Heerlen - People From Heerlen

People From Heerlen

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A chronological list of notable Heerlenaren (inhabitants of Heerlen)

• Lucius Ferenius (around 125 (in, what is now, Dilzen, Belgium) – around 150), Potter
• M. Sattonius Iucundus, third century, restores the Thermae
• Count Theoderich van Are (1087–1126), ‘owner’ of Heerlen, probably builder of the Schelmentoren (prison tower)
• Anna Sophia van Schönborn (around 1696 - November 5, 1760), Countess of Hoensbroek
• Baron Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren (October 31, 1730, Zutphen - July 11, 1795, Zutphen), last schout of Heerlen
• Jan Gerard Kemmerling (February 4, 1776 - January 15, 1818), Mayor of Heerlen (1805 - 1818?)
• Jan Michiel Dautzenberg (December 6, 1808, [Heerlen - February 4, 1869, Elsene), is the author of a volume of Volksliederen.
• Egidius Slanghen (August 23, 1820 - October 12, 1882)
• Joseph Savelberg (February 10, 1827, Heerlen – February 11, 1907), Heerlen, Priest and congregation founder, together with Frans de Wever founded the first Hospital
• Arnold Schunck (February 11, 1842, Kettenis – October 15, 1905, Heerlen), Founder of the fashion house and department store Firma Schunck
• Henri Sarolea (January 18, 1844, Maastricht - September 12, 1900, Heerlen), responsible for the first railroadtrack in Heerlen (between Herzogenrath, Heerlen, and Sittard)
• M.J. de Hesselle (1855–1935), Mayor of Heerlen (1894–1913) and Pharmacist
• Frans de Wever (1869 - 1940), General Practitioner, founder of the first hospital (together with Joseph Savelberg)
• Peter Schunck (October 31, 1873, Hauset – July 13, 1960, Heerlen), builder of the Glaspaleis
• Marcel van Grunsven (December 4, 1896 - July 24, 1969) Mayor of Heerlen (1926–1961)
• Thomas Bernhard, February 9, 1931, Heerlen - February 12, 1989, Ohlsdorf was an Austrian playwright and novelist, born in Heerlen
• Klaas de Vries, April 28, 1943, Hoensbroek, was a member of the lower house of the Dutch parliament for the PvdA
• Margriet Ehlen (1943), composer and poet
• Jo Ritzen, October 3, 1945, Heerlen, former Minister of Education, Former Chairman of Universiteit Maastricht
• Loek Hermans, April 23, 1951, Heerlen, former Minister of Education, former mayor of Zwolle, Chairman of the Board of Directors to the Stichting Katholieke Universiteit (Board of Directors to both the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen and the UMC St Radboud)
• Wiel Arets (1955), Architect
• Suzan Erens,11 November 1976, vocalist with the Johan Strauss Orchestra of Andre Rieu
• Simone Simons (born on 17 January 1985 in Hoensbroek) is a Dutch mezzo-soprano singer and lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Epica.