List of East Frisian people

This is a list of East Frisian people who are important to the region of East Frisia and its history in that they have played a key role in the region or are otherwise renowned and closely linked to East Frisia. == Other East Frisian lists == List of counts of East Frisia List of countesses of East Frisia == Art and culture == Ludolf Bakhuizen, artist Eggerik Beninga, Frisian chronicler Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer Rudolf Eucken, German Nobel prize winner for literature, 1908 Martin Faber, architect, artist and cartographer Recha Freier, Swiss-born playwright, holder of the Israeli State Prize Hans-Joachim Hespos, composer the family of Ub Iwerks Hermann Lübbe, philosopher Henri Nannen, publisher Uwe Rosenberg, game inventor == Film, TV and radio == Heiko Engelkes, journalist, ARD correspondent in Paris, author Okka Gundel, presenter on Sportschau and tagesschau24 Eva Herman, presenter, newscaster and playwright Wolfgang Petersen, Hollywood director of inter alia Das Boot and Troy Helma Sanders-Brahms, director == History == Edzard the Great, East Frisian count Klaus Störtebeker, pirate during the time of the Hanseatic League Balthasar von Esens, pirate Max Windmüller, German-Jewish resistance fighter against Nazism Dodo zu Innhausen und Knyphausen, military commander during the Thirty Years' War == Musicians and comedians == Carl Carlton (German musician), rock musician Karl Dall, comedian, actor, entertainer H.P. Baxxter, real name: Hans-Peter Geerdes, front man of the techno band Scooter Al Shean, US American-German comedian Theodore Thomas, born Theodor Thomas, musician, composer, founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Otto Waalkes, comedian, actor == Politics == Gesine Agena, politician and speaker for the Grüne Jugend Gitta Connemann, MdB Garrelt Duin, former leader of the SPD in Lower Saxony, MdB == Sport == Christian Alder, footballer Dieter Eilts, footballer Karsten Fischer, footballer Bernd Flessner, windsurfer (15-time German champion) Heidi Hartmann, world boxing champion Marco Kutscher, showjumper (European and Olympic bronze medallist) Silvia Rieger, track and field athlete (hurdles) Ferydoon Zandi, footballer == Theology == Menso Alting David Fabricius, theologian, important amateur astronomer and cartographer Eduard Norden, philologist and religious historian == Science == Eggerik Beninga, chronicler Hermann Conring, legal scholar Ubbo Emmius, pastor, historian and founder of the University of Groningen Rudolf Eucken, philosopher Johannes Fabricius, one of the discoverers of sunspots Wilhelm von Freeden, German mathematician, scientist and oceanographer, founder of the North German Hydrographic Office in Hamburg Rudolf von Jhering, German lawyer Hermann Lübbe, philosopher Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, sports doctor and doctor to the Germany National Football Team and FC Bayern Munich Johann Christian Reil, doctor and professor == Other people == Jan van Koningsveld, world champion in mental arithmetic Minnie Schönberg, mother of the Marx Brothers, who came from Dornum Tamme Hanken, vet and TV presenter == Literature == Martin Tielke (ed.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland.

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List of East Frisian people

This is a list of East Frisian people who are important to the region of East Frisia and its history in that they have played a key role in the region or are otherwise renowned and closely linked to East Frisia. == Other East Frisian lists == List of counts of East Frisia List of countesses of East Frisia == Art and culture == Ludolf Bakhuizen, artist Eggerik Beninga, Frisian chronicler Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer Rudolf Eucken, German Nobel prize winner for literature, 1908 Martin Faber, architect, artist and cartographer Recha Freier, Swiss-born playwright, holder of the Israeli State Prize Hans-Joachim Hespos, composer the family of Ub Iwerks Hermann Lübbe, philosopher Henri Nannen, publisher Uwe Rosenberg, game inventor == Film, TV and radio == Heiko Engelkes, journalist, ARD correspondent in Paris, author Okka Gundel, presenter on Sportschau and tagesschau24 Eva Herman, presenter, newscaster and playwright Wolfgang Petersen, Hollywood director of inter alia Das Boot and Troy Helma Sanders-Brahms, director == History == Edzard the Great, East Frisian count Klaus Störtebeker, pirate during the time of the Hanseatic League Balthasar von Esens, pirate Max Windmüller, German-Jewish resistance fighter against Nazism Dodo zu Innhausen und Knyphausen, military commander during the Thirty Years' War == Musicians and comedians == Carl Carlton (German musician), rock musician Karl Dall, comedian, actor, entertainer H.P. Baxxter, real name: Hans-Peter Geerdes, front man of the techno band Scooter Al Shean, US American-German comedian Theodore Thomas, born Theodor Thomas, musician, composer, founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Otto Waalkes, comedian, actor == Politics == Gesine Agena, politician and speaker for the Grüne Jugend Gitta Connemann, MdB Garrelt Duin, former leader of the SPD in Lower Saxony, MdB == Sport == Christian Alder, footballer Dieter Eilts, footballer Karsten Fischer, footballer Bernd Flessner, windsurfer (15-time German champion) Heidi Hartmann, world boxing champion Marco Kutscher, showjumper (European and Olympic bronze medallist) Silvia Rieger, track and field athlete (hurdles) Ferydoon Zandi, footballer == Theology == Menso Alting David Fabricius, theologian, important amateur astronomer and cartographer Eduard Norden, philologist and religious historian == Science == Eggerik Beninga, chronicler Hermann Conring, legal scholar Ubbo Emmius, pastor, historian and founder of the University of Groningen Rudolf Eucken, philosopher Johannes Fabricius, one of the discoverers of sunspots Wilhelm von Freeden, German mathematician, scientist and oceanographer, founder of the North German Hydrographic Office in Hamburg Rudolf von Jhering, German lawyer Hermann Lübbe, philosopher Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, sports doctor and doctor to the Germany National Football Team and FC Bayern Munich Johann Christian Reil, doctor and professor == Other people == Jan van Koningsveld, world champion in mental arithmetic Minnie Schönberg, mother of the Marx Brothers, who came from Dornum Tamme Hanken, vet and TV presenter == Literature == Martin Tielke (ed.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland.

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