Editing Münster (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Droste-Hülshoff 2.jpg|thumb|120px|Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, 1838]]
[[File:Maria Droste zu Vischering.jpg|thumb|120px|Maria Droste zu Vischering]]
[[File:Ketteler, Wilhelm Emanuel.jpg|thumb|120px|Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, bishop of Mainz]]
[[File:GuntherPlaut.jpg|thumb|120px|Gunther Plaut]]

* [[Johannes Veghe]] (c. 1435–1504), religious writer
* [[Henry Nicholis]] (ca.1501 – ca.1580), a German mystic, founded ''[[Familia Caritatis]]''.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Nicholas, Henry|first=Albert Frederick |last=Pollard|author-link=Albert Pollard|volume=19|page=656|short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Christoph Bernhard Verspoell]] (1743–1818), priest and publisher of an influential hymnal
* [[Clemens August Droste zu Vischering]] (1773–1845), [[Archbishop of Cologne]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Droste-Vischering, Clemens August, Baron von | volume= 8 | page = 591 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Georges Depping]] (1784–1853), German-French historian
* [[Annette von Droste-Hülshoff]] (1797–1848), noble and poet.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Droste-Hülshoff, Annette Elisabeth, Freiin von | volume= 8 | page = 591 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler]] (1811–1877), theologian and politician, Bishop of [[Mainz]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von | volume= 15 |last1= Lias |first1= John James |author1-link= | page = 763 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Paul Melchers]] (1813–1895), Cardinal and Archbishop of [[Cologne]]
* [[Joseph Weydemeyer]] (1818–1866), military officer, journalist, politician and Marxist revolutionary
* [[Ludwig von Wittich]] (1818–1884), Prussian lieutenant general
* [[Max von Forckenbeck]] (1821–1892), National Liberal politician, mayor of Wroclaw and Berlin
* [[Bernard Altum]] (1824–1900), zoologist, ornithologist and forest scientist
* [[Elisabet Ney]] (1833–1907), sculptor
* [[Alexander von Kluck]] (1846–1934), German general, World War I
* [[Albert Kopfermann]] (1846–1914), musicologist and librarian
* [[Mary of the Divine Heart|Mary of the Divine Heart Droste zu Vischering]] (1863–1899), noble and nun beatified by [[Pope Paul VI]]
* [[Carl Schuhmann]] (1869–1946), gymnast and wrestler
* [[Alfred Flechtheim]] (1878–1937), art dealer, art collector, journalist, and publisher
* [[Clemens August Graf von Galen]] (1878–1946), cardinal, Bishop of Münster, beatified by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]
* [[Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim]] (1894–1977), general in the [[Wehrmacht]] of Nazi Germany and war criminal
* [[Kurt Gerstein]] (1905–1945), [[Schutzstaffel|SS officer]]
* [[Gunther Plaut]] (1912–2012), Reform rabbi and author
* [[Moondog]] (1916–1999), musician, composer, theoretician, poet, and inventor of musical instruments
* [[Alfred Dregger]] (1920–2002), politician and leader of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
* [[Peter Duesberg]] (born 1936), virologist who discovered the first retrovirus
* [[Dieter Sieger]] (born 1938), shipbuilder
* [[Heinz Lukas-Kindermann]] (born 1939), opera director
* [[Detlev Jöcker]] (born 1951), composer, singer and songwriter
* [[Götz Alsmann]] (born 1957), television presenter, musician, and singer
* [[Andreas Dombret]] (born 1960), board member of German central bank [[Deutsche Bundesbank]]
* [[Monika Grütters]] (born 1962), politician
* [[Ute Lemper]] (born 1963), cabaret singer and actress
* [[Stefan Dohr]] (born 1965), French horn player, current principal horn of the [[Berlin Philharmonic]]
* [[Günther Jauch]] (born 13 July 1965) entertainer, journalist, and TV presenter
* [[Tanita Tikaram]] (born 1969), British singer-songwriter
* [[Berthold Warnecke]] (born 1971), dramaturge and opera director
* [[Franka Potente]] (born 1974), German actress
* [[Guido Maria Kretschmer]] (Born 11 May 1975), designer and TV presenter
* [[Linus Gerdemann]] (born 1982), cyclist
* [[Jens Höing]] (born 1987), racing driver
* [[Esther Dierkes]] (born 1990), opera singer