List of personalities of the city of Gütersloh

This list includes people who were born in the German city of Gütersloh or who have a special relationship with this city. The honorary citizens are recorded in the list of honorary citizens of Gütersloh .

sons and daughters of the town

Born in Gütersloh:

image	Year of birth	Surname	Year of death	job
	1791	Carl Bertelsmann	1850	Printer and publisher
	1792	Franz Ludwig Jörgens	1842	Protestant preacher and hymn poet
	1803	Friedrich Wilhelm Stohlmann	1886	Doctor, local politician and meteorologist
	1818	Otto Lüning	1868	Social politician, journalist and doctor for the poor
	1821	Carl Zumwinkel	1913	doctor
	1833	Adolph Bermpohl	1887	Navigation instructor and initiator of the organized sea rescue service
	1833	Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen	1910	pathologist
	1836	Peter Heinrich Brincker	1904	Missionary in German South West Africa
	1845	Johann Hermann Hunter	1920	Photographer and bookbinder
	1861	Hans Schöttler	1945	Protestant clergyman
	1853	August Hermann Franke	1891	Theologian and hymn poet
	1862	Theodor Rumpel	1923	surgeon
	1872	Willy Ruhenstroth	1957	Entrepreneur ("Wirus")
	1883	Heinrich Jacob Feuerborn	1979	zoologist
	1883	Ludwig Muller	1945	Reich Bishop (1933–1945)
	1883	Fritz Steinhaus	1937	writer
	1885	Heinrich Mohn	1955	publisher
	1886	Paul Westerfrölke	1975	Landscape painter and ornithologist
	1887	Otto Feuerborn	1965	Forester and district administrator
	1894	Burghard Vossen	1981	Textile manufacturer
	1895	Paul Schürmann	1941	Tuberculosis researcher
	1909	Wilhelm Viertmann	1943	Lutheran theologian
	1921	Reinhard Mohn	2009	Entrepreneur
	1925	Wilhelm Varnholt	1983	Politician (SPD)
	1925	Gerhard Boeden	2010	President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (1987–1991)
	1926	Hans Werner Henze	2012	composer
	1926	Friedrich Deinhardt	1992	Microbiologist and virologist
	1926	Kurt-Christian Bull	2016	Violinist and concert master
	1929	Rudolf Miele	2004	Entrepreneur
	1930	Paul Consbruch	2012	Auxiliary bishop
	1935	Werner Gehring		Entrepreneur
	1937	Axel Hinrich Murken		Medical and art historian
	1937	Georg Michael Gausling		Glass artist
	1938	Wolf Hilbertz	2007	Architect, inventor and marine scientist
	1938	Horst Tappe	2005	photographer
	1941	Fritz Gottenströter		one of the first two sailors of the Little Mecatina River in Canada
	1942	Helmut Heine		Industrial clerk and cultural sponsor
	1943	Jürgen Hunke		Entrepreneur, author, politician and football official
	1943	Hermann Korfmacher		Football official
	1946	Günter Eichberg		Football official
	1946	Holger Bertrand Flöttmann		Neurologist, psychiatrist and psychotherapist
	1946	Rolf Theiss		one of the first two sailors of the Little Mecatina River in Canada
	1949	Hajo Banzhaf	2009	Author and tarot expert
	1951	Heinrich-Wilhelm Johannsmann		Show jumper
	1951	Guntram Schneider	2020	Minister for Labor, Integration and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
	1953	Joachim Thalmann		Musicologist
	1954	Reinhard Becker		Graphic designer, publisher and author
	1954	Rainer Wend		Politician (SPD)
	1955	Heinz-Günter Bongartz		Auxiliary Bishop in Hildesheim
	1955	George Kochbeck		Rock and fusion musician, film composer
	1959	Reinhard Zinkann		Entrepreneur (Miele)
	1960	Birgit Lechtermann		TV presenter
	1960	Silke-Thora Matthies		Pianist and university rector
	1960	Bettina Schmidt-Czaia		Historian and archivist
	1961	Claudia Bernhard		Politician (Die Linke), Member of the Bundestag
	1961	Peter Kreutz		pianist
	1963	Claus Grabke		Skateboarders, musicians
	1963	Martin Scholz		journalist
	1965	Constanza Droop		Children's book illustrator ("Felix")
	1965	Konstantin Graudus		actor
	1965	Martin Kollenberg		Soccer player
	1966 or 1967	Brigitte Büscher		Journalist
	1966	Frank Hoffmann		Media manager
	1967	Sven Authorsen		Figure skater
	1967	Hendrik Thoma		Sommelier and author
	1968	Markus Miele		Entrepreneur
	1968	Andreas Mohn		Author and founder
	1968	Uwe Westermann		Soccer player
	1969	Oliver Piper		actor
	1970	Jörg Sundermeier		publisher
	1971	Sascha Demand		Musician
	1971	Thilo Gosejohann		Director
	1975	Diana Amft		actress
	1975	Micha-El Goehre		Book author, musician and poetry slammer
	1976	Thorsten Drücker		Classical guitarist and composer
	1976	Simon Gosejohann		Actor, presenter and comedian
	1976	Marco Hagemann		Sports commentator
	1976	Sandra S. Leonhard		actress
	1979	Dennis Koeckstadt		pianist
	1979	Alice Weidel		Management consultant and politician (AfD)
	1980	Christina Kampmann		Politician (SPD)
	1981	Thorsten Stuckmann		Soccer player
	1981	Laas Unltd.		rapper
	1988	Anna-Maria Zimmermann		singer
	1988	MaKss Damage		Rapper and Neo-Nazi
	1990	Maximilian Oesterhelweg		Soccer player
	1994	Annabel Hunter		Soccer player
	1994	Patrick Mainka		Soccer player
	1996	Patrick Choroba		Soccer player
	2000	Vivien Sczesny		actress

Other personalities

Not born in Gütersloh, but who work or have worked in the city are:

Year of birth	Surname	Year of death	job	Relation to Gütersloh
1941	Erhard Ahmann	2005	Soccer player	lived in Gütersloh
1900	Heinz Beck	1981	painter	lived in Gütersloh
1970	Oliver Beerhenke		Comedian	lives in Gütersloh
1949	Klaus Brandner		MP, member of the board of the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag	1998 to 2007 1st authorized representative of IG Metall Gütersloh
1981	Wibke brake		MdL	lives in Gütersloh
1912	Matthias Büchel	1999	Singer and conductor	was the head of the municipal music association Gütersloh and municipal music director
1984	Josef Çınar		Soccer player	grew up in Gütersloh
1933	Klaus Dörner		psychiatrist	was the medical director of the Westphalian Clinic
1912	Martin Eichler	1992	mathematician	was a boarding school student in Gütersloh from 1923 to 1930
1807	Friedrich Hermann Eickhoff	1886	Teacher and organist	lived in Gütersloh from 1829
1805	Friedrich David Groneweg	1886	Politician	was head of the city council
1909	Wilhelm Hahn	1996	Protestant theologian and Minister of Culture of Baden-Württemberg	was a student at the Evangelisch Stiftisches Gymnasium
1902	Martin Harlinghausen	1986	Officer, member of the Condor Legion, Lieutenant General of the Air Force	died in Gütersloh
1926	Carl Theodor Hütterott		composer	was a music teacher at the ESG in Gütersloh, composed a. a. two Gütersloh musicals
1939	Jürgen Jentsch		Politician	was a member of the city council from 1975 to 2004, and from 1985 to 2005 a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
1905	Karl John	1977	actor	died in Gütersloh
1959	Rolf Kalb		Sports journalist	lives in Gütersloh
1846	Jan Karafiát	1929	Pastor and writer	was a student at the Evangelisch Stiftisches Gymnasium
1925	Manfred Köhnlechner	2002	Manager and naturopath	was General Manager of the Bertelsmann Group (1957 to 1970)
1984	Thiemo Kraas		Composer and conductor	lives in Gütersloh, head of the youth music corps Avenwedde
1931	Hermann Kreutz		Church musician	in Gütersloh 1956–1990, church music director, conductor of the Bach choir
1856	Johannes Kuhlo	1941	"Trombone Choir Pioneer"	initiated the high school trombone choir Gütersloh
1918	Dieter Mauritz	1988	Table tennis player and official	worked as a lawyer in Gütersloh
1890	Artur Mahraun	1950	"Grand Master" of the Young German Order	lived and died in Gütersloh
1835	August Meyer	1908	Mediciners	opened a practice in Gütersloh in 1863
1953	Thomas Middelhoff		Manager	from 1986 to 2002 at Bertelsmann
1869	Carl Miele	1938	Entrepreneur	Founder of Miele , relocated the company to Gütersloh
1941	Liz Poppy		Entrepreneur	lives in Gütersloh
1934	Hans-Dieter Musch		Journalist and author	Gütersloh chronicler, inventor of the "Gütersloher Fuhrmann" and the "Gütersloh ham market"
1871	Gottlieb Redecker	1945	Civil engineer	died in Gütersloh
1888	Gerhard Ritter	1967	historian	attended the Evangelisch Stiftisches Gymnasium
1970	Uwe Rosenberg		Game designer	has lived in Gütersloh since January 2006
1965	Stephan Rürup		Cartoonist	graduated from the ESG in 1985, did community service in the Hermann-Geibel-Haus
1859	August Schatzlein	1930	Teacher, homeland researcher	directed the Catholic community school in Gütersloh
1924	Hans Richard Schittny	2009	Pharmacist, author	lived in Gütersloh
1867	Hermann Simon	1947	psychiatrist	Headed the Provincial Sanatorium and Nursing Home in Gütersloh
1952	Lena Strothmann		Member of the Bundestag and President of the Chamber of Crafts Ostwestfalen-Lippe zu Bielefeld	runs a fashion studio in Gütersloh-Isselhorst (Kleegräfe and Strothmann "Die Couturiers").
1947	Karin Struck	2006	Writer	lived in Gütersloh for a few years
1942	Gunter Thielen		Manager	Chairman of the Executive Board of the Bertelsmann Foundation
1796	Johann H. Volkening	1877	theologian	worked as a pastor in Gütersloh from 1827 to 1838
1966	Oliver Welke		Comedian	graduated from ESG in 1985 and worked at Westfalen-Blatt in Gütersloh from 1987 to 1994
1901	Otto Winkelstrater	1955	painter	lived and worked in Gütersloh between 1934 and 1946
1914	Walter Th. Winkler	1984	psychiatrist	headed the Gütersloh State Hospital in the 1960s
1902	Woldemar Winkler	2004	Painter and sculptor	lived in Niehorst for several decades
1938	Mark Woessner		Manager	from 1968 to 2000 at Bertelsmann

Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 22.4 "  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 32.5"  E