Editing Hildesheim (section)

== Notable people ==

[[File:Portret van Ludolph van Ceulen, RP-P-OB-15.347.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Ludolf van Ceulen]]]]
[[File:Ferdinand Roemer 2.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Ferdinand von Roemer]]]]
[[File:Adolf Hurwitz.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Adolf Hurwitz]], {{Circa|1885}}]]
[[File:Hans Adolf Krebs.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Hans Adolf Krebs]]]]
[[File:Schindler, Oskar.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Oskar Schindler]], after 1945]]
=== Public service & public thinking ===
* [[Gotthard of Hildesheim]] (960–1038), Roman Catholic saint 
* [[Bernward of Hildesheim]] (960–1022), [[List of bishops of Hildesheim|Bishop of Hildesheim]]
* [[Leo of Vercelli]] (ca 965–1026), prelate who served as the [[Bishop of Vercelli]] from 999
* [[Benno of Meissen]] (ca 1010–1106), named [[Bishop of Dresden-Meissen|Bishop of Meissen]] in 1066, canonized in 1523.
* [[Adelog of Hildesheim]] (died 1190), [[List of bishops of Hildesheim|Bishop of Hildesheim]] from 1171 to 1190
* [[John of Hildesheim]] (ca 1310–1375), [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] [[friar]] and writer
* [[Didrik Pining]] (1430–1491), explorer of the North Atlantic & [[privateer]]
* [[Eva von Trott]] (1505–1567), the royal mistress of [[Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], from 1522 until 1567.
* [[Christoph Daniel Ebeling]] (1741–1817), scholar who studied the geography and history of North America.<ref>{{Cite AmCyc |wstitle= Ebeling, Christoph Daniel |volume= VI |last= |first= |page= |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Frederick Hornemann]] (1772–1801), German African explorer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Hornemann, Frederick |volume= 13 |page= 709 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Philip Marheineke]] (1780–1846), Protestant church leader.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Marheineke, Philip Konrad |volume= 17 |page= 707 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Christian August Brandis]] (1790–1867), philologist and historian of philosophy.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Brandis, Christian August |volume= 4 |page= 428 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Moritz Güdemann]] (1835–1918), an Austrian rabbi, historian and [[Chief rabbi]] of Vienna.
* [[Henry Rathbone]] (1837–1911), US Consul, committed to an asylum for the criminally insane after murdering his wife
* [[Jakob Guttmann (rabbi)|Jakob Guttmann]] (1845–1919), chief rabbi locally, 1874 and 1892 and philosopher
* [[Adolf Bertram]] (1859–1945), German Roman Catholic bishop and [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] 
* [[Julius Guttmann]] (1880–1950), German and [[Israel]]i [[rabbi]], Jewish philosopher and historian
* [[Wilhelm Koppe]] (1896–1975), [[Obergruppenführer]] and General der Waffen-SS und Polizei
* [[Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt]] (1900–1945), a general in the [[Wehrmacht]] during World War II
* [[Karl Hamann]] (1903–1973), 1948–51 chairman of the [[Liberal Democratic Party of Germany|LDPD]] and minister
* [[Wolfram Sievers]] (1905–1948), Nazi war criminal and director of [[Ahnenerbe]], executed for war crimes
* [[Stefan Schostok]] (born 1964), politician, [[List of mayors of Hanover|Mayor of Hanover]] from 2013 to 2019.
* [[Andreas Bovenschulte]] (born 1965), politician, [[List of mayors of Bremen|mayor of Bremen]] since 2019
* [[Mauritius Wilde]] (born 1965), a Benedictine monk, priest, professor, podcaster, spiritual director and author.
* [[Hubertus Heil]] (born 1972), politician (SPD) & Govt. minister
* [[Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983)|Prince Ernst August of Hanover]] (born 1983), hereditary Prince of Hannover
* [[Christian von Hanover]] (born 1985) a German prince in pretense

=== The Arts ===
* [[Wilhelm Schmidthild]] (1876–1951), painter, graphic artist, illustrator and art professor.
* [[Erich Pommer]] (1889–1966), film producer
* [[Eberhard Schlotter]] (1921–2014), painter and graphic artist
* [[Guy Stern]] (born 1922), American literary critic and honorary citizen of the city
* [[Lily Franz]] (1924–2011), a [[Sinti]] writer, lived locally
* [[Hans Raffert]] (1927–2005), chef, he was [[White House Executive Chef]] from 1988 to 1992.
* [[Rudolf Schenker]] (born 1948), [[guitarist]] and founding member of the [[hard rock]] [[Musical ensemble|band]] [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]
* [[Bernd Clüver]] (1948–2011), crooner, sang ''The boy with the harmonica''
* [[Michael Schenker]] (born 1955), German rock guitarist, founding member of the [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] and of the band [[UFO (band)|UFO]]
* [[Thomas Quasthoff]] (born 1959), German bass-baritone singer
* Twins [[Wolfgang Lauenstein|Wolfgang]] and [[Christoph Lauenstein]] (born 1962), winners of an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] in 1989 for their film ''[[Balance (cartoon)|Balance]]''
* [[Petra Hartmann]] (born 1970), novelist, journalist and author.
* [[Diane Kruger]] (born 1976), supermodel and actress, who played Helen in the film ''[[Troy (movie)|Troy]]''

=== Science & business===
* [[Ludolph van Ceulen]] (1540–1610), a German-Dutch mathematicianl he emigrated to the Netherlands.
* [[Catharina Helena Dörrien]] (1717–1795), botanist
* [[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link]] (1767–1851), naturalist and botanist.
* [[Friedrich Adolph Roemer]] (1809–1869), geologist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Roemer, Friedrich Adolph |volume= 23 |page= 452 |short=1}}</ref> 
* [[Ferdinand von Roemer]] (1818–1891), geologist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Roemer, Friedrich Adolph |volume= 23 |page= 452, see para 2 |quote= His brother, Carl Ferdinand von Roemer (1818–1891), who........|short=1}}</ref>
* [[Adolf Hurwitz]] (1859–1919), [[mathematician]], worked on algebra, analysis, geometry and number theory.
* [[Heinrich Nordhoff]] (1899–1968), engineer, Chairman of [[Volkswagen]] and key figure in the VW Beetle's history
* [[Hans Adolf Krebs|Sir Hans Adolf Krebs]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (1900–1981), physician and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology and Medicine]] in 1953
* [[Oskar Schindler]] (1908–1974), German industrialist, died in Hildesheim, [[Righteous Among the Nations]], about whom the book Schindler's Ark was written;  see also the film ''[[Schindler's List]]''
* [[Fuad El-Hibri]] (1958–2022), a German-American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Emergent BioSolutions]]
=== Sport ===
* [[Wolfgang Danne]] (born 1941), figure skater, team bronze medallist at the [[1968 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Björn Schnake]] (born 1971), Paralympic table tennis player, team bronze medallist at the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]] 
* [[Maik Taylor]] (born 1971), [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] footballer, played 502 games and 88 for [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]
* [[Sara Harstick]] (born 1981), freestyle swimmer, bronze medallist at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics]]