Born
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person
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December 3, 1655 |
Johann Philipp, Count of Isenburg-Offenbach , † September 21, 1718 at Schloss Philippseich, Regent of the County of Isenburg
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March 28, 1741 |
Johann André , † June 18, 1799 in Offenbach, musician, composer and music publisher, father of Johann Anton André (1775–1842)
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June 23, 1758 |
Lili Schönemann , † May 6, 1817 in Strasbourg, went down in literary history as Goethe's fiancée "Lili"
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October 26, 1779 |
Isaac Eberts , † April 26, 1850 in Cologne, cantor of the synagogue, father of Jakob "Jacques" Offenbach (1819–1880)
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March 9, 1782 |
Jean Vauchel , † January 10, 1856 in Damm, violin maker mainly active in Germany, royal violin maker
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August 10, 1783 |
Peter Georg d'Orville , † March 24, 1858 in Offenbach, Mayor of Offenbach, co-owner of the Bernhard Brothers snuff factory in Offenbach
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March 2, 1794 |
Victor von Lepel , † July 7, 1860 in Darmstadt, diplomat and politician, president of the Oberpostdirektion and the Oberkonsistorium in Darmstadt
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January 14, 1799 |
Joseph Pirazzi , † December 31, 1868 in Offenbach, entrepreneur and founder of the free religious community Offenbach
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March 21, 1800 |
Alfred Johannot , † December 7, 1837 in Paris, French engraver and painter
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November 9, 1803 |
Tony Johannot , † August 4, 1852 in Paris, French etcher, woodcut artist, lithographer, painter and illustrator
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July 28, 1808 |
Salomon Formstecher , † April 24, 1889 in Offenbach, rabbi and philosopher
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0 0 1812 |
Jacob Seib , † 1883 in Frankfurt am Main, photographer
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March 9, 1812 |
Ludwig Franz Alexander Winther , † April 26, 1871 in Gießen, pathologist and ophthalmologist at the University of Gießen
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January 22, 1820 |
Carl Becker , † July 24, 1897 in Frankfurt am Main, banker and consul
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January 27, 1827 |
Gustav Böhm , † November 6, 1900 in Offenbach, soap manufacturer and councilor in Offenbacher; 1887 Reichstag mandate for the Offenbach constituency
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December 20, 1834 |
Julius Preller , † December 17, 1914 in Varel / Friesland, landscape painter and factory director
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October 5, 1841 |
Philipp Mainländer , born as Phillip Batz, † April 1, 1876 in Offenbach, poet and philosopher
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April 28, 1845 |
Ludo Mayer , † November 14, 1917 in Bad Nauheim, leather goods manufacturer, councilor and patron
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August 14, 1858 |
Leo S. Kopp , † 1927 in La Esperanza , Colombia, entrepreneur and founder of Bavaria SA
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0 0 1860 |
Robert Weintraud , † 1927, entrepreneur and founder of the Rowenta works
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September 16, 1863 |
Robert Bruck , † January 29, 1942 in Dresden, art historian and university lecturer as well as rector of the Technical University of Dresden
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0 0 1864 |
Anton Mädler , † 1925, entrepreneur and patron, as well as builder of several architecturally remarkable buildings (so in Leipzig and Frankfurt)
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March 10, 1864 |
Jakob Erckrath de Bary , † August 14, 1938 in Seligenstadt, fencer, Olympic champion and sports official
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0 0 1865 |
Carl Fuchs , † 1951 in Manchester, cellist
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March 30, 1865 |
Georg Scherer , † May 2, 1920 in Offenbach, member of the Hessian state parliament (center)
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September 19, 1868 |
Heinrich Reinhardt , † July 19, 1947 in Berlin, studied architecture at the technical schools in Offenbach
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March 14, 1872 |
Paul Otto Engelhard , † March 18, 1924 in Munich, artist, graphic artist and illustrator
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October 28, 1879 |
Fritz Remy , † January 28, 1961 in Offenbach, City Elder, First City Councilor of Offenbach
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August 19, 1882 |
Otto Steinwachs , † October 13, 1977 in Neckargemünd, auxiliary bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany
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September 27, 1882 |
Richard Heyne , † March 18, 1961 in Offenbach, member of the state parliament and manufacturer
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October 27, 1883 |
Karl Friedrich Lippmann , † March 30, 1957 in Offenbach, painter
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January 31, 1885 |
Heinrich Gärtner , † August 2, 1952 in Milan, officer and newsman
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October 20, 1889 |
Gertrude Würzburger , † May 3, 1942 in the Kulmhof extermination camp, pianist and music teacher
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March 21, 1890 |
Hermann Hartmann , † October 9, 1953 in Offenbach, entrepreneur
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February 24, 1893 |
Christian Dell , † July 18, 1974 in Wiesbaden, silversmith, teacher of industrial design and master at the Weimar Bauhaus
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April 10, 1893 |
Heinrich Ritzel , † June 19, 1971 in Basel, politician (SPD), MdR, MdB, member of the Hessian state parliament
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August 24, 1895 |
Fritz Büchner , † August 8, 1940 in Kremsier, journalist
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December 7, 1896 |
Heinrich Krumm , † March 3, 1957 in Eisenach, leather goods manufacturer
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October 4, 1898 |
Erich Meyer , † April 16, 1983 in Waldshut, graphic designer and typographer, received his training from Rudolf Koch at the technical training institutes in Offenbach
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October 25, 1900 |
Hans Klotz , † May 11, 1987 in Cologne, church musician and organologist, in 1954 he became professor and head of the Institute for Church Music at the Cologne University of Music
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October 15, 1901 |
Bernard von Brentano , † December 29, 1964 in Wiesbaden, writer, essayist and journalist
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March 13, 1904 |
August Heim , † May 8, 1976 in Offenbach, fencer, German champion and Olympic medalist
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April 12, 1904 |
Hans Hofmeyer , † April 28, 1992 in Bad Vilbel, lawyer, presiding judge in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963–1965
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June 20, 1904 |
Heinrich von Brentano , † November 14, 1964 in Darmstadt, politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Federal Foreign Minister 1955–1961, chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag
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December 28, 1904 |
Joseph Offenbach , bourgeois Joseph Ziegler, † October 15, 1971 in Darmstadt, stage, film and television actor (The Despicable One, Salto Mortale)
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January 19, 1909 |
Hans Hotter , † December 6, 2003 in Munich, bass-baritone, between 1952 and 1966 participation in the Bayreuth Festival
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May 19, 1910 |
Werner Rings , † April 16, 1998 in Ascona, historian, journalist and author
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December 20, 1910 |
Helene Mayer , † October 15, 1953 in Heidelberg, fencer and Olympic champion; the Helene-Mayer-Ring in the Olympic Village in Munich was named after her
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January 24, 1914 |
Karl Appelmann , † May 9, 2015, politician (SPD), member of the Hessian state parliament
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June 12, 1914 |
Wilhelm Mader , † August 25, 1983 in Oldenburg, politician (SPD), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
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August 28, 1914 |
Gerda Johanna Werner , † August 14, 2004 in Oberursel, role model for the tree planter of the former German 50-pfennig coins
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April 25, 1915 |
Max Bach , † January 17, 2006 in Darmstadt, publisher of the Darmstädter Echo
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January 23, 1920 |
Gottfried Böhm , architect and university professor, so far the only German recipient of the Pritzker Prize, the most important award in architecture
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January 31, 1920 |
Ernst Rebentisch , † December 3, 2013 in Kronberg im Taunus, major and regimental commander of the Wehrmacht, medical officer of the German armed forces, inspector of the medical and health services of the BW
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May 22, 1924 |
Walter Buckpesch , † January 25, 2018, politician (SPD); from 1974 to 1980 mayor of Offenbach am Main and from 1983 to 1987 member of the German Bundestag
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February 21, 1925 |
Hans Peter Doll , † December 27, 1999 in Stuttgart, dramaturge and general manager of the Württemberg State Theaters
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March 9, 1928 |
Willibald Heilmann , † April 30, 2006, classical philologist and university professor
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0 0 1930 |
Meinhard Schuster , German-Swiss ethnologist
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August 11, 1931 |
Helmut Kuhn , politician, Lord Mayor of Hanau
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September 1, 1931 |
Bernd Rosenheim , sculptor, painter, author and documentary filmmaker, studied illustration at the Werkkunstschule Offenbach from 1948
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July 30, 1934 |
Engelbert "Berti" Kraus , † May 14, 2016, national soccer player
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February 8, 1935 |
Herbert Fenn , † September 30, 2001 in Barcelona, lawyer, dancer and sports official
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May 17, 1935 |
Klaus Vack , † May 18, 2019, German activist of the peace and civil rights movements after the Second World War; Co-founder of the Committee for Fundamental Rights and Democracy
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October 10, 1935 |
Hermann Nuber , soccer player with the nickname "The iron Hermann", he was only active for Kickers Offenbach
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February 11, 1937 |
Norbert Werner , † August 17, 2019 in Gießen, art historian
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January 28, 1938 |
William Voltz , † March 24, 1984, writer, chief author of the science fiction series Perry Rhodan, in 2004 the William Voltz Award was presented for the first time
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January 16, 1939 |
Horst "Morsch" Schwarz , jazz musician, headed the "Smokehouse Jazzband" and the "Blue Rhythm Four", long-time member of the "Barrelhouse Jazzband"
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0 0 1940 |
Hans Diehl , film and theater actor
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0 0 1940 |
Willi Konrad , † January 17, 2005, football official
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April 4, 1940 |
Lothar Lies , † May 29, 2008 in Innsbruck, Catholic theologian, holder of the papal order "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice"
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April 28, 1940 |
Manfred Liebel , social scientist and university professor
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February 4, 1941 |
Volker Huber , gallery owner, publisher, author and historian
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January 3, 1942 |
Helga Koch , married Helga Würtz , fencer and Olympic participant
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October 6, 1944 |
Gerd Reuter , † December 19, 2017 in Berlin, German journalist and dpa correspondent
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September 5, 1948 |
Daniela Ziegler , actress, musical artist and singer (Die dear relatives, Against the Wind, our teacher Doctor Specht)
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October 23, 1948 |
Hans-Jürgen Koch , † October 3, 2008 in Tsumeb / Namibia, finance broker
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March 26, 1950 |
Maria Marx , politician (Die Grünen), former member of the Hessian state parliament
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July 28, 1950 |
Karl Rathgeber , conductor and university professor, most recently from 2000 to 2013, professor of conducting, founding rector and re-elected rector of the University of Protestant Church Music in Bayreuth
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0 0 1951 |
Alois Joh. Buch , Roman Catholic theologian, previously a senior member of the church service and foundation manager
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15th August 1952 |
Barbara Imhof , politician (SPD), member of the German Bundestag 1994–2002 and 2005, graduate social pedagogue, until 1995 district manager of the workers' welfare in Fulda, coffee roaster, 2007 German vice roasting master at the team competition German roasting championship in Frankfurt, 1971 studies at the University of Design in Offenbach, now lives in Fulda
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5th October 1954 |
Jimmy Hartwig , footballer and theater actor, trained mechanical engineer, played for Kickers Offenbach from 1972 to 1974
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February 15, 1956 |
Wolfgang Kessler , economist and university professor
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May 24, 1956 |
Markus Becker , jazz and improvisation musician (among others in the hr jazz ensemble and in the Heinz Sauer Quartet)
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August 25, 1956 |
Harald Wolf , politician (Die Linke), was Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economy, Labor and Women from 2002 to 2011.
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November 20, 1956 |
Olli Dittrich , actor, comedian "Dittsche", musician ("Texas Lightning"), became known together with Wigald Boning as "Die Doofen"
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July 25, 1957 |
Reinhard Gregor Kratz , Protestant theologian, Old Testament scholar in Göttingen
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April 1, 1961 |
Achim Winter , presenter, reporter, editor and director on television (ZDF and HR)
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3rd September 1961 |
Christoph Schäfer , Professor of Ancient History at the University of Trier
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November 22, 1962 |
Judith Könemann , Roman Catholic theologian
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January 12, 1963 |
Steffen Krämer , art historian and university professor
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October 23, 1963 |
Ulrich Ritter , model maker and make-up artist (including for the film "Hindenburg")
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November 13, 1964 |
Anne Weber , author and translator
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0 0 1965 |
Sebastian Heilmann , political scientist, sinologist and university professor
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April 6, 1965 |
Werner Bräuninger , publicist and essayist
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May 9, 1965 |
Andi Mengler (stage name Rocco Ernstfall), lyricist and singer of the 1st German punk band "Strassenjungs"
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June 28, 1965 |
Eric Steiner , gynecologist and obstetrician
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3rd February 1966 |
Thilo von Debschitz , designer and author
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August 30, 1966 |
Kai Frederic Schrickel , theater and television actor, including Marienhof, Verbotene Liebe, Wolffs Revier and Der last Zeuge
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0 0 1967 |
Andreas Behr , economist and statistician
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June 13, 1967 |
Patrick Moster , cyclist, cycling trainer and official
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October 15, 1967 |
Götz Otto , actor, internationally known for James Bond Tomorrow never dies
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November 20, 1967 |
Oliver Stirböck , politician (FDP), city councilor of Offenbach am Main and member of the Hessian state parliament
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November 29, 1967 |
René Rock , politician and leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Hessian state parliament since 2017
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0 0 1968 |
Björn Ludwig , author, lives in Berlin, wrote a. a. Prose texts from social beat literature
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March 6, 1968 |
Smudo , real name Michael Bernd Schmidt, copywriter and rapper of the hip-hop group "Die Fantastischen Vier"
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17th September 1968 |
Jens Joneleit , composer, in 2006 he received the composer's prize from the "Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation"
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0 0 1969 |
Christian Sievers , journalist
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5th January 1969 |
Petra Behle , née Schaaf, former biathlete, member of the NOK and on the expert committee of Deutsche Sporthilfe
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4th March 1969 |
Henrik Rödl , basketball trainer and former national basketball player, won the German championship seven times
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June 28, 1970 |
Stephan Winter , Roman Catholic theologian, professor in Münster
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July 23, 1970 |
Thea Dorn , actually Christiane Scherer , writer and television presenter, studied philosophy and theater studies
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November 23, 1970 |
Katja Kraus , soccer player and soccer official
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3rd January 1971 |
Tarek Al-Wazir , politician (GREEN), member of the Hessian state parliament, since 2014 Deputy Prime Minister of Hesse
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June 21, 1972 |
Dorkas Kiefer , actress (Klinikum Berlin Mitte), pop singer and member of the pop group "Mekado"
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0 0 1973 |
Ellen Kositza , journalist and writer for the New Right
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0 0 1974 |
Felicitas Korn , film director
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February 11, 1974 |
Helena Fürst , business economist
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17th September 1975 |
Alexa von Schwichow , judoka
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August 24, 1977 |
Safiye Can , poet, bestselling author, poet of concrete and visual poetry and literary translator
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0 0 1977 |
Christian David Ott , astrophysicist
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0 0 1978 |
Judith Hahn , Catholic theologian
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May 18, 1981 |
Björn Simon , politician (CDU)
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April 13, 1983 |
Christina Plaka , manga comic artist
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May 25, 1984 |
Christian Demirtas , defender, former German junior international
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April 19, 1985 |
Jan Zimmermann , soccer goalkeeper at Eintracht Frankfurt and SV Darmstadt 98
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May 19, 1985 |
Christopher Reinhard , soccer player; played in youth at Rot-Weiß Offenbach
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January 19, 1985 |
Pascal Behrenbruch , athlete (decathlon)
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May 16, 1985 |
Daniel Endres , soccer player
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December 16, 1985 |
Arrest warrant , civil Aykut Anhan , rap musician
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December 23, 1985 |
Christian Hildebrand , handball player
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May 22, 1990 |
Capo , real name Cem Anhan , rap musician
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4th December 1992 |
Stefano Maier , soccer player
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March 13, 1993 |
Florijonbelu , football player
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0 0 1998 |
Soufian , real name Soufian Amakran , rap musician
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January 23, 1998 |
Viviana Grisafi , pop singer
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20th century |
Jörg Bombach , program director of hr3 , is by his own admission a native of Offenbach, but avoids revealing his date of birth
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