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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×
Through the Decades

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 entrepreneur8.7× the global rate.

Muelheim (Ruhr) under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician54
  2. Academic20
  3. Football19
  4. Actor16
  5. Painter13
  6. Entrepreneur12
  7. Business11
  8. Author11
  1. Entrepreneur128.7×
  2. Soldier56.9×
  3. Art Historian56.5×
  4. Academic204.9×
  5. Economist63.6×
  6. Author113.1×
  7. Business112.7×
  8. Physician72.5×
  1. Football190.4×

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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Showing 25 of 405 notable people

0031 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Karl Butzer

1934 - 2016

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0032 ACTOR

Leila Negra

Born 1930

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0046 ACADEMIC

Frigga Haug

Born 1937

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0088 HOCKEY

Helmut Nonn

Born 1933

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0091 ROMANIST

Klaus Heitmann

1930 - 2017

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0103 COMPOSER

Wolfgang Hufschmidt

1934 - 2018

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0117 THEOLOGIAN

Werner H. Schmidt

Born 1935

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0118 ACTOR

Dieter Hufschmidt

Born 1935

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0133 ECONOMIST

Klaus Mackscheidt

Born 1935

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0144 HOCKEY

Wolfgang Nonn

1935 - 1959

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0157 TRANSLATOR

Jochen Greven

1932 - 2012

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0167 SOCIOLOGIST

Hans-Joachim Hoffmann-Nowotny

1934 - 2004

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0173 ACADEMIC

Rolf Knippers

1936 - 2017

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0188 SOCIOLOGIST

Hans Haferkamp (Soziologe)

1939 - 1987

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0190 GEOGRAPHER

Günter Mertins

1936 - 2015

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0204 AUTHOR

Herbert Jüttemann

Born 1930

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0212 CHEMIST

Götz Harnischfeger

1939 - 2016

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0233 TEACHER

Friedhelm Schwamborn

1938 - 2020

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0266 POLITICIAN

Dieter Schloten

Born 1939

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0269 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Schneider (Mediziner)

1932 - 2011

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0279 ATHLETE

Günter Beilstein

Born 1936

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0308 POLITICIAN

Günter Weber (Politiker)

Born 1935

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0318 POLITICIAN

Klaus Lantermann

Born 1933

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0321 POLITICIAN

Hildegard Matthäus

1934 - 2020

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0322 MISSING

Marlies Schröder

Born 1938

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