List of personalities of the city of Genthin
The list of personalities of the city of Genthin contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the city of Genthin in the district of Jerichower Land in Saxony-Anhalt . These are personalities who are honorary citizens, who were born or died here or who worked in Genthin and the incorporated localities and today's districts.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Genthin see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- 1872: Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reich Chancellor
- 1997: Willi Kraning , a committed pastor during the fall of the Berlin Wall
- 2006: Josef Prause , painter and graphic artist, parts of his extensive work can be found in the district museum Jerichower Land Genthin
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Genthin or the incorporated localities or today's districts of the city. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Genthin is irrelevant.
19th century personalities
- Johann Melchior von Morgenstern (1733–1789), Prussian colonel
- Karl Wilhelm von Byern (1737–1800), Prussian major general, chief of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 6 and heir to Lentzke, born in Parchen
- Ludwig Bisky (1817–1863), politician and officer in the American Civil War
- Ludwig Treplin (1834–1924), lawyer, lawyer and Senate President at the Imperial Court
- Gisbert von Bonin (1841–1913), politician, born in Altenplathow
- Rudolf von Byern (1844–1913), manor owner and member of the German Reichstag, born in Parchen
- Kurt Freiherr von Manteuffel (1853–1922), Prussian infantry general
20th century personalities
Edlef Köppen (around 1935)
Dietlind Tiemann (2017)
Bernd Dittert (1988)
- Hugo Kinne (1882–1948), lawyer and attorney as well as Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt (Oder) (1925–1933)
- Otto Model (1884–1964), publicist
- Herms Niel (Hermann Nielebock) (1888–1954), orchestra conductor and composer
- Walter Model (1891–1945), Field Marshal General in World War II
- Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), writer and radio editor
- Annemarie Hübner (1908–1996), German and Dutch scholar
- Ilsemarie Schnering (1916–1995), actress
- Siegfried Lefanczik (1930–2016), walker
- Adolf Lingener (* 1933), university professor in Magdeburg
- Jan Christ (* 1934), writer
- Winfried Bölke (* 1941), professional racing cyclist
- Manfred Helmecke (* 1942), writer
- Uwe Heinemann (1944–2016), neuroscientist and experimental epileptologist
- Gert Loschütz (* 1946), writer
- Norbert Dürpisch (* 1952), cyclist
- Lothar Finzelberg (* 1953), former district administrator of the Jerichower Land district
- Dietlind Tiemann (* 1955), politician (CDU)
- Lars Frank (* 1960), puppeteer and director
- Bernd Dittert (* 1961), cyclist (Olympic champion) and national trainer in track cycling
- Andreas Ehrholdt (* 1961), activist, is the initiator of the Monday demonstrations against social cuts ("Hartz IV demonstrations"), which took place nationwide in 2004
- Michael Schwill (* 1962), painter
- Torsten Rohde (* 1974), writer
- Felix Glücklederer (* 1989), volleyball player
Personalities who died in the city
- Ludwig Heinrich Wilhelm von Arnim (1771–1848), administrative officer, manor owner and member of parliament
- Heinrich von Ostau (1790–1872), Prussian major general, died in Dretzel
- Johannes Daniel Schreitmüller (1842–1885), academic sculptor
- Carl Gubener (1884–1971), swimmer who was active in the early 20th century, started for I. Hannoversche SC 92 and later Magdeburg 96
- Lieselott Enders , b. Olivier (1927–2009), archivist and historian
Personalities associated with the city
Konrad White (1990)
- Georg Weigel (1594–1668), Protestant theologian, from 1620 pastor in Altenplathow
- Johann Friedrich von Printzen (1631–1691), Major General of Brandenburg, head of a cavalry regiment and governor of Spandau and hereditary lord of Jerichow and Altenplathow
- Johannes Gillhoff (1861–1930), writer
- Paul Albrecht (1902–1985), politician (KPD, SED) and trade unionist (FAUD, DMV, RGO, EVMB, FDGB), lived in Genthin at the end of the Second World War
- Erika Bergmann (1915–1996), notorious for her cruelty, guard in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, was also active in Genthin
- Klaus Buchheister (* 1934), politician (CDU), from 1990 to 1994 member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, attended the high school in Genthin
- Werner Nothe (* 1938), former German politician (SED), was Lord Mayor of Magdeburg between 1989 and 1990, and passed his Abitur in Genthin
- Konrad Weiß (* 1942), director, civil rights activist, publicist
- Helmut Halupka (* 1948), politician (SPD), was a member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt from 1998 to 2002, since 1994 city councilor in Genthin, chairman of the SPD city council group
- Willibald Toscher (* 1948), politician (CDU), completed an apprenticeship as an electrician at the Energie Genthin company vocational school
- Felix Storbeck (* 1992), handball player, began his career in 2002 at SC Chemie Genthin