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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 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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0065 HISTORIAN

Lothar Machtan

Born 1949

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0163 HISTORIAN

Uwe Puschner

Born 1954

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0213 HISTORIAN

Friedrich Lenger

Born 1957

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0229 HISTORIAN

Wilhelm Brepohl (Soziologe)

1893 - 1975

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0239 HISTORIAN

Robert-Hermann Tenbrock

1908 - 1995

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0240 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Taddey

1937 - 2013

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0325 HISTORIAN

Karl Wülfrath

1904 - 1981

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0336 HISTORIAN

Klaus Gestwa

Born 1963

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0349 HISTORIAN

Ernst Kelter

1900 - 1976

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0390 HISTORIAN

Hans Schadek

Born 1937

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0409 HISTORIAN

Jörg Lesczenski

Born 1966

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