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

Engelbert Kaempfer memorial

Karl Junker , painter, sculptor and architect

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)