List of sons and daughters of the city of Greifswald
Personalities born in the Hanseatic City of Greifswald in the order of their year of birth:
15th and 16th centuries
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- Henning Scharpenberg († 1448), Archbishop of Riga
- Heinrich Rubenow (around 1400 - 1462), founder of the University of Greifswald
- Peter Warschow (around 1417 - 1486), Mayor of Greifswald
- Hermann Slupwachter (1420–1490), Roman Catholic theologian and legal scholar
- Enwaldus Klene († 1501), professor at the University of Greifswald
- Arnold Segeberg († 1506), professor at the Universities of Greifswald and Rostock, councilor in Stralsund
- Johannes Meilof (around 1435 - around 1505), lawyer
- Nikolaus Smiterlow (mid 15th century - 1539), politician and mayor of Stralsund
- Johannes Sastrow (1515–1545), legal scholar, provost of the cathedral in Speyer
- Bartholomäus Sastrow (1520-1603), writer
- Joachim Erich (1526–1598), Mayor of Greifswald
- Jürgen Gruwel (around 1530 - 1613), dressmaker and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- Martin Völschow (1546–1613), Mayor of Greifswald
- Joachim Cimdarsius (1553–1618), professor of poetry at the University of Königsberg
- Friedrich Runge (1559–1604), theologian
- Heinrich Schlichtkrull (1560–1625), Chancellor of the Counts of Mansfeld
- David Runge (1564-1604), theologian
- Augustin Rhaw (1573–1621), lawyer, Vice Chancellor in the Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast
- Friedrich Mevius (1576–1636), legal scholar at the University of Greifswald
- Johann Seger (1582–1637), Rector of the Wittenberg City School
- Lorenz Stephani (1588–1657), lawyer in Mecklenburg
- Mövius Völschow (1588–1650), theologian and general superintendent
- Johann Burgmann (1589–1662), lawyer
- Immanuel König (1590–1645), theologian and general superintendent
- Joachim Völschow (1591–1664), legal scholar at the University of Greifswald
- Alexander Erskein (1598–1656), lawyer, Swedish court lord
- Friedrich Runge (1599–1655), Brandenburg Chancellor in Western Pomerania
17th century
- Laurentius Ribovius (1601–1644), music teacher, poet of sacred songs and non-fiction author
- Abraham Battus (1606–1674), theologian and general superintendent
- Johannes Bering (1607–1658), theologian and mathematician
- David Mevius (1609–1670), lawyer, judge at the Wismar Higher Tribunal
- Franz Stypmann (1612–1650), legal scholar
- Sibylla Schwarz (1621–1638), poet
- Johann Pommeresch (1624–1689), legal scholar
- Georg Engelbrecht (1626–1693), lawyer, judge at the Wismar Higher Tribunal
- Joachim Christian von Ehrenburg (1628–1695), lawyer, president of the judicial colleges and the consistory in the Duchy of Bremen and Verden
- Hermann von Wolffradt (1629–1684), Chancellor of Swedish Pomerania
- Konrad Friedlieb (1633–1714), legal scholar at the University of Greifswald
- Jacob Henning (1633–1704), Protestant theologian
- Petrus von Mascow (1634–1719), legal scholar at the University of Greifswald, director of the consistory
- Friedrich Gerdes (1634–1695), legal scholar at the University of Greifswald, director of the consistory
- Mattias von Hartmannsdorf (1641–1690), diplomat in the Swedish service, judge at the Wismar Higher Tribunal
- Johann Georg Burgmann (1647 - after 1672), legal scholar at the University of Greifswald
- Georg Bernhard von Engelbrechten (1658–1730), lawyer, chancellor for the imperial territory of the duchies of Bremen-Verden
- Jeremias Papke (1672–1755), mathematician and theologian
- Joachim Andreas Helwig (1677–1736), legal scholar
- Johann Ludwig Würffel (1678–1719), theologian and field preacher
- Christoph Pyl (1678–1739), educator and historian
- Georg Adolf Caroc ( 1679-1730 or 1732), lawyer
- Christoph Helwig junior (1679–1714), professor of medicine
- Philipp Balthasar Gerdes (1680–1736), legal scholar
- Jakob Palthen (1683–1746), judge at the Greifswald court
- Jacob Gabriel Wolff (1683 / 84–1754), lawyer, hymn poet
- Jakob Heinrich von Balthasar (1690–1763), theologian and historian
- Laurentius Stenzler (1698–1778), theologian and general superintendent
- Johann Franz von Boltenstern (1700–1763), judge at the court court in Greifswald and at the upper tribunal in Wismar
18th century
- Augustin von Balthasar (1701–1786), lawyer
- Hermann Heinrich von Engelbrecht (1709–1760), lawyer
- Peter Ahlwardt (1710–1791), theologian and philosopher
- Andreas Westphal (1720–1788), anatomist and archiater
- Georg Brockmann (1723–1800), theologian
- Christian Wilhelm Haken (1723–1791), pastor
- Johann David von Reichenbach (1732–1807), chronicler, scientist, enlightener and reformer
- Joh. Chr. Andreas Mayer (1747–1801), medic
- Siegfried Joachim Meyer (1751–1833), lawyer and mayor of Greifswald
- Carl Friedrich Pogge (1752–1840), businessman and coin collector
- Christian Wilhelm Ahlwardt (1760-1830), philologist
- Johann Gottfried Hagemeister (1762–1806), actor, poet, publicist and teacher
- Johann Martin Giehr (1763–1848), painter
- Gabriel Peter von Haselberg (1763–1838), lawyer
- Emanuel Friedrich Hagemeister (1764–1819), legal scholar
- Lorenz Wilhelm von Haselberg (1764–1844), physician
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), painter
- Carl Gesterding (1774–1843), lawyer, historian and mayor of Greifswald
- Friedrich Muhrbeck (1775–1827), philosopher
- Georg Andreas Reimer (1776–1842), publisher
- Karl Schildener (1777–1843), lawyer and legal historian
- Adolph Friedrich Kunike (1777–1838), lithographer, draftsman and publisher in Vienna
- Ludwig Julius Caspar Mende (1779–1832), gynecologist, obstetrician and coroner
- God of honor Ulrich Warnekros (1779–1830), physician and city physician
- Anton Heinrich Gladrow (1785–1855), painter and drawing teacher
- Carl Friedrich Theodor Heuer (1785–1854), dike captain in the Oderbruch
- Gottlieb Giese (1787–1838), painter and architect
- Johann Christian Friedrich Finelius (1787–1846), theologian
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Schubert (1788–1856), Lutheran theologian, clergyman, Scandinavian and university professor
- Johanna Odebrecht (1794–1856), founder of the Johanna Odebrecht Foundation
19th century
- Friedrich Hermann Sonnenschmidt (1801–1881), lawyer and Prussian Appellate Councilor
- Karl Rodbertus (1805–1875), political economist
- Johann Friedrich Boeck (1811–1873), landscape painter and photographer
- Ludwig Hermann (1812–1881), landscape and marine painter
- Albert Hoefer (1812–1883), linguist and Indo-Europeanist
- Ulrich von Baudissin (1816–1893), painter and writer
- Carl Ferdinand Eichstedt (1816-1892), gynecologist and dermatologist
- Hugo von Lilienthal (1816–1890), Prussian major general
- Asta Heiberg (1817–1904), writer
- Eduard Heldt (1818–1885) German rear admiral
- Edmund Hoefer (1819–1882), novelist and literary critic
- Hermann Friedrich Christoph Lehmann (1821–1879), philologist, pedagogue and historian
- Ludwig Ziemssen (1823–1895), educator, writer and editor
- Theodor Pyl (1826–1904), historian
- Wilhelm Ahlwardt (1828–1909), orientalist
- Hugo von Ziemssen (1829–1902), internist
- Wilhelm Haeger (1834–1901), architect and construction clerk
- Wilhelm Heinrich Meyer (1834–1896), businessman and author, co-owner of the F. Hessenland company in Stettin
- Eduard Heiden (1835–1888), agricultural chemist
- Otto Vogel (1838–1914), high school teacher and author
- Wilhelmina Weyergang (1839–1903), Low German narrator
- Paul Konewka (1841–1871), silhouette cutter and draftsman
- Wilhelmine Althaber (1841–1917), writer and educator
- Katharina Brandis (1841–1928), painter and traveler to India
- Max von Beseler (1841–1921), lawyer and politician
- Alma Kriesche (1844–1923), writer and women's rights activist
- Theodor Brieger (1842–1915), theologian
- Heinrich Heydemann (1842–1889), archaeologist
- Paul Vogt (1844–1885), physician
- Paul Bergholz (1845–1909), meteorologist
- Konrad Gesterding (1848–1917), lawyer and politician
- Hans von Beseler (1850–1921), general and politician
- Max Lenz (1850–1932), historian
- Friedrich Vogt (1851–1923), historian, philologist and Germanist
- Mite Kremnitz (1852–1916), writer
- Ernst Gronow (1856–1932), politician and mayor in Stralsund
- Max Schröder-Greifswald (1858–1948), painter
- Luise Greger (1862–1944), composer
- Erich Pernice (1864–1945), archaeologist
- Georg Engel (1866–1931), writer
- Otto Wobbe (1868–1945), local history researcher and writer
- Konrad Haenisch (1876–1925), journalist, editor and politician
- Hans von Oldershausen (1876–1956), Prussian administrative lawyer, senior government councilor and district administrator
- Minna Todenhagen (1880–1950), social politician and co-founder of the workers' welfare organization
- Friedrich Jürgen Baethgen (1890–1972), historian and medievalist
- Dora Schlatter (1890–1969), member of the state parliament
- Heinrich Zimmer (1890–1943), Indologist
- Ellen de Boor (1891–1976), author and translator
- Hans Fallada (1893-1947), writer
- Hellmuth Heyden (1893–1972), theologian and church historian
- Kurt Wolff (1895–1917), fighter pilot
- Berthold Altmann (1896–1992), lawyer
20th century
1901 to 1950
- Paul Busse-Grawitz (1900–1983), physician
- Georg Eilert (1901–1985), actor, radio and voice actor
- Hermann Druckrey (1904-1994), pharmacologist
- Wolfgang Koeppen (1906–1996), writer
- Ottomar Domnick (1907–1989), psychiatrist, film author and art collector
- Fritz Kempe (1909–1988), photographer
- Ernst Kutscher (1909–1974), lawyer and diplomat
- Wolf Strache (1910–2001), photographer, picture book author, publisher
- Manfred Bues (1913–2012), track and field athlete
- Heinrich Ferdinand Curschmann (1913–2009), German lawyer and student historian
- Magnus von Braun (1919–2003), chemical engineer and rocket designer
- Eckhart Buddecke (1923–2016), physician, university professor for biochemistry and founder of the foundation
- Horst Bibergeil (1925–2013), physician (diabetologist)
- Ewald Moldt (1927–2019), GDR politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Romania (1965–70), Deputy Foreign Minister of the GDR (1970–78, 1988–90)
- Rudi Fleck (1930–2012), politician (SED)
- Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980), writer
- Peter Stöckicht (* 1930), lawyer and politician (NPD)
- Ingeborg Lohfink (* 1931), writer, poet and publicist
- Jürgen Spranger (* 1931), pediatrician
- Renate Herrmann-Winter (* 1933), professor for Low German
- Evamaria Engel (* 1934), medieval historian
- Ute Guzzoni (* 1934), philosopher and author
- Horst Hussel (1934–2017), draftsman, graphic artist and writer
- Horst Saß (1934–2013), soccer player, coach and university professor
- Josef Sommer (* 1934), actor
- Doris Gercke (* 1937), writer
- Else Ludwig (* 1937), actress and musical artist
- Elke Blumenthal (* 1938), Egyptologist
- Peter Götz Güttler (* 1939), medalist
- Volker Rohde (1939–2000), conductor
- Karl Hagemann (1941–2019), politician (CDU)
- Karin Illgen (* 1941), track and field athlete
- Klaus Müller (* 1941), badminton player
- Wolfgang Teichmann (* 1941), surgeon
- Peter Bongartz (* 1942), actor
- Barbara Duden (* 1942), medical historian and gender researcher
- Hans Lüssow (* 1942), naval officer, most recently Vice Admiral of the Federal Navy and Inspector of the Navy
- Hartmut Krüger (1943–1998), lawyer and university professor
- Hans-Ulrich Lüdemann (1943–2019), writer
- Eveline Hall (* 1945), actress, model and ballet dancer
- Lutz Feldt (* 1945), naval officer, most recently Vice Admiral of the Federal Navy and Inspector of the Navy, former President of the German Maritime Institute
- Karin Struck (1947–2006), writer
- Karin Rührdanz (* 1949), art historian and Islamic scholar
- Gerd-Christian Biege (* 1950), singer
- Christine Zierath (* 1950), badminton player
1951 to 2000
- Christian Nülken (* 1951), architect and architectural historian
- Michael Siebenbrodt (* 1951), architect, architectural historian and director of the Bauhaus Museum
- Horst Wernicke (* 1951), historian
- Holger Biege (1952–2018), musician
- Joachim Dreifke (* 1952), rower
- Hartmut Huhse (* 1952), soccer player
- Eckart Märzke (* 1952), soccer player and soccer coach
- Harry Glawe (* 1953), politician (CDU)
- Jörg-Peter Weigle (* 1953), conductor, music teacher
- Christoph Meyer (* 1954), draftsman and graphic artist
- Wolfgang Rindfleisch (* 1954), radio play director
- Ulrich Kons (* 1955), rower
- Christoph Singelnstein (* 1955), journalist and media manager
- Friedhelm Bögelsack (* 1955), ice hockey player
- Andreas Pehnke (* 1957), education historian
- Jürgen Uteß (* 1957), soccer player
- Ute Schildt (* 1957), politician
- Cornelia Linse (* 1959), rower
- Torsten Koch (* 1960), boxer
- Ilona Ryk (* 1960), badminton player
- Birgit Kämmer (* 1962), badminton player
- Petra Michalowsky (* 1962), badminton player
- Thorsten Zwinger (* 1962), painter
- Veronika Albrecht-Birkner (* 1963), Protestant theologian and university professor
- Mayk Bullerjahn (* 1963), soccer player
- Caren Metschuck (* 1963), swimmer
- Anett Kölpin (* 1963), musician, singer and piano player
- Schaukje Könning (* 1963), actress and voice actress
- Friedrich Kramer (* 1964), Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany
- Thomas Mundt (* 1964), badminton player
- Jörg Stülke (* 1964), microbiologist
- Martin Jankowski (* 1965), author
- Wiebke Wiedeck (* 1965), speaker and author, former singer and actress
- Nils Düwell (* 1966), actor
- Dirk Schleinert (* 1966), archivist and historian
- Klaus-Martin Bresgott (* 1967), art historian and conductor
- Henri Fuchs (* 1970), football player
- Gerrit Brösel (* 1972), economist
- René Gottwald (* 1973), soccer player
- Mathias Rochow (* 1975), politician (NPD)
- Katharina Feike (* 1976), politician
- Nikolaus Kramer (* 1976), politician (AfD)
- Stefan Rochow (* 1976), politician (NPD)
- Maik Machulla (* 1977), handball player
- Steffen Popp (* 1978), writer
- Alexander Kowalski (* 1978), techno DJ and producer
- Robert Gabel (* 1979), politician (animal welfare party)
- Ute Katharina Kampowsky (* 1979), actress
- Robin Szolkowy (* 1979), figure skater
- Jörg Lehnigk (* 1980), rower
- Sebastian Sylvester (* 1980), professional boxer
- Judith Schalansky (* 1980), writer and book designer
- Christian Person (* 1980), soccer player
- Johannes Thielmann (* 1981), film producer, film director and screenwriter
- Paola Brandenburg (* 1984), theater and film actress
- Andreas Kämmer (* 1984), badminton player
- Luise Amtsberg (* 1984), politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), MbB
- Christian Löffler (* 1985), musician
- Swantje Basan (* 1986), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Sven Präkels (* 1986), handball player
- Thomas Troelenberg (* 1987), professional boxer
- Isabell Schmidt (* 1989), pop singer
- Elisabeth Aßmann (* 1990), agricultural economist and politician
- Toni Kroos (* 1990), soccer player
- Felix Kroos (* 1991), soccer player
- Anna Rüh (* 1993), track and field athlete