List of personalities of the city of Hamburg

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Hamburg personalities who are important for Hamburg and its history , who have had a significant impact here or whose person is closely associated with the name Hamburg , are listed below. At the end of the list there are other people who were born or died in Hamburg without having played a significant role here.

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politics

  • Harald Abatz (1893–1954), FDP politician
  • Carl Eduard Abendroth (1804–1885), Hamburg merchant and member of the Hamburg Parliament
  • Petra Adam-Ferger (* 1944), SPD politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament
  • Kurt Adams (1889–1944), SPD politician
  • Christoph Ahlhaus (* 1969), CDU politician, Interior Senator (2008–2010), First Mayor (2010–2011)
  • Etkar André (1894–1936), KPD politician
  • Niels Annen (* 1973), SPD politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Juso Chairman (2001-2004)
  • Günter Apel (1927–2007), SPD politician, school senator (1971–1978, other departments until 1983)
  • Hans Apel (1932–2011), SPD politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister of Finance and Defense
  • Bernhard Bästlein (1894–1944), KPD politician, MdR, resistance fighter against National Socialism
  • Christoph Anton Balzer (1818–1871), businessman and member of the Hamburg parliament
  • Hermann Baumeister (1806–1877), politician and judge
  • August Bebel (1840–1913), SPD politician, MdR
  • Hellmut Becker (1913–1993), lawyer, education researcher and education politician
  • Ksenija Bekeris (* 1978), politician (SPD)
  • Ferdinand Beneke (1774–1848), lawyer and politician
  • Sebastian von Bergen (1554–1623), lawyer and statesman
  • Karl Wilhelm Berkhan (1915–1994), SPD politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament, Member of the Bundestag
  • Achim-Helge von Beust (1917–2007), co-founder of the Hamburg CDU, district office manager in Wandsbek
  • Ole von Beust (* 1955), CDU politician, First Mayor (2001-2010)
  • Dieter Biallas (1936–2016), FDP politician, Senator for Science, Second Mayor (1974–1978)
  • Adolf Biedermann (1881–1933), SPD politician, MdR
  • Hans-Harder Biermann-Ratjen (1901–1969), FDP politician, Senator for Culture (1945, 1953–1966)
  • Nicolaus Binder (1785–1865), First Mayor (several times between 1855 and 1861)
  • Abelke Bleken († 1583), victim of witch persecution, honored with a memorial stone in 2015 in the presence of the second mayor of Hamburg, Katharina Fegebank
  • Thea Bock (* 1938), politician (GAL, SPD)
  • Arthur Böckenhauer (1899–1953), Member of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP)
  • Wilhelm Boller (1904–1943), resistance fighter against National Socialism
  • Olga Brandt-Knack (1885–1978), artist, SPD politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament
  • Max Brauer (1887–1973), SPD politician, Member of the Bundestag, First Mayor of Hamburg, Lord Mayor of Altona
  • Carl Brekelbaum (1863–1956), entrepreneur and politician (DNVP), MdR
  • Johannes Büll (1878–1970), MdR, Senator (1946–1949, 1953–1957, various departments)
  • Bernhard von Bülow (1849–1929), politician, statesman
  • Johann Heinrich Burchard (1852–1912), lawyer, First Mayor (several times since 1904)
  • Wilhelm Burchard-Motz (1878–1963), lawyer, Second Mayor (1933–1934), Senator (1925–1933)
  • Ole Thorben Buschhüter (* 1976), SPD politician
  • Ursula Caberta (* 1950), SPD politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament
  • Bernd Capeletti (* 1950), CDU politician
  • Wolfgang Curilla (* 1942), SPD politician, senator (1978–1993, various departments)
  • Matthias Czech (* 1975), SPD politician
  • Gustav Dahrendorf (1901–1954), SPD politician, MdR
  • Ralf Dahrendorf (1929–2009), sociologist, FDP politician and publicist, member of the Landtag and Bundestag
  • Herbert Dau (1911–2000), SPD politician, President of the Hamburg Parliament (1960–1978)
  • Arnold Diestel (1857–1924), merchant, First Mayor (1920–1924)
  • Alexandra Dinges-Dierig (* 1953), CDU politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament, Senator for Education and Sport (2004–2008)
  • Klaus von Dohnanyi (* 1928), SPD politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister for Education and Research, First Mayor (1981–1988)
  • Jörg Dräger (* 1968), physicist, independent politician, Senator for Science (2001-2008)
  • Wilhelm Drexelius (1906–1974), SPD politician, school senator (1961–1970), second mayor
  • Walter Dudek (1890–1976), SPD politician, Mayor of Harburg (1925–1933), Senator for Finance (1946–1953)
  • Thomas Ebermann (* 1951), publicist, GAL politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament (1982–1984)
  • Jürgen Echternach (1937–2006), CDU politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament (1966–1981)
  • Heinrich Eisenbarth (1884–1950), SPD politician, senator (1925–1933, 1945–1950, various departments)
  • Günter Elste (* 1949), SPD politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament (1985–1997), head of the Hamburger Hochbahn
  • Helga Elstner (1924–2012), SPD politician, health senator, second mayor
  • Edgar Engelhard (1917–1979), Senator (1953–1966, various departments), Second Mayor
  • Andreas Ernst (* 1971), CDU politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament, Council of State
  • Dirk Fischer (* 1943), CDU politician and state chairman, MP, member of the Hamburg Parliament (1970–1981)
  • Michael Freytag (* 1958), CDU politician, Senator for Urban Development (2004–2007), Senator for Finance (2007–2010)
  • Carsten Frigge (* 1963), CDU politician, Senator for Finance (2010)
  • Norbert Frühauf (* 1958), lawyer, PRO politician and parliamentary group leader in the Hamburg Parliament
  • Anke Fuchs (1937–2019), politician (SPD)
  • Anna Gallina (* 1983), politician (Greens / Alliance 90)
  • Stephan Gamm (* 1971), CDU politician
  • Axel Gedaschko (* 1959), CDU politician, Senator for Urban Development (2007–2008), Senator for Economics (2008–2010)
  • Dennis Gladiator (* 1981), CDU politician
  • Horst Gobrecht (1936–2015), SPD politician, Member of the Bundestag, Senator for Finance (1984–1987)
  • Christa Goetsch (* 1952), leader of the GAL parliamentary group (2002–2008), Senator for Education and Second Mayoress (2008–2010)
  • Hermann Goßler (1802–1877), lawyer, First Mayor (1874)
  • Reinhard Grindel (* 1961), CDU politician, Member of the Bundestag, DFB President (2016–2019)
  • Joist Grolle (* 1932), SPD politician, school senator (1978–1987), historian
  • Willy Grothe (1886–1959), NSDAP politician and SA leader, member of the Reichstag
  • Norbert Hackbusch (* 1955), Left Party politician
  • Gerhard Hachmann (1838–1904), lawyer, First Mayor (1900–1901, 1904)
  • Otto Hackmack (1922–2016), trade union official, SPD politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament, Senator of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  • Werner Hackmann (1947–2007), SPD politician, interior senator (1988–1994), sports functionary
  • Anja Hajduk (* 1963), GAL politician, member of parliament (1997–2002), Member of the Bundestag (2002–2008), Senator for Urban Development (2008–2010)
  • Leonhard Hajen (* 1948), SPD politician, Senator for Science (1991–1997), economist
  • Jörg Hamann (* 1965), CDU politician
  • Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller (1805–1876), lawyer, First Mayor (several times between 1863 and 1873)
  • Alfons Hartmann (1915–1943), communist resistance fighter against National Socialism
  • Johann Gustav Heckscher (1797–1865), Reich Minister of Justice and Reich Foreign Minister
  • Erich Heins (1907–1944), communist resistance fighter against National Socialism
  • Roland Heintze (* 1973), CDU politician
  • Helene Heyckendorf (1893–1945), communist resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism
  • Max Heyckendorf (1896–1979), communist resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism
  • Günther Heyenn (1936–2009), SPD politician
  • Lida Gustava Heymann (1868–1943), women's rights activist, resistance fighter against National Socialism
  • Johannes Hirsch (1861–1935), master turner, 1908–1928 chairman of the Hamburg trade association and member of the citizenship (Reich Party of German SMEs, later DVP), Hamburg Senator for Construction from 1928 to 1933
  • Hermann Hoefer (1868–1945), educator, SPD politician, member of the Hamburg citizenship, communist resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism
  • Martin Hieronymus Hudtwalcker (1787–1865), senator and police officer
  • Georg Jarzembowski (* 1947), CDU politician, | MEP
  • Martin Rücker Freiherr von Jenisch (1861–1924), diplomat
  • Rudolf Kabel (1934–2019), administrative lawyer and director at the German Bundestag
  • Johannes Kahrs (* 1963), SPD politician, Member of the Bundestag
  • Annkathrin Kammeyer (* 1990), SPD politician
  • Paula Karpinski (1897–2005), SPD politician, youth senator (1953–1957, 1957–1961)
  • Karl Kaufmann (1900–1969), Gauleiter during National Socialism
  • Heinrich Kellinghusen (1796–1879), lawyer, mayor (1843–1860)
  • Helmuth Kern (1926–2016), SPD politician, Senator for Economics and Transport (1966–1976), Second Mayor (1971–1972)
  • Jens Kerstan (* 1966), politician (Greens / Alliance 90)
  • Elisabeth Kiausch (* 1933), SPD politician, President of the Citizenship (1991–1993)
  • Dirk Kienscherf (* 1965), SPD politician
  • Walther Leisler Kiep (1926–2016), CDU politician, Member of the Bundestag, Treasurer of the Federal Party and top candidate in the 1982 state elections
  • Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer (1808–1887), lawyer, journalist and First Mayor (several times between 1869 and 1887)
  • Thilo Kleibauer (* 1971), CDU politician
  • Hans Klein (1904–1970), communist politician, police general in the GDR
  • Hans-Ulrich Klose (* 1937), SPD politician, First Mayor (1974–1981)
  • Rudolf Klug (1905–1944), communist educator, resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism
  • Christian Koch (1878–1955), Member of Parliament (1908–1933), Head of Prison Authority, Second Mayor (1946–1950)
  • Karl Kock (1908–1944), communist resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism
  • Ditmar Koel (1500–1563), Mayor of Hamburg and pirate hunter
  • Hellmut Körner (1904–1966), Member of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP) and regional farmer leader
  • Martina Koeppen (* 1967), politician (SPD)
  • Stefan Kraxner (* 1971), politician (CDU)
  • Thomas Kreuzmann (* 1958), politician (CDU)
  • Carl Vincent Krogmann (1889–1978), First Mayor during the National Socialist era
  • Roger Kusch (* 1954), politician (including CDU), Senator for Justice (2001-2006)
  • Helene Lange (1848–1930), DDP politician, member of the Hamburg parliament, educator and women's rights activist
  • Rolf Lange (* 1942), SPD politician, Senator for the Interior (1984–1986)
  • Rudolf Lange (* 1941), FDP politician, Senator for Education (2001–2003), ship commander, most recently rear admiral of the German Navy, military attaché in Washington, DC
  • Johannes Christian Eugen Lehmann (1826–1901), lawyer, First Mayor (1895–1898, 1900)
  • Melanie Leonhard (* 1977), SPD politician
  • Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870–1964), major general, put down the brawn riots
  • Walter Leu (1908–1944), communist resistance fighter against National Socialism and victim of National Socialism
  • Leo Lippmann (1881–1943), State Councilor, lawyer, victim of National Socialism
  • Gertrud Lockmann (1895–1962), SPD politician, member of the Hamburg citizenship, resistance fighter against National Socialism
  • Uwe Lohmann (* 1959), SPD politician
  • Hans Mahle (1911–1999), KPD politician, child and youth functionary
  • Willfried Maier (* 1942), GAL politician, Senator for Urban Development (1997-2001)
  • Otto Marquardt (1893–1944), communist resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism
  • Werner von Melle (1853–1937), lawyer, First Mayor (1919), previously Mayor (since 1915)
  • Ernst Freiherr von Merck (1811–1863), member of the Frankfurt National Assembly , Reich Minister of Finance
  • Mario Mettbach (* 1952), politician (including CDU), Senator for Building (2001-2004), Second Mayor (2003-2004)
  • David Christopher Mettlerkamp (1774–1850), officer, politician
  • Heinrich Adolph Meyer (1822–1889), Member of the Bundestag, manufacturer, marine researcher
  • Thomas Mirow (* 1953), SPD politician, senator (1991–1997, various departments), top candidate in the 2004 state elections
  • Amira Mohamed Ali (* 1980), politician (Die Linke); Member of the Bundestag, parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag since November 2019
  • Carl Adolf Mönckeberg (1873–1939), lawyer, editor, author, publicist and local politician
  • Johann Georg Mönckeberg (1839–1908), politician, First Mayor (several times since 1890)
  • Ingo von Münch (* 1932), FDP politician, Senator for Science and Culture, Second Mayor (1987–1991)
  • Udo Nagel (* 1951), Senator for the Interior (2004–2008), Police President (2002–2004)
  • Michael Naumann (* 1941), journalist, publisher (Die Zeit), SPD politician, top candidate in the 2008 state election
  • Michael Neumann (* 1970), chairman of the SPD parliamentary group (2004-2011), Senator for the Interior (2011-2016)
  • Paul Nevermann (1902–1979), SPD politician, First Mayor (1961–1965)
  • Dirk Niebel (* 1963), FDP General Secretary, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (2009–2013)
  • Ralf Niedmers (* 1967), CDU politician
  • Heike Niggemeyer (* 1961), doctor and SPD politician
  • Arnold Nöldeke (1865–1945), judge, Senator of Justice (1919–1931)
  • Manfred Overhaus (1939–2019), State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance
  • Cansu Özdemir (* 1988), Left Party politician
  • William Henry O'Swald (1832–1923), merchant, Second Mayor (1908–1910)
  • Ute Pape (* 1949), SPD politician, senator for schools, youth and vocational training (2000–2001)
  • Oswald Paulig (1922–2006), consumer cooperative and SPD politician
  • Milan Pein (* 1974), SPD politician
  • Tobias von Pein (* 1985), SPD politician, Member of the State Parliament in Schleswig-Holstein
  • Wolfgang Peiner (* 1943), CDU politician, Finance Senator (2001-2006)
  • Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit (* 1932), SPD politician, Justice Senator (1991–1993, 1997–2001)
  • Carl Wilhelm Petersen (1868–1933), DDP chairman, Member of the Bundestag, First Mayor (1924–1929, 1932–1933)
  • Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809-1892), lawyer, First Mayor (several times between 1876 and 1892)
  • Mathias Petersen (* 1955), member of the Hamburg Parliament, state chairman of the SPD
  • Rudolf Petersen (1878–1962), CDU politician, First Mayor (1945–1946)
  • Wilhelm Petersen (1889–1968), union official
  • Friedrich Philippi (1859–1938), member of the Hamburg parliament in the United Liberals parliamentary group, President of the Senate at the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg
  • Christoph Ploß (* 1985), CDU politician, Member of the Bundestag
  • Lars Pochnicht (* 1975), SPD politician
  • Max Predöhl (1854–1923), lawyer, senator and first mayor
  • August Quest (1886–1945), communist resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism
  • Rosemarie Raab (* 1946), SPD politician, school senator (1987–2000)
  • Ties Rabe (* 1960), SPD politician
  • Frieda Radel (1869–1958), DDP politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament, journalist and women's rights activist
  • Bernd Reinert (* 1951), MP, CDU parliamentary group leader
  • Johanne Reitze (1878–1949), politician (SPD), member of the Reichstag
  • Gabriel Riesser (1806–1863), lawyer, Hamburg notary, member and vice-president of the Frankfurt National Assembly , first Jewish judge in Germany
  • Erhard Rittershaus (1931–2006), politician of the STATT party, Senator for Economics, Second Mayor (1993–1997)
  • Berndt Röder (* 1948), CDU politician, Mayor President (2004–2010)
  • Rudolf Ross (1872–1951), First Mayor (1931–1932)
  • Curt Rothenberger (1896–1959), lawyer and NSDAP politician
  • Andrea Rugbarth (* 1957), graduate engineer, SPD politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament
  • Volker Rühe (* 1942), CDU politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister of Defense (1992–1998)
  • Vincent Rumpff (1701–1781), mayor from 1765 to 1781
  • Ortwin Runde (* 1944), SPD politician, First Mayor (1997–2001)
  • Hans Saalfeld (1928–2019), trade unionist and politician (SPD)
  • Krista Sager (* 1953), GAL politician, Senator for Science and Research and Second Mayor (1997–2001)
  • Roland Salchow (* 1945), CDU politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament, 1991–2001 head of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
  • Marc Schemmel (* 1975), SPD politician
  • Ronald Schill (* 1958), Senator for the Interior (2001–2003) (Rule of Law Offensive Party), Second Mayor
  • Karl Schiller (1911–1994), politician (SPD and CDU), Senator for Economics and Transport (1948–1953), Federal Minister of Economics (1966–1971)
  • Georg Gottlieb Schirges (1811–1879), co-founder of the Hamburg labor movement
  • Walter Schmedemann (1901–1976), SPD politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament, resistance fighter against National Socialism, health senator
  • Hansjörg Schmidt (* 1974), SPD politician
  • Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), SPD politician, Member of the Bundestag, Hamburg Senator for the Interior, Federal Minister of Defense, Federal Chancellor
  • Adolph Schönfelder (1875–1966), SPD politician, senior president of the Parliamentary Council, member of the Bundestag (1919–1933, 1945–1961)
  • Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (* 1946), CDU politician, Senator for Social Affairs and Family (2001–2008), Second Mayor (2004–2008)
  • Olaf Scholz (* 1958), SPD politician, Member of the Bundestag, Interior Senator (2001), Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs (2007–2009), Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor (since 2018), First Mayor (2011–2018)
  • Max Schramm (1861–1928), lawyer, second mayor (1925–1928) and building senator (1920–1928)
  • Markus Schreiber (* 1960), SPD politician
  • Carl August Schröder (1855–1945), lawyer, First Mayor (several times between 1912 and 1916)
  • Jacob Schuback (1726–1784), lawyer, Senate syndicate , and composer
  • Nicolaus Schuback (1700–1783), lawyer and mayor
  • Helga Schuchardt (* 1939), Senator for Culture (1983–1987)
  • Sören Schumacher (* 1976), SPD politician
  • Albert Schulte (1716–1786), Mayor of Hamburg
  • Peter Schulz (1930–2013), SPD politician, First Mayor (1971–1974)
  • Nico Semsrott (* 1986), a. a. Politician The Party, MEP (since 2019)
  • Jakob Albrecht von Sienen , Senate Syndicate (1768–1837)
  • Friedrich Sieveking , First Mayor (several times between 1861 and 1869)
  • Kurt Sieveking (1897–1986), CDU politician, First Mayor (1953–1957)
  • Hansjörg Sinn (* 1929), independent politician, Senator for Science (1978–1985), Rector and Vice President of the university, chemist
  • Carsten Wilhelm Soltau (1767–1836), President of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, senior senior and deputy mayor (1813–1814)
  • Heinrich Georg Stahmer (1892–1978), diplomat
  • Johann Otto Stammann (1835–1909), lawyer, First Mayor (1907)
  • Dorothee Stapelfeldt (* 1956), SPD politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament, art historian
  • Günter Stegelmann (1909–1988), DP politician
  • Olaf Steinbiß (* 1966), SPD politician
  • Hjalmar Stemmann (* 1963), CDU politician and entrepreneur
  • Sebastian Steineke (* 1973), CDU politician, Member of the Bundestag, lawyer
  • Friedrich Sthamer (1856–1931), lawyer, First Mayor (1919–1920)
  • Tim Stoberock (* 1977), SPD politician
  • Birgit Stöver (* 1970), CDU politician
  • Otto Stolten (1853–1928), Senator, Second Mayor (1919–1925)
  • Käthe Tennigkeit (1903–1944), sports teacher and women's politician, social democratic resistance fighter and victim of National Socialism
  • Ernst Thälmann (1886–1944), MdR, KPD chairman
  • Dennis Thering (* 1984), CDU politician
  • Juliane Timmermann (* 1976), SPD politician
  • Sven Tode (* 1964), SPD politician
  • Gunnar Uldall (1940–2017), CDU politician, Senator for Economics and Labor (2001–2008)
  • Heino Vahldieck (* 1955), CDU politician, member of parliament, head of the Hamburg Office for the Protection of the Constitution
  • Fritz Vahrenholt (* 1949), SPD politician, Senator for the Environment (1991–1997), industry manager
  • Carola Veit (* 1973), SPD politician
  • Johannes Versmann (1820–1899), First Mayor (several times between 1887 and 1897), lawyer
  • Isabella Vértes-Schütter (* 1962), politician
  • Hans Vieregg (born Hans Levy; 1911–2005), communist resistance fighter against National Socialism, after 1945 union official of the FDGB, labor director of a state-owned company (VEB)
  • Henning Voscherau (1941–2016), SPD politician, First Mayor (1988–1997)
  • Eugen Wagner (* 1942), SPD politician, building senator (1983-2001)
  • Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber (1822–1886), First Mayor (several times between 1879 and 1885)
  • Markus Wegner (* 1953), politician of the STATT party
  • Herbert Wehner (1906–1990), Federal Minister for All-German Issues, Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group
  • Herbert Weichmann (1896–1983), SPD politician, First Mayor (1965–1971)
  • Marcus Weinberg (* 1967), CDU politician
  • Michael Weinreich (* 1973), SPD politician
  • Christina Weiss (* 1953), non-party politician, Senator for Culture (1991–2001)
  • Karin von Welck (* 1947), non-party politician, Senator for Culture (2004–2010)
  • Ernst Weiß (1911–1998), SPD politician, Senator for Labor (1957–1978)
  • Dietrich Wersich (* 1964), CDU politician
  • Rainer Wiegard (* 1949), CDU politician, Minister in Schleswig-Holstein
  • Martin Willich (* 1945), CDU politician, Mayor President (1982–1983, 1986–1987)
  • Isaac Wolffson (1817–1895), politician and lawyer
  • Lieselotte Wollny (1926–2019), civil rights activist and politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
  • Alice Wosikowski (1886–1949), KPD politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism
  • Hartmuth Wrocklage (* 1939), SPD politician, Senator for the Interior (1994–2001)

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Other people born in Hamburg

Other people who died in Hamburg

literature

  • Hamburg pictures of life in representations and personal testimonies. Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1989 ff .; since 2000 Ed. Temmen, Bremen. So far 23 volumes on subjects and people (as of 2015).
  • Franklin Kopitzsch , Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . 6 volumes, Hamburg 2001, 2003, Göttingen 2006–2012. (Volume 2 books.google.de )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Rita Bake: A new memorial stone in the women's garden . In: OHLSDORF - magazine for mourning culture