Herbert Grönemeyer

Birth Name: Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Grönemeyer

Place of Birth: Göttingen, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now Germany)

Date of Birth: 12 April, 1956

Ethnicity: German (including Baltic German), as well as 1/256th Scottish, distant Dutch and Swedish

Herbert Grönemeyer is a German musician and actor.

He is the son of Hella Carin and Wilhelm Grönemeyer. He was married to actress Anna Henkel, until her death, with whom he has two children.

Herbert’s paternal grandfather was named Dietrich Grönemeyer.

Herbert’s paternal grandmother was named Lisette.

Herbert’s maternal grandfather was Herbert Arthur von Hunnius (the son of Theodor Woldemar Emanuel von Hunnius and Elly Ilse “Elise” Frey). Herbert was Baltic German physician, from Kiltsi, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. Theodor was the son of Carl Arthur Woldemar von Hunnius and Johanna Fredrika Landesen. Carl’s maternal great-great-grandfather, John Drummond, was a Scottish military officer, from Perth. Herbert’s great-grandmother Elly was the daughter of Carl Nicolai Frey and Amalie Dorothea Johanna Siewerssen.

Herbert’s maternal grandmother was Wally Anna Marie Margareta Langheinrich (the daughter of Wilhelm Langheinrich and Marie Briet-Tretrop). Wally was born in Nordheim, Germany.

Source: Genealogy of Herbert Grönemeyer – https://www.geni.com