Mayen Personalities
- Karl Uller, (1872–1959), physicist
- Emmy Kreiten-Barido, (1894–1985) singer and mother of the martyred Karlrobert Kreiten
- Reinhard Saftig (Trainer of various teams from the German Bundesliga, including Bayern Munich, now Manager of Arminia Bielefeld)
- Mario Adorf (actor, author)
- Heinrich Alken (sculptor, painter)
- Christoph Friedrich Heinle (poet)
- Balthasar Krems (Inventor of the sewing machine)
- Winfried Schäfer (famous footballer and trainer)
- Hans-Ludwig Schilling (composer)
- Anne Spurzem (politician)
- Anton Woger (sculptor)
- Stephan Ackermann (bishop)
- Dominik Meffert (professional tennis player)
- Nadja Jennifer Maniotis (singer, actress)
- Jacques Loeb, 1859–1924, physiologist and biologist
- Leo Loeb, biologist
- Theodore Dreiser, American writer, son of an immigrant from Mayen
- Paul Dresser, American musician and songwriter, brother of Theodore Dreiser
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