51.5131° N, 7.1029° E

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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 88 notable births.

What Gelsenkirchen Is Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive

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

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

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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0025 FOOTBALL

Heinz Kwiatkowski

1926 - 2008

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0026 FOOTBALL

Bernhard Klodt

1926 - 1996

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0042 COMPOSER

Ben-Zion Orgad

1926 - 2006

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0043 FOOTBALL

Alfred Kelbassa

1925 - 1988

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0050 FOOTBALL

Herbert Burdenski

1922 - 2001

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0101 FOOTBALL

Karl Barufka

1921 - 1999

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0113 PHYSICIST

Gottfried Falk

1922 - 1991

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0116 SCULPTOR

Günter Tollmann

1926 - 1990

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0118 ROWER

Heinz Renneberg

1927 - 1999

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0175 WRITER

Günter K. Koschorrek

Born 1923

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0197 ACTOR

Joachim Hess

1925 - 1992

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0201 ACADEMIC

Hanno Kesting

1925 - 1975

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0215 MANAGER

Hermann Franz (Manager)

1928 - 2016

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0234 POLITICIAN

Werner Kuhlmann

1921 - 1992

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0247 ECONOMIST

Wilhelm Dreier

1928 - 1993

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0254 FOOTBALL

Bruno Zboralski

1921 - 1987

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0259 CIVIL SERVICE

Alfred Krause (Gewerkschafter)

1922 - 2019

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0263 ECONOMIST

Erich Hoppmann

1923 - 2007

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0269 POET

Günter Nehm

1926 - 2009

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0270 FILM

Ellen Schmidt

1922 - 1997

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0273 SINGER

Isabel Strauss

1928 - 1973

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0277 MUSIC

Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller

Born 1929

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0285 ARCHIVIST

Hugo Stehkämper

1929 - 2010

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0287 FOOTBALL

Heinz Murach

1926 - 2007

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0299 AUTHOR

Richard Limpert

1922 - 1991

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0303 ETHNOLOGIST

Ernst Wilhelm Müller

1925 - 2013

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0313 POLITICIAN

Günter Volmer

1922 - 2010

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0314 GERMANIST

Ursula Heindrichs

Born 1928

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0321 ACTOR

Norbert Kappen

1928 - 1984

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0334 WRITER

Helmut Silberberg

1926 - 2015

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0341 WRITER

Ilse Kibgis

1928 - 2015

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0368 ACADEMIC

Rudolf-Maria Schütz

1929 - 2007

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0402 ACADEMIC

Klaus Pierick

Born 1928

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0417 CHEMIST

Ottmar Kling

1926 - 2005

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0431 WRITER

Winfried Dornschneider

1921 - 1997

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0434 INTERNIST

Hermann Hoffmann (Mediziner)

1924 - 2012

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0446 POLITICIAN

Herbert Schwirtz

Born 1929

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0448 LITERARY

Ernst-Adolf Kunz

1923 - 1981

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0451 SAXOPHONIST

Günter Kronberg

1926 - 1977

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0454 POLITICIAN

Rolf Füllgräbe

1929 - 2008

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0459 THEOLOGE

Josef Ernst (Theologe)

1926 - 2012

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0461 POLITICIAN

Gisela Fechner

1926 - 2016

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0469 MUSIC

Joe Buschmann

1925 - 2015

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0470 POLITICIAN

Heinz Urban

1925 - 1977

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0471 POLITICIAN

Egbert Reinhard

1928 - 2004

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0477 ENTWICKLUNGSHELFER

Irmel Weyer

Born 1927

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0486 POLITICIAN

Fritz Wirtz

1921 - 1994

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0501 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Göller

Born 1927

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0504 OFFICER

Josef Beckmann

1920 - 2001

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0522 ROWER

Heinz Eichholz

1927 - 2001

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0527 WEIGHTLIFTER

Theo Aaldering

1920 - 1979

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0554 FOOTBALL

Bernhard Füller

1921 - 1943

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0557 POLITICIAN

Erwin Topp

1924 - 1971

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0566 FOOTBALL

Willi Dargaschewski

1921 - 2005

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0578 POLITICIAN

Karlheinz Edelbrock

1928 - 1998

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0580 POLITICIAN

Hans Gertzen

1921 - 1998

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