List of personalities of the city of Koblenz

The list of personalities of the city of Koblenz contains the personalities born in Koblenz as well as those who had their sphere of activity in Koblenz without having been born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Koblenz

Prince Metternich was instrumental in the Congress of Vienna involved

Josef Görres , publicist and editor of the liberal Rheinischer Merkur

Clemens Brentano , poet of “No animal is on earth”, editor of the folk song
collection “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” together with Achim von Arnim

The opera singer Henriette Sontag around 1825

Philip Cardinal Krementz

Adolf Dronke

Karl Theodor von Guérard

Former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was born in Koblenz in 1926 and received honorary citizenship in 2006

Until 1800

• Drusilla (16–38 AD), sister of the Roman emperor Caligula
• Theodorich von Wied (≈1170–1242), Archbishop of Trier
• Heinrich Kalteisen (≈1390–1464), Dominican priest, Archbishop of Nidaros in Norway
• Heinrich von Rübenach (≈1420–1493), Dominican priest, professor of theology and auxiliary bishop
• Peter von Koblenz (≈1440–1501), master builder and stonemason
• Johann Lutter von Kobern (? –1536), robber baron, executed in Koblenz
• Bartholomäus Klinge (≈1535–1610), professor of dialectics, rhetoric and law at the University of Rostock
• Otto Gereon von Gutmann zu Sobernheim (1571 / 72–1638), auxiliary bishop
• Johannes Magirus (1559–1609), preacher and controversial theologian at the Jesuit College in Speyer
• Johannes VII. Kaspar Pflüger (1620–1688), Abbot of Marienstatt
• Johann Friedrich Champagnier (1622 - after 1673), merchant and mayor of Koblenz
• Johann Solemacher (1624–1682), Elector of Trier court advisor and secret secretary
• Johann Caspar Champagnier (1626–1671), waiter from the Electorate of Trier
• Johann Arnold Ritter and Edler von Solemacher (1657–1734), Privy Councilor and Chancellor of the Electorate of Trier
• Johann Franz von Gaerz (1671–1719), Kurtr. Privy and Hofrat, envoy of the Reichstag
• Hierotheus Confluentinus , real name Johann Michael Stammel (1682–1766), Capuchin chronicler
• Johann Friedrich (Ludwig II) von Coll (1690–1746), abbot in Rommersdorf monastery
• Johann Matthias Ritter and Edler von Coll (1692–1752), Dr. jur., Real Privy Council, Electorate Chancellor
• Johann Martin Albert Joseph von Coll (1697–1764), colonel and councilor
• Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim (1707–1774), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz and Prince-Bishop of Worms
• Johann Hugo II. Von Hagen (1707–1791), Imperial Court Council President (1778–1791) and Austrian Reich Conference Minister
• Friedrich Ferdinand von der Leyen (1709–1760), Imperial Count
• Franz Xaver Anton von Scheben (1711–1779); Titular Bishop of Assuras and Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Worms
• Johann Hugo Heinrich Franz von Gaerz (1716–1759), privy councilor , court councilor and auditor
• Ernst Anton Joseph von Mees (1718–1803), Real Privy Councilor, Director of Justice
• Johann Hugo Joseph Ritter and Edler von Coll (1735–1784), Dr. jur., privy councilor and court counselor, office director
• Johann Jacob Joseph Xaverius Ritter and Edler von Coll (1739–1798), Dr. jur. utr., Dean of St. Florin
• Ludwig Norbert Hermann Joseph von Coll (1739–1777), court, government and auditors
• Johann Franz Matthias von Coll (approx. 1740–1809), court judge, administrator of Berncastel, Baldenau, Hunoldstein
• Maria Magdalena van Beethoven (1746–1787), mother of Ludwig van Beethoven
• Franz Georg Karl von Metternich (1746–1818), diplomat
• Benedikt Beckenkamp (1747–1828), painter
• Johann Heinrich Liel (1748–1834), Councilor of the Elector of Trier
• Johann Josef Mazza (1752–1828), Lord Mayor of Koblenz
• Johann Nikolaus Nebel (1752–1828), mayor of Koblenz
• Johann Aloys Josef von Hügel (1753–1826), diplomat, statesman and imperial commissioner
• Peter Andreas Kalt (1755–1815), electoral chancellor
• Joseph Gregor Lang (1755–1834), pastor, teacher and patron of the arts
• Joseph Marius von Babo (1756–1822), writer
• Johann Nepomuk Hubert von Schwerz (1759–1844), agricultural scientist
• Damian Harthard Ignatz Xaver von Mees (1759–1836), Kurtr. Court judge and judicial senate director
• Johann Heinrich Brühl (1760–1831), Benedictine and school director
• Johann Friedrich Hugo von Dalberg (1760–1812), pianist, music writer and composer
• Joseph von Hommer (1760–1836), Bishop of Trier
• Johann Heinrich Milz (1763–1833), auxiliary bishop
• Wilhelm Arnold Günther (1763–1843) Koblenz archivist and auxiliary bishop in Trier
• Philipp von der Leyen (1766–1829), Prince von der Leyen
• Johann Jacob Joseph Ritter and Edler von Coll (1770–1827), Kurtr. Government and Councilor
• Joseph Andreas Maria Anschuez (1772–1855), founder of the Koblenz Music Institute
• Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich (1773-1859), statesman in the Austrian Empire
• Johanna Franul von Weißenthurn (1773–1847), actress and writer
• Georg Brentano (1775–1851), wholesale merchant
• Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray (1775–1845), architect
• Sophie Brentano (1776–1800), member of the Brentano family
• Joseph Görres (1776–1848), grammar school and university teacher and publicist
• Franz Spohn (1776–1806), military
• Abundius Maehler (1777-1853), Lord Mayor of Koblenz
• Clemens Brentano (1778–1842), writer
• Clemens Wenzeslaus Ritter and Edler von Coll (1779–1844), Councilor
• Johann Nicolaus Jacob Ritter and Edler von Coll (1781–1872), mayor of St. Goar, later of Zell an der Mosel
• Franz Georg Joseph von Lassaulx (1781–1818), legal scholar
• Johann Claudius von Lassaulx (1781–1848), architect
• Salentin von Cohausen (1782–1864), district administrator
• Hermann Josef Dietz (1782–1862), manufacturer, sponsor of the Koblenz community hospital
• Ferdinand Nebel (1782–1860), architect
• Franz von Münch-Bellinghausen (1787–1863), district administrator
• Franz Reisinger (1787–1855), surgeon and university professor
• Karl Josef Ignatz Mosler (1788–1860), painter and art historian
• Katharina Buchwieser (1789–1828), opera singer (soprano) and actress
• Friedrich Wilhelm Carové (1789–1852), lawyer, writer and philosopher
• Friedrich von Gärtner (1791–1847), architect
• Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner (1791–1856), composer and conductor
• Peter Gayer (1793–1836), archivist , painter and historian (son of the Koblenz mayor Johann Dominik Gayer)
• Simon Meister (1796–1844), painter
• Johann Georg Müller (1798–1870), theologian and Catholic bishop
• Joseph von Boos zu Waldeck (1798–1880), lieutenant colonel and stable master
• Jakob Hölscher (1798–1862), publisher, bookseller and city councilor
• Franz Adams the Elder (1800–1868), member of the preliminary parliament and the Frankfurt National Assembly
• Carl Josef Holzer (1800–1885), Catholic clergyman and member of the Reichstag

1801 to 1850

• Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858), physiologist, marine biologist and comparative anatomist
• Eduard Puggé (1802–1836) lawyer, representative of the historical school of law
• Hermann Anschütz (1802–1880), painter
• Gottlieb Gassen (1805–1878), painter
• Guido Görres (1805-1852), writer
• Franz Carl Hasslacher (1805–1881), district administrator and police director
• Ernst von Lasaulx (1805–1861), philologist, historical philosopher and politician
• Posa Claudius Linz (1806–1871), German administrative lawyer and politician
• Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806–1879), pharmacist
• Henriette Sontag (1806–1854), opera singer
• Julius Stephan Wegeler (1807–1883), physician and local historian
• August Reichensperger (1808–1895), lawyer and politician
• Peter Reichensperger (1810-1892), politician
• August Gustav Lasinsky (1811–1870), painter
• Carl Mand (1811–1892), piano maker
• Nina Sontag (1811–1879), actress and nun
• Karl Herrmann (around 1813–1881), painter and etcher
• Joseph Anton Nikolaus Settegast (1813–1890), church painter
• Karl Anschütz (1815–1870), conductor and founder of the Deutsche Oper in New York
• Franz Jakob Clemens (1815–1862), philosopher and writer
• Wilhelm Gommelshausen (1815–1901), Catholic pastor and politician
• Ernst von Holleben (1815–1908), lawyer and chancellor
• Amalie von Lasaulx (1815–1872), nun
• Heinrich Hartung II. (1816–1893) portrait painter
• Hermann Nebel (1816–1893), architect
• Hermann Schaaffhausen (1816-1893), anthropologist
• Georg Saal (1817–1870), painter
• Albrecht von Stosch (1818–1896), infantry general and admiral
• Theodor Gericke (1819–1878), Prussian major general
• Philipp Krementz (1819–1899), cardinal, bishop of Warmia and archbishop of Cologne
• Johann Claudius von Longard (1820–1901), Prussian civil servant and member of parliament
• Johann Hartung (1821–?), Sculptor
• Peter Joseph Molitor (1821–1898), painter
• Ernst Dronke (1822–1891), writer and publicist
• Leopold von Eltester (1822–1879), archivist and historian
• Johann Lange (1823–1908), landscape painter
• Peter Joseph Osterhaus (1823–1917), revolutionary, general, US diplomat and businessman
• Wilhelm Hexamer (1825–1870), revolutionary during the March Revolution of 1848/1849
• Eduard Koch (1825–1876), architect and master railroad builder
• Karl Heinrich Lottner (1825–1897), lawyer and Lord Mayor of Koblenz
• August Nebe (1826–1895), theologian and local history researcher
• Hermann Seul (1827–1912), politician and insurance director
• Franz Adams the Younger (1828–1891), city councilor, member of the Prussian manor house
• Sebastian Georg Schäffer (1828–1901), Catholic clergyman
• Albert Leopold Rheinemann (1833– after 1879), German painter
• Otto Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe (1835–1890), owner of majorate and member of the German Reichstag
• Theodor von der Goltz (1836–1905), agricultural scientist
• Maurus Kalkum (1836–1893), Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau
• Julius Wegeler (1836–1913), entrepreneur
• Adolf Dronke (1837–1898), grammar school director in Trier and founder of the Eifelverein
• Hermann Mosler (1838–1891), Catholic clergyman and member of the German Reichstag
• Karl von Delius (1840–1907), royal Prussian government councilor and district administrator
• Ottilie von Hansemann (1840–1919), women's rights activist
• August von Druffel (1841-1891), historian
• Johannes Richter (1842–1889), architect
• Bartholomäus von Werner (1842–1924), naval officer and naval writer
• Fritz Baedeker (1844–1925), publisher
• Jean Baptiste Feilner (1844–1912), court and architecture photographer, postcard publisher
• Rudolf von Caemmerer (1845–1911), Lieutenant General zD
• Hartmann Grisar (1845–1932), Jesuit and church historian
• Alexander Zick (1845–1907), painter and illustrator
• Angelika von Liebieg (1847–1919), treasure hunter and collector
• Carl Beyer (1848–1900), archivist and historian
• Josef Cornelius (1849–1943), dialect poet and creator of the Schängelliedes
• Gustav Seligmann (1849–1920), banker
• Max von Fischel (1850–1929), naval officer, admiral of the Imperial German Navy and chief of the admiralty staff
• Otto Kamp (1850–1922), teacher, poet of naturalism (poor people's songs)
• Wilhelm Linz (1850–1925), lawyer and politician (center)
• Paula Reinhard (1850–1908), co-founder of the Bethlehem Monastery
• Ernst von Sommerfeld (1850–1917), major general

1851 to 1900

• Jakob Caspers (1851–1933), farmer and cooperative member
• Bernhard Sepp (1853–1920), historian
• Udo von Wussow (1854–1915), Prussian major general, legal knight of the Order of St. John
• Hermann von Kuhl (1856–1958), infantry general and military historian
• Hugo Gallenkamp (1859–1925), lawyer
• Philipp Gretscher (1859–1937), singer and composer
• Heinrich Hartung III. (1851–1919), landscape painter
• Jakob Beckenkamp (1855–1931), mineralogist
• Adolf Buehl (1860–1948), Hamburg State Councilor
• Heinrich Haehling von Lanzenauer (1861–1925), theologian and auxiliary bishop
• Adam Günther (1862–1940), urban engineering technician, archaeologist and museum director
• Theodor von Guérard (1863–1943), lawyer and politician
• Peter Klöckner (1863–1940), large industrialist
• Anna Schoen-René (1864–1942), American singer and music teacher
• Johann Oelbaum (1865–1944), naturopath and magnetopath, co-founder of TV Metternich
• Otto Antoine (1865–1951), artist
• Jean Louis Kehrmann (1865–1891), landscape painter
• Guillaume Bernays (1868–1882), lawyer specializing in maritime law and murder victims in the Peltzer case
• Florian Klöckner (1868–1947), industrialist and politician
• Adolf von Trotha (1868–1940), naval officer, most recently admiral of the Reichsmarine and chief of the admiralty staff
• Hubert Flohr (1869–1940), pianist, music teacher and music director
• Hermann Stegemann (1870–1945), Swiss journalist and writer
• Theodor von Baudissin (1874–1950), administrative lawyer
• Otto Falckenberg (1873–1947), director, theater director and writer
• Hugo von Kayser (1873–1949), general of the cavalry
• Ernst Link (1873–1952), hydraulic engineer
• Theodor Graf von Baudissin (1874–1950), administrative lawyer
• Karl Mensing (1876–1953), lawyer
• Heinrich Schellen (1877–1939), Ministerial Director, Senate President at the Prussian Higher Administrative Court
• Karl Haniel (1877–1944), civil servant
• Adolf Bingel (1879–1953), internist in Braunschweig
• Max von Laue (1879–1960), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Paul Wentzcke (1879–1960), historian, archive and museum director
• Adolf Göggel (1880–1959), politician
• Curt Steinberg (1880–1960), architect, construction clerk and painter
• Friedrich Erxleben (1883–1955), Catholic priest
• Albert Maring (1883–1943), Roman Catholic priest and Jesuit
• Heinrich Eisenbarth (1884–1950), Hamburg parliamentarian and senator
• Karl Böchel (1884–1946), resistance fighter
• Paul Kratz (1884–1958), German sculptor
• Maximilian Raitz von Frentz (1885–1967), lawyer and politician
• Richard Radziewsky (1885–1969), politician
• Fritz von Unruh (1885–1970), writer, painter, speaker and poet
• Odo Casel (1886–1948), liturgical scholar
• Hermann Gerstmayer (1886–1961), writer
• Josef Grisar (1886–1967), Catholic theologian
• Gus Kahn (1886–1941), American musician, songwriter and lyricist
• Josef Mayer (1887–1961), President of the Federal Audit Office
• Augustina Schumacher (1887–1945), founder of the order
• Willi Max Scheid (1889–1932), architect, commercial artist and university professor
• Friedrich Herrlein (1889–1974), officer
• Erwin Reusch (1889–1936), poster artist and commercial artist
• Hanny Franke (1890–1973), landscape painter
• Horst von der Goltz (1884–?), Spy
• Hans Nachtsheim (1890–1979), zoologist and geneticist
• Max von Stockhausen (1890–1971) lawyer and government official
• Herm Dienz (1891–1980), painter and graphic artist
• Hermann Funken (1891–?), Politician
• Claus von Platen (1891–1964), farmer and politician
• Josef Schnorbach (1893–1973), administrative clerk and politician
• Katharina Braun (1894–1989), teacher, graphic artist and painter
• Erich von Neindorff (1894–1993), officer, farmer as well as SA chief and politician
• Carl Clemens Bücker (1895–1976), aircraft designer
• Karl Burghof (1896–1972), District Administrator
• Hans Kirschstein (1896–1918), officer
• Willi Lindner (1896–1964), carnivalist
• Rudolf Krüger (1898–1980), architect
• Karl Weber (1898–1985), politician
• Hans Herter (1899–1984), classical philologist
• Wilhelm Hack (1899–1985), art collector
• Ewald Kreisch (* 1900, further data unknown), Nazi doctor, involved in euthanasia crimes at the PHP Andernach

1901 to 1910

• Karl Carius (1902–1980), politician
• Egon Endres (1902–1983), lawyer and politician
• Elisabeth Lennartz (1902–2001), actress
• Hermann Müller (1902–1994), politician
• Hans Reifferscheid (1902–?), Painter
• Joseph Breitbach (1903–1980), writer, journalist and patron
• Max Cetto (1903–1980), German-Mexican architect
• Clément Moreau (1903–1988), commercial artist and artist
• Hans von Watter (1903–1945), District Administrator
• Leopold Becker (1904–1977), politician
• Jupp Flohr (1904–1958), carnivalist, dialect poet and actor
• Ernst Frenzel (1904–1978), politician and SA leader
• Edwin Maria Landau (1904–2001), German-Swiss literary translator and publisher
• Karl Peters (1904–1998), expert in criminal procedure and youth law
• Hermann Unger (1905–1980), Prussian district administrator
• Felix Prentzel (1905–1993), industrial lawyer
• Kurt Lehmann (1905–2000), sculptor
• Loni Franz (1905–1987), youth carer and home manager at Kalmenhof
• Joachim Bergmann (1906–1974), lawyer
• Bernhard Günther (1906–1981), politician
• Walter Lurgenstein (1906–1964), politician
• Hermann Broermann (1908–1995), painter
• Erich Franke (1908–1986), politician and local researcher
• Karl Holstein (1908–1983), industrialist
• Toni van Eyck (1910–1988), actress
• Emil Halbheer ( Milo; 1910–1978), painter and graphic artist
• Gerd Lichtenhahn (1910–1964), architect

1911 to 1930

• Elisabeth Alföldi-Rosenbaum (1911–1992), classical archaeologist
• Grete Borgmann (1911–2001), women's rights activist
• Philipp Dott (1912–1970), painter and sgraffito artist
• Hans Heidland (1912–1992), Protestant theologian and regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Baden
• Heinrich Schwarzkopf (1912–1998), wrestler
• Hans Julius Zassenhaus (1912–1991), mathematician
• Hans Gerke (1915–1998), local history researcher
• Clare Schmitt (1915–2008), politician
• Josef Gauchel (1916–1963), German national soccer player
• Anton Diffring (1916–1989), actor
• Susanne Hermans (1919–2013), social worker and politician
• Max Jacoby (1919–2009), photographer
• Ludwig von Manger-Koenig (1919–1983), social hygienist, university professor and State Secretary
• Walter Ernsting (1920–2005), science fiction writer
• Hans Georg Fassbender (1920–2015), professor of general pathology
• Rolf Stiefel (* 1920), radio announcer and parodist
• Reinhard Hauschild (1921–2005), journalist, writer and colonel in the Bundeswehr
• Rolf Sackenheim (1921–2006), artist and graphic designer
• Karl Schaifers (1921–2009), astronomer
• Viktoria Ginsheimer (1922–2008), founder of the osteoporosis self-help group
• Michel Auclair (1922–1988), actor
• Wilhelm Stöck (1922–1997), journalist and news anchor
• Werner Danz (1923–1999), politician
• Jürgen von Manger (1923–1994), actor, literary cabaret artist and comedian
• Hans Merkt (1923–2001), veterinarian and university professor
• Karl Adam (1924–1999), football player
• Willi Köchling (1924–2009), football player
• Joe Juhnke (1925-2016), writer
• Peter Ludwig (1925–1996), industrialist and art patron
• Karl Eduard Schneweis (1925–2014), doctor and virologist
• Ingeborg Thomé (1925–2017), television journalist
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (* 1926), French politician
• Rudi Gutendorf (1926–2019), soccer player and coach
• Franz Pfeffer (* 1926), diplomat
• Jakob Schwarzkopf (1926–2001), glass painter
• Carl Damm (1927–1993), educator and politician
• Rosemarie Fendel (1927–2013), actress
• Edith Peres-Lethmate (1927–2017), sculptor
• Hans-Joachim Hanisch (* 1928), actor and voice actor
• Horst Langes (* 1928), educator and politician
• Fred Metzler (1929–2010), radio and television presenter
• Heribert Schmitz (1929–2018), Catholic theologian and canon lawyer
• Drutmar Cremer (* 1930), writer, publisher and theologian
• Herbert Gauls (1930–2017), photographer
• Willi Hört (1930–1996), engineer and politician

1931 to 1950

• Klaus Doberschütz (1931–2019), journalist, media expert and government spokesman
• Helmut Schnatz (* 1933), author
• Heinz Peter Volkert (1933–2013), politician
• Heinz Kendung (1935–2013), painter
• Rüdiger Lautmann (* 1935), sociologist
• Christoph Stollenwerk (* 1935), lawyer, administrative officer and politician
• Günther Binding (* 1936), art historian
• Ingo Pini (* 1936), classical archaeologist
• Jürgen Damrau (* 1937), legal scholar
• Heinrich Henkel (1937–2017), playwright
• Karl-Heinz Ohlig (* 1938), Professor of Catholic Theology and Religious Education
• Klaus Brockhoff (* 1939), economist
• Udo Beitzel (* 1940), retired Brigadier General D. of the army of the Bundeswehr
• Klaus Martin Girardet (* 1940), ancient historian
• Helga Henselder-Barzel (1940–1995), political scientist
• Eduard Picker (* 1940), legal scholar
• Haakon Stein (* 1940), sword fencer
• Klaus Weinand (* 1940), basketball player
• Hans-Peter Raddatz (* 1941), orientalist and publicist
• Brigitte Karbach (* December 3, 1941; † September 22, 2008), "Brigittchen", longest serving prostitute and "symbol of Koblenz"
• Karl-Otto Stöhr (* 1942), German-Brazilian mathematician
• Karl-Heinz Best (* 1943), linguist
• Karl-Heinz Göttert (* 1943), Germanist
• Franz-Gerd Kraemer (* 1943), politician
• Dagmar Larisika-Ulmke (1943–1998), politician
• Dieter Muscheid (1943–2015), politician (SPD)
• Florian Mausbach (* 1944), urban planner
• Manfred Becker-Huberti (* 1945), theologian
• Thomas Giesen (* 1946), state data protection officer in Saxony
• Michael Adams (* 1947), business lawyer
• Georg J. Ahrens (* 1947), sculptor and university professor
• Hermann Giefer (* 1947), actor
• Michael Fuchs (* 1949), politician
• Harald Siebenmorgen (1949–2020), art historian and museum director

From 1951

• Heribert Heinrich (* 1951), politician
• Alice Hoffmann (* 1951), actress and comedian
• Martin Lörsch (* 1951), Catholic theologian
• Matthias Zágon Hohl-Stein (* 1952), sculptor, painter and graphic artist
• Elmar Lampson (* 1952), composer
• Dieter Scheiff (* 1952), CEO of Adecco
• Peter Hidien (* 1953), football player
• Ursula Mogg (* 1953), politician
• Wolfgang Nentwig (* 1953), ecologist
• Ludwig Scherhag (* 1953), football player
• Klaus Dicke (* 1953), political scientist, former rector of the University of Jena
• Klaus Hartmann (* 1954), philosopher and anthroposophist
• Heinrich Haupt (* 1954), diplomat and ambassador to El Salvador
• Lutz Köpke (* 1954), physicist and university professor
• Hubertus Seibert (* 1954), historian
• Edgar Baitzel (1955–2007), opera manager
• Detlev Pilger (* 1955). Politician
• Jean C. Becker (* 1956), journalist and writer
• Wolfgang Elz (* 1956), historian and university professor
• Peter Frensch (* 1956), psychologist
• Volker Kefer (* 1956), engineer and member of the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn
• Dietmar Klein (* 1956), film director and screenwriter
• Markus Kneip (* 1956), Army General of the Bundeswehr
• Manfred Kollig (* 1956), Catholic priest, vicar general in the Archdiocese of Berlin
• Christiane Theobald (* 1956), ballet dramaturge and cultural manager
• Rainer B. Zotz (* 1956), doctor and hemostaseologist
• Dirk Heißerer (* 1957), literary scholar and author
• Martin Leimbach (* 1957), TV presenter and commercial film producer
• Rainer Wirz (* 1957), men's floret fencer
• Sabine Bischoff (1958–2013), women's floret fencer
• Michael Hört (* 1958), politician
• Matthias von Randow (* 1959), politician and lobbyist
• Frank Hartmann (* 1960), soccer player
• Elke Diepenbeck (* 1961), singer, composer and actress
• Gerd-Joachim von Fallois (* 1961), journalist
• Volker Großkopf (* 1961), legal scholar
• Jürgen Heimbach (* 1961), writer
• Jürgen Hillesheim (* 1961), literary scholar
• Dirko Juchem (* 1961), jazz musician
• Jürgen Paul Schwindt (* 1961), classical philologist
• Andreas Grimm (* 1962), film composer and university professor
• Ralf Günther (* 1962), television producer, comedian and band leader
• Herbert Jösch (* 1962), musician and band leader
• Mark Bellinghaus (born 1963), actor
• Reinhard Kallenbach (* 1963), journalist and author
• Jürgen Rißmann (* 1963), film and TV actor
• Martin Krauss (* 1964), political scientist and journalist
• Georg Schroeter (* 1964), blues musician, pianist and singer
• Ana Veloso (* 1964), author and journalist
• Jörg Bach (* 1965), soccer player and coach
• Klaus Escher (* 1965), politician
• Sven Hoffmann (* 1965), artist, photographer, draftsman and author
• Andreas Maurer (* 1965), political scientist and EU integration researcher
• Frank Neubacher (* 1965), legal scholar and criminologist
• Jürgen Zäck (* 1965), triathlete
• Johannes Kalpers (* 1966), singer
• Helmut Schneider (* 1966), business economist
• Werner Hickel (* 1967), Germanist and freelance author
• Bodo Illgner (* 1967), soccer goalkeeper
• Johannes Flöck (* 1968), comedian and presenter
• Christian Kendung (* 1968), media and cultural scientist
• Inge Kroppenberg (* 1968), legal scholar
• Andreas Noga (* 1968), writer
• Martin Sinner (* 1968), tennis player
• Axel Britz (* 1969), soccer player
• Claudia Kleinert (* 1969), business graduate and television presenter
• Robert Mehl (* 1969), architect, architectural photographer and journalist
• Jörn Müller (* 1969), philosopher
• Ursula Hoffmann (* 1970), presenter, journalist and editor
• Benita Cabinet (* 1971), lawyer and actress
• Marcus Steinweg (* 1971), philosopher
• Alfred Breitenbach (* 1972), classical philologist
• Nicole Bastian (* 1973), journalist
• Gianni Vitiello (1973-2009), DJ
• Tobi Baumann (* 1974), director
• Josef Winkler (* 1974), politician
• André Dietz (* 1975), actor
• David Langner (* 1975), politician
• Michael Reufsteck (* 1975), journalist and radio presenter
• Jan Bollinger (* 1977), politician
• Tobias Kendung (* 1977), guitarist
• Giorgina Kazungu-Haß (* 1978), politician
• Patrick Doetsch (* 1979), stuntman and actor
• Lucas Luhr (* 1979), racing car driver
• Tristan Seith (* 1979), theater and film actor
• Jens Tiedtke (1979–2019), handball player
• Dennis Bauer (* 1980), fencer
• Filippa Sayn-Wittgenstein (1980–2001), photographer
• Martin Stadtfeld (* 1980), pianist
• Dennis Laubenthal (* 1981), theater and film actor
• Fabian Stumm (* 1981), actor
• Miloš Vuković (* 1981), actor
• Tobias Lütke (* 1981), German-Canadian entrepreneur
• Peter Joppich (* 1982), foil fencer
• Kristina Karst (* 1982), actress
• Dieter Paucken (* 1982), soccer goalkeeper
• Mirco Borniger (* 1984), soccer coach
• Marina Himmighofen (* 1984), soccer player
• Kristin Silbereisen (* 1985), table tennis player
• Lars Bender (* 1988), soccer player
• Carolin Sophie Göbel (* 1989), actress and voice actress
• Elisa Schmidt (* 1990), singer
• Marie Pyko (* 1993), soccer player
• Jan Choinski (* 1996), tennis player
• Celine Bethmann (* 1998), model

Personalities who have worked on site

• Baldwin of Luxembourg (1285–1354), Elector and Archbishop of Trier, builder of the Balduin Bridge
• Nikolaus von Kues (Cusanus) (1401–1464), cardinal and humanist, 1427–1445 as canon of St. Florin in Koblenz
• Jacob III von Eltz (1510–1581), elector and archbishop, founder of the Jesuit college
• Johann Christoph Sebastiani (1640–1704), architect and court builder
• Johann Georg Judas (around 1655–1726), architect, court builder from the Electorate of Trier
• Philipp Honorius von Ravensteyn (1655–1729), Dutch architect and court architect from the Electorate of Trier
• Salentin Ernst Eugen Cohausen (1703–1779), German physician and personal physician from the Electorate of Trier
• Johannes Seiz (1717–1779), court architect of the Electorate of Trier
• Januarius Zick (1730–1797), painter and architect
• Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807), German writer and salonnière
• Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony (1739–1812), last elector of Trier, builder of the castle and theater in Koblenz
• Johann Friedrich Deinhard (1772–1827), founder of the Deinhard sparkling wine cellar
• Gustav von Rauch (1774–1841), Prussian general of the infantry and inspector general of the Prussian fortresses, later Minister of War ; Co-builder of the Koblenz Fortress
• Max von Schenkendorf (1783-1817), German poet and writer
• Carl Friedrich Wolf Feuerstein (1786–1856), regimental doctor in Koblenz from 1828
• Karl Baedeker (1801–1859), author and publisher of travel guides
• Jakob Lehnen (1803–1847), German painter
• Johann Baptist Kraus (1805–1893), Catholic priest and founder of the religious park landscape Pfarrer-Kraus-Anlagen
• Augusta von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1811–1890), German Empress, builder of the Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen
• Peter Friedhofen (1819–1860), founder of the Order of the Brothers of Mercy by Maria Hilf
• August Kind (1824–1904), architect and construction officer for the Reichspost
• Max Bruch (1838–1920), composer and music director
• Cherubine Willimann (1842–1914), Superior General of the Dominican Sisters in Koblenz
• Heinrich Averbeck (1844–1889), doctor and founder of physical healing methods and their combination, head of the Bad Laubbach water sanatorium
• Otto Follmann (1856–1926), geologist, Eifel researcher and teacher at Görres-Gymnasium
• Willem Kes (1856–1934), Koblenz general music director from 1905 to 1926
• Henry Tureman Allen (1859–1930), American general, savior of Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
• Carl Spaeter (1862–1930), industrial clerk and industrialist
• Hans Dornbach (1885–1952), expressionist painter
• Josef Friedrich Matthes (1886–1943), Rhenish separatist
• Peter Altmeier (1899–1977), Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate
• Mariano Freiherr von Droste zu Hülshoff (1907–1997), senior forest master at the district government
• Hubert Hermans (1909–1989), lawyer, administrative officer and politician
• Werner Theisen (1927–1993), lawyer and newspaper publisher, known for his donation for the reconstruction of the equestrian statue at the Deutsches Eck
• Thomas Anders (* 1963), pop singer
• Tarsis Bonga (* 1997), soccer player, grew up in Koblenz
• Isaac Bonga (* 1999), basketball player, grew up in Koblenz

For the important military who worked in Koblenz, see Koblenz Fortress .

See also

• List of honorary citizens of Koblenz
• List of well-known personalities of the Görres-Gymnasium in Koblenz

Web links

• Famous people from Koblenz at koblenz.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rheinischer Antiquarius , Section 1, Vol. 4. pp. 518-529. Online at Google books
2. ^ Danuta Thiel-Melerski: Details about the photographer. In: Lexicon of Photographers - fotorevers.eu. Retrieved on September 21, 2018 (reverse of a CDV from Koblenz). 
3. ↑ Brigitte Carnielo Karbach RIP Dau wors Kowelenz. (Youtube video, 6:09 minutes) October 18, 2008, accessed September 21, 2018 . 
4. ↑ "Brigittchen" was found dead. In: Rhein-Zeitung . September 22, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2018 . Tim Kullmann (dpa): Brigittchen from Koblenz: The fun whore. In: n-tv.de . July 10, 2006, archived from the original ; accessed on September 21, 2018 .