List of sons and daughters of the city of Oldenburg (Oldenburg)

This list shows the sons and daughters of the city of Oldenburg (Oldenburg) in chronological order.

For further personalities see the list of personalities of the city of Oldenburg (Oldenburg) , for honorary citizens see the list of honorary citizens of the city of Oldenburg (Oldb) .

The following people were born in Oldenburg (Oldb) (chronological list by year of birth):

Until 1800

Christian I (1426–1481), King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Johannes Kirchring (the younger) ( p. 1630–1645), scribe and painter
Gustav Ludwig Janson (1710–1788), Superintendent of the County of Oldenburg
Johann Friedrich Trentepohl (1748–1806), botanist
Gerhard Anton von Halem (1752–1819), lawyer, writer of the late Enlightenment
Albrecht Ludwig von Berger (1768–1813), lawyer
Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776–1841), philosopher, psychologist and educator
Friedrich Wilhelm Anton Roemer (1788–1865), lawyer and politician of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Friedrich Karl Hermann von Kruse (1790–1866), historian and university professor
Johann Heinrich Jakob Schloifer (1790–1867), Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse (1797–1855), classical philologist, linguist and university professor

1801 to 1900

Theodor Friedrich Heyse (1803-1884), classical philologist
Peter Friedrich Ludwig von Rössing (1805–1874), administrative lawyer and Minister of State of Oldenburg in the Grand Duke
Dietrich Klävemann (1814–1889), administrative lawyer
Sophie Löwe (1815–1866), opera singer
Hermann Heinrich Becker (1816–1898), President of the State Parliament, Member of the Reichstag, President of the Higher Regional Court
Amalie von Oldenburg (1818–1875), Queen of Greece
Caroline Ernst (1819–1902), first German female settler in Texas
Friedrich Tappenbeck (1820–1893), politician and judge, Minister of Justice
Karl Engel (1824–1913), musician and private scholar
Nikolaus Friedrich Peter (1827–1900), Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Gottfried Ramsauer (1827–1904), evangelical clergyman, teacher and prince educator
Günther Jansen (1831–1914), Minister of State in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Johannes Ramsauer (1832–1918), Protestant pastor, senior church councilor
Georg Flor (1833–1908), administrative lawyer and Oldenburg Minister of Justice
Franz Klüsner (1837–1916), Methodist preacher
Christian Griepenkerl (1839–1916), German-Austrian painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna
Karl von Eisendecher (1841–1934), naval officer, vice admiral of the Imperial German Navy, diplomat
Leonhard von und zu Egloffstein (1842–1904), Prussian major general
Karl von Wedel (1842–1919), civil governor of Alsace-Lorraine from 1907 to 1914
Adolf Eduard Mayer (1843–1942), agricultural chemist
Helene Lange (1848–1930), politician, educator and women's rights activist
August Dinklage (1849–1920), architect and construction clerk
Emil Pott (1851–1913), animal breeding scientist, university lecturer in Munich
Ludwig Mendelssohn (1852–1896), classical philologist
Friedrich August (Oldenburg, Grand Duke) (1852–1931), ship commander, admiral of the Imperial Navy
Ludwig Schotten (1853–1913), Lieutenant General
Henry Raschen (1854–1937), German-American painter
Otto Friedrich Gramberg (1856–1946), Ministerialrat and canon lawyer
Karl Tappenbeck (1858–1941), politician, Lord Mayor of Oldenburg
Ludwig Freese (1859–1936), architect, secret senior building officer
Walter Rüder (1861–1922), gynecologist and obstetrician in Hamburg.
Paul Müller-Kaempff (1861–1941), painter, draftsman and lithographer
August Brauer (1863–1917), zoologist
Rudolf Franksen (1864–1913), lawyer, consular officer
Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928), politician (National Liberal Party, DVP), MdR, Prime Minister of Saxony 1918
Heinrich Stalling (1865–1941), print shop owner and publisher
Emmi Lewald (1866–1946), writer and women's rights activist
Wilhelm Meinardus (1867–1952), geographer
Else Wirminghaus (1867–1939), women's rights activist and author
Georg Kossenhaschen (1868–1931), entrepreneur and hotelier
August Oetken (1868–1951), historicist painter and mosaic artist
Hermann Oncken (1869–1945), historian and political publicist
Enno Becker (1869–1940), lawyer and author of the Reich Tax Code from 1919, which was not replaced by the Tax Code until 1977
August Wessels (1870–1952), shoemaker and entrepreneur in Augsburg
Wilhelm Krüger (1871–1940), port construction director in Wilhelmshaven
Johann Schütte (1873–1940), researcher and designer of ships and airships
Theodor Francksen (1875–1914), art collector
Erich tho Rahde (1875–1927), administrative and banking lawyer
Enno Littmann (1875–1958), orientalist and translator
Magnus Schwantje (1877–1959), writer, pacifist and animal rights activist
Rudolf Freese (1879–1963), politician, member of the state parliament (FDP)
Emil Lueken (1879–1961), Mayor of Kiel from 1920 to 1933
Carl Ramsauer (1879–1955), physicist
August Hinrichs (1879–1956), writer
Ernst Wempe (1881–1949), lawyer, Mayor of Brake and Lord Mayor of Schwerin
Bernhard Willers (1881–1941), lawyer and politician
Franz Hartong (1882–1945), politician (DVP, NSDAP), administrative lawyer, politician and member of the state parliament
Karl Jaspers (1883–1969), philosopher and writer
Otto Schultze (1884–1966), Admiral General in World War II
Gustav Nutzhorn (1886–1981), teacher, politician, member of the state parliament (NSDAP)
Fritz Cropp (1887–1984), Nazi official and “euthanasia” doctor
Ralf von der Marwitz (1888–1966), naval officer, vice admiral and naval attaché
Theodor Pekol (1888–1958), bus builder and entrepreneur
Wilhelm Freiherr von Schorlemer (1888–1965), politician (NSDAP) and SA leader
Helmuth Wirminghaus (1891–1968), architect
Walter Böning (1894–1981), officer and fighter pilot in the First World War
Fritz Fuhrken (1894–1943), painter
Gerd Meyer (1894–1987), painter
Otto Suhr (1894–1957), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Governing Mayor of Berlin
Johann Gerdes (1896–1933), politician, member of the state parliament (KPD)
Felix Stiemer (1896–1945), writer and publisher
Clara Reyersbach (1897–1972), journalist
Wilhelm Gideon (1898–1977), commandant of the Groß-Rosen concentration camp
Hermann Engel (1899–1975), politician, president of the Bremen citizenship

1901 to 1950

Emil Brose (1901–1962), painter
Hans Gehrels (1904–1998), administrative lawyer and district administrator
Emil Klein (1905–2010), politician (NSDAP), member of the Reichstag
Carl Hinrichs (1907–1967), actor
Klaus Seelemann (1915–1972), pediatrician in Hamburg
Ingeborg Sello (1916–1982), photographer
Christiane Volger (1917–2008), forest scientist
Gertrud Meyer-Denkmann (1918–2014), composer, pianist and music teacher
Hans Günther Aach (1919–1999), botanist
Gernot Rath (1919–1967), medical historian
Anna Maria Strackerjan (1919–1980), sculptor
Heinz Rökker (1920–2018), military pilot and book author
Albert Tönjes (1920–1980), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
Paul Raabe (1927–2013), literary scholar and library specialist
Felix Gerritzen (1927–2007), soccer player in the German national soccer team
Jürgen Goslar (* 1927), actor and director
Heinz Baumann (* 1928), actor
Theodor Kohlmann (1932–2011), folklorist and director of the Museum for German Folklore
Wilhelm Deinert (1933–2012), writer
Ulrike Meinhof (1934–1976), journalist and terrorist (Red Army Faction)
Hilka Koch (* 1938), author
Heiko Steffens (* 1938), educator and economist
Otto Wolters (1938-2020), jazz pianist
Heide Braukmüller (1940–2017), teacher and writer
Burkhard Grashorn (1940–2017), architect and university professor
Eilert Herms (* 1940), systematic theologian in Tübingen
Hartmut Wolff (1941–2012), ancient historian and professor of ancient history in Passau
Anne Duden (* 1942), writer
Walter Kreye (* 1942), actor
Eckart Grenzer (1943–2017), sculptor
Bernd Schiphorst (* 1943), media manager, president of the Bundesliga soccer club Hertha BSC
Ralf Schnell (* 1943), Germanist and literary scholar
Dietmar Schütz (* 1943), Lord Mayor of Oldenburg
Werner Vahlenkamp (* 1944), historian
Robert Alexy (* 1945), lawyer and philosopher
Su Kramer (* 1946, alias Gudrun Kramer), singer ("Children of Love")
Günter Meyer (* 1946), geographer and university professor
Ingeborg Middendorf (* 1946), writer
Gerlind Rosenbusch (* 1947), Low German actress and presenter
Klaus Addicks (* 1948), anatomist
Marion Eckertz-Höfer (* 1948), President of the Federal Administrative Court
Harald Gollnick (* 1948), dermatologist
Uta Frommater (* 1948), swimmer
Bernd Eilert (* 1949), writer
Christiane Gibiec (* 1949), writer
Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski (1949–2013), composer
Kurt Edler (* 1950), teacher and Hamburg politician on the Green Alternative List (GAL)
Manfred Milinski (* 1950), biologist and member of the Max Planck Society
Andrä Wolter (* 1950), educational scientist and university professor

From 1951

Jens Frahm (* 1951), biophysicist and physical chemist
Klaus Modick (* 1951), writer, literary translator
Dorothea Wolf (* 1951), politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament from 1994 to 1998
Ulrich Lunscken (1952–2008), diplomat, from 2005 to 2007 Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Cuba
Hartmut Witte (* 1952), photographer and art historian
Thomas Schäfer (* 1952), diplomat
Wolfgang Gussmann (* 1952), internationally active stage and costume designer
Klaus Baumgart (* 1954), entertainer ( Klaus and Klaus )
Thomas Schütte (* 1954), sculptor and draftsman
Ulrich Wiggers (* 1955), actor
Axel Groenemeyer (1956–2020), sociologist, professor at the Technical University of Dortmund
Michael Kalkbrenner (* 1956), football player
Heiko Daxl (1957–2012), media artist and exhibition curator
Karlheinz Schwuchow (* 1958), university professor
Andrea Clausen (* 1959), actress, member of the Burgtheater ensemble
Lutz Stratmann (* 1960), politician (CDU), former Lower Minister for Science and Culture
Olaf Glaeseker (* 1961), political official and journalist
Holger Hanselka (* 1961), mechanical engineer, President of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hardy Crueger (born 1962), writer
Olaf Sosnitza (* 1963), lawyer and university professor
Matthias Stich (* 1963), marksman
Silvius von Kessel (* 1965), cathedral organist at Erfurt Cathedral
Bernd Althusmann (* 1966), Lower Saxony Minister of Education and Culture and President of the Conference of Education Ministers
Maike Dörries (* 1966), translator
Stefan Lang (* 1966), former soccer player and today's coach
Carsten Biesok (* 1968), lawyer and politician (FDP), MdL
Esther Niewerth-Baumann (* 1968), lawyer and politician (CDU), MdL
Karsten Baumann (* 1969), former soccer player and today's coach
Ulrike Hinrichs (* 1969), journalist, press officer and association official
Oliver Jahn (* 1969), director, author, actor
Esther Francksen (* 1970), actress
Jando (* 1970), b. Jens Koch, scriptwriter and writer in the field of fiction
Björn Meyer-Schomann (* 1970), basketball player
Jan Pommer (* 1970), Managing Director of the Basketball Bundesliga
Michael Ramsauer (* 1970), painter
Thorsten Thümler (* 1971), politician
Clelia Sarto (* 1973), actress
Hans Jörg Butt (* 1974), soccer player
Hasnain Kazim (* 1974), journalist
Sven Bremer (* 1975), soccer player
Michael Beutler (* 1976), sculptor and installation artist
Oliver Köhrmann (* 1976), national handball player
Amelie Lux (* 1977), windsurfer, Olympic participant in 2000 and 2004
Christine Uschy Wernke (* 1977), director
Michael Zellmer (* 1977), water polo goalkeeper
Anne Onken (* 1977), radio presenter
Oliver Gussenberg (* 1978), judoka, Olympic participant
Florian Bruns (* 1979), soccer player
Kathrin Scholl (* 1979), handball player
Sebastian Prignitz (* 1980), epigraphist and archaeologist
Dirk Stamer (* 1980), business IT specialist and politician (SPD)

Boris Herrmann (* 1981), sailing enthusiast

Jan Krüger (* 1981), film producer

Johannes Bitter (* 1982), national handball goalkeeper

Monroe (* 1982), actually Willem Bock, music producer, author and publisher

Jens Schreiber (* 1982), freestyle swimmer and Olympic participant

Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (* 1983), TV presenter and actor

Corinna Miazga (* 1983), politician (AfD)

Jannik Freese (* 1986), basketball player

Thomas Plößel (* 1988), sailor

Carolin Schmele (* 1990), handball player

Dennis Engel (* 1995), soccer player