List of personalities of the city of Münster
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
- 1295, Johann III. from ceiling skirt ; † 1349, Droste of the cathedral chapter, mayor and judge of Münster
- 1326, Everwin I. vondeckebrock ; † 1351, councilor and droste of the cathedral chapter of Münster
- around 1340, Alhard I. vondeckebrock ; † 1399, knight, councilor in Münster, droste of the cathedral chapter and landowner.
- before 1381, Johann IV. Droste zu Hülshoff ; † 1446, knight, councilor, mayor of the city of Münster, landowner
- 1421, Johann V. Droste zu Hülshoff ; † 1462, councilor and treasurer of the city of Münster and landowner of Hülshoff Castle.
- 1430, John VI. Droste to Hülshoff ; † 1499, councilor and mayor of the city of Münster and landowner of Hülshoff Castle.
- 1467, Johann VII Droste zu Hülshoff ; † 1539, councilor and mayor of the city of Münster and landowner of Hülshoff Castle.
- 1495, Bernd Knipperdolling (Knipperdollinck, Knypperdollynck, actually van Stockem), † January 23, 1536, one of the leaders of the Anabaptists , from February 23, 1534 mayor of Münster
- 1496, Ludger tom Ring the Elder ; † April 3, 1547, painter and printer, ancestor of the artist family tom Ring
- 1498/99, Johann Brabender ; † 1561/62, sculptor
- 1500, Heinrich I. von Droste zu Hülshoff ; † 1570, councilor of the city of Münster and landowner of Hülshoff Castle.
- 1500, Bernhard von Münster († May 1, 1557), Provost of the Cathedral in Münster.
- around 1540, Everwin von Droste zu Hülshoff († June 13, 1604), author, Catholic reformer, episcopal official and dean at the collegiate church of St. Martini in Münster.
- 1556, Johann Glandorp ; † September 23, 1612 in Lübeck, merchant and patron in Lübeck
- 1567, September 10, Adolf Rodde ; † August 31, 1617 in Lübeck, merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- 1598, Everhard Alerdinck ; † May 11, 1658, well-known Westphalian painter
- 1604, Johann Bockhorst ; † April 21, 1668 in Antwerp, painter
- 1633, Maurus Rost ; † 1706 in Iburg, abbot of the Iburg monastery and historian
- 1672, October 30, Ferdinand Oesterhoff ; † October 22, 1748 in Marienfeld, abbot of the Marienfeld monastery and auxiliary bishop in Münster
- 1707, September 19, Ferdinand Wilhelm von der Recke zu Steinfurt ; ‡ November 18, 1761 in Drensteinfurt, Elector of Cologne Chamberlain and Canon in Münster
- 1713, January 29th, Franz Arnold von der Recke zu Steinfurt ; † November 10, 1762 in Münster, Landdrost in the Principality of Münster
- 1726, January 25th, Jobst Edmund von Twickel ; † October 12, 1782 in Munster, canon in Munster as well as official resignation in Poppenburg
- 1732, October 20, Kaspar Zumkley ; † November 17, 1994, Jesuit and educator
- 1733, April 28, Wilhelm Ferdinand Lipper ; † October 29, 1800 in Nuremberg, architect
- 1742, September 4, Clemens Lipper ; † May 25, 1813 in Osnabrück, clergyman and master builder
- 1742, February 15, Clemens August Maria Droste zu Vischering ; † July 13, 1790, politician, Landdroste
- 1743, May 15, Christoph Bernhard Verspoell ; † January 5, 1818, priest, publicist, hymn poet
- 1747, October 18, Jodocus Zurmühlen ; † April 3, 1830 in Münster, cathedral dean in Münster
- 1749, September 7, Anton Matthias Sprickmann ; † November 22, 1833, lawyer and poet, friend and sponsor of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , member of Princess Gallitzin's circle of Münster
- 1749, November 6th, Clemens August Heinrich von Korff called Schmising ; † 1821, Councilor of the Electorate of Cologne and Oberhofmarschall of the Prince-Bishop of Munster as well as Canon and Draftsman in Cloppenburg
- 1750, July 12, Ferdinand von Galen zu Assen ; ↑ November 11, 1803, Droste des Amtes Meppen, privy councilor and chief hunter in the duchy of Münster
- 1763, March 22nd, Franz Ferdinand von Druffel ; † May 22, 1857, physician, assessor for Anna Katharina Emmerick
- 1766, Nov. 27, Joseph Niesert ; † June 14, 1841 in Velen, pastor, manuscript and seal collector, historian, numismatist and archaeologist
- 1770, February 9, Maximilian Freiherr von Wimpffen ; † August 29, 1854 in Vienna, Austrian field marshal
- 1774, July 2, Johann Heinrich Schmedding ; † April 18, 1846 in Berlin, legal scholar, university professor and politician
- 1777, May 25, Adolph von Vagedes ; † January 27, 1842 in Düsseldorf, architect, town planner and poet
- 1779, September 5, Franz von Sonnenberg ; † November 22, 1805 in Jena, poet
- 1779, September 25, Maximilian von Ketteler ; † July 30, 1832 in Bad Ems, Prussian district administrator
- 1781, February 20, Maximilian Droste zu Vischering-Padberg ; † August 31, 1845, district administrator
- 1784, December 25th, Johann Hermann Hüffer ; † January 12, 1855, politician and publisher, mayor of the city of Münster 1842–48
- 1787, August 11, Franz Joseph Herold : † May 16, 1862, Roman Catholic priest, first official in Vechta
- 1788, December 2nd, Ignaz von Landsberg-Velen and Gemen ; † September 19, 1862, entrepreneur, politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- 1791, May 22, Johann Heinrich von Olfers ; † December 22, 1855, banker, Lord Mayor of Münster
- 1792, October 20, Anton Bernhard Fürstenau ; † November 18, 1852 in Oldenburg, flautist and composer
- 1793, August 30, Ignaz von Olfers † April 23, 1871, scientist and diplomat
- 1795, June 2nd, Jenny von Droste zu Hülshoff ; † December 29, 1859, sister and confidante of the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
- 1799, August 15, Wilhelm Achtermann ; † May 26, 1884 in Rome, sculptor
- 1800, September 12, Benedikt von Olfers , † September 18, 1876, lawyer and politician
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
- 1926, February 24th, Johanna Eichmann OSU, b. Ruth Eichmann; † December 23, 2019, nun from the order of the Ursulines, teacher and co-founder of the Jewish Museum Westphalia in Dorsten
- 1926, June 17th, Jutta Freifrau von Droste zu Hülshoff ; † December 23, 2015 in Billerbeck, owner, then donor of Hülshoff Castle to the Annette von Droste zu Hülshoff Foundation
- 1926, August 30, Hans Dieter Schwarze ; † May 7, 1994 in Anterskofen (Bavaria), writer, actor and director
- 1927, January 12, Paul Schnitker ; † February 27, 2013 in Münster, entrepreneur, association official and politician (CDU)
- 1927, February 6th, Felix Gerritzen , called "Fiffi"; † July 3, 2007 in Münster, former national soccer player, 1950–1958 with Preußen Münster
- 1927, July 30, Lothar Groppe SJ; † November 17, 2019 in Berlin, Jesuit and military pastor as well as publicist
- 1927, September 30, Alma von Stockhausen ; † May 3, 2020, philosopher
- 1928, January 14th, Jürgen Weber ; † June 16, 2007 in Ibiza, sculptor
- 1928, October 30, Joachim Wattendorff ; † April 7, 2008 in Freiburg im Üechtland, botanist and radiation biologist
- 1929, January 31, Nikolaus Himmelmann , † December 19, 2013, archaeologist
- 1929, September 3, Helmuth Becker ; † May 20, 2011 in Münster, politician, Vice President of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament
- 1930, Wolfram Mehring , director and actor
- 1930, June 18, Werner Hoppe ; † July 9, 2009 in Münster, legal scholar and lawyer
- 1930, November 13, Reinhold Röttger ; died January 20, 2020, director and theater director
- 1931, May 30, Günther Gottmann ; † February 4, 2018 in Berlin, pastor and museum director
- 1931, December 17, Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck ; † July 26, 2017 in Surenburg, farmer, 1969–1997 President of the German Farmers' Association
- 1932, June 21, Friedrich Ostermann ; † October 22, 2018 in Münster, auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Münster
- 1932, September 13, Rolf Wedewer ; † October 26, 2010 in Leverkusen, art historian, curator and museum director
- 1932, November 28, Erwin Rotermund ; † January 9, 2018 in Mainz, literary scholar
- 1933, April 6, Ursula Fuchs ; † June 12, 2020 in Darmstadt, children's book author
- 1933, April 28, Hans Lemberg ; † December 3, 2009 in Marburg, historian
- 1933, June 5, Tono Eitel ; † June 25, 2017 in Münster, lawyer and diplomat
- 1934, January 11, Karin Mylius ; † December 13, 1986 in Halle (Saale), chairwoman of the Jewish community in Halle (Saale)
- 1934, February 1, Brigitte Schütze : † July 25, 2019 in Traunstein, gardener and politician (CDU)
- 1935, January 27, Gernot Erler ; † June 7, 2011 in Krelingen, pedagogue, art historian and author
- 1935, May 1, Wilm Sanders , Roman Catholic theologian and author
- 1935, May 19, Armin Klümper ; † June 23, 2019 in Cape Town (South Africa), sports medicine specialist and university professor
- 1935, December 30th, Friedhelm Krüger , Protestant theologian and university professor
- 1936, January 10, Edi Gieseler ; † May 1, 2003 in Münster, racing cyclist
- 1936, January 14th, Reiner Klimke ; † August 17, 1999 in Münster, lawyer and dressage rider, 1964–1988 a total of 6 times Olympic champion
- 1936, February 22, Marianne Rogée , actress
- 1936, July 7th, Günter Dohr ; † February 25, 2015 in Krefeld, artist
- 1936, Heinz Hilmer , architect
- 1937, May 18, Schwarz Ferdl , folk music singer, yodeler, guitarist, lyricist and composer
- 1937, August 24, Eberhard Rolinck , Roman Catholic theologian
- 1937, September 19, Gundolf Precht ; † November 14, 2015 in Cologne, building researcher and archaeologist
- 1937, September 27, Werner Franz Siebenbrock ; † December 24, 2019 in Juiz de Fora, Catholic religious, Bishop of Governador Valadares in Brazil
- 1937, December 26th, Gösta Hellner , scientific photographer and visual artist
- 1937, Franz-Egon Humborg , presiding judge at the Higher Administrative Court for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1938, January 7th, Roland Issen , former trade unionist
- 1938, March 1, Michael Müller-Wille ; † November 12, 2019 in Kiel, prehistoric
- 1938, September 1, Friedhelm Busch , business journalist, moderator, Golden Camera 1988
- 1938, October 2, Bärbel Kösters Lucchitta , scientist, astrogeologist with the US Geological Survey
- 1939, June 1st, Heinz Lukas-Kindermann , theater and opera director, general manager
- 1939, October 31, Karl Peters , judge at the Federal Social Court
- 1939, December 27, Barbara Klemm , photographer
- 1939, October 30, Bernhard Jestaedt , lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice from 1986 to 2004
- 1940, April 4th, Gustav-Adolf Stange , lawyer and politician
- 1940, July 25, Gabriele Peus-Bispinck , politician (CDU) and MEP
- 1941, August 30, Manfred Erdenberger , radio journalist, since 1969 moderator at WDR
- 1942, January 18, Ulrich Hermann Krüger-Limberger ; † March 6, 2016, architect and politician
- 1942, March 29, Rolf Klein ; † August 25, 1986, politician (CDU), member of the state parliament in North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1942, April 5, Irmgard Schwaetzer , politician (FDP), 1991–1994 Federal Minister for Spatial Planning, Building and Urban Development
- 1942, May 19, Otto Jägersberg (* in Hiltrup), writer and filmmaker
- 1942, August 22nd, Harald Norpoth , athlete (1500 and 5000 meter runner), Olympic participant 1964/1968/1972
- 1942, November 6th, Frauke Walhorn , politician (SPD)
- 1943, January 30, Wolfgang Spanier ; † April 18, 2018 in Herford, politician (SPD)
- 1944, January 24, Klaus Müller , politician (CDU) and former mayor of Iserlohn
- 1944, July 24th, Renate Düttmann-Braun , politician (CDU), member of the state parliament in North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1946, May 21, Erwin Kostedde , national soccer player, with Prussia Munster until 1967
- 1947, April 13, Ulrich Hinse , detective director and writer
- 1947, May 9th, Steffi Stephan (actually Karlgeorg Stephan), rock musician in the panic orchestra for Udo Lindenberg and for Peter Maffay , music producer, operator of the Jovel in Münster
- 1948, Wolfgang Hölker , publisher
- 1948, April 2nd, Hendrik Snoek , show jumper
- 1948, April 24th, Helmut Kalthoff , football official and coach
- 1948, November 14th, Annedore Richter , volleyball player and coach
- 1949, August 11, Benedikt Hopmann , lawyer and politician
- 1950, October 22nd, Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller , historian and author
1951-1975
- 1951, February 19, Lothar Blickensdorf, artist ( artist name Lo Graf von Blickensdorf)
- 1951, July 26th, Reinhard Stupperich , archaeologist
- 1951, October 5th, Detlev Jöcker , singer, composer and publisher
- 1951, December 21, Willi Kellers , drummer
- 1952, February 18, Claudia Huerkamp , historian
- 1952, May 2nd, Werner Schulze-Erdel , moderator and actor
- 1953, Manfred Billinger ; † February 10, 2001 in Hamm, artist
- 1953, January 3, Doris Kaufmann , historian
- 1953, June 11th, Volker Ladenthin , educationalist
- 1953, August 9, Carl-Ludwig Thiele , politician (FDP)
- 1954, March 9, Matthias Matussek , journalist and publicist
- 1954, July 31, Martin Gertler , journalist
- 1955, Ulrich Foerste , lawyer and university professor
- 1955, June 29, Peter Fonk , moral theologian, professor in Passau, papal honorary chaplain
- 1955, July 26th, Karl-Otto König , diplomat, ambassador of the European Union in Uruguay
- 1955, July 27, Uwe Wolff , cultural scientist, angel researcher, tango dancer
- 1956, Theodor Dopheide , dubbing director and dialog book author
- 1956, February 16, Irene Becker , business graduate, management consultant and book author
- 1956, March 9, Christoph Poppen , conductor and violinist
- 1956, July 13th, Günther Jauch , TV show master and TV journalist
- 1957, Günther Huesmann , music journalist and jazz author
- 1957, February 4th, Peter Gerloff , pastor, songwriter
- 1957, July 12, Götz Alsmann , musician and moderator
- 1957, October 9, Ulrike M. Dierkes , journalist and author
- 1958, May 10, Ralf Zumdick , Bundesliga goalkeeper and coach, 1976–81 with Preußen Münster
- 1958, June 4th, Ludger Kühnhardt , political scientist, director of ZEI at the University of Bonn
- 1959, October 28, Andreas Scholl , archaeologist, director of the Berlin Collection of Antiquities
- 1959, December 9th, Dieter Giebken , racing cyclist
- 1960, Andreas Kaling , jazz musician
- 1960, January 7th, Mareile Flitsch , ethnologist and sinologist
- 1960, February 26, Oliver Wessel-Therhorn ; † November 12, 2010, dancer, dance sports trainer and choreographer
- 1960, May 11, Franz-Josef Arlinghaus , historian
- 1960, June 3, Sigrid Terstegge , volleyball player of the year 1986 and 353 national player
- 1961, February 2, Thomas König , political scientist and university professor
- 1961, March 5, Christian Koenig , lawyer and university professor
- 1962, January 9, Monika Grütters , politician (CDU), member of the German Bundestag
- 1962, May 2nd, Andreas Steppuhn , politician (SPD), former member of the German Bundestag and the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
- 1962, July 4th, Ellen Rehm , ancient orientalist
- 1962, August 22nd, Axel Klein , musicologist and non-fiction author
- 1962, September 24th, Thomas Rusche , entrepreneur and business ethicist
- 1962, September 26th, Bernhard Sterz , administrative lawyer, former State Secretary for Justice Saxony-Anhalt
- 1963, Michael Heidinger , politician (SPD), mayor of Dinslaken
- 1963, July 4th, Ute Lemper , actress and singer
- 1963, July 27th, Ralf Niermann , politician (SPD), district administrator of the Minden-Lübbecke district
- 1964, April 22nd, Hajo Schumacher , journalist and author
- 1964, May 9th, Dietwald Gruehn , Univ.-Professor for Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning
- 1964, May 9, Matthias Wemhoff , archaeologist and museum director
- 1965, Dorette Hugo , voice actress
- 1965, Martin Kaltwasser , artist
- 1965, Jörg Rühl , actor
- 1965, March 4th, Westbam , real name Maximilian Lenz, DJ
- 1965, March 27, Markus Lewe , politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Münster
- 1965, May 8, Uwe Karst , chemist and university professor
- 1965, May 11th, Guido Maria Kretschmer , fashion designer
- 1965, May 14th, Clemens Richert , chemist
- 1965, May 21, Herwig Baier , biologist
- 1965, June 3, Kristina Vogt , politician (Die Linke)
- 1965, September 3, Stefan Dohr , horn player
- 1965, September 30, Lioba Baving , psychologist and professor at the University of Kiel
- 1966, Ansgar Hüning , singer (baritone)
- 1966, March 8th, Khalid Khan , handball coach and handball player
- 1966, April 19, Klaus Winterkamp , Vicar General of Münster
- 1966, July 24th, Uwe Leifeld , soccer player
- 1966, August 12, Heinz Wöstmann , lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1967, January 9, Klaus Filbry , football official and sports economist
- 1967, February 24, Olaf Arlinghaus , author
- 1967, March 20, Wulf Schmiese , historian and journalist
- 1967, June 20, Nele Neuhaus , crime author
- 1967, September 12, Robert Lambrou , politician (AfD)
- 1967, October 9, Maurice Banach ; † November 17, 1991 near Remscheid, football player
- 1968, March 21, Ralf Spenneberg , textbook author and Linux lecturer
- 1968, April 1st, Ingrid Klimke , dressage and eventing rider
- 1968, June 18, Frank Montenbruck , actor
- 1968, July 22nd Stephan Brüggenthies , author and filmmaker
- 1968, August 15, Silke Super , radio and television presenter
- 1968, December 23, Carsten Cramer , lawyer, marketing specialist and football official
- 1969, Astrid Wallrabenstein , lawyer
- 1969, August 12th, Tanita Tikaram , British musician
- 1969, October 17th, Reinhard Geise , soccer player
- 1970, Anselm Tiggemann , historian and political scientist
- 1970, June 2, Dr. Ring-Ding , real name Richard Jung, ska and reggae musician
- 1971, Markus Dreßen , professor for graphic design at the HGB Leipzig
- 1971, April 7th, Peter Hoeltzenbein , rower
- 1971, July 15, Sven Telljohann , chess player
- 1971, July 21, Luise Hölscher , economist, university professor and politician (CDU)
- 1971, December 2, Henning Wehland , rock musician ( H-Blockx )
- 1972, Klaus Hermann , German Taekwondo Champion
- 1972, February 11, Markus Happe , soccer player
- 1972, March 15, Holger Stromberg , master chef, TV chef and author
- 1972, July 10, Katharina von Koppenfels-Spies , lawyer and professor
- 1972, September 21, Alexander Heisterkamp , physicist
- 1972, December 15, Roland Evers , sports journalist
- 1973, April 2nd, Jan Vahrenhold , computer scientist
- 1973, June 19, Fabian Jacobi , lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag (AfD)
- 1973, December 11th, Alexander Morsey , jazz musician
- 1973, December 17th, Claudia Biene , disabled athlete in athletics
- 1974, Dietrich Thomas , jazz pianist
- 1974, March 27, Felicitas von Lovenberg , journalist and author
- 1974, July 22nd, Franka Potente , actress
- 1974, December 11th, Christian Peitz , author and radio play producer
- 1975, Svenja Flaßpöhler , author
- 1975, Thomas Pletzinger , writer and translator
- 1975, Harald Sievers , politician (CDU), district administrator of the Ravensburg district
- 1975, Henrik Simojoki , Protestant theologian and religious educator
From 1976
- 1976, May 6, Victoria Mayer , actress
- 1976, September 12, Anna Kubin , actress and speaker
- 1977, May 8, Kathrin Bringmann , mathematician and university professor
- 1977, May 16, Sarah Esser , sculptor
- 1977, June 14th, Constanze Priester , actress
- 1977, October 18, Johannes Becker , economist and university professor
- 1978, August 9, Jens Bäumer , football player
- 1980, June 20, Fabian Wegmann , racing cyclist
- 1981, June 2nd, Florian Füntmann , guitarist
- 1981, June 30th, Alissa Jung , actress
- 1981, September 13, Mariha (Eva Maria Meyer), actress and singer-songwriter
- 1981, December 26th, Johannes Oerding , pop singer a. Songwriter
- 1982, January 3rd, Texas Patti , porn actress
- 1982, January 19, Robin tom Rink , musician and lyricist
- 1982, July 6th, Julius Brink , beach volleyball player
- 1982, September 16, Linus Gerdemann , racing cyclist
- 1983, March 2nd, Clara Woltering , handball player
- 1983, August 28, Christian Pander , football player
- 1983, October 23, Denis Berken , volleyball and beach volleyball player
- 1984, December 6th, Jörn Ratering , author and ethnologist
- 1985, August 27th, Jil Döhnert , volleyball player
- 1985, September 18, Stefanie Golla , volleyball player
- 1985, November 8th, Lisenka Sedlacek , actress
- 1986, September 30, Max von Eine , jazz musician
- 1986, August 10, Charlotte Potts journalist and television presenter
- 1987, October 15, Ole Kittner , soccer player
- 1988, June 18, Massih Wassey , soccer player
- 1988, July 18, Marc Lorenz , soccer player
- 1989, January 12th, Kevin Kerr , Scottish soccer player
- 1990, April 18, Teresa Mersmann , volleyball and beach volleyball player
- 1993, January 8, Semih Dağlar , football player
- 1996, September 28, Luca Steinfeldt , soccer player
Connected to Münster
Personalities connected with Münster. Listed chronologically by date of birth:
Born until 1800
- Liudger , b. 742; † March 26, 809, saint, missionary and first bishop of Münster, namesake of Ludgerikirche , Ludgeriplatz and Collegium Ludgerianum in Münster.
- Hermann II von Katzenelnbogen , * 1130 or 1140; † June 9, 1203, Bishop of Münster, confidante of Emperor Friedrich I (HRR) Barbarossa
- Engelbert vondeckebrock , * before 1266; Burgmann in Ahaus, first droste of the Münster cathedral chapter, aldermen (historically) of Münster, treasurer of the aristocratic women's monastery Überwasser in Münster and landowner.
- Evert van Roden , late Gothic sculptor
- Rudolf von Langen , * around 1438 in Everswinkel; † December 25, 1519 in Münster, cathedral canon in Münster and early humanist
- Josef Horlenius , * around 1460; † 1521 in Münster, humanist and poet
- Heinrich Brabender , * around 1475; † around 1537 in Münster, sculptor
- Franz Graf von Waldeck , * probably 1491 in Sparrenberg, † July 15, 1553 in Wolbeck (today in Münster), 1532–1553 Bishop of Münster and Osnabrück, main opponent of the Münster Anabaptists
- Bernd Rothmann (Bernhard Rottmann), * 1495 in Stadtlohn, † after 1535, preacher in St. Lamberti , spiritual leader of the Anabaptists in Münster
- Bernd Krechting , * before 1500 in Schöppingen, † January 22, 1536 in Münster, one of the leaders of the Münster Anabaptists
- Heinrich Krechting , * 1501 in Schöppingen, † June 28, 1580 in Gödens / Ostfriesland, one of the leaders of the Munster Anabaptists , later "Chancellor" of the Anabaptist Empire of Munster
- Bernhard von Raesfeld , born November 9, 1508 in the Hameren house near Billerbeck; † April 18, 1574 in Münster, Bishop of Münster
- Jan van Leiden , * 1509, † January 22, 1536 in Münster, one of the leaders of the Anabaptists , later King of the Anabaptist Empire of Münster
- Hermann von Kerssenbrock , * 1519 in Barntrup; † July 5, 1585 in Osnabrück, long-time rector of the Paulinum grammar school in Münster
- Gottfried von Raesfeld , * 1522; † 1586, cathedral dean of Münster, founder of the Jesuit college in Münster
- John IV of Hoya , * 1529; † April 5, 1574, since 1566 as Johann III. Bishop of Munster, introduced the resolutions of the Council of Trento in the Principality of Munster
- Everwin von Droste zu Hülshoff , * around 1540; † June 13, 1604, Catholic reformer, episcopal official and dean at the collegiate church of St. Martini in Münster
- Bernhard II von Droste zu Hülshoff , * 1542; † 1624, mayor of the city of Münster and owner of Hülshoff Castle
- Gerhard Gröninger , * 1582 in Paderborn, † 1652, architect and sculptor in Münster
- Christoph Bernhard von Galen , born October 12, 1606 at Haus Bisping near Rinkerode, † September 19, 1678 in Ahaus, Prince-Bishop of Münster
- Niels Stensen , * Copenhagen 1638, † Schwerin 1686, auxiliary bishop in Münster 1680–1683
- Johann Conrad Schlaun , born June 5, 1695 in Nörde near Warburg, † October 21, 1773 in Münster, master builder and general
- Johann Heinrich König , * 1705 probably in Münster, † April 8, 1784 in Münster, late Baroque sculptor
- Franz Freiherr von Fürstenberg , born August 7, 1729 in Herdringen Castle near Arnsberg, † September 16, 1810 in Münster, Minister (1762–1780) and Vicar General (1770–1809) of the Duchy of Münster, administrative and social reformer
- Johann Georg Hamann , born August 27, 1730 in Königsberg, † June 21, 1788 in Münster, philosopher and writer, Princess Amalie von Gallitzin brought him to Münster in 1787
- Heinrich-Johann von Droste zu Hülshoff , born January 23, 1735; † April 5, 1798, Komtur (Teutonic Order) of the Coming Ramersdorf, councilor of the Ballei Schloss Alden Biesen, lieutenant general and governor of Munster
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher , born December 16, 1742 in Toitenwinkel near Rostock, † September 12, 1819 in Krieblowitz (Silesia), Prussian field marshal, 1802-06 military governor of the Westphalia province in Münster
- Princess Amalie von Gallitzin , born August 28, 1748 in Berlin, † April 27, 1806 in Münster, founded the Münsterschen Kreis , Goethe visited her in Münster in 1792
- Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg , born November 7, 1750 in Bramstedt, † December 5, 1819 in Sondermühlen Castle near Osnabrück, poet, member of Princess Gallitzin's circle of Münster
- Bernhard Heinrich Overberg , born May 1, 1754 in Voltlage, † November 9, 1826 in Münster, Catholic theologian and pedagogue
- Maria Johanna von Aachen , born April 21, 1755 in Vechta; † January 21, 1845 in Münster, poet; belonged to the Droste-Hülshoff circle of friends
- Heinrich Friedrich Karl Freiherr vom Stein , born October 26, 1757 in Nassau, † June 29, 1831 in Cappenberg (Westphalia), Prussian statesman and reformer
- Clemens August von Vagedes , * 1760, † December 3, 1795, master builder in Westphalia; grew up in Münster
- Anton Wilhelm Möller (born August 25, 1762 in Lippstadt; † May 10, 1846 in Münster), senior consistorial councilor and founder of the Protestant community
- Maximilian-Friedrich von Droste zu Hülshoff * October 22, 1764 in Hülshoff Castle, † March 8, 1840 in Haus Alst near Steinfurt, composer, friend of Joseph Haydn; worked in Münster from 1803 to 1832
- Johann Heinrich Brockmann , born March 4, 1767 in Liesborn, † September 27, 1837 in Münster, dean and pastor of St. Martini, cathedral preacher and provost, and professor of theology at the local university
- Clemens August Droste zu Vischering , born January 22, 1773 in Vorhelm near Ahlen, † October 19, 1845 in Münster, auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Münster, 1835–45 Archbishop of Cologne
- Johann Heinrich Schmülling , born November 23, 1774 in Warendorf; † January 17, 1851 in Münster, canon and professor at the University of Münster
- Karl Carvacchi , born August 23, 1791 in Braunsberg, † May 10, 1869 in Kassel, was the representative of Kurhessen at the Zollverein and worked in archeology and historical research in and around Münster
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , born January 10, 1797 at Hülshoff Castle near Münster, † May 24, 1848 in Meersburg on Lake Constance, poet
- Jodocus Donatus Hubertus Temme , born October 22, 1798 in Lette near Oelde (Westphalia), † November 14, 1881 in Zurich, politician, lawyer and writer, Vice President of the Higher Regional Court in Münster, imprisoned for nine months in Münster
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
- ↑ 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.