(FDP) Katharina Saalfrank (born 1971), diplomaed educator and columnist Andreas Fischer-Lescano (born 1972), expert in jurisprudence and professor Michael Senft (born 1972), canoeist Julia Klöckner (born 1972), politician (CDU) and chairwoman of the CDU faction in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate Siegfried Kärcher (born 1974), visual artist Thomas Reichenberger (born 1974), footballer Thomas Schmidt (born 1976), canoeist Alexander Graeff (born 1976), writer Manuel Friedrich (born 1979), footballer Niklas Meinert (born 1981), field hockey player Jens Werrmann (born 1985), hurdler Benjamin Kessel (born 1987), footballer Matthias de Zordo (born 1988), javelin thrower Pierre Merkel (born 1989), footballer Famous personalities Marie von Oranien-Nassau (1642–1688), widow of Pfalzgraf Louis Henry, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern (1640–1674), remodelled the abandoned Augustinian convent of Saint Peter into the "Oranienhof" Friedrich Christian Laukhard (1757–1822), theologian and political writer (spent his last years here) Emil Cauer the Elder (1800–1867), sculptor Gustav Pfarrius (1800–1884), German poet, schoolteacher and professor Stephan Lück (1806–1883), theologian, Cathedral Music Director of Trier and publisher, worked from 1828 to 1831 as chaplain in Kreuznach Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels (1812–1875), called "Texas-Carl", buried at the Bad Kreuznach town graveyard Robert Cauer the Elder (1831–1893), sculptor, son of Emil Cauer the Elder and brother of Karl Cauer Carl Heinrich Jacobi, photographer known for his collotypes and stereoscopic photographs Hugo Reich (1854–1935), German theologian, founder of the deaconry Emil Thormählen (1859–1941), architect and director of the Kölner Kunstgewerbeschule (Cologne School of Applied Arts) Elsbeth Krukenberg-Conze (1867–1954), writer and feminist Lina Hilger (1874–1942), German educator Sophie Sondhelm (1887–1944), nurse and director, refugee helper during the time of the Third Reich Klaus Thormaehlen (1892–1981), engineer, winegrower and inventor Hermann Niebuhr (1904–1968), basketball pioneer in Germany Werner Forßmann (1904–1979), cardiologist, Nobel laureate Yakovos Bilek (1917–2005), German-Turkish basketball player, referee and trainer of Greek heritage Dieter Wellmann (born 1923), church musician at Paul's Evangelical Church (Pauluskirche) from 1960 to 1996 Werner Danz (1923–1999), German politician (FDP) Rudolf Anheuser (1924–2009), basketball functionary Peter Anheuser (born 1938); architect, former Member of the Landtag, town councillor Fridel Grenz (born 1929), church musician at Saint Nicholas's Catholic Parish Church (Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus) Heiner Thabe, orthopaedic surgeon Csilla Hohendorf, special educator Inge Rossbach, actress and producer Carsten Pörksen (born 1944), Member of the Landtag Ursula Reindell (born 1946), painter and sculptor (2008 Cultural Prize winner) Walter Brusius (born 1950), painter (1999 Cultural Prize winner) Kurt-Ulrich Mayer (born 1950), politician (CDU) professor and chairman of the Sächsische Landesanstalt