List of personalities of the city of Oldenburg (Oldenburg)

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This list contains personalities in chronological order who were or are connected with the city of Oldenburg .

People born there can be found in the list of sons and daughters of the City of Oldenburg (Oldenburg) , for honorary citizens see List of Honorary Citizens of the City of Oldenburg (Oldb) .

Personalities who worked in Oldenburg

See in particular the counts and the dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg for the counts and dukes who were not born in Oldenburg

Born until 1900

  • Johannes Kirchring (* in Riga; bl. 1592–1633 in Oldenburg), typist and arithmetic master
  • Arp Schnitger (born July 2, 1648 in Schmalenfleth, † July 28, 1719 in Neuenfelde), famous organ builder
  • Philipp Christian Friedrich Bodecker (born September 11, 1756 in Westerhof am Harz, † April 1, 1845 in Oldenburg), the forester was head of the Oldenburg forest administration from 1794 to 1841
  • Günther von Berg (born November 27, 1765 in Schwaigern near Heilbronn, † September 9, 1843 in Oldenburg), journalistic and legal writer and chairman of the Oldenburg State Ministry
  • Christian Daniel von Finckh (born September 9, 1766 in Zeven; † April 10, 1813 in Bremen, executed), lawyer, shot by Napoleonic occupation troops during the wars of liberation
  • Franz Högl (born June 13, 1769 in Warsaw, † May 3, 1859 in Oldenburg), sculptor who worked mainly in Oldenburg
  • Friedrich Reinhard Ricklefs (born October 26, 1769 in Ovelgönne; † February 12, 1827 in Oldenburg), classical philologist and high school director in Oldenburg
  • Wilhelm Ernst von Beaulieu-Marconnay (born May 19, 1786 in Celle; † June 30, 1859 in Oldenburg), lawyer, Oldenburg Privy Councilor and chairman of the Oldenburg State Ministry
  • Theodor von Kobbe (born June 8, 1798 in Glückstadt; † February 22, 1845 in Oldenburg), lawyer, human rights activist and writer
  • Dietrich Christian von Buttel (born December 5, 1801 in Jever; † February 1, 1878 in Oldenburg), lawyer and politician, chairman of the Oldenburg State Ministry and Prime Minister
  • Nathan Marcus Adler (born January 15, 1803 in Hanover, † January 21, 1890 in Brighton, Great Britain), Oldenburg land rabbi
  • Nicolaus Nielsen (born April 19, 1806 in Rendsburg, † January 26, 1883 in Oldenburg), theologian and court preacher
  • Cäcilie von Oldenburg (born June 22, 1807 in Stockholm, † January 27, 1844 in Oldenburg), Princess of Sweden and Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
  • Maximilian Heinrich Rüder (born October 1, 1808 in Eutin, † December 19, 1880 in Oldenburg), lawyer and politician, Oldenburg city and district administrator
  • Eugen von Beaulieu-Marconnay (born February 16, 1815 in Nice , † August 23, 1898 in Oldenburg), lawyer and President of the Oldenburg Higher Regional Court
  • Friedrich Andreas Ruhstrat (* 1818 in Ovelgönne; † January 19, 1896 in Oldenburg), legal scholar and Oldenburg Minister of State
  • Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler (born August 21, 1821 in Bad Zwischenahn; † March 30, 1898 in Oldenburg), doctor, developer of alternative therapy with biochemical functional agents ("Schüßler salts")
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Graupenstein (born September 2, 1828 in Minden; † May 25, 1897 in Hamburg), painter and lithographer, portrayed many oldenburg personalities
  • Albert Hermann Dietrich (born August 28, 1829 in the Forsthaus Golk near Meißen, † November 20, 1908 in Berlin), composer, conductor, from 1861 to 1890 Hofkapellmeister in Oldenburg
  • Gustav Adolf Rüthning (born January 2, 1854 in Havelberg / Prignitz, † January 20, 1944 in Oldenburg), historian and teacher at the Herbartgymnasium
  • John C. Funch (born August 23, 1852 in New York, USA; † January 23, 1935 on Gut Loy, parish of Rastede), landowner of Loy, Oldenburg Chamber President and Oldenburg Member of Parliament
  • Wilhelm Kufferath (born April 6, 1853 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, † March 1936 in Oldenburg), cellist, member of the court orchestra and the state orchestra
  • Carl Franz Noack (born April 18, 1855 on the Spree near Trebatsch; † January 24, 1945 in Oldenburg), architect, civil engineer and town planner
  • Bernhard Winter (born March 14, 1871 in Neuenbrok, † August 6, 1964 in Oldenburg), painter
  • Theodor Goerlitz (born May 15, 1885 in Breslau; † May 4, 1949 in Magdeburg), 1921–32 Lord Mayor of Oldenburg
  • Peter Suhrkamp (born March 28, 1891 in Kirchhatten; † March 31, 1959 in Frankfurt am Main), founder of the Suhrkamp publishing house
  • Johann Schuster (born November 22, 1900 in Ansbach, † November 23, 1966 in Oldenburg), painter

Born from 1901

  • Hugo Hartung (born September 17, 1902 in Netzschkau; † May 2, 1972 in Munich), writer, from 1936 to 1940 chief dramaturge at the Oldenburg State Theater
  • Hermann Ludwig Ehlers (born October 1, 1904 in Schöneberg near Berlin, † October 29, 1954 in Oldenburg), politician (CDU), President of the Bundestag; At the beginning of his political career he was a councilor in Oldenburg
  • Hein Bredendiek (born September 18, 1906 in Jever; † April 24, 2001 in Oldenburg), art educator, painter, Low German writer
  • Wolfgang Hartung (born February 18, 1907 in Berlin; † June 3, 1995 in Oldenburg), geologist, director of the Natural History Museum
  • Karl Born (December 8, 1910 in Montreux, Switzerland; † April 1, 2004 in Oldenburg), seaman, pilot and cinema operator
  • Hans-Heinrich Harms (born July 4, 1914 in Scharmbeck; † April 13, 2006 in Oldenburg), from 1967 to 1985 bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
  • Edith Ruß (born January 22, 1919 in Hildesheim; † July 18, 1993), founder
  • Wolf Gerlach (born April 17, 1928 in Stolp, Pomerania; † November 12, 2012 in Bad Zwischenahn) had his first engagement as a set designer at the Oldenburg State Theater; Inventor of the Mainzelmännchen for ZDF, Ute - Schnute - Kasimir for WDR and Leo and Leo for Bavarian television
  • Horst Janssen (born November 14, 1929 in Hamburg; † August 31, 1995 in Hamburg), draftsman and graphic artist; grew up in Oldenburg
  • Hans Häckermann (born March 3, 1930 in Pirna, † September 16, 1995 in Ritzerau); from 1985 to 1993 actor, director and general director of the Oldenburg State Theater and founder of the Oldenburg International Ballet Days
  • Jürgen Dieckert (born June 10, 1935 in Gumbinnen / East Prussia), sports scientist
  • Claus Boysen (born June 7, 1938 in Kiel, † July 9, 2007 in Oldenburg); Film, television and theater actor, from 1968 to 1985 and 2003 member of the ensemble of the Oldenburg State Theater
  • Hilbert Meyer (born October 2, 1941 in Lauenburg i. Pom.), Since 1975 professor for school education at the Carl von Ossietzky University
  • Dietmar Schütz (born October 21, 1943 in Oldenburg), Mayor of Oldenburg from 2001 to 2006
  • Jochen Schimmang (born March 14, 1948 in Northeim), writer; based in Oldenburg since 2005
  • Hans-Jürgen Appelrath (born February 7, 1952 in Duisburg; † August 5, 2016 in Oldenburg), professor
  • Norbert Marten (* 1953 in Lingen), sculptor and painter; from 1981 to 1996 freelance in Oldenburg
  • Horst Bösing (born September 10, 1954), composer and music producer
  • Dieter Bohlen (born February 7, 1954 in Berne), musician, producer and composer; grew up in Oldenburg
  • Andreas Witte (born March 1, 1955), sports reporter; grew up in Oldenburg
  • Robert Feldhoff (born July 16, 1962 in Schorndorf; † August 17, 2009 in Oldenburg), science fiction author, longstanding exposé author of the Perry Rhodan series
  • Wigald Boning (born January 20, 1967 in Wildeshausen), German comedian, composer, musician, presenter and journalist; to graduation in Oldenburg
  • Key Pousttchi (* 1970 in Rheine), first German professor for digitization, was trained as an officer in Oldenburg from 1989 to 1991
  • Alexandra Rietz (born June 22, 1971 in Bad Oeynhausen), commissioner and actress, studied in Oldenburg from 1994 to 1997