List of personalities of the city of Münster

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This list of personalities contains people who have a special relationship with the city of Münster in Westphalia . These include in particular those who have been made honorary citizens and famous people who were born in Münster or who have a significant connection to Münster.

Honorary citizen

City leaders

Surname Reign Leading Prophet Time of work Remarks
Johann III. from Bettenbrock 1312/13, 1321, 1327, 1333, 1337-39 and 1342
Johann IV. Droste zu Hülshoff 1402, 1421 and 1431
Johann VI. Droste to Hülshoff 1484–1486, 1489, 1494 and 1496/97
Johann VII Droste zu Hülshoff 1494 and 1502
Everwin II from Droste zu Handorf by spring 1530
??? until February 22, 1534
Bernd Knipperdollinck February 23, 1534 to June 24, 1535 Jan Mathys February 23 to April 5, 1534
Jan van Leiden April 5, 1534 to June 24, 1535 as King John I.
??? June 25, 1535 to ???
Bernhard II of Droste zu Hülshoff 1605 to 1619

Born in Münster

Listed chronologically by date of birth:

Until 1800

1801-1850

  • 1802, July 31, Benedikt Waldeck ; † May 12, 1870 in Berlin, lawyer and politician, 1848 leading member of the Prussian National Assembly
  • 1802, September 1st, Kaspar Theobald Tourtual ; † May 15, 1865, medic
  • 1805, February 28, Anton Fahne ; † January 12, 1883 in Düsseldorf, lawyer, writer, historian and genealogist
  • 1805, May 8, Werner von Hartmann ; † January 9, 1866 in Habelschwerdt, lawyer and politician
  • 1808, March 11, August von Bernuth ; † April 25, 1889 in Berlin, Prussian Minister of Justice
  • 1809, March 9, Joseph Brockhausen ; † February 5, 1886 in Warendorf, lawyer, member of the German and Prussian national assemblies
  • 1809, July 10th, Maximilian von Korff called Schmising ; † 1861 in Münster, Prussian district administrator
  • 1811, July 2, Wilhelm Junkmann ; † November 23, 1886 in Breslau, writer, historian and politician
  • 1811, December 25, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler ; † July 13, 1877 in Burghausen, 1850–1877 Bishop of Mainz (“workers bishop ”), co-founder of the Center Party
  • 1813, January 6, Paulus Melchers ; † December 14, 1895 in Rome, 1857–1866 Bishop of Osnabrück, 1866–1885 Archbishop of Cologne
  • 1813, February 6, Eduard Michelis ; † June 8, 1855 in Luxembourg, Roman Catholic theologian and editor
  • 1813, April 21, August Bahlmann ; † December 16, 1874 in Münster, Roman Catholic clergyman
  • 1816, November 19, Clemens Perger ; † June 11, 1910 in Münster, Roman Catholic theologian, politician and teacher
  • 1818, February 2, Joseph Arnold Weydemeyer ; † August 26, 1866 in St. Louis (USA), soldier, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Marxist revolutionary
  • 1818, October 15, Ludwig von Wittich ; † October 2, 1884, lieutenant general and member of the German Reichstag
  • 1819, December 4th, Alexander Heimbürger ; † July 25, 1909 in Münster, magician
  • 1819, December 15, Fritz von Bernuth ; † October 6, 1906 in Wiesbaden, major general
  • 1821, June 30, Karl Friedrich Favreau ; † June 14, 1869 in Düsseldorf, administrative officer, district administrator of Neuss and Elberfeld
  • 1821, October 23, Maximilian Franz August von Forckenbeck ; † May 26, 1892 in Berlin, national liberal politician, Lord Mayor of Breslau and Berlin, President of the Prussian House of Representatives, President of the Reichstag
  • 1824, December 31, Bernard Altum ; † February 1, 1900 in Eberswalde, zoologist, ornithologist and forest scientist
  • 1830, January 12, Joseph Jungmann ; † November 25, 1885 in Innsbruck, Catholic theologian
  • 1830, February 9, Ignatz von Landsberg-Velen and Steinfurt ; † October 27, 1915, landowner, politician, member of the Prussian manor house
  • 1830, July 30, Adalbert Parmet ; † November 20, 1898 in Münster, priest and classical philologist
  • 1832, January 28, Franz Wüllner ; † September 7, 1902 in Braunfels, composer and conductor
  • 1832, August 14th, Clemens Heidenreich Droste zu Vischering ; † August 20, 1923, manor owner, politician, member of the Prussian manor house
  • 1832, December 18, Alexander von Padberg ; † September 27, 1912 in Hildesheim, Prussian government councilor and author
  • 1832, December 28th, Melchior zur Straßen (Strassen); † February 27, 1896 in Leipzig, sculptor, professor and academy director
  • 1833, January 26, Elisabeth Ney ; † June 29, 1907 in Austin / Texas, sculptor
  • 1833, March 1, Bernard Jungmann ; † January 12, 1895 in Leuven, theologian
  • 1834, November 25, Heinrich Grütering ; † October 5, 1901 in Kleve, German lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
  • 1835, April 19, Hermann Landois ; † January 29, 1905, zoology professor, founder of the Westphalian Zoological Garden in Münster
  • 1836, Nov. 17, Joseph Jessing ; † November 2, 1899 in Columbus, Ohio, priest and seminary founder in the United States
  • 1837, January 16, Gustav von Padberg ; † January 12, 1891, castle captain of Gotha and court marshal in Coburg
  • 1839, January 18, Franz von Schwartz , † March 28, 1907 in Konstanz, administrative lawyer in Prussia
  • 1841, January 22nd, Constantin Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff ; † December 30, 1901 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA, German Franciscan in the Diocese of La Crosse
  • 1841, December 4, Theodor Berthold ; † April 20, 1909 in Bocholt, German writer
  • 1842, June 20, Julian von Hartmann ; † March 6, 1916, district president in Aurich and Aachen
  • 1844, May 28, Arnold Busson ; † July 7, 1892 in Graz, historian and university professor, 1886/87 rector of the University of Innsbruck
  • 1846, May 18, Wilhelm von Kettler ; † April 11, 1928 in Berlin, brigade commander in China, lieutenant general
  • 1846, May 20, Alexander von Kluck ; † October 19, 1934 in Berlin, Prussian Colonel General
  • 1847, January 17th, Max von Landsberg-Velen ; † December 31, 1902, politician, member of the Prussian manor house
  • 1849, January 25, Johann Heinrich Schmedding ; † January 25, 1921 in Münster, architect and archaeologist

1851-1900

  • 1851, January 12, Everhard Illigens ; † January 2, 1914, auxiliary bishop in Münster
  • 1851, June 9, Wilhelm Rincklake ; † September 1927 in Maria Laach Monastery, one of the most important neo-Gothic architects in Westphalia
  • 1851, December 15, Felix von Hartmann ; † November 11, 1919 in Cologne, 1911–1912 Bishop of Münster , 1912–1919 Archbishop of Cologne
  • 1853, September 2, Ferdinand Karsch ; † December 20, 1936 in Berlin, German arachnologist and sexologist
  • 1853, November 22nd, Clemens von Ketteler ; † June 20, 1900 in Beijing, diplomat
  • 1854, January 26, Eli Marcus ; † September 13, 1935, writer and actor
  • 1854, May 28, Therese Dahn , b. Baron Droste zu Hülshoff ; † January 21, 1929 in Breslau, wife of Felix Dahn , writer
  • 1856, March 15, Ludwig Troske ; † March 21, 1934 in Hanover, civil engineer
  • 1856, May 3, Adolf Schmedding ; † June 12, 1937, lawyer, administrative clerk, central politician
  • 1856, May 24, Friedrich Martini ; † after 1923, president of the railroad divisions Kassel, Cologne and Mainz
  • 1857, Anton Knubel ; † September 8, 1915, cyclist, inventor and aviation pioneer
  • 1857, August 2, Aloys Schulte ; † February 14, 1941 in Bonn, historian and archivist
  • 1857, September 8, Friedrich Westhoff , † November 12, 1896, was a German biologist, local researcher and writer
  • 1858, January 22, August Schlueter ; † December 19, 1928 in Düsseldorf, painter and writer
  • 1859, April 9, Julius Hart ; † July 7, 1930 in Berlin, poet and literary critic of naturalism
  • 1859, May 25, Wilhelm Bolte ; † July 25, 1941, sculptor
  • 1863, June 4th, Victor Johann von der Forst ; † January 30, 1901 in Herten, painter of the Düsseldorf School
  • 1863, September 8th, Countess Maria Droste zu Vischering ; † June 8, 1899 in Porto (Portugal), nun of the Good Shepherd, superior, 1975 from Pope Paul VI. beatified
  • 1864, June 6, Rudolf Wildermann ; † April 23, 1926 in Lörrach, cathedral capitular in Münster, center party politician
  • 1864, June 19, Fritz Grotemeyer ; † July 28, 1947 in Witten, illustrator, portrait, history and war painter
  • 1865, August 12, Josef Deitmer ; † January 16, 1929 in Berlin, auxiliary bishop of Breslau based in Berlin
  • 1865, October 2, Melchior Lechter ; † October 8, 1937 near Montreux, glass painter, painter, traveler and book designer
  • 1867, December 4th, Heinrich Schulte-Altenroxel ; † February 17, 1947 in Garstedt, farmer, colonist in South Africa, tobacco entrepreneur and author.
  • 1868, April 14, Bernhard Niehues ; † December 29, 1950 in Nordhorn, entrepreneur.
  • 1869, May 12, Carl Schuhmann ; † March 24, 1946 in Berlin, athlete, four-time Olympic champion in Athens in 1896
  • 1871, November 30th, Emanuel zu Salm-Salm ; † August 18, 1916 in Pinsk / Belarus, registrar and captain
  • 1872, May 16, Bernhard Pankok ; † April 5, 1943 in Baierbrunn, architect and designer
  • 1872, July 20, Heinz Müller ; † November 22, 1941 in Düsseldorf, sculptor and medalist
  • 1872, November 13, Bernard Knubel ; † April 14, 1957, cyclist
  • 1874, July 29, August Stramm ; † September 1, 1915 with Gorodec (Galicia), poet and playwright of German Expressionism
  • 1875, January 6, Walther Schücking ; † August 25, 1935 in The Hague, politician (DDP) and judge
  • 1875, November 23, Heinrich von Droste zu Hülshoff ; † February 25, 1934, German author and lawyer
  • 1877, March 6, Johannes Knubel ; † July 3, 1949 in Düsseldorf, sculptor
  • 1878, April 1, Alfred Flechtheim ; † 1937 in London, art dealer
  • 1879, John Jack Vrieslander ; † 1957 in Grabenstätt, graphic designer and illustrator
  • 1879, January 26, Joseph Lodde ; † February 28, 1943 in Dachau concentration camp, Catholic priest, dean in Coesfeld
  • 1881, July 26, Bernhard Bleeker ; † March 11, 1968 in Munich, sculptor
  • 1883, September 14th, Max Bierbaum ; † November 2, 1975 in Münster, Catholic theologian
  • 1884, April 27, Arthur Wieferich ; † September 15, 1954 in Meppen, mathematician
  • 1885, November 26, Heinrich Brüning ; † March 30, 1970 in Norwich / Vermont (USA), Chancellor of the German Empire 1930–1932, Foreign Minister of the German Empire 1931–1932
  • 1888, May 24, Clemens Schürmann ; † 1957, cyclist and architect
  • 1891, December 3, Wilhelm Becker ; † August 31, 1957 in Düsseldorf, German politician (NSDAP)
  • 1892, June 28, Peter Paul Althaus ; † September 16, 1965 in Munich, cabaret artist, audio dramaturge and poet
  • 1892, August 1, Bernhard Wachowsky ; † June 19, 1977 in Bonn; Catholic prelate, theological author
  • 1894, October 5, Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim ; † June 9, 1977 in Uentrop, German lieutenant general and diplomat
  • 1894, October 23, Ludger Westrick ; † July 31, 1990 in Bonn, 1963–1966 State Secretary / Federal Minister and Head of the Federal Chancellery
  • 1896, January 26, Ferdinand Schürmann ; † September 29, 1966, politician (NSDAP)
  • 1899, February 25, Willi Henkelmann ; † July 2, 1928, motorcycle racer
  • 1899, May 15, Fritz Levedag ; † October 28, 1951 in Ringenberg, painter and architect
  • 1899, July 8, Bernhard Ernst ; † October 19, 1957 in Cologne, sports journalist and commentator
  • 1900, January 18, Carl Ueter ; † September 30, 1985 in Bad Krozingen, composer
  • 1900, June 12, Friedrich Becker ; † December 25, 1985 in Munich, astronomer

1901-1925

  • 1902, February 8 (in today's Wolbeck district ), Illa Andreae ; † February 3, 1992, writer
  • 1902, November 24th, Tönne Vormann ; † November 5, 1993, painter, etcher, singer, author and radio play speaker
  • 1903, August 23, Wolfgang Bartels ; † December 13, 1975 in Bochum, lawyer and politician of the CDU
  • 1905, January 23, Erich Borchmeyer ; † August 17, 2000 in Bielefeld, athlete
  • 1905, April 8, Wilhelm Pelkmann ; † February 9, 1983, politician (CDU), member of the state parliament
  • 1905, August 11, Kurt Gerstein ; † July 25, 1945 in Paris, eyewitness to the Holocaust
  • 1905, October 31, Albert Ohlmeyer ; † December 5, 1998, Benedictine Father, Abbot of Neuburg
  • 1906, June 11, Leo Steinweg ; † 1945 in Flossenbürg concentration camp , motorcycle racer
  • 1906, June 16, Kurt Ludwig Heinrich Kramer ; † March 23, 1985 in Munich, physiologist and university professor
  • 1906, December 10, Hermann Mellage ; † unknown, German soccer goalkeeper and two-time German champion with Schalke 04
  • 1907, June 23, Alfred Koch ; † August 18, 2013 in Münster, physician and university lecturer
  • 1907, July 3, Wilhelm Becker ; † November 20, 1996 in Binningen, astronomer
  • 1908, November 29, Franz Ballhorn ; † February 27, 1979 in Nottuln, DJK association functionary
  • 1909, Charlotte Schmitt ; † 1989 in Berlin, federal judge
  • 1910, October 4, Rudolf Grewe ; † October 26, 1968 in Borgdorf, chemist
  • 1911, April 1, Rita Reiners ; † April 4, 1988 in Krefeld, writer
  • 1912, November 1, Gunther Plaut ; † February 8, 2012 in Toronto, rabbi and author
  • 1913, April 27, Werner Sanß ; † May 5, 2004 in Selm, theologian, peace activist and the first recipient of the Aachen Peace Prize
  • 1913, September 1, Shlomo Kaddar ; Friedrich Kessler until 1933 , † February 5, 1987 in Israel, German-Israeli diplomat
  • 1913, October 16, Werner Dobelmann ; † August 7, 1985 in Bad Salzuflen, writer, local researcher
  • 1914, December 8, Ernst Hermanns ; † November 28, 2000 in Bad Aibling, German sculptor
  • 1915, January 24, Albert Stecken ; † August 24, 2011 in Münster, major general a. D., national trainer for dressage riders
  • 1916, June 29, Paul Stecken ; † September 15, 2016 in Münster, head coach of many professional and master teams and Olympic champion in equestrian sports
  • 1920, September 11, Rudolf Opitz ; † September 25, 1997 in Münster, politician of the FDP, member of the German Bundestag
  • 1920, October 17, Carl-Heinz Antonius Greve ; † May 21, 1998 in Kronburg, Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr
  • 1920, December 10, Alfred Dregger ; † June 29, 2002 in Fulda, from 1982 to 1991 chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag
  • 1921, October 9, Georg Schreiber ; † November 8, 1996, physician and medical journalist
  • 1922, November 8, Karl Noehles ; † January 21, 2018, art historian
  • 1923, March 17, Friedrich W. Bauschulte ; † May 28, 2003 in Berlin, actor and voice actor
  • 1923, May 19, Franz Wördemann ; † March 16, 1992 in Herrsching, journalist and non-fiction author
  • 1924, April 24, Fritz Hilgenberg ; † September 29, 2010 in Münster, pediatric cardiologist
  • 1924, July 17, Egbert Möcklinghoff ; † September 2017, lawyer, administrative officer and politician
  • 1924, November 6, Ludwig Kerstiens ; † August 14, 2011, educator
  • 1925, September 7, Bruno Kropff ; † October 17, 2017 in Bonn, lawyer and honorary professor at the University of Bonn
  • 1925, September 19, Erich Kock ; † January 14, 2016 in Cologne, writer and publicist
  • 1925, December 3rd, Wolfgang Wahl ; † September 15, 2006 in Germering, actor
  • 1925, December 31, Hermann Josef Spital ; † January 10, 2007 in Münster, from 1981 to 2001 Bishop of Trier

1926-1950

1951-1975

From 1976

The baroque builder Johann Conrad Schlaun

Connected to Münster

Personalities connected with Münster. Listed chronologically by date of birth:

Born until 1800

Born in the 19th century

  • Christoph Bernhard Schlueter (born March 27, 1801 in Warendorf; † February 4, 1884 in Münster), German poet and philosopher, mentor of the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff .
  • Albert Lortzing , born October 23, 1801 in Berlin, † January 21, 1851 in Berlin, composer, actor and singer, lived and worked in Münster from 1826–1833
  • Bernhard Quante , born December 13, 1812 in Coesfeld, † October 7, 1875 in St. Mauritz near Münster, Roman Catholic clergyman, choir director and music teacher, cathedral choir director in Münster, director of the Collegium Gregorianum
  • Josef Seiler , born January 15, 1823 in Lügde, Westphalia; † May 29, 1877 in Münster, poet, composer and organist at St. Mauritz Church
  • Johann Wilhelm Hittorf , born March 27, 1824 in Bonn, † November 28, 1914 in Münster, physicist
  • Joseph Ferdinand Westhoff (born November 20, 1812 in Nottuln, † May 18, 1870 in Münster; also known under the pseudonym G. Ungt) was a German lawyer and writer
  • Heinrich von Droste zu Hülshoff (born February 23, 1827 in Hülshoff Castle; † February 9, 1887 ibid), District Administrator of Münster, co-founder of the German Center Party , owner of Gut Hülshoff.
  • Julius Otto Grimm , born March 6, 1827 in Pernau (Livonia); † December 7, 1903 in Münster, composer and musician
  • Baron Gisbert von Romberg , * July 20, 1839 at Buldern Castle near Dülmen, † November 24, 1897 at Buldern Castle, Westphalian nobleman, model for the novel The Great Bomberg (1923) by Josef Winckler
  • August Hanemann , * 1840 in Holzminden; † 1926 in Höxter, architect, city councilor and city councilor in Münster
  • Ferdinand von Droste zu Hülshoff , * 1841 at Hülshoff Castle; † July 21, 1874, German ornithologist and writer, co-founder of the zoological garden
  • Augustin Wibbelt , born September 19, 1862 in Vorhelm near Ahlen, † September 14, 1947 in Vorhelm, clergyman and Westphalian dialect poet, lived in Münster from 1883–1888 and 1890–1896
  • Anton Rüller , born May 26, 1864 in Ascheberg, † 1936 in Münster, German sculptor and medalist
  • Otto Modersohn , born February 22, 1865 in Soest, † March 10, 1943 in Rotenburg / Wümme, landscape painter, lived in Münster from 1874–1889
  • Hermann Löns , born August 28, 1866 in Kulm near Bromberg (West Prussia), † September 26, 1914 near Loivre near Reims (France), journalist and writer, lived in Münster from 1884–1887 and 1889–1891
  • Paul Krückmann , born October 25, 1866 in Neukloster i. M., † October 10, 1943 in Münster, Dr. iur., GehJustR., Prof. f. roman u. bourgeois Law in Münster since 1902
  • Theodor Warnecke * June 15, 1870 in Hanover, † April 25, 1936 in Münster, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Westfälischer Merkur", city councilor from 1907 to 1932, holder of the Paulus Order of the city of Münster (awarded on January 8, 1932)
  • Clara Ratzka , born September 4, 1872 in Hamm, † November 3, 1928 in Berlin, writer, lived in Münster from 1877–1894
  • Hermann Rothert , born June 20, 1875 in Lippstadt; † January 31, 1962 in Münster, lawyer, historian and author such as the three-volume Westphalian history
  • Alfred Brunswig , born June 13, 1877 in Plau am See; † June 22, 1927 in Münster, philosopher, lecturer at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
  • Clemens August Graf von Galen , born March 16, 1878 in Dinklage, † March 22, 1946 in Münster, 1933–1946 Bishop of Münster , cardinal since February 18, 1946, beatified on October 9, 2005 in Rome
  • Bernhard Poschmann , born September 1, 1878 in Heinrikau, Braunsberg district (Ostpr.), † June 16, 1955 in Münster, Catholic priest and university professor
  • Marcus Krüsmann , born April 11, 1879 in Bergisch Gladbach, † February 25, 1964 in Münster, lawyer and, until the Nazis seized power, long-time mayor of Limburg an der Lahn ; lived, married and died in Münster
  • August Benninghaus , born November 7, 1880 in Druchhorn, † July 20, 1942 in Dachau concentration camp, Jesuit, from 1928 master of exercises and people's missionary in Kettelerheim in Münster, arrested in Münster on June 27, 1941
  • Johann Paul Kremer , born December 6, 1883 in Stelberg near Cologne, † January 8, 1965 in Münster, university professor, Nazi perpetrator (deputy camp doctor in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp)
  • Bernhard Salzmann , * 1886 in Siegen, † February 11, 1959 in Münster, 1945–1954 Governor of the Provincial Association of Westphalia, 1953–1954 first director of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe
  • Karl Barth , born May 10, 1886 in Basel, † December 10, 1968 in Basel, 1925–1930 Professor of Systematic Theology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
  • Edith Stein , born October 12, 1891 in Breslau, † August 9, 1942 in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, philosopher of Jewish origin, initially an atheist, later a Carmelite , martyr , canonized on October 11, 1998 in Rome, taught in Münster from 1932
  • Martin Niemöller , born January 14, 1892 in Lippstadt, † March 6, 1984 in Wiesbaden, Protestant theologian and resistance fighter against National Socialism, studied and worked in Münster from 1919 to 1931
  • Ernst Haenchen , born December 10, 1894 in Czarnków, Province of Posen; † April 30, 1975 Münster, professor for the New Testament
  • Franz Homoet , born August 25, 1896 in Greven, † March 5, 1971 in Münster, painter, worked in Münster
  • Heinrich Behnke , born October 9, 1898 in Hamburg; † October 10, 1979 in Münster, was an internationally known German mathematician and professor at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, who was internationally known for his research in complex analysis ("Münster School of Complex Analysis") .

Born in the 20th century

  • Hans Erich Stier , born May 25, 1902 in Rostock, † January 28, 1979 in Münster, initially associate professor and from 1945 full professor of ancient history at the Westphalian Wilhelms University and CDU politician
  • Emmy Herzog , born April 13, 1903 in Ludwigsdorf / Upper Silesia, † August 30, 2009 in Münster, author
  • Karl Rahner , born March 5, 1904 in Freiburg im Breisgau, † March 30, 1984 in Innsbruck, 1967–1971 professor of dogmatics and the history of dogmas at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
  • Josef Pieper , born May 4, 1904 in Elte near Rheine, † November 6, 1997 in Münster, Christian philosopher, taught at the Westphalian Wilhelms University from 1950–1976
  • Helmut Naunin , born September 16, 1904 in Eylau, † September 22, 2002 in Münster, administrative lawyer and first regional councilor of the Westphalia-Lippe regional association from 1954 to 1969
  • Mariano Freiherr von Droste zu Hülshoff , born January 10, 1907 at Hamborn Castle; † 1997 in Vallendar, head forester, grew up in Münster
  • Walter Jockisch , born February 20, 1907 in Bad Arolsen; † 1970 in Münster, opera director and artistic director; worked and died in Münster
  • Marga Spiegel , born June 21, 1912 in Oberaula; † March 11, 2014 in Münster, Holocaust survivor and aunt of Paul Spiegel ; lived in Münster since 1982
  • Euthymia , actually Emma Üffing, born April 8, 1914 in Hopsten-Halverde, † September 9, 1955 in Münster, Clement sister, beatified on October 7, 2001 in Rome
  • Kurt Aland , born March 28, 1915 in Steglitz, † April 13, 1994 in Münster, theologian, founded the Institute for New Testament Text Research , taught, lived and worked in Münster since 1958
  • Moondog , born Louis Thomas Hardin on May 26, 1916 in Maryville, Kansas; † September 8, 1999 in Münster, American composer
  • Willi Marxsen , born September 1, 1919 in Kiel, † 1993 in Münster, 1961–1984 professor of New Testament introductory science and theology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
  • Karl Eugen Mummenhoff , born April 17, 1920, † May 30, 2005 in Münster, German art historian and monument conservator, lived in Münster for most of his life
  • Harald Deilmann , born August 30, 1920 in Gladbeck, † January 1, 2008 in Münster; Architect and author, graduated from high school in Münster in 1938, designed the new Münster theater building that opened in 1956 with a young team of architects
  • Pan Walther , * 1921 in Dresden, † 1987 in Bangkok; Photographer and university professor, had his studio in Münster since 1950
  • Ruth Leuwerik , born April 23, 1924 in Essen, † January 12, 2016 in Munich, actress, began her theater career in 1944 in Münster
  • Alfred Kelbassa , born April 21, 1925 in Buer, † August 11, 1988 in Dortmund, national soccer player, 1952–1953 with Preußen Münster
  • Pope Benedict XVI , bourgeois Joseph Alois Ratzinger, born April 16, 1927 in Marktl, 1963–1966 professor of dogmatics and the history of dogma at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
  • Herwig Blankertz , born September 22, 1927 in Lüdenscheid, † August 26, 1983 in Münster, teacher, taught at the Westphalian Wilhelms University from 1969
  • Reginald Gruehn , born October 6, 1929 in Dorpat / Estonia, professor of inorganic and analytical chemistry, lived in Münster from 1951 to 1971
  • Adolph W. Knüppel , born July 28, 1933 in Ehringen, † January 20, 2017 in Münster, architect, designer and sculptor
  • Peter Schamoni , born March 27, 1934 in Berlin, film director, screenwriter and producer, lived in Münster until 1955
  • Peter Knauer , born February 5, 1935 in Berlin, theologian, professor of dogmatics and fundamental theology, completed his doctorate at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from the summer term 1966 to winter term 1968/69
  • Rüdiger Nehberg , born May 4, 1935 in Bielefeld, † April 1, 2020 in Rausdorf (Holstein), completed his apprenticeship as a pastry chef on Ludgeristraße in Münster
  • Heribert Meffert , * 1937 in Oberlahnstein , founded the first institute for marketing in Germany at the Westphalian Wilhelms University and taught there from 1968 to 2002
  • Ulrich Schamoni , born November 9, 1939 in Berlin, † March 9, 1998 in Berlin, film director, screenwriter and media entrepreneur, lived in Münster until 1959
  • Timm Ulrichs , born March 31, 1940 in Berlin, 1972–2005 professor of sculpture and total art at the Institute for Art Educators in Münster (since 1987 State Art Academy in Münster )
  • Klaus Bußmann , born June 8, 1941 in Aachen, † April 27, 2019 in Münster, 1985–2004 director of the Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History, curator and founder of the Sculpture Projects Münster
  • Karl Herzog , born November 9, 1941 in Erfurt, volleyball player and coach at USC Münster
  • Joseph Robers , born February 12, 1944 in Südlohn, † August 31, 2011 in Münster, painter, studied and lived in Münster.
  • Friedel Thiekötter , born June 3, 1944 in Neheim-Hüsten, † September 16, 2011 in Münster, writer, studied and lives in Münster
  • Bernhard Schlink , born July 6, 1944 in Großdornberg near Bielefeld, lawyer and writer (Der Vorleser) , since 1987 judge at the Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster
  • Georg Milbradt , born February 23, 1945 in Eslohe (Sauerland), Prime Minister of Saxony , 1983–1990 Finance Department of the City of Münster
  • Jürgen Möllemann , born July 15, 1945 in Augsburg, † June 5, 2003 in Marl-Loemühle, politician (FDP), 1987–1991 Federal Minister of Education and Science, 1991–1993 Federal Minister of Economics, lived in Münster since 1966
  • Franz-Josef Kemper , born September 30, 1945 in Hopsten, athlete (800-meter runner), Olympic participant 1968/72 and sports official, started for Prussia Münster
  • Udo Lindenberg , born May 17, 1946 in Gronau, rock musician, studied 1964–68 in Münster and started his career here
  • Ruprecht Polenz , born May 26, 1946 in Denkwitz near Bautzen, politician (CDU), April – Nov. 2000 Secretary General of the CDU, has lived in Münster since 1968
  • Titus Dittmann , born December 8, 1948 in Kirchen an der Sieg (Westerwald), entrepreneur and "father of the German skateboard scene", has lived and worked in Münster since 1971
  • Hans-Martin Stier , * 1950 in Bad Ems, actor and singer, studied and worked in Münster from 1973 to 1982
  • Günter Ollenschläger , born March 3, 1951 in Beuel, pharmacist, physician, science journalist, head of the Medical Center for Quality in Medicine 1995–2014, studied pharmacy from 1971 to 1977 ( doctorate 1977) and medicine in Münster
  • Roland Kaiser , born May 10, 1952 in Berlin, pop singer, has lived in Münster since 1993
  • Thomas de Maizière , born January 21, 1954 in Bonn, politician (CDU), from 2005 to 2009 Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the Federal Chancellery, from 2009 to 2011 and 2013 to 2018 Federal Minister of the Interior, from 2011 to 2013 Federal Minister of Defense, PhD in Münster in 1986
  • Marian Gold , real name Hartwig Schierbaum, born May 26, 1954 in Herford, pop musician, founded the band Alphaville in 1983 in Münster
  • Gerd Faltings , born July 28, 1954 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, mathematician and recipient of the Fields Medal, 1972–1978 at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
  • Benno Möhlmann , born August 1, 1954 in Lohne, Bundesliga soccer player and trainer, 1972–1978 with Preußen Münster
  • Leonard Lansink , born January 7, 1956 in Hamm, actor, has played the Munster detective Wilsberg in the ZDF series of the same name since 1998
  • Jürgen Kehrer , born January 21, 1956 in Essen, author of detective novels ( Wilsberg ) , has lived in Münster since 1974
  • Burkhard Spinnen , born December 28, 1956 in Mönchengladbach, writer, has lived in Münster since 1976
  • Wilm Weppelmann , born April 17, 1957 in Lüdinghausen, photographer, conceptual artist and author, has lived in Münster since the late 1970s
  • Roger Trash (actually Roger Dewald), born May 29, 1959 in Diepholz, † August 31, 2011 in Münster, rock musician and book author, lived in Münster since 1966
  • Andreas Dombret , born January 16, 1960 in Des Moines, USA, board member of Deutsche Bundesbank and sponsor of the university, studied and lived in Münster
  • Tom Vieth , born April 19, 1960 in Nottuln; † September 23, 2018 in Münster, blues musician, singer and guitarist; Legend of the Münster music scene
  • Gisbert Strotdrees , * 1960 in Harsewinkel, journalist, historian and book author, studied, lives and works in Münster
  • Hossein Ensan , born May 1964 in Iran, German-Iranian poker player, lives in Münster
  • Bernd Drücke , * 1965 in Unna, coordinating editor of the grassroots revolution , has lived in Münster since 1986
  • Oliver Welke , born April 19, 1966 in Bielefeld, author, comedian and presenter, studied journalism in Münster until 1993
  • Axel Büring , born July 12, 1967 in Meppen, 1994–2015 volleyball trainer at USC Münster
  • Miriam Meckel , born July 18, 1967 in Hilden, communications scientist, 2001–2005 State Secretary in North Rhine-Westphalia, studied, earned her doctorate and taught until 2001 at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
  • Howard Donald , born April 28, 1968 in Manchester, British singer and member of the boy group Take That , founded in 1990 , lives in Münster
  • Jens Lehmann , born November 10, 1969 in Essen, national soccer goalkeeper and vice world champion in 2002, studied business administration at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
  • Bernd Wehren , born January 16, 1970 in Haltern, elementary school teacher and textbook author
  • Rei Gesing, born November 5, 1973 in Ahaus-Wüllen, author, lives in Münster
  • Robert Nippoldt , born October 13, 1977 in Kleve, graphic designer and illustrator, studied, lives and works in Münster
  • Christoph Metzelder , born November 5, 1980 in Haltern, national soccer player and vice-world champion 2002, 1996–2000 with Preußen Münster
  • Caroline Ruhnau (* 1984), swimmer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to other information, Grotemeyer died in Münster. Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Vol. 4. Görres - Hittorp . 2nd edition, KG Saur, Munich 2006, p. 189.