53.1438° N, 8.2144° E
OLDENBURG
Most Famous People Born in Oldenburg, Germany
- Notable people
- 565
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1906
- Most distinctive
- Academic 6.1×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Oldenburg during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Oldenburg Is Known For
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Politician is Oldenburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (78).
Oldenburg over-indexes on academic — 6.1× the global rate.
Oldenburg under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Oldenburg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Other
Karl Jaspers
1883 - 1969
Ulrike Meinhof
1934 - 1976
Johann Friedrich Herbart
1776 - 1841
Christian I of Denmark
1426 - 1481
Amalia of Oldenburg
1818 - 1875
Hans-Jörg Butt
Born 1974
Robert Alexy
Born 1945
Eilhard Mitscherlich
1794 - 1863
Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
1827 - 1900
Helene Lange
1848 - 1930
Thomas Schütte
Born 1954
Albert von Schrenck-Notzing
1862 - 1929
Anthony Günther, Count of Oldenburg
1583 - 1667
Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
1852 - 1931
Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
1897 - 1970
Otto Suhr
1894 - 1957
Otto Mencke
1644 - 1707
Jürgen Goslar
Born 1927
Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
1390 - 1440
Duke George of Oldenburg
1784 - 1812
Walter Kreye
Born 1942
Heinz Baumann
Born 1928
Manfred Bukofzer
1910 - 1955
Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg
1879 - 1964
Enno Littmann
1875 - 1958
Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
Born 1983
Anna of Oldenburg
1501 - 1575
Christian Griepenkerl
1839 - 1916
Stefan Czapsky
Born 1950
Adolf Mayer
1843 - 1942
Florian Bruns
Born 1979
Bernd Lange
Born 1955
John I, Count of Oldenburg
1204 - 1270
Rena Niehaus
Born 1954
Carl Ramsauer
1879 - 1955
Bernd Althusmann
Born 1966
Klaus Modick
Born 1951
Duke Elimar of Oldenburg
1844 - 1895
John II, Count of Oldenburg
1270 - 1316
Christian III, Count of Oldenburg
1270 - 1285
Anthony I, Count of Oldenburg
1505 - 1573
Christian II, Count of Oldenburg
Died 1233
John VII, Count of Oldenburg
1540 - 1603
Hermann Oncken
1869 - 1945
John V, Count of Oldenburg
1460 - 1526
Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse
1790 - 1866
Johannes Bitter
Born 1982
Paul Müller-Kaempff
1861 - 1941
Otto Schultze
1884 - 1966
Esther Gronenborn
Born 1968
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse
1797 - 1855
Paul Raabe
1927 - 2013
Hans Günther Aach
Born 1919
August Brauer
1863 - 1917
August Hinrichs
1879 - 1956
Rudolf Heinze
1865 - 1928
Jannik Freese
Born 1986
Bernd Eilert
Born 1949
Sophie Löwe
1815 - 1866
Andrea Clausen
Born 1959
Hedwiga Reicher
1884 - 1971
Robin Clark (DJ)
Born 1982
Hasnain Kazim
Born 1974
Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg
1903 - 2001
Karl von Wedel
1842 - 1919
Karsten Baumann
Born 1969
Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg
1313 - 1367
Ronny Rieken
Born 1968
Kirsten Lühmann
Born 1964
Hermann Detering
1953 - 2018
John VI, Count of Oldenburg
1501 - 1548
Jens Frahm
Born 1951
Wilhelm Degode
1862 - 1931
Amelie Lux
Born 1977
Silvius von Kessel
Born 1965
August Jerndorff
1846 - 1906
Albert Lippert
1901 - 1978
Karl Ludwig von Woltmann
1770 - 1817
Anne Duden
Born 1942
Heinz Rökker
1920 - 2018
Günter Meyer
Born 1946
Gerhard Anton von Halem
1752 - 1819
Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
1458 - 1500
Ellen Plessow
1891 - 1967
Stephan Kirste
Born 1962
Walter Behrmann
1882 - 1955
Uta Frommater
Born 1948
Martin tom Dieck
Born 1963
Carl Hinrichs
1907 - 1967
Sarah Nemtsov
Born 1980
Erna Schlüter
1904 - 1969
Antoine II d'Oldenbourg-Delmenhorst
1550 - 1619
Olaf Glaeseker
Born 1961
Wilhelm Gideon
1898 - 1977
Thomas Plößel
Born 1988
Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski
1949 - 2013
Nils Nelleßen
Born 1971
Manfred Milinski
Born 1950
Karl Dietrich Leonhard Engel
1824 - 1913
Dennis Engel
Born 1995
Erich Klahn
1901 - 1978
August Dinklage
1849 - 1920
Jean III d'Oldenbourg
1295 - 1344
Oldenburg Baby
1997 - 2019
Oliver Köhrmann
Born 1976
Su Kramer
Born 1946
Marie Stein-Ranke
1873 - 1964
Friedelinde Petershofen
Born 1995
Fritz Hoopts
1875 - 1945
Ludwig Mendelssohn
1852 - 1896
Conrad II d'Oldenbourg
1342 - 1401
Jens Schreiber
Born 1982
Emil Klein (Politiker)
1905 - 2010
Jan Georg Schütte
Born 1962
Heiko Daxl
1957 - 2012
Hartmut Wolff
1941 - 2012
Walter A. Kreye
1911 - 1991
Rudolf Lehmann (Ingenieur)
1842 - 1914
August Oetken
1868 - 1951
Boris Herrmann
Born 1981
Martin Zaagmolen
1620 - 1669
Mogens von Harbou
1905 - 1946
Clelia Sarto
Born 1973
Christian IV d'Oldenbourg
1302 - 1323
Carl Heinz Charrell
1895 - 1958
Karl von Eisendecher
1841 - 1934
Johann Schütte
1873 - 1940
Maurice II d'Oldenbourg
1381 - 1420
Klaus Baumgart (Sänger)
Born 1954
Jean IV d'Oldenbourg
1331 - 1356
Marcel Gottschling
Born 1994
Oliver Jahn
Born 1969
Bernd Stöver
Born 1961
Joachim Deumling
1910 - 2007
Svenja Stadler
Born 1976
Friedrich von Taysen
1866 - 1940
Christian Precht
1635 - 1703
Rudolf Drost
1892 - 1971
Albrecht Müller
1939 - 2018
Michael Beutler
Born 1976
Oliver Gussenberg
Born 1976
Wolfgang Wagner (Schauspieler)
Born 1963
Alexander Tilemann von Heespen
1677 - 1738
Dennis Rohde
Born 1986
Anne Onken
Born 1977
Wiebke Lehmkuhl
Born 1983
Ulrich Wiggers
Born 1955
Ralf Schnell
Born 1943
Hermann Pitz
Born 1956
Gertrud Meyer-Denkmann
1918 - 2014
Jan Niklas Wimberg
Born 1996
Carolin Schmele
Born 1990
Johann Friedrich Trentepohl
1748 - 1806
Hans von Seggern
1914 - 2020
Oliver Boysen
Born 1972
Enno Becker
1869 - 1940
Wilhelm Müller-Wille
1906 - 1983
Magnus Schwantje
1877 - 1959
Brigitte Boehme
Born 1940
Torsten Körner
Born 1965
Norman Ackermann
Born 1983
Fritz Fuhrken
1894 - 1943
Kai Haferkamp
Born 1967
Almut Gitter Jones
1923 - 2013
Holger Gertz
Born 1968
Ariane Garlichs
Born 1936
Wilhelm Ohlenbusch
1899 - 1997
Maike Dörries
Born 1966
Hajo Bernett
1921 - 1996
Hardy Crueger
Born 1962
Hans Freese (Architekt)
1889 - 1953
August tom Dieck
1831 - 1893
Ulrich Ramsauer
Born 1948
Michael Friedrich (Sinologe)
Born 1955
Hans Dannenbaum
1895 - 1956
Lutz Stratmann
Born 1960
Adolf Thesmacher
1880 - 1948
Kolja Mensing
Born 1971
Helga Glaesener
Born 1955
Eilert Herms
Born 1940
Heinrich Bockelmann
1870 - 1945
Peter Caesar
1939 - 1999
Emil Lueken
1879 - 1961
Jonas Goldschmidt
1806 - 1900
Monroe (Produzent)
Born 1982
Ingeborg Sello
1916 - 1982
Moritz von Drebber
1892 - 1968
Henry G. Struve
1836 - 1905
Karsten Schrör
Born 1942
Insa Bauer
Born 1948
Bernhard Parisius
Born 1950
Ulf Prange
Born 1975
Rainer Paris
Born 1948
Thomas Haye
Born 1966
Johanna Brade
Born 1960
Ferdinand Bohlmann
1921 - 1991
Annedore Christians
1926 - 2013
Jan Krüger (Filmproduzent)
Born 1981
Heinrich Eugen Marcard
1806 - 1883
Marion Eckertz-Höfer
Born 1948
David Gromer
Born 1973
Heide Braukmüller
1940 - 2017
Ulrike Hinrichs
Born 1969
Hannes Rösler
Born 1973
Enno Rudolph
Born 1945
Anne Fischer-Buck
1920 - 2013
Klaus Addicks
Born 1948
Michael Zellmer
Born 1977
Sebastian Prignitz
Born 1980
Ludwig Fischbeck
1866 - 1954
Dietrich Garlichs
Born 1947
Theodor Kohlmann
1932 - 2011
Hektor Haarkötter
Born 1968
Esther Francksen
Born 1970
Peter Meiwald
Born 1966
Hermann Thorade
1881 - 1945
Eckart Beinke
Born 1956
Corinna Miazga
Born 1983
Jan A. Ahlers
1934 - 2013
Timo Wopp
Born 1976
Axel Geerken
Born 1972
Jens Nacke
Born 1971
Marcus Schmieke
Born 1966
Lukas Zumbrock
Born 1996
Andrä Wolter
Born 1950
Emmi Lewald
1866 - 1946
Georg Karl Rohde
1874 - 1959
Walter Tjaden
1906 - 1985
Myriam Quiel
Born 1974
Sarah Tacke
Born 1982
Louisa Specht
Born 1985
Christoph Leyens
Born 1967
Georg Kossenhaschen
1868 - 1931
Hans-Dieter Ohlenbusch
1922 - 1988
Bernhard Lohmüller
1891 - 1952
Hauke Brettel
Born 1970
Gerlind Rosenbusch
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Joachim Molthagen
Born 1941
Peter Löhmann
-
Caroline Ernst
1819 - 1902
Lüder Mencke
1658 - 1726
Gretli Fuchs
1917 - 1995
Wilhelm Kammann
1922 - 1980
Else Wirminghaus
1867 - 1939
Christine Uschy Wernke
Born 1977
Johannes Willinges
1560 - 1625
Jub Mönster
Born 1949
Carl Wilhelm August Weber
1871 - 1957
Heiko Steffens
Born 1938
Kurt Edler
Born 1950
Andreas Sieling
Born 1963
Lorenz Peiffer
Born 1947
Can Mansuroglu
Born 1983
Peter Corssen
1856 - 1928
Ingeborg Middendorf
Born 1946
Bertha Ramsauer
1884 - 1947
Albrecht Ludwig von Berger
1768 - 1813
Wilhelm Meinardus
1867 - 1952
Karlheinz Schwuchow
Born 1958
Dietmar Schütz
Born 1943
Christoph Thole
Born 1978
Hinrich Warrelmann
1904 - 1980
Hartmut Atsma
1937 - 2009
Hermann Lübbing
1901 - 1978
Axel Groenemeyer
1956 - 2020
Theodor Erdmann
1795 - 1893
Malte Brettel
Born 1967
Ernst Baars
1894 - 1969
Gertrude Leverkus
1899 - 1976
Thomas Schäfer (Diplomat)
Born 1952
Günther Lüschen
1931 - 2015
Aglef Püschel
Born 1964
Wolfgang Gussmann
Born 1952
Gerhard Werner (pentathlete)
Born 1947
Theodor Francksen
1875 - 1914
Andreas von Seggern
Born 1967
Richard tom Dieck
1831 - 1943
Folkert Rickers
1938 - 2011
Anna Maria Strackerjan
1919 - 1980
Uwe Kiencke
Born 1943
Hanno Steckel
Born 1972
Gustav Ahlhorn
1886 - 1971
Friedrich von Lindelof
1794 - 1882
Enno Narten
1889 - 1973
Peter Friedrich Ludwig von Rössing
1805 - 1874
Bernd Heemsoth
Born 1966
Willa Thorade
1871 - 1962
Nicola Stäglich
Born 1970
Johann Heinrich Jakob Schloifer
1790 - 1867
Rainer Henke
Born 1951
Jürgen Rullkötter
Born 1948
Georg Lasius
1835 - 1928
Wilhelm Deinert
1933 - 2012
Hartmut Witte
Born 1952
Werner Vahlenkamp
Born 1944
Jens Brüning (Journalist)
1946 - 2011
Wilhelm Freiherr von Schorlemer
1888 - 1965
Ulf Albert
Born 1964
Fritz Cropp
1887 - 1984
Michael Kalkbrenner
Born 1956