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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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Showing 21 of 595 notable people

0057 PAINTER

Hubert Berke

1908 - 1979

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Udo Dziersk

Born 1961

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Karl Schwesig

1898 - 1955

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Margarete Franke

1909 - 2011

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Fritz Duda

1904 - 1991

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Hermann Moog

1901 - 1974

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Rudolf Schulte im Hofe

1865 - 1928

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Adolphe Lechtenberg

Born 1952

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Andreas Exner (Künstler)

Born 1962

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Christian Nienhaus

Born 1976

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Hugo Boguslawski

Born 1970

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Rainer Dissel

Born 1953

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Max Willner

1906 - 1994

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Erich Radscheit

1911 - 2008

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Oskar Dolhart

1907 - 1982

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Joerg Zboralski

1967 - 2014

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Ralph Herrmann

Born 1949

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Karl-Heinrich Kluge

1915 - 2005

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Leo Tilgner

1892 - 1971

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Willi Lemm

1905 - 1973

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Hanns Schaefer

1903 - 1964

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