51.4275° N, 6.8819° E
MUELHEIM (RUHR)
Most Famous People Born in Muelheim (Ruhr), Germany
- Notable people
- 405
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1924
- Most distinctive
- Entrepreneur 8.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Muelheim (Ruhr) during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Muelheim (Ruhr) Is Known For
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Politician is Muelheim (Ruhr)'s biggest profession — 13% of all notables (54).
Muelheim (Ruhr) over-indexes on entrepreneur — 8.7× the global rate.
Muelheim (Ruhr) under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Muelheim (Ruhr)'s notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Fritz Thyssen
1873 - 1951
Helge Schneider
Born 1955
Hugo Stinnes
1870 - 1924
Hannelore Kraft
Born 1961
Carolin Emcke
Born 1967
Otto Pankok
1893 - 1966
Clärenore Stinnes
1901 - 1990
Karl von den Steinen
1855 - 1929
Heinrich Thyssen
1875 - 1947
Bodo Hombach
Born 1952
Simone Hanselmann
Born 1979
Sandra Borgmann
Born 1974
Jürgen Sundermann
Born 1940
Marvin Schulz
Born 1995
Hans-Günter Bruns
Born 1954
Carl Arnold Kortum
1745 - 1824
Ralph Morgenstern
Born 1955
Erich Bachem
1906 - 1960
August Bungert
1845 - 1915
Willi Landgraf
Born 1968
Ferdinand aus der Fünten
1909 - 1989
Marga Höffgen
1921 - 1995
Carl Balhaus
1905 - 1968
Lars Burgsmüller
Born 1975
Olaf Henning
Born 1968
Werner Schröer
1918 - 1985
André Lenz
Born 1973
Eddie Thoneick
Born 1978
Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
1695 - 1766
Dirk Martens (acteur)
Born 1964
Karl Butzer
1934 - 2016
Leila Negra
Born 1930
Monika Griefahn
Born 1954
Fritz Buchloh
1909 - 1998
Otto Roelen
1897 - 1993
William Rittenhouse
1644 - 1708
Wim Thoelke
1927 - 1995
Elisabeth von Eicken
1862 - 1940
Tina Bachmann (field hockey)
Born 1978
Werner Marx
1910 - 1994
Christiane Weber (fencer)
Born 1962
Ernst Haiger
1874 - 1952
Stefan Tewes
Born 1967
Marion Rodewald
Born 1976
Arthur Kaufmann (artist)
1888 - 1971
Frigga Haug
Born 1937
Ulrike Beisiegel
Born 1952
Ralf Lübke
Born 1965
Ulla Kock am Brink
Born 1961
Rudolf Seliger
Born 1951
Axel Borgmann
Born 1994
Helmut Winschermann
Born 1920
Cornelia Oberlander
Born 1924
Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
1662 - 1698
Hans Gruber (footballer)
1905 - 1967
Gisela Fischdick
Born 1955
Kai Gehring
Born 1977
Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath
1818 - 1896
Hans Keiter
1910 - 2005
Hans Walitza
Born 1945
Edgar Reinhardt
1914 - 1985
Mathias Stinnes
1790 - 1845
Hendrik Dorgathen
Born 1957
Sven Meinhardt
Born 1971
Johann Hermann Kufferath
1797 - 1864
Wolfgang Patzke
1959 - 2016
Rüdiger, Margrave of Meissen
Born 1953
Walter Hartmann
1891 - 1977
Carl Otto von Eicken
1873 - 1960
Hansjoachim von der Esch
1899 - 1976
Erich Wiedemann
Born 1942
Stefan Korioth
Born 1960
Adolf von Oechelhäuser
1852 - 1923
Andreas Becker
Born 1970
Jan-Peter Tewes
Born 1968
César Marcelak
1913 - 2005
Johannes Bölter
1915 - 1987
Mats Moraing
Born 1992
Werner Lotze
Born 1952
Wilibald Nagel
1863 - 1929
Martina Hartmann
Born 1960
Marie Christine Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
1692 - 1734
Salih Altın
Born 1987
Elizabeth Haub
1899 - 1977
Edgar Müller
Born 1968
Florian Deuter
Born 1965
Louis Kufferath
1811 - 1882
Helmut Nonn
Born 1933
Jürgen Großmann
Born 1952
Daniel Hausrath
Born 1976
Klaus Heitmann
1930 - 2017
Axel Herbst
1918 - 2016
Paulina Schmiedel
Born 1993
Hermann Bottenbruch
1928 - 2019
Friedrich-Karl Thielemann
Born 1951
Fritz Hüser
1908 - 1979
Doris Heinze
Born 1949
Klaus Wiesehügel
Born 1953
Karl Thurmann
1909 - 1943
Katharina Fleischer-Edel
1873 - 1928
Rachid El Hammouchi
Born 1981
Friedrich Siebel
1891 - 1954
Wolfgang Hufschmidt
1934 - 2018
Juan Bernardo Elbers
1776 - 1853
Berengar Pfahl
1946 - 2015
Anne Gellinek
Born 1962
Franz Priking
1929 - 1979
Rolf Stolz
Born 1949
Andreas Nohl
Born 1954
Arnulf Rating
Born 1951
Jörg Juretzka
Born 1955
Karl Camphausen
1896 - 1962
Roman Poseck
Born 1970
Konrad Redeker
1923 - 2013
Stephanie Überall
Born 1959
Notker Becker
1883 - 1978
Werner H. Schmidt
Born 1935
Dieter Hufschmidt
Born 1935
Heinrich Siepmann (Maler)
1904 - 2002
Christina Beyerhaus
Born 1976
Dore O.
Born 1946
Erwin Bowien
1899 - 1972
Frank Bleckmann
Born 1967
Margit Eckholt
Born 1960
Willi Schäferdiek
1903 - 1993
Wilhelm Bachem
1903 - 1962
Rüdiger May (Autor)
Born 1949
Ortwin Dally
Born 1969
Paul Butzer
Born 1928
Werner Koch (Schriftsteller)
1926 - 1992
Ruthild Wilson
Born 1961
Tanja Michalsky
Born 1964
Klaus Mackscheidt
Born 1935
Sergej Gleithmann
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Christian Schicha
Born 1964
Uwe Schulten-Baumer
Born 1954
Hugo Hermann Stinnes
1897 - 1982
Dirk von Gehlen
Born 1975
Moritz Hermann of Limburg
1664 - 1703
Michael Zimmermann (Historiker)
1951 - 2007
Edmund Stinnes
1896 - 1980
Klaus Backhaus
Born 1947
Oskar Ballhaus
1908 - 1972
Wolfgang Nonn
1935 - 1959
Franz Martin Olbrisch
Born 1952
Dagmar Mühlenfeld
Born 1951
Edeltraud Klueting
Born 1951
Gustav Lange (Maler)
1811 - 1887
Karl Heinrich Schönstedt
1833 - 1924
Werner Janssen (Rechtsmediziner)
Born 1924
Fritz Wolf (Karikaturist)
1918 - 2001
Klaus Bungert
1926 - 2006
Karl Schmitz-Scholl junior
1896 - 1969
Andreas Beck (Regisseur)
Born 1965
Horst Muys
1925 - 1970
Kurt Conle
1918 - 1966
Jochen Greven
1932 - 2012
Bärbel Kramer
Born 1948
René Steinberg
Born 1973
Lars Wellings
Born 1962
Josef Hehl
1885 - 1953
Franzpeter Goebels
1920 - 1988
Ernst Struck
Born 1951
Tüdel Weller
1902 - 1970
Rainer Haubrich
Born 1965
Helmut von Bracken
1899 - 1984
Hans-Joachim Hoffmann-Nowotny
1934 - 2004
Heinrich Josef Oberheid
1895 - 1977
Ina Kramer
Born 1948
Heiko K. L. Schulze
Born 1954
Adolf Engl
1884 - 1941
Miriam Höller
Born 1987
Rolf Knippers
1936 - 2017
Ulrich Stevens
Born 1948
Thomas Ernst (Schriftsteller)
Born 1974
Otto Stinnes
1903 - 1983
Julius Bachem (Politiker, 1845)
1845 - 1918
Udo van Meeteren
Born 1926
Karlhans Abel
1919 - 1998
Christiane Wirtz
Born 1970
Wolf Dietrich (Romanist)
Born 1940
Willi Küpper
Born 1942
Matías Stinnes
Born 1910
Karl Peter Kisker
1926 - 1997
Traudel Rübsamen
Born 1954
Heinrich Dinkelbach
1891 - 1967
Heinrich Stinnes
1867 - 1932
Hans Haferkamp (Soziologe)
1939 - 1987
Irmgard von Meibom
1916 - 2001
Günter Mertins
1936 - 2015
Thomas Hufschmidt
Born 1955
Andrea Kocsis
Born 1965
Karl Schmitz-Scholl senior
1868 - 1933
Wolfgang Müller-Ruchholtz
1928 - 2019
Oliver Grün
Born 1969
Christian Otto of Limburg
1694 - 1749
Ingeborg Wessel
1909 - 1993
Ernst Noelle (Fabrikant)
1854 - 1916
Wilhelm Perpeet
1915 - 2002
Ulrich Wenner
Born 1956
Kurt Vittinghoff
1928 - 2011
Stefan Hufschmidt
Born 1960
Hubert Engels (Ingenieur)
1854 - 1945
Herbert Jüttemann
Born 1930
Ernst Rasche
1926 - 2018
Siegmund Kunisch
1900 - 1978
Hans-Walter Stork
Born 1960
Rebekka Pax
Born 1978
Thomas Wetter
Born 1953
Narciso Riet
1908 - 1944
Hermann Haber
1885 - 1942
Götz Harnischfeger
1939 - 2016
Karl-Georg Altenburg
Born 1963
Werner Ludwig (Mediziner)
1914 - 2001
Wilhelm Schmitz (Kaufmann)
1835 - 1887
Marc Dietschreit
Born 1975
Bruno Jacobs
Born 1954
Ulrike Höhmann
Born 1956
Dorothee Golz
Born 1960
Karl Kessel
1912 - 1997
Dirk Pusch
Born 1962
Matthias Schrör
Born 1979
Larissa Aimée Breidbach
Born 1983
Hermann Prüßmann
1899 - 1980
Susanne Hahn (Philosophin)
Born 1964
Michael Nelles
Born 1966
Richard Merländer
1874 - 1942
Ludwig Freund (Politikwissenschaftler)
1898 - 1970
Rolf Niedergerke
1921 - 2011
Willi Weismann
1909 - 1983
Nikolaus Holz
1868 - 1949
Hermann Hundt
1894 - 1974
Friedhelm Schwamborn
1938 - 2020
William G. Sebold
1900 - 1970
Jörg Kiefel
Born 1966
Toussaint Loua
1824 - 1907
Wilhelm Schütte
1900 - 1968
Ulrich Steier
Born 1964
Emil Meerkämper
1877 - 1948
Claire Vernay
Born 1943
Helmuth von Wedelstädt
1902 - 1988
Otto Plöger
1910 - 1999
Margret Heitmann
Born 1948
Wilhelm Brandenburg
1824 - 1901
Peter Thielen
1806 - 1887
Martin Bredenbeck
Born 1977
Dirk Möhlenbruch
Born 1953
Fritz Peretti
1895 - 1978
Karl Broermann
1878 - 1947
Roland Beuge
Born 1966
Otto Weiß (Jurist)
1902 - 1944
Christian Hirdes
Born 1974
Traudel Pichler
1941 - 2002
Herbert Burgmüller
1913 - 1970
Tina Kloempken
Born 1968
Ernst Henke (Industrieller)
1881 - 1974
Kurt Gies
1921 - 1943
Theodor Dombrowski
1925 - 2014
Peter Hütgens
1891 - 1945
Erwin Gieseking
1911 - 1994
Werner Stertzenbach
1909 - 2003
Hermann Strassburger
1820 - 1886
Wolfgang Franke (Fußballspieler)
1954 - 2006
Wilhelm Kufferath
1853 - 1936
Otto Hövels
1921 - 2014
Dieter Schloten
Born 1939
Eugen Coupienne
1843 - 1907
Carl Hesselmann
1830 - 1902
Wolfgang Schneider (Mediziner)
1932 - 2011
Anselm Schubert
Born 1969
Joseph Allekotte
1867 - 1944
Karl-Otto Frielinghaus
1913 - 2000
Annemarie Buntrock
Born 1923
Oliver Graute
Born 1971
Friedrich Wilhelm Fabarius
1815 - 1900
Charlotte Francke-Roesing
1863 - 1942
Jacob Rhenferd
1654 - 1712
Prince Albrecht of Croÿ
Born 1959
Günter Beilstein
Born 1936
Ihab Darwiche
Born 1993
Franz Kartz
Born 1907
Sophie Jourdan
1875 - 1944
Heinrich Malzahn
1884 - 1957
Otto Kohler
1909 - 1984
Arnd Wiedemann
Born 1962
Heinrich Pattberg
1862 - 1934
Hedwig Thyssen
1878 - 1960
Maren Elbrechtz
Born 1976
Gustav Frenz
1884 - 1960
Käthe Guss
1906 - 1994
Gerhard Küchen
1861 - 1932
Sabine Seume
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Karl von Hammacher
1852 - 1936
Heinz Heiderhoff
1922 - 2002
Manfred Busch
Born 1954
Johann Hermann Leonhard
1835 - 1905
Christian Schröer
Born 1957
Hermann Hugo Stinnes
1842 - 1887
Peter Fenten
Born 1958
Johann Gustav Stinnes
1826 - 1878