Wiesbaden - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

Notable people born in Wiesbaden include:

  • Painter Maria Vasilievna Yakunchikova-Weber
  • American tennis star John McEnroe (who was born on a U.S. military base at Wiesbaden)
  • F1 driver Nico Rosberg
  • German film director Volker Schlöndorff
  • German product designer Dieter Rams, former head of design for Braun
  • Founder of Anheuser-Busch, Adolphus Busch at the year he was born his birthplace belonged to the city of Mainz not Wiesbaden (born in Mainz-Kastel)
  • Peter Hanenberger an automotive specialist for General Motors and previous chairman for Australian car giant, Holden
  • Günther Lütjens, commander of the World War II naval Operation Rheinübung
  • Henry Schwarzschild, founder of NCADP, LCDC, and head of ACLU's Capital Punishment project in America
  • Melody Perkins, an actress who played in Power Rangers in Space, and in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy as the new pink ranger to replace Valerie Vernon
  • Michael Kessler, the German comedian
  • Rudolf von Ribbentrop (b.1921) Captain in the Waffen-SS, recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross for bravery, son of German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop
  • Kiki Vandeweghe, Two-time NBA All-Star player, later a general manager and coach

Others who have resided in Wiesbaden include:

  • Richard Wagner settled in Biebrich (now part of Wiesbaden) in 1861, after the political ban against him in Germany was lifted. It was there that he began work on Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
  • Max Reger studied in Wiesbaden.
  • Priscilla Presley (Beaulieu at the time) lived in Wiesbaden with her parents (her father was an Air Force Officer stationed here). It was here that she met Elvis Presley – she was 14 years old at the time, Elvis was 24.
  • Reese Witherspoon lived in Wiesbaden with her parents (her father worked for the U.S. military here).
  • Peter Carl Fabergé, Fled Russia to Germany and first settled in Bad Homburg and then in Wiesbaden.
  • Mickey Rourke resides in Wiesbaden at least part-time with his Russian-born girlfriend Anastassija Makarenko.

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