List of personalities of the city of Mayen

The list of personalities of the city of Mayen contains personalities who were born or worked in Mayen .

Honorary citizen

An honorary citizenship lasts until the end of your life if it is not revoked.

Johann Ernst Adams (1827–1907), retired mayor. D., Go. Government and Provincial Council
Berthold von Nasse (1831–1906), Upper President of the Rhine Province
Rudolf Grennebach (1840–1912), retired mayor D.
Karl Li (e) tzmann (1850–1936), retired general D.
Johannes Thees (1876–1958), Dean, Geistl. Council hc
Roger Mouza (1915-2003), Maire de Joigny
Dr. Heinrich Dahmen (1901–1988), retired mayor D.
Josef Hennerici (1890–1974), retired mayor D.
Hans Seichter (1923–2005) politician, retired mayor D., member of the state parliament a. D.

Paul Knüpper (1930–2006), former member of the state parliament D.

Moritz J. Weig (1931–2005), entrepreneur

Mario Adorf (* 1930), actor and writer

Ewald A. Hoppen (* 1938), entrepreneur

Therese Tutas (* 1935), housewife

Albert Nell (born 1935), retired Lord Mayor D., District Administrator a. D.

Rolf Schumacher (born 19), former rector D.

Former honorary citizens

Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), Reich Chancellor

Mayen personalities

Stephan Ackermann (* 1963), bishop
Heinrich Alken (1753–1827), sculptor and painter
Bruno Becher (1898–1961), Minister of Justice
Klaus Berndl (* 1966), writer and historian
Heribert Bickel (1927–2010), Minister of Justice
Christoph Böhr (* 1954), politician
Carl Burger (1875–1950), sculptor
Reinhard Dauber (* 1942), art historian and architect
Josef Endres (1927–1998), trade unionist and politician, member of the state parliament of the SPD
Kurt Faßbender (* 1968), legal scholar
Horst Feilzer (1957–2009), football player
Willi Fischer (1920–1991), politician and member of the Bundestag for the SPD
Josef Maria Frank (1895–1975), writer
Emil van Hauth (1899–1974), painter
Christoph Friedrich Heinle (1894–1914), poet
Werner Helmes (1925–2008), writer and local historian
Günther Hennerici (1924–2000), entrepreneur and motorsport team boss
Marc Hennerici (* 1982), racing driver
Jürgen Hosemann (* 1967), German author and editor
Wolfgang Junglas (* 1955), journalist and TV producer
Wolfgang Kaes (* 1958), writer
Viktor Kaifer (1831–1913), local poet, mayor of Andernach, Mülheim am Rhein and Mönchengladbach
Paul Knüpper (1930–2006), politician, member of the CDU state parliament
Hans Koeppen (1913–1977), historian and archivist
Emmy Kreiten-Barido (1894–1985), singer and mother of the pianist Karlrobert Kreiten
Balthasar Krems (1760–1813), inventor of the sewing machine
Tim Kruse (* 1983), soccer player
Werner Lamberz (1929–1978), member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED in the GDR .
Jacques Loeb (1859-1924), biologist
Christoph Marzi (* 1970), writer
Sally Mayer (1889–1944), Jewish doctor, accompanied his patients to the Theresienstadt concentration camp
Dominik Meffert (* 1981), tennis player
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888), social reformer and founder of the cooperative movement, was district secretary in Mayen and church administrator for the Mayen Evangelical Church
Elisabeth Roock (1919–1995), Lord Mayor of Solingen
Frank Roos (* 1976), cameraman and film producer
Siegfried Rosenthal (1888–20th century), shipping entrepreneur
Reinhard Saftig (* 1952), soccer coach and manager
Winfried Schäfer (* 1950), soccer player and coach
Hans-Ludwig Schilling (1927–2012), composer
Peter Schumacher , politician and member of the state parliament of the center
Fritz Seitz (1905-1949); Catholic priest in the diocese of Speyer , long-time prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp
Franz-Josef Selig (* 1962), opera singer
Anne Spurzem (* 1955), politician
Karl Uller (1872–1959), physicist
Heiko Wiesenthal (* 1975), sitting volleyball and fistball player
Erika Ziegler-Stege (1909–1997), writer
Josef Zilliken (1872–1942) Catholic priest of the Diocese of Trier , persecuted by the Nazi regime , killed in Dachau concentration camp