residence, 1735 general der infantry
- Lucas Bacmeister (1672–1748), Evangelical Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of the General Diocese of Bremen-Verden
- Johann Franz Capellini von Wickenburg (1677–1752), baron as well as Electoral Palatinate Privy Councilor and author of the Thesaurus Palatinus, which is important in regional history
- Johann Hermann von L'Estocq (1692–1767), surgeon, politician at the court of the Russian Empress Elisabeth
- Gottlieb Christian von Ramdohr (1700–1773), Elector of Hanover
- Johann Kilian Just von Berger (1723–1791), royal Danish court medic, royal personal physician, member of the Stockholm Academy of Sciences
- Johann Jakob Dusch (1725–1787), writer and schoolboy
- Valentin von Berger (1739–1813), Danish general
- August Otto von Grote (1747–1830), Prussian minister and diplomat
- Woldemar Friedrich von Schmettau (1749–1794), diplomat in the Danish service and writer
- Albrecht Daniel Thaer (1752–1828), founder of agricultural science
- Ernst von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1759–1813), diplomat and composer
- Ludwig von Kielmansegg (1765–1850), liberation fighter and court official
- Georg Ludwig König (1766–1849), classical philologist, director of the school of scholars in Eutin
- August Peter Julius du Menil (1777–1852), pharmacist and chief mining inspector
- Heinrich Gottlieb Köhler (1779–1849), mathematician and university professor
- Carl Heinrich Wünsch (1779–1855), architect and builder
- Wilhelm Ernst von Beaulieu-Marconnay (1786–1859), Oldenburg Privy Council and Chairman of the Oldenburg State Ministry
- Ernst Schulze (1789–1817), romantic poet
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Dachenhausen (1791–1855), Landdrost in Hanover, founder and vice-president of the trade association for the Kingdom of Hanover
- Christian Schultz (1794–1878), liberation fighter, lieutenant general and diplomat
- Georg Sievers (1803–1887), decorative painter and restorer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Rettberg (1805–1849), Protestant theologian and church historian
- August Heinrich Oberg (1809–1872), lawyer, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Jakob Friedrich Ludwig Ebermann , called Louis Schiebler (1810–1882), tree nursery owner and pomologist
- Karl Goedeke (1814–1887), literary historian
- Ludwig Pfotenhauer (1815–1870), Protestant Lutheran pastor and writer
- Georg Bergmann (1819–1870), painter
- Oskar von Diebitsch (1823–1906), Prussian major general
- Karl Lueder (1834–1895), lawyer and university professor in Erlangen
- Wilhelm Hauers (1836–1905), architect in Hanover and Hamburg
- Ferdinand Hartzer (1838–1906), sculptor
- Heinrich Gudehus (1842–1909), tenor
- Louis Koch (1843–1900), photographer
- Eduard von Capelle (1855–1931), naval officer and state secretary in the Reichsmarineamt
- Gerhard Korte (1858–1945), mine operator, chairman of the German Potash Advisory Board and pioneer of potash mining
- Rudolf Hermanns (1860–1935), painter
- Carl Freundel (1861–1944), politician (DVP)
- Cuno von Rantzau (1864–1956), Oberhofmarschall in Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Wilhelm Paulmann (1865–1948), pharmacist, food chemist and city councilor in Kassel
- Wilhelm Meyer (1867–1929), industrialist, member of the Reichstag
- August Isenbart (1876–1940), Reich judge
- Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879–1948), Near Eastern archaeologist, ancient orientalist and epigraphist
- Otto Wolff (1879–1920), German photographer and entrepreneur, ran an imperial panorama in Celle
- Robert Lehr (1883–1956), politician (DNVP, CDU)
- Theodor Krüger (1891–1966), music teacher, choir director, pianist, composer and author
- Roland Freisler (1893–1945), lawyer and politician (NSDAP)
- Heinrich Wichmann (1898–1962), architect
1901 to 1950
- Joseph Albert Otto (1901–1981), Jesuit, missiologist
- Johannes Schulze (1901–1980), Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- Fritz Timme (1903–1976), historian and university professor
- August Schirmer (1905–1948), architect, civil engineer, head of the Rosenberg office and member of the Reichstag
- Horst von Usedom (1906–1970), major general in World War II
- Richard Ohling (1908–1985), politician (NSDAP)
- Helmut Coing (1912–2000), lawyer and university professor in Frankfurt am Main
- Will van Deeg (1916–1980), actor and singer
- Hans-Georg Ernst (1921–2000), Lieutenant General of the National People's Army in the GDR
- Marianne Schubart-Vibach (* 1921), actress, director and screenwriter
- Wilfried Hasselmann (1924–2003), farmer and politician (CDU)
- Hans Hubrig (1924–1982), entrepreneur and politician (CDU)
- Ernst Heitsch (1928–2019), classical philologist
- Götz Wiese (1928–2012), organist and regional church music director
- Heide Dobberkau (* 1929), sculptor and medalist
- Helmut Meine (1929–2016), local politician (CDU), historian and local writer
- Hugo Reuter (* 1930), politician (SPD) and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Helmut Lippelt (1932-2018), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Wilhelm Kücker (1933–2014), architect and association official
- Klaus Becker (* 1934), lawyer and district president of the Lüneburg district
- Irma Blank (* 1934), German-Italian painter and graphic artist
- Volker Fahlbusch (1934–2008), vertebrate paleontologist and university lecturer
- Wilhelm Pahls (* 1936), evangelist and preacher
- Jürgen Leinemann (1937–2013), journalist and political correspondent
- Wolfgang Lüder (1937–2013), politician (FDP)
- Hermann Schridde (1937–1985), show jumper and national trainer for German show jumpers
- Karin Kremer (1939–2019), artist
- Otto Stumpf (1940-2017), canoeist, sports official and politician (CDU)
- Henning Thiele (1940–2007), entrepreneur, later social worker and addiction officer in Bergheim ( Rhein-Erft district ), holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Albrecht Hoffmann (* 1941), civil engineer, specialist historian and university lecturer
- Werner Becker (* 1943), musician, arranger and music producer
- Frieder Gadesmann (1943–2014), Protestant theologian, religious educator and educational scientist
- Volker Ullrich (* 1943), historian and publicist
- Hans-Jürgen Dörner (* 1944), lawyer, author of specialist literature, Vice President of the Federal Labor Court
- Almut Heise (* 1944), painter, graphic artist and university lecturer
- Hans-Helmut Decker-Voigt (* 1945), music therapist, publicist and university professor
- Wolfgang Kubin (* 1945), sinologist and essayist
- Kurt Rüdiger Maatz (* 1945), judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Günter Thews (1945–1993), cabaret artist ( The 3 Tornados )
- Rolf Jördens (* 1946), agricultural scientist
- Elisabeth Naomi Reuter (1946–2017), painter, illustrator and children's book author
- Eckart Birnstiel (* 1947), historian
- Klaus Fredenhagen (* 1947), physicist
- Christiane Möbus (* 1947), sculptor, object artist and university lecturer
- Achim Amme (* 1949), author, actor, musician
- Klaus von der Brelie (1949–2016), journalist
- Dieter Büttner (* 1949), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Michael Kühne (* 1949), metrologist
- Billie Zöckler (1949–2019), actress
- Hans-Christoph Ammon (* 1950), General
- Oskar Ansull (ie Uwe Hartmann) (* 1950), writer
- Werner Bergmann (* 1950), sociologist and anti-Semitism researcher
- Henning Dralle (* 1950), surgeon
- Gustav Humbert (* 1950), manager
- Angelika Kraus (* 1950), swimmer and Olympic participant
- Karl-Heinrich Langspecht (1950–2011), lawyer and member of the state parliament (CDU)
From 1951
- Carl Othmer (1951–2019), lawyer and state councilor in Bremen
- Alfred Tacke (* 1951), economist and politician (SPD)
- Irmtraud Götz von Olenhusen (* 1952), historian and university professor
- Bernd Polster (* 1952), publicist and artist
- Rüdiger Hachtmann (* 1953), historian
- Roland Kaehlbrandt (* 1953), foundation manager and non-fiction author, chairman of the board of the Polytechnic Society Foundation
- Helmuth Albrecht (* 1955), historian
- Ernie Reinhardt (* 1955), actor (pseudonym Lilo Wanders)
- Thomas Bührke (* 1956), science journalist
- Hans Pleschinski (* 1956), writer
- Axel Binder (* 1958), Major General of the Army of the Bundeswehr
- Uwe Ronge (* 1958), former Bundesliga player from Hannover 96
- Michael Ankermann (* 1960), politician (CDU)
- Gudrun Gut , b. Bredemann (* 1960), musician, DJ and presenter
- Ralf Pröve (* 1960), historian
- Cord Riechelmann (* 1960), journalist, biologist and philosopher
- Gabi Bauer (* 1962), TV presenter
- Harald Bergmann (* 1963), director, film producer
- Rainer Sellien (* 1963), actor
- Endrik Wottrich (1964-2017), opera singer (tenor)
- Tom Bartels (* 1965), sports reporter
- Matthias Blazek (* 1966), German freelance journalist, historian and publicist
- Christoph Siegfried Herrmann (* 1966), psychologist
- Daniel Casimir (* 1967), jazz musician
- Mathias Hensch (* 1967), medieval archaeologist
- Thilo Hofmann (* 1967), geoscientist and university professor
- Hanno Rauterberg (* 1967), journalist and critic
- Lars Tietje (* 1967), theater director
- Hendrik Handloegten (* 1968), director
- Loomit (* 1968), graffiti artist
- Nicole Noevers (* 1968), television presenter
- Jochen Neurath (* 1968), composer, arranger and conductor
- Jochen von Bernstorff (* 1970), lawyer, diplomat and university professor
- Stefan Westphal (* 1970), radio presenter and media entrepreneur
- Marten Breuer (* 1971), lawyer and university professor
- Stefan Weeke (* 1971), jazz bassist
- Christian Oliver (* 1972), actor
- Carola Dietze (* 1973), historian
- Lena Falkenhagen (* 1973), author and editor
- Katrin Weißer (* 1975), actress
- Idil Baydar (born 1975), actress
- Tobias Heilmann (* 1975), politician
- Mirja du Mont (* 1976), playmate
- Feleknas Uca (* 1976), politician (Die Linke)
- Amelie Ernst (* 1977), radio journalist
- André Trepoll (* 1977), politician (CDU)
- Ann-Kristin Leo (* 1978), actress
- Anneke Schwabe (* 1978), film and theater actress
- Alex Raack (* 1983), author and journalist
- Alex Boyd (* 1984), British photographer
- Dustin Brown (* 1984), tennis player with Jamaican roots
- Torben Schiewe (* 1985), volleyball player
- Lars Lehnhoff (* 1986), handball player
- Jörn Schepelmann (* 1986), politician (CDU)
- Merle Frohms (* 1995), soccer goalkeeper
- Luca Sestak (* 1995), boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer
- Tom Hoßbach (* 1998), actor
People who have worked or are working in Celle
- Urbanus Rhegius , actually Urban Rieger (1489–1541), reformer
- Johann Arndt (1555–1621), post-Reformation theologian
- Michael Walther the Elder (1593–1662), Lutheran theologian
- Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1624–1705), ruled from 1665 until his death in Celle Castle as the last “Heidherzog” of the Guelphs
- Francesco Maria Capellini, known as Stechinelli (1640–1694), since 1665 in Celle as entrepreneur and court banker of Duke Georg Wilhelm. Lived in the Stechinelli house on Great Plan 14 and let the Stechinelli Chapel in Wietze - Wieckenberg built
- Weipart Ludwig von Fabrice , first President of the Higher Appeal Court in Celle
- Baron Ludwig von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1694–1771), Councilor of Appeals and Vice President in Celle, Extraordinary Minister of King George II of Great Britain
- Christian Rudolf Karl Wichmann (1744–1800), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and educator, founder of the Wichmann educational institution
- Caroline Mathilde (1751–1775), Queen of Denmark and Norway in exile
- Johann Anton Leisewitz (1752–1806), writer and lawyer; Son of a cellar wine merchant
- Basilius von Ramdohr (1757–1822), Councilor at the Higher Appeal Court in Celle, Director of the Cellische Justizkanzlei
- Wilhelm Albrecht Andreas von Ramdohr (1800–1882), Hanoverian lieutenant general
- August von Mackensen (1849–1945), Prussian Field Marshal General
- Hermann Löns (1866–1914), editor and heath poet, lived in Celle from 1903–1912
- Harry Trüller (1868–1934), biscuit and rusks manufacturer, mayor and senator
- Leo von Jena (1876–1957), military and SS general
- Bruno Hempel (1876–1937), politician (SPD)
- Otto Haesler (1880–1962), architect; Along with Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, he is considered to be an important representative of New Building outside the Bauhaus
- Heinrich Hüner (1881–1945), local poet and director of the Freie VolksBühne
- Hilmer Freiherr von Bülow (1883–1966), officer, most recently lieutenant general in the Air Force in World War II and military writer
- Hellmut Röhnert (1888–1945), industrialist during the National Socialist era
- Hans Klein (1891–1944), officer, most recently major general in World War II: from 1936 to 1939 he was in command of the Celle Aviation School and at the same time commandant of the air base there
- Gertrud Wehl-Rosenfeld (1891–1976), pianist and piano teacher
- Hans Bohnenkamp (1893–1977), educator, university professor and university director; was the founder and first director of the newly founded Pedagogical Academy in Celle in 1946, professor of pedagogy and philosophy
- Rudolf Lochner (1895–1978), from 1946 to 1951 Professor of Education at the Pedagogical Academy in Celle
- Joseph Otto Plassmann (1895–1964), Germanist and leading member of the National Socialist Research Foundation for German Ahnenerbe
- Karl Daunicht (1898–1945), communist resistance fighter against National Socialism and victim of National Socialism
- Günter Schwartzkopff (1898–1940), officer in the Wehrmacht air force; was a teacher at the pilot school in Celle until March 1935, and was appointed commander on April 1, 1935
- Siegfried Westphal (1902–1982), officer
- Ernst Zierke (1905–1972), SS-Unterscharführer, involved in "Aktion T4" and "Aktion Reinhardt"
- Armin Hörmann (1907–1979), politician (SPD)
- Hannes Razum (1907–1994), director of the Schlosstheater Celle from 1956 to 1972
- Kurt Rose (1908–1999), teacher and author
- Horst Niemack (1909–1992), officer in the Wehrmacht Army in World War II and later Brigadier General of the Reserve in the Bundeswehr
- Helmuth Hörstmann (1909–1993), doctor and mayor of the city of Celle
- Heinrich Schmidt (1912–2000), SS-Hauptsturmführer and camp doctor in concentration camps
- Fritz Darges (1913–2009), SS-Obersturmbannführer and personal adjutant to Adolf Hitler
- Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1913–1989), officer and mayor of the city of Glücksburg; joined the Jäger Battalion of the Black Reichswehr in Celle from August 1933
- Fritz Graßhoff (1913–1997), draftsman, painter, writer and songwriter; lived in Celle from 1946 to 1967
- Erich Topp (1914–2005), submarine commander in the Navy and later Rear Admiral in the German Navy; went to school in Celle
- Heinrich Albertz (1915–1993), Protestant theologian, pastor in Celle after the Second World War, head of the city's refugee office; Governing Mayor of (West) Berlin (1966–1967)
- Ernst Srock (1916–1998), educator and politician (GB / BHE)
- Tom Reichelt (1920–2004), painter
- Hans-Hubertus Bühmann (1921–2014), forest manager and state politician in Lower Saxony (CDU); was a member of the board of the Landkrankenkasse Celle, as well as a member of the district council of Celle and district administrator of the district of Celle
- Ursula Flick (1924–2006), politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Osnabrück and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Ulrich von Witten (1926–2015), administrative lawyer and municipal civil servant; most recently senior city director in Celle
- Günter Skrodzki (1935–2012), graphic artist and expressionist; worked in Celle from 1959 to 1967
- Harald Range (1948-2018), lawyer; from 2001 to 2011 Attorney General at the Attorney General's Office in Celle
- Brigitte Streich (* 1954), archivist and historian; Head of the City Archives from 1994 to 2001
Individual evidence
- ^ Harald Müller (text), Ulrich Loeper (pictures): Biographical-bibliographical lexicon of Celler musicians. Composers, singers, instrumental musicians, music educators, musicologists, instrument makers, bell founders, music publishers, music dealers and music therapists (= Celle contributions to regional and cultural history. Series of publications by the City Archives and the Bomann Museum Celle. Vol. 31). Edited by the city of Celle. Celle 2003, ISBN 3-925902-50-3 .