51.3344° N, 6.5727° E
KREFELD
Most Famous People Born in Krefeld, Germany
- Notable people
- 606
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1930
- Most distinctive
- Art Historian 5.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Krefeld during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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.
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.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Sports
- Science
- Film & TV
- Other
Nina Poelchau
Born 1962
Jürgen Pöschel
Born 1956
Erich Schild
1917 - 1998
Carl Wünnenberg
1850 - 1929
Rita Amedick
Born 1958
Sebastian Staudt
Born 1988
Helmuth Croon
1906 - 1994
Rudolf Lehmann (Pädagoge)
1855 - 1927
Max Buchholz
1875 - 1956
August Wolters
1903 - 1990
Helene von Beckerath
1873 - 1946
Ludwig Lurz
1945 - 2015
Alix Dudel
Born 1956
Felix Kamphausen
Born 1944
Willi Stech
1905 - 1979
Aurel Billstein
1901 - 1996
Calle Overweg
Born 1962
Marianne Rhodius
1814 - 1902
Bernhard Hombach
Born 1933
Heinrich Schrörs
1852 - 1928
Christoph Worringer
Born 1976
Jürgen Lenders
Born 1966
Friedrich Wilhelm Hoeninghaus (Naturforscher) –
1770 - 1854
Ernst Althoff
1928 - 2016
C. C. Tennissen
Born 1960
Carlos Abrão Bresser
1804 - 1856
Barbara Schwarzfeldt
Born 1957
Ernst Crous
1882 - 1967
Karl Nabersberg
1908 - 1946
Georg Droege
1929 - 1993
Jens Kipper
Born 1975
Dieter Glasmacher
Born 1940
Herbert von Beckerath
1886 - 1966
Gustav Adolf Küppers
1894 - 1978
Carina Meidele
Born 1965
Günther Gumpert
1919 - 2019
Herbert Böttger
1898 - 1954
Richard Giesen (Diplomat)
Born 1933
André Grein
Born 1973
Max Siebourg
1863 - 1936
Rudolf Erlemann
1932 - 2015
Margot Overath
Born 1947
Roland Breitschuh
Born 1964
Thomas Rütten
Born 1960
Jürgen Fischer (Psychologe)
Born 1959
Edgar Franzmann
Born 1948
Manfred Tietzel
Born 1946
Ulrich Claesges
Born 1937
Julia Sontag
Born 1988
Eckard Sinzig
Born 1939
Carl Johann Heinrich Scheibler
1852 - 1920
Klaus Peter Noever
1929 - 2020
Rolf-Dieter Meyer-Wiegand
1929 - 2006
Sabine Panzram
Born 1970
Katja Haß
Born 1968
Heinrich Schröder (Maler)
1881 - 1943
Luise Leven
1899 - 1983
Oskar Viedebantt
1883 - 1945
Richard Flatters
1822 - 1876
Gustav Adolf Goldberg
1848 - 1911
Peter Heesen
Born 1947
Ronald Granz
Born 1946
Adolf von Beckerath
1834 - 1915
Ludwig Beltz
1882 - 1944
Arthur Wansleben
1861 - 1917
Hans Ellenbeck
1889 - 1959
Heinrich Stiegemann
1909 - 1989
Klaus Viedebantt
Born 1943
Armin Holz
Born 1962
Christoph Straßer (Schriftsteller)
Born 1974
Tilmann von Lyn
1480 - 1522
Alexander Feld
Born 1993
Renate Ostermann
1937 - 2015
Willy Kiwitz
1896 - 1978
Jacob Hendrik Floh
1760 - 1830
Heinz Gerd Ingenkamp
Born 1938
Michael Urselmann
Born 1966
Sigismund Frank
1848 - 1930
Konrad Schramm
1822 - 1858
Engin Nurşani
Born 1984
Ben Neumann
Born 1966
Conrad Tack
1844 - 1919
Bernd Liffers
Born 1958
Reinhard Feinendegen
1932 - 2012
Günter von Scheven
1908 - 1942
Horst Vinken
Born 1940
Klaus Wollenweber
Born 1939
Konrad Grundmann
1925 - 2009
Wilhelm Braun (Bildhauer)
1880 - 1945
Theodor Müncker
1887 - 1960
Frank Schmitter
Born 1957
Georg Bungter
Born 1943
Werner Kempkens
Born 1969
Eva Maria Schieffer
Born 1971
John L. Smith (pharmaceutical executive)
1889 - 1950
Ernst Schröder (Politiker)
1893 - 1976
Brigitte E. S. Jansen
Born 1953
Silvia Klara Breitwieser
Born 1939
Friedrich Eduard Noback
1815 - 1883
Chaoze One
Born 1981
Werner Lendholt
1912 - 1980
Wolfgang Lüttges
Born 1950
Angelika Birk
Born 1955
Esther Thyßen
Born 1979
Heinz Bohlen
1935 - 2016
Heinz Huppertz
1902 - 1972
Eduard Verhülsdonk
1884 - 1934
Rolf Möller (Künstler)
1932 - 2015
Alfred Peltzer
1875 - 1914
Haiko Hirsch
Born 1983
Herbert van Hüllen
1910 - 1977
Stefan Sattler
Born 1962
Silvia Helene Henke
Born 1964
Rudolf von Beckerath (Jurist)
1863 - 1945
Klaus Wittmann (Übersetzer)
Born 1937
Eberhard Ross
Born 1959
Friedrich-Carl Kobbe
1892 - 1957
Heinrich Vogels
1886 - 1947
Wilhelm Leopold Janssen (Politiker, 1830)
1830 - 1900
Robert Neuhaus
1864 - 1934
Bernd Nothofer
Born 1941
Ludwig Holthausen
1807 - 1890
Wilhelm Deuß
1827 - 1911
Alfred Meyer (Neurologe)
1895 - 1990
Marc Margielsky
Born 1972
Olaf Mast
Born 1968
Alexander Neubacher
Born 1968
Konrad Saaßen
1886 - 1937
Uwe Nepp
Born 1966
Johannes Mölders
1881 - 1943
Theodor Pütz
1905 - 1994
Peter Feldmann (Maler)
1790 - 1871
Daniela Kletzke
Born 1969
Arnold Güttsches
1904 - 1975
Erich Triller
1898 - 1972
Thomas Ingenlath
Born 1964
Hannes Schröers
Born 1936
Maria Wolf
1900 - 1980
Peter Stammen
1886 - 1958
Hans Kruzwicki
1885 - 1971
Wolfgang Loescher
Born 1967
Ernst Barnstein
1891 - 1975
Stephan Kessler (Baltist)
Born 1966
Margarethe Hahn-Böing
1877 - 1956
Herbert Kleinewefers
1909 - 2006
Regina Leven
Born 1957
Anna Pauline Saßerath
Born 1998
Margarete Wengels
1856 - 1931
Samuel Muller (Theologe)
1785 - 1875
Wilhelm Heinrich Schroeder
1827 - 1906
Friedhelm Welge
Born 1952
Otto Tillkes
1884 - 1949
Franz Heinen
1887 - 1963
Kaspar von Heinsberg
1820 - 1897
Doris Janshen
1946 - 2009
Max Cremer
1865 - 1935
Margarete Engländer
1895 - 1984
Ana Noguera Montagud
Born 1964
Carsten Gliese
Born 1965
Heinrich Tiefers
1873 - 1935
Manfred Rouhs
Born 1965
Edmund Tersluisen
1918 - 2006
Wilhelm Uhde (Schriftsteller)
1868 - 1917
Wilhelm Harder (Zoologe)
1921 - 2009
Theodor Mauritz
1862 - 1944
Wolf von Beckerath
1896 - 1944
Arthur Winkler (Bildhauer)
1865 - 1944
Anke Schäfer
Born 1962
Klaus Gärtner (Bildhauer)
Born 1957
Erna Suhrborg
1910 - 1995
Joseph Deutsch
1885 - 1966
Anke Pörksen
Born 1966
Markus Ehrhardt
Born 1977
Paul Mechlen
1888 - 1961
Reinhard Müller (Architekt)
Born 1953
Augusto Berns
1842 - 1888
Mathilde Lehmann
1917 - 2007
Wolfgang Griesert
Born 1957
Heinrich Pahlings
1904 - 1947
Moritz Tigler
1814 - 1875
Christoph Nuehlen
Born 1975
Hans Fusban
1885 - 1972
Carl Hubert Cremer
1858 - 1938
Hans Horsters
1887 - 1957
Ludwig Carbyn
1871 - 1910
Frank Meyer (Politiker)
Born 1974
Michael Küppers-Adebisi
Born 1965
Hanns Heinz Josten
1884 - 1964
Peter Braunstein
Born 1957
Frank Kirchhoff (Fußballspieler)
Born 1965
Stefan Wirtz
Born 1968
Hanna Seewald
1899 - 1992
Carl Traut
1872 - 1956
Heinrich Martin Rütten
1901 - 1957
Heinz Longerich
1928 - 2020
Hans Bols (Karnevalist)
1937 - 2005
Gustav Adolf von Beckerath
1859 - 1938
Jacob Scherer (Politiker)
1817 - 1890
Bruno Maurenbrecher
1897 - 1984
Walter Grösser
1892 - 1987
Carsten Rüger
Born 1971
Ken Passmann
Born 1985
Ingo von Hagen
1940 - 2017
Adolf Giesen (Schriftsteller)
1902 - 1945
Arnold Lohren
1836 - 1901
Wilhelm Plös
1893 - 1971
Tomma Wember (Schauspielerin)
Born 1960
Boris Ackers
Born 1982
Heinrich Carl Weltzien
1928 - 2020
Otto Schönhagen
1885 - 1954
Martina Kömpel
Born 1967
Marc Weisshaupt
Born 1969
Rudolf Bäumer (Maler)
1870 - 1964
Otto von Linn
1171 - 1219
Johann Kamps
1890 - 1943
Gregor Kathstede
Born 1963
Martha Naujoks
1903 - 1998
Walther Kieser
1894 - 1947
Ludwig Maximilian von Rigal-Grunland
1809 - 1885
Charles Hacks
Born 1851
Guido Reibel
Born 1968
Kirsten Klingenberg
Born 1968
Thomas Birk (Politiker)
Born 1961
Karl Bierschel
1932 - 2019
Matthias Epping
Born 1986
Günther Serres
1910 - 1981
Lorenz Schneider
Born 1990
Paul G. Ulrich
Born 1959
Sabine Wegmann
Born 1965
Michael Brügger
1961 - 2009
Tim Klessa
Born 1987
Eugen Confeld von Felbert
1856 - 1933
Christian Lagerwaard
Born 1964
Hans Pescher
Born 1931
David Daus
Born 1975
Tim Wollthan
Born 1980
Marc Blondin
Born 1972
Heinz Baumeister
1902 - 1969
Claus Friedrich Holtmann
1949 - 2013
Peter Kaiser (Politiker, 1966)
Born 1966
Walter Erlbruch
Born 1971
Hans Verbeek (Politiker)
1917 - 1966
Hans Stockhausen (Industrieller)
1879 - 1951
Käthe Franke
1923 - 2012
Kate Wallach
1905 - 1979
Paul Gert von Beckerath
1917 - 2009
Richard Schütz
Born 1967
Ernst Holla
1888 - 1963
Johannes Hauser
1890 - 1970
Kristina Stanek
Born 1985
Rolf Theißen
Born 1956
Hermann Neuburg
1910 - 1979
Heinrich Küppers (Pfarrer)
1896 - 1955
Dietmar Riemer
Born 1951
Hans-Joachim Kuhl
Born 1949
Joseph Meiß
1878 - 1967
Michael Lohberg
1950 - 2011
Karl Heinz Lengwenings
1927 - 2017
Heinz Osterwind
1905 - 1988
Wilhelm Jentges
1825 - 1884
Ben Reibel
Born 1997
Michael van de Loo
Born 1957
Alexander von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf
1855 - 1921
Ingrid Fitzek
Born 1958
Tim Linde
Born 1976
Günther Bock (Diplomat)
1899 - 1968
Ulrich Eckstein
1931 - 2010
Paul-Friedrich Berger
1890 - 1971
Franz Brahmstaedt
1877 - 1919
Uwe Fabig
Born 1961
Hanns Müller (Politiker)
1885 - 1972
Julius Wahl
1878 - 1955
Alexander Trappen
1853 - 1930
Winfried Schittges
Born 1946
Hugo Baldus
1921 - 1981
Heiner Bayer
1950 - 2015
Marvin Heckel
Born 1997
Remy Wellen
Born 1938
Patrick Bialdyga
Born 1971
Ralf Matura
Born 1970
Balthasar Herberz
1853 - 1932
Günther Blum
1905 - 1973
Eva Höfner-Pönicke
Born 1923
Marlies Schroer
Born 1926
Adolf Müller-Crefeld
1863 - 1934
Adolf Dembach
1894 - 1982
Adolf Koehler
1882 - 1941
Berthold Finkelstein
1925 - 1996
Jakob von Neuhaus
1853 - 1921
Liliane Blondeau
1921 - 1944
Josef Porten
1908 - 1978
Hermann Heydweiler
1858 - 1918
Sigrid Klösges
1938 - 2000
Gustav Mertens
1899 - 1965
Hermann Passen
1882 - 1949
Richard Niesel
Born 1935
Carl von Weiler
1878 - 1923
Friedrich Wilhelm Hoeninghaus (Politiker)
1809 - 1878
Johannes Thomae
Died 1441
Konrad Melsbach
1785 - 1840