This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, the German city of Braunschweig (English: Brunswick).
Born in Braunschweig
A to D Kurt Ahrens Jr. (born 1940), racing driver Karl Andree (1808–1875), geographer Richard Andree (1835–1912), geographer Augustus William (1715–1781), Duke of Brunswick-Bevern Georg Anschütz (1886–1953), psychologist Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764–1788), Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Theodore Bachenheimer (1923–1944), soldier Joachim Bäse (1939–2020), German international footballer Ewald Banse (1883–1953), geographer Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (died 1804), Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast Johann Christian Martin Bartels (1769–1836), mathematician Anton August Beck (1713–1787), engraver Bibiana Beglau (born 1971), actress Levin August, Count von Bennigsen (1745–1826), general Götz Bernau (born 1941), violinist Hans Berr (1890–1917), soldier Helmut Beumann (1912–1995), historian Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern (born 1955), engineer Klaus-Dieter Bieler (born 1949), Olympic athlete August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (1845–1912), ornithologist Rudolf Blasius (1842–1907), ornithologist Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862), botanist Oliver Blume (born 1968), manager Bettina Blumenberg (born 1962), field hockey player Jacob Bobart the Elder (1599–1680), botanist and first head gardener of Oxford Botanic Garden Wolfgang Bochow (born 1944), badminton player Otto Bock (born 1881), athlete Johann Joachim Christoph Bode (1731–1793), translator Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Eduard Bornhardt (1864–1946), geologist Bosse (born 1980), rock musician Hartmut Bossel (born 1935), environmental scientist Hermann Bote (c. 1450–c. 1520), chronicler Detlef Bothe (born 1965), actor and film director Wilhelm Bracke (1842–1880), one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany, predecessor of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Jack Brand (born 1953), Canadian international soccer player Walter Bransen (1886–1941), composer Wolfgang Brase (born 1939), footballer Rudolf Maria Breithaupt (1873–1945), composer Ingrid Bruckert (born 1952), field hockey player Bernd Buchheister (born 1962), footballer Christian Heinrich Bünger (1782–1842), surgeon Johann Gottlieb Buhle (1763–1821), philosopher Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst (1919–1993), military officer and member of the German resistance. Petra Butler (born 1966), Academic Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom Lorenz S. Cederbaum (born 1946), physical chemist Charles I (1713–1780), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Charles II (1804–1873), Duke of Brunswick Alix von Cotta (1842–1931), promoter of women's education Stephan Dabbert (born 1958), agricultural economist Ewald Daub (1889–1946), cinematographer Simson Alexander David (1755–1813), writer Georg von der Decken (1836–1898), politician Richard Dedekind (1831–1916), mathematician Carl Ferdinand Degen (1766–1825), mathematician Edward Degener (1809–1890), politician Jaro Deppe (born 1948), footballer Dirk Dirksen (1937–2006), music promoter (1928–2016), swimmer DJ Pari (born 1975), musician Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn (1838–1913), zoologist Wolfgang Dramsch (born 1949), footballer Carl Georg Oscar Drude (1852–1933), botanist Paul Drude (1863–1906), physicist, developed the Drude model. (1741–1785), botanist Julius Düker (born 1996), footballer
E to H André Ehrenberg (born 1972), Olympic canoer Jochen H.H. Ehrich (born 1946), pediatric doctor Justin Eilers (born 1988), footballer Jusuf El-Domiaty (born 1990), basketball player Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750), Holy Roman Empress Lars Ellmerich (born 1961), footballer Otto Engelhardt, (1866-1936), engineer and diplomat Christine Enghaus (1815–1910), actress Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914–1987), Prince of Hanover Oskar Fehr (1871–1959), ophthalmologist Frank E. Fesq (1840–1920), soldier Ferdinand Albert I (1636–1687), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Karl Fiehler (1895–1969), politician Emil Fischer (1838–1914), opera singer Florian Floto (born 1988), Olympic archer Jacques Goldberg (1861–1934), musician, actor and theatre director. Moritz Ludwig Frankenheim (1801–1869), physicist Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815), leader of the Black Brunswickers. Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (1900–1988), actor Werner Fürbringer (1888–1982), U-boat commander Günter Gaus (1929–2004), journalist Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematician Hans Friedrich Geitel (1855–1923), physicist Johan Georg Geitel (1683–1771), painter George William of Hanover (1915–2006), Prince of Hanover (c. 1415–1496), cleric and book collector Willy Giesemann (born 1937), German international footballer Werner Goeritz (1892–1958), general Moritz Göttel (born 1993), footballer Karl Heinrich Gräffe (1799–1873), mathematician Nico Granatowski (born 1991), footballer Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777–1857), entomologist Michael Green (born 1972), field hockey player Wolfgang Grobe (born 1956), footballer Otto Grotewohl (1894–1964), Prime minister of the German Democratic Republic Hansadutta Swami (born 1941), guru Otto Harder (1892–1956), German international footballer Robert Hartig (1839–1901), mycologist Albert Heine (1867–1949), actor Adolph Henke (1775–1843), physician Kurt Heyser (1894–1974), general Karl Gustav Himly (1772–1837), surgeon< Robert Homburg (1848–1912), politician Harry Hoppe (1894–1969), general Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn (1774–1848), physician Jannes Horn (born 1997), footballer August Howaldt (1809–1883), engineer Georg Ferdinand Howaldt (1802–1883), sculptor Hermann Heinrich Howaldt (1841–1891), sculptor Friedrich Huch (1873–1913), writer Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), historian and writer Rainer Hunold (born 1949), actor Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765), composer
I to L Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775–1813), zoologist (born 1968), fashion designer Steffen Jürgens (born 1967), actor Henning Kagermann (born 1947), physicist Kai Karsten (born 1968), Olympic sprinter Katrin Kauschke (born 1971), field hockey player Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988), art director Sascha Kirschstein (born 1980), footballer Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831), writer Frederik Theodor Kloss (1802–1876), painter August Wilhelm Knoch (1742–1818), naturalist Robin Knoche (born 1992), footballer Gustav Knuth (1901–1987), actor Konrad Koch (1846–1911), football pioneer Özkan Koçtürk (born 1974), footballer Louis Köhler (1820–1886), composer Leo von König (1871–1944), painter Oliver Koletzki (born 1974), music producer Charles Konig (1774–1851), naturalist Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890–1945), general Nina Kraft (born 1968), triathlete Uwe Krause (born 1955), footballer Gerard Krefft (1830–1881), zoologist Louis Krevel (1801–1876), painter Alfred Kubel (1909–1999), politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony Wolfgang Kubicki (born 1952), politician Christiane Kubrick (born 1932), actress and painter Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt (born 1964), German lutheran bishop Jens Kujawa (born 1965), basketball player Karl Lachmann (1793–1851), philologist Heike Lätzsch (born 1973), field hockey player August Lafontaine (1758–1831), author of sentimental didactic novels once immensely popular, born and brought up in the city Christophe Lambert (born 1985), judoka Gerhard Landmann (1904–1933), SS man Paul Lehmann (1884–1964), palaeographer Katharina Lehnert (born 1994), tennis player Rudolf Lindau (1888–1977), politician
M to P Thilo Maatsch (1900–1983), artist Alexander Madlung (born 1982), German international footballer Willy Maertens (1893–1967), actor Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow (1810–1893), noblewoman and educator Günter Mast (1927–2011), businessman Walter Mattern (1920–1974), SS-Hauptsturmführer Heike Matthiesen (born 1969), classical guitarist Heinz Mayr (born 1935), Olympic racewalker MC Rene (born 1976), rapper Rosine Elisabeth Menthe (1663–1701), wife of Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Florian Meyer (born 1968), football referee Johann Heinrich Meyer (1812–1863), publisher Klaus Meyer (1937–2014), footballer Hugo Miehe (1875–1932), botanist Nils Mittmann (born 1979), basketball player Tomo Johannes in der Mühlen (born 1961), DJ and producer Gustav von der Mülbe (1831–1917), general Müller Brothers, a noted 19th-century string quartet composed of four brothers. Günther Müller-Stöckheim (1913–1943), U-boat commander Adolph Nehrkorn (1841–1916), ornithologist Christian Neidhart (born 1968), footballer and manager Marie Neurath (1898–1986), graphic designer Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846), astronomer Walter Nicolai (1873–1947), spy Wilhelm Nienstädt (1784–1862), educator Carl Theodor Ottmer (1800–1843), architect Eva Pagels (born 1954), field hockey player Melanie Paschke (born 1970), Olympic sprinter Kurd Peters (1914–1957), soldier Marc Pfitzner (born 1984), footballer Jens Pieper (born 1968), Olympic archer Bernhard Plockhorst (1825–1907), painter Patrick Posipal (born 1988), footballer
Q to T Walter Ramme (born 1895), Olympic swimmer Erik Range (born 1977), YouTube personality (born 1952), rock drummer Tobias Rau (born 1981), German international footballer Gustav von Rauch (1774–1841), general Paul Rehkopf (1872–1949), actor Wilhelmine Reichard (1788–1848), balloonist Daniel Reiche (born 1988), footballer Kurt Reidemeister (1893–1971), mathematician Frank Rennicke (born 1964), singer and far-right political activist Arnold Rimpau (1856–1936), entrepreneur Johannes Runge (1878–1949), Olympic athlete Ernst Sagebiel (1892–1970), architect Michael Scheike (born 1963), footballer Heinz-Günter Scheil (born 1962), footballer Galka Scheyer (1889–1945), painter Dieter Schidor (1948–1987), actor Gudrun Scholz (born 1940), field hockey player Eberhard Schrader (1836–1908), orientalist Dennis Schröder (born 1993), NBA basketball player, currently with the Sacramento Kings. Norbert Schultze (1911–2002), composer Christian Schwarzer (born 1969), handball player Edda Seippel (1919–1993), actress Emil Selenka (1842–1902), zoologist Paul Sievert (1895–1988), racewalker Hans Sommer (1837–1922), composer and mathematician Jan Spoelder (born 1973), footballer Louis Spohr (1784–1859), composer Alfred Staats (born 1891), Olympic gymnast Gustav Steinmann (1856–1929), geologist and paleontologist Bartholomaeus Stockmann (c. 1550–1609), composer Wenzel Storch (born 1961), film director and producer Stephanie Storp (born 1968), Olympic shot putter Delphin Strungk (c. 1600–1694), composer and organist Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700), composer and violinist Gustav Teichmüller (1832–1888), philosopher Mechthildis Thein (1888–1959), actress Ulrich Thein (1930–1995), actor Phillip Tietz (born 1997), footballer Louis Tronnier (1897–1952), general
U to Z (1836–1905), architect Lette Valeska (1885–1985), artist Conrad Varrentrapp (1844–1911), historian Hans Waldmann (1922–1945), fighter pilot Gerd Wedler (1929–2008), chemist Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758–1828), painter Reinhard Wendemuth (born 1948), Olympic rower Franz Wenzler (1893–1942), film director Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), naturalist Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841), zoologist Rudolf Wilke (1873–1908), caricaturist William of Brunswick (1830–1884), Duke of Brunswick Christian Ludewig Theodor Winkelmann (1812–1875), piano maker Hermann Winkelmann (1849–1912), Heldentenor Frederick Albert Winsor (1763–1830), inventor Franz Winter (1861–1930), archaeologist (1843–1930), architect Nils Wogram (born 1972), musician Adolf Wolf (1899–1973), general Johann Zanger (1557–1607), legal scholar H. Dieter Zeh (born 1932), physicist Michael Zickerick (born 1948), diplomat