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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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405 notable people

0301 TOCHTER

Margarete Stinnes

1840 - 1911

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0302 KUNST

Robert Rheinen

1844 - 1920

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0303 SPORT

Markus Rejek

Born 1968

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0304 JUDGE

Karl Deicke

1863 - 1943

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0305 ECONOMIST

Karl Heinz Henksmeier

1922 - 2012

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0306 ENTREPRENEUR

Hermann Franken

1846 - 1931

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0307 ROWER

Jonathan Rommelmann

Born 1994

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0308 POLITICIAN

Günter Weber (Politiker)

Born 1935

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0309 POLITICIAN

Christian Mangen

Born 1972

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0310 POLITICIAN

Cornelia Rundt

Born 1953

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0311 FOOTBALL

Bora Karadag

Born 1990

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0312 SCREENWRITER

Katharina Reschke

Born 1968

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0313 AUTHOR

Hermann Josef Müller

1901 - 1955

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0314 BUSINESS

Heinrich Coupienne

1810 - 1889

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0315 BUSINESS

Heinrich Gothot

1889 - 1963

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0316 POLITICIAN

Gerd Müller (Politiker, 1940)

1940 - 2003

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0317 GEOLOGIST

Curt Alfons Haniel

1884 - 1914

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0318 POLITICIAN

Klaus Lantermann

Born 1933

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0319 GEOLOGIST

Rudolf Heinz (Geologe)

1900 - 1960

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0320 MÄRTYRER

Werner Wessel

1910 - 1929

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0321 POLITICIAN

Hildegard Matthäus

1934 - 2020

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0322 MISSING

Marlies Schröder

Born 1938

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0323 POLITICIAN

Hans Heribert Blättgen

Born 1956

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0324 FOOTBALL

Erik Stoffelshaus

Born 1970

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0325 PHYSICIST

Wilhelm Ludolf Schmitz

1899 - 1973

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0326 POLITICIAN

Hans Robertz

1925 - 2005

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0327 LANDRAT

Johannes Grotjan (Landrat)

1897 - 1951

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0328 POLITICIAN

Anni Seelbach

1904 - 1989

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0329 CHEMIST

Robert Stollé

1869 - 1938

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0330 BUSINESS

August Thyssen junior

1874 - 1943

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0331 POLITICIAN

Thomas Schröer (Politiker)

1946 - 2007

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0332 BODYBUILDER

Heinz Werner Bongard

Born 1944

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0333 POLITICIAN

Jörg Dehm

Born 1963

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0334 COXSWAIN

Felix Erdmann

Born 1978

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0335 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Wolf (Politiker, 1909)

1909 - 1984

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0336 DIPLOMAT

Guido Peruzzo

Born 1949

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0337 COMPOSER

Aris Alexander Blettenberg

Born 1994

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0338 SWIMMER

Lars Lürig

Born 1975

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0339 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Gerhards

Born 1949

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0340 TEACHER

Wilhelm Hollenberg

1820 - 1912

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0341 ENTREPRENEUR

Heinrich Reining

1885 - 1961

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0342 POLITICIAN

Frank Steinfort

Born 1957

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0343 ARCHITECT

Fernando Moog

1837 - 1905

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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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0346 KAUFMAN

Carl Nedelmann

1867 - 1947

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0347 OFFICER

Walther Franz

1880 - 1956

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0348 MERCHANT

Hermann Heinrich von Eicken

1808 - 1888

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0349 POLITICIAN

Jens Weymann

Born 1972

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0350 GAME

Thomas Häuser (Spieleprogrammierer)

Born 1970

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0351 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Wolf (Politiker, 1899)

1899 - 1948

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0352 ADLIGER

Ernst Maria von Limburg-Styrum

1736 - 1809

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0353 BUSINESS

Johann Caspar Troost

1759 - 1830

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0354 ACTOR

Barbara Wollrath-Kramer

Born 1952

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0355 ENTREPRENEUR

Paul Carsch

1876 - 1951

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0356 BASKET

Dino Dizdarevic

Born 1995

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0357 OFFICER

Erich Bachem

1920 - 1993

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0358 AUTHOR

Hermann Meynen

1895 - 1944

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0359 TRADE UNION

Heinrich Melzer

1890 - 1967

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0360 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Witthaus

1903 - 1971

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0361 GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER

Ludger Ramme

Born 1962

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0362 DRIVER

Siegfried Müller junior

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0363 GRÄFIN

Karl Joseph August von Limburg-Styrum

1727 - 1760

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0364 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Diederichs

1896 - 1974

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0365 POLITICIAN

Johann Hermann Voerster

1757 - 1832

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0366 NUN

Mirjam Dinkelbach

Born 1959

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0367 PUBLISHER

Julius Bagel junior

1861 - 1929

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0368 TYPOGRAPHER

Bernd Möllenstädt

1943 - 2013

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0369 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Henn

1892 - 1986

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0370 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Siepmann (Architekt)

1850 - 1892

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0371 OFFICER

Josef Block

1912 - 1996

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0372 DANCER

Nadine Dlouhy

Born 1975

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0373 SOLDIER

Kurt Eichmann

1917 - 1942

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0374 REEDER

Georg Mathias Stinnes

1817 - 1853

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0375 POLITICIAN

Karl Obertüschen

1828 - 1873

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0376 MANUFACTURER

Hermann Wilhelmi

1835 - 1915

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0377 SURGEON

Andreas Ommer

Born 1963

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0378 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Meinicke

1906 - 1982

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0379 POLITICIAN

Johann Heinrich Michels

1763 - 1823

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0380 CHEMIST

Friedrich Engelhardt

1913 - 1994

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0381 POLITICIAN

Barbara Wischermann

Born 1944

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0382 PAINTER

Klaus Bruns

Born 1962

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0383 BANK

Gustav Hanau

1818 - 1902

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0384 TRADE UNION

Hermann Klewer

1886 - 1957

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0385 BUSINESS

Christian Coupienne

1801 - 1876

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0386 BUSINESS

Gustav Stinnes

1863 - 1923

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0387 SOLDIER

Hans Dunkelberg

Born 1918

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0388 ASSESSOR

Artur Stollé

1872 - 1926

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0389 BANK

Walter Hammerstein

1862 - 1944

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0390 THEOLOGIAN

Philipp Wilhelm Moritz Boegehold

1815 - 1873

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0391 PLAYER

Alexander Weimann

Born 1983

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0392 BANK

Leo Hanau

1852 - 1927

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0393 ARCHITECT

Wilhelm Lierhaus

1909 - 1986

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0394 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Dörnhaus

1890 - 1970

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0395 POLITICIAN

Karl Isenberg

1906 - 1977

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0396 MANAGER

August Reiser

1860 - 1932

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0397 ENTREPRENEUR

Gustav Carsch

1850 - 1895

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0398 POLITICIAN

Luise Blumberg

1890 - 1974

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0399 POLITICIAN

Willi Müller (Politiker, 1925)

1925 - 2007

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0400 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Sporleder

1919 - 1997

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0401 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Müller (Politiker, Dezember 1890)

1890 - 1944

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0402 POLITICIAN

Fritz Terres

1907 - 1945

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0403 POLITICIAN

Fritz Denks

1911 - 2006

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0404 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Bruckhoff

1892 - 1956

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0405 POLITICIAN

Eugen W. Schade

1908 - 1981

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