51.4614° N, 6.8663° E
OBERHAUSEN
Most Famous People Born in Oberhausen, Germany
- Notable people
- 418
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1949
- Most distinctive
- Manager 13.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Oberhausen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Oberhausen Is Known For
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Politician is Oberhausen's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (69).
Oberhausen over-indexes on manager — 13.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Oberhausen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Science
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Music
- Other
Max Meyer (footballer)
Born 1995
Christoph Schlingensief
1960 - 2010
Erich Kempka
1910 - 1975
Siegfried Jerusalem
Born 1940
Will Quadflieg
1914 - 2003
Suzan Anbeh
Born 1970
Esther Schweins
Born 1970
Theo Vennemann
Born 1937
Erich Juskowiak
1926 - 1983
Ditmar Jakobs
Born 1953
Ulla Salzgeber
Born 1958
Dieter Herzog
Born 1946
Dieter Nohlen
Born 1939
Willi Wülbeck
Born 1954
Dirk Bauermann
Born 1957
Rebecca Immanuel
Born 1970
Jakob Sprenger
1884 - 1945
Alf Marholm
1918 - 2006
Eric Johannesen
Born 1988
Manfred Jung
1940 - 2017
Lothar Kobluhn
1943 - 2019
Konrad Eubel
1842 - 1923
Tilman Spengler
Born 1947
Claudia Zaczkiewicz
Born 1962
Bernd Wegner
Born 1949
Reinhard Lauth
1919 - 2007
Wilhelm Keim
1934 - 2018
Dieter Bast
Born 1951
Hans Siemensmeyer
Born 1940
Gerburg Jahnke
Born 1955
Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum
1592 - 1644
Michael Grosse-Brömer
Born 1960
Robin Erewa
Born 1991
Matthias Witthaus
Born 1982
Vanessa Struhler
Born 1985
Georg Schaltenbrand
1897 - 1979
Arnulf Zitelmann
Born 1929
Armin von Bogdandy
Born 1960
Karl-Josef Kuschel
Born 1948
Willy Jürissen
1912 - 1990
Jürgen Dollase
Born 1948
Johannes Schöne
1920 - 1989
Wilhelm Brinkmann
1910 - 1991
Uwe Büschken
Born 1953
Willi Gundlach
Born 1929
Karlheinz Lemken
Born 1946
Joachim Friedrich (Autor)
Born 1953
Heike Schulte-Mattler
Born 1958
Stefanie de Velasco
Born 1978
Édouard Wawrzyniak
1912 - 1991
Muhammed Ali Doğan
Born 1995
Ulf K.
Born 1969
Markus Feldhoff
Born 1974
Eva Kurowski
Born 1965
Alex Benno
1872 - 1952
Karsten Stolz
Born 1964
Ernst Oberfohren
1881 - 1933
Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder
1944 - 2014
Alexander Mühling
Born 1992
Kevin Grund
Born 1987
Mark Kleinschmidt (rower)
Born 1974
Florian Abel (footballer)
Born 1989
Ulf Siemes
Born 1978
Paul Lange (canoeist)
1931 - 2016
Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens
Born 1948
Werner Twardy
1926 - 1977
Hedi Kriegeskotte
Born 1949
Nadine Opgen-Rhein
Born 1976
Martin Keßler (Schauspieler)
Born 1960
Ulrike Grossarth
Born 1952
Musa Celik
Born 1983
Hans Reinhard Seeliger
Born 1950
Franz Krauthausen
Born 1946
Heinz Kohnen
1938 - 1997
Sylvia Jörrißen
Born 1967
Peter Manns
1923 - 1991
Karl Höffkes
Born 1954
Marcel Landers
Born 1984
André Schmitz
Born 1957
Heribert Macherey
Born 1954
Burkhard Segler
Born 1951
Ludger Schepers
Born 1953
Ulrich Viefers
Born 1972
Michael Jakobs
Born 1959
Heinz Büker
Born 1941
Jürgen Zimmerling
1952 - 2005
Otto Steinhardt
1909 - 2000
Johannes Marré
1921 - 2015
Willy Weyres
1903 - 1989
Maria Rentmeister
1905 - 1996
Klaus Esser
Born 1947
Kevin Rauhut
Born 1989
Peter Schallenberg
Born 1963
Sebastian Hartmann (Politiker)
Born 1977
Dirk Balthaus
Born 1965
Michael Groschek
Born 1956
Bülent Uçar
Born 1977
Sebastian Kroehnert
Born 1980
Hartmut Thieme
Born 1947
Ulrich Schneider (Erziehungswissenschaftler) – W
Born 1958
Max Schmitz
Born 1936
Klaus Kocks
Born 1952
Thomas Böhm (Autor)
Born 1968
Friedhelm Eberle
Born 1935
Christian Stubbe
Born 1982
Stefan Wallat
Born 1987
Hanns Feigen
Born 1949
Peter Matussek
Born 1955
Ulf G. Stuberger
1949 - 2015
Hans-Walter Schmuhl
Born 1957
Fritz Balthaus
Born 1952
Roland Rohn
1905 - 1971
Thomas Ganswindt
Born 1960
Stefan Hartmann
Born 1954
Heike Omerzu
Born 1970
Heinrich Imbusch
1878 - 1945
Christoph Klimke
Born 1959
Felix Hollenberg
1868 - 1945
Ernst Friesenhahn
1901 - 1984
Wolfgang Spickermann
Born 1959
Julian Real
Born 1989
Şenol Demirci
Born 1980
Anna Lehnkering
1915 - 1940
Christoph Driessen
Born 1967
Gregor Morfill
Born 1945
Rolf Lamers
1927 - 2016
Dieter Hahn
Born 1961
Georg Scherer (Philosoph)
1928 - 2012
Frank Gust
Born 1969
Hartmut Schröder
Born 1954
René Klingenburg
Born 1993
Werner Töniges
1910 - 1995
Madeline Gier
Born 1996
Wolfgang Bellenbaum
1928 - 1984
Franz Markus Haniel
Born 1955
Sven Thiemann
Born 1974
Sofia Nati
Born 1993
Markus Ogorek
Born 1974
Gisela Habermalz
1916 - 2012
Kora Knühmann
Born 1983
Ulrich Krings
Born 1942
Paul Uhlenbruck
1897 - 1969
Wolfgang Kolmsee
Born 1954
Wolfgang Schwentker
Born 1953
Klaus Wehling
Born 1947
Hans Steinhardt
1905 - 1981
Cornelius Nestler
Born 1955
Wolfgang Hinte
Born 1952
Tasso Enzweiler
Born 1964
Hugo Rosendahl
1884 - 1964
Heinz Perne
1930 - 2008
Regine Kölpin
Born 1964
Georg Rüßmann
1919 - 1986
Karl Stangenberg
Born 1928
Heinrich Lueg
1840 - 1917
Franz Grosse-Brockhoff
1907 - 1981
Gerhard Erker
Born 1946
Petra Pohlmann
Born 1961
Günter Schlipper
Born 1962
Thomas Durchschlag
Born 1974
Thomas Mann (Jurist)
Born 1963
Marcel Maas
Born 1987
Ursula Rautenberg
Born 1953
André Hamann
Born 1987
Fritz Wilms (Architekt)
1886 - 1958
Stephan Goertz
Born 1964
Heinz Reif
Born 1941
Manfred Buchwald
1936 - 2012
Jürgen Schlumbohm
Born 1942
Manfred Lennings
1934 - 2008
Gereon Krebber
Born 1973
Andreas Buttler
Born 1966
Karl Klug (footballer)
1925 - 1971
Rolf Bergmeier (Autor)
Born 1940
Holger Schmenk
Born 1978
Heinz von zur Gathen
1924 - 2001
Ernst Gnoß
1900 - 1949
Erwin Giesing
1907 - 1977
Günther Pflug
1923 - 2008
Hans-Joachim Weyland
Born 1929
Reinhard Schmidt (Bergbaukundler)
Born 1946
Arno Klare
Born 1952
Annika Vössing
Born 1992
Carsten Schmuck
1968 - 2019
Heinz Pauels
1908 - 1985
Matthias Reuter
Born 1976
Karl Schmidt (Ophthalmologe)
1899 - 1980
August Kirsch (Sportfunktionär)
1925 - 1993
Gerd Stein
Born 1941
Carl Lueg
1833 - 1905
Kirsten Sehnbruch
Born 1970
Heinz Wilhelm Schwarz
1927 - 2004
Wilhelm Rohrmann
1905 - 1983
Ernst-Dieter Lantermann
Born 1945
Reni Erkens
1904 - 1987
Ulrich Wilken
Born 1958
Wolfgang Neuhaus
Born 1952
Wilhelm Geerlings
1941 - 2008
Clemens Wischermann
Born 1949
Volkmar Dinstuhl
Born 1972
Norbert Gronau
Born 1964
Arne May
Born 1961
Wolfgang Reichel (Politiker)
Born 1951
Peter Kiwitt
1904 - 1969
Wolfgang Nethöfel
Born 1946
Jürgen Bärsch
Born 1959
Christoph Landscheidt
Born 1959
Heinz Schleußer
1936 - 2000
Alfons van Gelder
Born 1936
Carsten Marquardt
Born 1967
Ludwig Anschütz (Schauspieler)
1902 - 1985
Werner Baecker (Architekt)
1928 - 2019
Ulrike Flach
Born 1951
Richard Prause
Born 1968
Peter Johannes Droste
Born 1959
Friedel Anderson
Born 1954
Andreas Lienkamp
Born 1962
Italo Nicoletto
1909 - 1992
Alois Kott
Born 1950
Paula Lileen Rosengarthen
Born 1974
Hermann Lickfeld
1898 - 1941
Peter Reuschenbach
1935 - 2007
Karl-Franz Busch
1917 - 2003
Martha Schneider-Bürger
1903 - 2001
Heinrich Netz
1896 - 1983
Tobias Helms
Born 1968
Dieter Hentschel
1944 - 2015
Caren Pfleger
1945 - 2019
Stefan Keune
Born 1965
Fritz Hartmann (Mediziner)
1920 - 2007
Ekkehard Becker-Eberhard
Born 1952
Jil Strüngmann
Born 1992
Theo Langheid
Born 1952
Dirk Vöpel
Born 1971
Achim Hofer
Born 1955
Willi Hausmann
Born 1942
Stefanie Hüttermann
Born 1985
Ulrike Zilly
Born 1952
Daniela Krein
1897 - 1986
Dirk Matten
Born 1965
Björn Linda
Born 1989
Jutta Häser
Born 1961
Patrick Notthoff
Born 1966
Hans-Josef Dreckmann
Born 1938
Renate Thomas
Born 1953
Heinz Dungs
1898 - 1949
Ernst Oldemeyer
Born 1928
Ortwin Benninghoff
Born 1946
Wilhelm Füllenbach
1887 - 1948
Marianne Hammerl
1959 - 2008
Wilhelm Guske
1880 - 1957
Julia Drinnenberg
Born 1949
Norbert Brinkmann (Fußballspieler)
Born 1952
Friedhelm van den Mond
Born 1932
Evert Brettschneider
Born 1951
Winfried Holtmann
1941 - 2003
Hermann J. Kassel
Born 1960
Toni Puszamszies
1958 - 2013
Heinz Eichelbaum
Born 1940
Manfred J. Hampe
Born 1952
Otto Triffterer
1931 - 2015
Emil Surmann
1912 - 1972
Gerd Heise
Born 1953
Annette Weitzmann
Born 1967
Eduard von Glöden
1801 - 1861
Helmut Schlitt
1934 - 2005
Sabine Johannsen
Born 1954
Friedrich Peppmüller
1892 - 1972
Scumeck Sabottka
Born 1962
Marcus Freitag
Born 1967
Josef Ernst
1882 - 1959
Torsten Chmielewski
Born 1968
Helga Kanies
Born 1936
Kurt Wachholder
1893 - 1961
Herbert Nette
1902 - 1994
Bernhard Pierburg
1869 - 1942
Thomas Lehmen
Born 1963
Werner Bab
1924 - 2010
Jochen Rozek
Born 1960
Otto Pannenbecker
1879 - 1956
Tom Oberheiden
Born 1976
Joshua Abuaku
Born 1996
Gerda Ganzer
1907 - 1961
Werner Kausch
1924 - 1993
Robby Hein
Born 1988
Johannes Bettray
1919 - 1980
Sebastian Dey
Born 1979
Josef Büscher
1918 - 1983
Carmela de Feo
Born 1973
Esther Stahl
Born 1980
Günter Storch
1926 - 2004
Hans-Gert Niederstein
1928 - 1985
Wilhelm Kiwit
1883 - 1959
Josef Rambo
1898 - 1950
Martin Gebauer
Born 1963
Wilhelm Meinerzhagen
1893 - 1974
Karl Dungs
1901 - 1972
Karl-Heinz Klejdzinski
Born 1934
Stefan Zimkeit
Born 1964
Karl Heinrich Gisbert Gillhausen
1856 - 1917