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GELSENKIRCHEN

Most Famous People Born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Notable people
595
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1942
Most distinctive
Manager 14.8×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Gelsenkirchen during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Gelsenkirchen Is Known For

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Football is Gelsenkirchen's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (107).

Gelsenkirchen over-indexes on manager — 14.8× the global rate.

  1. Football107
  2. Politician98
  3. Actor25
  4. Writer24
  5. Painter21
  6. Academic19
  7. Author17
  8. Singer14
  1. Manager814.8×
  2. Theologian83.7×
  3. Author173.3×
  4. Academic193.1×
  5. Physicist62.4×
  6. Historian111.8×
  7. Football1071.6×
  8. Sculptor61.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Gelsenkirchen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0018 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Zaisser

1893 - 1958

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0022 LINGUIST

Hans Krahe

1898 - 1965

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0063 WORLD WAR

Heinrich Bongartz

1892 - 1946

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0081 MUSIC

Dorothee Günther

1896 - 1975

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0137 MILITAR

Oskar Eckholt

1894 - 1982

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0151 COMPOSER

Jo Knümann

1895 - 1952

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0156 PAINTER

Karl Schwesig

1898 - 1955

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0158 ACADEMIC

Carl Hundhausen

1893 - 1977

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0173 MILITAR

Ernst Moritz Hess

1890 - 1983

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0185 MERCHANT

Herbert Tengelmann

1896 - 1959

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0187 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Börger

1896 - 1962

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0229 HISTORIAN

Wilhelm Brepohl (Soziologe)

1893 - 1975

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0236 ACADEMIC

Karl Viëtor

1892 - 1951

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0253 ACADEMIC

Denis Boniver

1897 - 1961

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0276 POLITICIAN

Josef Winschuh

1897 - 1970

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0291 GEOLOGIST

Carl Hellmut Fritzsche

1895 - 1968

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0346 OPERA

Hans Clemens

1890 - 1958

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0369 DENTIST

Fritz Haltern

1898 - 1939

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0383 POLITICIAN

Siegfried Schug

1898 - 1961

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0387 LAWYER

Hermann Krawinkel

1895 - 1975

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0445 POLICE

Gustav Adolf Lehnert

1896 - 1976

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0468 AUTHOR

Walther Gottfried Klucke

1899 - 1951

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0479 PAINTER

Leo Tilgner

1892 - 1971

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0480 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Nettebeck

1896 - 1969

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0550 POLITICIAN

Paul Eichmann

1898 - 1978

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0571 FOOTBALL

Konrad Schmedeshagen

1897 - 1969

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0586 POLITICIAN

Fritz Symanek

1897 - 1953

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0587 POLITICIAN

Otto Miesterek

1894 - 1968

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0594 POLITICIAN

Lina Weier

1896 - 1969

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