List of personalities of the city of Cottbus

This list contains personalities born in Cottbus as well as those who had or have their sphere of activity in Cottbus without having been born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Cottbus

Carl Blechen

Richard von Koch

Gustav Theodor Fritsch

Theodor Kotzur

Adolphe Low

Helmut Preißler

Edith Franke

Ulrike Bruns

Dirk Richter

Jens Happy

Sylvia Gerasch

Robert Harting

Tony Martin

Until 1800

• Johann Briesmann ( Jan Brězan , 1488–1549), Sorbian Protestant theologian and reformer
• Johann Mantel II (around 1495 - around 1542), Lutheran theologian
• Petrus Praetorius ( Peter Richter , 1528? –1588), German Protestant theologian and writer
• Jakob Janus (1530–1583), Sorbian Lutheran theologian
• Michael Scharbe (1650–1723), painter
• Johann Gottfried Ohnefalsch Richter (1703–1765), Protestant pastor, wrote the first Cottbus history
• Friedrich Wilhelm Hoeder (1713 - around 1768), painter and etcher
• Jakob Immanuel Pyra (1715–1744), poet
• Hans Heinrich Adam von Schütz (1715–1745), Lieutenant Colonel
• Friedrich Anton Ulrich Carl Leopold von Kleist (1765–1833), major general
• Johann Carl Ludwig Schmid (1780–1849), architect and construction clerk
• Friedrich August Pischon (1785–1857), historian, preacher, publicist and Protestant theologian
• Friedrich Wilhelmi , actually Friedrich Wilhelm von Pannwitz (1788–1852), castle actor in Vienna
• Heinrich Bolzenthal (1796–1870), numismatist
• Carl Blechen (1798–1840), landscape painter

1801 to 1900

• Heinrich Vester (1806-1891), painter
• Ferdinand von Mertens (1808–1896), Prussian lieutenant general
• Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), photographer
• Gustav Feckert (1820–1899), painter and lithographer
• Auguste Löber (née Feige) (1824–1897), founder of the Auguste monastery
• Wilhelm Riedel (1829–1916), manufacturer and founder of several charitable institutions
• Richard von Koch (1834–1910), lawyer, judge and President of the Reichsbank
• Hermann August Krüger (1834–1908), painter of the Düsseldorf School
• Amalie Marby (1834-1915), writer
• Gustav Theodor Fritsch (1838–1927), anatomist, anthropologist and physiologist
• Hugo Ruff (1843–1924), local history researcher
• Otto Hugo Paul Grottkau (1846–1898) socialist and trade unionist and American journalist
• Paul Eduard Crodel (1862–1928), landscape painter
• Richard Hoffmann (1863–1939), physician, royal Saxon professor
• Hermann Bachmann (1864–1937), opera singer and director and singing teacher
• Franz Hirschfeld (1868–1924), poet and dramatist - Hirschfeld also wrote under the pseudonym Franz Röhr
• Julius Freund (1869–1941), entrepreneur and art collector
• Alfred Vogel (1875–1938), director of the German Reich's Audit Office
• Hermann Elias (1876–1955), meteorologist and aeronaut
• Ernst Krause (1876–1963), Prussian administrative officer, mayor and councilor
• Otto Schliack (1880–1960), gymnastics functionary, high school professor and textbook author
• Ehrhardt Post (1881–1947), chess master and official
• Theodor Kotzur (1883–1953), trade unionist and politician
• Frieda Nugel (1884–1966), mathematician
• Bruno Dickhoff (* 1885; † before 1968), politician and resistance fighter
• Reinhold Platz (1886–1966), aircraft designer
• Friedrich Schönemann (1886–1956), literary scholar and Americanist
• Hermann Hammerschmidt (1887–1944), lawyer and notary
• Albert Förster (1888–1958), labor leader and resistance fighter
• Willi Budich (1890–1938), politician
• Max Döring (1893–1974), politician and resistance fighter, Lord Mayor of Cottbus (1945–1946) and honorary citizen of the city
• Oskar Lecher (1893–1947), chemist
• Ernst Erich Buder (1896–1962), composer
• Ruth Cyron-Noél (1899–?), Writer
• Joachim Hossenfelder (1899–1976), Protestant theologian and clergyman
• Arno Schirokauer (1899–1954), writer and Germanist

1901 to 1925

• Günther Birkenfeld (1901–1966), writer
• Karl Theobald Gauweiler (1909–1942), politician (NSDAP)
• Hans Höffner (1901–1987), General
• Karl-Albrecht Tiemann (1902–1955), philologist, secret service employee and victim of the GDR justice system
• Gerhard Holz (1903–1988), politician
• Otto Pecher (1903–1996), judge at the Federal Labor Court
• Gerhard Just (1904–1977), actor and voice actor
• Willy Jannasch (1905–1938), resistance fighter
• Siegfried Schwela (1905–1942), SS-Hauptsturmführer and medical officer in the Auschwitz concentration camp
• Erich Petraschk (1906–1981), actor
• Erwin Helmchen (1907–1981), football player
• Karl Jordan (1907–1984), historian and medievalist
• Harry Braun (1908–1979), dermatologist
• Rolf Keilbach (1908–2001), entomologist and zoologist
• Paul Winzer (1908–?), Head of the Miranda de Ebro concentration camp
• Carlheinz Walter (1913–?), Writer
• Adolphe Low (1915–2012), member of the French resistance movement
• Walter Brandin (1920–1995), songwriter, screenwriter and translator
• Helmut Hammerschmidt (1920–1998), journalist, director of the SWF and chairman of the ARD
• Günter Fuhlisch (1921–2013), band leader and trombonist
• Gert Kalow (1921–1991), writer and publicist
• Hermann Strich (1921–2014), lawyer and administrative officer
• Hans Jähde (1922–1983), politician
• Gerd Wiegand (1922–1994), architect
• Klaus Becker (1923–1971), cabaret artist and actor
• Hans Schadewaldt (1923–2009), medical historian
• Joachim-Friedrich Schulze (1924–2010), classical philologist
• Wolfgang Hammerschmidt (1925–1999), dramaturge
• Helmut Preißler (1925–2010), poet, writer and re-poet

1926 to 1950

• Oskar Klose (1926–1976), sports reporter
• Heinz Florian Oertel (* 1927), reporter, presenter and actor
• Michaela Andörfer (1928–2014), religious, superior general of the Hedwig Sisters
• Günter Geißler (1929–2006), pop singer
• Manfred Jordan (1929–1996), writer and screenwriter
• Knut Müller (1929–2016), lawyer, police chief of Frankfurt am Main and regional president
• Waltraud Wietbrock (1929–1997), politician
• Annemarie Hummel (* around 1930), actress
• Dieter Perlwitz (1930–2019), actor and director
• Christa Zellmer (1930–2002), politician
• Richard Johannes Meiser (1931–1995), medical professor and university president
• Wolfgang Pasquay (1931–2006), pianist, composer and music teacher
• Heinrich-Otto von Hagen (* 1933), zoologist and university professor
• Werner Bramke (1938–2011), politician
• Ulrich Rößler (* 1939), solid-state physicist
• Klaus-Jürgen Jacob (1940–2013), biologist and director of the Cottbus zoo
• Klaus Peter (* 1940), hammer thrower
• Winfried Thiel (* 1940), Protestant theologian
• Heide-Linde Mehlitz (1941–1988), functionary of the FDJ and the DFD
• Hartmut Bietz (1942–2020), composer
• Christian Bode (* 1942), science manager and general secretary of the DAAD in Bonn
• Edith Franke (* 1942), politician
• Gerda Kupferschmied (* 1942), high jumper
• Uta Levka (born 1942), actress
• Tilman Nagel (* 1942), orientalist and Islamic scholar
• Volker Ziegenhagen (* 1944), soccer goalkeeper
• Manfred Duchrow (* 1943), soccer player
• Jürgen Gosch (1943–2009), theater director
• Peter Butschkow (* 1944), cartoonist
• Hans-Otto Georgii (1944–2017), mathematician
• Uwe Kockisch (* 1944), actor
• Peter Milling (* 1944), academic
• Georg Michael Welzel (1944–1974), GDR refugee
• Barbara Kühnert (* 1947), ancient historian
• Wolfgang Lehmann (1948–1996), football player
• Bernd Kluge (* 1949), numismatist

1951 to 1975

• Angelika Böttiger (* 1951), actress
• Charlie Eitner (* 1952), guitarist
• Martin Gutzeit (* 1952), theologian and politician
• Klaus-Michael Körner (* 1952), politician
• Ulrike Bruns (* 1953), track and field athlete
• Klaus Zylla (* 1953), painter and graphic artist
• Karl-Heinz Jahn (* 1954), football player
• Matthias Körner (* 1954), painter
• Peter Brasch (1955–2001), writer
• Detlef Müller (1955–2016), soccer player
• Michael Noack (* 1955), soccer player
• Wolfgang Pietsch (* 1955), football player
• Simone Wendler (* 1955), chemist, journalist, chief reporter
• Ralf Lempke (* 1956), soccer player
• Frank Szymanski (* 1956), politician
• Karin Roßley (* 1957), track and field athlete
• Sebastian Baur (* 1957), musician
• Rainer Pietsch (* 1957), soccer player
• Rudi Fink (* 1958), amateur boxer and boxing trainer
• Martina Eitner-Acheampong (* 1960), actress
• Petra Nadvornik (* 1960), opera singer
• Klaus Pohle (* 1960), soccer player
• Oliver Bukowski (* 1961), playwright and radio play author
• Rüdiger Perka (* 1962), racing cyclist
• Dietmar Drabow (* 1963), soccer player
• Petra Kabus (1963–2013), Germanist, author and publisher's editor
• Maik Pohland (* 1963), soccer player
• Gabriele Reinsch (* 1963), track and field athlete
• Dirk Richter (* 1964), swimmer
• Kerstin Förster (* 1965), rower
• Oliver Hohlfeld (* 1965), author, dramaturge and theater photographer
• Jens Melzig (* 1965), soccer player
• Michael Wawrok (* 1965), football player
• Ronald Triller (* 1965), volleyball player
• Stefan Fischer (* 1966), journalist
• Jens Glücklich (* 1966), racing cyclist
• Michael Schulze (* 1966), racing cyclist
• Thomas Will (* 1966), racing cyclist
• Jens Lipsdorf (* 1967), politician
• Christian Frischke (* 1968), soccer player
• Mario Eick (* 1969), theater director and director
• Sylvia Gerasch (* 1969), swimmer
• Michael Bresagk (* 1970), ice hockey player
• Ulrike Klotz (* 1970), gymnast
• Torsten Weil (* 1970), politician
• Mirko Borscht (* 1971), director and screenwriter
• Tom Kühnel (* 1971), director
• Momo Kohlschmidt (* 1971), actress and singer
• Toralf Konetzke (* 1972), soccer player
• Marco Geisler (* 1974), rower
• Ronny Gersch (* 1974), entrepreneur and football official
• Susan Levermann (* 1975), author

From 1976

• Anke Rähm (* 1976), actress
• Matthias Loehr (* 1977), politician
• Andreas Richter (* 1977), soccer player
• Jörg Scherbe (* 1977), soccer player
• Lars Schieske (* 1977), professional firefighter and politician (AfD)
• Katja Preuß (* 1978), actress and speaker
• Dietmar Wuttke (* 1978), soccer player
• Martin Kaps (* 1979), actor
• Ellen Haußdörfer (* 1980), politician
• Torsten Mattuschka (* 1980), soccer player
• Thomas Neubert (* 1980), football player
• Jörg Wartenberg (* 1981), ice hockey player
• Marcel Heinig (* 1981), extreme athlete
• Robert Juckel (* 1981), artistic gymnast
• Trixi Worrack (* 1981), racing cyclist
• Ulrike Müller (* 1981), theater director
• Markus Papiernik (* 1981), gymnast and stuntman
• Janice Behrendt (* 1983), beauty queen and model
• Daniel Musiol (* 1983), racing cyclist
• Robert Harting (* 1984), discus thrower
• Kristina Tschulik (* 1984), chemistry professor
• Matthias Peßolat (* 1985), soccer player
• Doctorate (* 1985), rapper
• Tony Martin (* 1985), racing cyclist
• Mathias Belka (* 1986), racing cyclist
• Hannes Lindt (* 1986), handball player
• Toni Podpolinski (* 1986), handball player
• Christian Poser (* 1986), bobsledder
• Benjamin Starke (* 1986), swimmer
• Stephanie Pohl (* 1987), racing cyclist
• Stephanie Gaumnitz (* 1987), racing cyclist
• Tino Meier (* 1987), racing cyclist
• Martin Reimer (* 1987), racing cyclist
• Florian Prokop (* 1988), actor
• Charlene Delev (* 1989), racing cyclist
• Andy Hebler (* 1989), soccer player
• Heiko Schwarz (* 1989), soccer player
• Christoph Harting (* 1990), discus thrower
• Jana Majunke (* 1990), paracycler
• Nico Heßlich (* 1990), cyclist
• Steve Hanusch (* 1990), ice hockey player
• Nele Schenker (* 1990), presenter and athlete
• Eric Engler (* 1991), track cyclist
• Franziska Heyder (* 1992), actress
• Robert Kanter (* 1992), cyclist
• Christian Diener (* 1993), swimmer
• Willi Willwohl (* 1994), racing cyclist
• Christian Koch (* 1996), cyclist
• Michael Czyborra (born 1997), football player
• Anna Dietterle (* 1997), swimmer
• Annika-Marie Fuchs (* 1997), javelin thrower
• Moritz Meißner (* 1997), cyclist
• Jonas Zickert (* 1997), soccer player
• Max Kanter (* 1997), cyclist

Personalities who have worked or are working on site

Hermann von Pückler-Muskau

Ludwig Leichhardt

Carl Thiem

• Reinhard von Cottbus , Lord of Cottbus (1431 to 1445)
• Christian Friedrich Wilkens (1722–1784), superintendent and first pastor of the upper church, scientist
• William Cockerill, Junior (1784–1847), English textile machine and wool manufacturer
• Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), registrar, landscape architect, writer and traveler
• Heinrich Ludwig Bolze (1813–1888), senior teacher and writer
• Ludwig Leichhardt (1813–1848), explorer and explorer of Australia
• Paul Friedrich Bronisch (1830–1898), Sorbian pastor, archdeacon of the monastery church
• Gottlob Dittmar (1839–1891), educator and author
• Emil Oskar Schulz (1846–1927), city councilor and brewery owner
• Paul Werner (1848–1927), politician, Lord Mayor of Cottbus
• Carl Thiem (1850–1917), founder of trauma surgery in Germany
• Ewald Schulz (1850–1906), city councilor and architect
• Abraham Hammerschmidt (1858–1934), lawyer and notary, city councilor of Cottbus
• Ewald Müller (1862–1932), local poet and local researcher, teacher at Cottbus schools
• Georg Schlesinger (1870–1942), merchant, head of the Jewish community in Cottbus
• Michael Bey (1876–1947), politician and resistance fighter, mayor of Ströbitz
• Gustav Schuft (1876–1948), gymnast, two-time winner of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896
• Bruno Ernst Buchrucker (1878–1966), officer, leader of the Kapp Putsch in Cottbus
• Wilhelm Bode (* 1886 † between 1942 and 1945), locksmith, trade unionist and resistance fighter
• Josef Thomas (1895–1975), politician, judge and resistance fighter
• Georg Dix (1897–1967), politician and resistance fighter
• Heinz Reinefarth (1903–1979), lawyer, SS group leader, war criminal and politician
• Ernst-Rulo Welcker (1904–1971), surgeon, medical director of the district hospital, member of the Brandenburg State Parliament
• Gerhard Guder (1924–2013), architect and urban planner
• Heinz Kluge (1924–2014), politician, Lord Mayor of Cottbus
• Helmut Rippl (* 1925), garden and landscape architect , park monument curator, Pückler researcher, gardener and publicist
• Werner Walde (1926–2010), politician, 1st secretary of the SED district leadership in Cottbus
• Dorothea Kleine (1928-2010), writer
• Günther Friedrich (1930–1986), painter, draftsman and graphic artist
• Josef Horntrich (1930–2017), surgeon, medical director of the Carl Thiem Clinic
• Heinz Mamat (1930–2017), sculptor, visual artist
• Gottfried Dominok (1932-2010), bone pathologist
• Lothar Graap (* 1933), composer and church musician
• Helmut Routschek (1934–2016), writer
• Jurij Koch (* 1936), Sorbian writer
• Hans-Dieter Grabe (* 1937), documentary filmmaker
• Christoph Schroth (* 1937), director and theater manager
• Joochen Laabs (* 1937), writer
• Eduard Geyer (* 1944), national soccer coach GDR; then with Energie Cottbus in the Bundesliga
• Achim Mentzel (1946–2016), musician and television presenter
• Kristian Pech (* 1946), writer
• Hans Scheuerecker (* 1951), painter
• Rosemarie Ackermann (* 1952), high jumper, first woman over 2 m
• Sigrun von Hasseln-Grindel (* 1952) judge, legal educator
• Hans-Joachim Hartnick (* 1955), road cyclist
• Franziska Steinhauer (* 1962), writer
• Walter Schönenbröcher (* 1964), artist and filmmaker
• Marco Rudolph (* 1970), boxer
• Audio88 (born 1983), rapper
• Alexander Knappe (* 1985), musician
• Philipp Boy (* 1987), artistic gymnast
• Maximilian Levy (* 1987), track cyclist

See also

• List of honorary citizens of the city of Cottbus
• List of the Lord Mayors of the City of Cottbus

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau Cottbus from July 5, 2014: During his term of office, Cottbus is changing into a big city. The former Lord Mayor of Cottbus, Heinz Kluge, died at the age of 89 , accessed on July 5, 2014

literature

• Arielle Kohlschmidt, Siegfried Kohlschmidt and Thomas Kläber: Cottbus: 1156–2006 - 850 years . CGA-Verlag, Cottbus 2005, ISBN 3-937503-12-9 . Pp. 226-235