List of personalities from the city of Neuss

This list contains the honorary citizens of Neuss , personalities born in Neuss and those who worked in Neuss , but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary citizen of Neuss

Cardinal Frings memorial in Neuss

The city of Neuss has granted the following people honorary citizenship:

• 1905: Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser , district administrator
• 1919: Wilhelm Thywissen, businessman
• 1967: Joseph Frings , Cardinal and Archbishop of Cologne
• 1995: Hermann Wilhelm Thywissen , retired Lord Mayor D.

Personalities born in Neuss

Until 1800

• Hildegunde (1170–1188), saint
• Johann Pennarius (1517–1563), auxiliary bishop in Cologne
• Hermann Thyraeus SJ (Dorckens, 1532–1591), Jesuit provincial, cathedral preacher in Trier, rector of the Jesuit colleges in Trier and Mainz
• Peter Thyraeus SJ (Dorckens, 1546–1601), Jesuit, professor of theology in Würzburg
• Heinrich Wolter von Streversdorf (1588–1674), auxiliary bishop in Cologne and auxiliary bishop in Mainz
• Michael Frings (1795–1872), businessman and politician

1801 to 1850

• Johanna Etienne (1805–1881), founder of the Neuss Augustinian women
• Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), physiologist
• Bartholomäus Haanen (1813–1895), businessman and member of the German Reichstag
• Clemens Sels (1822–1893), pharmacist, manufacturer, art collector and donor
• Ludwig Hartmann (1836–1910), composer and music critic
• Féodor Hoffbauer (1839–1922), German-French architect, illustrator and building historian
• Hubert Jacob Esser (1843–1925), university professor, veterinarian and member of the German Reichstag
• Josephine Gertrud Bentlage (1849–?), Writer
• Joseph Rappenhöner (1850–1898), theologian and university professor

1851 to 1900

• Joseph Herzfeld (1853–1939), politician
• Maria Schmitz (1858–1945), writer
• Georg Kau (1870–1947), painter
• Jakob Koch (1870–1918), wrestler
• Franz Maria Feldhaus (1874–1957), technology historian and scientific writer
• Peter Gilles (1874–1968), lawyer and local politician
• Adam Dickmann (1876–1961), architect
• Anton Erkelenz (1878–1945), politician and union leader
• Friedrich Jähne (1879–1965), engineer, entrepreneur and military manager
• Katharina von Kardorff-Oheimb (1879–1962), politician and salon lady
• Max Clarenbach (1880–1952), painter
• Wilhelm Werhahn (1880–1964), banker and entrepreneur
• Max Leon Flemming (1881–1956), merchant, consul of the Netherlands, art collector and patron
• Thea Sternheim (1883–1971), author
• Gerhard Kallen (1884–1973), historian
• Hermann Wunsch (1884–1954), composer and conductor
• Heinrich Frings (1885–1946), judge and judge
• Joseph Frings (1887–1978), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne
• Heinz Braun (1888–1962), lawyer and politician
• Adolf Flecken (1889–1966), politician
• Karl Gabriel Pfeill (1889–1942), writer
• Wilhelm Cornelius Werhahn (1891–1945), entrepreneur
• Angela Braun-Stratmann (1892–1966), women's rights activist, journalist and politician
• Max Braun (1892–1945), politician and journalist
• Karl Schorn (1893–1971), writer
• Hans vom Kothen (1894–?), Politician
• Wilhelm Pelzer (1895–1948), politician
• Konrad Ameln (1899–1994), hymnologist and musicologist
• Wilhelm Loschelder (1900–1989), lawyer, administrative officer and politician

1901 to 1950

• Gregor Geller (1903–1988), lawyer
• Andreas Biederbick (* 1909), police officer and SS leader
• Joseph Lange (1911–2007), journalist and local history researcher
• Kurt Josten (1912–1994), German-British lawyer, civil servant and resistance fighter
• Robert Frohn (1913–1991), educator, historian and local politician (CDU) in Cologne
• Herbert Karrenberg (1913–1982), businessman
• Franz Kessler (1914–2007), musicologist and university professor
• Hans Peter Keller (1915–1989), writer
• Helma Holthausen-Krüll (1916–2020), painter
• Franz Josef Bach (1917–2001), engineer, diplomat and politician
• Rolf Schroers (1919–1981), writer
• Irmgard Feldhaus (1920–2010), art historian and museum director
• Klaus Jansen (1922–2008), abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Engelszell, Upper Austria
• Walter Jansen (1923–2004), auxiliary bishop in Cologne
• Hermann Josef Werhahn (1923–2016), German businessman and entrepreneur
• Dieter Wellershoff (1925–2018), writer
• Heinz Bellen (1927–2002), ancient historian
• Ludwig Soumagne (1927–2003), dialect poet
• Josef Ippers (1932–1989), writer
• Dieter Fassbender (* 1935), numismatist and author
• Theodor J. Reisdorf (1935–2015), writer
• Erik Martin (1936–2017), author, songwriter and publisher
• Elmar Frings (1939–2002), modern pentathlon
• Volker Jung (1939–2018), engineer
• Johanna Bleker (* 1940), medical historian
• Helmut Winkelmann (1941–2018), actor and voice actor
• Mario Ohoven (* 1946), financial broker and investment advisor
• Bertold Mathias Reinartz (* 1946), lawyer and politician
• Ruth Rissing-van Saan (* 1946), lawyer
• Johannes Bastian (* 1948), educator and school development researcher
• Elke Aberle (* 1950), actress
• Frank Fockele (* 1950), author and musician
• Dagmar Schmauks (* 1950), semiotic and university professor

1951 to 1975

• Friedhelm Funkel (* 1953), soccer player and coach
• Heike Hohlbein (* 1954), writer
• Norbert Jacobs (* 1955), lawyer and political scientist
• Jürgen P. Rabe (* 1955), physicist
• Klaus Rheidt (* 1955), building researcher
• Elke Doris Drüll (* 1956), field hockey player
• Johann Zambryski (* 1956), photographer and graphic artist
• Tom Bayer (* 1957), sports reporter
• Uwe Foullong (* 1957), trade unionist
• Hanni Hüsch (* 1957), journalist
• Irmgard Klaff-Isselmann (* 1957), politician
• Olaf Dante Marx (1957–1993), journalist and music critic
• Herbert Piel (* 1957), photographer and photojournalist
• Wolfgang Schröder (* 1957), professor at RWTH Aachen
• Wolfgang Funkel (* 1958), soccer player and coach
• Robert Kaller (* 1958), freelance visual artist and art educator
• Michael Arndt (* 1959), Taekwondoin
• Christoph Bungartz (* 1960), editor at NDR television
• Hans-Jörg Criens (1960–2019), football player
• Stephan Maria Glöckner (* 1961), musician, artist and designer
• Helmut de Raaf (* 1961), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Günter Thiele (* 1961), soccer player
• Wolfgang Dittrich (* 1962), triathlete
• Martin Grüning (* 1962), long-distance runner
• Norbert Hummelt (* 1962), writer
• Volker Seresse (* 1963), historian
• Frank Biela (* 1964), racing car driver
• Kai Böcking (* 1964), moderator
• Uwe Köller (* 1964), trumpeter
• Franziska Pigulla (1964–2019), actress, news and voice actress
• Birgit Brüster (* 1965), writer and literary lecturer
• Thomas Engert (* 1965), pool player
• Christian Schnalke (* 1965), screenwriter
• Frank Paul Schubert (* 1965), jazz musician
• Bernhard Jakoby (* 1966), Professor of Microelectronics
• Gregor Linßen (* 1966), composer and songwriter
• Jens Metzdorf (* 1966), archivist and historian
• Erik Janson (* 1967), composer
• Inga Busch (* 1968), actress
• Brigitte Pavetic (* 1968), TV presenter and columnist
• Ingo Endemann (* 1969), internet entrepreneur
• Konstantin Wienstroer (* 1969), jazz musician
• Jolina Carl (* 1970), country and pop singer
• Henning Lambertz (* 1970), swimmer and national swimming coach
• Charlotte Engmann (* 1971), writer
• Kyra Daniela Hoffmann (* 1971), author, medical journalist, speaker and alternative practitioner
• Jörg Geerlings (* 1972), lawyer and politician
• Sandra Henke (* 1973), writer
• Markus Kurth (* 1973), soccer player
• Simone Lucas (* 1973), artist
• Dirk Lütter (* 1973), cameraman and director
• Alexandro Pape (* 1973), cook
• Dietmar Süß (* 1973), historian
• Christian "Chris" Töpperwien (* 1974), restaurateur and participant in documentary soaps
• Stephan Schulz-Winge (* 1974), soccer player
• Daniel Gustav Cramer (* 1975), concept artist
• Christian Schulte (* 1975), hockey goalkeeper

From 1976

• Dilek Gürsoy (* 1976), heart surgeon
• Markus Hausweiler (* 1976), soccer player
• Nadia Ehning (* 1977), vaulting expert
• Christoph Eimer (* 1977), field hockey player
• Rebecca Hohlbein (* 1977), children's book and fantasy author
• Florian Kehrmann (* 1977), handball player
• Thomas Rupprath (* 1977), swimmer
• Lars Börgeling (* 1979), pole vaulter
• Anna Conrads (* 1979), politician
• Judith Flemig (* 1979), volleyball player
• Oliver Jonas (* 1979), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Kerstin Pflieger (* 1980), writer
• Markus Fothen (* 1981), racing cyclist
• Steffen Gebhardt (* 1981), pentathlete
• Esther Berlansky (* 1982), jazz musician
• Stefan Bromberger (* 1982), chess player
• Thomas Fothen (* 1983), racing cyclist
• Christian Stachelhaus (* 1984), Let's Player
• Sebastian Draguhn (* 1984), hockey player
• Lina Geyer (* 1986), field hockey player
• Joachim Tolles (* 1986), racing cyclist
• Philipp Hendle (* 1987), ice hockey player
• Olson (born 1987), rapper
• Johannes Walbaum (* 1987), soccer player
• Tim Heubach (* 1988), soccer player
• Mari-Doris Vartmann (* 1988), figure skater
• Robert Gleinert (* 1989), canoeist
• Marcel Ohmann (* 1991), ice hockey player
• Danny da Costa (* 1993), football player
• Mel (* 1997), singer and rapper
• Hikmet Çiftçi (* 1998), football player

Well-known residents of Neuss

• Tile Kolup († 1285), impostor
• Hester Jonas (around 1570–1635), witch from Neuss
• Karl Tücking (1826–1904) educator, historian and philologist
• Julius Busch (1838–1912), architect (in Neuss and St. Marien )
• Constantin Koenen (1854–1929), Provincial Roman archaeologist and archaeologist
• Heinrich Fahrenbrach (1878–1950), politician
• Josef Kohlschein the Younger (1884–1958), painter, draftsman and etcher
• Wilhelm Buddenberg (1890–1967), painter
• Hasso von Manteuffel (1897–1978), Wehrmacht General of the Armored Force and politician
• Johann Heinrich Gillessen (1910–1997), painter and art teacher
• Gerhard Hoehme (1920–1989), painter and graphic artist
• Hermann-Josef Dusend (1926–2009), politician
• Jürgen Huck (* 1927), author and historian
• Heinz Günther Hüsch (* 1929), lawyer and politician
• Anni Brandt-Elsweier (1932–2017), politician
• Rita Süssmuth (* 1937), politician
• Lajos Dudas (* 1941), jazz clarinetist
• Hermann Spix (* 1946), writer
• Peter Maiwald (1946–2008), poet and writer
• Jürgen Seidel (* 1948), author
• Rahim Burhan (* 1949), theater director
• Wolfgang Hohlbein (* 1953), writer
• Annette Schavan (* 1955), politician
• Birgit Hagen (* 1957), field hockey player
• Agnes Werhahn (* 1957), vaulting instructor and lunge guide
• Hermann Gröhe (* 1961), politician
• Ingmar Putz (* 1969), soccer player and coach
• Kai Wolters (* 1971), actor, director and dispatcher at the Rheinisches Landestheater in Neuss
• Ben Manga (* 1974), soccer player
• Marco Villa (* 1978), football player
• Jawed Karim (* 1979), founder of YouTube
• Lukas Lamla (* 1983), politician (Pirate Party)
• The Wollny family , actors in the RTL II pseudo-documentary The Wollnys - A terribly large family