List of personalities of the city of Marburg
This list contains personalities born in Marburg as well as those who had their sphere of activity in the city without having been born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Marburg
12th to 17th centuries
- Konrad von Marburg (around 1180–90; † July 30, 1233), priest and master's degree, successful crusade preacher, later inquisitor and confessor of Elisabeth of Thuringia, later Saint Elisabeth
- Hartmann Ibach (around 1487 - around 1533), theologian and Protestant preacher during the Reformation
- Johann Dryander (1500–1560), anatomist, doctor, mathematician and astronomer
- Elisabeth von Hessen (1502–1557), Hereditary Princess of Saxony
- Philipp I (1504–1567), called the Magnanimous , Landgrave of Hesse, Hessian reformer and founder of the Philipps University
- Jakob Lersner (1504–1579), legal scholar, diplomat and university professor
- Heinrich Lersner (1506–1576), politician
- Johann Lersner (1512–1550), legal scholar and judge
- Christoph Lersner (1520–1603), legal scholar, administrative lawyer and university professor
- Ebert Baldewein (around 1525 - 1593), court architect, clockmaker, instrument maker and astronomer
- Agnes von Hessen (1527–1555), Electress of Saxony
- Adam Lonitzer (1528–1586), naturalist, doctor and botanist
- Justus Vultejus (1529–1575), teacher and professor of Hebrew
- Hermann Lersner (1535–1613), lawyer and university lecturer
- Gerhard Eobanus Geldenhauer (1537–1614), master's degree and Protestant theologian
- Philip II (1541–1583), Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels
- Johannes Angelus (1542–1608), Lutheran theologian
- Philipp Lonicer (1543–1599), historian and Protestant theologian
- Wilhelm Adolf Scribonius (1550–1600), philosopher, physician and teacher
- Johann Wolff (around 1550 - 1616), medic
- Philipp Matthäus (1554–1603), legal scholar
- Hermann Vultejus (1555–1634), lawyer, rector of the University of Marburg
- Nicolaus Braun (1558–1639), medic, doctor and physicist
- Reinhard Scheffer the Younger (1561–1623), lawyer and Landgrave Hessian statesman
- Wilhelm Burchard Sixtinus (1572–1652), lawyer and public servant
- Valentin Wilhelm Forster (1574–1620), lawyer
- Helfrich Ulrich Hunnius (1583–1636), legal scholar
- Nikolaus Hunnius (1585–1643), Lutheran theologian
- Reinhard Scheffer the Youngest (1590–1656), Landgrave-Hessian diplomat and statesman
- Werner Geise († 1658), philosopher, historian and university professor
- Johannes Vultejus (1605–1684), Landgrave Hessian Chancellor
- Erich Graff (1607–1683), legal scholar
- Johannes Kleinschmidt (1607–1663), legal scholar
- Christoph Matthäus (1608–1647), rhetorician, historian and physician
- Gregorius Stannarius (1610–1670), reformed clergyman, theologian and philosopher
- Philipp Matthäus (1621–1700), medic
- Johann Hartmann Kornmann (1624–1673), legal scholar
- Hermann von Vultejus (1634–1723), lawyer and Hessian vice chancellor
- Johann Otto Henckel (1636–1682), Protestant theologian
- Philipp Ludwig Hanneken (1637–1706), Lutheran theologian
- Anna Sophia von Hessen-Darmstadt (1638–1683), hymn poet and abbess
- Hieronymus Conrad Virdung von Hartung (1640–1708), anatomy professor, dean and city physician in Würzburg
- Johann Hartmann Misler (1642–1698), theologian
- Nikolaus Christoph Lyncker (1643–1726), professor
- Ludwig Christof Schefer (1669–1731), Pietist, pastor and inspector
- Johann Friedrich Hombergk zu Vach (1673–1748), legal scholar and chancellor and rector of the University of Marburg
- Hermann Reinhold Pauli (1682–1750), Protestant theologian and preacher
- Maximilian von Hessen-Kassel (1689–1753), Prince of Hessen-Kassel and emperor. Field Marshal
- Johann Nicolaus Funck (also Funccius , 1693–1777), philologist, university professor in Rinteln
- Johann Engelhard Steuber (1693–1747), Lutheran theologian
- Johann Daniel Heinbach (1694–1764), fireworker, draftsman and cartographer
- Johann Tilemann (1696–1773), university professor, philosopher, historian and theologian
- Wilhelm Bernhard Nebel (1699–1748), physician and rector of Heidelberg University
- Johann Friedrich Mieg (1700–1788), reformed church official and historian
18th century
- Ludwig Georg Mieg (1705–1761), Reformed preacher, theologian and university professor
- Wilhelm Friedrich Hombergk zu Vach (1713–1784), lawyer and chancellor of the County of Hanau-Munzenberg
- Philipp Jacob Borel (1715–1760), physician and professor at the University of Marburg
- Reinhard Christoph Ungewitter (1715–1784), Reformed theologian
- Heinrich Otto Duysing (1719–1781), Protestant theologian and professor at the University of Marburg
- Aemilius Ludwig Hombergk zu Vach (1720–1783), legal scholar and chancellor of the local university
- Nikolaus Wilhelm Schröder (1721–1798), orientalist and librarian
- Johann Christoph Rudolph (1723–1792), lawyer and professor at the University of Erlangen
- Johann Nikolaus Seip (1724–1789), Lutheran theologian
- Johann Wilhelm Schröder (1726–1793), orientalist
- Johann Jakob Busch (1727–1786), physician and university professor
- Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1727–1759), Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
- Johann Ludwig Conradi (1730–1785), lawyer
- Justus Christoph Krafft (1732–1795), Reformed preacher and author
- Johann Michael Hoffmann (1741–1799), physician, writer and playwright
- Johann Matthäus Hassencamp (1748–1797), Protestant theologian, orientalist and mathematician
- Heinrich Johann Otto König (1748–1820), lawyer and professor of law
- Philipp Jacob Piderit (1753–1817), physician in Kassel
- Georg Heinrich Tischbein (1753–1848), engraver, eraser, mechanic and cartographer
- Johann David Busch (1755–1833), physician, pharmacologist, veterinarian and university professor
- Bernhard Christian Duysing (1755–1823), lawyer
- Friedrich Theodor Kühne (1758–1834), linguist and university professor
- Otto von Porbeck (1764–1841), civil servant
- Georg Robert (1765–1833), legal scholar and politician
- Georg von Porbeck (1766–1837), civil servant, lawyer and high school professor
- Karl Wilhelm Justi (1767–1846), philosopher and Lutheran theologian
- Andreas Leonhard Creuzer (1768–1844), theologian
- Karl Wilhelm von Kopp (1770–1844), Finance Minister of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Friedrich Creuzer (1771-1858), philologist
- Anton Bauer (1772–1843), legal scholar
- Georg Wilhelm Franz Wenderoth (1774–1861), pharmacist and botanist
- Friedrich Siegmund von Meyer (1775–1829), civil servant and finance minister in the Hesse electoral hat
- Johann Wilhelm Heinrich Conradi (1780–1861), physician
- Johann Christian Zimmermann (1786–1853), Oberbergrat and planner of the Ernst-August-Stollen
- Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich Busch (1788–1858), surgeon and obstetrician
- Ludwig Otto August Klingelhöfer (1788–?), Administrative clerk and district administrator of the Gelnhausen district
- Johann Philipp Julius Rudolph (1729–1797), physician, explorer and university professor in Erlangen
- Hermann Hupfeld (1796–1866), orientalist and theologian
- Johann Wilhelm Bickell (1799–1848), canon lawyer
- Johann Heinrich Christian Schubart (1800–1885), classical philologist
19th century
1801 to 1820
- Ernst Wachler (1803–1888), lawyer and politician
- Leopold Eichelberg (1804–1879), medic and freedom fighter
- Franz Hugo Hesse (1804–1861), civil servant, politician and diplomat
- Ludwig Büff (1811–1869), lawyer
- Karl Theodor Bayrhoffer (1812–1888), professor of philosophy at the University of Marburg and a freethinker
- Johann Conrad Wilhelm Bauer (1815), painter
- Carl Philipp Falck (1816-1880), pharmacologist
- Otto von Gehren (1817–1896), administrative officer and politician
- Carl Götz (1818–1879), administrative lawyer
1821 to 1840
- Karl Gustav Adolf Knies (1821–1898), economist
- Carl Wilhelm Althaus (1822–1907), administrative officer and member of parliament
- Wilhelm Endemann (1825–1899), legal scholar and member of the Reichstag
- Karl David Wilhelm Busch (1826–1881), surgeon
- Gustav Linker (1827–1881), classical philologist
- Victor Hüter (1832–1897), private lecturer and obstetrician
- Carl Justi (1832–1912), philosopher and art historian
- Friedrich Carl Endemann (1833–1909), physician and member of the German Reichstag
- Henriette Keller-Jordan (1835–1909), writer, translator and editor
- Ferdinand Justi (1837–1907), orientalist
- Ludwig Bickell (1838–1901), lawyer, photographer, monument conservator, local researcher, founder of the Marburg University Museum and honorary doctorate from Philipps University
- Carl Hueter (1838–1882), surgeon, author and member of the Reichstag
- Otto Nasse (1839–1903), medic
1841 to 1860
- August Thiersch (1843–1917), architect and university professor
- Wilhelm Scheffer (1844–1898), lawyer, MdR
- Hermann Bickell (1844–1897), administrative lawyer in the realm of Alsace-Lorraine
- Ludwig von Sybel (1846–1929), archaeologist and art historian
- Adolf von Hildebrand (1847–1921), sculptor
- Wilhelm Georg Ritter (1850–1926), painter
- Carl Robert (1850–1922), classical philologist and archaeologist
- Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick (1852–1937), ophthalmologist and inventor of the contact lens
- Karl von Riepenhausen (1852–1929), MdR
- Friedrich von Thiersch (1852–1921), architect and painter
- Carl Schotten (1853–1910), chemist
- Carl Kolbe (1855–1909), chemist and industrialist
- Wilhelm Friedrich Kohlrausch (1855–1936), physicist and university professor
- Karl Vorländer (1860–1928), high school professor
1861 to 1880
- Rudolf Beneke (1861–1946), physician
- Eduard Fürstenau (1862–1938), architect
- Auguste Pfeiffer (1864–1947), painter, poet, author of the 1927 Festival on the occasion of 400 years of Philipps University
- Matthaeus Carl Banzer (1867–1945), hotel clerk
- Otto Ubbelohde (1867–1922), painter, etcher and illustrator
- Richard Wachsmuth (1868–1941), physicist
- Siegfried von Roedern (1870–1954), politician
- Wilhelm Eckhardt (1871–1934), lawyer, notary, local politician and regional and student historian
- Leopold Lucas (1872–1943), Jewish historian and rabbi
- Carl Heinrici (1876–1944), lawyer, administrative officer and politician
- Ludwig Justi (1876–1957), art historian
- Friedrich von Cochenhausen (1879–1946), artillery general in World War II
- Edmund E. Stengel (1879–1968), historian and diplomat
- Hedwig Jahnow (1879–1944), teacher, the first woman in the magistrate of the university town of Marburg
- Rudolf Lahs (1880–1954), naval officer
1881 to 1900
- Walter Stengel (1882–1960), art historian
- Karl Knoch (1883–1972), climatologist
- Friedrich Lenz (1885–1968), political economist
- Fritz Külz (1887-1949), pharmacologist
- Ernst von Harnack (1888–1945), politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Viktor Voit (1888–1948), politician and lawyer
- Ida Boysen (1889–1961), surgeon in Leipzig
- Heinz von Lichberg (1890–1951), writer and journalist
- Helfrich Dern (1891–1918), draftsman and painter
- Walter Wrede (1893–1990), archaeologist
- Hermann Bauer (1897–1986), politician
- Friedrich Berber (1898–1984), international lawyer and foreign policy propagandist
- Carl Oskar Klipp (1898–?), Doctor and politician
- Karl Schnurre (1898–1990), diplomat
- Kurt Stapelfeldt (1898–1985), radio pioneer and journalist
- Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002), philosopher
- Fritz Schlegel (1900–?), Politician
20th century
1901 to 1920
- Diez Brandi (1901–1985), architect
- Harro de Wet Jensen (1901–1994), English and university professor
- Kurt Utz (1901–1974), university music director, composer, organist and cantor of the Elisabeth Church
- Werner Rohde (1904–1946), SS-Obersturmführer and concentration camp doctor
- Ernst Günther Schenck (1904–1998), doctor
- Walter Junker (1905–1986), politician
- Kurt Scharlau (1906–1964), geographer
- Haimar Wedemeyer (1906–1998), lawyer in financial administration, Olympic sailor and submarine commander
- Wilhelm Löbsack (1908–1959), author, Nazi propagandist
- Wilhelm Schnee (1908–1978), administrative lawyer
- Otto John (1909–1997), President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
- Georg Gaßmann (1910–1987), politician
- Wolfgang Schöne (1910–1989), art historian
- Fritz Schwalm (1910–?), SS leader and convicted war criminal
- Kurt Wallenfels (1910–1995), biochemist
- Kurt Brackmann (1912–1992), Vice President of the Federal Social Court
- Karl Lottes (1912–1997), motorcycle racer
- Joachim Rake (1912–2000), actor and speaker
- Hermann Albrecht (1915–1982), composer and author
- Arthur Henkel (1915–2005), Germanist, literary historian and Goethe researcher
- Hans Wissebach (1919–1983), lawyer and politician
1921 to 1940
- Hans Jahrmärker (1921–2001), cardiologist
- Franz Tichy (1921–2004), geographer and university professor
- Marie Veit (1921-2004), professor of religious didactics, campaigned against rearmament and the danger of nuclear war
- Evelyn Hofer (1922–2009), portrait and documentary photographer
- Elfriede Luise Vogel (* 1922), sculptor and poet
- Gerd Knabe (1923–2016), right-wing extremist author and cabaret artist
- Heinz Düx (1924–2017), lawyer, publicist and legal scholar
- Werner Kluth (1924–2015), politician (SPD)
- Karin Friedrich (1925–2015), journalist and author
- Hanna Korflür (1925–1993), artist (sculptor)
- Wolfgang Ludewig (1926–2017), composer and radio author
- Claus Arndt (1927–2014), lawyer and politician
- Helmut Enke (1927–2011), internist, psychoanalyst and university professor
- Dieter Henrich (* 1927), philosopher
- Christiane Uhlhorn (1927–2016), politician
- Gerhard Eimer (1928–2014), art historian
- Hans Gerhard Schwick (1928–2015), physician and biologist
- Gerhard Müller (* 1929), theologian
- Jochem Pechau (1929–1989), sculptor
- Hans-Gernot Jung (1930–1991), Protestant theologian and bishop of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
- Helmut Ludwig (1930–1999), writer and Protestant pastor
- Hans Mommsen (1930–2015), historian
- Wolfgang J. Mommsen (1930-2004), historian
- Eckhart G. Franz (1931–2015), archivist and historian
- Franz Kroppenstedt (* 1931), lawyer and State Secretary
- Haidi Streletz (1931–2010), dentist, painter and politician
- Eberhard Hauff (* 1932), filmmaker
- Lorenz Krüger (1932–1994), science historian, philosopher and university professor
- Paul Goetsch (1934-2018), English studies
- Hans-Enno Korn (1934–1985), archivist and heraldist
- Otmar Franz (* 1935), manager and politician
- Martin Kohlhaussen (* 1935), manager
- Werner Schneider (* 1935), designer and calligrapher
- Christoph Bantzer (* 1936), actor
- Ulf-Dietrich Korn (1936–2019), art historian and heraldist
- Alexander Demandt (* 1937), ancient historian and cultural scientist
- Buschi Niebergall (1938–1990), musician
- Erich Geldbach (* 1939), Baptist theologian and professor emeritus
- Reinhard Hauff (* 1939), director and screenwriter
- Dietfrid Krause-Vilmar (* 1939), educational scientist and university professor
- Hermann Büsing (* 1940), classical archaeologist
- Joachim Heusinger von Waldegg (* 1940), art historian
- Wilhelm Schönfelder (* 1940), lobbyist and diplomat
1941 to 1960
- Bastian Conrad (* 1941), neurologist and book author
- Siegmar Döpp (* 1941), classical philologist
- Winfried Glade (1941–2015), Catholic theologian
- Reiner Möckelmann (* 1941), diplomat and headmaster
- Georg Tripp (* 1941), soccer player
- Peter Weingart (* 1941), sociologist
- Claus Bantzer (* 1942), church musician, composer and conductor
- Andreas Benz (* 1942), Swiss writer, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
- Uwe an der Heiden (* 1942), mathematician and philosopher
- Hartmut Nassauer (* 1942), politician
- Gerhard Roth (* 1942), biologist and brain researcher
- Martin Henkel (* 1943), non-fiction author
- Marianne Klappert (1943–2008), politician
- Norbert Mann (* 1943), politician
- Ray-Güde Mertin (1943–2007), philologist, literary agent and translator
- Andreas Patzer (* 1943), classical philologist
- Bernd Stephan (* 1943), presenter, actor and voice actor
- Karl Dietrich Wolff (* 1943), publisher
- Gerd Koenen (* 1944), publicist and historian
- Gerhard Lein (* 1944), politician
- Klaus Pehl (* 1944), educational researcher and jazz musician
- Maja Sprenger (1944–1976), classical archaeologist
- Karl August Tripp (* 1944), football player
- Dorian Goldfeld (* 1947), American mathematician
- Rainer Hasters (* 1947), business journalist and media representative
- Georg von Rauch (1947–1971), anarchist
- Holger Schwiers (* 1947), actor and voice actor
- Wolfgang André (* 1948), cabaret artist, singer and television presenter, known for the fictional character "Janitor Anton Klopotek"
- Adrian von Buttlar (* 1948), art historian
- Thomas Cremer (* 1948), jazz drummer and clarinetist
- Michael Frensch (* 1948), anthroposophical art historian and writer
- Dieter Köhler (* 1948), doctor and engineer
- Michael Wulfes (* 1948), director, cameraman, producer and screenwriter
- Georg D. Falk (* 1949), judge and author
- Hans Konrad Biesalski (* 1949), nutritionist, professor of biological chemistry and nutritional science
- Ludwig Schick (* 1949), Archbishop
- Klaus Servene (* 1949), writer
- Jens Asendorpf (* 1950), psychologist
- Thomas Hünig (* 1950), immunologist and developer of the active ingredient TGN1412
- Barbara Koch-Priewe (* 1950), educational scientist
- Ingolf Pernice (* 1950), legal scholar
- Alois Rhiel (* 1950), politician ehm. Lord Mayor of Fulda and ehm. Minister of Economics of Hesse
- Wau Holland (1951–2001), co-founder of the Chaos Computer Club
- Andreas Ranft (* 1951), historian
- Eva Tichy (* 1951), Indo-Europeanist
- Charly Weller (* 1951), director, author, musician and photographer
- Frank Schwalba-Hoth (* 1952), politician (former MdL Hessischer Landtag , former MEP European Parliament )
- Frank Stefan Becker (* 1952), education expert and writer
- Wolfgang Barth (* 1952), dentist, medical officer, admiral doctor
- Georg Ulrich Großmann (* 1953), art historian and university professor
- Gudrun Krämer (* 1953), Islamic scholar
- Lorenz Rollhäuser (* 1953), radio author
- Hartmut Winkler (* 1953), media scientist
- Dieter Bornschlegel (* 1954), rock musician, guitarist
- Jan Diesselhorst (1954-2009), cellist
- Bernhard Kaiser (* 1954), Protestant theologian and university professor
- Jochem Ziegert (* 1954), soccer player and coach
- Manfred Allié (* 1955), author and translator
- Peter Becker (* 1955), racing cyclist
- Monika Frimmer (* 1955), singer
- Jo Steinebach (1955–2012), musician, composer and record producer
- Otta Wenskus (* 1955), Austrian classical philologist
- Ulrich Waller (* 1956), director, theater director and author
- Mario Wirz (1956–2013), writer
- Harald Häuser (* 1957), artist
- Elsbeth Stern (* 1957), psychologist
- Reiner Cunz (* 1958), historian and numismatist
- Stefan Gradmann (* 1958), professor
- Margot Käßmann (* 1958), Evangelical Lutheran theologian and pastor
- Stefan S. Schmidt (* 1958), painter
- Christian Buse (* 1959), actor
- Konrad Elmshäuser (* 1959), historian, archivist and head of the Bremen State Archives
- Elisabeth Herrmann (* 1959), television journalist and crime writer
- Winfried Becker (* 1960), local politician and district administrator of the Schwalm-Eder district
- Susanne Gross (* 1960), architect, urban planner and university professor
- Samuel Stutz (* 1960), Swiss television presenter and doctor
- Gerlinde Unverzagt (* 1960), author and journalist
1961 to 1980
- Ingrid Arndt-Brauer (* 1961), politician
- Erich Becker (* 1961), physicist and university professor
- Ulrich Eifler (* 1961), saber fencer
- Roland Suso Richter (* 1961), film director and producer
- Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (* 1961), midwife, nursing and health scientist and university professor
- Uwe Schmitt (1961–1995), German athlete
- Matthias Zimmer (* 1961), political scientist, publicist and politician
- Armin Becker (* 1962), provincial Roman archaeologist and ancient historian
- Thomas Spies (* 1962), politician
- Wolfgang Drechsler (* 1963), scientist
- Oliver Ganz (* 1963), musician
- Nikola Hahn (* 1963), crime novelist
- Matthias Schmidt (* 1963), politician (SPD)
- Harald Schulze (also Harald Schulze-Eisentraut , * 1963), classical archaeologist and publicist
- Rick von Bracken (* 1964), musician
- Frieder Gottwald (* 1964), musician
- Caroline Elias (* 1965), German-French journalist, film producer and interpreter
- Arnold Jacobshagen (* 1965), musicologist
- Uta Schmidt (* 1965), film editor
- Malte S. Sembten (1965–2016), writer, translator, editor and illustrator
- Kirsten Kappert-Gonther (* 1966) politician (Die Grünen) and member of the Bremen citizenship
- Douglas Graf von Saurma-Jeltsch (* 1966), business economist and ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta
- Mathias Riedel (* 1966), actor
- Frank Ellrich (* 1967), DJ and music producer
- Kirsten Fründt (* 1967), politician (SPD) and district administrator of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district
- Monika Goetsch (* 1967), journalist and writer
- Jens Kersten (* 1967) Professor of Public Law and Administrative Science
- Nina Kronjäger (* 1967), actress
- Jörg Schmitt (* 1967), journalist
- Andreas Ulmke-Smeaton (* 1967), film producer
- Ibrahim El-Zayat (* 1968), functionary of Islamic organizations in Europe
- Henning Harnisch (* 1968), basketball player and vice president of the Alba Berlin basketball club
- Matthias Matschke (* 1968), actor
- Marcus Roth (* 1968), psychologist and university professor
- Tanja Brühl (* 1969), political science professor
- Michael Cyriax (* 1969), District Administrator of the Main-Taunus-Kreis
- Lothar Determann (* 1969), lawyer
- Michael Frowin (* 1969), actor, cabaret artist, director, author, theater director and librettist
- Ulrich Köhler (* 1969), director
- Christian Spuck (* 1969), choreographer and director
- Thomas Zeipelt (* 1969), lawyer
- Frank Gotthardt (* 1970), politician (CDU)
- Peter Pompetzki (1970–1993), student and convicted parent murderer
- Christian Schoen (* 1970), art historian and curator
- Manfred Hilberger (* 1971), rock musician, author, lyricist, painter, draftsman and music producer
- Dirk Spaniel (* 1971), AfD politician
- Willi Weitzel (* 1972), reporter and television presenter
- Dirk Wolf (* 1972), soccer player and coach
- Andrea C. Hoffmann (* 1973), book author and journalist
- Andy Groll (* 1974), film composer
- Lars Witteck (* 1974), lawyer, CDU politician
- Gabriele Becker (* 1975), athlete
- Anika Decker (* 1975), screenwriter
- Rhon Diels (born 1975), actor
- Jens Rasiejewski (* 1975), football player and official
- Gyburg Uhlmann (* 1975), philologist
- Sanam Afrashteh (* 1976), singer, voice actress and actress
- Til Bettenstaedt (* 1976), football player
- Timon Gremmels (* 1976), politician
- Steffen Lehmann (* 1976), actor and speaker
- Leander Lichti (* 1976), actor
- Christian Sprenger (* 1976), composer and trombonist
- Suzan Şekerci (* 1976), journalist and filmmaker
- Jens Wetterau (* 1976), university professor
- Ulle Hadding (* 1977), camerawoman
- Sina Mainitz (* 1977), ZDF stock market reporter
- Judith Affeld (* 1978), soccer player
- Tobias Reitz (* 1979), songwriter
- Kai-Olaf Stehrenberg (* 1980), songwriter
- Lars Weißenfeldt (* 1980), soccer player
1981 to 2000
- Johannes CS Frank (* 1982), writer, publisher and translator
- Stefan Heck (* 1982), politician (CDU) and member of the Bundestag
- Natascha Heuser (* 1982), basketball player
- Patrick Baum (* 1983), radio presenter
- Jenny Unger (* 1983), basketball player
- Andrea Gerhard (* 1983), actress
- Magdalena von Geyr (* 1984), basketball player
- Tim Koschwitz (* 1984), radio presenter
- Friederike Schindler (* 1985), gymnastics gymnast and eight-time junior world champion
- Lisa Koop (* 1985), basketball player
- Alexander Becht (* 1986), actor
- Linda Marlen Runge (* 1986), German actress and musician
- Lena Gercke (* 1988), photo model and mannequin
- Ömer Çetin (* 1990), German-Turkish ice hockey goalkeeper
- Christiane Klopsch (* 1990), track and field athlete
- Lisa-Marie Fischer (* 1991), country singer
- Raphael Freienstein (* 1991), racing cyclist
- Hendrik Starostzik (* 1991), football player
- Robin Calderolla (* 1992), beatbox master (2011)
- Paula-Marie Bugla (* 1993), actress
- Henning Rübsam (* unknown), choreographer and dancer
Personalities who worked in Marburg
- Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207–1231), saint, hospital nurse, noblewoman and benefactress
- Guda (around 1206 – after 1235), woman in the wake of Elisabeth of Thuringia
- Isentrud von Hörselgau (? - after 1235), woman in the wake of Elisabeth of Thuringia
- Heinrich I (1244–1308), Landgrave of Hesse
- Sophie von Brabant (1224–1275), daughter of Elisabeth von Thuringia, lived in Marburg from 1228
- Siegfried zum Paradies (? –1386), politician and patrician, grew up in Marburg
- Henry III. (1440 / 41–1483), since 1458 Landgrave of Upper Hesse in Marburg
- Johannes Ferrarius (1486–1558), lawyer, theologian and philosopher, lived in Marburg from 1523
- Ludwig IV. (1537–1604), Landgrave of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg
- Johann Balthasar Schupp (1610–1661), theologian, priest, writer and poet, lived in Marburg 1625–1649
- Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg (1623–1683), interim regent, ran the Landgraviate of Hesse independently
- Reinhold Pauli (1638–1682), Reformed theologian, was pastor of the Reformed community in Marburg
- Philipp Casimir Schlosser (1658–1712) was superintendent and consistorial councilor in Marburg
- Denis Papin (1647– around 1712), professor of mathematics and physics in Marburg from 1688–1695
- Ludwig Christian Mieg (1668–1740), Reformed preacher in Marburg
- Michail Wassiljewitsch Lomonossow (1711–1765), important Russian polymath, writer, painter, studied physics and chemistry in Marburg from 1736 to 1739
- Bernhard Hupfeld (1717–1796), composer and university musician
- Johann Franz Coing (1725–1792), theologian and university professor
- Johann Gottlieb Waldin (1728–1795), university professor and founder of the Mineralogical Museum of the Philipps University of Marburg
- Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807), novelist
- Johann Heinrich Jung , called Jung-Stilling (1740–1817), professor of economic science 1787–1803
- Ludwig von Wildungen (1754–1822), forester, writer
- Hans Adolph Friedrich von Eschstruth (1756–1792), lawyer and composer
- Caroline Schlegel-Schelling (1763–1809), writer and translator
- Sophie Mereau (1770–1806), poet, translator and narrator, wife of Clemens Brentano
- Daniel Jeanne Wyttenbach (1773–1830), author, first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from the Philipps University of Marburg
- Karoline Engelhard (1781–1855), writer under the pseudonym "Julie", close contact with the Brothers Grimm
- Bettina Brentano (1785-1859),
- Eduard Sigismund Loebell (1791–1869) was a member of the state estates for Marburg
- Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899), chemist
- Ernst Ranke (1814–1888), professor of church history and New Testament exegesis, worked at the University of Marburg from 1850
- Georg August Rudolph (1816–1893), administrative lawyer and Lord Mayor of Marburg from 1856–1884
- Friedrich Wilhelm Beneke (1824–1882), doctor, resided in Marburg from 1857–1882
- Hermann Cuno (1831–1896), 1874–1879 district architect in Marburg
- Ludwig Schüler (1836–1930), Lord Mayor of Marburg from 1884–1907
- Max Seippel (1850–1913), writer, lived in Marburg from 1906
- Georg Wenker (1852–1911), linguist
- Gottfried Friedrich Aly (1852–1913), classical philologist and school politician, lived in Marburg from 1900
- Emil Adolf von Behring (1854–1917), physician, bacteriologist, discoverer of serum therapy and the tetanus vaccine, Nobel laureate and honorary citizen of Marburg, lived in Marburg from 1895–1917
- Carl Bantzer (1857–1941), painter, university professor and art writer, lived in Marburg from 1863–1875 and from 1924
- Agnes Günther (1863–1911), writer, resided in Marburg from 1906
- Gustav Jenner (1865–1920), composer and conductor, resided in Marburg from 1895
- Anna Ritter (1865–1921), writer
- Theophil Krawielitzki (1866–1942), pastor, founded the German Community Diakonieverband in 1922 , living in Marburg from 1908
- Tada Urata (1873–1936), the first female doctor to study in Germany, before the introduction of women's studies to become a Dr. med. PhD
- Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951), surgeon (from 1908 as senior physician to 1910 as professor) at the university clinic
- Arnold Krumm-Heller (1876–1949), adventurer, doctor, occultist and Rosicrucian, lived in Marburg from 1939
- Gertrud von le Fort (1876–1971), writer, one of the first women to be admitted to study in Marburg in the winter semester of 1907/08
- Johann Viktor Bredt (1879–1940), constitutional lawyer and politician, lived in Marburg from 1910
- Hedwig Jahnow (1879–1944), Old Testament scholar and first woman in the magistrate of the city of Marburg, lived in Marburg from 1907
- Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), meteorologist, polar researcher, developed the theory of continental drift
- Hermann Kätelhön (1884–1940), draftsman, etcher, wood cutter and ceramicist, grew up and lived in Marburg from 1908–1917
- Ina Seidel (1885–1974), poet, narrator and essayist
- Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), philosopher, associate professor at the University of Marburg from 1923 to 1927, wrote his main work Being and Time during this time
- Anne Marie Heiler (1889–1979), CDU politician
- Elisabeth von Thadden (1890–1944), Protestant educator and resistance fighter
- Albrecht Kippenberger (1890–1980), art historian, resident in Marburg from 1927
- Luise Berthold (1891–1983), linguist, first and only professor at the Philipps University of Marburg for over 22 years, she described her path in her biography "Experienced and Fought"
- Werner Bergengruen (1892–1964), German Baltic writer, attended the Philippinum Marburg grammar school from 1908 to 1910 and from 1910 studied at the Philipps University
- Elisabeth Blochmann (1892–1972), first professor for education at the Philipps University of Marburg
- Erwin Piscator (1893–1966), theater director, director and acting teacher, resident in Marburg 1899–1913
- Christian Werner (1893–1965), porter and Marburg original, known as porter Christian and as the last servant in Marburg, as a pensioner living in the Marburg workhouse, Christian statue on the watershed in the upper town
- Erich Keyser (1893–1968), co-founder and director of the Herder Institute
- Ingeborg Schnack (1896–1997), scientist and librarian, her book: “Marburg. Picture of an old city "became known beyond the borders, received the silver Phillips plaque of the university town of Marburg and the" badge of honor of the university town of Marburg an der Lahn "
- Elisabeth Selbert (1896–1986), mother of the Basic Law, who became famous as a fighter for equal rights for women, received the Federal Cross of Merit, and studied for a while at the Philipps University in Marburg
- Franz Frank (1897–1986), graphic artist and painter, lived in Marburg from 1954
- Cilly Schäfer (1898–1981), politician, resident in Marburg from 1949
- Karl Ziegler (1898–1973), chemist and Nobel Prize laureate, lived in Marburg 1910–1925
- Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974), poet and essayist
- Fritz Bouillon (1903–?), Soccer referee from Königsberg , lived in Marburg from 1949
- Adolf Schröter (1904–1997), portrait painter, landscape painter, printmaker and art teacher, lived in Marburg from 1956
- Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), philosopher and sociologist, studied philosophy and ancient languages at the Philipps University in Marburg with Martin Heidegger in 1924/25
- Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975), writer
- Friedrich Leinert (1908–1975), composer, musicologist, church music director of the Luth. Parish Church of St. Marien and co-founder of the Marburg Drama Association (predecessor of the Hessian State Theater)
- Hans-Joachim Fränkel (1909–1996), Protestant bishop and human rights activist, resident in Marburg from 1979
- Rosa Friess (1916–2007), doctor and painter, lived and worked in Marburg
- Tom Mutters (1917–2016), founder of Lebenshilfe, lived in Marburg and died there
- Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann (1918–1993), professor of folklore
- Christine Brückner (1921–1996), writer, turned the university town of Marburg into a novel in her “Poenichen Trilogy”
- Günther Blau (1922–2007), painter, resident in Marburg-Cyriaxweimar from 1971
- Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003), qualified as a professor at Philipps University in 1946, scholar of Islam
- Christa Czempiel (1925–2007), politician, has lived in Marburg since 1969
- Louisa Biland (1925–2008), painter, SPD politician, educator, city councilor 1985–1997, co-founder of the Marburg Summer Academy
- Gerhard Jahn (1927–1998), SPD politician, former Federal Minister of Justice and honorary citizen of Marburg
- Wolfgang Klafki (1927–2016), educationalist, has lived in Marburg since 1963, 1963–1992 university professor at Philipps University
- Karl-Heinz Kress (1928–1979), painter, resident in Marburg from 1954
- Reinfried Pohl (1928–2014), financial merchant, honorary citizen of the city of Marburg, lived in Marburg from 1948
- Irmgard Oepen (1929-2018), physician
- Käte Dinnebier (1931–2010), trade unionist, winner of the Marburg beacon
- Hanno Drechsler (1931–2003), Lord Mayor of Marburg from 1970–1992
- Ingrid Langer (1935–2012), Professor of Political Science
- Dietrich Möller (* 1937), Lord Mayor of Marburg from 1993–2005
- Ferdinand Kilian (1937–1985), master hairdresser and Marburg original, known as the man who “almost” brought the Beatles to Marburg
- Karl Schnabel (1938–2017), SPD politician, founder of the Marburger Tafel, co-founder of the Association for the Promotion of Cardiac Surgery Marburg, co-founder of TerraTech, former chairman of the DRK district association Marburg-Biedenkopf
- Irmela Florin (1938–1998), Professor of Clinical Psychology
- Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1934–1976), journalist and publicist, founding member and leader of the “Red Army Group”, studied philosophy, education, sociology and German studies in Marburg
- Gerald Woehl (* 1940), master organ builder
- Joachim Kahl (* 1941), freelance philosopher, lives in Marburg
- Friedrich Christian Delius (* 1943), writer, grew up in Marburg-Wehrda
- Friedrich Bohl (* 1945), former Member of the Bundestag, formerly Member of the Bundestag and as Federal Minister for Special Tasks, former head of the Federal Chancellery, residing in Marburg (?)
- Klaus Zaczyk (* 1945), soccer player, grew up near Marburg after his mother was fleeing from Upper Silesia
- Doris Conrads (* 1949), artist, lives in Marburg
- Rose Nabinger (* 1948), jazz singer and trade unionist, lives in Marburg
- Martin Schneider (* 1964), comedian and actor, lives in Marburg
- Handan Özgüven (* 1973), lawyer and politician (SPD), studied and state examination in Marburg
- Verena Bentele (* 1982), biathlete, cross-country skier and twelve-time Paraolympic winner, graduated from the Blista School for the Blind
- Johannes Hinrich von Borstel (* 1988), non-fiction author and science slammer
- Sarah Pisek (* 1992), singer and songwriter, graduated from high school for the blind (Blista)
Honorary citizen
→ Main article: List of honorary citizens of Marburg
Honorary citizenship was first granted in Marburg in 1834. Since then, over 70 people have been made honorary citizens. 47 people were made honorary citizens in 1834. Honorary citizens include Otto von Bismarck , Paul von Hindenburg , Ferdinand Wurzer , Karl Wilhelm Justi , Eduard Zeller , Emil von Behring and Gerhard Jahn .
Memorial plaques in the urban area
In the city of Marburg, especially in the historic old town around the market square, there are several memorial plaques that indicate where outstanding personalities can stay.
Memorial plaque for Alfred Wegener
Memorial plaque for Hermann Vultejus and Christian Wolff
Memorial plaque for Mikhail Wassiljewitsch Lomonossow
See also
- List of famous personalities from the Philipps University of Marburg
- List of honorary citizens of Marburg
- List of the city leaders of Marburg
The overlap between the lists shows how closely the university and the city are intertwined.
Individual evidence
- ↑ From all over the world: Pasternak, Ortega y Gasset, Eliot ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/OP-extra/Serien/Eine-r-von-hier/Von-Marburg-in-die-grosse-weit-Welt/Eine-r-von-hier-die -Hall-of-Fame-des-Landkreises / (from) / 749178 / (mode) / full / (offset) / 1
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/OP-extra/Serien/Eine-r-von-hier/Eine-r-von-hier-die-Hall-of-Fame-des-Landkreises/(from) / 1072650 / (mode) / full / (offset) / 0
- ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/OP-extra/Serien/Eine-r-von-hier/Von-Marburg-in-die-grosse-weit-Welt/Eine-r-von-hier-die -Hall-of-Fame-des-Landkreises / (from) / 749178 / (mode) / full / (offset) / 1
- ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/OP-extra/Serien/Eine-r-von-hier/Ich-bin-ein-Buehnenkind
- ↑ http://andreagerhard.de/vita/
- ↑ Lisa-Marie Fischer - Home ( Memento from October 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/Lokales/Kultur/Kultur-lokal/Marburger-ist-deutscher-Beatbox-Meister
- ^ Marita Metz-Becker and Karin Stichnothe Ambassador (both ed.): Denk - Mal in Marburg cultural monuments of a city
- ↑ marburg.de ( Memento from May 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Alexander Laux: "I wasn't a guy who stayed lying around for a long time". December 24, 2008, accessed January 26, 2019 .
Web links
- Marburg Personalities from AZ ( Memento from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- Upper Hessian Press | OP series "One from here"
- Well-known Marburgers on www.marburg-net.de