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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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0008 WORLD WAR

Werner Mölders

1913 - 1941

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0030 FOOTBALL

Rudolf Gellesch

1914 - 1990

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0031 FOOTBALL

Adolf Urban

1914 - 1943

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0074 ACTOR

Claude Vernier

1913 - 1996

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0076 FOOTBALL

Otto Tibulski

1912 - 1991

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0079 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Friedrich Karl Dörner

1911 - 1992

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0082 WRITER

Eduard Claudius

1911 - 1976

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0083 BOXER

Michael Murach

1911 - 1941

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0092 FOOTBALL

Hans Klodt

1914 - 1996

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0093 SERGEANT

Lorenz Hackenholt

1914 - 1945

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0114 FOOTBALL

Fritz Pliska

1915 - 1995

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0135 AVIATOR

Luise Hoffmann

1910 - 1935

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0153 WRITER

Martha Schlinkert

1913 - 1979

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0167 TRADE UNION

Maria Weber (Gewerkschafterin)

1919 - 2002

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0183 FLYING ACE

Konrad Bauer

1919 - 1990

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0261 WRITER

Wilhelm Wolfgang Bröll

1913 - 1989

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0318 WRITER

Heinrich Hahne

1911 - 1996

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0326 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Meyer-Buer

1911 - 1997

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0331 SPORT

Jan Małkowiak

1919 - 1991

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0340 PAINTER

Erich Radscheit

1911 - 2008

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0354 NATIONALSOZIALISMUS

Fritz Riwotzki

1910 - 1978

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0388 POLITICIAN

Josef Löbbert

1916 - 1996

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0414 POLITICIAN

Heribert Barking

1912 - 1992

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0419 POLITICIAN

Heinz Hohoff

1910 - 1943

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0440 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Teriet

1917 - 1995

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0441 JOCKEY

Johannes Starosta

1912 - 1995

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0458 PAINTER

Karl-Heinrich Kluge

1915 - 2005

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0466 ATHLETIC

August Blumensaat

1911 - 1989

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0474 ARZT

Werner Röken

1917 - 1972

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0485 FOOTBALL

Heinz Hinz

1919 - 1988

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0498 FOOTBALL

Hans Bornemann (Fußballspieler)

1913 - 1966

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0505 POLITICIAN

Thea Saefkow

1910 - 1990

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0506 OFFICER

Friedrich Banach

1916 - 1943

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0540 FOOTBALL

Wilhelm Schabram

1916 - 1942

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0549 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Elbers

Born 1913

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0558 LAWYER

Walter Hoffmann (Politiker, 1914)

1914 - 1996

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0559 FOOTBALL

Joseph Kuta

Born 1919

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0561 FOOTBALL

Fritz Przetak

1911 - 2004

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0574 POLITICIAN

Helmut Pielasch

1917 - 1986

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0577 MERCHANT

Hermann Strangemann

1912 - 1985

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0584 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Kiwitter

Born 1918

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0589 POLITICIAN

Karl Kottenhahn

1910 - 1981

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0590 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Feige

1911 - 1969

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