List of personalities of the city of Neubrandenburg

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Coat of arms of the city of Neubrandenburg

The list of personalities of the city of Neubrandenburg contains people who were born or lived and worked in Neubrandenburg . The list does not claim to be complete.

sons and daughters of the town

Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten
Ernst Alban
Old age portrait of Luise Mühlbach with autograph Klara Mundt L. Mühlbach
Year of birth Surname Year of death job
1533 Friedrich Hein 1604 Law scholar, university professor and mayor
1732 Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten 1787 Mathematician, university professor
1759 Sophie Westenholz 1838 Singer, pianist, composer
1776 Franz Christian Boll 1818 Protestant pastor at the Marien- and the Johanniskirche
1783 Wilhelm Ruscheweyh 1844 Drawing teacher, decorative painter, court decorator
1785 Karl Hartwig von Zieten 1846 Major, paleontologist and author
1791 Ernst Alban 1856 Ophthalmologist and machine builder
1800 Heinrich Roloff 1885 Piano maker (Roloff brothers, 1st generation)
1801 Ludwig Roloff after 1864 Piano maker (Roloff brothers, 1st generation)
1801 Friedrich Brückner 1883 Mayors and parliamentarians
1805 Franz Boll 1875 Protestant theologian, historian
1810 Wilhelm Ahlers 1889 Lawyer, mayor, animal rights activist
1812 Hermann Müller-Strübing 1893 Classical philologist
1814 Ludwig Brückner (the elder) 1902 Medic and historian
1814 Luise Mühlbach 1873 Writer
1817 Ernst Boll 1868 Naturalist, historian
1818 Moritz Füldner 1873 High school teacher, entomologist and botanist
1823 Viktor Siemerling 1879 Pharmacist, merchant and banker
1837 Carl Wendt 1911 Theologian and educator
1839 Heinrich Roloff 1897 Piano maker (Roloff brothers, 2nd generation)
1841 August Roloff 1911 Piano maker (Roloff brothers, 2nd generation)
1844 Ludwig Brückner (d. J.) 1922 Mediciners
1844 Bernhard Funk 1911 Mediciners and collectors
1849 Franz Boll 1879 Medic, professor in Rome
1850 Robert Schade 1916 Goldsmith and politician
1852 Richard Müller [-Goldegg] 1932 Administrative lawyer in the finance and customs administration
1859 Carl Teske 1894 Heraldist
1863 Wilhelm Jacobi after 1921 sculptor
1866 Carl Penzhorn unknown Politician (NSDAP)
1867 Theodor Leipart 1947 Trade unionists
1871 Hans Bechly 1954 Trade unionists
1874 Carl Anton Piper 1938 Writer, journalist and politician (DVP)
1877 Edwin Blanck 1953 Soil scientist
1878 Hans Wendt 1922 Low German writer
1882 Ernst Kühnel 1964 German art historian
1883 Wolfgang Scharenberg 1969 Lawyer and Notary
1886 Irmgard Unger-Brückner 1976 Writer, local history researcher
1888 Wilhelm Jaeger 1979 sculptor
1889 Rudolf Ahlers 1954 author
1894 Richard Dietrich 1945 Airplane designer and entrepreneur
1898 Erich Thilo 1977 Chemist
1899 Maria Koubenec 1995 Master tailor, local researcher
1902 Theodor Estermann 1991 British mathematician
1902 Albert Klaus 1983 writer
1905 Karl-Heinrich Barthel after 1963 Doctors and politicians (NSDAP, NDPD)
1909 Paul Joachimi 1993 Ministerial Director in Bonn
1912 Otto Ernst Remer 1997 Major general and right-wing extremist
1912 Otto Vitense 1962 Politician (CDU)
1913 Gerhard Koch 1999 Neurologist and geneticist, university professor
1922 Gerd Gerdes 2014 Agricultural scientist and local researcher
1925 Horst-Gosta Berling 1997 Pedagogue, school historian
1934 Gerhard Voss Lutheran theologian, pastor and author
1935 Sophie Behr 2015 Journalist, writer
1937 Eberhard Struck Cardiac surgeon
1941 Walter Hinghaus photographer
1945 Paul Schultz 1963 Fatalities at the Berlin Wall
1946 Siegfried Selke 1966 Fatalities on the inner-German border
1948 Dieter Lenz Soccer player
1949 Manfred Dachner Member of Parliament (SPD)
1950 Rainer Prachtl Politician (CDU), MdL
1953 Edda Klatte Middle distance runner
1953 Elke Klatte Middle distance runner
1953 Günter Rühs Politician (CDU), MdL
1955 Ute Christensen actress
1956 Anne Gollin Writer
1956 Rudiger helmet Canoeist, Olympic champion in 1976 and 1980
1961 Cornelia Oschkenat Track and field athlete and Olympian
1962 Torsten Koplin Politician (The Left)
1963 Aram Radomski Photographer and designer
1964 Tobias Vogel Soccer player
1966 David C. Bunners actor
1966 Thomas Zereske 2004 Canoeist, Olympic champion
1967 Ulf Hielscher Bobsleigh driver, 1995 world champion
1967 Irina Popov Television director
1967 Jana Sorgers two-time Olympic champion and nine-time world champion in rowing
1967 Marco Zallmann Soccer player
1969 Katrin Krabbe Track and field athlete, world athlete of the year 1991
1969 Ulrike Schielke-Ziesing Member of the Bundestag (AfD)
1971 Manuela Derr Track and field athlete
1972 Katrin Brockmann actress
1972 Mario Lau Soccer player
1973 Janette Kliewe Handball player, handball trainer
1973 Marcus Roloff writer
1974 Marco Hinz Soccer player
1974 Thilo Tautz NDR moderator
1975 Anja Dittmer Triathlete
1977 Katharina Schlender Playwright
1980 Tim Borowski National soccer player
1981 Stefan Holtz Canoeists
1982 Sebastian Zbik Boxer, WBC world champion
1983 Viola Odebrecht Soccer player
1984 Andrea Hoffmann Singer, songwriter and musician
1985 Anne Jochin Handball player
1987 Christian Blum Track and field athlete
1987 Martin Hollstein Canoeist, Olympic champion 2008
1988 Tom Buschke Soccer player
1989 Tobias Jänicke Soccer player
1989 Carl Luis Zielke Musician of the band Guaia Guaia
1989 Elias Gottstein Musician of the band Guaia Guaia
1991 Lucas Albrecht Soccer player
1998 Lindy Ave Track and field athlete
2000 Oliver Daedlow Soccer player

Personalities who work or have worked locally

Fritz Reuter Memorial
Jahn Memorial (1904)
  • Erasmus Alberus (around 1500 - 1553), Protestant theologian, reformer and poet
  • Wilhelm Bahr (1821–1876), painter and photographer in Neubrandenburg
  • Anke Behmer (* 1961), athlete at SC Neubrandenburg; was one of the world's best heptathletes at the beginning of the 1990s
  • Johann Berckmann († 1560), Augustinian monk; first preacher of Luther's doctrine
  • Sylvia Bretschneider (1960–2019), teacher; President of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • Adolf (Friedrich Theodor) Brückner (1744–1823), physician, botanist and Low German writer, city physicist
  • Ernst (Theodor Johann) Brückner (1746–1805), theologian, poet, member of the Göttinger Hains
  • Christian Bunners (* 1934), Protestant theologian, author, 1965–75 pastor and provost in Neubrandenburg
  • Johannes Chemnitzer (* 1929), first secretary of the SED district leadership in Neubrandenburg
  • Otto Clorius (1869–1943), pastor and author
  • Franka Dietzsch (* 1968), athlete from SC Neubrandenburg
  • Andreas Dittmer (* 1972), canoeist, honorary citizen of Neubrandenburg
  • Paul Dörwald (1859–1937), classical philologist, high school director in Neubrandenburg
  • Georg Ewald (1926–1973), Minister, Secretary of the SED district leadership in Neubrandenburg
  • Gerd Frick (* 1948), painter and graphic artist
  • Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), painter; stayed several times to visit relatives in Neubrandenburg and drew here
  • Joachim Goldbach (1929–2008), 1972–1979 Chief of Military District V of the NVA (Neubrandenburg)
  • Hans-Joachim Griephan (* 1937), journalist, publisher, 1994–2004 councilor in the city council of Neubrandenburg
  • Iris Grund (* 1933), city architect of Neubrandenburg from 1970 to 1990
  • Karl von Hahn (1782–1857), called "Theatergraf"; lived temporarily in Neubrandenburg
  • Ida Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880), writer; lived temporarily in Neubrandenburg
  • Carl Horn (1794–1879), Protestant theologian, co-founder of the Jena Urburschenschaft; spent his old age here
  • Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778–1852), father of the German gymnastics and sports movement ("Turnvater"); was a private tutor in Neubrandenburg
  • Paul Krüger (* 1950), Lord Mayor 2001–2015, former Federal Minister
  • Astrid Kumbernuss (* 1970), athlete from SC Neubrandenburg
  • Bernhard Latomus (around 1560 - 1613), educator and historian, rector in Neubrandenburg
  • Margarete Neumann (1917–2002), writer; lived in Neubrandenburg
  • Ulrich von Oertzen (1840–1923), lawyer, MdR; attended the Neubrandenburg high school
  • Otto Piper (1841–1921), lawyer, castle researcher; attended grammar school in Neubrandenburg from 1851 to 1862
  • Herbord von Raven († before 1287), builder of the town and first town mayor
  • Brigitte Reimann (1933–1973), writer; lived in Neubrandenburg from 1968 to 1973
  • Bernhard Reinhold (1824–1892), painter; lived in Neubrandenburg from 1856 to 1858
  • Fritz Reuter (1810–1874), Low German writer; lived in Neubrandenburg from 1856 to 1863
  • Julie de Roquette (1763 – around 1827), poet near the Göttingen grove; lived in Neubrandenburg from 1793
  • Gustav Rühberg (1875–1932), educator, politician; from 1902 was a teacher at the Neubrandenburg Citizens' School
  • Fritz Scharenberg (1846–1916), lawyer, councilor
  • Gerhard Schiedewitz (1925–2007), journalist, 1964–1989 editor-in-chief of the district newspaper "Freie Erde"
  • Volker Schmidt (1942–2002), archaeologist, Rethra researcher
  • Lutz Schumacher (* 1968), journalist and businessman, since 2007 managing director of Nordkurier, bestselling author
  • Hermann Stech (1907–1992), lawyer, general director of Mecklenburgische Versicherung ; lived in Neubrandenburg
  • Horst Stechbarth (1925–2016), 1964–1967 chief of the military district V (Neubrandenburg)
  • Heinrich Tessenow (1876–1950), architect, lived in Neubrandenburg from 1923–1943
  • Otto Vitense (the elder) (1880–1948), educator and historian; lived and worked in Neubrandenburg from 1909 to 1948
  • Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826), poet and translator; went to school in Neubrandenburg
  • Vinzenz Wanitschke (1932–2012), sculptor; went to school in Neubrandenburg
  • Karl Wendt (1869–1942), pedagogue, city historian
  • Gerhard Witten (* 1933), former German diplomat, attaché of the GDR in the PR China, counselor in Cuba and ambassador in Peru and Bolivia