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Christian Friedrich Hebbel, 1813–1863, poet and dramatist •
Christian Otto Mohr, 1835–1918, civil engineer •
Adolf Bartels, 1862–1945, journalist, poet, and also literary historian •
Ottilie Reylaender, 1882–1965, painter associated with the artist colony in
Worpeswede •
Jil Sander (born 1943), fashion designer •
Jürgen Koppelin (born 1945), politician (FDP) •
Kirsten Fehrs (born 1961), bishop •
Max Pauly (1907–1946), SS concentration camp commander and war criminal •
Torge Oelrich (born 1988), comedian and actor ==References==