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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 75 of 418 notable people

0010 FOOTBALL

Ditmar Jakobs

Born 1953

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0011 RIDER

Ulla Salzgeber

Born 1958

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0014 ATHLETIC

Willi Wülbeck

Born 1954

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0015 BASKET

Dirk Bauermann

Born 1957

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0028 FOOTBALL

Dieter Bast

Born 1951

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0030 COMEDIAN

Gerburg Jahnke

Born 1955

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0044 ACTOR

Uwe Büschken

Born 1953

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0047 ECONOMIST

Joachim Friedrich (Autor)

Born 1953

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0048 ATHLETIC

Heike Schulte-Mattler

Born 1958

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0070 DANCER

Ulrike Grossarth

Born 1952

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0072 HISTORIAN

Hans Reinhard Seeliger

Born 1950

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0077 FILMMAKER

Karl Höffkes

Born 1954

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0079 LAWYER

André Schmitz

Born 1957

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0080 FOOTBALL

Heribert Macherey

Born 1954

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0081 FOOTBALL

Burkhard Segler

Born 1951

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0082 PRIEST

Ludger Schepers

Born 1953

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0084 FOOTBALL

Michael Jakobs

Born 1959

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0086 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Zimmerling

1952 - 2005

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0096 POLITICIAN

Michael Groschek

Born 1956

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0100 AUTHOR

Ulrich Schneider (Erziehungswissenschaftler) – W

Born 1958

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0102 JOURNALIST

Klaus Kocks

Born 1952

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0108 ACADEMIC

Peter Matussek

Born 1955

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0110 HISTORIAN

Hans-Walter Schmuhl

Born 1957

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0111 SCULPTOR

Fritz Balthaus

Born 1952

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0114 PRIEST

Stefan Hartmann

Born 1954

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0117 WRITER

Christoph Klimke

Born 1959

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0120 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Spickermann

Born 1959

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0130 LINGUIST

Hartmut Schröder

Born 1954

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0135 MANAGER

Franz Markus Haniel

Born 1955

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0143 ATHLETIC

Wolfgang Kolmsee

Born 1954

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0144 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Schwentker

Born 1953

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0147 LAWYER

Cornelius Nestler

Born 1955

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0148 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Hinte

Born 1952

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0163 ACADEMIC

Ursula Rautenberg

Born 1953

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0182 POLITICIAN

Arno Klare

Born 1952

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0196 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Wilken

Born 1958

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0197 TRANSLATOR

Wolfgang Neuhaus

Born 1952

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0203 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Reichel (Politiker)

Born 1951

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0206 PRIEST

Jürgen Bärsch

Born 1959

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0207 POLITICIAN

Christoph Landscheidt

Born 1959

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0213 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Flach

Born 1951

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0215 ACADEMIC

Peter Johannes Droste

Born 1959

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0216 PAINTER

Friedel Anderson

Born 1954

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0219 MUSIC

Alois Kott

Born 1950

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0231 ACADEMIC

Ekkehard Becker-Eberhard

Born 1952

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0233 LAWYER

Theo Langheid

Born 1952

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0235 MUSIC

Achim Hofer

Born 1955

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0238 PAINTER

Ulrike Zilly

Born 1952

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0245 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Renate Thomas

Born 1953

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0250 ACADEMIC

Marianne Hammerl

1959 - 2008

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0253 FOOTBALL

Norbert Brinkmann (Fußballspieler)

Born 1952

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0255 GUITAR

Evert Brettschneider

Born 1951

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0258 FOOTBALL

Toni Puszamszies

1958 - 2013

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0260 ENGINEER

Manfred J. Hampe

Born 1952

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0263 ARCHITECT

Gerd Heise

Born 1953

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0267 POLITICAL

Sabine Johannsen

Born 1954

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0303 FOOTBALL

Klaus Thies

Born 1950

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0312 POLITICIAN

Regina Kopp-Herr

Born 1957

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0320 MUSIC

Hans Wülfing

Born 1952

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0334 ACTOR

Franz Mey

Born 1952

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0336 PAINTER

Helga Budde-Engelke

Born 1950

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0358 JUDGE

Heinz Lanfermann

Born 1950

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0366 POLITICIAN

Andre Haermeyer

Born 1956

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0368 MILITAR

Georg Nachtsheim

Born 1951

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0374 FOOTBALL

Hans Fritsche (Fußballspieler)

Born 1950

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0376 JOURNALIST

Ralph Sina

Born 1955

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0379 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Große Brömer

Born 1952

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0382 MISSING

Hans-Jürgen Becker (Judaist)

Born 1956

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0383 FOOTBALL

Klaus Bruckmann

Born 1953

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0384 FOOTBALL

Werner Sonnenschein

Born 1951

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0386 LANDRAT

Frank Beckehoff

Born 1954

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0391 PLAYER

Günter Geisen

Born 1959

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0394 BUSINESS

Norbert Lüer

Born 1955

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0403 ACTOR

Reinhard Wrobel

1959 - 2006

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0411 ATHLETIC

Wolfgang Mohr (Leichtathlet)

Born 1952

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