List of people from Mainz

This is a list of notable people who were born in or associated with Mainz.

Sons and daughters of the town

(chronological list) around 780, Rabanus Maurus, † 856, a Benedictine monk, and archbishop of Mainz. He was the author of the encyclopaedia On the Nature of Things (c. 960 -1040? or 1028?) Gershom ben Judah, also commonly known by the longer title "Rabbeinu Gershom Me'Or Hagolah" ("Our teacher Gershom the light of the exile"), a famous Talmudist and Halakhist around 1397, Johannes Gutenberg (also Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden), † February 3, 1468 in Mainz, a goldsmith and inventor. He achieved fame for his invention of the technology of printing with movable types during 1447 ? Johann Fust († 1466 in Paris), an early German printer, assistant and investor of Gutenberg. Together with Peter Schöffer he founded a printshop 1488, Otto Brunfels, a German theologian and botanist. Carl von Linné listed him among the "Fathers of Botany" 1674, Friedrich Carl von Schönborn († 1746), bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg (1729–46) 1745, Ludwig Fischer, † July 19, 1825 in Berlin, opera singer 1750, Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg, † September 28, 1806 in Mannheim, chamberlain of Worms and intendant of the theatre at Mannheim Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (1767–1822) was a German stage actor and entomologist (lepidopterist) 1779, October 8, Johann Baptist Ziz, † December 1, 1829, botanist 1780, Johann Adam Ackermann, † 1853, landscape painter 1791, Franz Bopp, 1867 in Berlin, German linguist, author of comparative studies on Indo-European languages 1799, Friedrich Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799 in Breslau – 1874 in Mainz), artist, naval officer, explorer and naturalist. 1805, Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn was a German author and founder of a nunnery 1809, August 19, Sabine Heinefetter, 18 November 1872, operatic soprano 1811, Josef Kling, was a German chess master and chess composer 1815, November 21, Karl Ludwig Bernays, Marxist journalist 1815, 2 April, Johann Baptist Heinefetter, 4 November 1902, Romantic painter 1817, Christoph Moufang, † 1890 in Mainz, diocesan administrator of Mainz 1877-86 1823, Ludwig Bamberger, † 1899 in Berlin, was an economist, publicist and politician. He took part in the republican rising in the Palatinate and Baden; it was chiefly owing to him that a gold currency was adopted and that the Reichsbank took form 1824, Peter Cornelius, † 1874 in Mainz, composer, writer about music, poet and translator 1835, Paul Haenlein, † 1905 in Mainz, was an engineer and flight pioneer. He flew in a semi-rigid-frame dirigible 1838, in Mainz, Charles Hallgarten, † 1908 in Frankfurt am Main, was a banker and philanthropist 1839, Adolphus Busch, † 1913 was the cofounder of Anheuser-Busch 1846, Ferdinand Becker, † 1877, painter of religious subjects 1849, May 29, Lorenz Adlon, † April 7, 1921, established Hotel Adlon in Berlin 1858, July 2, Georg Heinrich Kirstein, † April 15, 1921 in Mainz, bishop of Mainz 1904-21 1862, Hugo Ganz (1862-1922), journalist 1883, Emil Preetorius, † 1973 in Munich, painter and scenic designer, 1948 – 1968 president of the Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste 1883, Adolf Reinach, German philosopher, phenomenologist (from the Munich phenomenology perspective) and law theorist 1871, Oskar Heinroth, Ornithologist 1873, Rudolf Rocker, † 1958 in Mohegan/Maine (USA); was an anarcho-syndicalist writer, historian and prominent activist 1888, 17 November, Curt Goetz, † 12 September 1960 in Grabs/St. Gallen (Switzerland), Schriftsteller ("Der Lügner und die Nonne", "Das Haus in Montevideo"), playwright, film director 1892, 6 January Ludwig Berger originally Ludwig Bamberger, † 1969 in Schlangenbad, film director, Shakespeare interpreter 1900, Anna Seghers, † 1983 in Berlin (East), writer ("Das siebte Kreuz") 1901, Walter Hallstein, † 1982 in Stuttgart, politician and professor (Hallstein Doctrine) (1950–1951) 1904, 30 December, Edith Schultze-Westrum, † 20 March 1981 in München, actress ("Die Brücke", D 1959, "Jeder stirbt für sich allein", Hans Fallada 1962) 1914, 25 December, Konrad Georg, † 8 September 1987 in Hamburg, actor ("Kommissar Freytag", "Tim Frazer") 1916, Ferdy Mayne, † 1998 in London, actor 1920, 3 November, Peter Ganz, Germanist 1924. Lewis H Gann, Historian of Africa 1924, 11 December, Heinz Schenk, †2014, actor, singer ("Es ist alles nur geliehen"), Moderator ("Zum blauen Bock"), text writer ("Ole, ole Fiesta") 1935, 4 October, Horst Janson, actor ("Der Bastian", Sesamstraße) 1938, 25 February, Dieter Reith, composer (TV-melodies), band leader 1942, 18 April, Jochen Rindt, † 1970 Austrian racing driver 1947, 31 December, Gerhard Ludwig Müller 1961, 6 December, Manuel Reuter, race car driver 1963, Matthias Fornoff, tv-journalist 1968, Anja Gockel, fashion designer

Honorary citizens 1831: Dr. Georg Moller, Regierungsbaumeister (first honorary citizen) 1834: Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly, vice governor of the federal fortress Mainz 1835: Albert Thorvaldsen, Danish/Icelandic sculptor, creator of the Gutenbergdenkmal 1839: Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, vice governor of the federal fortress Mainz 1864 to 1866 Prince Charles of Prussia was governor of Mainz 1875: Leopold Hermann von Boyen, governor of the federal fortress Mainz 1877: Philipp Veit, romantic painter, director of the municipal gallery at Mainz 1908: Max von Gagern, administrative director of the province Rheinhessen 1962: Carl Zuckmayer, author 1964: Félix Kir, catholic priest, resistance fighter and politician 1965: Dr. Peter Altmeier, first prime minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, co-founder of the Second German Television 1970: Dr. Ludwig Strecker, director of Schott Music, publisher 1972: Prof. Fritz Strassmann, chemist who, along with Otto Hahn, and Lisa Meitner discovered the nuclear fission of uranium in 1938 1975: Hermann Kardinal Volk, Bishop of Mainz 1981: Marc Chagall, painter, created nine stained-glass windows in St. Stephan Mainz 1981: Anna Seghers, originally Netty Rádvany, geb. Reiling, author 1983: Prof. Karl Holzamer, first director general (Intendant) of the Second German Television 2001: Karl Kardinal Lehmann, Bishop of Mainz 2004: Karl Delorme, local politician 2022: Özlem Türeci, Uğur Şahin, Christoph Huber, BioNTech-founders

Other people related specially to Mainz

Scientists Johann Joachim Becher (1635–1682), was a physician, alchemist, precursor of Chemistry, scholar, economist and adventurer Johann Georg Adam Forster naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. Played a leading role in the Republic of Mainz 1793 Johann Fischer von Waldheim, was a German anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt (1853–1933), was a German mineralogist, crystallographer, nature philosopher, art collector and sponsor Gustav Killian (1860–1921), was a German laryngologist Romano Guardini (1885–1968), was a Roman Catholic priest, author, and academic Fritz Strassmann (1902–1980), was a chemist who, along with Otto Hahn, discovered the nuclear fission of uranium in 1938 Otto Laporte (1902–1971) physicist Helmut Schoeck (1922–1993), was an Austrian-German sociologist and writer, best known for his work "Envy Paul J. Crutzen, is a Dutch Nobel Prize winning atmospheric chemist at the Max-Planck-Institut in Mainz Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder (1809–1893), was an important prehistorian, a pioneer of prehistorian research during the 19th century, history painting, Lithography Wolfgang Seiler, biogeochemists and climatologists Uğur Şahin (born 1965), in Iskenderun, Turkey) immunologist and physician Özlem Türeci (born 1967), in Lastrup, immunologist and businessperson

Politicians Nero Claudius Drusus, Consul of the Roman Empire („Drusus-Cenotaph“ in the Zitadelle) Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor, commanded the Legio XXII Primigenia in Mogontiacum Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (222–235) of the Severan dynasty. Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus was a usurper against Postumus, the emperor of the Gallic Empire. He declared himself emperor at Mainz in February/March 268 Jean Bon Saint-André, was a French politician of the Revolution era, became préfet of the département of Mont-Tonnerre (1801) and commissary-general of the three départements on the left bank of the Rhine Franz Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1776–1840), German politician and art collector Ludwig Schwamb (1890–1945) social-democratic jurist and politician who fought against the Nazi dictatorship in Germany as a member of the Kreisau Circle Helmut Kohl, politician Susanne Wasum-Rainer, diplomat, Germany’s Ambassador to France (since 2012) view: List of mayors of Mainz Katrin Eder (born 1976), politician (The Greens) Thomas Barth (born 1977), politician (CDU) Pia Schellhammer (born 1985), politician (The Greens)

Architecture, art and culture Hans Backoffen (1470–1519), kurfürstlicher Steinmetz und Bildhauer Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Jurist, Mathematiker und Philosoph. Von 1667 – 1674 in Diensten Johann Philipps von Schönborn Maximilian von Welsch (1671–1745), electoral director of building, architect, military engineer, famed for his fortifications and civil architecture (Lustschloss Favorite Mainz, New Armory Mainz) Emy Roeder (1890–1971), sculptor, since 1950 teacher at the Mainzer Kunstgewerbeschule Alois Plum (born 1935), stained glass artist Margret Hofheinz-Döring (1910–1994), painter and graphic artist

Literature Marianus Scotus (1028–1082), Irish chronicler Kathinka Zitz (1801–1877), writer and political activist Siegmund Salfeld (1843–1926) German rabbi and writer Gerd Buchdahl (1914–2001), German-Jewish philosopher of science Harald Martenstein (born 1953), author, columnist at Die Zeit Hanns-Josef Ortheil, Mainz town chronist Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970), author of My Opposition

Sports Franco Foda, football manager Jürgen Klopp, football manager Manuel Reuter, racing driver, two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1989, 1996) Jochen Rindt, racing driver, posthumously won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970) Martin Schmidt, football manager Katrin Schultheis, world champion 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 artistic cycling Niko Springer, darts player Sandra Sprinkmeier, world champion 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 artistic cycling Martin Steffes-Mies, four-time rowing world champion octuple (8x) (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993) Vincent Keymer, chess grandmaster

Economy

Lorenz Adlon created the most luxurious hotel of his time, the Hotel Adlon Ludwig Bamberger (1823–1899), German banker Dr. Hans Friderichs, Bundesminister a. D. Salomon Oppenheim, Jr. (1772–1828), Jewish German banker. He is the founder of the private bank Sal Oppenheim. Alfonso Sancha (born 1965) German-Spanish executive, born in Mainz Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Chair of International Macroeconomics Wirtschaftsweise

Religion refer to Bishop of Mainz Archbishopric of Mainz Yaakov ben Yakar (990 – 1064) was a Talmudist, pupil of Gershom ben Judah, and is especially known as the teacher of Rashi Yehuda ben Meir (also known as Yehuda ha-Kohen or Judah of Mainz was a German-Jewish rabbi, Talmudic scholar and traveler of the late 10th and early 11th century Karl von Miltitz (1490–1529) was a papal nuncio and a Mainz Cathedral canon Johann Michael Raich, was a Catholic theologian Adam Franz Lennig (1803–1866), ultramontanist, established in March 1848 the Piusverein and organized the first Katholikentag

Music, canto Heinrich von Meißen, called Frauenlob, was a Middle High German poet and Minnesinger. Since 1312 up to his death 1318 at Peter von Aspelts court in Mainz Marianne Müller, (1772–1851) soprano singer at the Königliches Theater of Berlin in 1789–1816 Gottfried Weber (1799–1839) was a prominent writer on music, especially music theory Maria Wilhelmj (1856-1930), composer