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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 45 notable births.

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.

  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 45 of 405 notable people

0002 ACTOR

Helge Schneider

Born 1955

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0010 POLITICIAN

Bodo Hombach

Born 1952

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0015 FOOTBALL

Hans-Günter Bruns

Born 1954

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0017 ACTOR

Ralph Morgenstern

Born 1955

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0033 POLITICIAN

Monika Griefahn

Born 1954

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0047 BIOCHEMIST

Ulrike Beisiegel

Born 1952

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0050 FOOTBALL

Rudolf Seliger

Born 1951

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0056 CHESS

Gisela Fischdick

Born 1955

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0063 ILLUSTRATOR

Hendrik Dorgathen

Born 1957

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0066 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Patzke

1959 - 2016

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0067 KING

Rüdiger, Margrave of Meissen

Born 1953

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0079 CRIMINAL

Werner Lotze

Born 1952

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0089 ENTREPRENEUR

Jürgen Großmann

Born 1952

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0095 PHYSICIST

Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

Born 1951

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0098 POLITICIAN

Klaus Wiesehügel

Born 1953

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0109 AUTHOR

Andreas Nohl

Born 1954

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0110 ACTOR

Arnulf Rating

Born 1951

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0111 AUTHOR

Jörg Juretzka

Born 1955

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0115 ARTIST

Stephanie Überall

Born 1959

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0136 PHYSICIAN

Uwe Schulten-Baumer

Born 1954

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0140 WRITER

Michael Zimmermann (Historiker)

1951 - 2007

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0145 COMPOSER

Franz Martin Olbrisch

Born 1952

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0146 POLITICIAN

Dagmar Mühlenfeld

Born 1951

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0147 HISTORIAN

Edeltraud Klueting

Born 1951

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0163 ACADEMIC

Ernst Struck

Born 1951

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0170 POLITICIAN

Heiko K. L. Schulze

Born 1954

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0185 BOTANIST

Traudel Rübsamen

Born 1954

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0191 PIANIST

Thomas Hufschmidt

Born 1955

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0200 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Wenner

Born 1956

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0209 MATHEMATICIAN

Thomas Wetter

Born 1953

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0217 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Bruno Jacobs

Born 1954

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0218 ACADEMIC

Ulrike Höhmann

Born 1956

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0247 ECONOMIST

Dirk Möhlenbruch

Born 1953

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0263 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Franke (Fußballspieler)

1954 - 2006

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0278 JOURNALIST

Prince Albrecht of Croÿ

Born 1959

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0295 POLITICIAN

Manfred Busch

Born 1954

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0297 PHILOSOPHER

Christian Schröer

Born 1957

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0299 FOOTBALL

Peter Fenten

Born 1958

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0310 POLITICIAN

Cornelia Rundt

Born 1953

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0323 POLITICIAN

Hans Heribert Blättgen

Born 1956

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0342 POLITICIAN

Frank Steinfort

Born 1957

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0344 ACADEMIC

Rolf Dieter Bach

Born 1959

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0345 POLITICIAN

Andreas Schmidt (Politiker, 1956)

Born 1956

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0354 ACTOR

Barbara Wollrath-Kramer

Born 1952

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0366 NUN

Mirjam Dinkelbach

Born 1959

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