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