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List of people from Braunschweig

This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, the city of Braunschweig (English: Brunswick) in Germany.

Contents

A to D

  • Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (born 1940), racing driver
  • Karl Andree (1808–1875), geographer
  • Richard Andree (1835–1912), geographer
  • Augustus William (1715–1781), Duke of Brunswick-Bevern
  • Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764–1788), Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Theodore Bachenheimer (1923–1944), soldier
  • Joachim Bäse (born 1939), German international footballer
  • Ewald Banse (1883–1953), geographer
  • Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (died 1804), Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast
  • Johann Christian Martin Bartels (1769–1836), mathematician
  • Anton August Beck (1713–1787), engraver
  • Bibiana Beglau (born 1971), actress
  • Levin August, Count von Bennigsen (1745–1826), general
  • Hans Berr (1890–1917), soldier
  • Helmut Beumann (1912–1995), historian
  • Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern (born 1955), engineer
  • Klaus-Dieter Bieler (born 1949), Olympic athlete
  • August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (1845–1912), ornithologist
  • Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862), botanist
  • Oliver Blume (born 1968), manager
  • Bettina Blumenberg (born 1962), field hockey player
  • Jacob Bobart the Elder (1599–1680), botanist and first head gardener of Oxford Botanic Garden
  • Wolfgang Bochow (born 1944), badminton player
  • Otto Bock (born 1881), athlete
  • Johann Joachim Christoph Bode (1731–1793), translator
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Eduard Bornhardt (1864–1946), geologist
  • Bosse (born 1980), rock musician
  • Hartmut Bossel (born 1935), environmental scientist
  • Hermann Bote (c. 1450–c. 1520), chronicler
  • Detlef Bothe (born 1965), actor and film director
  • Wilhelm Bracke (1842–1880), one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany, predecessor of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
  • Jack Brand (born 1953), Canadian international footballer
  • Wolfgang Brase (born 1939), footballer
  • Rudolf Maria Breithaupt (1873–1945), composer
  • Ingrid Bruckert (born 1952), field hockey player
  • Bernd Buchheister (born 1962), footballer
  • Christian Heinrich Bünger (1782–1842), surgeon
  • Johann Gottlieb Buhle (1763–1821), philosopher
  • Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst (1919–1993), military officer and member of the German resistance.
  • Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom
  • Lorenz S. Cederbaum (born 1946), physical chemist
  • Charles I (1713–1780), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Charles II (1804–1873), Duke of Brunswick
  • Alix von Cotta (1842–1931), promoter of women's education
  • Stephan Dabbert (born 1958), agricultural economist
  • Ewald Daub (1889–1946), cinematographer
  • Simson Alexander David (1755–1813), writer
  • Georg von der Decken (1836–1898), politician
  • Richard Dedekind (1831–1916), mathematician
  • Carl Ferdinand Degen (1766–1825), mathematician
  • Edward Degener (1809–1890), politician
  • Jaro Deppe (born 1948), footballer
  • Dirk Dirksen (1937–2006), music promoter
  • Werner Ditzinger (1928–2016), swimmer
  • DJ Pari (born 1975), musician
  • Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn (1838–1913), zoologist
  • Wolfgang Dramsch (born 1949), footballer
  • Carl Georg Oscar Drude (1852–1933), botanist
  • Paul Drude (1863–1906), physicist, developed the Drude model.
  • Johann Philipp Du Roi (1741–1785), botanist
  • Julius Düker (born 1996), footballer

    • E to H

  • André Ehrenberg (born 1972), Olympic canoer
  • Jochen H.H. Ehrich (born 1946), pediatric doctor
  • Justin Eilers (born 1988), footballer
  • Jusuf El-Domiaty (born 1990), basketball player
  • Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750), Holy Roman Empress
  • Lars Ellmerich (born 1961), footballer
  • Christine Enghaus (1815–1910), actress
  • Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914–1987), Prince of Hanover
  • Oskar Fehr (1871–1959), ophthalmologist
  • Frank E. Fesq (1840–1920), soldier
  • Ferdinand Albert I (1636–1687), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  • Karl Fiehler (1895–1969), politician
  • Emil Fischer (1838–1914), opera singer
  • Florian Floto (born 1988), Olympic archer
  • Moritz Ludwig Frankenheim (1801–1869), physicist
  • Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815), leader of the Black Brunswickers.
  • Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (1900–1988), actor
  • Werner Fürbringer (1888–1982), U-boat commander
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematician
  • Hans Friedrich Geitel (1855–1923), physicist
  • Johan Georg Geitel (1683–1771), painter
  • George William of Hanover (1915–2006), Prince of Hanover
  • Gerwin von Hameln (c. 1415–1496), cleric and book collector
  • Willy Giesemann (born 1937), German international footballer
  • Werner Goeritz (1892–1958), general
  • Moritz Göttel (born 1993), footballer
  • Nico Granatowski (born 1991), footballer
  • Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777–1857), entomologist
  • Michael Green (born 1972), field hockey player
  • Wolfgang Grobe (born 1956), footballer
  • Otto Grotewohl (1894–1964), Prime minister of the German Democratic Republic
  • Hansadutta Swami (born 1941), guru
  • Otto Harder (1892–1956), German international footballer
  • Robert Hartig (1839–1901), mycologist
  • Albert Heine (1867–1949), actor
  • Adolph Henke (1775–1843), physician
  • Kurt Heyser (1894–1974), general
  • Karl Gustav Himly (1772–1837), surgeon
  • Robert Homburg (1848–1912), politician
  • Harry Hoppe (1894–1969), general
  • Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn (1774–1848), physician
  • Jannes Horn (born 1997), footballer
  • August Howaldt (1809–1883), engineer
  • Georg Ferdinand Howaldt (1802–1883), sculptor
  • Hermann Heinrich Howaldt (1841–1891), sculptor
  • Friedrich Huch (1873–1913), writer
  • Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), historian and writer
  • Rainer Hunold (born 1949), actor
  • Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765), composer

    • I to L

  • Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775–1813), zoologist
  • Jette Joop (born 1968), fashion designer
  • Steffen Jürgens (born 1967), actor
  • Henning Kagermann (born 1947), physicist
  • Kai Karsten (born 1968), Olympic sprinter
  • Katrin Kauschke (born 1971), field hockey player
  • Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988), art director
  • Sascha Kirschstein (born 1980), footballer
  • Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831), writer
  • Frederik Theodor Kloss (1802–1876), painter
  • August Wilhelm Knoch (1742–1818), naturalist
  • Robin Knoche (born 1992), footballer
  • Gustav Knuth (1901–1987), actor
  • Konrad Koch (1846–1911), football pioneer
  • Özkan Koçtürk (born 1974), footballer
  • Louis Köhler (1820–1886), composer
  • Leo von König (1871–1944), painter
  • Oliver Koletzki (born 1974), music producer
  • Charles Konig (1774–1851), naturalist
  • Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890–1945), general
  • Nina Kraft (born 1968), triathlete
  • Uwe Krause (born 1955), footballer
  • Gerard Krefft (1830–1881), zoologist
  • Louis Krevel (1801–1876), painter
  • Alfred Kubel (1909–1999), politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
  • Wolfgang Kubicki (born 1952), politician
  • Christiane Kubrick (born 1932), actress and painter
  • Jens Kujawa (born 1965), basketball player
  • Karl Lachmann (1793–1851), philologist
  • Heike Lätzsch (born 1973), field hockey player
  • August Lafontaine (1758–1831), author of sentimental didactic novels once immensely popular, born and brought up in the city
  • Christophe Lambert (born 1985), judoka
  • Gerhard Landmann (1904–1933), SS man
  • Paul Lehmann (1884–1964), palaeographer
  • Katharina Lehnert (born 1994), tennis player
  • Rudolf Lindau (1888–1977), politician

    • M to P

  • Thilo Maatsch (1900–1983), artist
  • Alexander Madlung (born 1982), German international footballer
  • Willy Maertens (1893–1967), actor
  • Günter Mast (1927–2011), businessman
  • Walter Mattern (1920–1974), SS-Hauptsturmführer
  • Heike Matthiesen (born 1969), classical guitarist
  • Heinz Mayr (born 1935), Olympic racewalker
  • MC Rene (born 1976), rapper
  • Rosine Elisabeth Menthe (1663–1701), wife of Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Florian Meyer (born 1968), football referee
  • Johann Heinrich Meyer (1812–1863), publisher
  • Klaus Meyer (1937–2014), footballer
  • Hugo Miehe (1875–1932), botanist
  • Nils Mittmann (born 1979), basketball player
  • Tomo in der Mühlen (born 1961), DJ and producer
  • Gustav von der Mülbe (1831–1917), general
  • Müller Brothers, a noted 19th-century string quartet composed of four brothers.
  • Günther Müller-Stöckheim (1913–1943), U-boat commander
  • Adolph Nehrkorn (1841–1916), ornithologist
  • Marie Neurath (1898–1986), graphic designer
  • Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846), astronomer
  • Walter Nicolai (1873–1947), spy
  • Wilhelm Nienstädt (1784–1862), educator
  • Carl Theodor Ottmer (1800–1843), architect
  • Eva Pagels (born 1954), field hockey player
  • Melanie Paschke (born 1970), Olympic sprinter
  • Kurd Peters (1914–1957), soldier
  • Marc Pfitzner (born 1984), footballer
  • Jens Pieper (born 1968), Olympic archer
  • Bernhard Plockhorst (1825–1907), painter

    • Q to T

  • Walter Ramme (born 1895), Olympic swimmer
  • Fritz Randow (born 1952), rock drummer
  • Tobias Rau (born 1981), German international footballer
  • Gustav von Rauch (1774–1841), general
  • Paul Rehkopf (1872–1949), actor
  • Wilhelmine Reichard (1788–1848), balloonist
  • Daniel Reiche (born 1988), footballer
  • Kurt Reidemeister (1893–1971), mathematician
  • Frank Rennicke (born 1964), singer and far-right political activist
  • Arnold Rimpau (1856–1936), entrepreneur
  • Johannes Runge (1878–1949), Olympic athlete
  • Ernst Sagebiel (1892–1970), architect
  • Michael Scheike (born 1963), footballer
  • Heinz-Günter Scheil (born 1962), footballer
  • Galka Scheyer (1889–1945), painter
  • Dieter Schidor (1948–1987), actor
  • Gudrun Scholz (born 1940), field hockey player
  • Eberhard Schrader (1836–1908), orientalist
  • Dennis Schröder (born 1993), NBA basketball player, currently with the Atlanta Hawks.
  • Norbert Schultze (1911–2002), composer
  • Christian Schwarzer (born 1969), handball player
  • Edda Seippel (1919–1993), actress
  • Emil Selenka (1842–1902), zoologist
  • Paul Sievert (1895–1988), racewalker
  • Hans Sommer (1837–1922), composer and mathematician
  • Jan Spoelder (born 1973), footballer
  • Louis Spohr (1784–1859), composer
  • Alfred Staats (born 1891), Olympic gymnast
  • Gustav Steinmann (1856–1929), geologist and paleontologist
  • Bartholomaeus Stockmann (c. 1550–1609), composer
  • Wenzel Storch (born 1961), film director and producer
  • Stephanie Storp (born 1968), Olympic shot putter
  • Delphin Strungk (c. 1600–1694), composer and organist
  • Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700), composer and violinist
  • Gustav Teichmüller (1832–1888), philosopher
  • Mechthildis Thein (1888–1959), actress
  • Ulrich Thein (1930–1995), actor
  • Phillip Tietz (born 1997), footballer
  • Louis Tronnier (1897–1952), general

    • U to Z

  • Constantin Uhde (1836–1905), architect
  • Lette Valeska (1885–1985), artist
  • Conrad Varrentrapp (1844–1911), historian
  • Hans Waldmann (1922–1945), fighter pilot
  • Gerd Wedler (1929–2008), chemist
  • Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758–1828), painter
  • Reinhard Wendemuth (born 1948), Olympic rower
  • Franz Wenzler (1893–1942), film director
  • Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), naturalist
  • Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841), zoologist
  • Rudolf Wilke (1873–1908), caricaturist
  • William of Brunswick (1830–1884), Duke of Brunswick
  • Hermann Winkelmann (1849–1912), Heldentenor
  • Frederick Albert Winsor (1763–1830), inventor
  • Franz Winter (1861–1930), archaeologist
  • Ludwig Winter (1843–1930), architect
  • Nils Wogram (born 1972), musician
  • Adolf Wolf (1899–1973), general
  • Johann Zanger (1557–1607), legal scholar
  • H. Dieter Zeh (born 1932), physicist
  • Albrecht Zimmermann (1860–1931), botanist
  • Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856), entomologist

    • A to D

  • Leopold August Abel (1717–1794), violinist
  • Franz Abt (1819–1885), composer
  • Albert I (1236–1279), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  • Albert of Prussia (1837–1906), Regent of Brunswick
  • Friedrich Alpers (1901–1944), politician
  • Anthony Ulrich (1633–1714), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696–1762), Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Johann Arndt (1555–1621), theologian
  • Auctor (c. 5th century), patron saint of Braunschweig
  • Augusta of Great Britain (1737–1813), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), composer
  • Fritz Bauer (1903–1968), judge and prosecutor, who played an essential role in starting the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.
  • Johann Georg Beck (1676–1722), engraver
  • Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923), chemist and inventor of the Beckmann thermometer
  • Oswald Berkhan (1834–1917), physician
  • Willem Bilderdijk (1756–1831), poet
  • Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809–1870), zoologist and founder of the Botanischer Garten der Technischen Universität Braunschweig.
  • Hermann Blumenau (1819–1899), founder of Blumenau, Brazil.
  • Wilhelm von Bode (1845–1929), art historian
  • Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819–1892), writer
  • Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976), zoologist
  • Rasmus Borowski (born 1974), composer and actor
  • Maria Antonia Branconi (1746–1793), royal mistress of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Heinrich Brandes (1803–1868), painter
  • Adolf Breymann (1839–1878), sculptor
  • Franz Ernst Brückmann (1697–1753), mineralogist
  • Brun I (c. 975–c. 1010), Count of Brunswick
  • Bruno (died 880), Duke of Saxony
  • Victor von Bruns (1812–1883), surgeon
  • Heinrich Büssing (1843–1929), industrialist
  • Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558), theologian
  • Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746–1818), educator and writer
  • Charles William Ferdinand (1735–1806), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Emmanuelle Charpentier (born 1968), biochemist
  • Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744–1816), chemist
  • Walter Dexel (1890–1973), painter

    • E to J

  • Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier (1768–1825), physician
  • Johann Arnold Ebert (1723–1795), writer
  • Carl Friedrich Echtermeier (1845–1910), sculptor
  • Egbert II (c. 1060–1090), Count of Brunswick and Margrave of Meissen
  • Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813), composer
  • Albert Eichhorn (1856–1926), theologian
  • Frauke Eickhoff (born 1967), judoka
  • Manfred Eigen (born 1927), Nobel laureate in chemistry
  • Theodore Eisfeld (1816–1882), conductor
  • Gottlieb Elster (1867–1917), sculptor
  • Theodor Engelbrecht (1813–1892), pomologist
  • Ernest Augustus (1887–1953), Duke of Brunswick
  • Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (born 1974), field hockey player
  • Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743–1820), produced the first complete German translation of William Shakespeare's plays.
  • Hansjörg Felmy (1931–2007), actor
  • Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1721–1792), field marshal
  • Franz Wilhelm Ferling (1796–1874), oboist, composer, and clarinetist
  • Alexander Fesca (1820–1849), composer
  • Otto Finsch (1839–1917), explorer
  • Christoph Bernhard Francke (c. 1660–1729), painter
  • Frederick Augustus (1740–1805), Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels
  • Friedrich Traugott Friedemann (1793–1853), educator
  • Kurt Otto Friedrichs (1901–1983), mathematician
  • Theodor Geiger (1891–1952),sociologist
  • Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816–1872), writer
  • Gertrude of Brunswick (c. 1060–1117), Margravine of Meissen
  • Silvio Gesell (1862–1930), merchant
  • Johann Glandorp (1501–1564), educator
  • Gerhard Glogowski (born 1943), politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
  • Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759), composer
  • Uwe Gronostay (1939–2008), composer
  • Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1856–1928), politician
  • Johann Oswald Harms (1643–1708), painter and engraver
  • Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783), composer
  • Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig (1743–1831), entomologist
  • Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (1804–1872), theologian and historian
  • Henry the Lion (1129–1195), Duke of Saxony and Bavaria
  • Henry V (c. 1173–1227), Count Palatine of the Rhine
  • Henry the Peaceful (1411–1473), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  • August Hermann (1835–1906), physical education pioneer
  • Levi Herzfeld (1810–1884), rabbi and historian
  • Erik Hesselberg (1914–1972), writer and artist
  • August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), poet and author of Das Lied der Deutschen.
  • Israel Jacobson (1768–1828), merchant and Jewish reformer.
  • Heinrich Jasper (1875–1945), politician, Prime Minister of Brunswick
  • Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), SS and police leader
  • Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem (1709–1789), theologist
  • John Albert of Mecklenburg (1857–1920), Regent of Brunswick
  • Wolfgang Joop (born 1944), fashion designer
  • Robert Jordan (1885–1970), writer

    • K to R

  • Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739), composer
  • Inge Kilian (born 1935), Olympic high jumper
  • Dietrich Klagges (1891–1971), politician
  • Klaus von Klitzing (born 1943), Nobel laureate in physics
  • Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1814–1904), chemist
  • Gottfried Michael Koenig (born 1926), composer
  • Peter Joseph Krahe (1758–1840), architect
  • Nicolette Krebitz (born 1972), actress
  • Johann Kusser (1660–1727), composer
  • Johann Anton Leisewitz (1752–1806), poet
  • Ludwig Lemcke (1816–1884), philologist and literary historian
  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), writer and philosopher
  • Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874–1925), illustrator
  • Henry Litolff (1818–1891), composer
  • Louis Rudolph (1671–1735), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Friedrich Lübker (1811–1867), educator and philologist
  • Rudi Lüttge (1922–2016), Olympic racewalker
  • Matilda of England (1156–1189), Duchess of Saxony
  • Marie of Baden (1782–1808), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Erwin Otto Marx (1893–1980), engineer
  • Jakob Mauvillon (1743–1794), historian and writer
  • Jürgen Moll (1939–1968), footballer
  • Otto IV of Brunswick (1175–1218), Holy Roman Emperor
  • Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716–1801), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Helga Pilarczyk (1926–2011), operatic soprano
  • Agnes Pockels (1862–1935), chemist
  • Werner Pöls (1926–1989), historian
  • Karl Pohlig (1864–1928), conductor
  • Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), writer
  • Hans Reinowski (1900–1977), politician, publisher and writer
  • Hermann Riedel (1847–1913), composer
  • Friedrich Adolf Riedesel (1738–1800), commander during the American Revolutionary War
  • Anna Roleffes (c. 1600–1663), one of the last women executed as a witch in Braunschweig.
  • Rudolph Augustus (1627–1704), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Michael Ruetz (born 1940), photographer
  • Nina Ruge (born 1956), TV presenter
  • Francesco Carlo Rusca (1693–1769), painter

    • S to Z

  • Hermann Schacht (1814–1864), pharmacist and botanist
  • Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990), chemist
  • Katharina Marie Schubert (born 1977), actress
  • Gustav Anton von Seckendorff (1775–1823), writer
  • Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903–1967), Vice-Chancellor of Germany
  • Otto Sprengel (1852–1915), surgeon
  • Henry E. (1797–1871) and C.F. Theodore Steinway (1825–1889), piano makers
  • Stendhal (1783–1842), writer and politician
  • Albert Sukop (1913–1993), German international footballer
  • Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord (1736–1821), churchman
  • Heinrich Emil Timerding (1873–1945), mathematician
  • Fate Tola (born 1987), long-distance runner
  • Ludger Tom Ring the Younger (1522–1584), painter
  • Julius Tröger (1862–1942), chemist
  • Kaspar Ulenberg (1549–1617), theologian
  • August Ferdinand von Veltheim (1741–1801), mineralogist
  • Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892–1980), Duchess of Brunswick
  • Alfred Vierkandt (1867–1953), sociologist
  • Friedrich Vieweg (1761–1835), publisher
  • Peter Wilhelm Friedrich von Voigtländer (1812–1878), optician
  • Heinz Waaske (1924–1995), camera designer
  • Mitchell Weiser (born 1994), footballer
  • Ehm Welk (1884–1966), journalist
  • George Westermann (1810–1879), publisher
  • Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1770–1853), pharmacist
  • William V (1748–1806), Prince of Orange
  • Olaf Willums (1886–1967), painter and printmaker
  • Johannes Winkler (1897–1947), rocket pioneer
  • Georg Wittig (1897–1987), Nobel laureate in chemistry
  • Werner Zahn (1890–1971), bobsledder and World War I flying ace
  • Luminita Zaituc (born 1968), Olympic long-distance runner
  • Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815), geographer and zoologist
  • Georg Heinrich Zincke (1692–1769), jurist

    • References

    List of people from Braunschweig Wikipedia
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