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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Gerd Faltings
Born 1954
Rüdiger Abramczik
Born 1956
Klaus-Peter Wolf
Born 1954
Hans-Jürgen Gede
Born 1956
Hellmut Krug
Born 1956
Andreas Maurer
Born 1958
Ralf Reski
Born 1958
Rainer Schmidt (landscape architect)
Born 1954
Werner Wnendt
Born 1952
Ludger Volmer
Born 1952
Klaus Farin
Born 1958
Norbert Elgert
Born 1957
Norbert Eilenfeldt
Born 1956
Ulrich Potofski
Born 1952
Jutta Höhne
Born 1951
Heinz-Josef Koitka
Born 1952
Andreas Heege
Born 1957
Ulrich Bittcher
Born 1957
Uwe Puschner
Born 1954
Wolfgang E. Heinrichs
Born 1956
Peter Liedtke
Born 1959
Elke U. Weber
Born 1950
Hubert Burczek
Born 1955
Norbert Dörmann
Born 1958
Susanne Neumann
1959 - 2019
Alfred Draxler
Born 1953
Roger Matura
Born 1953
Thomas Kesseler
Born 1956
Andreas Seifert
Born 1959
Harald Ortwig
Born 1959
Uli Möller
Born 1956
Friedrich Lenger
Born 1957
Rainer Podeswa
Born 1957
Traugott Jähnichen
Born 1959
Heinz-Werner Neudorfer
Born 1952
Claudia Prietzel
Born 1958
Wolfgang Rother (Philosoph)
Born 1955
Gerd Ruebenstrunk
Born 1951
Marit Rullmann
Born 1953
Adolphe Lechtenberg
Born 1952
Reinhard Schneider (Autor)
Born 1952
Jörg Dahlmann
Born 1959
Dieter Haselbach
Born 1954
Eckehard Specht
Born 1952
Georg Funke
1955 - 2018
Werner Mittelstaedt
Born 1954
Jürgen Sobieray
Born 1950
Uwe Höfer
Born 1959
Rüdiger Klimecki
1951 - 2009
Rainer Elschen
Born 1951
Dorothee Dzwonnek
Born 1957
Maegie Koreen
Born 1954
Rolf Bolwin
Born 1950
Rainer Dissel
Born 1953
Martin Kuchejda
Born 1957
Shiregreen
Born 1957
Michael Schudack
1954 - 2016
Robert F. Heller
Born 1959
Klaus Beverungen
Born 1951
Elisabeth Müller-Witt
Born 1953
Gerd Walz
Born 1957
Helmut Seifen
Born 1953
Eva Goris
Born 1956
Herbert Knorr (Literaturwissenschaftler)
Born 1952
Norbert Ebel
Born 1958
Bernhard Lichte
Born 1955
Reinhard Klenke
Born 1951
Hans-Werner Fritz
Born 1953
Dietmar Placzek
Born 1951
Ulrike Klees
Born 1955
Peter Hasenberg
Born 1953
Volker Krämer
1955 - 2011
Heike Gebhard
Born 1954
Günter Kuczinski
Born 1954
Werner Spanehl
1959 - 1992
Bodo Menze
Born 1953
Peter Henzler
Born 1956
Jörg Volkmann
Born 1958
Hendrik Schulte (Staatssekretär)
Born 1958
Wilfried Gräfling
Born 1955
Norbert Mörs
Born 1955
Gabriele Potthast
Born 1955
Thomas Freund (Staatssekretär)
1958 - 2019
Jella Teuchner
Born 1956
Martin Meinberg
Born 1954
Heinrich Geppert
Born 1953
Peter Weckmann
Born 1952
Karin Hannappel
Born 1955