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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

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

What Gelsenkirchen Is Known For

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

Gelsenkirchen over-indexes on manager14.8× 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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0007 ACTOR

Martin Wuttke

Born 1962

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0010 FOOTBALL

Olaf Thon

Born 1966

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0013 SINGER

Tom Angelripper

Born 1963

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0014 FOOTBALL

Michael Skibbe

Born 1965

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0033 PHILOSOPHER

Peter Trawny

Born 1964

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0037 PHOTOGRAPHER

Oliver Mark

Born 1963

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0040 SINGER

Anne Schwanewilms

Born 1967

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0066 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Wolfram Burgard

Born 1961

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0077 ROWER

Thomas Domian

Born 1964

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0084 ATHLETIC

Rüdiger Stenzel

Born 1968

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0091 FOOTBALL

Volker Abramczik

Born 1964

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0103 ACTOR

Jürgen Tarrach

Born 1960

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0104 PHYSICIST

Katrin Becker

Born 1967

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0106 PAINTER

Udo Dziersk

Born 1961

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0109 FOOTBALL

Klaus Berge

Born 1961

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0119 PLAYER

Oliver Ortmann

Born 1967

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0122 BASKET

Christoph Körner

Born 1962

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0124 FOOTBALL

Detlef Krella

Born 1964

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0128 FOOTBALL

Jörg Sobiech

Born 1969

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0136 THEOLOGIAN

Jürgen Wagner (Aussteiger)

Born 1964

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0143 POLITICIAN

Andreas Mattner

Born 1960

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0145 SINGER

Torsten Kerl

Born 1967

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0157 ACTOR

HG. Butzko

Born 1965

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0171 BOXER

Norbert Nieroba

Born 1964

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0174 MANAGER

Britta Steilmann

Born 1966

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0203 MERCHANT

Hans Gerzlich

Born 1967

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0211 POLITICIAN

Andreas Tietze

Born 1962

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0231 SOCIOLOGIST

Frank Eckardt

Born 1967

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0241 POLITICIAN

Frank Baranowski

Born 1962

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0243 FOOTBALL

Dirk Karkuth

1962 - 2003

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0245 PIANIST

Karsten Scholz

Born 1969

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0262 LAWYER

Olaf Reidt

Born 1964

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0267 ORGANIST

Rainer Johannes Homburg

Born 1966

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0272 POLITICIAN

Anja Kofbinger

Born 1960

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0274 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Tadday

Born 1963

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0284 PAINTER

Andreas Exner (Künstler)

Born 1962

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0301 PHOTOGRAPHER

Birgitta Thaysen

Born 1962

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0333 EDITOR

Andreas Schümchen

Born 1964

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0336 HISTORIAN

Klaus Gestwa

Born 1963

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0345 PHYSICIAN

Dirk-Achim Pajonk

Born 1969

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0356 BOXER

Michael Kopzog

Born 1960

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0367 FOOTBALL

Siegmar Bieber

Born 1968

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0379 ACTOR

Joe Henselewski

Born 1966

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0384 KATHOLISCHER

Christoph Ohly

Born 1966

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0389 ACTOR

Michael Laricchia

Born 1968

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0399 THEOLOGE

Dirk Ansorge

Born 1960

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0407 POLITICIAN

Markus Töns

Born 1964

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0409 HISTORIAN

Jörg Lesczenski

Born 1966

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0425 PAINTER

Joerg Zboralski

1967 - 2014

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0429 PRODUCER

Christiane Ruff

Born 1960

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0430 AUTHOR

Andreas Kumpf

Born 1967

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0432 ARTIST

Thomas Pradel

Born 1964

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0436 BAND

Peter Maczollek

Born 1964

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0443 TROMPETE

Ute Hartwich

Born 1969

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0450 ARTIST

Claudia Lüke

Born 1962

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0455 AUTHOR

Martina Gercke

Born 1963

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0464 ACADEMIC

Wolf Dieter Ernst

Born 1968

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0481 FOOTBALL

Ulrich Schröder (Fußballspieler)

Born 1961

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0488 SPORT

Claudia Scharmann

Born 1966

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0496 FOOTBALL

Frank Renger

Born 1968

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0508 RADIO

Markus Hoffmann (Schauspieler, 1969)

Born 1969

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0510 CYCLIST

Birgit Strecke

Born 1960

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0519 POLITICIAN

Dirk Lukrafka

Born 1968

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0520 POLITICIAN

Andreas Wagner (Politiker, 1960)

Born 1960

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0521 DRAMA

Dirk Elwert

Born 1960

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0528 POLITICIAN

Ekkehart Siering

Born 1965

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0538 THEATRE

Claudio Raneri

Born 1967

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0562 BASKET

Olaf Stolz

Born 1965

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0565 KATHOLISCHER

Gereon Alter

Born 1967

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