51.2310° N, 6.7725° E
DUSSELDORF
Most Famous People Born in Dusseldorf, Germany
- Notable people
- 2,294
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1936
- Most distinctive
- Painter 3.9×
A Rhenish art academy city whose bench is thick with painters — more than ten per cent of all notables, a share matched by very few cities in the dataset. Düsseldorf's distinctive shelves beyond that are authors, academics, sculptors, economists, and historians, and its most famous son is Heinrich Heine. The Kunstakademie is the engine that produced Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter (who taught there), and a generation of photographers; Jürgen Habermas and Wim Wenders grew up here too.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Dusseldorf during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Dusseldorf Is Known For
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Painter is Dusseldorf's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (234).
Dusseldorf over-indexes on painter — 3.9× the global rate.
Dusseldorf under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Dusseldorf's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Gustaf Gründgens
1899 - 1963
Hans Globke
1898 - 1973
Greta Schröder
1891 - 1967
Harry Piel
1892 - 1963
Gregor Wentzel
1898 - 1978
Eduard Schulte
1891 - 1966
Karl Elmendorff
1891 - 1962
Otto Wacker
1898 - 1970
Max Thomas
1891 - 1945
Carl Auen
1892 - 1972
Werner Peiner
1897 - 1984
Marta Hegemann
1894 - 1970
Ludwig Gehre
1895 - 1945
Walter Risse
1893 - 1969
Wilhelm Reinhard (pilot)
1891 - 1918
Hans Barion
1899 - 1973
Curt Lahs
1893 - 1958
Richard Oehring
1891 - 1940
Hermann Knüfken
1893 - 1976
Theodor Kordt
1893 - 1962
Willy Reetz
1892 - 1963
Bernhard Gobiet
1892 - 1945
Käte Oswald
1890 - 1985
Reinhold Heinen
1894 - 1969
Margarete Bäumer
1898 - 1969
Egon Wilden
1894 - 1931
Josef Lüke
1899 - 1964
Maria Dietz
1894 - 1980
Georg Poensgen
1898 - 1974
Hellmuth Simons
1893 - 1969
Heinz Risse
1898 - 1989
Else Sehrig-Vehling
1897 - 1994
Carl Napp
1890 - 1957
Cassius Freiherr von Montigny
1890 - 1940
Hans Heinz Lüttgen
1895 - 1977
Werner Ballauff
1890 - 1973
Edgar Bennert
1890 - 1960
Lore Schill
1890 - 1968
Jupp Rübsam
1896 - 1976
Carl Maria Weber
1890 - 1953
Hanns Günther von Obernitz
1899 - 1944
Adolf de Haer
1892 - 1944
Werner Schöllgen
1893 - 1985
Mathias Barz
1895 - 1982
Franz Sommer
1897 - 1980
Heinrich Brandt (Regisseur)
1891 - 1933
Sigurd Janssen
1891 - 1968
Walter von Wecus
1893 - 1977
Hans Leyers
1896 - 1981
Hans Jungbluth
1894 - 1966
Fritzleo Liertz
1896 - 1975
Rudolf Hertz
1897 - 1965
Joachim Meyer-Quade
1897 - 1939
Werner Spieß
1891 - 1972
Hannes Küpper
1897 - 1955
Ignatius Eschmann
1898 - 1968
Peter van Aubel
1894 - 1964
Carl Otto Fey
1894 - 1971
Ernst Adams
1890 - 1973
Josy Holsten
1897 - 1963
Hermann Herbst
1895 - 1944
Lambert Horn
1899 - 1939
Alice Spies-Neufert
1896 - 1990
Siegfried Thalheimer
1899 - 1981
Philine Leudesdorff-Tormin
1892 - 1924
Rudi vom Endt
1892 - 1966
Ernst Custodis
1898 - 1990
Werner T. Schaurte
1893 - 1978
Edith Weigert
1894 - 1982
Wilhelm Schmetz
1890 - 1938
Emma Waiblinger
1897 - 1923
Walter Steinweg
1899 - 1960
Edmund Randerath
1899 - 1961
Wilhelm Stollenwerk (Chemiker)
1891 - 1952
Hans-Wilhelm Beutler
1897 - 1966
Traugott Baumgärtel
1891 - 1969
Johannes Werner Klein
1898 - 1984
Aenni Hartung
1891 - 1983
Wilhelm Borner
1890 - 1978
Hubert Schöllgen
1897 - 1978
Walter Kordt
1899 - 1972
Erwin Erich Torenburg
1896 - 1965
Hanns Bökels
1891 - 1965
Friedrich Arthur Wittig
1894 - 1962
August Flender
1899 - 1982
Hans Füsser
1898 - 1959
Paul Gehlen
1891 - 1950
Oswald Causin
1893 - 1953
Julius Dettmar
1899 - 1975
Theodor Rocholl (Schauspieler)
1891 - 1978
Paul Götschenberg
1892 - 1955
Ferdinand Carl Cürten
1892 - 1945
Walter Hemming
1894 - 1979
Albert Schneider (Rennfahrer)
1899 - 1936
Wilhelm Maerz
1893 - 1936
Wilhelm Leusch
1892 - 1921
Harald Arthur Poensgen
1897 - 1987
Arnold E. Weber
1897 - 1955
Karl Zapp
1893 - 1955
Peter Loquingen
1898 - 1965