List of personalities of the city of Güstrow
The list of personalities in the city of Güstrow includes well-known people who were born or lived and worked in Güstrow .
Honorary citizen
sons and daughters of the town
To 1900
- Joachim Coch (≈1500–1567), Mayor of Güstrow
- Johann VII. (1558–1592), ruling Duke of Mecklenburg in the Schwerin region (1576–92)
- Johannes Corvinus (1583–1646), Lutheran theologian in Stralsund and Danzig
- Christoph Gerdes (1590–1661), Mayor of Lübeck
- Sophie Elisabeth (1613–1676), daughter of Duke Johann Albrecht II, Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, composer and writer
- Christine Margarete (1615–1666), daughter of Duke Johann Albrecht II, Duchess of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]
- Daniel Michaelis (1621–1652), Protestant theologian and university professor
- Josua Arnd (1626–1687), Protestant theologian, historian and hymn poet
- Christian Geist (≈1640–1711), composer and organist
- Louise (1667–1721), daughter of Duke Gustav Adolf, Queen of Denmark
- Johann Christopher Jauch (1669–1725), Protestant clergyman and poet, last court and palace preacher at Güstrow
- Auguste (1674–1756), daughter of Duke Gustav Adolf, Duchess of Mecklenburg [-Güstrow], pietistic reformer
- Joachim Daniel von Jauch (1688–1754), engineer officer and architect
- Georg Christoph Detharding (1699–1784), physician
- Georg Wilhelm Detharding (1701–1782), Lübeck mayor
- Joachim Georg Darjes (1714–1791), Rector of the Brandenburg University in Frankfurt
- Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Kämpffer (1753–1821), Superintendent of Gr. B. Nordhausen
- Karl von Zeppelin (1766–1801), diplomat, Minister of State in Württemberg
- Ferdinand Ludwig von Zeppelin (1772–1829), Minister and Member of Parliament in Württemberg
- Fanny Tarnow (1779–1862), writer
- Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847), Romantic painter
- Löser Cohen (1787–1873), volunteer hunter in the Wars of Liberation, sculptor
- Hermann Vermehren (1792–1858), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and consistorial councilor in Mecklenburg
- Georg Sibeth (1793–1880), landlord and Low German writer
- Heinrich Friedrich Francke (1805–1848), hydrologist
- Adolf Fuchs (1805–1885), author, Texas settler
- Pauline Steinhäuser (1809–1866), history and genre painter
- Ludwig Gabillon (1825–1896), actor and director
- Karl Holsten (1825–1897), theologian in Bern and Heidelberg, rector of Heidelberg University
- Wilhelm von Wickede (1830–1895), Vice Admiral
- Georg Wiese (1830–1888), sculptor
- August Scheffers (1832–1888), architect and university professor
- Zerlina Gabillon (1834-1892), actress and translator
- Albert Schmidt (1836–1912), poet lawyer
- Paul Spangenberg (1843–1918), painter
- Louis Noebe (1843–1931), cellist and violin maker
- Anna von Sprewitz (1847–1923), deaconess and benefactor
- Richard Quitzow (1853–1927), bookseller and politician
- Carl Paschen (1857–1923), Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy
- Hermann Maul (1859–1926), merchant, honorary citizen and senator in Harburg
- Otto Vermehren (1861–1917), painter, draftsman and copyist, first German director of the Uffizi in Florence
- Robert Hinrichsen (1863–1926), lawyer and notary
- Friedrich Lorentz (1870–1937), Slavist
- Otto Söffing (1875–1952), newspaper editor
- Carl Koch (1879–1965), lawyer, politician and mayor of Schönberg in Mecklenburg
- Heinrich Heydemann (1881–1973), lawyer and politician, Mayor of Güstrow from 1919 to 1935
- Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881–1955), pianist and music teacher
- Helmut Yström (1881–1963), Senator in Bremen
- Gustav Havemann (1882–1960), violinist, head of the Reichsmusikkammer
- Rudolf Pechel (1882–1961), journalist, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
- Max Heydemann (1884–1956), politician (USPD, KPD, SPD)
- Theodor Hoelty-Nickel (1894–1986), German-American theologian and musician
- Ulrich Neckel (1898–1928), fighter pilot in World War I, holder of the Pour le Mérite
From 1901
- Egon Wiberg (1901–1976), chemist and professor
- Karl-Heinz Bürger (1904–1988), SS-Oberführer, Colonel of the Police, and SS and Police Leader
- Wolfgang Heilmann (1913–1992), philosopher and university professor
- Ursula Sellschopp (1915–1998), gynecologist and honorary citizen of the city of Frankfurt (Oder)
- Harry Lehmann (1924–1998), physicist
- Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (* 1933), jazz musician
- Henning von Ondarza (* 1933) General a. D. (Inspector of the Army)
- Michael Hansen (* 1940), pop singer, composer and producer
- Peter Randt (* 1941), handball player
- Jochen Both (* 1941), athlete
- Gerd Roggensack (* 1941), soccer player and coach
- Christian Beckmann (* 1943), agricultural engineer and politician
- Jan Harff (* 1943), geologist
- Rudolf Piernay (* 1943), singing and university teacher
- Katrin Alvarez (* 1944), painter
- Gisela Jaacks (* 1944), folklorist and former director of the Museum of Hamburg History
- Rita Gildemeister (* 1947 in Klueß), track and field athlete
- Reinhard Fißler (1949–2016), musician
- Paul Krüger (* 1950), politician (CDU)
- Peter Kurth (* 1957), actor
- Karen Stramm (* 1961), politician
- Holger Schneider (* 1963), handball player and coach
- Torsten Voss (* 1963), track and field athlete and bobsleigh athlete
- Dorette König (* 1964), manager
- Frank-Peter Roetsch (* 1964), biathlete
- Fred Radig (1965–2019), handball player
- Simone Katrin Paul (* 1966), writer and translator
- Dirk Audehm (* 1967), actor, theater director and singer
- Patrick Kühl (* 1968), swimmer, silver medal winner at the Olympics
- Christina Schultz (* 1969), volleyball player
- Bertram Reinecke (* 1974), writer
- Enrico Janoschka (* 1975), motorcycle track racer
- Mirko Wolter (* 1976), speedway driver
- Anja Schiffel (* 1977), actress
- Jessy Wellmer (* 1979), television presenter and journalist
- Michael Köhler (* 1984), handball player
Personalities who have worked locally
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Detail of the sculpture by Uwe Johnson in front of the John-Brinckman-Gymnasium, created by Wieland Förster
- Jacob Coler (1537-1612), superintendent in Güstrow 1599-1612
- Sophie (1557–1631), daughter of Duke Ulrich, Queen of Denmark; spent her youth in Güstrow until 1572
- Christian IV (1577–1648), grandson of Duke Ulrichs, King of Denmark; spent part of his childhood at the Güstrower Hof
- Theophilus Neuberger (1593–1656), reformed clergyman and theologian, was court preacher in Güstrow
- Samuel Gercke († 1693), organ builder and organist in Güstrow
- Carl Noebe (1800–1866), cathedral organist and organ builder in Güstrow
- Heinrich Kaehler (1804–1878), sculptor; took over his brother-in-law's iron foundry in 1847 and was successful as an entrepreneur in Güstrow
- John Brinckman (1814-1870), Low German writer; lived and worked in Güstrow since 1849 and was a teacher at the secondary school
- August Viereck (1825–1865), portrait painter; spent the last three years of his life and creativity in Güstrow
- Robert Balck (1831–1907), Mecklenburg administrative lawyer and Oberlanddrost
- Heinrich Wilke (1869–1952), portraitist, landscape and history painter, worked in Güstrow from 1917 until his death
- Ernst Barlach (1870–1938), sculptor; lived and worked in Güstrow from 1910 until his death. Many of his works are exhibited here. Honorary citizen (posthumously) since October 1, 2010
- Paul Korff (1875–1945), architect; attended school in Güstrow and built a few houses in the city up to the First World War
- Martin Eggert (1883–1978), architect; worked as senator, town planning director and managing director of the building cooperative "Neue Heimat"
- Hans Albers (1891–1960), actor; made her debut at the Stadttheater Güstrow in the 1912/13 season
- Gerhard Bosinski (1911–1985), Protestant theologian; was cathedral preacher in Güstrow Cathedral after the Second World War
- Karl Heinz Robrahn (1913–1987), poet; attended high school in Güstrow
- Karl-Ernst Sommerfeldt (1926–2015), language historian, Germanist, professor at the Güstrow University of Education
- Egon Schmidt (1927–1983), children's book writer; was a long-time lecturer at the University of Education.
- Uwe Johnson (1934–1984), writer; passed the matriculation examination at the John Brinckman High School in 1952
- Gunter Rambow (* 1938), graphic designer and photographer; lives in Güstrow since 2003
- Andreas Reinke (* 1969), professional soccer player; worked as a player at Dynamo Güstrow from 1975 to 1985