List of people from Oldenburg

Last updated July 28, 2023

Honorary citizens

1917: Paul von Hindenburg, General and later President of Germany during the Weimar Republic
1928: Dr. h.c. Helene Lange, Politician (DDP) and women's rights activist
1963: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl Jaspers, philosopher, psychiatrist and political author
1992: Horst Janssen, printmaker

Famous people from Oldenburg

1426, Christian of Oldenburg, † 1481, king of the Kalmar Union.
1460, John V, Count of Oldenburg, † 1526, Count of Oldenburg
1683, Burkhard Christoph von Munnich, † 1767, military commander, political figure
1776, May 4: Johann Friedrich Herbart, † August 14, 1841 Göttingen, philosopher, psychologist and teacher
1815, March 24: Sophie Löwe † November 29, 1866, opera soprano
1818, December 21: Marie Frederike Amelie, Princess of Oldenburg and Queen of Greece 1836–1862 † Bamberg May 20, 1875
1848, April 9: Helene Lange, † May 13, 1930 Berlin, politician, teacher and women's rights activist
1852, November 16: Friedrich August, Duke of Oldenburg 1900–1918
1865, July 22: Dr. Karl Rudolf Heinze, † May 28, 1928 Dresden, prime minister of Saxony October 26 to November 13, 1918, and Governor of Saxony 1923
1883, February 23: Karl Jaspers, † February 26, 1969 Basel, philosopher and author
1894, August 17: Otto Suhr, † August 30, 1957 Berlin, politician SPD and Lord Mayor of Berlin
1934, October 7: Ulrike Meinhof, † May 9, 1976 Stuttgart, journalist and militant (Red Army Faction)
1945, September 9: Robert Alexy, jurist and legal philosopher
1957: Heiko Daxl, media artist
1959, January 17: Andrea Clausen, actress at Burgtheater in Vienna
1973, August 14: Thyra von Westernhagen, Hanoverian princess by marriage
1974, May 28: Hans-Jörg Butt, football player
1982, September 2: Johannes Bitter, handball player, goalie of the German international team
1983, September 22: Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, host and actor

Famous people who worked in Oldenburg

Horst Janssen, * November 14, 1929 Hamburg, † August 31, 1995 Oldenburg, artist, lived in Oldenburg

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Oldenburg (German pronunciation: [ˈɔldn̩bʊʁk](listen)) is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. The city is officially named Oldenburg (Oldb) (Oldenburg in Oldenburg) to distinguish from Oldenburg in Holstein.

The Free State of Brunswick was a state of the German Reich in the time of the Weimar Republic. It was formed after the abolition of the Duchy of Brunswick in the course of the German Revolution of 1918–19. Its capital was Braunschweig (Brunswick).

Helene Lange was a pedagogue and feminist. She is a symbolic figure of the international and German civil rights feminist movement. In the years from 1919 to 1921 she was a member of the Hamburg Parliament. In 1928 she was honoured with the Grand Prussian State Medal "For Services to the State".

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