List of personalities of the city of Hanau
This list contains personalities born in Hanau , sorted chronologically according to the year of birth, as well as personalities who worked in Hanau. The list does not claim to be complete.
Honorary citizen
Honorary citizens of Hanau are:
- Fritz Canthal (1848–1922), entrepreneur, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Charles Engelhard (1867–1950), industrialist
- Heinrich Fischer (1895–1973), Lord Mayor and Minister of State
- Eugen Gebeschus (1855–1936), Lord Mayor
- Wilhelm Carl Heraeus (1827–1904), chemist, entrepreneur
- Hans Martin (1930–2016), Lord Mayor
- Johann Heinrich Nickel (1829–1908), businessman, member of parliament
- Reinhard Scheer (1863–1928), admiral
- Rudi Völler (* 1960), soccer player, national coach, sports director of Bayer Leverkusen
In 1933 Adolf Hitler received the honorary citizenship of Hanau. This was withdrawn from him in the first session of a freely elected city council in 1946.
Personalities born in Hanau
Until 1750
- Philip II (1462–1504), ruled the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
- Adriana von Hanau (1470–1524), daughter of Count Philip I the Younger
- Peter Piscator (1571–1611), oriental philologist and Lutheran theologian
- Philipp Ludwig II. (1576–1612), Count of Hanau-Munzenberg
- Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg (1602–1651), ruled the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel as guardian regent
- Isaak Soreau (1604–1645), still life painter
- Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672), alias Franz de le Boë, doctor, anatomist and scientist, inventor of gin
- Philip Ludwig III. (1632–1641), “ruling” count from the main line of the Hanau-Münzenberg family
- Otto Philipp Zaunschliffer (1653–1729), lawyer and professor
- Ludwig Balthasar Müller (1662–1746), mint master in Hanau, mining inspector and founder of copper mining in the Ittertal
- Friedrich Grimm (1672–1748), clergyman and great-grandfather of the Brothers Grimm
- Friedrich Christian Cregut (1675–1758), professor of medicine in Hanau and member of the " Leopoldina " academy of scholars
- Johann Jakob Samhammer (1685–1745), architect
- Salomon Hanau (1687–1746), grammarian and Talmudist
- Johann Adam Bernhard (1688–1771), historian and archivist
- Karl August Friedrich (1704–1763), Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont
- Friedrich Grimm (1707–1777), pastor of the Reformed Confession and grandfather of the Brothers Grimm
- Georg Ludwig von Edelsheim (1740–1814), Minister of Baden
- Ludwig Philipp Gottlob von Danckelmann (1744–1823), Saxon district director and governor
1751 to 1800
- Philipp Wilhelm Grimm (1751–1796), lawyer
- Konrad Wilhelm Ledderhose (1751-1812), lawyer
- Gottfried Gärtner (1754–1825), pharmacist and botanist
- Hector Wilhelm von Günderrode (1755–1786), writer
- Ludwig Wilhelm Gayling von Altheim (1758–1847), politician and diplomat
- Johann Georg Geißelbrecht (1762–1826), puppeteer, puppet theater operator and mechanic
- Friedrich Bury (1763–1823), painter
- Georg Wilhelm Otto von Ries (1763–1846), officer and writer
- Ferdinand Schenck zu Schweinsberg (1765–1842), politician
- Conrad Westermayr (1765–1834), engraver, painter and director of the state drawing academy
- Friedrich Jonas Beschort (1767–1846), actor
- Maria von Hessen-Kassel (1767–1852), Queen of Denmark
- Marie Friederike von Hessen-Kassel (1768–1839), daughter of Elector Wilhelm I of Hessen-Kassel
- Karoline Amalie of Hessen-Kassel (1771–1848), Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler (1772–1813), doctor and zoologist
- Georg Cancrin (1774–1845), German-Russian general and statesman
- Friedrich Engel von Petersdorff (1775-1854), Prussian lieutenant general
- Philip-Ludwig Wolfart (1775–1855), Prussian civil servant
- Johannes Geibel (1776-1853), Protestant Reformed theologian
- Gerhard Heinrich von Motz (1776–1868), politician
- Johann Heinrich Kopp (1777–1858), doctor and naturalist
- Wilhelm II (Hessen-Kassel) (1777–1847), Elector of Hesse
- Karl Christian Wolfart (1778–1832), doctor
- Carl von Haynau (1779–1856), General
- Johann Peter Krafft (1780–1856), painter
- Isaac Bury (1782-1751), jeweler
- Johann Christian Hundeshagen (1783–1834), professor and forest scientist
- Helfrich Bernhard Hundeshagen (1784–1858), Germanist, librarian and art historian
- Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), linguist, literary scholar and lawyer
- Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), linguist and literary scholar
- Joseph Krafft (1786–1828), Austrian painter
- Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto von der Malsburg (1786–1824), writer, poet, translator, lawyer and envoy
- Ferdinand Philipp Grimm (1788–1845), collector of sagas
- Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790–1863), painter and engraver
- Ludwig Hassenpflug (1794–1862), politician
- Karl Ludwig Blum (1796–1869), historian
- Marie von Hessen-Kassel (1796–1880), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Alphons von Stockum-Sternfels (1796–1857), Bavarian baron and major general
- Heinrich Kuhl (1797-1821), zoologist
- Friedrich von Wintzingerode (1799–1870), politician
- Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1800–1882), portrait and history painter
1801 to 1850
- Alexander von Dörnberg (1801–1860), diplomat and politician
- Adolph von Wintzingerode (1801–1874), royal Prussian lieutenant general
- Johann Christian Bauer (1802–1867), die cutter and type caster
- Johann Reinhard Blum (1802–1883), mineralogist
- Luise von Plönnies (1803–1872), writer
- Heinrich Philipp Rudolph Levin von Wintzingerode (1806–1864), ducal-Nassau chamberlain and district president
- Eduard Maximilian Röth (1807–1858), philosopher and university professor
- Ernst Moritz von Heimrod (1808–1877), Anhalt Colonel and Chamberlain and Prussian Major General
- Conrad L'Allemand (1809–1880), painter and medalist
- Emil Ruth (1809–1869), Romanist and Italianist
- Georg Ludwig Pfeiffer (1809-1892), banker
- Fritz L'Allemand (1812–1866), Austrian history painter
- Achilles Roediger (1812–1868) owner of the La Châtelaine boarding school in Geneva (later Thudichum)
- Philipp von Wintzingerode (1812–1871), politician
- Sybilla von Leonrod , b. Meilhaus (1814–1881), educator of King Ludwig II of Bavaria
- August Rühl (1815–1850), politician
- Karl Hinkel (1817–1894), philologist and philosopher
- Hermann Kopp (1817–1892), chemist
- August Schärttner (1817–1859), leading figure in the revolution of 1848/49
- Louis Appia (1818-1898), surgeon
- Heinrich von Dehn-Rotfelser (1825–1885), architect, construction clerk and preservationist
- Friedrich Karl Hausmann (1825–1886), painter, academy director and local researcher
- Georg Cornicelius (1825–1898), painter
- Wilhelm Carl Heraeus (1827–1904), pharmacist, chemist and entrepreneur
- Karl August Dietzel (1829–1884), national economist
- Heinrich Ludwig (1829–1897), painter and art historian
- Johann Heinrich Nickel (1829–1908), businessman and member of the German Reichstag
- Eduard Pflüger (1829–1910), physiologist
- Ludwig Albert Jaeger (1834–1903), businessman and member of the German Reichstag
- Wilhelm Lepenau (1838–1901), chemist and entrepreneur
- Alhard von Drach (1839–1915), mathematician and monument conservator
- Wilhelm Kiesselbach (1839–1902), ear, nose and throat doctor
- Carl Klein (1842–1907), mineralogist, crystallographer and university professor
- Johann Georg Albert Duncker (1843–1886), historian and librarian
- Wilhelm Roediger (1844–1915), engineer and owner of the Mina Sultana copper mine in Huelva, Spain
- Adolf von Deines (1845–1911), officer and diplomat
- Franz Rühl (1845–1915), historian
- Johann Karl Ott (1846–1917), engineer and architect (city architect of Strasbourg )
- Alexander von Bischoffshausen (1846–1928), President of the Prussian State Debt Administration
- Martin Gerlach senior (1846–1918), German-Austrian chaser and engraver, photographer and founder of the publishing house
- Eduard Pelissier (1850–1931), high school teacher and historian
1851 to 1900
- Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel (1851–1925), officer
- Gustav Adolf von Deines (1852–1914), officer
- Barbara von Gagern (1855–1925), women's rights activist
- German Grobe (1857–1938), painter
- Jean Louis Sponsel (1858–1930), art historian and museum director
- Wilhelm Heraeus (1860–1948), chemist and entrepreneur
- Hans Voltz (1861–1916), lobbyist and Prussian member of parliament
- Georg Busch (1862–1943), sculptor
- Friedrich Christian Correns (1863–1923), entrepreneur
- Heinrich Jassoy (1863–1939), architect
- Luise Kiesselbach (1863–1929), politician and women's rights activist
- Georg Lucas (1865–1930), lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
- Fritz König (1866–1952), surgeon and university professor
- Charles Engelhard (1867–1950), industrialist
- Franz Stassen (1869–1949), painter, draftsman and illustrator
- Ernestina Orlandini (also: Ernestine Schultze-Naumburg) born. Ernestine Mack (1869–1965), painter
- Rosa Albach-Retty (1874–1980), Austrian actress
- Adolph Amberg (1874–1913), sculptor
- August Bischoff (1876–1965), sculptor
- Eduard Schreiber (1876–1945), politician (SPD)
- Fritz Alberti (1877–1954), actor
- Emil Salm (1878–1938), sculptor
- Gustav Elsaß (1881–1947), designer
- Ludwig Koch-Hanau (1882–1963), painter and illustrator
- Roderich Walther (1884–1966), District Administrator in Gumbinnen
- Karl Rehbein (1885–1956), politician and trade unionist
- Carl August Emge (1886–1970), legal philosopher and legal sociologist
- Hermann Kehl (1886–1967), surgeon
- Werner Canthal (1887–1973), industrial lawyer
- Hugo Birkner (1888–1957), entrepreneur and archaeologist
- Horst Julius Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (1888–1962), officer
- Ludwig Thormaehlen (1889–1956), sculptor and art historian
- Reinhold Ewald (1890–1974), painter and teacher
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer (1890–1952), naval officer, admiral in World War II
- Georg Amberger (1890–1949), track and field athlete
- Erwin Rousselle (1890–1949), sinologist
- Erich Kohlhauer (1891–1970), Major General of the Army of the Wehrmacht in World War II
- Klaus Thormaehlen (1892–1981), engineer and winemaker
- Elisabeth Schmitz (1893–1977), resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Georg Ulrich Handke (1894–1962), politician (SPD, KPD, SED), Minister for Internal German Trade and Foreign Trade of the GDR
- Hermann Schmidt (1894–1968), physicist
- Heinrich Fischer (1895–1973), politician (SPD)
- Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), violist and composer
- Ferdinand Hahnzog (1897–1969), police officer and historian
- Karl Horst (1898–1987), chemist and politician (CDU)
- Heinrich Bachmann (1900–1946), writer and playwright
- Wilhelm Heinrich Heraeus (1900–1985), physicist, inventor and industrialist
1901 to 1950
- Karl Goebels (1901–1991), theologian and member of the Confessing Church
- Eduard Hopf (1901–1973), painter
- Heinrich Kreß (1902–1985), politician (CDU)
- Karl Rost (1902–1950), Hessian politician (KPD)
- Joachim Ziegler (1904–1945), SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS
- Werner Bertheau (1906–1997), administrative lawyer, district administrator
- Walter Braeuer (1906–1992), professor of economics
- Georg Krämer (1906–1969), sculptor
- Hermann Krause (1908–1988), politician (CDU)
- Otto Zöllner Schorr (1909–2007), botanist
- Karl Ludwig Schreiber (1910–1961), actor
- Willi Rehbein (1911–1995), politician (SPD)
- Heinrich Sonnrein (1911–1944), soccer goalkeeper
- Winfried Oppelt (1912–1999), engineer, textbook author and university professor
- Helmut Vester (1913–2001), pharmacist and pharmacy historian
- Thilde Dietz (1915–1996), tennis player
- Wilhelm Koch (1922–1977), politician (SPD)
- Karl Heidelbach (1923–1993), painter
- Otto Föllinger (1924–1999), professor and textbook author
- Hermann Müller-Karpe (1925–2013), prehistoric
- Gerhard Bott (* 1927), art historian and historian
- Rainer Wolffhardt (1927–2017), film director and screenwriter
- Rainer Bange (1928–2019), cabaret artist
- Hermann Jünger (1928–2005), goldsmith, silversmith and draftsman
- Peter Raacke (* 1928), industrial designer and professor
- Wolfgang Rüfner (* 1933), legal scholar
- Wolfgang Bernhardt (* 1935), lawyer, management consultant and university professor
- Gunther Gottlieb (* 1935), ancient historian
- Jürgen Heraeus (* 1936), manager and chairman of UNICEF Germany
- Jürgen Wohlrabe (1936–1995), politician and film producer
- Hans-Jürgen Diehl (* 1940), painter
- Eckhard Meise (* 1940), classical philologist and historian
- Jürgen Grasmück (1940–2007), author of horror and science fiction novels
- Ulrich Schapka (* 1942), librarian and orientalist
- Aloys Lenz (* 1943), politician (CDU)
- Renate Schmidt (* 1943), politician (SPD)
- Christoph Broelsch (1944–2019), surgeon and university professor
- Klaus Reichert (* 1947), fencer
From 1951
- Christine Fischer-Defoy (* 1951), author, filmmaker and cultural historian
- Hartmut Reußwig (* 1952), church musician and composer
- Bodo Sperling (* 1952), painter
- Elvira Scheich (* 1953), physicist and sociologist
- Karlheinz Schmid (* 1953), journalist
- Helmut Krcmar (* 1954), economist
- Lothar Mohn (* 1954), church music director
- Ramona Wulf (* 1954), hit, disco and pop singer
- Peter Jüngling (* 1955), police officer and regional historian
- Doris Zutt (* 1955), politician (NPD)
- Lioba Braun (* 1957), opera singer and university lecturer
- Ulrich Dausien (* 1957), entrepreneur and founder of Jack Wolfskin
- Lothar Kannenberg (* 1957), boxer and street worker
- Gerd Krämer (* 1957), politician (CDU)
- Harald Schmid (* 1957), athlete
- Dominic Raacke (* 1958), actor and screenwriter
- Peter Henning (* 1959), journalist and writer
- Claus Kaminsky (* 1959), politician (SPD)
- Sigrid Landgraf (* 1959), field hockey player
- Stefan Dübel (* 1960), biologist
- Holger Th. Gräf (* 1960), historian
- Alexander Noll (* 1960), politician (FDP)
- Daniela Schadt (* 1960), journalist, partner of Joachim Gauck
- Ursula Thielemann (* 1960), field hockey player
- Rudi Völler (* 1960), soccer player, team boss of the German national team and sports director
- Karina Fallenstein (* 1961), actress
- Michael Paul (* 1961), handball player
- Andreas Dietz (* 1962), doctor, professor and scientist
- Sebastian Scheid (* 1962), ceramist
- Andreas Engel (* 1963), journalist, author and entrepreneur
- Hans Michael Franke (1963–2014), sculptor
- Jutta Wilke (* 1963), author
- Thomas Berthold (* 1964), football player
- Uwe Freund (* 1965), author, journalist and communication trainer
- Gerhard Himmel (* 1965), wrestler
- Roland Ketzmerick (* 1965), physicist
- Dirk Schulz (* 1965), musician
- Karin Emine Yeşilada (* 1965), Germanist and literary critic
- Andreas Zeller (* 1965), computer scientist
- Dirk Raufeisen (* 1966), jazz pianist
- Claus Martin (* 1967), composer and director
- Norman Schlimmer (* 1967), author and musician
- Angela Schuster (* 1967), rower
- Karsten Weber (* 1967), philosopher
- Martin Hoppe (* 1968), author, chairman of the history association
- Sven Elverfeld (* 1968), cook
- Michael "Rautie" Rautenberg (* 1968), comic book artist and illustrator
- Krystian Skoczowski (* 1968), church musician
- Guido Erhard (1969–2002), soccer player
- Ralph Krieger (* 1969), TV presenter and musician
- Stefan Vurchio (* 1969), actor
- Bonny G. Assan (* 1970), bassist
- Sascha Karolin Aulepp (* 1970), politician (SPD)
- Tayfur Havutçu (* 1970), Turkish football player
- Heiko M / S / O , bourgeois Heiko Schäfer (1970–2017), DJ, musician and label owner
- Corinna Hilss (* 1970), reporter, presenter and editor
- Kerstin Thomas (* 1970), art historian
- Luca Zamperoni (* 1970), theater and television actor
- Marietta Böning (* 1971), author
- Yahya Gülay (* 1972), martial artist
- Susanne Müller (* 1972), hockey player
- Andreas Wurm (* 1972), journalist, moderator and speaker
- Sinan Albayrak (born 1973), actor
- Daniel Gomez (* 1973), singer, songwriter and multimedia artist
- Oliver Gross (* 1973), tennis player
- Tomy Temerson (* 1973), zither player
- Christoph Rainer , (1974 *) chef with two stars in the Michelin guide awarded
- Jorinde Dröse (* 1976), director
- Angelo Barletta (* 1977), football player
- Thomas Keinath (* 1977), table tennis player
- Andreas Glaser (* 1977), lawyer
- Jörg Zereike (* 1978), handball goalkeeper
- Katharina Debus (* 1979), singer and musician
- Simon Krätschmer (* 1979), television presenter and editor
- Simone Reuthal (* 1979), radio and television presenter
- Jenny Winkler (* 1979), actress
- Safet Babic (* 1981), politician (NPD)
- Viktoria Como (* 1981), handball player and trainer
- Nicole Maisch (* 1981), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Christian Volkmann (* 1981), actor
- Heiko Fischer (* 1982), guitarist and songwriter
- Aljoscha Grabowski (* 1982), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Daniyel Cimen (* 1985), football player
- Daniel la Rosa (* 1985), racing driver and TV expert
- Marco Russ (* 1985), soccer player
- Oliver Lutz (* 1986), jazz bassist
- Mergim Mavraj (* 1986), football player
- Nina Werner (* 1986), comic artist
- Tim Henkel (* 1988), handball player
- Patrick Kronenberger (* 1988), singer and composer
- Krešo Ljubičić (* 1988), Croatian football player
- Julian Reus (* 1988), athlete
- Elena Gilles (* 1989), canoeist
- Arlissa (born 1992), singer
- Sophie Howard (* 1993), soccer player
- Leon Bell Bell (born 1996), football player
- Gianluca Gaudino (* 1996), football player
- Nico Kurz (* 1997), darts player
Personalities who worked in Hanau
- Hans Fehlhaber (1881–1974), painter and drawing teacher
- Michael Stipe (* 1960), American singer, songwriter, founding member of REM
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