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Klaus Groth (1819–1899), a
Low German poet •
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), composer; his father came from Heide •
Paul Christoph Hennings (1841–1908),
mycologist and
herbarium curator. •
Alfred Dührssen (1862–1933), gynecologist and obstetrician •
Rudolph Dirks (1877–1968), comic-strip artist •
Carl-Heinz Rodenberg (1904–1995), neurologist and psychiatrist, proficient in the murder of mental patients by the Nazis •
Hauke Harder (born 1963), composer and experimental physicist. •
Klaus Florian Vogt (born 1970), operatic tenor; sings roles written by
Richard Wagner.
Sport •
Willi Gerdau (1929–2011), international footballer •
Julian Grundt (born 1988), former footballer •
Fritz Thiedemann (1918–2000), equestrian ==International relations==