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OBERHAUSEN

Most Famous People Born in Oberhausen, Germany

Notable people
418
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1949
Most distinctive
Manager 13.2×
Through the Decades

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 manager13.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician69
  2. Football56
  3. Academic32
  4. Actor23
  5. Writer15
  6. Athletic12
  7. Historian12
  8. Journalist11
  1. Manager513.2×
  2. Academic327.6×
  3. Theologian53.3×
  4. Rower53.3×
  5. Historian122.7×
  6. Athletic122.6×
  7. Judge52.5×
  8. Author92.5×

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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Showing 39 of 418 notable people

0009 FOOTBALL

Erich Juskowiak

1926 - 1983

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0037 WRITER

Arnulf Zitelmann

Born 1929

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0042 FOOTBALL

Johannes Schöne

1920 - 1989

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0045 CONDUCTOR

Willi Gundlach

Born 1929

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0066 COMPOSER

Werner Twardy

1926 - 1977

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0076 HISTORIAN

Peter Manns

1923 - 1991

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0088 DIPLOMAT

Johannes Marré

1921 - 2015

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0126 ATHLETIC

Rolf Lamers

1927 - 2016

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0128 PHILOSOPHER

Georg Scherer (Philosoph)

1928 - 2012

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0134 FILM

Wolfgang Bellenbaum

1928 - 1984

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0154 MUSIC

Karl Stangenberg

Born 1928

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0173 FOOTBALL

Karl Klug (footballer)

1925 - 1971

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0176 MILITAR

Heinz von zur Gathen

1924 - 2001

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0179 ACADEMIC

Günther Pflug

1923 - 2008

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0180 FOOTBALL

Hans-Joachim Weyland

Born 1929

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0188 ATHLETIC

August Kirsch (Sportfunktionär)

1925 - 1993

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0192 REGISSEUR

Heinz Wilhelm Schwarz

1927 - 2004

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0212 ARCHITECT

Werner Baecker (Architekt)

1928 - 2019

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0230 INTERNIST

Fritz Hartmann (Mediziner)

1920 - 2007

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0247 PHILOSOPHER

Ernst Oldemeyer

Born 1928

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0278 MISSING

Werner Bab

1924 - 2010

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0284 ACADEMIC

Werner Kausch

1924 - 1993

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0291 POLITICIAN

Günter Storch

1926 - 2004

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0292 JUDO

Hans-Gert Niederstein

1928 - 1985

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0310 POLITICIAN

Heinz Hager

1927 - 2001

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0315 ACADEMIC

Klaus Weiss (Anglist)

1927 - 2014

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0316 CHOREOGRAPHER

Heinz Poll (Choreograf)

1926 - 2006

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0317 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Bona

1927 - 2014

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0323 CHEMIST

Hans-Joachim Cantow

1923 - 2018

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0342 MISSING

Egon Berchter

Born 1928

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0344 FOOTBALL

Willi Demski

1929 - 2012

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0348 BUSINESS

Heribert Marré

1925 - 2006

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0356 POLITICIAN

Hans Kreutz

1926 - 1972

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0357 FOOTBALL

Klaus-Peter Kirchrath

Born 1927

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0362 BANK

Alfons Kirschey

1922 - 1999

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0369 AUTHOR

Herbert Christian Nagel

Born 1924

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0371 FOOTBALL

Wladislaw Bialasik

Born 1921

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0390 DIPLOMAT

Wolfgang Behrends

1926 - 2009

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0413 POLITICIAN

Josef Lukowiak

1921 - 1989

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