List of personalities of the city of Wolgast
The list of personalities in the city of Wolgast shows well-known people who were born in Wolgast or who lived and worked in Wolgast .
sons and daughters of the town
| Year of birth | Surname | Year of death | Occupation or position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1542 | Johann Friedrich | 1600 | Duke of Pomerania, Evangelical Bishop of Cammin |
| 1545 | Ernst Ludwig | 1592 | Duke of Pomerania |
| 1549 | Barnim X. | 1603 | Duke of Pomerania |
| 1557 | Casimir VI | 1605 | non-ruling Duke of Pomerania, Evangelical Bishop of Cammin |
| 1584 | Philipp Julius | 1625 | Duke of Pomerania |
| 1603 | Johann Heun | 1672 | Mediciners |
| 1620 | Johann Weichmann | 1652 | Composer, music director in Königsberg in Prussia |
| 1622 | Age of Greiggenschildt | 1697 | jurist |
| 1624 | Johannes Gerdes | 1673 | Theologian and professor of oriental languages |
| 1625 | Philipp Joachim Örnestedt | 1682 | Government Council in Swedish Pomerania |
| 1625 | Matthew Tabbert | 1675 | Lutheran theologian and general superintendent |
| 1657 | Franz Michael von Boltenstern | 1716 | jurist |
| 1657 | Michael Grass the Younger | 1731 | Legal scholar |
| 1668 | Johann Christian von Hartmannsdorf | 1731 | German lawyer in the service of Sweden |
| 1668 | Nikolaus Köppen | 1739 | Orientalist |
| 1672 | Johann Philipp Palthen | 1710 | Historian and linguist |
| 1737 | Daniel Nikolaus Runge | 1825 | Shipowner and businessman |
| 1763 | Julie de Roquette | 1823 | poetess |
| 1764 | Friedrich Gottlieb Canzler | 1811 | Economist, historian and geographer |
| 1766 | Georg Christian Sonnenschmidt | 1838 | Lawyer, Higher Appeal Council |
| 1767 | Daniel Runge | 1856 | Merchant, shipowner and poet |
| 1769 | Johann Christian Billroth | 1846 | Lawyer, Mayor of Greifswald |
| 1777 | Philipp Otto Runge | 1810 | Romantic painter |
| 1788 | Friedrich Heinrich Creplin | 1863 | Zoologist and medic |
| 1793 | August Wilhelm Homeyer | 1856 | Merchant and shipowner |
| 1795 | Carl Gustav Homeyer | 1874 | Lawyer, legal historian and German scholar |
| 1806 | Karl Bernhard Moll | 1878 | Protestant theologian |
| 1807 | Adolf Friedrich Stenzler | 1887 | Linguist and Indologist |
| 1816 | Theodor Marsson | 1892 | Pharmacist and botanist |
| 1819 | Hermann Rassow | 1907 | Classical philologist, high school supervisor in Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach |
| 1824 | Friedrich von Homeyer | 1898 | Pomeranian landowner, farmer and animal breeder |
| 1826 | Friedrich Rassow | 1904 | Reich judge |
| 1829 | Otto Livonius | 1917 | Vice admiral |
| 1833 | Rudolph Haack | 1909 | Naval engineer |
| 1835 | Heinrich Steinmetz | 1915 | Lawyer and university curator |
| 1836 | Heinrich Quistorp | 1902 | Merchant and banker |
| 1847 | Albert Störmer | 1922 | Chairman of the Sailors' Association of Hamburg and the surrounding area |
| 1854 | Alex Schöngrün | 1942 | painter |
| 1860 | Albert from the chamber | 1951 | Brethren preacher and author |
| 1864 | Willy Stöwer | 1931 | Marine painter of the imperial era |
| 1883 | Reginald Pasch | 1965 | actor |
| 1907 | Oskar Voss | 1944 | Communist resistance fighter against National Socialism and victims of National Socialism |
| 1908 | Ulrich Graf | 1954 | Mathematician and statistician |
| 1911 | Rudolf Rafoth | 1964 | Politician (KPD), Member of the Bundestag and trade union official |
| 1914 | Walter Jahnke | 1988 | Politician (SPD) |
| 1926 | Ulrich Ricken | 2011 | Romance studies and linguist |
| 1937 | Helma Heymann | Writer | |
| 1943 | Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin | Soccer player | |
| 1949 | Gisela Schwarz | Politician (SPD) | |
| 1950 | Hartmut Piniek | painter | |
| 1951 | Reinhard Meyer | painter | |
| 1959 | Olaf Baale | journalist | |
| 1960 | Frank Viehweg | Songwriter and poet | |
| 1960 | Heiko Kärger | District Administrator (CDU) | |
| 1963 | Henner Kotte | writer | |
| 1964 | Jörg Bach | sculptor | |
| 1964 | Jörg Brümmer | Judoka and sumo athletes | |
| 1965 | Manuela sat | Local politician | |
| 1965 | Jörg Phil Friedrich | Philosopher and entrepreneur | |
| 1966 | Karsten Neumann | Politician (The Left) | |
| 1966 | Kai-Uwe Schnapp | Political scientist | |
| 1967 | Axel Kruse | Soccer player | |
| 1968 | Franka Dietzsch | Track and field athlete | |
| 1972 | Sanne Schnapp | actress | |
| 1973 | Jirka Arndt | Track and field athlete in long distance running | |
| 1977 | Enrico Neitzel | Soccer player | |
| 1978 | Sebastian Lohse | Musician, singer, composer and actor | |
| 1979 | Ulrike Berger | Politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens) | |
| 1986 | Jennifer Weist | Rock singer of the band Jennifer Rostock | |
| 1987 | Aparde | Electronic music producer, live act and DJ | |
| 1990 | Johannes Sellin | Handball player | |
| 1991 | Henry Bell ringer | Volleyball and beach volleyball players | |
| 1991 | Robert Schulze | Handball player |
Personalities who have worked locally
- Johann Bötticher (1687–1748), rector of the city school
- Klaus Gollert (* 1938), doctor and politician (FDP)
- Gustav Hache (1835–1886), mayor of Wolgast, Angermünde and Essen
- Berthold Heberlein (1846–1914), theologian and city chronicler
- Karl Heller (1770–1837), theologian, librarian and city chronicler
- Johann Friedrich Homeyer (1753–1818), merchant and shipowner
- Thomas Kantzow (around 1505 - 1542), (Low) German chronicler and historian
- Walter Kolberg (1899–1954), Vice Mayor Wolgast, member of the state parliament (CDU) and victim of Soviet military justice
- Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1758–1818), pastor, professor and poet
- Gerd Kostmann (* 1941), football player at Motor Wolgast
- Johann August Kriebel (1735–1818), provost at St. Petri Church, writer
- Heinrich Julius Pistorius (1781–1861), mayor and member of the provincial parliament
- Pauline Scherping (1852–1932), local poet
- Hans-Christof Schober (* 1955), internist, chief physician in Wolgast, Neubrandenburg and Rostock, lives in Wolgast
- Ernst Konstantin von Schubert (1757–1835), license inspector
- Christian Enoch Wiesener (1798–1861), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and poet, superintendent in Wolgast