List of personalities of the city of Hamm
This list of personalities contains people who have a special relationship to the city of Hamm in Westphalia. This includes the city's honorary citizens, well-known people who were born in Hamm or are closely related to Hamm.
Hammer or Hammer?
Are the residents of Hamm now called Hammer or Horgenser ?
The answer to this question probably depends on which local patriotic faction one is leaning towards. Some talk about hammers, others about hammers.
On the official website of the city of Hamm, most of the talk is about hammers. The local media also speak uniformly of hammers.
Honorary citizen
Before 1945, the city of Hamm granted the following people honorary citizenship (list chronologically according to the award):
- 1844: Rulemann Friedrich Eylert
- 1877: Wilhelm von der Marck
- 1879: Franz Borberg
- 1881: Ludwig Hartmann
- 1898: Adalbert Falk
- 1919: Richard Matthaei
The city of Hamm has granted honorary citizenship to the following people since 1945 (chronological list after award):
- 1946: Josef Schlichter
- 1953: Hugo Bröcker
- 1954: Josef Weidekamp
- 1959: Peter Röttgen
- 1959: Ferdinand Poggel
- 1965: Heinrich Luhmann
- 1971: Gerhard Krampe
- 1990: Werner Figgen
- 1990: Günter Rinsche
- 2017: Manfred Hemmer
City leaders
A separate main article is dedicated to the mayors, lord mayors and city directors:
sons and daughters of the town
In Hamm, Freiherr vom Stein acted as president of the War and Domain Chamber of the County of Mark and the former Prussian minister of education Adalbert Falk as president of the higher regional court . Under the direction of Falk, the court moved into a new building at today's Theodor-Heuss-Platz. This building has been used as the town hall of Hamm for many years .
The following were born in Hamm (listing chronologically by date of birth):
1226-1800
- Since the 13th century, the Asbeck family , head of the bakers' guild, mayor, owner of the Asbeck brewery and yeast factory
- 1674, March 14th, Christian Gerhard Offerhaus , professor of philosophy at the Academic Gymnasium in Hamm
- 1699, November 18, Leonard Offerhaus , historian in the Netherlands
- 1738, July 19, Johann Karl Theodor von Brabeck , abbot and prince-bishop of Corvey
- 1765, June 20, Elias Marks , Jewish merchant and philanthropist
- 1770, April 5th, Rulemann Friedrich Eylert , Reformed pastor in Hamm, evangelical bishop in Potsdam
- 1772, August 4th, Johann Gottfried Rademacher , doctor, medical author and creator of a healing system
- 1779, September 4th, Ernst von Bernuth , Higher Regional Court Councilor in Hamm
- 1782, August 22nd, Julius August von Bernuth , German civil servant
- 1790, June 12th, Friedrich Ludwig Engels , Prussian major general and commandant of Cologne
- 1796, August 29th, Franz Borberg , baker and city councilor
- 1800, December 16, Carl von Bodelschwingh , Prussian lawyer, politician and finance minister
1801-1900
- 1811, July 6th, Ludwig von Bodelschwingh , from 1872 to 1876 chief president in Hessen-Nassau
- 1815, February 15, Wilhelm von der Marck , botanist and geologist
- 1824, April 13th, Friedrich Kapp , German-American lawyer, writer and politician
- 1830, May 8th, Otto Keller , Mayor of Duisburg and member of the North German Reichstag
- 1832, February 19, Karl Hopf , historian and Byzantinist
- 1833, October 11th, Friedrich von Hassel , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1835, June 11th, Ludwig Pelzer , Lord Mayor of Aachen and Prussian parliamentarian
- 1840, December 14th, Udo von Bodelschwingh , Prussian nobleman
- 1844, August 15, Paul Stern , Prussian major general
- 1847, March 14th, Rudolf Prinz , classical philologist and librarian
- 1851, June 3, Robert Zimmermann , shipbuilding engineer
- 1853, September 28, Eduard Beintker , teacher and local history researcher in Anklam
- 1854, October 22nd, Georg Dietrich Wilhelm Callwey , founder of the publishing house of the same name
- 1858, September 16, Eduard Oberg , lawyer
- 1860, October 21, August Lentze , local and financial politician
- 1863, December 8th, Victor Niemeyer , lawyer, local politician, honorary citizen of the city of Essen
- 1868, October 24th, Gustav Lübcke , bookbinder, merchant, art collector and museum director
- 1869, July 7th, Karl Schulze-Pelkum , district administrator in Hamm for over 28 years, member of parliament
- 1871, March 20, August Jaspert , teacher and rector
- 1872, September 4, Clara Ratzka , writer
- 1874, November 2nd, Wilhelm Stricker , official builder in Aplerbeck near Dortmund
- 1879, May 30th, Hermann von Detten , landowner and ministerial official
- 1882, January 18, Anna Siemsen , educator and politician
- 1884, July 5th, August Siemsen , politician and educator
- 1885, September 18, Theodor Brün , painter
- 1887, April 8, Walter Supper , screenwriter
- 1891, March 27, Hans Siemsen , journalist and writer
- 1891, May 11, Gerhard Krampe , politician (CDU), member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1954 to 1966
- 1894, May 7th, Herbert Osterkamp , artillery general in World War II
- 1895, July 12, Carlo Jacob Koch , businessman, chairman of the Bremen Cotton Exchange
- 1895, September 29, Wilhelm Geißler , graphic artist and painter
- 1896, October 10, August Hallermann , politician (NSDAP) and SS leader
- 1897, October 13, Walter Frevert , forester and hunting writer
- 1899, May 5th, Hans Böhm , pastor of the Confessing Church
- 1899, October 30, Kurt Lottner , Major General
- 1900, July 9, Hermann Freytag , Lord Mayor of Duisburg (NSDAP)
1901-1925
- 1901, February 19, Eugen Wolff , dance orchestra conductor
- 1901, September 14th, Hermann Hobrecker , industrial manager
- 1901, December 6th, Victor Schamoni , art historian and cineast
- 1902, June 2, Joachim von Elbe , lawyer, member of the legal department of the US military government in Germany after the Second World War
- 1903, February 5, Fritz Everding , naturalistic painter and graphic artist
- 1904, April 5, Hermann Bruse , painter and graphic artist
- 1905, January 4th, Wilhelm Schamoni , Roman Catholic theologian
- 1905, October 5th, Heinrich Portmann , Catholic priest, canon lawyer and writer
- 1906, May 19, Gerd Bucerius , publisher (“Die Zeit” from 1959) and publicist, founder of the Gruner + Jahr publishing house
- 1906, October 20, Albert Schamoni , painter and art teacher
- 1907, March 13, Ludwig Biermann , physicist
- 1907, February 24, Paul Commer , painter
- 1907, March 21st, Josef Veldtrup, educator and poet in today's Heessen district
- 1909, April 16, Stanislaus Peplinski , resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1909, May 13th, Kurt Gruber , communist resistance fighter
- 1909, September 27th, Jean Berger , pianist, composer and music educator
- 1912, July 20, Heinz Kohlhaas , boxer
- 1913, January 1st, Karl Stein , mathematician
- 1913, August 18, Otto van Volxem , winery owner and politician
- 1920, June 18, Karl Bartmann , specialist in laboratory medicine
- 1920, November 11th, Helga Zülch , German theater and film actress
- 1921, August 29, Hanns Theis , economist and politician
- 1921, November 7th, Günther Josten , Colonel in the Air Force
- 1922, January 25, Karlhermann Bergner , writer and translator
- 1922, February 1st, Lore Steubing , botanist and university professor
- 1923, March 16, Heinz Wallberg , conductor, in today's Herringen district
- 1924, April 7, Ilse Bintig , writer
- 1924, November 3rd, Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld , engineer and hydrogeologist
- 1925, April 14th, Hans Hilbk , educator and local researcher, holder of the Medal of Merit of the city of Gütersloh
- 1925, May 17th, Gerhard Schmidtchen , professor of social psychology and sociology
1926-1950
- 1926, February 21, Karl Otto Conrady , † July 1, 2020, literary scholar, editor, poet (Der Neue Conrady. The great German poetry book)
- 1927, March 15, Hanns Joachim Friedrichs , † March 28, 1995 in Hamburg, TV journalist and presenter (topics of the day)
- 1927, July 14, Fritz Harkort , † February 3, 1972 in Göttingen, folklorist and narrative researcher
- 1927, August 18, Marian Heitger , † April 7, 2012 in Vienna, educationalist
- 1927, October 17, Friedrich Hirzebruch , † May 27, 2012 in Bonn, mathematician, founder and first director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn
- 1928, November 14th, Werner Giers , † April 8th, 2016 in Graefelfing, journalist
- 1929, September 5, Bruno Kresing , † August 23, 2020 in Salzkotten, Roman Catholic clergyman and vicar general as well as cathedral chapter in the Archdiocese of Paderborn
- 1930, March 9, Almuth Lütkenhaus , † November 1996 in Hamilton (Ontario), visual artist
- 1930, July 13, Günter Rinsche , † July 3, 2019, economist and politician (CDU)
- 1930, August 16, Manfred Schulte , † September 19, 1998 in Hameln, politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- 1931, January 10, Ilse Strambowski , actress
- 1931, August 24, Heinz Ungureit , media journalist
- 1932, Rolf Brand , Aikido teacher
- 1934, May 11, Harry Garstecki , † December 7, 2017 in Bielefeld, football player
- 1934, July 26th, Walter A. Koch , English studies specialist, linguist and university professor
- 1935, January 14, Werner Adam , † April 9, 2009 in Frankfurt am Main, journalist and Germanist
- 1937, March 3rd, Manfred Hemmer , politician and Member of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1937, October 3, Peter Hertel , journalist and book author
- 1938, October 10, Friedrich Wilhelm Timpe , actor, radio play speaker and reciter
- 1940, May 26th, Ewald Wichert , boxer
- 1940, December 26th, Ludger Edelkötter , composer and publisher
- 1941, October 21, Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel , moderator, author and journalist
- 1942, December 21, Manfred Such , politician
- 1942, December 26th Rudolf Purps , politician, member of the Bundestag for the SPD from 1980 to 1998
- 1943, February 17th, Ulrich Brocker , administrative lawyer and official, since 2008 managing director of the employers' association Gesamtmetall
- 1943, April 19, Wilhelm Riebniger , † April 23, 2018, politician (CDU) and district administrator of the Soest district
- 1944, June 21, Paul Sahner , † June 7, 2015 in Marquartstein, journalist and author
- 1946, March 20, Klaus Ackermann , football player
- 1946, December 10th, Werner Brinkmann , sole director of Stiftung Warentest between 1995 and the end of 2011
- 1946, December 22nd, Wolfgang Kessler , historian
- 1947, March 28, Wolfgang Lamché , sculptor
- 1948, March 22nd, Bernard Dietz , known as "Ennatz", football player, in today's Bockum-Hövel district
- 1948, April 20, Heinrich Bonnenberg , physicist and engineer, trust manager
- 1949, Hans Bernhard Beus , lawyer and politician
- 1949, Dietmar Holland , musicologist and critic, journalist, author and editor
1951-1975
- 1951, April 17th, Horst Hrubesch , football player
- 1951, May 27, Ulrich Schödlbauer , writer, literary scholar and essayist
- 1951, February 13, Karlheinz Langanke , nuclear physicist
- 1953, March 23, Josef Kaczor , known as “Jupp”, football player
- 1953, October 20, Wolfgang Becker , economist and university professor
- 1954, January 6, Ulrich van Suntum , economist
- 1954, January 9, Brigitte Kraemer , photo artist
- 1954, June 28, Jutta Weber , swimmer
- 1954, September 7th, WK Giesa , fantasy writer
- 1956, January 7, Leonard Lansink , actor ( Wilsberg )
- 1956, January 11, Heiko Heßenkemper , politician (AfD)
- 1956, Martin Schmitz , publisher and lecturer
- 1957, January 24th, Klaus Fiehe , musician and radio presenter
- 1957, March 26th, Rainer Helmig , Professor
- 1957, July 13th, Renate Wolf , handball player and handball trainer
- 1958, April 17th, Ralf Wosik , table tennis player
- 1958, October 15, Meinolf Vielberg , classical philologist
- 1959, September 29, Hermann Hummels , soccer player and coach, player advisor, father of national player Mats Hummels
- 1960, February 5th, Christian Nienhaus , media manager
- 1960, February 7th, Klaus J. Behrendt , actor ( crime scene inspector 'Max Ballauf')
- 1960, June 13th, Christoph Oertel , film composer and sound designer
- 1960, September 1st, Joachim Masannek , author and director of Die Wilden Kerle
- 1960, December 13th, Ursula Neugebauer , artist
- 1961, Martin Baucks , author, director, dramaturge and actor
- 1961, Kirsten Kaiser , artist
- 1961, Andreas Siekmann , artist
- 1962, Peter Kapern , radio journalist
- 1962, January 18, Georg Langenhorst , Roman Catholic theologian
- 1963, February 21, Rolf Lohmann , Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Münster
- 1963, July 29, Burkhard Voss , psychiatrist and author
- 1964, March 29th, Andreas Obering (Der OBeL), actor (Das Wunder von Bern), comedian
- 1964, June 16, Michael Lusch , soccer player
- 1965, December 1st, Till Hoheneder (Till), formerly Till & Obel, comedian and musician
- 1966, Bene Aperdannier , jazz musician and university professor
- 1966, Fons Matthias Hickmann , graphic designer, typographer and professor
- 1968, March 2nd, Martin Sasse , jazz musician
- 1968, April 22nd, Marion Gay , critic and writer
- 1969, May 31, Uwe Thiergarten, artist and teacher
- 1969, October 6th, Ogün Temizkanoğlu , Turkish football (national) player
- 1970, June 8th, Christian Schulze , classical philologist, biologist and medical historian
- 1972, Frank Kaminski , music and film producer
- 1973, October 8th, Torben Wosik , table tennis player
- 1975, February 27th, Serdar Thenk Yildiz , entertainer and promoter played for TUS Germania Hamm
- 1975, June 11th, Holger Haase , film director
- 1975, June 22nd, Oğuzhan Çelik , radio presenter and journalist
- 1975, September 3, Christian Vinck , tennis player
From 1976
- 1976, April 8th, Sofia Schulte , long jumper
- 1977, February 24, Hans Blomberg , radio presenter
- 1977, September 25th, Tillmann Schnieders , actor and musical performer
- 1978, February 15, Sarah Maria Sun , singer (soprano)
- 1978, March 24th, Nico Rose , professor of business psychology and non-fiction author
- 1978, July 5th, İsmail YK , Turkish pop singer
- 1978, November 1st, Selma Ergeç , German-Turkish photo model and actress
- 1979, January 8th, Birte Hanusrichter , actress
- 1979, May 4th, Christoph Wenzel , writer
- 1979, July 31st, Mirjana Bogojevic , photo model and beauty queen
- 1981, April 12, Tobi Katzen , German author
- 1983, August 24th, Tim Gorschlueter , soccer player
- 1983, November 5th, Mike Hanke , national soccer player
- 1983, December 27th, Henrike Richters , actress
- 1986, August 26th, Jonas Ems , canoeist
- 1987, March 16, Kevin Gerwin , radio presenter, announcer and comedian
- 1987, June 8th, Sascha Krolzig , neo-Nazi and activist of the free comradeship scene
- 1987, June 9th, Florian Walter , jazz and improvisation musician
- 1988, June 13th, Osman Köse , football player
- 1989, June 18, Jonas Acquistapace , football player
- 1990, January 20, Johannes Focher , football player
- 1990, August 26th, Bahattin Köse , German-Turkish soccer player
- 1991, October 7th, Kevin Mirocha , German-Polish racing driver
- 1992, February 15, Bertul Kocabaş , German-Turkish soccer player
- 1995, January 17th, Fabian Holthaus , soccer player
- 1996, November 21, Gina Lückenkemper , track and field athlete
- 1999, January 4th, Jan-Niklas Beste , soccer player
People who are connected to Hamm
The following are closely related to Hamm (listing chronologically by date of birth):
1226-1700
- The Brechte family provided several mayors and other civil servants and made social foundations
- Noblemen of Rüdenberg , long-time tenants of the village and castle of Mark
- Galen (noble family) , were the castle men of the Counts of the Mark
- Counts of Werl , original rulers of the region
- Count of Hövel , founder of the County of Hövel
- Counts of the Mark . They founded the city and ruled the county of Mark and thus also Hamm
- Recke (noble family) . Heessen Castle was one of their headquarters for over 300 years
- Torck , aristocratic family, long resident of Haus Nordherringen
- Vollenspit , Westphalian noble family belonging to the knighthood, castle men of the Counts von der Mark and feudal takers to the Nordherringen house
- 15th century, Christina von Hamm , mystic and blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. She supposedly wore the stigmata of Christ.
- 1519, Hermann von Kerssenbrock , Rector of the Latin School in Hamm
- 1571/72, Otto Gereon von Gutmann zu Sobernheim , auxiliary bishop in Cologne; was archdeacon in Hamm.
- 1572, Heinrich Gutberleth , educator; was married to the daughter of Hammer Senator Laurentius Custor.
- 1601, October 20, Otto Heinrich von Callenberg , politician and officer; commanded the fortress Hamm.
- 17th century, Adrian van der Düssen , builder of Haus Düsse ; fled from Rotterdam to Hamm.
1701-1800
- 1716, July 6th, Karl Friedrich von Wolffersdorff , General of Frederick the Great . Was in command of the city.
- 1725, June 1st, Johann Philipp Lorenz Withof , professor of history, eloquence and morality. Taught at the high school in Hamm and wrote a history of this institution.
- 1729, July 31: Jakob von Bernuth , Prussian War and Domain Tax Council.
- 1730, Anschel Hertz , head of the Klevisch-Markische Jewry.
- 1731, October 16, Johann Rulemann Ludwig Eylert , theologian at the Academic Gymnasium in Hamm.
- 1757, October 25th, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , Prussian statesman and reformer. Head of the Märkische War and Domain Chamber . Namesake of the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium.
- 1760, April 8th, Gerhard Bernhard van Haar , grandfather of Friedrich Engels . Lived in Hamm.
- 1761, Friedrich Wilhelm Ziegler , actor and playwright. Became an actor in Hamm in 1778.
- 1767, July 13th, Friedrich Adolf Krummacher , Reformed theologian. Was vice principal at Hammonense High School.
- 1768, October 6th, Friedrich von Ribbentrop , real secret council , administrative lawyer, influential military and reformer of the Prussian military administration, general director of the Prussian army during the liberation wars of 1815 and from 1835 chief president of the royal Prussian chamber of accounts in Potsdam, Dr. iur. and Dr. phil. hc Was Chamber and Domain Councilor in Hamm. Co-founder of the Hamm Masonic Lodge.
- 1770, September 3, Johann Heinrich Karl Hengstenberg , hymn poet. Was a high school director in Hamm.
- 1774, December 23, Ludwig von Vincke , Prussian reformer. Was president of the chambers of Münster and Hamm.
- 1777, April 12, Jakob von der Kuhlen , Protestant theologian. Was President of the Märkische General Synod.
- 1781, August 26th, Johann Christian Josef Abs , educator. Took the monk's vows in the Franciscan monastery in Hamm .
- 1782, January 6th, Elias Spanier , Jewish merchant, donated the land on which the Hamm synagogue was built together with others
- 1784, Nathan Spanier , Jewish merchant
- 1784, May 2nd, Alexander Haindorf , physician, Jewish reformer, psychologist, university lecturer, publicist, art collector and co-founder of the Westphalian Art Association. Lived and worked in Hamm.
- 1785, September 21, Christian Adolf Wilhelm Pilgrim , Prussian civil servant and district administrator. Worked as a court trainee in Hamm.
- 1786, February 6, Israel Gerson , a Jewish merchant, donated the land on which the Hamm synagogue was built together with others .
- 1789, May 13th, Bernhardine von Wintgen . Lived at the Ermelinghof house . Was active as a writer, was in contact with Annette von Droste-Hülshoff .
- 1789, December 15, Seligmann Bacharach , a Jewish merchant and city councilor, donated the land on which the Hamm synagogue was built together with others .
- 1797, April 13th, Wilhelm Rintelen , Prussian lawyer and politician. Spent his assessor time in Hamm.
- 1798, May 23, Adolf Tellkampf , educator. Taught mathematics at the grammar school in Hamm.
- 1798, November 3rd, Johannes Franz August von Devivere , local politician and district administrator. Work in the city mayor's office.
- 1799, August 10, Friedrich Wilhelm Brökelmann , entrepreneur. Was involved in several important industrial companies in Hamm.
- 1800, December 16, Carl von Bodelschwingh , politician, Prussian finance minister
1801-1900
- 1801, June 19, Josef Cosack , entrepreneur and industrial pioneer. Was among other things founder and from 1865 sole owner of Eisenwerke Cosack & Co.
- 1804, April 23, Ferdinand Anderson , lawyer and member of the National Assembly. Was higher regional court assessor in Hamm.
- 1808, October 15, Ernst Kapp , educator, geographer and philosopher. Was a high school teacher in Hamm.
- 1824, April 22nd, Gustav Natorp , functionary in the Ruhr mining industry. Passed his Abitur in Hamm, where his uncle was President of the Higher Regional Court.
- 1827, August 10, Adalbert Falk , Prussian Minister of Education. President of the Hamm Higher Regional Court.
- 1830, April 12, Ernst von Bodelschwingh , District Administrator of the Hamm district.
- 1837, October 27, Friedrich August Alexander Eversmann , Prussian technologist, mining clerk and publicist. Was war and tax council with the war and domain chamber in Hamm .
- 1839, November 6th, Julius Lenhartz , architect and building contractor. Built the Hamm synagogue from 1868.
- 1857, December 26th, Alfred Bozi , lawyer, spiritual father of the rehabilitation of offenders. Was employed at the Hamm Higher Regional Court.
- 1879, April 22nd, Otto Krafft , civil engineer. managed the Ahse relocation and created the ring systems.
- 1866, February 8, Friedrich Christian Georg Kapp , educator. Senior teacher at Hammer Gymnasium.
- 1866, August 5th, Stephan von Spee , lawyer and district administrator. Worked at the higher regional court in Hamm.
- 1872, November 28, Arnold Freymuth , lawyer. Was senior judge in Hamm.
- 1875, February 16, Nikolaus Osterroth , social democratic member of the National Assembly from 1919. Was chairman of the workers 'and soldiers' council in Hamm.
- 1877, February 7, Julius Curtius , lawyer. Worked in Hamm.
- 1877, November 23, Franz Bracht , lawyer. Worked for the Hamm Higher Regional Court.
- 1881, August 29, Alfred Fischer , architect. Constructed the pit for the Sachsen colliery and other buildings on the colliery site.
- 1882, May 13th, Leopold Fleischhacker , sculptor of the Jewish faith, created the Nagelgrafen and other works of art, some of which are still present in Hamm today.
- 1883, January 1st, Ernst Hermsen , lawyer. Senate President of the Hamm Special Court.
- 1886, January 16, Theodor Suhnel , architect. Constructed a settlement for the Westphalian wire industry .
- 1886, April 2, Bruno Karl August Jung , lawyer and politician. Did his legal clerkship in Hamm.
- 1886, February 11, Ferdinand Poggel , politician. Trade unionist and later Lord Mayor of Hamm.
- 1889, June 3, Wilhelm Weber , pastor of the St. Pankratius parish of Bockum-Hövel from 1939 to 1963, was imprisoned in Münster and in the Dachau concentration camp from 1943 to 1945 for “public behavior”.
- 1892, May 14th, Ernst Wilhelm Baader , doctor and occupational physician
- 1892, September 3, Adolf von Hatzfeld , writer. Grew up in Hamm.
- 1894, October 15, Albert Albin Funk , politician. Was chairman of the works council at the Heinrich-Robert colliery in Hamm until 1930 .
- 1894, Hans Ballhausen , educator, rector and editor. Was rector in Hamm.
- 1898, August 28, Wilhelm Deist , district administrator and KAB secretary. Lived and worked in Bockum-Hövel.
- 1898, October 31, Max Reimann , politician. Works in Hamm trade union work and was later imprisoned here.
- 1898, November 29th, Andreas Schillack , local politician and member of the group around Franz Zielasko
- 1900, May 28th, Harry Haffner , lawyer and National Socialist. Was representative of the Attorney General in Hamm.
1901-1950
- 1901, February 19, Eugen Wolff , musician and director of a dance orchestra
- 1903, October 3, Paul Putzig , politician; Council member of the community of Heessen
- 1904, March 1, Paul Rintelen , agricultural economist; attended the grammar school in Hamm
- 1907, August 3rd, Irmgart Wessel-Zumloh , painter and graphic artist. Their first major exhibition took place in the Gustav Lübcke Museum.
- 1907, October 16, Bernhard Ketzlick , youth chaplain and vicar in Hamm, adversary of the National Socialists; Arrested by the Gestapo in Hamm and sent to the Dachau concentration camp
- 1908, June 19, Alfred Gleisner , politician; Official director of the Pelkum office in the Hamm district
- 1908, June 26th, Fritz Kaßmann , lawyer and politician; at various Hammer courts and for the industrial construction company
- 1908, December 26th, Walter Steffens , gymnast and Olympic champion; Sports teacher at Hamm high school.
- 1909, January 20, Heinrich Voss , politician; headed the Protestant children's home Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stift in Hamm.
- 1912, February 10. Dietrich Reinicke , lawyer; Judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1913, August 21, Werner Speckmann , chess composer and lawyer; Judge in civil matters at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1914, April 29, Hans Kaiser , informal artist; bequeathed his artistic legacy to the Gustav Lübcke Museum
- 1918, December 30th, Herbert Weltrich , lawyer; Higher regional judge at the higher regional court Hamm
- 1920, March 15, Friedrich Wilhelm Jerrentrup ; u. a. Lawyer and notary as well as local researcher in Hamm.
- 1920, August 9, Hans Brox , civil law scholar; active at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm
- 1923, November 13th, Ilse Schidlof , Jewish emigrant from Austria, lived in Hamm from 1958 to 2008
- 1923, June 20, Johannes Wessels , professor of criminal law; worked in various functions at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1924, August 28, Erich Lütkenhaus, artist and art teacher in Hamm, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1926, May 9th, Jo Micovich , writer, poet, radio play writer and puppeteer. Several of her pieces were premiered in Hamm.
- 1928, September 2, Peter Gabriel , author of children's books; Rector of the valley school, a primary school in Hamm
- 1931, July 19, Heinz Assmann , Bergmann; Councilor and union leader
- 1933, Alfred Penkert , pedagogue, regional historian and non-fiction author
- 1935, January 12, Horst Luthin , lawyer; Presiding judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1935, March 12, Manfred Werp , lawyer; Judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1938, January 19, Hartwig Henze , lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice; Presiding judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1938, December 15, Peter Schwerdtner , lawyer; Judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1939, December 5th, Uwe Hüffer , lawyer; Judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1940, July 17th, Otmar Alt , painter, graphic artist, designer and sculptor; created several works of art in Hamm (ship Ekke Neppeken, facade of the city library, Otmar Alt columns, fountain on the forecourt of St. Paul's Church); Founder of the Otmar Alt Foundation
- 1940, October 13, Dirk Ippen , newspaper publisher; Owner and editor of the Westphalian Gazette
- 1944, January 23, Gerd Nobbe , judge at the Federal Court of Justice; Judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1944, May 18, Rolf Schönstedt , church musician, professor and university rector; active in church music positions in Hamm and founder of the international Max Reger Festival in Hamm.
- 1946, September 22nd, Dieter Wiefelspütz , politician; belongs to the executive committee of the SPD subdistrict Hamm
- 1946, October 28, Franz Josef Düwell , judge at the Federal Labor Court; Presiding judge at the Hamm Regional Labor Court
- 1947, Joshard Daus , choir director and conductor; City music director for 20 years and also head of the music school
- 1947, September 29, Jörg van Essen , politician; was senior public prosecutor at the general public prosecutor's office in Hamm He is chairman of the FDP district association Westphalia-South and is also a member of the FDP federal executive committee. He is also a member of the Bundestag.
- 1948, Helmut Ranze , national boxing trainer and functionary; learned boxing at the boxing ring in Hamm
- 1948, February 15, Laurenz Meyer , politician; belonged to the council of the city of Hamm
- 1949, July 13, Rolf Kniffka , judge at the Federal Court of Justice; Judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1950, September 20, Detlev Peukert , historian, head of the research center on the history of National Socialism ; grew up in Herringen , then an independent community and today's district of Hamm
From 1951
- 1951, Horst Rellecke , artist; Builder of the glass elephant in Maximilianpark
- 1953, Manfred Billinger , artist; lived in Hamm from 1982
- 1956, November 3, Hubert Hüppe , politician; u. a. State board of the Junge Union in North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1958, February 25, Peter Wolfgang Gaidzik , lawyer; works for the Hamm Bar Association
- 1958, April 7, Gordon Brown , sculptor; lived in Hamm from 1997 to 2017
- 1961, May 17th, Gisela Kinzel , athlete; active at SC Eintracht Hamm
- 1961, March 4th, Thomas Pfeiffer , lawyer; was a judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1963, Klaus Zeppenfeld , President of the Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences
- 1963, July 19, Jiří Kovařík , ice hockey player for Hammer Eisbären (1992–1996) and Hammer Huskies (1999–2000)
- 1964, April 24th, Helga Arendt , athlete; active at SC Eintracht Hamm
- 1964, September 23, Josefa Idem , Olympic canoe champion, canoe world champion and Minister for Sport, Youth and Equal Rights in the Letta government in Italy; grew up in Hamm
- 1964, November 7th, Rachid Belarbi , football player; in youth at SC Westtünnen and Hammer SpVg
- 1964, December 4th, Uwe Kröger , musical actor; grew up in Hamm
- 1965, April 14th, Mechthild Kluth , athlete; active at SC Eintracht Hamm
- 1966, August 12, Heinz Wöstmann , judge at the Federal Court of Justice; initially judge at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm
- 1966, Bettina Böhm , lawyer; completed her legal traineeship at the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- 1967, February 8, Matthias Baranowski , football player; in his youth at Hammer SpVg
- 1967, February 21, Silke-Beate Knoll , track and field athlete and Olympic participant; active at SC Eintracht Hamm
- 1968, October 21, Kerstin Andreae , politician; worked in Hamm
- 1969, February 1, Victor Smolski , Belarusian musician; lives in Hamm
- 1969, April 5, Stefan Romberg , doctor and politician; practiced as a doctor at Hammer Klinken
- 1970, January 1st, Uwe Grauer , soccer player and coach; in his youth at Hammer SpVg and between 2005 and 2008 player-coach at SV Westfalia Rhynern in Hamm
- 1976, January 28, Michael Bemben , German-Polish soccer player; played for Hammer SpVg
- 1980, April 11, Siggi Kautz , actor and musician; grew u. a. in Hamm
- 1983, July 5th, Anne Müller , handball player; in the youth at ASV Hamm
- 1996, October 6th, Aaron Grosser , racing cyclist