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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Birgitta Thaysen
Born 1962
Reiner Preul
Born 1940
Ernst Wilhelm Müller
1925 - 2013
Ernst Kuster
1940 - 1982
Gunther Kühne
Born 1939
Fritz Ziegler
1933 - 2020
Friedrich Kronenberg
Born 1933
Svenja Hermuth
Born 1981
Maegie Koreen
Born 1954
Rolf Bolwin
Born 1950
Rainer Dissel
Born 1953
Burkhart Cardauns
Born 1932
Günter Volmer
1922 - 2010
Ursula Heindrichs
Born 1928
Martin Kuchejda
Born 1957
Ulrich Paetzel
Born 1971
Franz Günter Sander
1943 - 2012
Heinrich Hahne
1911 - 1996
Walter Drenseck
1941 - 2011
Ernst Adam (Schriftsteller)
1879 - 1919
Norbert Kappen
1928 - 1984
K. Johanna Fritz
Born 1981
Wilhelm Haddenhorst
1940 - 1992
Bruno J. Sobotka
Born 1944
Karl Wülfrath
1904 - 1981
Wilhelm Meyer-Buer
1911 - 1997
Max Willner
1906 - 1994
Willy Leyrer
1908 - 1986
Shiregreen
Born 1957
Hans Jürgen Brandt
Born 1938
Jan Małkowiak
1919 - 1991
Ulrich Storost
Born 1946
Andreas Schümchen
Born 1964
Helmut Silberberg
1926 - 2015
Michael Schudack
1954 - 2016
Klaus Gestwa
Born 1963
Robert F. Heller
Born 1959
Anton Kalt
1903 - 1975
Georg Reuter (Gewerkschafter)
1902 - 1969
Erich Radscheit
1911 - 2008
Ilse Kibgis
1928 - 2015
Klaus Beverungen
Born 1951
Jürgen Schwarz (Autor)
Born 1940
Heinz Pliska
Born 1941
Dirk-Achim Pajonk
Born 1969
Hans Clemens
1890 - 1958
Elisabeth Müller-Witt
Born 1953
Hans Frey (Politiker)
Born 1949
Ernst Kelter
1900 - 1976
Jürgen Völkert-Marten
Born 1949
Dietlinde Gipser
Born 1941
Klaus Schaper
Born 1947
Harry Hornig
Born 1930
Fritz Riwotzki
1910 - 1978
Johannes Christes
Born 1937
Michael Kopzog
Born 1960
Jennifer Schreiner
Born 1976
Kevin Krieger
Born 1991
Peter Silberkuhl
Born 1939
Gerd Walz
Born 1957
Helmut Seifen
Born 1953
Oliver Tesch
Born 1984
Annette Pullen
Born 1974
Danny Fischbach
Born 1989
Hugo-Heinz Schmick
1909 - 1982
Timur Karagülmez
Born 1989
Siegmar Bieber
Born 1968
Rudolf-Maria Schütz
1929 - 2007
Fritz Haltern
1898 - 1939
Eva Goris
Born 1956
Hanns Korngiebel
1902 - 1969
Herbert Knorr (Literaturwissenschaftler)
Born 1952
Norbert Ebel
Born 1958
Bernhard Lichte
Born 1955
Dirk Schortemeier
1943 - 2015
Karl-Heinz Bente
1941 - 1984
Reinhard Klenke
Born 1951
Willi Kostrewa
1940 - 2016
Joe Henselewski
Born 1966
Ernst Bettermann
1903 - 1983
Fritz Lenig
1905 - 1955
Gustav Ortmann
1904 - 1979
Siegfried Schug
1898 - 1961
Christoph Ohly
Born 1966
Stefan Olschewski
Born 1975
Claus Heinrich Meyer
1931 - 2008
Hermann Krawinkel
1895 - 1975
Josef Löbbert
1916 - 1996
Michael Laricchia
Born 1968
Hans Schadek
Born 1937
Hans-Werner Fritz
Born 1953
Helmut Schnellenbach
Born 1937
Sven Hensel
Born 1995
Berrin Keklikler
Born 1994
Wolfgang Jaeger
1935 - 2020
Michael Adamzik
Born 1971
Hergen Sander
Born 1943
Ernst Kalwitzki
1909 - 1991
Dirk Ansorge
Born 1960
Hans Everding
1876 - 1914
Wilhelm Weirich
1879 - 1954
Klaus Pierick
Born 1928
Adolf Küppersbusch
1901 - 1971
Dietmar Placzek
Born 1951
Willi Messner
Born 1940
Günter Schneider (Bankmanager)
1930 - 2005
Markus Töns
Born 1964
Alfred Brüggemann (Mediziner)
1882 - 1971
Jörg Lesczenski
Born 1966
Oskar Dolhart
1907 - 1982
Helmut Laszig
Born 1938
Karl-Heinz Sell
Born 1941
Werner Jestremski
Born 1942
Heribert Barking
1912 - 1992
Gisela Kieselstein
Born 1930
Arno Roßlau
Born 1948
Ottmar Kling
1926 - 2005
Carl Esser (Politiker)
1901 - 1972
Heinz Hohoff
1910 - 1943
Erich Colberg
1901 - 1966
Biggi Slongo Gastrich
Born 1946
Karl-August Hempel
1930 - 2011
Reinhard Granderath
1935 - 2012
Ernst Schlensker
1908 - 1978
Joerg Zboralski
1967 - 2014
Sabrina Dörpinghaus
Born 1988
Enis Maci
Born 1993
Ulrike Klees
Born 1955
Christiane Ruff
Born 1960
Andreas Kumpf
Born 1967
Winfried Dornschneider
1921 - 1997
Thomas Pradel
Born 1964
Bernhard Poelder
1889 - 1959
Hermann Hoffmann (Mediziner)
1924 - 2012
Ralph Herrmann
Born 1949
Peter Maczollek
Born 1964
Lothar Hentschel
1930 - 1999
Friedrich Pabst
1827 - 1898
Wendelin Freienstein
1909 - 1973
Gerhard Teriet
1917 - 1995
Johannes Starosta
1912 - 1995
Werner Bischoff
Born 1947
Ute Hartwich
Born 1969
Heinrich Becker (Politiker, 1877)
1877 - 1964
Gustav Adolf Lehnert
1896 - 1976
Herbert Schwirtz
Born 1929
Claus Cremer
Born 1979
Ernst-Adolf Kunz
1923 - 1981
Peter Hasenberg
Born 1953
Claudia Lüke
Born 1962
Günter Kronberg
1926 - 1977
Colin Gäbel
Born 1976
Adolf Guder
1930 - 1988
Rolf Füllgräbe
1929 - 2008
Martina Gercke
Born 1963
Rebecca Madita Hundt
Born 1981
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Born 1975
Karl-Heinrich Kluge
1915 - 2005
Josef Ernst (Theologe)
1926 - 2012
Volker Krämer
1955 - 2011
Gisela Fechner
1926 - 2016
Heike Gebhard
Born 1954
Karlheinz Guder
1934 - 1969
Wolf Dieter Ernst
Born 1968
Horst Sommerfeld
Born 1930
August Blumensaat
1911 - 1989
Joseph Behring
1884 - 1959
Walther Gottfried Klucke
1899 - 1951
Joe Buschmann
1925 - 2015
Heinz Urban
1925 - 1977
Egbert Reinhard
1928 - 2004
Ines Kurenbach
Born 1979
Dieter Wilken
Born 1943
Werner Röken
1917 - 1972
Herbert Schmülling
1937 - 2014
Frank Schneider (Journalist)
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Irmel Weyer
Born 1927
Günter Kuczinski
Born 1954
Leo Tilgner
1892 - 1971
Elisabeth Nettebeck
1896 - 1969
Ulrich Schröder (Fußballspieler)
Born 1961
Hans-Jürgen Becher
Born 1941
Helmut Jagielski
1934 - 2002
Emil Rothardt
1905 - 1969
Heinz Hinz
1919 - 1988
Fritz Wirtz
1921 - 1994
Franziskus Strunk
1844 - 1922
Claudia Scharmann
Born 1966
Herman Gehrig
1904 - 1967
Massimo Schena
Born 1988
Willi Lemm
1905 - 1973
Franz Bielefeld (Politiker, 1880)
1880 - 1949
Werner Spanehl
1959 - 1992
Gordon Borberg
Born 1978
Ferdinand Zajons
1906 - 1987
Frank Renger
Born 1968
Hanns Schaefer
1903 - 1964
Hans Bornemann (Fußballspieler)
1913 - 1966
Fritz Unkel
1865 - 1944
Dirk Bastert
Born 1970
Karl-Heinz Göller
Born 1927
Berthold Kupisch
1932 - 2015
Hermann Everding
Born 1875
Josef Beckmann
1920 - 2001
Thea Saefkow
1910 - 1990
Friedrich Banach
1916 - 1943
Peter Krämer (Unternehmer)
Born 1946
Markus Hoffmann (Schauspieler, 1969)
Born 1969
Bodo Menze
Born 1953
Birgit Strecke
Born 1960
Sonja Schünemann
Born 1978
Rainer Schönwälder
Born 1940
Wolfgang Nolte (Mediziner)
Born 1946
Peter Henzler
Born 1956
Julia Bönisch
Born 1980
Hugo Kracht
1870 - 1953
Walter Badorek
1906 - 1971
Günter Karnhof
1931 - 2015
Dirk Lukrafka
Born 1968
Andreas Wagner (Politiker, 1960)
Born 1960
Dirk Elwert
Born 1960
Heinz Eichholz
1927 - 2001
Hugo Kapteina
1903 - 1945
Dieter Maaß
1939 - 2018
Heinrich Rademacher
1908 - 1984
Stefan Galla
Born 1970
Theo Aaldering
1920 - 1979
Ekkehart Siering
Born 1965
Klaus Schonz
1940 - 2003
Jörg Volkmann
Born 1958
Wilfried Kapteina
Born 1930
Rudolf Rempel (Chemiker)
1859 - 1893
Wilhelm Nickel (SS-Offizier)
1906 - 1971
Sebastian Watermeier
Born 1984
Hermann Imhäuser
1903 - 1990
Sven Piayda
Born 1977
Hendrik Schulte (Staatssekretär)
Born 1958
Claudio Raneri
Born 1967
Wilfried Gräfling
Born 1955
Wilhelm Schabram
1916 - 1942
Norbert Mörs
Born 1955
Gabriele Potthast
Born 1955
Thomas Freund (Staatssekretär)
1958 - 2019
Jella Teuchner
Born 1956
Horst Poganaz
Born 1938
Philipp Evenburg
Born 1974
Carl Krasberg
Born 1946
Herbert Höbusch
1949 - 2014
Wilhelm Elbers
Born 1913
Paul Eichmann
1898 - 1978
Kurt Bartlewski
Born 1930
Martin Meinberg
Born 1954
Hubert Scharley
1905 - 1969
Bernhard Füller
1921 - 1943
Hans Sobotka
1948 - 2016
Heinrich Geppert
Born 1953
Erwin Topp
1924 - 1971
Walter Hoffmann (Politiker, 1914)
1914 - 1996
Joseph Kuta
Born 1919
Wilhelm Maul
Born 1903
Fritz Przetak
1911 - 2004
Olaf Stolz
Born 1965
Andreas Schillack (Widerstandskämpfer, 1907) –
1907 - 1944
Peter Weckmann
Born 1952
Gereon Alter
Born 1967
Willi Dargaschewski
1921 - 2005
Karin Hannappel
Born 1955
Friedrich Rahkob
1885 - 1944
Joseph Rubens
1900 - 1969
Elmar Windthorst
1930 - 2018
Konrad Schmedeshagen
1897 - 1969
Paul Putzig
1903 - 1975
Otto Oberdrevermann
1882 - 1942
Helmut Pielasch
1917 - 1986
Ellen Werthmann
Born 1937
Heinz Wirtz (Politiker)
Born 1943
Hermann Strangemann
1912 - 1985
Karlheinz Edelbrock
1928 - 1998
Johannes Gorlas
Born 1934
Hans Gertzen
1921 - 1998
Wolfgang Rayer
1949 - 1996
Hermann Tigler
1881 - 1960
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
Gustav Disse
1933 - 2020
Friedrich Benthaus
1884 - 1978
Johannes Alois Theodor Nienhausen
1756 - 1815
Lina Weier
1896 - 1969
Ante Samodol
Born 1986