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×
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.
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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Harald zur Hausen
Born 1936
Heinz Hornig
Born 1937
Willi Koslowski
Born 1937
Hans Nowak
1937 - 2012
Klaus Rinke
Born 1939
Uli Maslo
Born 1938
Reinhard Döhl
1934 - 2004
Ursula Schröder-Feinen
1936 - 2005
Bert Schroer
Born 1933
Wolfgang Eisenmenger
1930 - 2016
Gisbert Schneider
1934 - 2018
Paul Maenz
Born 1939
Georg Geismann
Born 1935
Otto Laszig
1934 - 2014
Heinz Stein
Born 1934
Ilse Brusis
Born 1937
Kurt Rossa
1930 - 1998
Albert Bleckmann
1933 - 2004
Wolfgang Liesen
Born 1936
Manfred Kreuz
Born 1936
Gerhard Taddey
1937 - 2013
Georg Bussmann
Born 1933
Waldemar Gerhardt
Born 1939
Wilhelm Beermann
1936 - 2020
Klaus Rohmann
Born 1939
Wolfgang Holzmaïr
1933 - 2013
Franz Hubert Timmermann
Born 1933
Heinz-Alfred Steiner
Born 1936
Gunther Kühne
Born 1939
Fritz Ziegler
1933 - 2020
Friedrich Kronenberg
Born 1933
Burkhart Cardauns
Born 1932
Hans Jürgen Brandt
Born 1938
Harry Hornig
Born 1930
Johannes Christes
Born 1937
Peter Silberkuhl
Born 1939
Claus Heinrich Meyer
1931 - 2008
Hans Schadek
Born 1937
Helmut Schnellenbach
Born 1937
Wolfgang Jaeger
1935 - 2020
Günter Schneider (Bankmanager)
1930 - 2005
Helmut Laszig
Born 1938
Gisela Kieselstein
Born 1930
Karl-August Hempel
1930 - 2011
Reinhard Granderath
1935 - 2012
Lothar Hentschel
1930 - 1999
Adolf Guder
1930 - 1988
Karlheinz Guder
1934 - 1969
Horst Sommerfeld
Born 1930
Herbert Schmülling
1937 - 2014
Helmut Jagielski
1934 - 2002
Berthold Kupisch
1932 - 2015
Günter Karnhof
1931 - 2015
Dieter Maaß
1939 - 2018
Wilfried Kapteina
Born 1930
Horst Poganaz
Born 1938
Kurt Bartlewski
Born 1930
Elmar Windthorst
1930 - 2018
Ellen Werthmann
Born 1937
Johannes Gorlas
Born 1934
Gustav Disse
1933 - 2020