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
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Gunther Schwerdtfeger
Born 1934
Ehrenreich Gerhard Coldewey
1702 - 1773
Andreas Boll
Born 1976
Erich Küpker
1933 - 2012
Wolfgang Götze (Maler)
1906 - 1988
Rolf Ulrich (Diplomat)
Born 1951
Helmuth Hinzelmann
1904 - 1972
Manfred Voß
1900 - 1942
Clemens von Wedel-Gödens
1866 - 1945
Theodor Heyse
1803 - 1884
Michael Ramsauer
Born 1970
Hermann Becker (Politiker, 1816)
1816 - 1898
Mendel Hirsch
1833 - 1900
Heinz Neumüller
1920 - 1998
Antje Ippensen
Born 1965
Gerd Sandstede
Born 1929
Hartwig Isernhagen
Born 1940
Isaac Friedlander
1823 - 1878
Gerold Dieke
Born 1943
Karl Schwoon
1908 - 1976
Peter von Gayl
1830 - 1915
Werner Meiners
Born 1946
Gerhard Anton Hermann Gramberg
1772 - 1816
Walter Böning
1894 - 1981
Riekje Weber
Born 1963
Horst-Udo Ahlers
Born 1939
Mariella Mosler
Born 1962
Emil Pott
1851 - 1913
Ernst Roters
1892 - 1961
Arne von Boetticher
Born 1970
Ulrich Fastenrath
Born 1949
Christiane Volger
1917 - 2008
Katrin Hesse
Born 1964
Hannes Mercker
Born 1983
Theodor Elster
Born 1948
Ulrich Mohrbutter
1889 - 1971
Helmut Göttke-Krogmann
1919 - 2008
Janna Nandzik
Born 1980
Wilhelm Flor
1882 - 1938
Heinrich Rabeling
1890 - 1956
Günther Jansen (Politiker, 1831)
1831 - 1914
Burkhard Grashorn
1940 - 2017
Otto Brunken
1950 - 2017
Herbert Wentscher (Videokünstler)
Born 1951
Friedrich W. Herzog
1902 - 1976
Martin Bücking
1868 - 1954
Wolfgang Wulf
Born 1951
Hans Gehrels
1904 - 1998
Heinrich Krahnstöver
1883 - 1966
Helmuth Wirminghaus
1891 - 1968
Johann Barter
1558 - 1617
Isaak Hirsch (Schriftsteller)
1836 - 1899
Rüdiger Götte
Born 1969
Gottfried Ramsauer
1827 - 1904
Heinrich Wilhelm Hayen
1791 - 1854
Heinrich Holtzinger
1856 - 1940
Ludwig von Halem
1758 - 1839
Wilhelm Krüger (Bauingenieur)
1871 - 1940
Johannes Gryphiander
1580 - 1652
Almut Adler
Born 1951
Ilse Barleben
1904 - 1974
Dietrich Klävemann
1814 - 1889
Henry Raschen
1854 - 1937
Jannes Hundt
Born 1996
Marie Altona
1868 - 1916
Friedrich Wilhelm Anton Roemer
1788 - 1865
Christian Walter (Musiker)
Born 1962
Friedrich Seemann (Jurist)
1906 - 1947
Dietrich Toellner
Born 1966
Max tom Dieck
1869 - 1951
Peter Todeskino
Born 1958
Anton Günther Heshusius
1638 - 1700
Theodor Presuhn
1810 - 1877
Karl Tappenbeck
1858 - 1941
Johann Gerdes (Politiker)
1896 - 1933
Carl Dantz
1884 - 1967
Oliver Zielinski
Born 1970
Wilhelm Stein (Ingenieur)
1870 - 1964
Franz Ludwig Anton Kelp
1809 - 1891
Wilhelm Fortmann
1814 - 1894
Eckart Grenzer
1943 - 2017
Frank Raki
Born 1967
Stefan Lang (Fußballspieler)
Born 1966
Johann Peter Ahlers
1724 - 1793
Christiane Gibiec
Born 1949
Anton Günther von Harling
1595 - 1655
Otto Friedrich Gramberg
1856 - 1946
Adolf Mutzenbecher
1834 - 1896
Heinz Minssen
1906 - 1994
Dirk Stamer
Born 1980
Wilhelm Christoph Hoyer
1826 - 1897
Richard Bremer
1900 - 1971
Wilhelm Kempin
1885 - 1951
Hans Martin Fricke
1906 - 1994
Ernst Beyersdorff
1885 - 1952
Stefan Rieckhoff
Born 1968
Sigrid Rakow
Born 1951
Friedrich Julius Heinrich Ruhstrat
1854 - 1916
Walther Ahlhorn
1879 - 1961
August Mutzenbecher
1826 - 1897
Otto Hoyer
1883 - 1949
Harald Gollnick
Born 1948
Wilhelm von Beaulieu-Marconnay
1848 - 1884
Gernot Rath
1919 - 1967
Friedrich Wilhelm von Hendorff
1738 - 1798
Anke Hanft
Born 1953
Manfred Klinkebiel
Born 1954
Christoph Eilard
1585 - 1639
Carl Klävemann
1816 - 1872
Eduard Högl
1875 - 1939
Heinrich Gerhard Lambrecht
1812 - 1898
Otto Wolters (Pianist)
1938 - 2020
Gerd Meyer (Maler)
1894 - 1987
Karl Dugend
1847 - 1919
Christoph D. Garlichs
Born 1965
Max Julius Dinklage
1864 - 1935
Johann Ernst Greverus
1807 - 1871
Levin Coldewey
1669 - 1729
Wilhelm Wicke
1828 - 1871
Gustav Nutzhorn
1886 - 1981
Christian Hoyer
1794 - 1865
Gustav Ludwig Janson
1710 - 1788
Esther Niewerth-Baumann
Born 1968
Rico Mecklenburg
Born 1949
Gerhard Groskopff
1803 - 1876
Carl Dinklage
1868 - 1941
Ludwig Freese
1859 - 1936
Ernst Ruhstrat
1856 - 1913
Wilhelm Mutzenbecher
1832 - 1878
Berthold Diedrich Römer
1797 - 1858
Margarethe Gramberg
1895 - 1968
Heinrich Hoyer
1817 - 1909
Felix Stiemer
1896 - 1945
Klaus Schumacher (Politiker)
1937 - 2010
Sven Bremer (Fußballspieler)
Born 1975
Julius Deppe
1852 - 1911
Johann Ludolph von Oetken
1653 - 1725
Rudolf Freese
1879 - 1963
Georg Flor
1833 - 1908
Rudolf Königer
1879 - 1954
Heinrich Lentz
1737 - 1823
Eugen Dugend
1879 - 1946
Moritz Ludwig Ernst zu Lynar
1754 - 1807
Johann Wöbcken
1802 - 1878
Hermann Goens
1863 - 1946
Friedrich Haubold
Born 1950
Willy Steinhauer
1898 - 1970
Günther Onken
1901 - 1970
Johann Wilhelm Detlev Georg
1779 - 1840
Werner Arend
1919 - 2006
Wilhelm Hayen
1834 - 1918
Heide Hinrichs
Born 1976
Werner Hadeler
1893 - 1977
Leonhard von und zu Egloffstein (General, 1842) �
1842 - 1904
Kathrin Scholl
Born 1979
Ernst Wallroth
1851 - 1912
Friedrich von Heimburg
1859 - 1935
Bernhard Willers
1881 - 1941
Kevin Smit
Born 1991
Georg Struthoff
1894 - 1975
Kurt von Alten
1864 - 1927
Hermann Pralle
1863 - 1939
Hans Georg Willers
Born 1928
Mathilde Drees
1862 - 1938
Georg von Alten (Generalmajor, 1848)
1848 - 1904
Dorothea Wolf
Born 1951
Ernst Rodiek
1902 - 1980
Helmut Stukenberg
1909 - 1991
Karl Hoopts
1873 - 1951
Friedrich Döpke
1898 - 1966
Carsten Biesok
Born 1968
Klaus Seelemann
1915 - 1972
Friedrich Lentz
1769 - 1854
Rolf Kayser (Wasserbauingenieur)
1931 - 2011
Gerrit Winter
Born 1983
Collin Croome
Born 1971
Georg Propping
1837 - 1920
Eduard Closter
1808 - 1880
Anton Gottlieb Georg Widersprecher
1787 - 1842
Johann Wilhelm Anton Hunrichs
1718 - 1787
Hermann Gautel
1905 - 1945
Wee Flowers
Born 1960
Lea Sophie Salfeld
Born 1985
Franz Heinrich Alexander Bucholtz
1846 - 1905
Johannes Thole
1880 - 1952
Helmuth Hufenbach
1908 - 1945
Bernhard Behrens
1847 - 1931
Robert Kandelhardt
1867 - 1959
Thorsten Prenzler
Born 1971
Friedrich Detlev Georg Starklof
1788 - 1841
Heinrich Strack (der Jüngere)
1841 - 1912
Horst Beinlich
Born 1947
Walter Rüder
1861 - 1922
Rudolf von Busch
1900 - 1956
Margarete Schuster
1899 - 1978
Bernd Schiphorst
Born 1943
Johannes Ramsauer (Pfarrer)
1832 - 1918
Günther Sante
1920 - 1993
Burchhard Garlichs
Born 1969
Ralf von der Marwitz
1888 - 1966
Jens Zimmermann
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Diedrich Bruns
1897 - 1988
Reinhard Schlichting
1835 - 1895
Wilhelm Büsing
1901 - 1945
Friedrich Albers
1881 - 1936
Olav Iraklis Stamatis
Born 1974
Erwin Bohlken
1919 - 1954
Adolf Schmeyers
1874 - 1941
Rita Köster
Born 1960
Marcus Kossendey
Born 1966
Dieter von Essen
Born 1962
Dagmar Galler
Born 1961
Andreas Schomaker
Born 1960
Theodor Schauenburg
1885 - 1917
Johann Martin Schmid
1847 - 1923
Inse-Marie Ortgies
Born 1944
Tim Albrecht
Born 1992
Magnus von Wedderkop (Generalleutnant)
1882 - 1962
Shaline-Doreen Pipa
Born 1999
Carsten Schmiester
Born 1962
Heinrich Lohl
1901 - 1947
Hans-Wilhelm Kufferath
1939 - 2016
Wilhelm Wrobel
1900 - 1961
Johann Heinrich Carl Christian Weichardt
1804 - 1866
Steffen Kiese
Born 1987
Ellen Terwey
Born 1950
Wilhelm Kleinschmidt
1907 - 1941
Karin Kauertz
Born 1953
Marcell Driver (Richter)
1866 - 1952
Ulf Mehrens
Born 1956
Franz Klüsner
1837 - 1916
Albert Tönjes
1920 - 1980
Viktor von Alten
1854 - 1917
Erich tho Rahde
1875 - 1927
Hermann Engel
1899 - 1975
Jürgen Schober
Born 1948
Clara Reyersbach
1897 - 1972
Georg von der Lippe
1866 - 1933
Max von Weddig
1848 - 1920
Ulrich Lunscken
1952 - 2008
Birgit Stegmeier
Born 1949
Josephine Bode
Born 1982
Peter Frahm
1912 - 1940
Otto Siemer
1898 - 1972
Rudolf Friedrichs (Architekt)
1860 - 1924
Hermann Nappe
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Martin Teller
Born 1966
Curt Barleben
1909 - 1944
August Oeltermann
1836 - 1902
Ingeborg Simon
Born 1939
Johannes Kirchring (der Jüngere)
1630 - 1645
Tielko Tilemann
1923 - 2014
Wilhelm von Wedel (Landrat)
1837 - 1912
Moritz Sembritzki
Born 1983
Rudolf Franksen
1864 - 1913
Werner Heinrich Rath
Born 1950
Rolf von Keiser
1908 - 1973
Björn Meyer-Schomann
Born 1970
Emil von Heimburg
1806 - 1881
Nikolaus von Spiegelberg
1790 - 1866
Till Isemann
Born 1996
Helmuth von Schele
1858 - 1922
Alexander Pancratz
1839 - 1910
Barbara Hahn (Physikerin)
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Helmut Thielke
1927 - 2006