Editing Wilhelmshaven (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Eilhard Mitscherlich.jpg|thumb|140px|Drawing of [[Eilhard Mitscherlich]]]]
*[[August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome]] (1753–1833), economist and statistician; produced a [[thematic map]] of Europe
*[[Eilhard Mitscherlich]] (1794–1863) a chemist, discovered [[Isomorphism (crystallography)|crystallographic isomorphism]] in 1819.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Mitscherlich, Eilhardt |volume= 18 |pages= 627-628 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Erhard Milch]] (1892–1972), field marshal who oversaw the development of the [[Luftwaffe]]
*[[Heinz Prüfer|Ernst Paul Heinz Prüfer]] (1896–1934), Jewish mathematician
*[[Hans Hellmann]] (1903–1938), theoretical physicist; associated with the [[Hellmann–Feynman theorem]]
*[[Heinrich Seetzen]] (1906–1945), lawyer and [[Gestapo]] official; [[Holocaust]] perpetrator
*[[Adalbert von Blanc]] (1907–1976) naval officer in WWII and admiral in the West [[German Navy]].
*[[Klaus Riedel]] (1907–1944), rocket pioneer, worked on the [[V-2]] missile programme at [[Peenemünde Army Research Center|Peenemünde]]
*[[Otto von Bülow]] (1911–2006), U-boat commander in World War II, and captain in the Bundesmarine
*[[Henry Picker]] (1912–1988), lawyer, stenographer and author, co-transcribed [[Hitler's Table Talk]]
*[[Struve family#Otto Wilhelm von Struve line (3rd gen)|Wilfried Struve]] (1914–1992), scientist working in astronomy and acoustics, son of [[Georg Hermann Struve]]
*[[Hans Clarin]] (1929–2005), actor and [[voice actor]] in children's audio plays
*[[Karl Leister]] (born 1937), clarinetist with the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]]
*[[Hans-Michael Bock]] (born 1947), film historian, filmmaker, translator and writer.
*[[Rainer Fetting]] (born 1949), painter and sculptor
*[[Thomas Hengelbrock]] (born 1958), violinist, stage director and principal conductor of the [[NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra|NDR Symphony Orchestra]]
*[[Nico Beyer]] (born 1964), film director and producer
*[[Olaf Lies]] (born 1964), local politician (SPD)
*[[Niels Högel]] (born 1976), former nurse, serial killer, convicted of the murders of 85 people
=== Sport ===
*[[Maren Brinker]], volleyball player
*[[Kurt Doerry]] (1874–1947) track and field athlete, competed at the [[1896 Summer Olympics|1896]] & [[1900 Summer Olympics]].
*[[Helmut Reichmann]] (1941–1992), a glider pilot, thrice [[World Gliding Championships|World Gliding Champion]]
*[[Steffen Puttkammer]] (born 1988), footballer who has played over 390 games
*[[Sebastian Polter]] (born 1991), footballer who has played over 350 games
*[[Kai Pröger]] (born 1992), footballer who has played over 320 games