•
Adolph Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (1553–1619), cathedral dean in
Speyer and steward of the duke
Wilhelm V. of Bavaria •
Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (1563–1636), Jesuit Father and Rector of the Colleges of
Speyer,
Trier and
Cologne •
Johann Adolf Wolff Metternich zur Gracht (1592–1669), high official at multiple princely courts, Baron, Lord to
Liblar,
Odenthal and
Flehingen •
Anna Adriana Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (1621–1698), Canoness and Abbess of St. Maria in the Kapitol,
Cologne •
Hermann Werner Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1625–1704), prince bishop of
Paderborn. He funded and equipped the church St. Alban in Liblar •
Franz Arnold Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1658–1718, born in
Liblar), later prince bishop of
Paderborn and
Münster •
Carl Schurz (1829–1906), politician and first German-born cabinet secretary (Secretary of the Interior 1877–1881) in the US •
Carl Brendgen (1841–1916), owner of three briquette factories in the area of Erftstadt and pioneer of the industrial use of brown coal in the
Rhineland •
Jean Bungartz (1854–1934), animal artist, specialist author, photographer, breeder, lived from 1886 to 1913 in Lechenich •
Joseph Kentenich (1885–1968), founder of the
Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement •
Anna Reitler (1894 – 1948, born in
Liblar), politician (
KPD),
Reichtags deputy •
Dietrich Schulz-Köhn (28 December 1912 – 7 December 1999, born in
Sonneberg,
Thuringia) was a music author, radio host and jazz expert, lived and died in
Liblar •
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970), composer, born in Bliesheim •
Hennes Weisweiler (1919–1983), football coach, born in Lechenich (left) •
Peter Mittelstaedt:(1929–2014) Physicist, philosopher and science theorist •
Manfred Donike (1933–1995), cyclist, chemist and well-known doping investigator election 1990 •
Heinz Küpper (born 1935), First Deputy (
CDU) and Head of Culture of Erftstadt from 1982 to 1999 •
Herbert Feuerstein (1937–2020), satirist and entertainer, lived in Niederberg •
Cornelius Bormann (born 1939), journalist of the
WDR, lives in
Lechenich •
Norbert Pies (born 1956), biologist, author, local historian and genealogist, lives in
Lechenich •
Michael Breuer (born 1965), minister of state a. D., president of the
Rheinischer Sparkassenverband, head of supervisory board
WestLB •
Lukas Klünter (born 1996), football player, lives in Friesheim •
Ismail Jakobs (born 1996), football player, lives in
Liblar ==References==