List of personalities from the city of Lemgo
The following people and personalities are associated with the Lippe city of Lemgo .
sons and daughters of the town
- Mauritius Piderit (1497–1576), theologian
- Hermann Wulff (1535–1599), master builder
- Simon VII zur Lippe (1587–1627), born at Brake Castle, Count von Lippe-Detmold
- Johann Cothmann (1588–1661), lawyer and diplomat
- Simon Peter Tileman (1601–1688), painter
- Simon Ludwig zur Lippe (1610–1636), born at Brake Castle, Count zur Lippe
- Hermann Cothmann (also Herman Cothman) (1629–1683), mayor of Lemgo and notorious for his witch hunts ("witch mayor")
- August zu Lippe-Brake (1643–1701), born at Brake Castle, Field Marshal and Privy Councilor of War of Hessen-Kassel and Landkomtur of the Hesse Ballei of the Teutonic Order
- Maria Rampendahl (1645–1705), last woman accused of being a witch (and acquitted) in Lemgo
- Johann Heinrich Starcke (1651–1707), professor of medicine at the University of Königsberg and counselor and personal physician to the Elector of Brandenburg
- Engelbert Kaempfer (1651–1716), founder of Japanese studies
- Johann Heinrich Dreyer (1670–1737), businessman and mayor of Lübeck
- Christian Wilhelm von Dohm (1751–1820), political and historical writer, champion for the emancipation of the Jews
- Hermann Friedrich Ferdinand Clemen (1805–1847), Evangelical Lutheran theologian and pastor
- Franz Ewerbeck (1839–1889), architect and university professor
- Karl Junker (1850–1912), painter, sculptor, architect
- Karl Heinrich Piderit (1857–1918), District Administrator in Detmold
- Paul Kracht (1863–1959), linen manufacturer
- August Borchard (1864–1940), medic
- August von Gall (1872-1946), theologian
- Friedrich and August Duesenberg (1876–1932 and 1879–1955, respectively), founders of the Duesenberg company
- Theodor Heynemann (1878–1951), first director of the University Women's Clinic in Hamburg
- Heinrich Drake (1881–1970), politician and honorary citizen of the city of Lemgo
- Karl Meier (1882–1969), philologist, writer
- Eduard Meyer (1885–1965), administrative farmer, animal breeding manager and horse breeder
- Dorothee Theopold (1886–1926), writer
- Ernst Pethig (1892–1956), architect, painter
- Fritz Held (1901–1968), politician, Member of the Bundestag
- Hans Tintelnot (1909–1970), art historian
- August Berlin (1910–1981), politician, Member of the Bundestag
- Helmut Krüger (1920–2010), politician, MdL
- Heinrich Schnitger (1925–1964), physician, inventor of the piston-operated pipette
- Rüdiger Klessmann (1927–2020), art historian
- Karla Raveh b. Frenkel (1927–2017), Jewish survivor of Auschwitz, honorary citizen of Lemgo
- Eckart Kleßmann (* 1933), writer
- Friedrich Brakemeier (* 1943), local politician
- Hans J. Kleinsteuber (1943–2012), political and media scientist
- Peter Orloff (* 1944), pop singer, composer, lyricist, producer and actor
- Ingrid Pieper-von Heiden (* 1948), politician
- Nikolaus Risch (* 1949), chemist
- Roland Schäfer (* 1949), local politician
- Heinz-Dietrich Steinmeyer (* 1949), lawyer and university lecturer
- Rudolf Stichweh (* 1951), sociologist
- Hans-Ulrich Krüger (* 1952), politician
- Konstantin Meyl (* 1952), electronics technician
- Irmgard Fees (* 1952), historian
- Axel Haverich (* 1953), German heart surgeon
- Heinz Hilgert (* 1953), CEO of WestLB
- Ina Meise-Laukamp (* 1957), politician
- Stefan Link (* 1961), ancient historian
- Anke Schäferkordt (* 1962), head and managing director of RTL
- Stephan Buchheim (* 1963), journalist
- Andreas Lange (* 1964), Lutheran Superintendent
- Christian Jaschinski (* 1965), author
- Silke Zertz (* 1966), screenwriter
- Axel Sundermann (* 1968), footballer
- Volker Zerbe (* 1968), handball player
- Burkhard Balz (* 1969), member of the European Parliament
- Ingo Pott (* 1970), architect
- Nicole Helbig (* 1970), artisan
- Viola Alvarez (* 1971), writer
- Gerald Hagemann (* 1971), writer
- Jan Philip Scheibe (* 1972), artist
- Dagmar Schönleber (* 1973), comedian
- Jule K. (* 1974), artist
- Katrin Schumacher (* 1974), literary scholar and journalist
- Pinar Atalay (* 1978), German-Turkish radio and television presenter
- Maik Twelsiek (* 1980), triathlete
- Hüseyin Tabak (* 1981), Kurdish-German film director
- Casper (bourgeois Benjamin Griffey) (* 1982), German-American rapper and rap rock artist
- Andre Begemann (* 1984), tennis player
- Patrik Tobias Buchmüller (* 1985), radio presenter and news anchor, winner of the German Radio Prize 2012
- Dominic Klemme (* 1986), racing cyclist
- Freddie Schürheck (* 1987), radio presenter and journalist
- Sebastian Schaffstein (* 1987), radio presenter and journalist
- Daniel Klemme (* 1991), racing cyclist
- Kirsten Nesse (* 1995), soccer player
- Matthias Blübaum (* 1997), chess player
Honorary citizen
- Heinrich Drake (1881–1970), politician
- Karla Raveh (1927–2017), recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit, Jewish who survived Auschwitz
- Walther Schmidt (1913–1991), cantor at St. Marien zu Lemgo and music teacher
Other personalities
The following personalities are not originally from Lemgo, but have worked in the city:
- Bernhard II (around 1140-1224), regent of the state of Lippe
- Hermann Hamelmann (1526–1595), theologian
- Wilhelm Adolf Scribonius (1550–1600), philosopher, physician and witch theorist
- Johann Friedrich Reinert (1769–1820), philologist, prorector and rector of the Lemgo grammar school
- Heinrich Karl Brandes (1798–1874), rector of the Lemgo grammar school, travel writer
- Leonhard Wahrburg (1860–1933), Jewish lawyer, judiciary and city councilor
- Clemens Becker (1869–1961), 1919/20 Prime Minister of the State of Lippe, 1946/47 Mayor of Lemgo
- Marianne Weber (1870–1954), sociologist and wife of the co-founder of sociology Max Weber
- Adolf Sternheim (1871–1950), Jewish merchant in Lemgo, survivor of Theresienstadt, co-founder of the DRK Lemgo and the FDP Lemgo
- Wilhelm Gräfer (1885–1945), mayor of the city from 1923 to 1945, shot dead in April 1945
- August Prüßner (1895–1970), member of the Lippe state parliament and NSDAP district leader in Lemgo
- Walther Schmidt (1913–1991), cantor at St. Marien zu Lemgo and music teacher, honorary citizen of the old Hanseatic city
- Wilhelm G. Niemöller (1928–2017), artist, lived and worked in Lemgo
- Bruno Wagener-Köhler († 1988), publisher and newspaper owner FL Wagener Lemgo
- Gerhard Schröder (* 1944), Federal Chancellor from 1998 to 2005
- Abroo (bourgeois Andreas Biernat, * 1977), rapper
Web links
- Personalities - People in Lemgo (PDF; 121 kB)