List of personalities from the city of Kleve
Personalities who are connected with the city of Kleve .
- (a) Honorary Citizen - honored by the city
- (b) personalities born in Kleve
- (c) Personalities who have had a lasting effect in Kleve or who were sustainably formed in Kleve
Honorary citizen
- Moritz Carl August Bessel (1783–1874, district court president and art collector), awarded in 1864
- Peter Eich (1837–1919, District Administrator), since 1916
- Wilhelm Mertens (1846–1922, tobacco manufacturer, City Councilor of the Center Party), since May 23, 1917
- August Fleischhauer (1855–1942, counselor and lawyer), appointed in 1927, disqualified in his 30s, revoked on April 23, 2008
- Field Marshal General and President Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), since 1926
- Heinrich Wulff (Mayor from 1903 to 1932), awarded on March 11, 1932; Revoked by the city council on June 2, 1933 under pressure from the National Socialist rulers, revocation of the revocation on April 23, 2008
- Adolf Hitler (dictator), awarded June 30, 1933, revoked on April 23, 2008
- Franz van de Loo (lawyer and alderman for the city of Kleve), since August 20, 1952
- Heinz Will (1904–1978, lawyer, founder of the Kleve Zoo), since January 12, 1977
- Heinrich van Ackeren (1901–1983, doctor), since January 6, 1979
- Theodor Janßen (1905–1986, Roman Catholic pastor), since March 22, 1979
- Richard van de Loo (1909–1990, Mayor from 1955 to 1984), since February 21, 1984
- Friedrich Leinung (1934–2015, Roman Catholic pastor), since October 25, 2001
- Karl (1924–2008) and Maria (1930–2016) Kisters (socially committed entrepreneurial couple), since 2006
- Wilhelm Diedenhofen (born 1934), since 2018
sons and daughters of the town
Until the 18th century
- Katharina von Kleve (1417–1476), Duchess of Geldern and Countess of Zutphen
- Arnold Heymerick (1424–1491), Papal Abbreviator
- Simon Wanradt (~ 1500–1567), clergyman of the Reformation
- Johannes de Cleve (1528 / 1529–1582), composer and conductor
- Marie Eleonore von Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1550–1608), Duchess of Prussia
- Karl Friedrich von Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1555–1575), Hereditary Prince of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- Sibylle von Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1557–1628), daughter of Duke Wilhelm the Rich and Archduchess Maria of Austria
- Govaert Flinck (1615-1660), Dutch painter
- Friedrich Wilhelm Stosch (1648–1704), theologian and philosopher
- Ludwig von Brandenburg (1666–1687), Prince and Margrave of Brandenburg
- Johann Christoph von Wylich and Lottum (1681–1727), officer
- Johann Friedrich von Balbi (around 1700–1779), officer
- Johann Martin von Elmpt (1726–1802), field marshal
- Anacharsis Cloots (1755–1794), politician and revolutionary
- Friedrich von Bernuth (1757–1832), civil servant in French and Prussian services
- Johann Konrad Nebe (1762–1831), ev.-luth. Pastor, consistorial councilor and writer
- Maria Alexandrina Ferdinanda Baroness von Cloots (1764–1841), Vice-President of the second Klever Women’s and Virgins’s Association, holder of the Order of Luise
- Johann August Sack (1764–1831), Prussian civil servant and President of the Province of Pomerania
- Christoph Wilhelm Heinrich Sethe (1767–1855), lawyer
- Heinrich von Danckelmann (1768–1830), Prussian civil servant and minister
- Karl Georg Maaßen (1769–1834), lawyer and politician
- Johann Ludwig von Bernuth (1770–1857), War and Domain Councilor in Ansbach and Chief Finance Councilor in Berlin
- Christian Sethe (1778–1864), lawyer, privy councilor and founder of the Sethe Foundation in Aurich
- Christian Peter Wilhelm Beuth (1781–1853), industrial pioneer and politician
- Eberhard von Hymmen (1784–1854), Prussian District Administrator of the Rhine Province
- Heinrich von Diest (1785–1847), officer
- Georg von Falck (1786–1836), officer
- Friedrich Heinrich von Bernuth (1789–1859), district administrator
- Johanna Sebus (1791–1809), heroine
- Heinrich Berghaus (1797–1884), cartographer
- Emil von Bernuth (1797–1882), district administrator
- Christian Carl Theodor Ludwig Sethe (1798–1857), lawyer
19th century
- Friedrich Arnold Steinmann (1801–1875), lawyer and writer
- Wilhelm Josef Sinsteden (1803-1891), inventor of the lead accumulator
- Adolph Wegelin (1810–1881), architectural painter
- Aegidius Rudolph Nicolaus Arntz (1812–1884), legal scholar
- Jeannette Holthausen (pseudonym: Agnes le Grave) (1812–1875), musician and poet
- Elise Thérèse Daiwaille (1814–1881), artist and painter
- Johann Bernhard Klombeck (1815–1893), landscape painter
- Otto Joseph Arnold Saedt (1816–1886), public prosecutor
- Mother Helena, b. Pael (1817 / 18– ≥1901), superior of the Clement sisters in Münster
- Reinhard Schlüter (1821–1890), lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
- Bernhard von Gudden (1824–1886), psychiatrist and court physician to King Ludwig II.
- Wilhelm Kerckhoff (1824–1900), Mayor of Altendorf
- August Nebe-Pflugstädt (1828–1902), Prussian State Councilor, Crown Attorney, Privy Council and Undersecretary of State
- Adolf Fritzen (1838–1919), Bishop of Strasbourg
- Heinrich Ludwig Philippi (1838–1874), art and history painter
- Aloys Fritzen (1840–1916), lawyer and politician
- Wilhelm Broekmann (1842–1916), lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
- Moritz Fleischer (1843–1927), peat researcher, cultural engineer and agricultural chemist
- Karl Fritzen (1844–1933), lawyer and politician
- Arnold Wever (1850-1922), banker
- Fritz Wever (1852–1913), architect, spatial planner and university professor
- Hermann Wever (1853–1911), lawyer
- Karl Busz (1863–1930), mineralogist
- Carl Ludwig Kleine (1866–1938), lawyer and politician
- Karl Lohmann (1866–1946), lawyer and politician
- Ernst Paulus (1868–1936), architect
- Gerhard Lamers (1871–1964), church painter
- Gustav Hoffmann (1872–1935), industrialist
- Lucie Goldschmidt (1876–1943), first official candidate for the Jewish community in the Kleve city council election
- Johanna Hundhausen (1877–1955), teacher and headmistress
- Gustav Angenheister (1878–1945), geophysicist
- Theodor Brauer (1880–1942), social theorist
- Johann Baumann (1882–1959), painter
- Josef Mooren (1885–1987), landscape painter, restorer and church painter
- Wilhelm Heuckmann (1897–1954), General Secretary of the German Viticulture Association
- Hanns Lamers (1897–1966), painter
20th century
1901-1950
- Hellmuth Becker (1902–1962), politician
- Ria Thiele (1904–1996), actress, dancer and choreographer
- Heinrich Maria Janssen (1907–1988), Bishop of Hildesheim
- Willy Maywald (1907–1985), photographer
- Albert Lax (1910–1997), educator and politician
- Friedrich Gorissen (1912–1993), historian
- Josef van Eimern (1921–2008), forest and agricultural meteorologist
- Gerhard Brock (1922–2009), politician
- Ernst Schönzeler (1923–1981), painter and graphic artist
- Helmut Kretschmar (* 1928), concert and oratorio singer
- Hans Maria Wellen (1932–1992), composer
- Dietmar Flock (* 1934), agricultural scientist and university professor
- Wilfried Barner (1937–2014), literary scholar
- Bernd Mütter (* 1938), historian and history educator
- Werner Thissen (* 1938), Archbishop of Hamburg
- Theodor Buckstegen (* 1939), Roman Catholic theologian and cathedral chapter in Münster
- Friedrich A. Schott (1939–2008), oceanographer
- Reiner Körfer (* 1942), cardiac surgeon
- Jan Oerding (* 1948), General in the Bundeswehr
- Theodor Brauer (* 1949), politician and mayor of Kleve
- Klaus Mertens (* 1949), singer
- Elisabeth Mühlens (* 1949), lawyer, former judge at the BGH D.
- Harald Wieser (* 1949), sociologist, author and journalist
- Andreas Pruys (* 20th century), singer
1951-2000
- Wiebke Hendriksen (* 1951), table tennis player and European champion
- Karl Adamek (* 1952), music sociologist
- Barbara Hendricks (* 1952), politician, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- Reinhard van der Heusen (* 1953), national handball player
- Klaus Steinbach (* 1953), swimmer and president of the German NOK
- Tina Theune-Meyer (* 1953), national coach of the German women's national soccer team
- Johannes Keders (* 1954), President of the Hamm Higher Regional Court
- Peter Tollens (* 1954), painter, draftsman and book artist
- Claus Fey (* 1955), national handball player
- Angela Steinbach (* 1955), swimmer
- Gustav Steinhoff (* 1958), cardiac surgeon
- Stefan Richtstein (* 1959), manager
- Claudia Theune-Vogt (* 1959), archaeologist
- Stefan Leupertz (* 1961), lawyer
- Wolf Hogekamp (* 1961), filmmaker, slam master and slam poet
- Stephan Froleyks (* 1962), composer and improvisation musician
- Andrea Nienhuisen (* 1962), journalist
- Klaus-Jürgen Rattay (1962–1981), squatter
- Sylvester Engbrox (* 1964), painter
- Stephan Heilen (* 1965), classical philologist
- Karsten Fischer (* 1967), political scientist, professor of political theory
- Rainer Rauffmann (* 1967), Cypriot soccer player and soccer coach
- Sonja Northing (* 1968), politician; since 2015 mayor of the city of Kleve
- Peter Huth (* 1969), journalist and author
- Stephan Haupt (* 1970), politician, member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Steffi Neu (* 1971), radio presenter
- Martin Schumacher (1971–1989), painter and graphic artist
- René Schoemakers (* 1972), visual artist and painter
- Markus Verbeet (* 1974), lawyer and journalist
- Melanie Arns (* 1980), writer
- Jan Kersjes (* 1981), actor
- Stefan Stuckmann (* 1982), author
People connected to Kleve
10-17 century
- Otto III. (980–1002), Holy Roman Emperor
- Dietrich IV./VI. (Kleve) (≈1185–1260), Count of Kleve
- Otto (Kleve) (≈1278–1310), Count of Kleve
- Dietrich VII./IX. (Kleve) (≈1291–1347), Count of Kleve
- Johann von Kleve (≈1292 / 93–1368), Count of Kleve
- Adolf III. von der Mark (1334–1394), bishop in the diocese of Münster, elect of the archbishopric of Cologne and Count of Kleve
- Gilles Joye (1424 / 25–1483), Belgian theologian, poet, singer and composer
- Heinrich Douvermann (≈1480–1543), artist and wood carver
- Sibylle von Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1512–1554), wife of Elector Johann Friedrich I (Saxony)
- Anna von Kleve (1515–1557), fourth wife of Henry VIII.
- Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1562–1609), Bishop of the Diocese of Münster and Duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- Werner Teschenmacher (1590–1638), annalist, humanist and Reformed theologian
- Georg Wilhelm (Brandenburg) (1595–1640), Duke of Prussia and Elector of the Mark Brandenburg
- Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen (1604–1679), governor of the Brandenburg Elector Friedrich Wilhelm
- Matthias Nethenus (1618–1686), German Reformed theologian
- Alexander von Spaen (1619–1692), Field Marshal General of Brandenburg
- Eberhard von Danckelman (1643–1722), Brandenburg Minister, Prussian President and Baron
- Johann Kayser (1654–1721), Westphalian poet, Lutheran preacher and high school teacher
- Johann Heinrich Schütte (1694–1774), doctor and naturalist
18th century
- Johann Matthias von Bernuth (1716–1797), Chamber Director of the War and Domain Council in Kleve
- Eberhard von der Reck (1744–1816), Prussian politician and general
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon (1774–1851), Prussian colonel and military writer
- Casimir von Dewall (1773–1826), Prussian district administrator
- Christoph Gudermann (1798–1852), mathematician
- Alexander von Daniels (1800–1868), lawyer, royal Prussian crown syndic, author and politician
- Jan Schröder (1800–1885), Prussian admiral
19th century
- Johann Christian Wilhelm August Hopfensack (1801–1874), theologian, educator and poet
- Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803–1862), landscape painter
- Eduard Kühne (1810–1883), entrepreneur
- Justus Karl Haßkarl (1811-1894), natural scientist
- Robert Scholten (1831–1910), Roman Catholic priest and historian
- August Lüdecke-Cleve (1868–1957), painter
- Wilhelm Frede (1875–1942), diplomat
- Johanna Hundhausen (1877 in Mülheim –1955), women's rights activist and headmistress of the Catholic Oberlyzeum (predecessor of the Johanna-Sebus-Gymnasium )
- Achilles Moortgat (1881–1957), sculptor and landscape painter
- Johannes Maria Verweyen (1883–1945), philosopher and theosophist
- Ewald Mataré (1887–1965), painter and sculptor
- Clara Werkmann (1896–1969), founder of the mother house of the Franciscan Sisters in Kleve, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
20th century
- Peter Albers (1901–1955), politician
- Erich Brautlacht (1902–1957), lawyer and writer
- Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland (1902–1969), diplomat and politician
- Fritz Getlinger (1911–1998), photographer
- Karl Leisner (1915–1945), Roman Catholic priest
- Joseph Beuys (1921–1986), sculptor and artist
- Franz Joseph van der Grinten (* 1933), art historian, art collector and artist
- Karl Hesse (* 1936), Archbishop of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea
- Paul Friedhoff (1943–2015), politician
- Hans-Peter Riel (1943–2008), journalist and television presenter
- Willi Lippens (* 1945), soccer player
- Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003), politician, Federal Minister
- Manfred Palmen (* 1945), politician / city director
- Karl Addicks (* 1950), politician
- Barbara Hendricks (* 1952), politician, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- Ronald Pofalla (* 1959), politician, former Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the Federal Chancellery
- Aische Pervers (* 1986), presenter and actress
- Steffen Roth (* 1989), jazz musician
- Yannic Hendricks (* 1990), German anti-abortion opponent (pseudonym Markus Krause)
- Rene Joosten (* 1972), Dutch portrait and landscape painter, lives in Kleve.
Individual evidence
- ^ Protocols of the Prussian State Ministry
- ↑ DerWesten Article of February 27, 2016
- ↑ Lineage of the Lueb family
- ↑ NRZ article from April 3, 2014
- ^ Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine: Issue 218 (2015)
- ↑ a b c Minutes of the meeting of the city of Kleve on April 23, 2008
- ↑ NRZ article "Where there was a will, there was also a way" from August 16, 2014
- ↑ The van Ackeren family
- ↑ RP-Online article "The builder of Christ the King"
- ↑ "The true master citizen" DerWesten
- ↑ Web portal of the city of Kleve
- ^ Website of the Kisters Foundation
- ↑ Lexicon of German Women in the Pen by Sophie Pataky, 2014, Verlag Hoffenberg, page 278
- ↑ Indiana Tribune, Vol. 24, No. 141, p. 6. Indianapolis, Marion County, February 7, 1901
- ↑ Ancestral list daughter of person no. 881
- ↑ NRZ article from October 4, 2014 The fight for more education
- ↑ Hildegardis-Verein eV / Institute for Church History at the University of Bonn via Helene Weber, p. 164
- ↑ NRZ article from December 24, 2015 "The Mother Superior"