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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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0020 FOOTBALL

Norbert Nigbur

Born 1948

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0023 FILM

Heinrich Breloer

Born 1942

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0048 SOCIOLOGIST

Elisabeth Käsemann

1947 - 1977

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0062 ATHLETIC

Claus Schiprowski

Born 1942

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0065 HISTORIAN

Lothar Machtan

Born 1949

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0067 ACTOR

Ralf Schermuly

1942 - 2017

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0073 JUDGE

Klaus Tolksdorf

Born 1948

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0080 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Rynio

Born 1948

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0086 FOOTBALL

Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp

Born 1947

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0088 COXSWAIN

Klaus Zerta

Born 1946

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0090 PHILOLOGIST

Klaus-Michael Bogdal

Born 1948

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0096 BOXER

Reinhard Skricek

Born 1948

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0102 SCULPTOR

Johannes Brus

Born 1942

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0132 PRIEST

Wilhelm Zimmermann (évêque)

Born 1948

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0134 MEDIEVALIST

Hans-Werner Goetz

Born 1947

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0148 BASKET

Dieter Kuprella

Born 1946

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0166 THEOLOGIAN

Franz Segbers

Born 1949

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0172 FOOTBALL

Werner Ipta

1942 - 2019

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0182 PHILOLOGIST

Wilhelm Kühlmann

Born 1946

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0186 FOOTBALL

Gerd Kasperski

1949 - 2008

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0192 ARCHIVIST

Angelika Menne-Haritz

Born 1949

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0194 PHILOSOPHER

Wolfgang Künne

Born 1944

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0195 ACTOR

Renate Roland

Born 1948

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0210 AUTHOR

Axel Kuhn (Historiker)

Born 1943

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0237 ARTIST

Jürgen Kramer

1948 - 2011

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0238 FOOTBALL

Gerhard Wagner (Fußballspieler)

Born 1944

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0242 PROFESSOR

Hans-Otto Günther

Born 1948

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0252 ACADEMIC

Ina Schabert

Born 1940

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0300 LIBRARIAN

Manfred Komorowski

Born 1948

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0302 THEOLOGIAN

Reiner Preul

Born 1940

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0304 FOOTBALL

Ernst Kuster

1940 - 1982

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0317 ACADEMIC

Franz Günter Sander

1943 - 2012

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0319 LAWYER

Walter Drenseck

1941 - 2011

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0323 NOTARY

Wilhelm Haddenhorst

1940 - 1992

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0324 AUTHOR

Bruno J. Sobotka

Born 1944

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0332 JUDGE

Ulrich Storost

Born 1946

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0343 AUTHOR

Jürgen Schwarz (Autor)

Born 1940

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0344 FOOTBALL

Heinz Pliska

Born 1941

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0348 POLITICIAN

Hans Frey (Politiker)

Born 1949

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0350 WRITER

Jürgen Völkert-Marten

Born 1949

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0351 ACADEMIC

Dietlinde Gipser

Born 1941

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0352 SCIENTIST

Klaus Schaper

Born 1947

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0375 SINGER

Dirk Schortemeier

1943 - 2015

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0376 FOOTBALL

Karl-Heinz Bente

1941 - 1984

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0378 FOOTBALL

Willi Kostrewa

1940 - 2016

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0397 ACADEMIC

Hergen Sander

Born 1943

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0405 SWIMMER

Willi Messner

Born 1940

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0412 FOOTBALL

Karl-Heinz Sell

Born 1941

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0413 FOOTBALL

Werner Jestremski

Born 1942

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0416 SURGEON

Arno Roßlau

Born 1948

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0421 WRITER

Biggi Slongo Gastrich

Born 1946

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0435 PAINTER

Ralph Herrmann

Born 1949

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0442 POLITICIAN

Werner Bischoff

Born 1947

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0473 ACTOR

Dieter Wilken

Born 1943

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0482 FOOTBALL

Hans-Jürgen Becher

Born 1941

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0507 ENTREPRENEUR

Peter Krämer (Unternehmer)

Born 1946

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0512 FOOTBALL

Rainer Schönwälder

Born 1940

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0513 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Nolte (Mediziner)

Born 1946

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0529 FOOTBALL

Klaus Schonz

1940 - 2003

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0547 ACADEMIC

Carl Krasberg

Born 1946

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0548 FOOTBALL

Herbert Höbusch

1949 - 2014

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0555 COOK

Hans Sobotka

1948 - 2016

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0576 POLITICIAN

Heinz Wirtz (Politiker)

Born 1943

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0581 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Rayer

1949 - 1996

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