List of personalities of the city of Hagen

This list of the personalities of the city of Hagen includes people who were born or died in the area of today's city of Hagen and are of importance in the encyclopedic sense; also those people who have worked on site or have received honorary citizenship.

Honorary citizen

Liselotte Funcke , honorary citizen of Hagen

2003: Liselotte Funcke (* 1918 in Hagen; † 2012), politician (FDP), Member of the State Parliament, North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Economics, Vice-President of the German Bundestag

1996: Rudolf Loskand (* 1924; † 2003), Lord Mayor

1987: Emil Schumacher (* 1912 in Hagen; † 1999), well-known Informel painter

1967: Ewald Sasse (* 1888; † 1970), City Director

1967: Fritz Steinhoff (* 1897; † 1969 in Hagen), Prime Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 1956–1958, and 1946–1956 honorary Lord Mayor of Hagen

1927: Willi Cuno (* 1860; † 1951), Lord Mayor

1925: Theodor Springmann sen. (* 1840; † 1927); Secret Commerce Councilor, important industrialist in Hagen

1924: Christian Rohlfs (* 1849; † 1938 in Hagen), pioneer of expressionism

1914: Heinrich Willde (* 1834; † 1920), mayor and alderman
1907: Heinrich Schaberg (* 1833; † 1914), secret medical council
1869: Ernst Koch (* 1801; † 1883), post director, head of the post office in Hagen

sons and daughters of the town

politic and economy

Friedrich Harkort

Fritz Steinhoff Monument on Friedrich-Ebert-Platz

Willi Weyer (right)

Johann Friedrich Möller (1750–1807), preacher, researcher and politician (Elsey Abbey)
Bernhard Boecker (1768–1847), wire drawer and inventor, founder of a wire drawing company
Christian Dahlenkamp (1777–1835), businessman and politician
Friedrich Harkort (1793–1880), railway and industrial pioneer and politician (German Progressive Party)
Gustav Harkort (1795–1865), entrepreneur, banker and railway pioneer
Eduard Harkort (1797–1836), mining pioneer and officer in Texas

Georg von Vincke (1811–1875), politician

Caspar Butz (1825–1885), politician and writer, leader of the '48 revolution

Friedrich Lange (1837–1918), industrialist and politician

Eugen Richter (1838–1906), politician (German Progressive Party)

Wilhelm Carl Johann Diederich Post (1852–1896), factory owner

Adolph Müller (1852–1928), entrepreneur, founder of the accumulator factory (later VARTA)

Reinhold Becker (1866–1924), entrepreneur and manager

Emil Hartwig (1873–1943), politician, member of the Reichstag (DNVP and CSVD)

Karl Ernst Osthaus (1874–1921), banker and art patron

Otto Rippel (1878–1957), politician, member of the Reichstag ((DNVP, CSVD, later CDU))

Oscar Funcke (1885–1965), manufacturer and politician (DVP, FDP)

Carl Brandt (1886–1965), rusk manufacturer

Georg von Detten (1887–1934), politician (NSDAP), member of the Reichstag

Friedrich von Basse (1893–1972), politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Weißenfels and Wittenberg

Luise Rehling (1896–1964), politician (CDU)

Karl Jellinghaus (1897–1973), city director, social politician (SPD)

Fritz Steinhoff (1897–1969), politician (SPD)

Wilhelm Römer (1900–1962), politician (NSDAP) and lawyer

Hans Nieland (1900–1976), politician (NSDAP)

Heinrich Hockermann (1900–1980), politician (NSDAP)

Hugo Paul (1905–1962), politician (KPD)

Albert Trumpetter (1906–1964), politician (NSDAP)

Josef Höchst (1907–1996), politician (CDU)

Carlhans Scharpenseel (1907–2002), former federal judge and Senate President at the Federal Court of Justice

Harald Dickertmann (1909–1994), federal judge

Georg von Holtzbrinck (1909–1983), publisher and bookseller

Anton Kurz (1910–1986), administrative officer and city director of the city of Aachen

Baldur Springmann (1912–2003), politician (including NSDAP, Die Grünen, ÖDP) and writer

Artur Axmann (1913–1996), politician (NSDAP) and Reich youth leader

Willi Weyer (1917–1987), politician (NSDAP, FDP)

Liselotte Funcke (1918–2012), politician (FDP)

Eberhard Risse (1920–1975), politician (FDP) and labor judge at the Hagen district court

Marie Schumann (1921–2017), politician (SPD) and long-time district leader in Hohenlimburg

Erwin Niermann (1929–2004), politician (SPD), City Director of the City of Minden (1972–1992)

Gerd Dessel (1930–2010), politician (SPD), mayor of Ennepetal

Lothar Wrede (1930–2019), politician (SPD)

Jürgen Hubbert (* 1939), professor and board member at DaimlerChrysler AG in Stuttgart

Magdalene Hoff (1940-2017), politician (SPD)

Axel Troost (* 1954), economist and politician (Die Linke)

Dirk Nockemann (* 1958), politician (AfD)

Frank Asbeck (* 1959), entrepreneur

Jörg Mielke (* 1959), politician (SPD), head of the Lower Saxony State Chancellery since 2013

Thomas Winkelmann (* 1959), manager and has been CEO of Air Berlin since February 2017

Armin Tebben (* 1960), director of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state parliament since 2001

Wolfgang Jörg (* 1963), politician (SPD), member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia

Thomas Daum (* 1962), rear admiral

Erik Olaf Schulz (* 1965), Lord Mayor of Hagen since 2014

Nadja Büteführ (* 1966), politician (SPD)

Claus Jacobi (* 1971), politician (SPD), mayor of Gevelsberg

Katrin Helling-Plahr (* 1986), politician (FDP)

Art, music and philosophy

Karl-Halle-Monument on the Johanniskirchplatz

Emil Schumacher (1981)

Fritz Emonts (1983)

Rengha Rodewill (2010)

Inga Humpe (2009)

Mousse T (2017)

Carl Schlickum (1808–1869), painter
Karl Halle , alias Sir Charles Hallé (1819–1895), pianist, composer and orchestra leader
Franz Mannstädt (1852–1932), conductor, musician, pianist and court music director
Ida Gerhardi (1862–1927), painter
Karl August Gerhardi (1864–1944), doctor and writer
Paul Freytag (1873–1954), painter and draftsman
Karl Willeke (1875–1956), teacher and author
Wilhelm Schmurr (1878–1959), painter
Hans Roselieb (1884–1945), writer
Wilhelm Claas (1885–1966), university professor, local researcher and photographer
Reinhard Koester (1885–1956), writer
Walther Bötticher (1885–1916), painter and graphic artist
Will Lammert (1892–1957), sculptor
Hansheinrich Dransmann (1894–1964), conductor, composer
Willi Störring (1896–1978), opera singer
Heinrich Brocksieper (1898–1968), painter, photographer and experimental filmmaker
Fritz Sotke (1902–1970), composer and song writer
Heinrich Holthaus (1903–1980), sculptor
Heinrich Hawick (1906–1945), artist
Alfred Dörner (1906–1971), goldsmith and metal designer (including the golden sphere of the Hagen planetary model )
Kaspar Brüninghaus (1907–1971), actor and radio play speaker
Alfred Erich Sistig (1909–1980), dramaturge, radio play author, director and theater director
Ernst Meister (1911–1979), poet, radio play author, narrator and playwright
Carl Baumann (1912–1996), painter and sculptor
Emil Schumacher (1912–1999), painter ( Informel )
Herbert Reinecker (1914–2007), writer and screenwriter
Karl Dönch (1915–1994), opera singer and actor
Helwig Pütter (1920–2003), painter
Fritz Emonts (1920–2003), pianist and piano teacher
Erwin Hegemann (1924–1999), painter, graphic artist, sculptor
Gerda Meyer-Bernstein (* 1924), artist, lives in Chicago
Hildegard Wensch (1926–2004), actress
Margret Homeyer (born 1927), actress
Hans Günter Nöcker (1927–2019), opera singer (bass)
Nicholas Rescher (* 1928), American philosopher
Carlo Ross (1928–2004), writer and survivor of the Holocaust
Hans Werner Grohn (1929–2009), art historian and museum director
Klaus Figge (1934-2006), journalist
Ingrid Kötter (* 1934), children's and youth author
Dieter Schrage (1935–2011), German-Austrian cultural scientist and activist
Rolf Escher (* 1936), artist
Horst Becking (* 1937), painter
Utz Brocksieper (* 1939), sculptor
Uwe Will (* 1941), painter and sculptor
Paul-Werner Kempa (1944–2019), journalist and book author
Dieter Ziegenfeuter (* 1946), graphic artist
Rengha Rodewill (* 1948), photographer, author
Hans Reichel (1949–2011), guitarist, violinist, instrument maker and typographer
Wolfhard Klein (* 1949), journalist, writer
Annette Humpe (* 1950), singer, music producer
Monika Feth (* 1951), journalist and author
Rainer Wemcken (* 1952), film producer
Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf (* 1952), writer
Uli Becker (* 1953), writer
Axel Gundrum (* 1953), painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Inga Humpe (* 1956), pop musician
Kai "Havaii" Schlasse (* 1957), rock musician, author, cartoonist
Oswin Haas (* 1955), piano teacher, pianist and composer
Stefan "Kleinkrieg" Klein (* 1955), rock musician
Roland Koch (* 1959), writer
Uwe Voehl ( Monica Mirelli ) (* 1959), writer and editor
Nena (Gabriele Susanne Kerner) (* 1960), singer
Hansjörg Thurn (* 1960), director and screenwriter
Ariane Krampe (* 1961), television producer
Claus Janzen (* 1962), actor, radio play speaker and director
Olaf Peters (* 1964), art historian
Frank Beermann (* 1965), conductor
Mousse T. (Mustafa Gündogdu) (* 1966), music producer
Stephen Janetzko (* 1966), children's songwriter, author
Maria Ketikidou (* 1966) actress
Martin Molitor (* 1966), film and theater actor
Iris Drögekamp (* 1967), radio play director
Lutz Eikelmann (* 1967), jazz musician
Mambo Kurt (Rainer Limpinsel) (* 1967), musician and solo entertainer
Michael Link (* 1967), music manager and author
Stefan Erbe (* 1968), composer and musician
Jörg Hartmann (* 1969), actor
Barbara Morgenstern (* 1971), musician
Sven-Ingo Koch (* 1974), composer
Jens Pfeifer (* 1976), director and author
Jan-Ole Gerster (* 1978), film director and screenwriter
Tim Neuhaus (* 1979), musician
Farid (* 1981), magician
Julia Hummer (* 1980), actress and musician
Lina Beckmann (* 1981), actress
Birte Wentzek (* 1983), actress
V: NESS (Vanessa Henning) (* 1984), singer
Tobias Schönenberg (* 1986), actor and model
Katharina Woschek (* 1988), actress
Yannic Lippe (* 1993), actor and rapper

Science, technology and research

Eduard Friedrich von Eversmann (around 1850)

Karl-Rudolf Korte (2014)

Eduard Friedrich von Eversmann (1794–1860), biologist and explorer
Carl Bremiker (1804–1877), astronomer and geodesist
Willi Prion (1879–1939), economist
Paul Alsbery (Alsberg) (1882–1965), writer and doctor
Paul Schmidt (1898–1976), technician and inventor
Burkhart Waldecker (1902–1964), Africa researcher and ethnologist
Heinrich Wieschhoff (1906–1961), ethnologist
Walter KB Holz (1908–1993), surveying technician, archivist, founder of the Hagen planetary model
Karl August Bettermann (1913–2005), constitutional lawyer
Helmut Erlinghagen (1915–1987), priest, lecturer, eyewitness to the atomic bombing on Hiroshima
Wolfgang Dürwald (1924–2014), Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Leipzig
Wolfgang Schrage (1928–2017), theologian and university professor
Hans-Georg Retzko (1928–2014), engineering scientist and em. University professor
Hermann Jakobs (* 1930), historian and em. University professor
Werner Kaltefleiter (1937–1998), political scientist and university professor
Detlef König (1938–1981), legal scholar
Rolf Schneider (* 1940), mathematician
Meinolf Dierkes (* 1941), economist (Technical University of Berlin), President of the Berlin Science Center for Social Research (WZB, 1980–1987)
Franz Ellendorff (* 1941), agricultural scientist, university professor and institute director
Michael Binnewies (* 1947), chemist (Chair for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Hanover)
Wolfgang Bonß (* 1952), professor of general sociology at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich
Katharina Morik (* 1954), Professor of Computer Science at the Technical University of Dortmund
Ulrich Papenkort (* 1956), educational scientist
Willibald Steinmetz (* 1957), historian
Martina Blasberg-Kuhnke (* 1958), Catholic theologian
Albrecht Cordes (* 1958), legal historian and university professor
Karl-Rudolf Korte (* 1958), political scientist
Elmar Güthoff (* 1961), Catholic theologian and professor at LMU Munich
Frank Stadermann (1962–2010), professor of space science at Washington University in St. Louis
Jürgen Herget (* 1965), geography professor
Göran Kauermann (* 1965), statistician and professor at LMU Munich
Kai Cieliebak (* 1966), Professor (Chair for Analysis and Geometry) at the University of Augsburg
Christhard Lück (* 1967), Protestant theologian, religious educator
Jörn Lüdemann (* 1970), lawyer
Thorsten Fögen (* 1971), classical philologist
Thomas Weber (* 1974), historian

Sports

Karl Adam

Ralf Waldmann (1992)

Michael Kohlmann (2010)

Hein Thorn Prikker (1911–1998), motorcycle racer
Karl Adam (1912–1976), rowing coach of the Germany eight
Karl-Günther Bechem (1921–2011), automobile racing driver
Paul Rasche (1924–2003), sports official
Peter Blecher (1934–2008), marksman and manufacturer
Willy Bestgen (* 1935), international basketball referee and Olympic participant
Klaus-Dieter Seehaus (1942–1996), football player
Thomas Wessinghage (* 1952), athlete, doctor
Dietmar Helm (* 1954), water polo player, sports official and social worker
Dieter Klein (* 1964), basketball player
Ralf Eilenberger (* 1965), soccer goalkeeper
Dirk Schachtsiek (* 1965), fistball player
Ralf Waldmann (1966–2018), motorcycle racing driver
Oliver Herkelmann (* 1968), basketball player
Georgios Souleidis (* 1972), chess player
Michael Kohlmann (* 1974), tennis player
Bernd Kruel (* 1976), basketball player
Benjamin Knoche (* 1978), football player
Jeannette Götte (* 1979), soccer player
Giovanni Federico (* 1980), football player
Tobias Schröder (* 1981), handball player
Jennifer Bongardt (* 1982), canoeist
Bettina Hauert (* 1982), golfer
Gaetano Manno (* 1982), football player
Sabrina Richter (* 1982), handball player
Florian Thorwart (* 1982), soccer player
Salvatore Gambino (* 1983), football player
Sebastian Schneider (* 1985), handball player
Olaf Machelett (* 1986), fistball player
Nils Sondermann (* 1987), ice hockey player
Patrick Fabian (* 1987), soccer player
Ziyed Chennoufi (* 1988), basketball player
Per Günther (* 1988), national basketball player
René Eidams (* 1989), darts player
Robin Kuhlmann (* 1990), fistball player
Muhayer Oktay (* 1999), soccer player
Niclas Thiede (* 1999), soccer goalkeeper
Nassim Boujellab (* 1999), football player

Others

Benjamin Piel (2015)

Wilhelm Prentzel (1878–1945), naval officer, most recently admiral in World War II
Emil Thuy (1894–1930), fighter pilot, holder of the Pour-le-Mérite
Hans Henrici (1895–1960), major general and entrepreneur
Hermann Kayser (1895–1948), general practitioner
Erich Krause (1905–1944), communist and resistance fighter
Anneliese Fleyenschmidt (1919–2007), moderator and reporter
Karl Prinz (* 1949), diplomat
Franz-Josef Möllenberg (* 1953), union official
Norbert Galeske (* 1961), sports reporter
Thorsten Link (* 1964), television presenter, television editor and film author
Wolf-Jürgen Stahl (* 1964), Brigadier General
André Bodemann (* 1965), major general
Michael Körner (* 1968), sports commentator
Henning Wehn (* 1974), German-British stand-up comedian
Sandra Quellmann (* 1977), radio and television presenter
Matthias Killing (* 1979), TV presenter
Biyon Kattilathu (* 1984), motivational speaker and author
Benjamin Piel (* 1984), journalist and winner of the Theodor Wolff Prize
Juleska Vonhagen (pseudonym, * 1985), journalist and author

Personalities related to Hagen

Rupert Neudeck (2014)

Emil Cauer the Younger (1867–1946), sculptor (bronze monument "Kaiser Friedrich III.", Hagen-Eilpe and "Drei-Kaiser-Brunnen", Hagen-Wehringhausen)
Horst Tuguntke (* 1931), administrative lawyer, local history researcher, publicist and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
Manfred Osthaus (1933–2012), grandson of Karl Ernst Osthaus and city planner in Hagen
Rupert Neudeck (1939–2016), co-founder of Cap Anamur / Deutsche Not-Ärzte e. V.
Freddy Breck (1942–2008), pop singer, grew up in Hagen
Uwe Nickel (* 1942), graphic artist and freelance painter; lives and works in Hagen
Tayfun Belgin (* 1956), director of the Osthaus Museum Hagen and head of the culture department of the city of Hagen
Erdal Keser (* 1961), soccer player and coach
Birgit Ebbert (* 1962), author of books for children and young people, detective novels, specialist books and learning materials
Ralf Blank (* 1962), historian and specialist service manager for science, museums and archives in the city of Hagen
Rouven Lotz (* 1977), Scientific Director of the Emil Schumacher Museum and Managing Director of the Henry van de Velde Society e. V. in Hagen
Joseph Laumann (* 1983), soccer player and coach
Mandy-Marie Mahrenholz (* 1986), actress, dancer and singer
Valdet Rama (born 1987), football player