List of personalities from the city of Witten

The list of personalities of the city of Witten shows in chronological order by year of birth people who were born and / or died in Witten , as well as some important personalities who mainly worked in Witten.

Personalities born in Witten

17th century

• Arndt Bottermann († 1647), farmer, was found guilty in a witch trial and executed

18th century

• 1784, Helene Lohmann († 1866), industrialist
• 1794, Carl Ludwig Berger († 1871), industrialist
• 1799, Wilhelm Diedrich Albert († 1878), Superintendent von Hagen and President of the Westphalian Provincial Synod

19th century

• 1814, Julius Theodor Baedeker († 1880), bookseller and publisher
• 1823, Friedrich Wilhelm Baedeker († 1906 in Weston-super-Mare), evangelist
• 1829, Louis Constanz Berger († 1891 in Horchheim), industrialist and politician
• 1835, Friedrich König († 1914 in Düsseldorf), Superintendent of Bochum and President of the Westphalian Provincial Synod
• 1848, Gustav Haarmann († 1911 in Berlin), politician
• 1850, Adolf König († 1900), doctor and politician
• 1851, Otto Schott († 1935 in Jena), inventor of the heat-resistant Jena glass
• 1855, Eduard Kaiser († 1911), sole director and redeveloper at Buderus
• 1862, Max Crone († 1939 in Heidelberg), theologian and writer
• 1868, Heinrich Unger († 1939), accountant and politician (NSDAP)
• 1869, Gustav Rockholtz († 1938), painter
• 1870, Gustav Knepper († 1951 in Essen-Bredeney), entrepreneur
• 1872, Otto Schlüter († 1959 in Halle / Saale), geographer
• 1873, Heinrich Tiaden († 1949 in Ebersteinburg), writer
• 1876, Karl Koch († 1951 in Bielefeld), theologian, President of the Protestant Church of Westphalia
• 1876, Gustav Lohmann († 1967 in Stolberg), pastor and hymn poet
• 1876, Oskar Rosendahl († 1941 in Huizen), architect in Düsseldorf and Cologne
• 1881, Gerta Krabbel († 1961 in Aachen), historian and writer
• 1882, Wilhelm Alef († 1957 in Hagen), politician (center, CDU)
• 1884, Georg Goyert († 1966), literary translator
• 1887, Max Krabbel († 1961 in Baden-Baden), surgeon and advocate of eugenics
• 1888, Wilhelm Ernst († 1953 in Hamburg), geologist, mineralogist and paleontologist
• 1888, Rosi Wolfstein († 1987 in Frankfurt am Main), co-founder of the KPD
• 1890, Fritz Uphoff († 1966 in Worpswede), painter
• 1894, Heinrich Jungebloedt († 1976 in Schulzendorf), mosaicist
• 1899, Paul Pleiger († 1985 in Buchholz), entrepreneur, NSDAP district economic advisor for coal
• 1900, Josef Sieber († 1962 in Hamburg), actor

20th century

1901 to 1920

• 1901, Richard Oetzel († 1985 in Witten), entrepreneur and politician (CDU)
• 1902, Theodor Detmers († 1976 in Hamburg), sea captain
• 1904, Otto Flehinghaus († 1987 in Düsseldorf), Christian politician (CDU)
• 1904, Hein Gorny († 1967 in Hanover), photographer
• 1905, Robert Ruthenfrantz († 1970), musician, founder of the Witten Days for New Chamber Music
• 1911, Hugo Kraas († 1980), SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS
• 1913, Kurt Dörnemann († 2009), writer
• 1914, Erich Maltz († 2007), cycling official

1921 to 1940

• 1923, Robert Graf († 1966), actor
• 1923, Ernst Nolte († 2016), historian and political scientist
• 1924, Otto van de Loo († 2015), gallery owner
• 1927, Hugo Ernst Buyer († 2014), librarian and writer
• 1929, Hatto Ständer († 2000), composer of sacred music
• 1930, Herbert Dörner († 1991), soccer player
• 1930, Hans-Martin Linnemann , theologian and President of the Protestant Church of Westphalia
• 1930, Karl-Wilhelm Welwei († 2013), historian
• 1930, Friedhelm Werremeier († 2019), writer and screenwriter
• 1932, Erich Schöppner († 2005), boxer
• 1932, Charles Wilp († 2005), advertiser, artist, photographer and short film director
• 1935, Burghard Schloemann , church musician, composer and organist
• 1935, Horst Stuckmann († 2008), possibly pastor and functionary of the VVN
• 1936, Reinhard Düchting († 2018), Professor of Middle Latin Philology
• 1936, Martin Geck († 2019), musicologist
• 1937, Eberhard Busch , professor of theology
• 1938, Ewerdt Hilgemann , artist
• 1939, Wilfried Kramps († 2017), politician (SPD) and member of the state parliament
• 1939, Jürgen Löchter , em. Professor at the Musikhochschule in Cologne
• 1940, Klaus Rost , wrestler

1941 to 1960

• 1942, Wilfried Echterhoff , psychologist and university professor
• 1943, Ulrich Harbecke , television editor and writer
• 1946, Stephan Remmler , singer with Trio
• 1946, Wolfram Siemann , historian
• 1947, Rudolf Robbert , member of the Lower Saxony state parliament (SPD)
• 1949, Walter Machtemes , medical sociologist and university professor
• 1950, Karl-Wilhelm Weeber , classical philologist and historian
• 1951, Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen , Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
• 1952, Alexander Hemprich , chief physician, Dentistry University Leipzig
• 1952, Bernd Trocholepczy , Roman Catholic theologian
• 1953, Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp , ancient historian
• 1954, Ralf Kapschack , journalist and SPD politician
• 1954, Elke Stein-Hölkeskamp , ancient historian
• 1957, Bea Fiedler , actress and photo model
• 1957, Rolf Marx , jazz musician
• 1958, Joachim Göbel , Roman Catholic clergyman and provost of Paderborn
• 1958, Theo West , entertainer and reporter
• 1958, Martin Zuhr , actor and comedian
• 1959, Guido Grabow , rower, world champion a. 3rd at the 1988 Olympics
• 1959, Jochen Nickel , actor
• 1959, Jule Vollmer , actress, broadcaster, author
• 1959, Uwe Witt , politician, Member of the Bundestag (AfD)
• 1960, Michaela Nolte , journalist, author and curator
• 1960, Rolf Sethe , lawyer and university professor

1961 to 1980

• 1961, Ingeborg Danz , classical music singer
• 1961, Bodo Lukowski , wrestler and trainer, multiple German champion
• 1962, Thomas Osang , German-American economist
• 1964, Johannes Hitzblech , actor, director and acting coach
• 1964, Ralf Lyding , European champion in freestyle wrestling
• 1966, Heinrich Schoppmeyer , judge at the Federal Court of Justice
• 1966, Peter Knäbel , soccer player and coach
• 1968, Lais Franzen , artist, model and juggler
• 1969, Jens Kloppmann , concept artist
• 1970, Christian Lukas , film critic and non-fiction author
• 1970, Andreas Reckwitz , sociologist and cultural scientist
• 1971, Sandra Horn , jazz musician
• 1971, Tanja Wedhorn , actress
• 1975, Dennis Mikus , musician and composer
• 1976, Jan Hegenberg , singer
• 1978, Mirko Englich , wrestler, silver medal Olympia 2008
• 1978, Lakmann One , rapper
• 1979, Cornelia Betsch , psychologist and university lecturer

1981 to 2000

• 1982, Timo Achenbach , soccer player
• 1982, Heiner Backhaus , soccer player
• 1982, Dennis Eilhoff , soccer player
• 1984, Erasmus Stein , magician and comedian
• 1987, Sorina Nwachukwu , sprinter
• 1988, Mandy Bork , photo model, mannequin and runner-up in the fourth season of Germany's Next Topmodel
• 1991, Alexandra Popp , soccer player
• 1991, Kevin Vogt , soccer player
• 1999, Luca Kilian , soccer player

21st century

• 2001, Moritz Römling , soccer player

Personalities who have worked in Witten

19th century

• 1802, Theodor Müllensiefen († 1879), founder of the Witten glass industry
• 1874, Andreas Heinrich Blesken († 1959), Westphalian author and local history researcher
• 1885, Arthur Imhausen († 1951), chemist, founder of Imhausen chemistry

20th century

• 1902, Alfred Treptow († 1962), writer and pastor
• 1905, Johannes Busch († 1956), pastor, evangelist and author
• 1913, Ewald Katzschmann († 1994), chemist at Imhausen-Chemie
• 1928, Hildegard Doebner († 2000), folk music manager
• 1929, Mithat Bayrak († 2014), Bundesliga wrestler and 2 × Olympic champion
• 1932, Helmut Spiegel († 2014), journalist and writer
• 1934, Detlef Thierig , chemist, art critic and non-party local politician
• 1937, Konrad Schily , founding president of the University of Witten / Herdecke, former Member of the Bundestag
• 1947, Christel Lechner , ceramist and sculptor
• 1948, Manfred Günther , school psychologist and social work scientist
• 1952, Anthony Arndt , actor and former cyclist
• 1952, Dietrich Grönemeyer , physician, entrepreneur, author and professor at the University of Witten / Herdecke
• 1952, Sabine Hebenstreit-Müller , director of the Pestalozzi-Froebel-Haus, Berlin
• 1956, Volker Grabow , rower, world champion, a. a. at the 1988 Olympics
• 1956, Volker Lehnert , visual artist, university lecturer in Stuttgart
• 1960, Detlef H. Mache , mathematician and university professor
• 1961, Michael Schulz , former national soccer player
• 1973, André Tanneberger (ATB), music producer and DJ

Honorary citizen

According to the official version of the city of Witten, the city no longer has any honorary citizens. In the context of a heated discussion in 1979, during which the claim was made that Adolf Hitler was still an honorary citizen of the city of Witten, the then city director Fritz Schäfer stated: “A prerequisite for the existence of an honorary citizenship is legal capacity, which birth begins and ends with death. The honorary citizenship granted by the city of Witten expired with the death of the entrusted. ”Accordingly, this would also apply to Paul von Hindenburg and Otto von Bismarck, who are wrongly named in various writings as honorary citizens of the city.