A list of notable people from Oldenburg, Germany
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 Christian of Oldenburg (1426–1481), king of the Kalmar Union. John V, Count of Oldenburg (1460–1526), Count of Oldenburg Burkhard Christoph von Munnich (1683–1767), military commander, political figure Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776–1841), Göttingen, philosopher, psychologist and teacher Sophie Löwe (1815–1866), opera soprano Marie Frederike Amelie (1818–1875), Princess of Oldenburg and Queen of Greece 1836–1862 Helene Lange (1848–1930), politician, teacher and women's rights activist Friedrich August, Duke of Oldenburg (1852–1918) Dr. Karl Rudolf Heinze (1865–1928), prime minister of Saxony October 26 to November 13, 1918, and Governor of Saxony 1923 Karl Jaspers (1883–1969), philosopher and author Otto Suhr (1894–1957), politician SPD and Lord Mayor of Berlin Ulrike Meinhof (1934–1976), journalist and militant (Red Army Faction) Robert Alexy (1945–2026), jurist and legal philosopher Heiko Daxl (1957), media artist Andrea Clausen (1959), actress at Burgtheater in Vienna Thyra von Westernhagen (1973), Hanoverian princess by marriage Hans-Jörg Butt (1974), football player Johannes Bitter (1982), handball player, goalie of the German international team Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (1983), 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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