List of sons and daughters of the city of Schwerin

This list contains a chronological listing of personalities born in Schwerin . The list does not claim to be complete.

16.-17. century

Anna Maria of Mecklenburg (1627–1669)

Karl Adolf von Plessen (1678–1758)

Philipp (1514–1557), Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]
Ulrich (1527–1603), Duke of Mecklenburg
Simon Pauli the Elder (1534–1591), Lutheran theologian
Thomas Mancinus (1550 - around 1612), composer and court conductor
Friedrich Molinus (* in the 16th century, † 1655), ducal Vogt and lieutenant colonel
Sigismund August von Mecklenburg (1560–1600), Duke of Mecklenburg
Ulrich von Wackerbarth (* before 1573, probably 1659), canon, district administrator in Saxony-Lauenburg and the last cathedral dean in Schwerin
Adolf Friedrich I (1588–1658), Duke of Mecklenburg
Christian (Ludwig) I (1623–1692), Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]
Karl, Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (1626–1670), Canon of Strasbourg
Anna Maria von Mecklenburg (1627–1669), titular Duchess of Mecklenburg
Laurentius Gutzmer (1636–1703), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, provost at Ratzeburg Cathedral
Friedrich zu Mecklenburg (1638–1688), apanaged prince in Grabow
Justus Ludwig Olthoff (1659–1720), Mayor of Stralsund, District Administrator and Councilor
Hans Jacob Faber (1665–1729), Hamburg Mayor
Christian Ludwig Scheel von Plessen (1676–1752), Privy Councilor in the Danish Konseil
Karl Adolf von Plessen (1678–1758), court marshal, chief chamberlain and secret councilor at the Danish court
Ernst Joachim Westphal (1700–1759), Holstein cabinet minister

18th century

Johann Joachim Busch (1720–1802)

Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I (1756–1837)

Konrad Ernst Ackermann (1712–1771), actor
Friedrich the Pious (1717–1785), Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]
Johann Joachim Busch (1720–1802), architect
Simon Gabriel Suckow (1721–1786), university professor in Erlangen
Lorenz Johann Daniel Suckow (1722–1801), naturalist
Georg Joachim Mark (1726–1774), Lutheran theologian and librarian
Carl Friedrich Evers (1729–1803), lawyer, archivist and numismatist
Diederich Georg Babst (1741–1800), writer
Johann August von Starck (1741–1816), theologian and Freemason
Johann Heinrich Suhrlandt (1742–1827), court painter to the Mecklenburg dukes
Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744–1816), actor, theater director and playwright
Christian Friedrich Krüger (1753–1840), Minister of State
Christian Ludwig Seehas (1753–1802), painter
Bernhard Friedrich von Bassewitz (1756–1816), Mecklenburg-Schwerin's secret council president
Friedrich Franz I (1756–1837), Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]
Joseph Aaron (* in the 18th century; † 1830), medalist and die cutter
Johann Jacob Heinrich Westphal (1756–1825), organist, teacher and music collector
Johann Jürgen Busch (1758–1820), sculptor
Sophie Friederike von Mecklenburg (1758–1794), Princess of Denmark
Christoph David Anton Martini (1761–1815), Protestant theologian and university professor
Christlieb Georg Heinrich Arresto (1768–1817), actor and poet
Karl Albert von Kamptz (1769–1849), lawyer and Prussian Minister of State and Justice
Johann Hermann Kuetemeyer (1769–1854), court and feudal counselor, founder of the Schwerin Foundation named after him
Johann Hermann Becker (1770–1848), physician, spa doctor in Doberan
Friedrich Burmeister (1771–1851), stage actor and singer
Gustav von Both (1772–1835), Prussian officer
Johann Christian Krampe (1774–1849), opera singer, stage actor, director and director
Otto Kychenthal (1777–1841), pharmacist, entrepreneur and tax collector
Luise Charlotte zu Mecklenburg (1779–1801), Hereditary Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Johann Georg Barca (1781–1826), court architect
Johann Georg Wachenhusen (1781–1833), officer and publicist
Carl Christoph von Bassewitz (1784–1837), Mecklenburg-Schwerin secret councilor
Carl Riemann (1785–1843), Lutheran clergyman
Wilhelm Hennemann (1786–1843), physician, secret medical advisor, namesake of the Hennemann Foundation
Adolph Christian Ulrich von Bassewitz (1787–1841), Canon of Lübeck, Chamberlain
Gottlieb Nagel (1787–1827), liberation fighter, poet and educator
Gottlieb Schnelle (1789–1815), lawyer and fighter in the Wars of Liberation
Heinrich von Bülow (1792–1846), Prussian statesman
Johann Friedrich Christoph Meyer (1792–1852), educator
Peter Friedrich Rudolf Faull (1793–1863), administrative lawyer and founder of statistics in Mecklenburg
Johann Heinrich Westphal (1794–1831), private scholar, astronomer and writer
Ludwig Bartning (1799–1864), architect and construction clerk
Johann Ritter (1799–1880), clergyman, farmer and politician

19th century

1801-1825

Theodor Schloepke (1812-1878)

Jasper von Oertzen (1801–1874), administrative lawyer, diplomat and Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Samuel Schnelle (1803–1877), lawyer, landowner and politician
Carl Kürschner (1804 - after 1851), bookseller, publisher and member of the Mecklenburg parliament
Friedrich Paschen (1804–1873), geodesist and astronomer
Eduard Mantius (1806–1874), singer, composer and singing teacher
Theodor Klett (1808–1882), garden architect
Carl Rettberg (1808–1883), painter and photographer
Bernhard Heinrich Wehmeyer (1809–1880), lawyer and politician
Friedrich Weigel (1809 - after 1854), printer, bookseller, publisher and politician
Theodor Schloepke (1812–1878), painter and illustrator
Gustav Siedenburg (1813 - after 1857), theologian, educator, journalist and politician
Henning von Bassewitz (1814–1885), Minister of State and member of the constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation
Friedrich Jentzen (1815–1901), painter and lithographer
Carl Krüger (1815–1883), lawyer and politician
Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815–1894), poet, art and literary historian
Conrad Hoff (1816–1883), painter
Theodor Fischer (1817–1873), painter
Eduard Hobein (1817–1882), lawyer, writer and editor
Theodor Krüger (1818–1885), architect
Julius von Wickede (1819–1896), officer, journalist and writer
Carl Nipperdey (1821–1875), classical philologist
Julius Polentz (1821–1869), educator, poet and editor

1826-1850

Franziska Ellmenreich (1847–1931)

Friedrich (Ludwig Theodor) Friese (1827–1896; Friese III), organ builder
Karl Lemcke (1831–1913), art historian, songwriter, rector at the University of Stuttgart
Louis von Lützow (1831–1882), Prussian major general
Karl Paschen (1835–1911), naval officer
Gustav Brüning (1835–1882), lawyer and consul
Rudolf Brunnengräber (1836–1897), senator and factory owner
Johanna Willborn (1838–1908), teacher and writer
August Kundt (1839-1894), physicist
Wilhelm Herbst (1842–1917), dentist, entrepreneur, pioneer of dentistry
Carl Wüstnei (1843–1902), railway construction officer and ornithologist
Hans von Koester (1844–1928), naval officer
Marie Hankel (1844–1929), Esperanto poet
Eduard Rabe (1844–1920), Senator
Minna Stocks (1846–1928), landscape and animal painter
Carl Beyer (1847–1923), pastor, writer and historian
Franziska Ellmenreich (1847–1931), actress

1851-1875

Hugo Berwald (1863-1937)

Friedrich Paschen (1865–1947)

Martha Goldberg (1873-1938)

Leopold von Buch (1852–1919), Prussian major general and commander of the 22nd Cavalry Brigade
Felix Löwenthal (1853–1929), lawyer and parliamentarian
Ludwig Müffelmann (1853–1927), Freemason, journalist and writer
Carl von Bassewitz-Levetzow (1855–1921), President of the State Ministry of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Sophie von Scheve (1855–1925), painter
Johann Albrecht , Duke of Mecklenburg (1857–1920), Regent of Braunschweig and Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Friedrich Klockmann (1858–1937), mineralogist
Otto Weltzien (1859–1942), lawyer, mayor of Schwerin
Wilhelm Dröscher (1860–1939), statistician
Heinrich Friese (1860–1948), entomologist and bee researcher
Ernst von Wrisberg (1862–1927), General and Director of the General Prussian War Departments
Heinrich Cunow (1862–1936), ethnologist, editor and politician (SPD)
Emil Pahren (1862–1925), opera singer
Hugo Berwald (1863–1937), sculptor
Otto von Koppelow (1863–1942), Prussian officer
Sophie Charlotte von Sell (1864–1941), writer
August Wiegand (1864–1945), theologian
William Henry Berwald (1864–1948), American music teacher, conductor and composer
Friedrich von Mettenheim (1864–1932), Prussian administrative lawyer and district administrator
Anna Ahrens (1865 - after 1913), writer
Friedrich Paschen (1865–1947), physicist
Ludwig Hamann (1867–1929), writer, journalist and publisher
Heinrich Becker (1868–1922), first German architect in China
Franz Feldmann (1868–1937), politician, member of the Reichstag (SPD)
Gustav Berling (1869–1943), engineer and inventor
Elsa Jäger (1869 - after 1898), stage actress
Carl Krack (1869–1944), architect
Frieda Bohnsach (around 1870 - after 1902), opera singer and theater actress
Friedrich Wilhelm , Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (1871–1897), naval officer
Adolf Friedrich , Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (1873–1969), traveler to Africa, colonial politician and first President of the German Olympic Committee
Clara Albrecht (1873–1927), stage actress
Otto Fedder (1873–1918), landscape painter
Martha Goldberg (1873–1938), socially committed woman, victim of National Socialism
Wilhelm Gaede (1875–1944), administrative lawyer and district administrator
Georg Schütz (1875–1945), painter, illustrator, commercial artist, caricaturist and wall painter
Hermann Schütz (1875–1953), painter, illustrator and military draftsman

1876-1900

Bernhard Schwentner (1891–1944)

Heinrich , Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (1876–1934), Prince of the Netherlands
Wilhelm Crull (1876–1956), consular officer
Minna Schröder (1878–1965), politician
Alexandrine , Duchess of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (1879–1952), Queen of Denmark
Friedrich Franz Brockmüller (1880–1958), sculptor
Hans Stoffers (1881–1960), architect
Günther Dehn (1882–1970), theologian and university professor
Munkepunke (1882–1956), writer
Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper (1883–1935), politician of the NSDAP and Gauleiter of Magdeburg-Anhalt
Hermann Baranowski (1884–1940), camp commandant of two German concentration camps during the National Socialist era
Paul Goesch (1885–1940), painter and architect, victim of National Socialism
Cecilie , Duchess of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (1886–1954), last Crown Princess of the German Empire
Anna Marie Floerke (1887–1961), binding researcher
Ewald Dülberg (1888–1933), painter and set designer
Friedrich Schult (1889–1978), educator, poet, painter and graphic artist
Claus Clauberg (1890–1963), musician, music teacher and composer
Bernhard Schwentner (1891–1944), Catholic pastor and resistance fighter
Gregor Gog (1891–1945), anarchist and journalist
Gertrud Wehl-Rosenfeld (1891–1976), pianist and music teacher
Karl Bombach (1891 - unknown), politician (NSDAP)
Hans Lachmund (1892–1972), lawyer, politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism
Ilse Schmidt (1892–1964), member of the Mecklenburg state parliament
Wilhelm Gustloff (1895–1936), NSDAP leader
Werner Burmeister (1895–1945), art historian
Henning Fahrenheim (1895–1966), Lutheran theologian
Hans Fleischer (1896–1975), reciter and radio broadcaster
Gerd Dettmann (1897–1943), art historian
Gerhard Wagner (1898–1987), naval officer
Friedrich Traugott Schmidt (1899–1944), rear admiral
Maria Bard (1900–1944), actress
Elly Beetz (1900–1951), landscape painter
Walter Steinfatt (1900–1988), educator

20th century

1901-1925

Hermann Krause (1902–1991)

Ludwig Bölkow (1912-2003)

Maria Besendahl (1901–1983), film and theater actress
Hermann Krause (1902–1991), lawyer and university professor
Hans Nevermann (1902–1982), ethnologist and travel writer
Friedrich Tamms (1904–1980), architect
Senta Bonacker (1906–1975), actress
Karl Heinz Kaltenborn (1906 - unknown), lawyer and politician (CDU)
Rudolf Metzmacher (1906-2004), cellist
Franz Niebuhr (1906–1982), landscape painter
Walter Julius Haacke (1909–2002), church musician, music teacher and musicologist
Ludwig Bölkow (1912–2003), engineer and industrialist
Jaspar von Oertzen (1912–2008), actor, director, author and politician (ÖDP)
Hanfried Krüger (1914–1998), Evangelical Lutheran theologian, senior church councilor, ecumenist and journalist
Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse (1918–2019), typographer and bookbinder
Marga Heiden (1921–2013), stage actress
Joachim Stoltzenburg (1921–2011), librarian, director of the University Library of Konstanz
Hanno Rund (1925–1993), mathematician

1926-1950

Helga Schultz (1941–2016)

Verena Keller (* 1942)

Christoph Eggers (* 1943)

Barbara Hennings (* 1944)

Gerd Micheel (1926–1996), actor
Walter Romberg (1928–2014), politician (SPD)
Bruno Benthien (1930–2015), geographer and politician (GDR)
Horst Gienke (* 1930), Protestant bishop
Günter Grabbert (1931–2010), theater and film actor, reciter
Trutz Rendtorff (1931–2016), Protestant theologian
Joachim Harms (* 1932), politician (SPD)
Jürgen Hebert (1933–2008), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, author and editor
Werner Völschow (1933–2018), singer, cultural scientist and reciter
Christian von Hammerstein (1933–2019), administrative lawyer and ministerial advisor
Klaus-Jürgen Baarß (1934–2017), author, military scientist and former lieutenant general of the National People's Army of the GDR
Wolf-Dieter Dube (1934–2015), art historian
Christine Gloger (1934–2019), actress
Peter Poschwatta (1934–2019), Brigadier General
Joachim Wiebering (1934–2019), state superintendent
Christa Grasmeyer (* 1935), writer
Peter Köhncke (* 1935), actor
Gerhard Bosinski (* 1937), prehistorian and archaeologist
Horst Prignitz (* 1937), writer
Horst Rehberg (1937–2018), actor
Dieter Zander (* 1937), architect, state curator of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Frank Brabant (* 1938), art collector and patron
Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge (* 1938), theater actor
Carl-Albrecht von Treuenfels (* 1938), author, photographer, publicist and nature conservationist
Helga Schultz (1941–2016), historian
Verena Keller (* 1942), opera singer and university lecturer
Horst Nizze (* 1942), pathologist in Rostock
Christoph Eggers (* 1943), surgeon in Hamburg
Wolfgang Engel (* 1943), theater director
Heiko Lietz (* 1943), politician (New Forum, Alliance 90 / The Greens)
Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif (* 1943), voice actress and theater actress
Carl-Christian Schmidt (* 1943), Protestant theologian
Wolfgang "Brauni" Braun (* 1944), handball player
Karin Flaake (* 1944), sociologist
Barbara Hennings (* 1944), film editor and honorary professor at the Cologne International Film School
Detlef Pirsig (1945–2019), soccer player and coach
Gabriele Hinzmann (* 1947), track and field athlete
Sebastian Kleinschmidt (* 1948), editor and publicist
Georg Diederich (* 1949), chemist and politician (CDU)
André Brie (* 1950), politician (Die Linke)
Wolf-Rüdiger Netz (* 1950), soccer player

1951-1975

Katrin Sass (* 1956)

Gregor Sander (* 1968)

Oliver Riedel (* 1971)

Helga Offen (* 1951), volleyball player
Gabriele Bauer (* 1952), politician and mayor
Jürgen Ciezki (* 1952), weightlifter
Bärbel Nehring-Kleedehn (* 1952), politician (CDU)
Hartmut Schreier (* 1952), actor
Michael Wolfgramm (* 1953), rower
Michael Brie (* 1954), philosopher
Anke Westendorf (* 1954), volleyball player
Detlef Kübeck (* 1956), track and field athlete
Rosemarie Kother (* 1956), swimmer
Katrin Sass (* 1956), theater, film and television actress
Hans-Ulrich Grünberg (* 1956), chess player
Heidrun Bartholomäus (* 1957), actress
Norbert Bleisch (* 1957), writer and film director
Thomas Harms (* 1957), actor
Anne Sewcz (* 1958), sculptor
Heidrun Bluhm (* 1958), politician (Die Linke)
Ronald Redmer (* 1958), physicist and university professor
Bernd-Uwe Reppenhagen (* 1959), actor
Petra Uhlmann (* 1960), politician (CDU)
Andrea Pollack (1961–2019), swimmer
Silke Gajek (* 1962), politician (The Greens)
Henry Tesch (* 1962), politician (CDU) and teacher
Frank Vogel (* 1963), soccer player
Peter Sanftleben (* 1965), political official
Maik Handschke (* 1966), handball player and coach
Ulrike Peter (* 1966), numismatist
Jean Baruth (* 1967), handball player
Susanne Bliemel (* 1968), teacher, radio presenter and Low German author
Gregor Sander (* 1968), writer and poet
Matthias Stammann (* 1968), soccer player
Uli Gaulke (* 1968), director and author
David Petersen (* 1968), bassoonist
Birgit Gärtner (* 1969), legal scholar and political official
Maik Schumacher (* 1969), cyclist
Heike Balck (* 1970), athlete
Leif-Erik Holm (* 1970), politician (AfD)
Matthias Bäcker (* 1971), oboist and university professor
Oliver Riedel (* 1971), rock musician
René Schneider (* 1973), football player
Sylvia Roll (* 1973), volleyball player
Klaus Lederer (* 1974), politician (Die Linke)
Marco Liefke (* 1974), volleyball player
Alexander Ladig (* 1974), handball player
Steffen Busse (* 1975), volleyball player and coach
Enrico Lübbe (* 1975), theater director

1976-2000

Franziska Heine (* 1979)

Christoph Möckel (* 1986)

Vanessa Low (* 1990)

Hanka Pachale (* 1976), volleyball player
Nadine Beckel (* 1977), track and field athlete
Maik Priebe (* 1977), theater director
Annett Möller (* 1978), news anchor and presenter
Franziska Heine (* 1979), initiator of an online petition against internet blocking
Patricia Thormann (* 1979), volleyball player
Maja Pachale (* 1979), volleyball player
Bert Tischendorf (* 1979), actor
Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann (* 1979), musicologist and co-director at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Bastian Dankert (* 1980), football referee
Lars Grübler (* 1980), basketball player
Cathrin Schlüter (* 1980), volleyball player
Stefanie Dahle (* 1981), author and illustrator for children's books
Stefan Schröder (* 1981), handball player
Martina Strutz (* 1981), athlete
Sebastian Neufeld (* 1981), volleyball player
Frank Wahl (* 1981), handball player
Doreen Engel (* 1982), volleyball player
Sebastian Ehlers (* 1982), politician (CDU)
Anika Schulz (* 1983), volleyball player
Sebastian Leipold (* 1983), volleyball coach
Felix Koslowski (* 1984), volleyball coach
Kathleen Weiß (* 1984), volleyball player
Robert Kromm (* 1984), volleyball player
Anni Wendler (* 1985), actress and model
Robert Müller (* 1986), soccer player
Claudia Bimberg (* 1986), volleyball player
Christoph Möckel (* 1986), jazz musician
Christoph Schwarz (* 1986), volleyball player
Daniel Finkenstein (* 1987), handball player
Julia Retzlaff (* 1987), volleyball player
Daniel Wessig (* 1988), handball player
Christian Zufelde (* 1988), handball player
Anne Rieckhof (* 1989), actress
Julia Graefner (* 1989), actress
Ronja Peters (* 1989), actress and model
Saskia Weisheitel (* 1989), handball player
Stephan Gusche (* 1990), soccer player
Vanessa Low (* 1990), athlete in disabled sports
Bastian Steppin (* 1990), volleyball player
Tom Strohbach (* 1992), volleyball player
Joana Gallas (* 1992), volleyball player
Tanja Joachim (* 1992), volleyball player
Lisa Stein (* 1994), volleyball player
Lukas Scherff (* 1996), soccer player
Gina Köppen (* 1998), volleyball player