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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Philipp Mißfelder
1979 - 2015
Wilhelm Zaisser
1893 - 1958
Terry Reintke
Born 1987
Carsten Brosda
Born 1974
Guido Reil
Born 1971
Ludger Volmer
Born 1952
Aurel von Jüchen
1902 - 1991
Marco Buschmann
Born 1977
Andreas Mattner
Born 1960
Ilse Brusis
Born 1937
Wilhelm Börger
1896 - 1962
Andreas Tietze
Born 1962
Rainer Podeswa
Born 1957
Werner Kuhlmann
1921 - 1992
Frank Baranowski
Born 1962
Anja Kofbinger
Born 1960
Josef Winschuh
1897 - 1970
Max Lucks
Born 1997
Heinz-Alfred Steiner
Born 1936
August Abel
1887 - 1962
Fritz Ziegler
1933 - 2020
Friedrich Kronenberg
Born 1933
Günter Volmer
1922 - 2010
Ulrich Paetzel
Born 1971
Wilhelm Meyer-Buer
1911 - 1997
Robert F. Heller
Born 1959
Elisabeth Müller-Witt
Born 1953
Hans Frey (Politiker)
Born 1949
Kevin Krieger
Born 1991
Helmut Seifen
Born 1953
Ernst Bettermann
1903 - 1983
Siegfried Schug
1898 - 1961
Josef Löbbert
1916 - 1996
Wolfgang Jaeger
1935 - 2020
Markus Töns
Born 1964
Heribert Barking
1912 - 1992
Carl Esser (Politiker)
1901 - 1972
Heinz Hohoff
1910 - 1943
Ernst Schlensker
1908 - 1978
Bernhard Poelder
1889 - 1959
Lothar Hentschel
1930 - 1999
Friedrich Pabst
1827 - 1898
Gerhard Teriet
1917 - 1995
Werner Bischoff
Born 1947
Heinrich Becker (Politiker, 1877)
1877 - 1964
Herbert Schwirtz
Born 1929
Claus Cremer
Born 1979
Rolf Füllgräbe
1929 - 2008
Gisela Fechner
1926 - 2016
Heike Gebhard
Born 1954
Horst Sommerfeld
Born 1930
Joseph Behring
1884 - 1959
Heinz Urban
1925 - 1977
Egbert Reinhard
1928 - 2004
Herbert Schmülling
1937 - 2014
Elisabeth Nettebeck
1896 - 1969
Fritz Wirtz
1921 - 1994
Franz Bielefeld (Politiker, 1880)
1880 - 1949
Karl-Heinz Göller
Born 1927
Thea Saefkow
1910 - 1990
Wolfgang Nolte (Mediziner)
Born 1946
Dirk Lukrafka
Born 1968
Andreas Wagner (Politiker, 1960)
Born 1960
Dieter Maaß
1939 - 2018
Heinrich Rademacher
1908 - 1984
Ekkehart Siering
Born 1965
Sebastian Watermeier
Born 1984
Norbert Mörs
Born 1955
Gabriele Potthast
Born 1955
Thomas Freund (Staatssekretär)
1958 - 2019
Jella Teuchner
Born 1956
Philipp Evenburg
Born 1974
Wilhelm Elbers
Born 1913
Paul Eichmann
1898 - 1978
Kurt Bartlewski
Born 1930
Hubert Scharley
1905 - 1969
Erwin Topp
1924 - 1971
Peter Weckmann
Born 1952
Joseph Rubens
1900 - 1969
Paul Putzig
1903 - 1975
Otto Oberdrevermann
1882 - 1942
Helmut Pielasch
1917 - 1986
Ellen Werthmann
Born 1937
Heinz Wirtz (Politiker)
Born 1943
Karlheinz Edelbrock
1928 - 1998
Johannes Gorlas
Born 1934
Hans Gertzen
1921 - 1998
Wolfgang Rayer
1949 - 1996
Karl Tanzeglock
1902 - 1983
Rudolf Kiwitter
Born 1918
Kurt Kötzsch
1907 - 1982
Fritz Symanek
1897 - 1953
Otto Miesterek
1894 - 1968
Ludwig Menke (Politiker)
1887 - 1982
Karl Kottenhahn
1910 - 1981
Wilhelm Feige
1911 - 1969
Johannes Alois Theodor Nienhausen
1756 - 1815
Lina Weier
1896 - 1969