Editing Osnabrück (section)

=== Public service & public thinking ===
*[[Benno II of Osnabrück]] ({{circa|1020}} – 1088), [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück|Bishop of Osnabrück]] from 1068 to 1088.
*[[Albert Suho]] ({{circa|1380|1450}}), clergyman, theologian, historian
*[[Friedrich Staphylus]] (1512–1564), theologian, first a Protestant, a Catholic convert.<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Friedrich Staphylus |volume= 14 |last= Löffler |first= Klemens |author-link= |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Johann Wilhelm Petersen]] (1649–1727), evangelical theologian, [[Mysticism|mystic]], and [[Millennialism|Millennialist]].
*[[Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany]] (1674–1728), brother of [[George I of Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Ernest Augustus (1674-1728) |volume= 17 |last= Vian |first= Alsager Richard |author-link=  |page=393 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Sophia von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington]] (1675–1725), courtier and a half-sister of [[George I of Great Britain]]
*[[Justus Möser]] (1720–1794), jurist and social theorist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Möser, Justus |volume= 18 |page= 895 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Ernst zu Münster]] (1766–1839), politician, statesman in the service of [[House of Hannover]]
*[[Justus von Gruner]] (1777–1820), a Prussian official, the first president of the [[Berlin Police]].
*[[Bernhard Rudolf Abeken]] (1780–1866), [[philologist]]
*[[Karl Fortlage]] (1806–1881), philosopher.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Fortlage, Karl |volume= 10 |page= 725 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Heinrich Abeken]] (1809–1872), evangelical theologian.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Abeken, Heinrich |volume= 1 |pages= 38-39 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Ludwig Windthorst]] (1812–1891), politician and leader of the Catholic [[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]].<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Ludwig Windthorst |volume= 15 |last= Spahn |first= Martin |author-link= |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Friedrich Blass]] (1843–1907), classical scholar.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Blass, Friedrich |volume= 4 |page= 44 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Georg Thieler]] (1854–1945), jurist and mayor of [[Jena]] from 1885 to 1889.
*[[Friedrich Westmeyer]] (1873–1917), politician and trade unionist
*[[Walter Warlimont]] (1894–1976), General of the Artillery
*[[Hans Georg Calmeyer]] (1903–1972), attorney, ''[[Righteous Among the Nations]]''
*[[Fritz Buntrock]] (1909–1948), SS officer and war criminal
*[[Rudolf Beckmann]] (1910–1943), SS-Oberscharführer and war criminal
*[[Franz Lucas]] (1911–1994), concentration camp doctor
*[[Wilhelm Schitli]] (1912–1945?), SS officer
*[[Hubertus Brandenburg]] (1923–2009), Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm|Stockholm]]
*[[Peter van Pels]] (1926–1945) son of [[Auguste van Pels]] and [[Hermann van Pels]], occupant at the [[Anne Frank House|Secret Annex]] in Amsterdam together with [[Anne Frank]] and her family
*[[Jürgen Kühling]] (1934–2019), lawyer, former judge at the [[Federal Constitutional Court]] between 1989 and 2001
*[[Rudolf Seiters]] (born 1937), politician (CDU), vice-president of the Bundestag 1998–2002
*[[Paul Kirchhof]] (born 1943), former judge of the [[Federal Constitutional Court]], prof. of tax law
*[[Hans-Gert Pöttering]] (born 1945), lawyer and politician, former [[President of the European Parliament]]
*[[Ferdinand Kirchhof]] (born 1950), judge at the [[Federal Constitutional Court]], professor of tax law
*[[Thomas Bellut]] (born 1955), journalist
*[[Olaf Scholz]] (born 1958), politician (SPD) and [[Chancellor of Germany]] from 2021
*[[Christian Wulff]] (born 1959), politician and lawyer, [[President of Germany]] from 2010 to 2012 
*[[Boris Pistorius]] (born 1960), politician, former [[Lord mayor]] of Osnabrück, [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Minister of Defence]] from 2023
*[[Anke Hennig]] (born 1964), politician (SPD)
*[[André Berghegger]] (born 1972), politician (CDU); from 2006 to 2013, mayor of the city of [[Melle, Germany|Melle]]
*[[Sabine R. Huebner]] (born 1976), [[ancient historian]]