page_title: Minden
section_title: Daughters and sons
hierarchical_section_title: Minden / Notable people / Daughters and sons
caption_attribution_description: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Deutsch: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846) war einer der bekanntesten deutschen Wissenschaftler des 19. Jahrhunderts. Er wirkte als Astronom, Mathematiker und Geodät, erwarb sich aber das Basiswissen als Autodidakt. English: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846) was a German mathematician, astronomer, and systematizer of the Bessel functions.
context_page_description: Minden is a town of about 83,000 inhabitants in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town extends along both sides of the River Weser. It is the capital of the district of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detmold. Minden is the historic political centre of the cultural region of Minden Land. It is widely known as the intersection of the Mittelland Canal and the River Weser. The town is over 1,200 years old and has yet some buildings in the Weser Renaissance style, in addition to its architecturally symbolic 1,000-year-old cathedral.
context_section_description: Well known people born in Minden include the physician Johann Vesling (1598–1649), after whom the new town hospital was named, as well as the publisher Franz Cornelsen, founder of the Cornelsen publishing house. Franz Boas (1858 – 1942), frequently referred to as "The Father of American Anthropology", and astronomer and mathematician Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784 – 1846).
  Prominent People in recent times are the politician Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and the long serving leader of Adolf-Grimme-Institut, Lutz Hachmeister.
  Other sons and daughters include:
  1766: Caroline von Humboldt, art historian
  1800: Karl Friedrich von Vincke, politician and officer (died 1869)
  1817: Pauline von Mallinckrodt, founder of the order Sisters of Christian Charity, (died 1881)
  1821: Hermann von Mallinckrodt, politician (brother of Pauline von Mallinckrodt), (died 1874)
  1843: Otto von Diederichs, Admiral of the Imperial German Navy, Chief of the East Asia Squadron, (died 1918)
  1848: Otto von Emmich, General, (died 1915)
  1859: Ludwig Borckenhagen, Admiral of the Imperial German Navy (died 1917)
  1875: Otto Quante, portrait, figure and landscape painter, (died 1947)
  1876: Hans Koeppen, officer and racing driver (died 1948)
  1876: Gertrud von le Fort, writer (died 1971)
  1896: Hans Cramer, General of the Wehrmacht (died 1968)
  1900: Hermann Bartels, architect in national socialism (died 1989)
  1907: Heinrich Trettner, General of the Wehrmacht, General Inspector of the Bundeswehr (died 2006)
  1912: Karl Strauss brewer (died 2006)
  1915: Heinz Körvers, handball player (died 1942)
  1935: Hans Wollschläger, translator (died 2007)
  1941: Herbert Lübking, handball player, field handball world champion
  1948: Jutta Hering-Winckler, lawyer and patron of music, Der Ring in Minden
  1958: Burkhard Schwenker, Manager
  1960: Wolfgang Rathert, musicologist
  1971: Yves Eigenrauch, footballer
  1974: René Müller, footballer
  1975: Martin Schmeding, concert organist and academic teacher
  1982: Jan-Martin Bröer, rower
  1985: Thilo Versick, footballer
  1986: Tim Danneberg, footballer
  1986: René Rast, racing driver
caption: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
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