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KREFELD

Most Famous People Born in Krefeld, Germany

Notable people
606
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1930
Most distinctive
Art Historian 5.2×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Krefeld during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 73 notable births.

What Krefeld Is Known For

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Politician is Krefeld's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (69).

Krefeld over-indexes on art historian — 5.2× the global rate.

Krefeld under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician69
  2. Painter42
  3. Hockey25
  4. Actor23
  5. Historian22
  6. Author22
  7. Academic20
  8. Sculptor19
  1. Art Historian65.2×
  2. Entrepreneur104.9×
  3. Sculptor194.8×
  4. Economist124.8×
  5. Author224.2×
  6. Hockey253.5×
  7. Historian223.4×
  8. Academic203.3×
  1. Football160.2×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Krefeld's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0003 MUSIC

Ralf Hütter

Born 1946

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0005 ECONOMIST

Rudi Dornbusch

1942 - 2002

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0019 SKATER

Ina Bauer (figure skater)

1941 - 2014

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0030 WRITER

Hans Neuenfels

Born 1941

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0068 SPORT

Lothar Claesges

Born 1942

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0072 PRESENTER

Bodo Hauser

1946 - 2004

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0093 SWIMMER

Wiltrud Urselmann

Born 1942

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0116 ACTOR

Heinrich Giskes

Born 1946

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0134 FOOTBALL

Bernd Lehmann

Born 1947

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0138 ACTOR

Isy Orén

Born 1946

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0155 SPORT

Klemens Grossimlinghaus

1941 - 1991

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0160 ACADEMIC

Detlef Horster

Born 1942

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0164 SOCIOLOGIST

Hans Peter Thurn

Born 1943

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0173 AUTHOR

Ulrich F. Opfermann

Born 1945

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0179 ACTOR

Gisela Keiner

Born 1941

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0180 HISTORIAN

Anselm Doering-Manteuffel

Born 1949

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0181 POLITICIAN

Helmut Linssen

Born 1942

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0188 ARTIST

Tata Ronkholz

1940 - 1997

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0218 SCREENWRITER

Jochen Bludau

Born 1941

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0230 BASSIST

Sigi Busch

Born 1943

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0247 ACADEMIC

Ingrid Galster

1944 - 2015

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0253 PHYSICIST

Ernst Bamberg

Born 1940

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0257 AUTHOR

Peter Terrid

1949 - 1998

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0271 LAWYER

Alexander Mühlen

Born 1942

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0272 ATHLETIC

Paul Angenvoorth

Born 1948

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0276 PAINTER

Gerd Rohling

Born 1946

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0277 POLITICIAN

Dieter Pützhofen

Born 1942

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0283 LAWYER

Klaus Evertz (Politiker)

1944 - 2016

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0285 COMPOSER

Hans Georg Koch (Musiker)

1941 - 2005

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0286 WRITER

Gunild Feigenwinter

Born 1940

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0287 ACADEMIC

Werner Heinrichs

Born 1947

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0293 POLITICIAN

Christian Sterzing

Born 1949

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0312 FOOTBALL

Ludwig Lurz

1945 - 2015

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0314 WRITER

Felix Kamphausen

Born 1944

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0332 PAINTER

Dieter Glasmacher

Born 1940

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0342 AUTHOR

Margot Overath

Born 1947

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0346 WRITER

Edgar Franzmann

Born 1948

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0347 ECONOMIST

Manfred Tietzel

Born 1946

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0361 TEACHER

Peter Heesen

Born 1947

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0362 WRITER

Ronald Granz

Born 1946

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0368 ACADEMIC

Klaus Viedebantt

Born 1943

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0386 ADVISOR

Horst Vinken

Born 1940

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0392 AUTHOR

Georg Bungter

Born 1943

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0421 ACADEMIC

Bernd Nothofer

Born 1941

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0455 PROFESSOR

Doris Janshen

1946 - 2009

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0503 METALLURGIST

Ingo von Hagen

1940 - 2017

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0539 MANAGER

Claus Friedrich Holtmann

1949 - 2013

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0555 POLITICIAN

Hans-Joachim Kuhl

Born 1949

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0574 POLITICIAN

Winfried Schittges

Born 1946

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