University Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Christoph Huber
Born in 1944
Physician, scientist
Contributions to the development of Mainz into an internationally recognized research and biotechnology location for immunotherapies and vaccines
Honorary citizen since 2022
University Professor Dr. Özlem Türeci
Born in 1967
Physician
Scientist
Contributions to the development of Mainz into an internationally recognized research and biotechnology hub for immunotherapies and vaccines
Honorary citizen since 2022
University Professor Dr. Uğur Şahi
Born in 1965
Physician
Scientist
Contributions to the development of Mainz into an internationally recognized research and biotechnology hub for immunotherapies and vaccines
Honorary citizen since 2022
Margit Sponheimer
Born in 1943
Singer
Actress
Services to Mainz's carnival traditions and her invaluable contribution to promoting the positive image of the state capital Mainz, honorary citizen since 2018
Monsignor Klaus Mayer
Lifetime: 1923-2022
Pastor of St. Stephan a. D.
Contributed to the reconstruction of St. Stephan and initiated the windows by Marc Chagall and Charles Marq
Honorary citizen since 2005
Karl Delorme
Lifetime: 1920-2011
Former mayor, former member of the German Bundestag
Holder of numerous honorary offices
Honorary citizen since 2004
Karl Cardinal Prof. Dr. Dr. Lehmann
Lifetime: 1936–2018
Bishop of Mainz
Honorary citizen since 2001
Jockel Fuchs
Lifetime: 1919-2002
Mayor of Mainz from 1965 to 1987
Honorary citizen since 1989
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Erich Schott
Lifetime: 1891-1989
Services to the reconstruction of the Schott glassworks
Honorary citizen since 1984
Prof. Dr. Karl Holzamer
Lifetime: 1906-2007
Founding director of ZDF
Honorary citizen since 1983
Anna Seghers
Stage name for Netty Rádvany, née Reiling (1900–1983)
Writer
Winner of the Kleist Prize (1928) and the Büchner Prize (1947)
Honorary citizen since 1981
Marc Chagall
Lifetime: 1887-1985
Painter
Designer of the stained glass windows in the east choir of St. Stephen's Cathedral
Honorary citizen since 1981
Paul Distelhut
Lifetime: 1914–2002
City council member 1952–1979
Chairman of the SPD city council faction from 1965 to 1977
Honorary citizen since 1979
Cardinal Prof. Dr. theol. Hermann Volk
Lifetime: 1903-1988
Bishop of Mainz from 1962 to 1982
Honorary citizen since 1975
Prof. Dr. Ing. Fritz Strassmann
Lifetime: 1902-1980
Discoverer of nuclear fission together with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner
Holder of the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Honorary citizen since 1972
Dr. jur. Dr. phil. H.c. Ludwig Strecker
Lifetime: 1883–1978
Senior partner of the music publishing company B. Schott’s Söhne in Mainz
Honorary citizen since 1970
Rector Karl Preller
Lifetime: 1892-1975
Since 1924, rector of the mother house of the Sisters of Divine Providence in Finthen
Honorary citizen since 1969
Prof. Dr. theol. Hermann Reifenberg
Lifetime: 1928-2022
Catholic priest in Ebersheim
Professor in Bamberg
Honorary citizen since 1965
Dr. h. c. Peter Altmeier
Lifetime: 1899-1977
Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1947 to 1969
Honorary citizen since 1965
Canon (Chanoine) Félix Kir
Lifetime: 1876-1968
Former mayor of Dijon
Member of Parliament and Senior Member of the French National Assembly
Honorary citizen since 1964
Prelate Prof. Dr. phil. Adam Gottron
Lifetime: 1889-1971
High school teacher
Honorary professor
Priest
Historian
Honorary citizen since 1962
Carl Zuckmayer
Lifetime: 1896-1977
Poet
Playwright
Prose writer
Honorary citizen since 1962
Prof. Dr. phil. Aloys Ruppel
Lifetime: 1882-1977
Archivist and librarian
Director of the City Library and City Archives
Director of the Gutenberg Museum Mainz
Holder of the Gutenberg Chair for Book, Writing, and Printing at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Honorary citizen since 1957
Alfred Friday
Lifetime: 1880-1959
Artistic cabinetmaker and furniture maker
SPD party secretary
Founder of the Workers' Welfare Association in Mainz
Honorary citizen since 1955
Wilhelm Christ
Lifetime: 1876-1955
Merchant
Founder of the Mainz Non-Profit Housing Cooperative
Co-founder of the limited liability company for the construction of small apartments
Honorary citizen since 1951
Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. Ing. h. c. Ernst Neeb
Lifetime: 1861-1939
Senior teacher, retired, director of the Mainz Antiquarian Society
Outstanding services to municipal collections
Honorary citizen since 1936
Prof. Dr. phil. Heinrich Schrohe
Lifetime: 1864-1939
Private school inspector, senior teacher
Extensive research and numerous publications on the history of Mainz
Honorary citizen since 1934
Dr. med. Friedrich Karl Külb
Lifetime: 1870-1943
Mayor from 1919 to 1931
Honorary citizen since 1931
Dr. med. Heinrich Ludwig Müller
Lifetime: Private Medical Officer
City Councilor
Unpaid Deputy
Honorary citizen since 1927
Ferdinand Kuhn
Lifetime: 1851-1923
Secretary of State for Construction
Mayor
Civil engineer
Honorary citizen since 1915
Maximilian Baron von Gagern
Lifetime: 1804-1911
Grand Ducal Hessian Extraordinary Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Royal Prussian Court
Provincial Director of the Province of Rheinhessen and District Councilor of the Mainz District
Honorary citizen since 1908
Dr. Jur. Karl Bockenheimer
Lifetime: 1836-1914
District court director
Mainz historian and local writer
Holder of numerous civic honorary offices
Honorary citizen since 1907
Hermann Reinach
Lifetime: 1825-1906
Privy Councilor
Wine merchant
Unpaid Deputy
Honorary citizen since 1905
Stephan Karl Michel
Lifetime: 1839-1906
Privy Councilor
Leather manufacturer
President of the Mainz Chamber of Commerce
Deputy Chairman of the German Trade Council
Honorary citizen since 1904
Dr. jur. Karl Rothe
Lifetime: 1840-1906
Grand Ducal Hessian Minister of State and Minister of the Interior
Honorary citizen since 1898
Friedrich Küchler
Lifetime: 1823–1898
Privy Councilor, Provincial Director of the Province of Rheinhessen and District Councilor of the Mainz District
Honorary citizen since 1891
Dr. med. Jakob Hochgesand
Lifetime: 1814-1904
Privy Medical Councilor
Hospital physician (chief physician) at the municipal St. Rochus Hospital
Honorary citizen since 1886
Agnes Wilhelm Edmund Freiherr Gedult von Jugendfeld
Lifetime: 1813-1886
Winery owner
Honorary director of the savings bank
Honorary citizen since 1886
Friedrich Wilhelm von Woyna
Lifetime: 1819-1896
General of the Infantry
Governor of the Mainz Fortress
Honorary citizen since 1883
Dr. theol. Karl Georg Friedrich Schmitt
Lifetime: 1804–1890
Grand Ducal Hessian Prelate and Senior Consistorial Councilor
Superintendent of the Province of Rheinhessen and First Pastor in Mainz
Honorary citizen since 1878
Philipp Veit
Lifetime: 1793-1877
Painter, curator of the municipal art gallery since 1853
Designer of Mainz Cathedral (murals in the central nave)
Honorary citizen since 1877
Leopold Hermann von Boyen
Lifetime: 1811-1886
General of the Infantry
Governor of the Mainz Fortress
Honorary citizen since 1875
Heinrich Karl Woldemar Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Lifetime: 1810-1871
Royal Prussian General of Cavalry
Adjutant General to the King
Governor of the Prussian fortress of Mainz
Honorary citizen since 1871
Franz Xaver Freiherr von Paumgarten
Lifetime: 1811-1866
Austrian Imperial and Royal Lieutenant Field Marshal
Vice Governor of the Federal Fortress of Mainz, honorary citizen since 1864
Reinhard Carl Friedrich Baron v. Dalwigk
Lifetime: 1802-1880
Grand Ducal Hessian Privy Councilor
Honorary citizen since 1856
Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Prince of Prussia
Lifetime: 1783-1851
Royal Prussian General of Cavalry
Governor of the federal fortress of Mainz
Honorary citizen since 1839
Wilhelm Freiherr v. Müffling gen. Weis
Lifetime: 1778-1858
Royal Prussian Lieutenant General
Honorary citizen since 1839
Bertel Thorwaldsen
Lifetime: 1768-1844
Sculptor
Creator of the Gutenberg monument in Mainz
Honorary citizen since 1835
Emmanuel Count of Mensdorff-Pouilly
Lifetime: 1777-1852
Austrian Imperial and Royal Field Marshal Lieutenant
Honorary citizen since 1834
Georg Salomon Hermann Moller
Lifetime: 1784–1852
Grand Ducal Hessian Court and Chief Architect
Builder of the Mainz City Theater (1829–1833) and the east dome of the cathedral (1828)
Honorary citizen since 1831
