This article provides a list of people from the city of Bremen.

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany, which belongs to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (also called just "Bremen" for short), a federal state of Germany.

Early times to 1800

* Adam of Bremen (fl. 1066), author of chronicles and histories of Germany and Scandinavia. * Johann Rode von Wale (c.1445–1511), Catholic cleric; Doctor of Canon and Civil Law; chronicler; long-serving government official (1468–1497); as John III, was

Prince-Archbishop of Bremen This list records the bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Bremen (german: link=no, Bistum Bremen), supposedly a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Cologne, then of the bishops of Bremen, who were in personal union archbishops of Hamburg (si ...

, 1497–1511 * Arnoldus Clapmarius (1574–1604), German academic, jurist, humanist, known for his writings on statecraft *

Johannes Cocceius Johannes Cocceius (also Coccejus; ; 9 August 1603 – 5 November 1669) was a Dutch theologian born in Bremen. Life After studying at Hamburg and the University of Franeker, where Sixtinus Amama was one of his teachers, he became in 1630 profess ...

(1603–1669), Dutch theologian born in Bremen. * Frans Banninck Cocq (1605–1655), Mayor of Amsterdam, central figure in

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...

's masterpiece '' The Night Watch'' * Riksfriherre Sir Johan Fredrik von Friesendorff, 1st Baronet (1617–1669), Swedish diplomat born in Bremen * Henry Oldenburg (1619–1677), secretary of the Royal Society *

Franz Wulfhagen Franz Wulfhagen (c. 1624–1670) was a German Baroque painter and engraver. According to Houbraken, he was born in Bremen, but he moved to Amsterdam where he became a pupil of Rembrandt. He learned to copy his style well, and thus was able to ...

(c. 1624–1670), German

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

painter and engraver *

Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (20 July 1638 – 17 April 1704) was Governor-general of Norway (''Stattholdere i Norge'') from 1664–1699. He was the leading general in Norway during the Scanian War, whose Norwegian leg is conventio ...

, Count of Laurvig (1638–1704), general in Norway during the

Scanian War The Scanian War ( da, Skånske Krig, , sv, Skånska kriget, german: Schonischer Krieg) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway, Brandenburg and Sweden. It was fought from 1675 to 1679 mainly on Scanian soil, ...

; illegitimate son of King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway * Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers

Heinrich von Cocceji Heinrich Freiherr von Cocceji (25 March 1644 – 18 August 1719) was a German jurist from Bremen. He studied in Leiden and Oxford and was appointed professor of law at Heidelberg (1672) and in Utrecht (1688). Named ''Geheimrat'' and marquis, he ...

(1644–1719), professor of natural and international law at the Heidelberg University *

Joachim Neander Joachim Neander (165031 May 1680) was a German Reformed (Calvinist) Church teacher, theologian and hymnwriter whose most famous hymn, '' Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation'' (german: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König d ...

(1650–1680), rector, pastor, hymn writer. *

Johann Baring Johann Baring (born 15 November 1697 in Bremen Duchies of Bremen and Verden, died 1748 in West Country, England), later anglicised to ''John Baring'', was a German-British merchant. He came to England in 1717 as an immigrant, as the apprentice ...

(1697–1748), name later anglicised to John Baring, German-British merchant; founder of Barings Bank * Hermanus Meyer (1733–1791), clergyman of the Dutch

Reformed Church in America The Reformed Church in America (RCA) is a Mainline Protestant, mainline Reformed tradition, Reformed Protestant Christian denomination, denomination in Canada and the United States. It has about 152,317 members. From its beginning in 1628 unti ...

* Johann Peter Berg (1737–1800), German Protestant theologian, historian and orientalist *

Wilhelm Olbers Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (; ; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German physician and astronomer. Life and career Olbers was born in Arbergen, Germany, today part of Bremen, and studied to be a physician at Göttingen (1777–80) ...

(1758–1840), physician and astronomer. *

Blasius Merrem Blasius Merrem (4 February 1761 – 23 February 1824) was a German naturalist, zoologist, ornithologist, mathematician, and herpetologist. In 1804, he became the professor of political economy and botany at the University of Marburg. Early li ...

(1761–1824), naturalist, zoologist,

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

, mathematician, and herpetologist *

Albertus Henricus Wiese Albertus Henricus Wiese (1761–1810) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1805 to 1808, during which time the United Provinces became, during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, first the Batavian Republic and then ...

(1761–1810),

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies The governor-general of the Dutch East Indies ( nl, gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Indië) represented Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1949. Occupied by Japanese fo ...

, 1805–1808 *

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (19 October 1765 – 30 November 1833), usually referred to as G. L. Lahde, was a Danish printmaker and publisher. He is remembered for his hand-coloured, slightly caricatured series of prints of traditional costumes crea ...

(1765–1833), Prussian-born Danish printmaker and publisher *

Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (4 February 1776, Bremen – 16 February 1837, Bremen) was a German physician, naturalist, and proto-evolutionary biologist. His younger brother, Ludolph Christian Treviranus (1779–1864), was also a naturalist an ...

(1776–1837), naturalist and botanist, discovered the intercellular space in a plant's

parenchyma Parenchyma () is the bulk of functional substance in an animal organ or structure such as a tumour. In zoology it is the name for the tissue that fills the interior of flatworms. Etymology The term ''parenchyma'' is New Latin from the word π ...

. * Hermann Ernst Freund (1786–1840), German-born Danish sculptor of figures from Nordic mythology

1800 to 1850

* Hermann Heinrich Winter (1805–1884), farmer, local official, member of Wisconsin State Assembly *

Johann Georg Kohl Johann Georg Kohl (28 April 1808, in Bremen – 28 October 1878) was a German travel writer, historian, and geographer. Life Son of a wine merchant, he attended a gymnasium in Bremen, and then studied law at the universities of Göttingen, Hei ...

(1808–1878), travel writer, historian, geographer and librarian Jgkohl

* Friedrich Wagenfeld (1810–1846), German philologist and author * Henry Bohlen (1810–1862), American Civil War Union Brigadier General *

Carl Johann Steinhäuser Carl Johann Steinhäuser (3 July 1813 – 9 December 1879) was a noted German sculptor in the classical style. Steinhäuser was born in Bremen, the eldest son of a wood carver and sculptor. There he studied in the School of Drawing under pai ...

(1813–1879), German sculptor in the classical style * Nicolaus Delius (1813–1888), German philologist and student of Shakespeare. * Gustav Hartlaub (1814–1900), German physician and

* Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Henzen (1816–1887), German philologist and epigraphist *

Julie Schwabe Julie Schwabe (or Julie Salis-Schwabe; 31 January 1818 – 20 May 1896) was a British philanthropist, educationalist and school founder. She founded schools in Italy and in the UK she established the influential ''Froebel Education Institute'' n ...

(1818–1896), socialite, education activist and philanthropist, lived in Manchester, UK *

Carl Wilhelm von Zehender Carl Wilhelm von Zehender (21 May 1819 – 19 December 1916) was a German ophthalmologist born in Bremen. He studied medicine at the universities of Göttingen, Jena and Kiel, receiving his doctorate in 1845. He studied ophthalmology in Paris ...

(1819–1916),

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, pioneer of ophthalmic microsurgery *

Wilhelm Paul Corssen Wilhelm Paul Corssen (20 January 182018 June 1875) was a German philologist noted for his work on Latin and Etruscan language, Etruscan topics. Biography Corssen was born in Bremen and, after his merchant father moved to Schwedt in the Kingdom ...

(1820–1875), German philologist; worked on Latin and

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topics. * Frederick L. Schmersahl (1825-c.1905), German-American merchant and eleventh

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* Adolf Bastian (1826–1905), polymath

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. * Charles Henry Nimitz (1826–1911), in 1852 built the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas * Amalie Murtfeldt (1828-1888), German painter * Arnold Huchting (1828–1901), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *

Frederick Halterman Frederick Halterman (October 22, 1831March 22, 1907) was a German-American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1895 to 1897. Biography Halterman was ...

(1831-1907), U.S. Congressman * Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831–1896), geographer, explorer, author and adventurer. *

Henry Timken Henry Timken (August 16, 1831 in Bremen, Germany – March 16, 1909 in San Diego, California) was an inventor and businessman who founded the Timken Roller Bearing Company, later called the Timken Company. His family migrated to the United ...

(1831–1909), inventor, founded the

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Hermann Ottomar Herzog Hermann Ottomar Herzog (15 November 1831Zivilregister Bremen page 592 No. 1200/1832 – 6 February 1932) was a prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He is assoc ...

(1832–1932), European and American artist of landscapes, from the

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August Wilmanns August Wilmanns (25 March 1833, Vegesack – 27 October 1917, Berlin) was a German classical philologist and librarian. He studied classical philology at the Universities of Bonn and Tübingen, receiving his doctorate in 1863 with a dissertati ...

(1833–1917), classical scholar and librarian August_Wilmanns

* Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz (1834–1886), merchant and colonist in South West Africa. * Johann Georg Poppe (1837–1915), prominent architect during the German Gründerzeit and interior designer of ocean liners for Norddeutscher Lloyd * Frederick C. Winkler (1838–1921), American Civil War Union brigadier general *

John Henry Niemeyer John Henry Niemeyer (born in Bremen, Germany, 25 June 1839; died 7 December 1932) was a German-born painter who worked in the United States. He taught drawing at Yale University for over 30 years. Biography He came to the United States in 1843 ...

(1839–1932), German-born painter, taught drawing at Yale University *

Heinrich Averbeck Johann Heinrich Bernhard Martin Averbeck (13 August 1844 – 2 February 1889) was a German physician who was a native of Bremen. In 1868 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Basel, where he was a student of Carl von Liebermeister ( ...

(1844–1889), physiotherapist

1850 to 1900

Hermann Ebbinghaus Hermann Ebbinghaus (24 January 185026 February 1909) was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory, and is known for his discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect. He was also the first person to describ ...

(1850–1909), German psychologist, studied memory, discovered the

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and the spacing effect *Sir Hermann Gollancz (1852–1930), British rabbi and Hebrew scholar *

Johann Heinrich Burchard Johann Heinrich Burchard (26 July 1852 – 6 September 1912) was a Hamburg lawyer and politician who served as senator (from 1885 until his death) and First Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (in 1903 ...

(1852–1912), Hamburg lawyer, politician, senator, First Mayor of Hamburg *

August Kühne August Kühne (1855–1932) was a German businessman, the co-founder of Kuehne + Nagel, the global transportation and logistics company. Kühne co-founded Kuehne + Nagel with Friedrich Nagel (1864–1907) in Bremen in 1890. References

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(1855–1932), German businessman, co-founder in 1890 of Kuehne + Nagel * Heinrich Wiegand (1855-1909), German lawyer and general director of the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company *

Carl David Tolmé Runge Carl David Tolmé Runge (; 30 August 1856 – 3 January 1927) was a German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist. He was co-developer and co-eponym of the Runge–Kutta method (German pronunciation: ), in the field of what is today known a ...

(1856–1927), German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist *

Adolph Fischer Adolph Fischer (1858 – November 11, 1887) was an anarchist and labor union activist tried and executed after the Haymarket Riot. Early life Adolph Fischer immigrated to the United States in 1873 at the age of 15. He became an apprentic ...

(1858–1887), an

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and

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activist, tried and executed in the US after the Haymarket Riot *

Ludwig Quidde Ludwig Quidde (; 23 March 1858, Free City of Bremen – 4 March 1941) was a German politician and pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different era ...

(1858–1941), pacifist politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1927 *

Ludwig Hermann Plate Ludwig Hermann Plate (16 August 1862 – 16 November 1937) was a German zoologist and student of Ernst Haeckel. He wrote a "thorough and extensive defence" of Darwinism, but before Mendel's work had been assimilated in the modern synthesis. ...

(1862–1937), German zoologist and disciple of

Ernst Haeckel Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (; 16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist. He discovered, described and named thousands of new sp ...

Theodor Siebs Theodor Siebs (; 26 August 1862 – 28 May 1941) was a German linguist most remembered today as the author of '' Deutsche Bühnenaussprache'' ("German stage pronunciation"), published in 1898. The work was largely responsible for setting the stan ...

(1862–1941), German linguist, author of ''Deutsche Bühnenaussprache'' in 1898 *

Johann Gerhard Husheer Johann Gerhard Husheer (26 July 1864 – 30 November 1954) was a New Zealand tobacco industry pioneer and processor, industrialist, philanthropist. He was born in Bremen, Germany on 26 July 1864 to a family of Dutch heritage. His grandfather, bo ...

(1864–1954), New Zealand tobacco grower, industrialist and philanthropist *

Heinrich Bulle Heinrich Bulle (11 December 1867 – 6 April 1945) was a German archaeologist born in Bremen. He studied classical archaeology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Munich, where he was a student of Heinrich Brunn (1822–1894). From 1898 to 1902, he ...

(1867–1945), German

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* Wilhelm Vöge (1868–1952), German art historian, discovered the Reichenau School of painting, important medievalist *

Karl Hampe Karl Ludwig Hampe (3 February 1869 – 14 February 1936) was a German historian of the Middle Ages, particularly the history of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages. Hampe was born in Bremen and graduated from Berlin in 1893. Following ...

(1869–1936), German historian of the High Middle Ages * Heinrich Vogeler (1872–1942), German painter,

, designer and architect * Friedrich August Georg Bitter (1873–1927), German

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

and lichenologist *

Edward Voigt Edward Voigt (December 1, 1873 – August 26, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin who represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Early life Voigt was born in Bremen, Germany. He immigrated to the United States with his pare ...

(1873–1934), emigrated 1883, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin * Ludwig Roselius (1874–1943), patron of the arts, coffee merchant and founder of

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* Edward Ernst Kleinschmidt (1876–1977), prolific inventor; one of the inventors of the teleprinter * Karl Abraham (1877–1925), German psychoanalyst, collaborator of Sigmund Freud *

Heinrich Georg Barkhausen Heinrich Georg Barkhausen (2 December 1881 – 20 February 1956), born in Bremen, was a German physicist. Growing up in a patrician Bremen family, he showed interest in natural sciences from an early age. He studied at the Technical Univers ...

(1881–1956), German physicist, discovered the Barkhausen effect in 1919 *

Karl Alfred Pabst Karl Alfred Pabst (2 December 1884, Leipzig – 6 May 1971, Bremen) was a German painter, graphic artist and lithographer. Pabst was a painter of atmospheric landscapes and cityscapes, and an illustrator for documents, maps and advertising. Pa ...

(1884–1971), painter, graphic artist and lithographer, worked and died at Bremen *

Hans Dreier Hans Dreier (August 21, 1885 – October 24, 1966) was a German motion picture art director. He was Paramount Pictures' supervising art director from 1927 until his retirement in 1950, when he was succeeded by Hal Pereira. Hans Dreier was born i ...

(1885–1966), film art director *

Herbert von Böckmann __NOTOC__ Herbert von Böckmann (24 July 1886 – 3 March 1974) was a German general during World War II who commanded the L Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Böckmann was discharged from the a ...

(1886–1974), German general of the infantry * Grover Cleveland Loening (1888–1976), American aircraft manufacturer * Henrich Focke (1890–1979), German aviation pioneer, co-founder of

Focke-Wulf Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...

* Bernhard Hans Henry Scharoun (1893–1972), German architect, designed the Berlin Philharmonic concert hall, exponent of

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and expressionist architecture * Lieutenant Friedrich Theodor Noltenius (1894–1936), German flying ace in the First World War *

Friedrich Ebert Jr. Friedrich "Fritz" Ebert Jr. (12 September 1894 – 4 December 1979) was a German politician and East German Communist official, the son of Germany's first president Friedrich Ebert. Ebert was originally a Social Democratic Party of Germany, Soc ...

(1894–1979), Reichstag deputy (SPD), SED politician, Lord Mayor of East Berlin (1948–1967) *

Friedrich Forster Friedrich Forster or Friedrich Forster-Burggraf, both pseudonyms for Waldfried Burggraf (11 August 1895 – 1 March 1958) was a German dramatist, screenwriter, dramaturge and actor. His early plays explored controversial subjects, like anti-war se ...

(1895–1958), pseudonym for Waldfried Burggraf, dramatist and screenwriter *

Emil Trinkler Emil Trinkler (19 May 1896, Bremen – 19 April 1931, Bremen) was a German geographer and explorer of Tibet and Afghanistan, the son of a tobacco trader. Life and travels Having fought in the World War I, Trinkler graduated in geography and natura ...

(1896–1931), Central Asian geographer and explorer *

Eberhard Gildemeister Eberhard Gildemeister (1897–1978) was a German architect who was mainly active in Bremen. In addition to a number of churches and residential buildings, he designed the Sparkasse building on Bremen's market square. Early life Born in Bremen, Gi ...

(1897–1978), German architect, designed the Sparkasse building on Bremen's

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(1898–1948), violinist

1900 to 1950

* Ada Halenza (1900–1990), writer *

Wilhelm Wagenfeld Wilhelm Wagenfeld (15 April 1900, Bremen, German Empire — 28 May 1990, Stuttgart, West Germany) was an important German industrial designer and former student of the Bauhaus art school. He designed glass and metal works for the Jenaer Glaswe ...

(1900–1990),

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Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (; 29 September 1904, Bremen – 16 February 1973) was a German diplomat. During World War II, he served as an attaché for Nazi Germany in occupied Denmark. He tipped off the Danes about the Germans' intended deportatio ...

(1904–1973), German diplomat, contributed to the rescue of 7000 Danish Jews *

Hans Biebow Hans Biebow (December 18, 1902 – June 23, 1947) was the chief of German Nazi administration of the Łódź Ghetto in occupied Poland. Biebow's early life is summarized by the following '' curriculum vitae'' which he submitted to the German Gh ...

(1902–1947), chief of Nazi administration of the Łódź Ghetto executed for war crimes *

Alexander Piorkowski Alexander Bernhard Hans Piorkowski (11 October 1904 – 22 October 1948) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era and commandant of Dachau concentration camp. Following the war, he was convicted and executed. Life Born in Bremen, Piorkows ...

(1904–1948), Nazi commandant of

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Harald Damsleth Harald Damsleth (August 16, 1906 – March 1, 1971) was a Norwegian cartoonist, illustrator and ad-man. He is best known for his posters for Nasjonal Samling (NS) during World War II. Early life and work Born in Bremen, Harald Damsleth had a Norwe ...

(1906–1971), Norwegian

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, illustrator, ad-man, known for his WW2 posters for Nasjonal Samling *

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(1909–2007), composer of contemporary classical music * Hanna Kunath (1909–1994), pilot *

Gerda Krüger-Nieland Gerda Krüger-Nieland (June 22, 1910, in Bremen – September 21, 2000, in Karlsruhe) was a German lawyer and first senate president at the Federal Court of Justice. Because of some restrictions, she was not allowed to work as a judge or a lawyerG ...

(1910–2000), lawyer and judge *

Bernard Adolph Schriever Bernard Adolph Schriever (14 September 1910 – 20 June 2005), also known as Bennie Schriever, was a United States Air Force general who played a major role in the Air Force's space and ballistic missile programs. Born in Bremen, Germany, Sch ...

(1910–2005), also known as Bennie Schriever, United States Air Force general * Heinz Linge (1913–1980), SS officer; served as a valet for German dictator Adolf Hitler * Reinhard Hardegen (1913–2018), Member of Bremen Parliament and former U-boat commander of submarine '' U-123'' *

Karl Carstens Karl Carstens (, 14 December 1914 – 30 May 1992) was a German politician. He served as the president of West Germany from 1979 to 1984. Early life and education Carstens was born in the City of Bremen, the son of a commercial school teacher, ...

(1914–1992), German politician (CDU), former President of the Federal Republic of Germany Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020,_Ludwigshafen,_CDU-Bundesparteitag,_Carstens

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* Hermann Uhde (1914–1965), Wagnerian baritone, died on stage of a heart attack during a performance in Copenhagen *

Gustav Böhrnsen Gustav Böhrnsen (24 January 1914 – 21 June 1998) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served as chairman of the SPD group in the Parliament of Bremen (the ''Bürgerschaft'') from 1 ...

(1914–1998), politician, trade unionist and resistance fighter *

Karl-Heinz Höcker Karl-Heinz Höcker (27 December 1915 – 17 July 1998) was a German theoretical nuclear physicist who worked in the German ''Uranverein''. After World War II, he worked at the university of Stuttgart and was the founder of the ''Institut für Ker ...

(1915–1998), German theoretical

nuclear physicist Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...

; worked on the German nuclear weapon project * Friedrich Thielen (1916–1993), German politician with the CDU and the German Party * Herbert Vighnāntaka Günther (1917–2006), German Buddhist philosopher and Professor of Far Eastern Studies at the University of Saskatchewan *

Cato Bontjes van Beek Cato Bontjes van Beek (; 14 November 1920 – 5 August 1943) was a German member of the Resistance against the Nazi regime. Early years Born in Bremen, Cato was the eldest of three children. She spent her childhood and youth in the nearby Fi ...

(1920–1943), German member of the

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, guillotined Plötzensee Prison *

Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, nickname Kuli (27 April 1921 in Bremen14 August 1998 in Seeham) was a German actor and TV host, remembered mainly as host of ''Einer wird gewinnen'', a quiz show that ran from 1964 to 1987. In 1967, he hosted Miss ...

(1921–1998), actor, quizmaster, German actor and TV host *

Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf (February 15, 1922 – March 25, 2010) was a German metallurgist. Biography Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf was born in Bremen, Germany on February 15, 1922, to Adolph Friedrich and Elsa Kuhlmann. She attended the University of G ...

(1922–2010), German

metallurgist Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the sc ...

* Robert Last (1923–1986), German drummer and bandleader * Sir Selwyn Charles Cornelius-Wheeler CMG (1923–2008), known as Charles Wheeler, British journalist and BBC broadcaster *

Hilmar Hoffmann Hilmar Hoffmann (25 August 1925 – 1 June 2018) was a German stage and film director, cultural politician and academic lecturer. He founded the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He was for decades an influential city councillor in Fr ...

(1925–2018), founder of Oberhausen film festival, cultural politician in Frankfurt, director of

Goethe-Institut The Goethe-Institut (, GI, en, Goethe Institute) is a non-profit German cultural association operational worldwide with 159 institutes, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and ...

Kai Warner Kai Warner was the stage name of Werner Last (27 October 1926 – 9 July 1982), a German bandleader and musician, and the brother of James Last and Robert Last. Biography Born in Bremen, Warner took piano lessons from Ernst Weelen and rece ...

(1926–1982), German bandleader and musician, brother of James Last and Robert Last *

Hans Otte Hans Günther Franz Otte (3 December 1926, Plauen – 25 December 2007, Bremen) was a German composer, pianist, radio promoter, and author of many pieces of musical theatre, sound installations, poems, drawings, and art videos. From 1959 to 198 ...

(1926–2007), composer * Hans-Joachim Bremermann (1926–1996), German-American mathematician and biophysicist, wrote Bremermann's limit *

Günter Meisner Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German film and television character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Arthur Slugworth in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Fa ...

(1926–1994), German TV and film

character actor A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to b ...

* James Last (1929–2015), composer and big band leader * Hans-Christof von Sponeck (born 1939), German diplomat, served as a

UN Assistant Secretary-General An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly on the recommendation of the Secretary-General of the Uni ...

and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq *

Luise Kimme Luise Kimme (4 March 1939 - 19 April 2013) was a German artist, primarily a sculptor. She was a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1976 to 2002. Kimme was born in Bremen in 1939 and grew up in Berlin. She worked at a secretary for ...

(1939–2013), German artist, sculptor and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf *

Volker Spengler Volker Spengler (; 16 February 1939 – 8 February 2020) was a German stage and film actor. Spengler was best known to international audiences as a member of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's acting ensemble, including his role as the transse ...

(1939–2020), German actor *

Hans Wilhelm Hans Wilhelm (born September 21, 1945) is a German-American writer, children's book author and illustrator, and artist. Hans Wilhelm has written and/or illustrated over 200 books – mostly for children. They have been translated in more than t ...

(born 1945), German-American writer, children's book author, illustrator and artist *

Uwe Windhorst Uwe Windhorst (Prof. Dr. Uwe Windhorst) is a German neuroscientist, systems scientist and cyberneticist, who was born in Bremen, Germany in 1946. Windhorst became known for his pioneer research in the use of diverse methods of correlation, s ...

(born 1946), German neuroscientist, systems scientist and cyberneticist *

Christina Kubisch Christina Kubisch (born 31 January 1948) is a German composer, sound artist, performance artist, professor and flautist. She composes both electronic and acoustic music for multimedia installations. She gained recognition in the mid-1970s from h ...

(born 1948), German composer, performance artist, professor and flautist

1950 to modern times

* Barbara Sukowa (born 1950), German theatre and film actress * Juergen Nogai (born 1953), architectural photographer and filmmaker * Jürgen Trittin (born 1954), German Green politician, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, 1998–2005 * Klaus Kleinfeld (born 1957), former

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...

AG *

Piet Klocke Piet Klocke (born 20 December 1948) is a German musician, cabaret artist, author and actor. He studied philosophy and German language, but quit his studies to dedicate himself to free music theater. He has played in various blues, punk and Neue D ...

(born 1957), musician, cabaret artist, author and actor *

Gert Postel Gert Uwe Postel (born June 18, 1958 in Bremen) is a German impostor, best known for successfully applying several times for public health positions as a medical doctor without ever having received medical education. Gert Postel went to Hauptsc ...

(born 1958), medical

impostor An impostor (also spelled imposter) is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often through means of disguise. Their objective is usually to try to gain financial or social advantages through social engineering, but also often for purposes ...

Bernhard Siegert Bernhard Siegert (born 1959) is a German media theorist and media historian. Siegert was born in Bremen. He graduated in 1987 in Germanic Studies, Philosophy and History at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg/Germany. He followed Friedrich K ...

(born 1959), German

media theorist Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...

and media historian * Barbara Massing (1960–2017), female sea captain * Sven Regener (born 1961), musician and writer * Falko E. P. Wilms (born 1961), economist and social scientist * Torsten Albig (born 1963), politician (SPD) *

Martin Blessing Martin Blessing (born July 6, 1963) is a German banker and business person. Education Blessing received his high-school diploma at the Bischof-Neumann-Schule in Königstein im Taunus. After completing a banking apprenticeship at Dresdner Bank, ...

(born 1963), German banker, Chairman of

Commerzbank Commerzbank AG () is a major German bank operating as a universal bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. In the 2019 financial year, the bank was the second largest in Germany by the total value of its balance sheet. Founded in 1870 in Hambur ...

AG * Bärbel Schäfer (born 1963), television presenter and wife of

Michel Friedman Julien Michel Friedman (; born 25 February 1956 in Paris) is a German author, former CDU politician and talk show host. From 2000 to 2003 Friedman was vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and president of the European Jewish ...

Barbara Stühlmeyer Barbara Stühlmeyer OblOSB (born 12 November 1964) is a German theologian, musicologist, author, especially a Hildegard scholar and a science journalism. Biography Stühlmeyer was born in Bremen. After completing her A levels at the Altes Gy ...

(born 1964), German musicologist,

church musician Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

, writer and scholar of Hildegard of Bingen *

Kersten Artus Kersten Artus (née Westphal, born April 1, 1964) is a German journalist and politician. She is a member of The Left (Germany), The Left and a member of the Hamburg Parliament. Life Kersten Artus was born in Bremen. She moved to Hamburg in 19 ...

(born 1964), German journalist, politician; member of The Left; member of the Hamburg Parliament * Ben Becker (born 1964), German actor, brother of Meret Becker *

Maren Niemeyer Maren Niemeyer (born 8 May 1964) is a German journalist, documentary filmmaker and cultural manager Life Niemeyer was born in the Hanseatic city of Bremen and took her A-levels at the Kippenberg Gymnasium. She studied journalism, German philo ...

(born 1964), journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker * Meret Becker (born 1969), German actor, sister of Ben Becker *

Esther Haase Esther Haase is a German photographer. Biography Haase was born in Bremen, the first daughter of illustrator Sibylle Haase-Knels and Fritz Haase. Her father worked as a professor of communication design at the University of the Arts Bremen. In ...

(born 1966), German photographer and film director, lives in Hamburg and London *

Claudia Garde Claudia Garde (born 1966 in Bremen) is a German film director and screenwriter. She has worked for the German TV-series '' Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall'', '' Doktor Martin'', ''Flemming'' or the series ''Tatort''. Biography Claudia Garde, born ...

(born 1966), German film director and screenwriter * André Erkau (born 1968), film director and screenplay writer *

Stephan Bodzin Stephan Bodzin (born 4 August 1969 in Bremen) is a German DJ techno- and trance producer and label owner.Claudio Martínez Mehner Claudio Martínez Mehner (born in Bremen, 1970) is a Spanish piano soloist and pedagogue. Biography Martinez-Mehner studied at Madrid Conservatory, the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, the Peabody Institute, the Moscow Conservatory, the I ...

(born 1970), Spanish piano soloist and pedagogue *

Julia Hasting Julia Hasting (born 1970) is a German graphic designer. She is the Creative Director of Phaidon Press, head of the design department. She is known for the many best-selling books she designed such as ''Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné'', ''magnum� ...

(born 1970), German graphic designer, creative director of

Phaidon Press Phaidon Press is a global publisher of books on art, architecture, design, fashion, photography, and popular culture, as well as cookbooks, children's books, and travel books. The company is based in London and New York City, with additional off ...

Friedemann Friese Friedemann Friese (born June 5, 1970) is a German board game designer, currently residing and working in Bremen. His trademarks are his green-colored hair and games whose titles begin with the letter "F". The majority of his games, self-publish ...

(born 1970), designer of Power Grid and other board games *

Martin Welzel Martin Welzel (born November 11, 1972 in Vechta, West Germany) is a German organist, musicologist, and pedagogue. Biography Martin Welzel received his first musical training in Bremen, where Käte van Tricht (a former student of Karl Straube) wa ...

(born 1972), German organist, musicologist, and music educator; former student of Käte van Tricht (Organist at Bremen Cathedral), associate organist at Munich Cathedral 2021-2022 *

Bas Böttcher Bas Böttcher (born 1974 in Bremen, West Germany) is a German slam poet. Life Bastian Böttcher studied in Weimar at the Bauhaus University, Weimar and moved in 2000 to Berlin. Beginning in the early 90s, Böttcher developed his slam poetry as ...

(born 1974), a German slam poet and visiting lecturer at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig * Marco Da Silva (born 1977), Portuguese dancer and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

* Sebastian Lege (born 1978), German chef and TV personality *

Nils Mönkemeyer Nils Mönkemeyer (born 1978) is a German violist and academic teacher. He has recorded several CDs, of viola literature and arrangements for the viola, making it a respected solo instrument. He has been awarded several international prizes. Car ...

(born 1978), German violist and academic teacher, teaches at the Musikhochschule Munich *

Jan Böhmermann Jan Böhmermann () (born 23 February 1981) is a German satirist, journalist, and podcast and television host. He also worked as a writer, producer, radio host, and is best known for his activism through publicity stunts. Early life and educati ...

(born 1981), German satirist and television presenter * Murat Kurnaz (born 1982), Guantanamo Bay prisoner for four years * Anna-Lena Schwing (born 1996), German actress

Sportspeople

* Uwe Behrens (born 1959), retired footballer *

Terrence Boyd Terrence Anthony Boyd (born February 16, 1991) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for 2. Liga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Born in Germany, he represented the United States national team. Early life Boyd is the son of an A ...

(born 1991), footballer for the

USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

and 1. FC Kaiserslautern *

Julian Brandt Julian Brandt (; born 2 May 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right winger, central midfielder or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team. Brandt made over 55 combined appe ...

(born 1996), professional soccer player for Borussia Dortmund and Germany *

Birgit Dressel Birgit Dressel (May 4, 1960 in Bremen – April 10, 1987 in Mainz) was a West German heptathlete. Dressel participated in the 1984 Olympic heptathlon, where she ended ninth, and was fourth in the 1986 European Championships. She died at age 26 ...

(1960–1987), heptathlon athlete * Angelique Kerber (born 1988), German professional tennis player * Louis Krages (1949–2001),

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

and businessman *

Simon Lizotte Simon Peter Lizotte (born November 17, 1992) is a German professional disc golfer now based in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Shrewsbury (/ˈʃruzberi/ ''SHROOZ-bury'') is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Shrewsbury, un ...

(born 1992), professional

disc golf Disc golf, also known as frisbee golf, is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf. Most disc golf discs are made out of polypropylene plastic, otherwise known as polypropene, which ...

player,

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# 8332 * Jonathan Schmude (born 1992), footballer * Bert Trautmann (1923–2013), German football goalkeeper * Florian Wellbrock (born 1997), swimmer

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