- List of people related to Mainz
This list indicates renown persons, which have been born in
Mainz or which have left their traces Mainz.ons and daughters of the town
("chronological list")
* around780 ,Rabanus Maurus , † 856, , was aBenedictine monk, thearchbishop ofMainz inGermany and a
theologian. He was the author of the
encyclopaedia "On the Nature of Things".
* (c. 960 -1040? or 1028?)Gershom ben Judah , also commonly knownby the longer title Rabbeinu Gershom Me'Or Hagolah ("'Ourteacher Gershom the light of the exile"') to scholars ofJudaism .He was a famousTalmud ist and Halakhist.
* around 1397,Johannes Gutenberg (also Johannes Gensfleisch zurLaden), † February 3, 1468 in Mainz, was a Germangoldsmith andinventor who achieved fame for his invention of thetechnology ofprinting with movable types during 1447.
* ?Johann Fust († 1466 inParis ), was an early German printer,assistant and investor of Gutenberg. Together withPeter Schöffer he founded a printshop,
* 1488,Otto Brunfels , was a German theologian and botanist. Carlvon Linné listed him among the "Fathers of Botany"..
* 1674,Friedrich Carl von Schönborn († 1746 was Bishop of Bambergand Würzburg (1729-46)..
* 1716,Count Johann Franz Raymond Kasimir Anton Joseph Peter (May19,1716- † October 3, 1775) Knight of Teutonic Order, Privy Councilor,General Feld Zeug Meister, and "Governor of Mainz"
* 1739, Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk Graf von Waldersdorf, † 21.April 1810 in Bruchsal, Fürstbishop of Speyer 1797-1810
* 1745, Ludwig Fischer, † July 19 1825 in Berlin, opera singer
* 1749, February 20, Georg Karl Ignaz Freiherr von Fechenbach zuLaudenbach] , † April 9 1808 in Werneck near Würzburg, Prince-Bishop ofBamberg and Würzburg 1800-08
* 1750, Wolfgang Heribert vonDalberg , † September 28 1806 inMannheim, chamberlain of Worms and intendant of the theatre at Mannheim
* 1766,Johann Martin Manl , † October 15 1835 in Eichstätt, Bischopof Speyer 1827-35 and Bishop of Eichstätt 1835
*Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (1767–1822) was a German actor andentomologist (lepidopterist ).
* 1770,Heinrich Anton Hoffmann , † January 19, 1842 in Frankfurt amMain, Composer (ConCerts, Chamber music etc.)
* 1775, September 28,Johann Adam von Itzstein , † September 14 1855in Hallgarten, badian politician and member of theFrankfurt Parliament
* 1780,Johann Adam Ackermann ,† 1853,landscape painter
* 1791,Franz Bopp , 1867 in Berlin, German linguist, comparativework on Indo-European languages.
* 1798,March 7 ,Hermann Umpfenbach , † 1862 March 16,Mathematician
* 1800, Johann-Joseph Krug, † 1866 inReims establishedChampagneKrug in 1843
*1805,Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn was a German author and founderof a nunnery.
* 1811,Josef Kling , was a Germanchess master andchesscomposer .
* 1817,Christoph Moufang , † 1890 in Mainz, diocesan administratorof Mainz 1877-86
* 1822 Joseph Gottsleben, † 1888, printer and publisher, establishedthe "Mainzer Anzeiger"
* 1823,Ludwig Bamberger , † 1899 in Berlin, was aneconomist ,publicist andpolitician . He took part in the republican risingin the Palatinate and Baden,it was chiefly owing to him that a gold currency was adopted and thattheReichsbank took form.
* 1824,Peter Cornelius , † 1874 in Mainz, composer, writer aboutmusic, poet and translator. * 1826, Paul Stumpf, † March 15 1912 inMainz, politician and entrepreneur.
* 1835Paul Haenlein , † 1905 in Mainz, was an engineer and flightpioneer. He flew in a semi-rigid-framedirigible .
* 1838, in Mainz,Charles Hallgarten , † 1908 in Frankfurt am Main,was abanker andphilanthropist .
* 1839,Adolphus Busch , † 1913 was the cofounder ofAnheuser-Busch .
* 1846, Ferdinand Becker, † 1877, painter of religious subjects.
* 1849, May 29, Lorenz Adlon, † April 7 1921 , establishedHotelAdlon in Berlin
* 1850, March 4, Ludwig Lindenschmit the younger, † July 1922 in Mainz,
prehistorian and painter
* 1858, July 2,Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein , † April 15 1921 inMainz, bishop of Mainz 1904-21
* 1861, January 20, Albanus Schachleiter, † June 20 1937 in Feilnbach,Abt
* 1883, Emil Preetorius, †1973 inMunich , painter andscenicdesign er, 1948 - 1968 president of the Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste
* 1883,Adolf Reinach , German philosopher, phenomenologist (fromthe Munich phenomenology perspective) and law theorist.
* 1871,Oskar Heinroth ,Ornithologist
* 1873,Rudolf Rocker , † 1958 in Mohegan/Maine (USA); was an
anarcho-syndicalist writer, historian andprominent activist.
* 1878, Karl Friedrich Zörgiebel, police president in Berlin, SPDpolitician * 1888 Alfred Mumbächer, † 1953 in Mainz, landscape painter.
* 1888, 17 November,Curt Goetz , † 12 September 1960 in Grabs/St.Gallen (Switzerland), Schriftsteller ("Der Lügner und die Nonne", "DasHaus in Montevideo"),playwright ,film director
* 1892, 6 JanuaryLudwig Berger originally Ludwig Bamberger, † 1969in Schlangenbad, film director,Shakespeare -Interpreter
* 1899, 27 August, Hans Wilhelmi, † 5 June 1970 inFrankfurt amMain , Bundesminister für wirtschaftlichen Besitz des Bundes(1960-1961)
* 1900,Anna Seghers , † 1983 in Berlin (East), writer ("Dassiebte Kreuz ")
* 1901,Walter Hallstein , † 1982 in Stuttgart, politician andprofessor (Hallstein Doctrine )(1950-1951)
* 1904, 30 December,Edith Schultze-Westrum , † 20 March 1981 inMünchen, actress ("Die Brücke", D 1959, "Jederstirbt für sich allein",Hans Fallada 1962)
* 1909, 14 January, Ernst Neger, † 15 January 1989 in Mainz, singer("Heile, heile Gänsje", "Rucki-Zucki")
*1914 ,11 December , Toni Hämmerle, †8 December 1968 in Mainz, Composer, Pianist, Organist ("Humba-Täterä", "Gell du hastmich gelle gern")
*1914 ,25 December , Konrad Georg, †8 September 1987 in Hamburg, actor ("Kommissar Freytag", "Tim Frazer")
*1916 ,Ferdy Mayne , † 1998 in London, actor
*1919 ,15 August , Maria Mucke, singer duringWirtschaftswunder times ("Heut ist ein Feiertag für mich")
*1920 ,11 November , Walter Scherf,Märchen researcher
*1924 ,6 November , Otto Höpfner, 1. landlord of the "BlauerBock", singer, actor, conférencier, author
*1924 ,11 December , Heinz Schenk, actor, singer ("Es ist allesnur geliehen"), Moderator ("Zum blauen Bock"), text writer ("Ole, oleFiesta")
*1935 ,4 October , Horst Janson, actor ("Der Bastian",Sesamstraße )
*1938 ,25 February , Dieter Reith, composer(TV-melodies),Bandleader
*1941 , 2 January,Johannes Gerster , politician
*1942 ,18 April ,Jochen Rindt , Austrian racing driver
*1947 ,31 December ,Gerhard Ludwig Müller , bishop ofRegensburg , since 2002
*1961 ,6 December ,Manuel Reuter ,race car driver .
*1968 ,Anja Gockel ,fashion designer Honorary citizens
(47 since 1831)
"Chronological list":
*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 :Wilhelm Freiherr von Müffling , gen. Weiß, vice governor of the federal fortress Mainz
*1839 :Prince Wilhelm of Prussia , vice governor of the federal fortress Mainz
*1856 :Reinhard Carl Friedrich von Dalwigk , Hessian territory commissioner in the federal fortress Mainz
*1864 :Franz Xaver von Paumgartten , vice governor of the federal fortress Mainz
*1864 to 1866 PrinzPrince Charles of Prussia was governor of Mainz.
*1871 :Heinrich Karl Waldemar zu Schleswig-HolsteinSonderburg-Augustenburg , vice governor of the federal fortress Mainz
*1875 : Leopold Hermann von Boyen, governorof the federal fortress Mainz
*1877 :Philipp Veit , romantic painter, director of themunicipal gallery at Mainz
*1878 : Dr. Karl Georg Friedrich Schmitt, Evangelischer Theologe, *1883 :Wilhelm von Woyna , governor of the federal fortress Mainz
*1886 :Freiherr Edmund Gedult von Jungenfeld , Kaufmann,ehrenamtlicher Leiter der Mainzer Sparkasse
*1891 :Jakob Hochgesand , physician, director of the St.Rochus-Hospital
*1891 :Friedrich Küchler , administrative director of theprovince Rheinhessen
*1898 : Dr.jur.Carl Rothe , administrative director of theprovince Rheinhessen, Ministry of Internal Affairs within theGrandDuchy of Hesse
*1905 : Stefan Karl Michel, politician , vice president chamber ofcommerce
*1905 : Hermann Reinach, local politician, deputy mayor of Mainz
*1907 : Dr.Karl Georg Bockenheimer , local politician,historian, writer
*1908 :Max von Gagern , administrative director of the provinceRheinhessen
*1915 : Ferdinand Albert Friedrich Kuhn, Hessian governmentbuilding officer, deputy mayor of Mainz
*1927 : Dr. Heinrich Ludwig Müller, chilfrens physician, localpolitician and deputy mayor of Mainz
*1931 : Dr.Friedrich Karl Külb , physician, lord mayor of Mainz
*1934 : Prof. Dr. Heinrich Joseph Maria Schrohe, teacher and localhistorian
*1936 : Prof. Dr.Ernst Neeb , archivist, historian and promoterof the conservation of ancient monuments
*1951 : Wilhelm Christ, Kommunalpolitiker, Gründer der WohnungsbauGmbH in Mainz
*1955 :Alfred Freitag , local politician , founder of localsocial associations
*1957 : Prof. Dr.Aloys Ruppel , historian, director of themunicipal library, municipal archives and the Gutenberg museum,Gutenberg researcher
*1962 :Carl Zuckmayer , author
*1962 : Prof. Dr. Adam Gottron, priest, theologian and historianregarding sacred music
*1964 :Félix Kir , catholic priest, resistance fighter andpolitician
*1965 : Dr.Peter Altmeier , first prime minister ofRhineland-Palatinate , co-founder of the Second GermanTelevision
*1965 : Prof. Dr.Hermann Reifenberg , catholic priest
*1969 : rector Karl Preller, rector parent house of theSistersof Divine Providence in Finthen
*1969 : Heinrich Dreibus, local politician and deputy mayor ofMainz
*1970 : Dr.Ludwig Strecker , director ofSchott Music ,publisher
*1972 : Prof. Dr. Ing.Fritz Strassmann , chemist who, alongwith Otto Hahn, and Lisa Meitner discovered the nuclear fission ofuranium in 1938
*1975 : Hermann Kardinal Volk, Bishop of Mainz
*1979 : Paul Distelhut, local politician
*1981 :Marc Chagall , painter, created nine stained-glasswindows inSt. Stephan Mainz
*1981 :Anna Seghers , originally Netty Rádvany, geb. Reiling,author
*1983 : Prof. Dr.Karl Holzamer , first director general(Intendant) of the ZDF
*1984 : Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.Erich Schott , Chemist and GlassTechnologist and the inventor ofborosilicate glass (SchottGlass ).
*1989 :Jockel Fuchs , lord mayor
*2001 : Karl Kardinal Lehmann, Bishop of Mainz
*2004 : Karl Delorme, local politician
*2005 : Msgr. Klaus Mayer, catholic priest at St. StephanOther people related specially to Mainz
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Johann Joachim Becher (1635-1682) , was aphysician , alchemist, precursor ofChemistry , scholar,economist and adventurer.
*Johann Georg Adam Forster naturalist,ethnologist ,travel writer ,journalist andrevolutionary . Played a leading role in theRepublic of Mainz 1793.
*Johann Fischer von Waldheim , was a Germananatomist ,entomologist andpaleontologist .
*Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt (1853-1933), was a Germanmineralogist , crystallograph, nature philosopher, art collector and sponsor.
*Gustav Killian (1860-1921) was a German laryngologist
*Romano Guardini (*1885 inVerona , †1968 inMünchen ), was aRoman Catholic priest ,author , andacademic .
*Fritz Strassmann (* 22 February 1902 in Boppard; †22 April 1980 in Mainz) was a chemist who, along withOtto Hahn , discovered thenuclear fission ofuranium in1938 .
*Otto Laporte , (1902-1971)physicist .
* Prof. Dr.Wilhelm Fresenius (* 17 July 1913 in Berlin; †31 July 2004 in Wiesbaden) was a chemist and established Institute Fresenius
*Helmut Schoeck (1922-1993) was anAustria n-Germansociologist andwriter , best known for his work "Envy .
*Paul J. Crutzen , is a DutchNobel prize winning atmospheric chemist at theMax-Planck-Institut in Mainz
*Herbert Kühn , prehistorian,art historian ,philosopher andreligious studies (* 29 April 1895Beelitz ;25 June 1980 Mainz), 1946 first ordainedProfessor for Pre-and Early history at the relaunchedJohannes Gutenberg University of Mainz , until 1956.
*Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder (* 4 September 1809 in Mainz; †14 February 1893 in Mainz) was an important prehistorian, a pioneer of prehistorian research during the 19. century,history painting ,Lithography .
*Ludwig Lindenschmit the Younger (* 4 March 1850 in Mainz; †20 July 1922 in Mainz), prehistorian, museum director and paintor, son of the above
*Heinrich Steitz (* 1907 in Fürfeld; † 1998 in Mainz), Professor forHistory of Christianity Politicians
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Nero Claudius Drusus ,Consul of theRoman Empire („Drusus-Cenotaph “ in the Zitadelle)
*Didius Julianus , Roman Emperor, commanded theLegio XXII Primigenia inMogontiacum
*Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander , Roman emperor (222 -235 ) of theSeveran dynasty .
* Ulpius CorneliusLaelianus was a usurper againstPostumus , the emperor of theGallic Empire . He declared himself emperor at Mainz in February/March268 .
*Anton Heinrich Friedrich von Stadion , Grand Steward at the electoral court, advocate of the Enlightenment
*Jean Bon Saint-André , was a French politician of the Revolution era, became "préfet " of the "départment" ofMont-Tonnerre (1801) and commissary-general of the three "départments" on the left bank of theRhine .
*Bernhard Adelung , politician
*Ludwig Schwamb (1890-1945) was a social-democraticjurist andpolitician who fought against the Nazidictatorship inGermany as a member of theKreisau Circle .
*Raymond Schmittlein , was a French general and politician, re-established theJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz
*Johannes Gerster , politician
*Helmut Kohl , politician
* view:List of mayors of Mainz Architecture, art and culture
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Hans Backoffen , (* Sulzbach um 1470, † Mainz 1519), kurfürstlicher Steinmetz und Bildhauer
*Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz , Jurist, Mathematiker und Philosoph. Von 1667 - 1674 in Diensten Johann Philipps von Schönborn
*Maximilian von Welsch (*Kronach 1671, † 1745 in Mainz), electoral director of building, architect,military engineer , famed for his skill in both designingfortification s as well as civil architecture (Lustschloss Favorite Mainz ,New Armory Mainz )
*Ludwig Lindenschmit the Younger (1850-1922), important prehistorian
*Christian Heinrich Kleukens (1880-1954), printer and writer
*Emy Roeder (* 1890 in Würzburg, † 1971 in Mainz), sculpturer, sine1950 teacher at the Mainzer Kunstgewerbeschule
*Herbert Kühn (* 29 April 1895 inBeelitz - 25 Juni 1980 Mainz, prehistorian, philosoph, Religious studies, history of arts studies
*Gertrude Degenhardt (* 1 Oktober 1940 in New York, (NY)),Lithography and graphic artistLiterature
* Marianus Scotus (*
1028 , †1082 ) , war ein irischer Chronist.
*Kathinka Zitz (1801-1877), was a German writer and political activist.
*Siegmund Salfeld (1843-1926) was a German rabbi and writer.
*Gerd Buchdahl (1914 -2001), was a German-Jewish philosopher of science.
*Harald Martenstein ,author , columnist atDie Zeit (*9 September 1953 inMainz )
*Hanns-Josef Ortheil , Mainz town chronist
*Friedrich Kellner (*1885 , †1970 ), author ofMy Opposition .Sport
* Katrin Schultheis, vice world champion 2004, 2005, 2006
artistic cycling
* Sandra Sprinkmeier, vice world champion 2004, 2005, 2006 artistic cycling
*Jürgen Klopp , soccer trainer
* Martin Steffes-Mies, Mainzer Ruder-Verein, fourfold rowing world champion octuple (8x) (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993)
*Jochen Rindt , racing driver, posthumously won theFormula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970)Economy
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Salomon Oppenheim, Jr. , (1772-1828) was aJewish Germanbanker . He is the founder of the private bankSal Oppenheim .
*Lorenz Adlon created the most luxurious hotel of his time, theHotel Adlon
* Dr.Hans Friderichs , Bundesminister a. D.
*Beatrice Weder di Mauro ,Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz , Chair of InternationalMacroeconomics WirtschaftsweiseReligion
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Bishop of Mainz
*Archbishopric of Mainz
*Yaakov ben Yakar (990 -1064 ) was aTalmud ist, pupil ofGershom ben Judah , and is especially known as the teacher ofRashi
*Yehuda ben Meir (also known as Yehuda ha-Kohen or Judah ofMainz was a German-Jewish rabbi ,Talmud ic scholar and traveler of the late tenth and early eleventh century
*Karl von Miltitz (1490–1529) was a papal "nuncio " and aMainz Cathedral canon.
*Johann Michael Raich , was a Catholic theologian.
*Adam Franz Lennig (1803-1866), ultramontanist, established in March 1848 thePiusverein and organized the firstKatholikentag Music, canto
* Heinrich von Meißen, called Frauenlob, , was a
Middle High German poet andMinnesinger . Since1312 up to his death1318 atPeter von Aspelt s court in Mainz.
*Gottfried Weber (1799-1839) was a prominent writer on music, especiallymusic theory .
*Peter Cornelius ,composer ,writer about music,poet andtranslator .
* Gerhard Fischer-Münster, composer
*Gundula Krause , Folk violinist
*Nanette Scriba , chanson singer
*Jutta Weinhold , rock singer
* Tonka,House music disc jockey andrecord producer
*Josef Traxel (1916-1975), singer
*Aziza Mustafa Zadeh , Azerbaijani singer, pianist and composerCabaret, comedian, carnivalist
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Hanns Dieter Hüsch , cabaret artist
* Herbert Bonewitz, carnival, cabaret artist
* Rolf Braun, carnivalMilitary
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Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers
*Franz von Weyrother Others
* Marx Rumpolt, electoral cook, created 1581 the first ever textbook "New Kochbuch" (New cookbook) for professionell cooks in education.
* Johannes Wilhelm Bückler, calledSchinderhannes (*Miehlen im Taunus 1783, † Mainz 1803 (persecuted)), legendary German outlaw
* Hans Wagner (*Wittenberg 1852 , †Frankfurt am Main 1940 ),Philatelist
* Paul Baron von Collas (*Bromberg 1841 ; †Kassel 1910 ), military governor of Mainz (1898-1903)
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