List of personalities of the city of Minden
The list of personalities of the city of Minden contains a selection of the most important personalities who are associated with the East Westphalian city of Minden in North Rhine-Westphalia . These people are either honorary citizens of the city, born in Minden, worked in Minden or have some other connection to the city of Minden.
Honorary citizen
The honorary citizenship of the city of Minden is awarded to living people. Are honorary citizens of the city of Minden.
- Herbert Lübking (* 1941), national handball player, honorary citizen since 1973
- Heinz Röthemeier (* 1924), mayor (1977–1991), honorary citizen since 1991
Deceased honorary citizens of the city of Minden were:
- Ludwig Freiherr von Vincke (1774–1844), Prussian reformer, became an honorary citizen of the city of Minden on December 23, 1841.
- Nikolaus Meyer (1775–1855), Privy Councilor and Medical Councilor, Goethe's pen pal.
- Karl Freiherr von der Horst (1780–1861), District President of the Minden District (1816–1825), honorary citizen since 1825.
- Karl Gottlieb Richter (1777–1847), District President of the Minden District (1825–1847), on April 30, 1846 made an honorary citizen.
- Franz von Borries (1785–1858), District President of the Minden District (1847–1853), honorary citizen since June 29, 1853.
- Robert Ilgner (1810–1891), fortress commander , honorary citizen since February 18, 1864.
- August von Goeben (1816–1880), General of the Infantry, temporarily stationed in Minden in 1864/1866, honorary citizen since July 22, 1871.
- Alexander von Oheimb (1820–1903), district administrator of the Minden district (1869–1892), honorary citizen since May 26, 1891.
- Theodor Bleek (1833–1905), Privy Councilor, Lord Mayor of the City of Minden 1880 to 1903, honorary citizen since October 1, 1903.
- Alfred Meyer (1891–1945), Upper President of the Province of Westphalia, since October 18, 1936 honorary citizen.
- Hermann Dröse (1880–1957), head of the employment office and deputy mayor for many years, made an honorary citizen on February 19, 1955.
- Karl Ronicke (1893–1968), factory owner, city major 1938 to 1963, honorary citizen since February 26, 1963.
sons and daughters of the town
The following personalities were born in Minden:
13th to 18th centuries
- 1340: Master Bertram , painter
- around 1400: Eberhard von Cersne (actually von Zerssen), minstrel
- 1589: Anton Bullaeus , lawyer, councilor and city councilor in Minden
- 1593: Simon Gogräve , lawyer, syndic of the city of Minden, Verdian councilor and vice chancellor
- 1598: Johannes Wesling , physician
- 1603: David Pestel , legal scholar
- 1615: Anna Maßmeyer , executed for alleged witchcraft
- 1639: Otto Wilhelm Graf von Königsmarck , general and statesman
- 1669: Margarethe Rockemann , executed for alleged witchcraft
- 1683: Wilhelm Heinrich von Thulemeyer , Prussian minister
- 1713: Friedrich Alexander von Korff , Prussian Minister of State
- 1716: August Rudolph Jesaias Bünemann , lawyer and writer
- 1728: Georg Heinrich Conrad Hüttemann , missionary
- 1735: Rudolph Karl Friedrich Opitz , medic
- 1752: Valentin von Massow , Oberhofmarschall
- 1764: Ernst Ludwig Wilhelm von Dacheröden , cathedral dean in Naumburg and brother of Caroline von Humboldt
- 1766: Caroline von Humboldt , wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt
- 1767: Philipp von Pestel , Upper President of the Rhine Province
- 1767: Constantin von Lossau , Prussian general of the infantry
- 1774: Ludwig Freiherr von Vincke , Prussian reformer
- 1776: Albert von Breitenbauch , Prussian district administrator
- 1780: Wilhelm von Ditfurth , Prussian general
- 1784: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel , scientist
- 1785: Otto von Arnim , district administrator of the Minden district
- 1791: Johann Franz Ludwig Koch , lawyer, author and member of parliament
- 1794: Leopold von Arnim , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1798: Ernst Friedrich Mooyer , archaeologist
- 1800: Albert Reinhold Harmes , Prussian major general
- 1800: Karl Friedrich von Vincke , politician and officer
19th century
- 1801: Wilhelm Hoffbauer , judge and politician
- 1803: Jakob Philipp Wolfers , mathematician and astronomer
- 1807: Ludwig Delius , politician
- 1811: Karl von Beaulieu-Marconnay , diplomat and writer
- 1814: Eduard von Moeller , politician
- 1817: Pauline von Mallinckrodt , founder of the order
- 1819: Konstantin Schlottmann , theologian
- 1819: Friedrich Seele , entrepreneur
- 1821: Louis Baare , German economic pioneer and general director of the Bochumer Verein
- 1821: Hermann von Mallinckrodt , politician
- 1821: Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerck , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1822: Oscar von Forckenbeck , lawyer and cinematographer
- 1825: Malvina von Humbracht , writer
- 1828: Friedrich Wilhelm Graupenstein , painter and graphic artist
- 1830: Valeska Bolgiani , writer
- 1834: Wilhelm Julius Reinhold Winzer , government official
- 1838: Hermann Vogelsang , geologist
- 1843: Otto von Diederichs , Admiral of the Imperial German Navy, Chief of the East Asia Squadron
- 1844: Hermann Ascher , President of the General Commission for the Province of Westphalia
- 1848: Otto von Emmich , General
- 1850: Ludwig Borckenhagen , Admiral of the Imperial German Navy
- 1851: Hugo Sachsse , legal scholar
- 1851: Friedrich Otto Weddigen , writer
- 1858: Franz Boas , ethnologist
- 1858: Wilhelm Funck , politician
- 1860: Wilhelm Zoellner , theologian
- 1872: Ida C. Ströver , painter, graphic artist, writer
- 1873: Margarete Bruns , writer
- 1874: Wilhelm von Ditfurth , general, politician (DNVP) and landowner
- 1875: Fritz Droop , educator, journalist, writer
- 1875: Otto Quante , portrait, figure and landscape painter
- 1876: Max Bruns , writer and publisher
- 1876: Hans Koeppen , officer and racing driver
- 1876: Gertrud von le Fort , writer
- 1880: Hermann Dröse , politician
- 1881: Johannes Fischer , psychiatrist, Nazi “euthanasia” doctor
- 1884, Edith Meyer von Kamptz , painter and sculptor
- 1885: Gustav Althoff , film producer
- 1887: Ferdinand von Hiddessen , aviation pioneer and politician (NSDAP)
- 1887: Kurt Wiese , illustrator
- 1889: Ferdinand Hoppmann , politician
- 1889: Theodor Oppermann , politician
- 1892: Fritz Hattenhauer , politician
- 1893: Karl-Siegmund Litzmann , SA-Obergruppenführer
- 1896: Hans Cramer , General of the Wehrmacht
- 1899: Hans Kuhn , philologist
- 1900: Hermann Bartels , architect under National Socialism
20th century
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Stefanie Anhalt , born in Minden in 1968, radio presenter
- 1902: Paul Lohmann , politician
- 1903: Robert Winnigstedt , graduate farmer and animal breeding manager
- 1907: Heinrich Trettner , General of the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr, General Inspector of the Bundeswehr
- 1908: Franz Cornelsen , publisher
- 1908: Günther Herrmann , SS-Standartenführer and councilor
- 1910: Wolfgang Rothstein , mathematician
- 1912: Karl Strauss , brewer and entrepreneur
- 1914: Wilhelm Ohlemeyer , politician
- 1915: Heinz Körvers , handball player
- 1916: Walter Schwier , politician
- 1920: Wilhelm Altvater , politician
- 1927: Erich Watermann , conductor of the Minden Children's Choir
- 1931: Wolfgang Hempel , archive manager
- 1934: Manfred Paschke , soccer player
- 1935: Hans Wollschläger , translator
- 1937: Lutz Geldsetzer , philosopher
- 1939: Rainer Thomas , publisher
- 1941: Harald Brand , journalist
- 1941: Herbert Lübking , handball player, field handball world champion
- 1945: Lothar Ruschmeier , City Director of Cologne
- 1946: Michael Bachmann , Protestant theologian
- 1946: Udo Branahl , media lawyer
- 1946: Detlef Rosellen , soccer player
- 1947: Bettina Gruber , photo and video artist
- 1947: Thomas Jeier , writer
- 1948: Klaus-Dieter Derow , football player
- 1948: Helmut Peitsch , German Germanist and literary scholar
- 1948: Annette Scheiner , television presenter
- 1949: Karl-Ludwig Lange , photographer
- 1950: Heinrich Binder , lawyer and manager
- 1950: Günther Friedrich Nolting , politician
- 1951: Manfred Engelhardt , General
- 1951: Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger , lawyer and politician (FDP), Federal Minister of Justice
- 1951: Dennis Hart , composer, musician and producer
- 1952: Peter Hahne , television presenter and author
- 1952: Horst Bredemeier , national handball coach
- 1952: Hartmut Remmers , German nurse and nursing scientist
- 1953: Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel , diplomat
- 1955: Martin Lehmann , judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1955: Rainer Niemeyer , handball world champion
- 1955: Regula Venske , writer and literary scholar
- 1956: Klaus-Jürgen Sucker , zoologist and behavioral scientist
- 1957: Antje Möller , politician
- 1958: Hans-Jürgen Amtage , journalist
- 1958: Bernd Gieseking , cabaret artist and author
- 1958: Burkhard Schwenker , manager
- 1958: Gerd Bleidorn , national sledge ice hockey player
- 1959: Matthias Graner , politician
- 1959: Lutz Hachmeister , media researcher and filmmaker
- 1959: Volker Lilienthal , journalist
- 1959: Helmut Schwier , professor of theology
- 1960: Wolfgang Rathert , musicologist
- 1960: Hans-Erich Tannhäuser , engineer and local politician
- 1961: Uwe Hericks , professor for school education
- 1961: Eckhard Preuß , actor
- 1962: Jörg Kastner , writer
- 1963: Steffen Kampeter , politician
- 1963: Joachim Buchheister , lawyer
- 1964: Hans-Jörg Vehlewald , journalist
- 1965: Kristian Bader , actor
- 1965: Stefan Bieletzke , economist
- 1965: Thomas Röckemann , politician (AfD)
- 1965: Dirk Schulz , comic artist
- 1966: Stephanie Rachor , lawyer and judge at the Federal Labor Court
- 1966: Marcus Rudolph , actor and radio presenter
- 1968: Stefanie Anhalt , radio presenter
- 1969: Peter Gerfen , handball trainer and handball player
- 1971: Yves Eigenrauch , footballer
- 1971: Marcel Schweder , composer
- 1971: Fabian Maier , radio and television presenter in Berlin
- 1973: Maike Tatzig , television presenter and producer
- 1974: Jörg Nigge , Lord Mayor of Celle
- 1974: René Müller , footballer
- 1974: Thomas Prange , sprinter, bobsledder
- 1975: Martin Schmeding , church musician
- 1976: Mascha Gohlke , (theater) actress
- 1977: Johanna Reich , video artist
- 1978: Michael Kurth (stage name Curse ), rapper
- 1980: Daniel Krause , educator and author
- 1981: Arne Niemeyer , handball player and national handball player
- 1982: Jan-Martin Bröer , rower
- 1984: Björn Bastian Buhrmester , handball player
- 1985: Thilo Versick , soccer player
- 1986: Tim Danneberg , soccer player
- 1986: René Rast , racing driver
- 1990: Jonte Volkmann , actor
- 1992: Christopher Buchtmann , soccer player
- 1993: Celine Flores , presenter
- 1994: Jonas Nietfeld , soccer player
- 1994: Chris Hartmann , radio presenter
- 1995: Melina Sophie , web video producer
- 1996: Charalambos Makridis , football player
- 1996: Flemming Niemann , soccer goalkeeper
- 1998: Semih Uçar , football player
Other personalities who are or were connected to the city
Until 1500
- Sophia von Minden (* around 304), martyr, relics in Minden
- Dorothea (saint) (* around 279, † around 305), martyr, relics partly in Minden
- Gorgonius of Rome († around 305), martyr, relics partly in Minden
- Sturmius (715-779), missionary, evangelized the area around Minden
- Adolf II. (Schauenburg and Holstein) (1128–1164), Count of Schauenburg, Holstein and Stormarn, buried in Minden
- Heinrich von Herford (* around 1300; † 1370), chronicler, historian, theologian, Dominican in Minden
- Wilhelm von Boldensele († around 1339), travel writer, Dominican in Minden
- Gerhard von Berg († around 1400), theologian, cathedral dean in Minden
- Bartholomaeus Coloniensis (* around 1460, † around 1516) was a German humanist and rector of the Minden Cathedral School
- Katharina von Sachsen (1468–1524), wife of an Archduke of Austria, was buried in Minden
- Johann Pollius (* around 1490; † 1562) was a Protestant theologian and reformer as well as rector of the Minden Cathedral School for several years.
- Johannes Dreyer (* around 1500; † 1544), theologian and Augustinian, lived in Minden at the end of his life
- Gerd Omeken (* around 1500; † 1562), theologian, superintendent in Minden
1501 to 1700
- Christoph von Wrisberg (1511–1580), Colonel and Landsknechtsführer, defeated the Minemen's troops
- Georg von Holle (1513 / 14–1576), Landsknechtsführer, is buried in Minden
- Johann Bocerus (1523–1565), poet and historian, student in Minden
- Hermann Nicephorus (1555–1625), philosopher, rector in Minden
- Nikolaus Krage († 1559), theologian, reformer of Minden
- Georg Gogreve (around 1534; † 1575/76), theologian, canon in Minden
- Heinrich von Randow (1561–1621), chamberlain to a Minden bishop
- Eberhard Wilkening , from 1613 architect of the palace in Papenheim
- Johann zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1601–1657), governor of the Principality of Minden
- Margarethe Rockemann , 50-60 year old widow, beheaded as an alleged witch by the executioner Matthias Albrecht in 1669
- Georg Hacke (1626–1684), theologian, private tutor in Minden
- Friedrich von Heiden (1633–1715), general, governor of Minden
- Jakob Andreas Crusius (1636–1680), theologian, syndic in Minden
- Johann Anton von Zieten (1640–1690), Major General of Brandenburg, Governor of Minden
- Philipp Karl von Wylich and Lottum (1650–1719), Field Marshal General, Governor of Minden
- Friedrich Hoffmann (1660–1742) general practitioner in Minden, garrison doctor, court medic, inventor of Hoffmann's drops
- Johann Ludolf Bünemann (1687–1759), philologist and literary historian, school rector and government librarian in Minden
- Christoph Gottlieb Schröter (1699–1782), composer, organist in Minden
1701 to 1800
- Friedrich Esaias Pufendorf (1707–1785), lawyer, grew up in Minden
- Michael Konstantin von Zaremba (1711–1786), General, Provost of the Cathedral in Minden
- Valentin von Massow (1712–1775), head of the Minden War and Domain Chamber
- Joachim Reinhold von Glasenapp (* 1717; † around 1800), lieutenant colonel and founder of the Frei-Husaren Glasenapp regiment, married in Minden
- Johann Adam Berner (1723–1768), organ builder, worked on an organ in Minden
- Karl Friedrich von Dacheröden (1732–1809), politician, President of the Chamber in Minden
- Friedrich Adolf Riedesel (1738–1800), general, served in Minden
- Conrad Wilhelm Delius (1751–1834), politician, commissioner in Minden
- Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757–1831), politician, President of the Upper Chamber in Minden
- Friedrich von Bernuth (1757–1832), politician, President of the Chamber in Minden
- Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759–1845), composer, music director in Minden
- Philipp von Cornberg (1759–1811), landowner, canon and member of parliament
- Franz Christoph Neubauer (1760–1795), composer, conductor in Minden
- Johann Gottfried Hoche (1762–1836), theologian, court master in Minden
- Friedrich von Ribbentrop (1768–1841), politician, Chamber and Domain Councilor in Minden
- Clemens August Droste zu Vischering (1773–1845), Archbishop, imprisoned in Minden
- Ferdinand Beneke (1774–1848), politician, trainee lawyer in Minden
- Franz Haß (1781–1835), politician, worked for the War and Domain Chamber in Minden
- Elise von Hohenhausen (1789–1857) , writer, lived in Minden
- Siegmund Imanuel (1790–1847), teacher, head of the Minden grammar school
- Carl Heinrich Ebmeier (1793–1850), politician, judge in Minden
- Friedrich Moritz Stamm (1794–1843), architect, construction manager in Minden
- Franz Heinrich Rumschöttel (1795-1853), district administrator
- Johann Heinrich Volkening (1796–1877), theologian, Abitur in Minden
- Heinrich Anz (1797–1865), politician, government trainee in Minden
- Albert August Wilhelm Deetz (1798–1859), politician and officer, city commandant in Minden
- Carl von Bodelschwingh (1800–1873), politician, senior government councilor and department head in Minden
- Franz Ferdinand Gellern (1800–1879), politician, member of parliament for Minden
1801 to 1900
- Heinrich Philipp Osterrath (1805–1880), politician, deputy district president in Minden
- Leopold von Pogrell (1805–1865), German businessman and politician
- Ernst Kapp (1808–1896), pedagogue, geographer and philosopher, teacher in Minden
- Ferdinand von Meyerfeld (1808–1882), general and politician, prisoner of war in Minden
- Gustav Hasselbach (1809–1882), politician, department head in Minden
- Oskar von Hasselbach (1846–1903), District Administrator, MdHdA, MdHH
- August Ziegert (1810–1882), lawyer, politician, judge and councilor in Minden
- Georg von Vincke (1811–1875), politician, worked at the Minden court
- Elise von Hohenhausen (1812–1899) , writer, lived in Minden
- Karl August von Cohausen (1812–1894), architect, art historian, plaza engineer in Minden
- Heinrich Kruse (1815–1902), journalist, poet and writer, teacher in Minden
- Eduard Kuno von der Goltz (1817–1897), politician, lived in Minden
- Fritz Anneke (1818–1872), German revolutionary, agitated in Minden
- Joseph Weydemeyer (1818–1866), military and revolutionary, soldier in Minden
- Alexander von Oheimb (1820–1903), politician, graduated from high school in Minden
- Hermann von Mallinckrodt (1821–1874), politician, Lord Mayor of Erfurt
- Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerck (1821–1905), Bishop of Hildesheim
- Elise Polko (1823–1899), singer and writer
- Friedrich Gustav Gauß (1829–1915), geodesist, trained in Minden
- Heinrich Poetter (1830–1918), theologian, pastor in Minden
- Eduard Hoffmann (1832–1894), entrepreneur, student in Minden
- Marie Schmalenbach (1835–1924), writer, lived in Minden
- Robert Hue de Grais (1835–1922), politician, government assessor in Minden
- Friedrich Lürßen (1851–1916), entrepreneur and shipbuilder, pioneer in Minden
- Paul Kieschke (1851–1905), architect, built the government building in Minden
- Richard Saran (1852–1925), architect, active in the district government in Minden
- Julius Smend (1857–1930), theologian, vicar in Minden
- Wilhelm von Ledebur (1859–1930), politician, government official in Minden
- Felicitas Rose (1862–1938), writer, lived in Minden
- Wilhelm Haverkamp (1864–1929), sculptor, created the monument to the Great Elector in Minden
- Karoline Dettmer (1867–1959), politician, city councilor in Minden
- Johannes Bell (1868–1949), politician, student in Minden
- Carl Miele (1869–1938), entrepreneur, soldier in Minden
- Hermann Jansen (1869–1945), urban planner, also planned in Minden
- Melitta Bentz (1873–1950) invented the coffee filter, a Minden entrepreneur
- Wilhelm Kreis (1873–1955), architect, built the office building for the Wilhelm Strothmann distillery
- Paul Kanold (1874–1946), architect, active at the regional council in Minden
- Otto Heuer (1877–1960), entrepreneur, owner of Schütte AG for the clay industry in Minden
- Eberhard Encke (1881–1936), sculptor, created a war memorial in Minden
- Franz Bender (1884–1983), administrative officer, a. a. at the Minden district government, died in Minden
- Carl Hoffmann (1885–1947), director, died in Minden
- Gustav Meyer zu Belm (1889–1953), politician, soldier in Minden
- Erwin Jaenecke (1890–1960), general, began his military career in Minden
- Wilhelm Staedel (1890–1971), bishop, pastor in Minden
- Ernst Krappe (1891–1977), politician, died in Minden
- Hans Bohnenkamp (1893–1977), educator, university professor and university director, Abitur in Minden
- Werner March (1894–1976), architect, lived and built in Minden
- Walter Warlimont (1894–1976), general, officer in the Minden Artillery Regiment
- Kurt Wintgens (1894–1916), German fighter pilot, buried in Minden
- Walter Sassnick (1895–1955), journalist, editor-in-chief in Minden
- Bruno Adler (1896–1954), Bishop of the German Christians, lived and died in Minden
- Rudolf Volkmann (1897–1975), politician, city councilor in Minden
- Heinrich Rittershausen (1898–1984), economist, worked in Minden at the economic administration
- Harold Lawton (1899–2005), Franco-Romanist, prisoner of war in Minden
- Karl Wolff (1900–1984), General of the Waffen SS, in custody in Minden
1901 to 1950
- Leonhard Miksch (1901–1950), economist, deputy. Head of the Central Economic Office for the British Zone
- Bruno Schlage (1903–1977), SS-Unterscharführer, died in Minden
- Paul Bleiß (1904–1996), politician, active in the administration for the economy of the British zone in Minden
- Max Ingberg (1904–1983), resistance fighter under National Socialism, social democrat and chairman of the Jewish community in Minden
- Richard Schulz (1906–1997), Romance scholar, spread Esperanto from Minden
- Heinrich Ewers (1906–1992), theologian, Abitur in Minden
- Johanna Braach (* 1907), senior criminal secretary, headed the girls' police in Minden
- Wilhelm Hahn (1909–1996), theologian and politician, pastor and superintendent in Minden
- Rudolf Hillebrecht (1910–1999), architect, worked in Minden in the Central Economic Office for the British Zone
- Heinz Starke (1911–2001), Federal Minister, worked in Minden
- Hans-Werner Staratzke (1912–2004), economic manager and politician, head of department in the economic administration of the British Zone in Minden
- Elisabeth Ostermeier (1913–2002), politician, lived in Minden
- Hans-Georg Stemann (1916–2011), senior admiralty, doctor in Minden
- René Carol (1920–1978), singer, died in the Minden Clinic
- Helmut Seckfort (March 7, 1920 in Düsseldorf - March 22, 2016 in Minden), Medical Director of the Minden Clinic
- Walter Schmithals (1923–2009), theologian, vicar in Minden
- Erentrud Trost (1923–2004), glass painter, designed a window in Minden Cathedral
- Werner Pohle (1925–2012), politician, managing director of the AWO Minden
- Karl Peter Grotemeyer (1927–2007), mathematician, student in Minden
- Rainer Böhm (* 1928), entrepreneur in Minden
- Gert Huffmann (1930–2011), doctor, student in Minden
- Hermann Kreutz (* 1931), church musician, grew up in Minden
- Friedhelm von Estorff (1932–2014), photographer, married in Minden
- Albrecht Wellmer (1933–2018), philosopher, Abitur in Minden
- Henning Venske (* 1939), actor, cabaret artist and writer, student in Minden
- Qabus ibn Said (1940–2020), Sultan of Oman, officer in Minden
- Wolfgang von Stetten (* 1941), politician, student in Minden
- Wolfgang Senff (* 1941), politician, student in Minden
- Mario Botta (* 1943), architect, built the Harting administration in Minden
- Lothar Ibrügger (* 1944), politician, Abitur in Minden
- Hans-Josef Becker (* 1948), archbishop, pastor in Minden
- Jutta Hering-Winckler (* 1948), lawyer, chairwoman of the Richard Wagner Association in Minden
1951 to 2000
- Marianne Thomann-Stahl (* 1954), politician (FDP), district president
- Annette Weber (* 1956), author, student in Minden
- Joachim Liebig (* 1958), theologian, pastor in Päpinghausen
- Martin Pepper (* 1958), songwriter; Baptism in Minden
- Michael Hull (* 1959), dancer; lives in Minden
- Pit Witt (* 1959), musician, teacher in Minden
- Andreas Mand (* 1959), writer in Minden
- Andreas Steppuhn (* 1962), politician; worked in Minden
- Peter Imhof (* 1973), TV presenter, worked for Radio Westfalica
- Gianni Vitiello (1973–2009), DJ and musician; grew up in Minden
- Anika Ziercke (* 1974), handball player, played in Minden
- Sina Dertwinkel (* 1988), politician (CDU)
Familys
- The Busche family was once masters of Papenheim Castle.
- The Cornberg family was wealthy in Minden.
- The von Borries and Westphalen families originally come from Minden.
Individual evidence
- ^ Homepage of the city of Minden: Municipal awards , accessed on May 15, 2018.
- ↑ Mindener Tageblatt, March 6, 2010
See also
For more people working in Minden, see: