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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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0012 ACTOR

Mark Waschke

Born 1972

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0016 POLITICIAN

Philipp Mißfelder

1979 - 2015

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0032 SINGER

Dorothee Mields

Born 1971

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0036 COMPOSER

Tom Gaebel

Born 1975

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0047 FOOTBALL

Ahmet Dursun

Born 1978

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0051 FILM

David Wnendt

Born 1977

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0056 SCREENWRITER

Knut Berger

Born 1975

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0059 FOOTBALL

Filip Tapalović

Born 1976

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0072 FOOTBALL

Markus Kauczinski

Born 1970

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0078 FOOTBALL

Stefan Blank

Born 1977

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0085 FOOTBALL

Ünal Alpuğan

Born 1973

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0094 POLITICIAN

Carsten Brosda

Born 1974

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0097 POLITICIAN

Guido Reil

Born 1971

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0098 BASKET

Gerrit Terdenge

Born 1975

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0105 JOURNALIST

Katharina Borchert

Born 1972

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0115 FOOTBALL

Thomas Kläsener

Born 1976

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0117 MERCHANT

Kai Twilfer

Born 1976

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0126 FOOTBALL

Mike Möllensiep

1975 - 2019

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0127 POLITICIAN

Marco Buschmann

Born 1977

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0142 SINGER

Jazzy

Born 1975

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0147 ACTOR

Felix Knopp

Born 1975

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0161 RAPPER

Michael Galla

1972 - 2011

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0165 COOK

Björn Freitag

Born 1973

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0196 ACADEMIC

Matthias Lemke

Born 1978

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0226 ACTOR

Raphael Rubino

Born 1971

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0250 THEOLOGIAN

Thorsten Dietz

Born 1971

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0255 WRITER

Dan Vyleta

Born 1974

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0258 THEATRE

Immo Karaman

Born 1972

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0260 ACTOR

Turgay Doğan

Born 1974

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0265 FOOTBALL

Markus Schwiderowski

Born 1973

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0268 TRAINER

Sarah Latton

Born 1979

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0289 PAINTER

Christian Nienhaus

Born 1976

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0292 PAINTER

Hugo Boguslawski

Born 1970

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0316 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Paetzel

Born 1971

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0357 AUTHOR

Jennifer Schreiner

Born 1976

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0363 THEATRE

Annette Pullen

Born 1974

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0385 JOURNALIST

Stefan Olschewski

Born 1975

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0396 PHYSICIAN

Michael Adamzik

Born 1971

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0447 POLITICIAN

Claus Cremer

Born 1979

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0452 MODERATOR

Colin Gäbel

Born 1976

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0457 ECONOMIST

Oliver Marc Hartwich

Born 1975

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0472 ACTOR

Ines Kurenbach

Born 1979

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0494 HOCKEY

Gordon Borberg

Born 1978

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0500 DANCER

Dirk Bastert

Born 1970

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0511 JOURNALIST

Sonja Schünemann

Born 1978

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0526 CAROM BILLIARDS PLAYER

Stefan Galla

Born 1970

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0536 ARTIST

Sven Piayda

Born 1977

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0546 POLITICIAN

Philipp Evenburg

Born 1974

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