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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 manager — 13.2× 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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0004 OPERA

Siegfried Jerusalem

Born 1940

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0012 FOOTBALL

Dieter Herzog

Born 1946

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0020 SINGER

Manfred Jung

1940 - 2017

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0021 FOOTBALL

Lothar Kobluhn

1943 - 2019

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0023 WRITER

Tilman Spengler

Born 1947

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0025 HISTORIAN

Bernd Wegner

Born 1949

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0029 FOOTBALL

Hans Siemensmeyer

Born 1940

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0039 THEOLOGIAN

Karl-Josef Kuschel

Born 1948

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0041 JOURNALIST

Jürgen Dollase

Born 1948

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0046 ACTOR

Karlheinz Lemken

Born 1946

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0058 FOOTBALL

Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder

1944 - 2014

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0065 POLITICIAN

Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens

Born 1948

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0067 ACTOR

Hedi Kriegeskotte

Born 1949

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0073 FOOTBALL

Franz Krauthausen

Born 1946

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0085 CANOE

Heinz Büker

Born 1941

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0091 LAWYER

Klaus Esser

Born 1947

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0099 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Hartmut Thieme

Born 1947

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0107 LAWYER

Hanns Feigen

Born 1949

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0109 AUTHOR

Ulf G. Stuberger

1949 - 2015

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0125 ASTROPHYSICIST

Gregor Morfill

Born 1945

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0141 ART HISTORIAN

Ulrich Krings

Born 1942

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0145 POLITICIAN

Klaus Wehling

Born 1947

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0157 CHEMIST

Gerhard Erker

Born 1946

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0167 HISTORIAN

Heinz Reif

Born 1941

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0169 HISTORIAN

Jürgen Schlumbohm

Born 1942

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0174 AUTHOR

Rolf Bergmeier (Autor)

Born 1940

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0181 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Schmidt (Bergbaukundler)

Born 1946

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0189 TEACHER

Gerd Stein

Born 1941

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0194 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ernst-Dieter Lantermann

Born 1945

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0198 HISTORIAN

Wilhelm Geerlings

1941 - 2008

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0199 HISTORIAN

Clemens Wischermann

Born 1949

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0205 THEOLOGIAN

Wolfgang Nethöfel

Born 1946

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0227 FOOTBALL

Dieter Hentschel

1944 - 2015

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0228 MODEL

Caren Pfleger

1945 - 2019

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0236 POLITICIAN

Willi Hausmann

Born 1942

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0248 COMPOSER

Ortwin Benninghoff

Born 1946

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0252 ILLUSTRATOR

Julia Drinnenberg

Born 1949

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0256 JOURNALIST

Winfried Holtmann

1941 - 2003

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0259 WRESTLER

Heinz Eichelbaum

Born 1940

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0306 FOOTBALL

Edmund Stieber

Born 1948

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0308 POLITICIAN

Heinz-Jörg Eckhold

Born 1941

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0341 FOOTBALL

Werner Ohm

Born 1948

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0370 POLITICIAN

Heinz-Jürgen Prangenberg

1944 - 2002

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0381 FOOTBALL

Herbert Schwinning

1940 - 1996

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0395 JOURNALIST

Gerd Depenbrock

Born 1949

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