Famous People with Name Lubbe

Lubbertus Götzen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Lubbertus Götzen: was a Dutch accountant and politician.He was a minister of the Department of Finance. In Indonesia he was politically active in the Christian political party.

Marinus Van Der Lubbe            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Marinus Van Der Lubbe: was a Dutch council communist accused of, and eventually executed for, setting fire to the German Reichstag building on February 27, 1933, an event known as the Reichstag fire. He was posthumously acquitted in 2008.

Marinus Rinus Van Der Lubbe            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Marinus Rinus Van Der Lubbe: was a Dutch council communist accused of, and eventually executed for, setting fire to the German Reichstag building on February 27, 1933, an event known as the Reichstag fire. He was posthumously pardoned in 2008.Marinus van der Lubbe, was born in Leiden in the province of Zuid-Holland. His parents were divorced and, after his mother died when he was 12, he went to live with his half-sister's family. In his youth Van der Lubbe worked as a bricklayer. He was nicknamed Dempsey after the boxer Jack Dempsey, because of his great strength. At his work, Van der Lubbe came in contact with the labour movement; in 1925, he joined the Dutch Communist Party (CPH).