List of people from Braunschweig
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This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, the German city of Braunschweig (English: Brunswick).
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- Kurt Ahrens Jr. (born 1940), racing driver[1]
- Karl Andree (1808–1875), geographer[2]
- Richard Andree (1835–1912), geographer[3]
- Augustus William (1715–1781), Duke of Brunswick-Bevern[4]
- Georg Anschütz (1886–1953), psychologist
- Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764–1788), Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[5]
- Theodore Bachenheimer (1923–1944), soldier
- Joachim Bäse (1939–2020), German international footballer[6]
- Ewald Banse (1883–1953), geographer[7]
- Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (died 1804), Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast[8]
- Johann Christian Martin Bartels (1769–1836), mathematician[9]
- Anton August Beck (1713–1787), engraver[10]
- Bibiana Beglau (born 1971), actress[11]
- Levin August, Count von Bennigsen (1745–1826), general[12]
- Götz Bernau (born 1941), violinist
- Hans Berr (1890–1917), soldier
- Helmut Beumann (1912–1995), historian[13]
- Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern (born 1955), engineer
- Klaus-Dieter Bieler (born 1949), Olympic athlete[14]
- August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (1845–1912), ornithologist[15]
- Rudolf Blasius (1842–1907), ornithologist[16]
- Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862), botanist[17]
- Oliver Blume (born 1968), manager
- Bettina Blumenberg (born 1962), field hockey player[18]
- Jacob Bobart the Elder (1599–1680), botanist and first head gardener of Oxford Botanic Garden[19]
- Wolfgang Bochow (born 1944), badminton player[20]
- Otto Bock (born 1881), athlete[21]
- Johann Joachim Christoph Bode (1731–1793), translator[22]
- Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Eduard Bornhardt (1864–1946), geologist[23]
- Bosse (born 1980), rock musician[24]
- Hartmut Bossel (born 1935), environmental scientist[25]
- Hermann Bote (c. 1450–c. 1520), chronicler[26]
- Detlef Bothe (born 1965), actor and film director[27]
- Wilhelm Bracke (1842–1880), one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany, predecessor of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[28]
- Jack Brand (born 1953), Canadian international soccer player[29]
- Walter Bransen (1886–1941), composer
- Wolfgang Brase (born 1939), footballer[30]
- Rudolf Maria Breithaupt (1873–1945), composer[31]
- Ingrid Bruckert (born 1952), field hockey player[32]
- Bernd Buchheister (born 1962), footballer[33]
- Christian Heinrich Bünger (1782–1842), surgeon[34]
- Johann Gottlieb Buhle (1763–1821), philosopher[35]
- Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst (1919–1993), military officer and member of the German resistance.[36]
- Petra Butler (born 1966), Academic
- Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom[37]
- Lorenz S. Cederbaum (born 1946), physical chemist[38]
- Charles I (1713–1780), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[39]
- Charles II (1804–1873), Duke of Brunswick[40]
- Alix von Cotta (1842–1931), promoter of women's education
- Stephan Dabbert (born 1958), agricultural economist
- Ewald Daub (1889–1946), cinematographer[41]
- Simson Alexander David (1755–1813), writer[42]
- Georg von der Decken (1836–1898), politician[43]
- Richard Dedekind (1831–1916), mathematician[44]
- Carl Ferdinand Degen (1766–1825), mathematician[45]
- Edward Degener (1809–1890), politician[46]
- Jaro Deppe (born 1948), footballer
- Dirk Dirksen (1937–2006), music promoter[47]
- Werner Ditzinger (1928–2016), swimmer[48]
- DJ Pari (born 1975), musician
- Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn (1838–1913), zoologist[49]
- Wolfgang Dramsch (born 1949), footballer[50]
- Carl Georg Oscar Drude (1852–1933), botanist[51]
- Paul Drude (1863–1906), physicist, developed the Drude model.[52]
- Johann Philipp Du Roi (1741–1785), botanist[53]
- Julius Düker (born 1996), footballer[54]
E to H
- André Ehrenberg (born 1972), Olympic canoer[55]
- Jochen H.H. Ehrich (born 1946), pediatric doctor
- Justin Eilers (born 1988), footballer[56]
- Jusuf El-Domiaty (born 1990), basketball player[57]
- Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750), Holy Roman Empress[58]
- Lars Ellmerich (born 1961), footballer
- Otto Engelhardt, (1866-1936), engineer and diplomat
- Christine Enghaus (1815–1910), actress[59][60]
- Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914–1987), Prince of Hanover[61]
- Oskar Fehr (1871–1959), ophthalmologist[62]
- Frank E. Fesq (1840–1920), soldier
- Ferdinand Albert I (1636–1687), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg[63]
- Karl Fiehler (1895–1969), politician
- Emil Fischer (1838–1914), opera singer[64]
- Florian Floto (born 1988), Olympic archer[65]
- Jacques Goldberg (1861–1934), musician, actor and theatre director.
- Moritz Ludwig Frankenheim (1801–1869), physicist[66]
- Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815), leader of the Black Brunswickers.[67]
- Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (1900–1988), actor[68]
- Werner Fürbringer (1888–1982), U-boat commander
- Günter Gaus (1929–2004), journalist
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematician[69]
- Hans Friedrich Geitel (1855–1923), physicist[70]
- Johan Georg Geitel (1683–1771), painter
- George William of Hanover (1915–2006), Prince of Hanover[71]
- Gerwin von Hameln (c. 1415–1496), cleric and book collector[72]
- Willy Giesemann (born 1937), German international footballer
- Werner Goeritz (1892–1958), general
- Moritz Göttel (born 1993), footballer[73]
- Karl Heinrich Gräffe (1799–1873), mathematician[74]
- Nico Granatowski (born 1991), footballer
- Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777–1857), entomologist[75]
- Michael Green (born 1972), field hockey player[76]
- Wolfgang Grobe (born 1956), footballer
- Otto Grotewohl (1894–1964), Prime minister of the German Democratic Republic[77]
- Hansadutta Swami (born 1941), guru
- Otto Harder (1892–1956), German international footballer[78]
- Robert Hartig (1839–1901), mycologist[79]
- Albert Heine (1867–1949), actor[80]
- Adolph Henke (1775–1843), physician[81]
- Kurt Heyser (1894–1974), general
- Karl Gustav Himly (1772–1837), surgeon<[82]
- Robert Homburg (1848–1912), politician[83]
- Harry Hoppe (1894–1969), general
- Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn (1774–1848), physician[84]
- Jannes Horn (born 1997), footballer
- August Howaldt (1809–1883), engineer[85]
- Georg Ferdinand Howaldt (1802–1883), sculptor[86]
- Hermann Heinrich Howaldt (1841–1891), sculptor
- Friedrich Huch (1873–1913), writer[87]
- Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), historian and writer[88]
- Rainer Hunold (born 1949), actor[89]
- Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765), composer[90]
I to L
- Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775–1813), zoologist[91]
- Jette Joop (born 1968), fashion designer[92]
- Steffen Jürgens (born 1967), actor[93]
- Henning Kagermann (born 1947), physicist[94]
- Kai Karsten (born 1968), Olympic sprinter[95]
- Katrin Kauschke (born 1971), field hockey player[96]
- Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988), art director[97]
- Sascha Kirschstein (born 1980), footballer
- Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831), writer[98]
- Frederik Theodor Kloss (1802–1876), painter[99]
- August Wilhelm Knoch (1742–1818), naturalist[100]
- Robin Knoche (born 1992), footballer
- Gustav Knuth (1901–1987), actor[101]
- Konrad Koch (1846–1911), football pioneer[102]
- Özkan Koçtürk (born 1974), footballer
- Louis Köhler (1820–1886), composer[103]
- Leo von König (1871–1944), painter[104]
- Oliver Koletzki (born 1974), music producer[105]
- Charles Konig (1774–1851), naturalist[106]
- Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890–1945), general
- Nina Kraft (born 1968), triathlete[107]
- Uwe Krause (born 1955), footballer
- Gerard Krefft (1830–1881), zoologist[108]
- Louis Krevel (1801–1876), painter[109]
- Alfred Kubel (1909–1999), politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony[110]
- Wolfgang Kubicki (born 1952), politician[111]
- Christiane Kubrick (born 1932), actress and painter[112]
- Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt (born 1964), German lutheran bishop
- Jens Kujawa (born 1965), basketball player[113]
- Karl Lachmann (1793–1851), philologist[114]
- Heike Lätzsch (born 1973), field hockey player[115]
- August Lafontaine (1758–1831), author of sentimental didactic novels once immensely popular, born and brought up in the city[116]
- Christophe Lambert (born 1985), judoka[117]
- Gerhard Landmann (1904–1933), SS man[118]
- Paul Lehmann (1884–1964), palaeographer[119]
- Katharina Lehnert (born 1994), tennis player[120]
- Rudolf Lindau (1888–1977), politician[121]
M to P
- Thilo Maatsch (1900–1983), artist[122]
- Alexander Madlung (born 1982), German international footballer[123]
- Willy Maertens (1893–1967), actor[124]
- 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[125]
- MC Rene (born 1976), rapper[126]
- Rosine Elisabeth Menthe (1663–1701), wife of Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[127]
- Florian Meyer (born 1968), football referee[128]
- Johann Heinrich Meyer (1812–1863), publisher[129]
- Klaus Meyer (1937–2014), footballer[130][131]
- Hugo Miehe (1875–1932), botanist[132]
- Nils Mittmann (born 1979), basketball player[133]
- 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.[134]
- Günther Müller-Stöckheim (1913–1943), U-boat commander
- Adolph Nehrkorn (1841–1916), ornithologist[135]
- Christian Neidhart (born 1968), footballer and manager[136]
- Marie Neurath (1898–1986), graphic designer[137]
- Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846), astronomer[138]
- Walter Nicolai (1873–1947), spy[139]
- Wilhelm Nienstädt (1784–1862), educator
- Carl Theodor Ottmer (1800–1843), architect[140]
- Eva Pagels (born 1954), field hockey player[141]
- Melanie Paschke (born 1970), Olympic sprinter[142]
- Kurd Peters (1914–1957), soldier
- Marc Pfitzner (born 1984), footballer[143]
- Jens Pieper (born 1968), Olympic archer[144]
- Bernhard Plockhorst (1825–1907), painter[145]
- Patrick Posipal (born 1988), footballer[146]
Q to T
- Walter Ramme (born 1895), Olympic swimmer[147]
- Erik Range (born 1977), YouTube personality[148]
- Fritz Randow (born 1952), rock drummer[149]
- Tobias Rau (born 1981), German international footballer[150]
- Gustav von Rauch (1774–1841), general[151]
- Paul Rehkopf (1872–1949), actor[152]
- Wilhelmine Reichard (1788–1848), balloonist[153]
- Daniel Reiche (born 1988), footballer[154]
- Kurt Reidemeister (1893–1971), mathematician[155]
- Frank Rennicke (born 1964), singer and far-right political activist[156]
- Arnold Rimpau (1856–1936), entrepreneur[157]
- Johannes Runge (1878–1949), Olympic athlete[158]
- Ernst Sagebiel (1892–1970), architect[159]
- Michael Scheike (born 1963), footballer
- Heinz-Günter Scheil (born 1962), footballer
- Galka Scheyer (1889–1945), painter[160]
- Dieter Schidor (1948–1987), actor[161]
- Gudrun Scholz (born 1940), field hockey player[162]
- Eberhard Schrader (1836–1908), orientalist[163]
- Dennis Schröder (born 1993), NBA basketball player, currently with the Sacramento Kings.[164][165]
- Norbert Schultze (1911–2002), composer[166]
- Christian Schwarzer (born 1969), handball player[167]
- Edda Seippel (1919–1993), actress[168]
- Emil Selenka (1842–1902), zoologist[169]
- Paul Sievert (1895–1988), racewalker[170]
- Hans Sommer (1837–1922), composer and mathematician[171]
- Jan Spoelder (born 1973), footballer[172]
- Louis Spohr (1784–1859), composer[173]
- Alfred Staats (born 1891), Olympic gymnast[174]
- Gustav Steinmann (1856–1929), geologist and paleontologist[175]
- Bartholomaeus Stockmann (c. 1550–1609), composer
- Wenzel Storch (born 1961), film director and producer[176]
- Stephanie Storp (born 1968), Olympic shot putter[177]
- Delphin Strungk (c. 1600–1694), composer and organist[178]
- Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700), composer and violinist[179]
- Gustav Teichmüller (1832–1888), philosopher[180]
- Mechthildis Thein (1888–1959), actress[181]
- Ulrich Thein (1930–1995), actor[182]
- Phillip Tietz (born 1997), footballer[183]
- Louis Tronnier (1897–1952), general
U to Z
- Constantin Uhde (1836–1905), architect[184]
- Lette Valeska (1885–1985), artist[185]
- Conrad Varrentrapp (1844–1911), historian[186]
- Hans Waldmann (1922–1945), fighter pilot
- Gerd Wedler (1929–2008), chemist[187]
- Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758–1828), painter[188]
- Reinhard Wendemuth (born 1948), Olympic rower[189]
- Franz Wenzler (1893–1942), film director[190]
- Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), naturalist[191]
- Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841), zoologist[192]
- Rudolf Wilke (1873–1908), caricaturist[193]
- William of Brunswick (1830–1884), Duke of Brunswick[194]
- Christian Ludewig Theodor Winkelmann (1812–1875), piano maker
- Hermann Winkelmann (1849–1912), Heldentenor[195]
- Frederick Albert Winsor (1763–1830), inventor[196]
- Franz Winter (1861–1930), archaeologist[197]
- Ludwig Winter (1843–1930), architect[198]
- Nils Wogram (born 1972), musician[199]
- Adolf Wolf (1899–1973), general
- Johann Zanger (1557–1607), legal scholar[200]
- H. Dieter Zeh (born 1932), physicist
- Michael Zickerick (born 1948), diplomat
- Albrecht Zimmermann (1860–1931), botanist[201]
- Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856), entomologist[202]
Lived in, or associated with, Braunschweig
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- Leopold August Abel (1717–1794), violinist[203]
- Franz Abt (1819–1885), composer[204]
- Albert I (1236–1279), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg[205]
- Albert of Prussia (1837–1906), Regent of Brunswick[206]
- Friedrich Alpers (1901–1944), politician[207]
- Anthony Ulrich (1633–1714), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[208]
- Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696–1762), Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[209]
- Johann Arndt (1555–1621), theologian[210][211]
- Auctor (c. 5th century), patron saint of Braunschweig[212]
- Augusta of Great Britain (1737–1813), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[213]
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), composer[214]
- Fritz Bauer (1903–1968), judge and prosecutor, who played an essential role in starting the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.[215]
- Johann Georg Beck (1676–1722), engraver[216]
- Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923), chemist and inventor of the Beckmann thermometer[217]
- Oswald Berkhan (1834–1917), physician[218]
- Willem Bilderdijk (1756–1831), poet[219]
- Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809–1870), zoologist and founder of the Botanischer Garten der Technischen Universität Braunschweig.[220]
- Hermann Blumenau (1819–1899), founder of Blumenau, Brazil.[221]
- Wilhelm von Bode (1845–1929), art historian[222]
- Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819–1892), writer[223]
- Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976), zoologist[224]
- Rasmus Borowski (born 1974), composer and actor[225]
- Maria Antonia Branconi (1746–1793), royal mistress of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[226]
- Heinrich Brandes (1803–1868), painter[227]
- Adolf Breymann (1839–1878), sculptor[228]
- Franz Ernst Brückmann (1697–1753), mineralogist[229]
- Brun I (c. 975–c. 1010), Count of Brunswick[230]
- Bruno (died 880), Duke of Saxony[231]
- Victor von Bruns (1812–1883), surgeon[232]
- Heinrich Büssing (1843–1929), industrialist[233]
- Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558), theologian[234]
- Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746–1818), educator and writer[235]
- Charles William Ferdinand (1735–1806), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[236]
- Emmanuelle Charpentier (born 1968), biochemist[237]
- Martin Chemnitz (1522–1586), Lutheran theologian and reformer[238]
- Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744–1816), chemist[239]
- Walter Dexel (1890–1973), painter[240]
E to J
- Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier (1768–1825), physician[241]
- Johann Arnold Ebert (1723–1795), writer[242]
- Carl Friedrich Echtermeier (1845–1910), sculptor[243]
- Egbert II (c. 1060–1090), Count of Brunswick and Margrave of Meissen[244]
- Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813), composer[245]
- Albert Eichhorn (1856–1926), theologian[246]
- Frauke Eickhoff (born 1967), judoka[247]
- Manfred Eigen (born 1927), Nobel laureate in chemistry[248]
- Theodore Eisfeld (1816–1882), conductor[249]
- Gottlieb Elster (1867–1917), sculptor[250]
- Theodor Engelbrecht (1813–1892), pomologist[251][252]
- Ernest Augustus (1887–1953), Duke of Brunswick[253]
- Nadine Ernsting-Krienke (born 1974), field hockey player[254]
- Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743–1820), produced the first complete German translation of William Shakespeare's plays.[255]
- Hansjörg Felmy (1931–2007), actor[256]
- Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1721–1792), field marshal[257]
- Franz Wilhelm Ferling (1796–1874), oboist, composer, and clarinetist[258]
- Alexander Fesca (1820–1849), composer[259]
- Otto Finsch (1839–1917), explorer[260]
- Christoph Bernhard Francke (c. 1660–1729), painter[261]
- Frederick Augustus (1740–1805), Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels[262]
- Friedrich Traugott Friedemann (1793–1853), educator[263]
- Kurt Otto Friedrichs (1901–1983), mathematician[264][265]
- Theodor Geiger (1891–1952), sociologist[266]
- Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816–1872), writer[267]
- Gertrude of Brunswick (c. 1060–1117), Margravine of Meissen[268]
- Silvio Gesell (1862–1930), merchant[269]
- Johann Glandorp (1501–1564), educator[270]
- Gerhard Glogowski (born 1943), politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony[271]
- Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759), composer[272][273]
- Uwe Gronostay (1939–2008), composer[274]
- Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1856–1928), politician[275]
- Johann Oswald Harms (1643–1708), painter and engraver[276]
- Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783), composer[277]
- Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig (1743–1831), entomologist[278]
- Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (1804–1872), theologian and historian[279]
- Henry the Lion (1129–1195), Duke of Saxony and Bavaria[280]
- Henry V (c. 1173–1227), Count Palatine of the Rhine[281]
- Henry the Peaceful (1411–1473), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg[282]
- August Hermann (1835–1906), physical education pioneer[283]
- Levi Herzfeld (1810–1884), rabbi and historian[284]
- Erik Hesselberg (1914–1972), writer and artist[285]
- August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), poet and author of Das Lied der Deutschen.[286]
- Israel Jacobson (1768–1828), merchant and Jewish reformer.[287]
- Heinrich Jasper (1875–1945), politician, Prime Minister of Brunswick[288]
- Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), SS and police leader[289]
- Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem (1709–1789), theologist[290]
- John Albert of Mecklenburg (1857–1920), Regent of Brunswick[291][292]
- Wolfgang Joop (born 1944), fashion designer[293]
- Robert Jordan (1885–1970), writer[294]
K to R
- Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739), composer[295]
- Inge Kilian (born 1935), Olympic high jumper[296]
- Dietrich Klagges (1891–1971), politician[297]
- Klaus von Klitzing (born 1943), Nobel laureate in physics[298]
- Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1814–1904), chemist[299]
- Gottfried Michael Koenig (1926–2021), composer
- Peter Joseph Krahe (1758–1840), architect[300]
- Nicolette Krebitz (born 1972), actress[301]
- Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660–1727), composer[302]
- Johann Anton Leisewitz (1752–1806), poet[303]
- Ludwig Lemcke (1816–1884), philologist and literary historian[304]
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), writer and philosopher[305]
- Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874–1925), illustrator[306]
- Henry Litolff (1818–1891), composer[307]
- Louis Rudolph (1671–1735), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[308]
- Friedrich Lübker (1811–1867), educator and philologist[309]
- Rudi Lüttge (1922–2016), Olympic racewalker[310]
- Matilda of England (1156–1189), Duchess of Saxony[311]
- Marie of Baden (1782–1808), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[312]
- Erwin Otto Marx (1893–1980), engineer[313]
- Jakob Mauvillon (1743–1794), historian and writer[314]
- Jürgen Moll (1939–1968), footballer[131]
- Benno Ohnesorg (1940–1967), university student killed by a policeman during a demonstration in West Berlin[315]
- Otto IV of Brunswick (1175–1218), Holy Roman Emperor[316]
- Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716–1801), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[317]
- Helga Pilarczyk (1926–2011), operatic soprano[318]
- Agnes Pockels (1862–1935), chemist[319]
- Werner Pöls (1926–1989), historian[320]
- Karl Pohlig (1864–1928), conductor[321]
- Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), writer[322]
- Hans Reinowski (1900–1977), politician, publisher and writer[323]
- Hermann Riedel (1847–1913), composer[324]
- Friedrich Adolf Riedesel (1738–1800), commander during the American Revolutionary War[325]
- Anna Roleffes (c. 1600–1663), one of the last women executed as a witch in Braunschweig.[326]
- Rudolph Augustus (1627–1704), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel[327]
- Michael Ruetz (1940–2024), photographer[328]
- Nina Ruge (born 1956), TV presenter[329]
- Francesco Carlo Rusca (1693–1769), painter[330]
S to Z
- Hermann Schacht (1814–1864), pharmacist and botanist[331]
- Ewald Schnug (born 1954), agricultural researcher, professor, Honorary-President of the International Scientific Center for Fertilizers[332]
- Gerhard Schrader (1903–1990), chemist[333]
- Katharina Marie Schubert (born 1977), actress[334]
- Gustav Anton von Seckendorff (1775–1823), writer[335]
- Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1903–1967), Vice-Chancellor of Germany[336]
- Otto Sprengel (1852–1915), surgeon[337]
- Henry E. (1797–1871) and C.F. Theodore Steinway (1825–1889), piano makers[338]
- Stendhal (1783–1842), writer and politician[339]
- Albert Sukop (1913–1993), German international footballer[340]
- Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord (1736–1821), churchman[341]
- Heinrich Emil Timerding (1873–1945), mathematician
- Fate Tola (born 1987), long-distance runner[342]
- Ludger Tom Ring the Younger (1522–1584), painter[343]
- Julius Tröger (1862–1942), chemist[344]
- Kaspar Ulenberg (1549–1617), theologian[345]
- August Ferdinand von Veltheim (1741–1801), mineralogist[346]
- Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892–1980), Duchess of Brunswick[347]
- Alfred Vierkandt (1867–1953), sociologist[348]
- Friedrich Vieweg (1761–1835), publisher[349]
- Peter Wilhelm Friedrich von Voigtländer (1812–1878), optician[350]
- Heinz Waaske (1924–1995), camera designer
- Mitchell Weiser (born 1994), footballer[351]
- Ehm Welk (1884–1966), journalist[352]
- George Westermann (1810–1879), publisher[353]
- Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1770–1853), pharmacist[354]
- William V (1748–1806), Prince of Orange[355]
- Olaf Willums (1886–1967), painter and printmaker[356]
- Johannes Winkler (1897–1947), rocket pioneer[357]
- Georg Wittig (1897–1987), Nobel laureate in chemistry[358]
- Werner Zahn (1890–1971), bobsledder and World War I flying ace[359]
- Luminita Zaituc (born 1968), Olympic long-distance runner[360]
- Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815), geographer and zoologist[361]
- Georg Heinrich Zincke (1692–1769), jurist[362]
See also
Media related to People of Braunschweig at Wikimedia Commons- List of Braunschweig University of Technology people
