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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 75 notable births.

What Oberhausen Is Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive

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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Filtered to 1960s Clear ×

0002 FILM

Christoph Schlingensief

1960 - 2010

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0024 ATHLETIC

Claudia Zaczkiewicz

Born 1962

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0032 POLITICIAN

Michael Grosse-Brömer

Born 1960

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0038 JUDGE

Armin von Bogdandy

Born 1960

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0052 AUTHOR

Ulf K.

Born 1969

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0054 ACTOR

Eva Kurowski

Born 1965

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0056 ATHLETIC

Karsten Stolz

Born 1964

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0069 ACTOR

Martin Keßler (Schauspieler)

Born 1960

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0075 POLITICIAN

Sylvia Jörrißen

Born 1967

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0093 ACADEMIC

Peter Schallenberg

Born 1963

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0095 COMPOSER

Dirk Balthaus

Born 1965

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0103 WRITER

Thomas Böhm (Autor)

Born 1968

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0113 MANAGER

Thomas Ganswindt

Born 1960

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0124 JOURNALIST

Christoph Driessen

Born 1967

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0127 MANAGER

Dieter Hahn

Born 1961

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0129 KILLER

Frank Gust

Born 1969

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0149 JOURNALIST

Tasso Enzweiler

Born 1964

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0152 AUTHOR

Regine Kölpin

Born 1964

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0158 JUDGE

Petra Pohlmann

Born 1961

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0159 FOOTBALL

Günter Schlipper

Born 1962

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0161 ACADEMIC

Thomas Mann (Jurist)

Born 1963

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0166 THEOLOGIAN

Stephan Goertz

Born 1964

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0172 ACTOR

Andreas Buttler

Born 1966

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0184 CHEMIST

Carsten Schmuck

1968 - 2019

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0201 ACADEMIC

Norbert Gronau

Born 1964

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0202 NEUROLOGIST

Arne May

Born 1961

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0210 FOOTBALL

Carsten Marquardt

Born 1967

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0214 PLAYER

Richard Prause

Born 1968

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0217 ACADEMIC

Andreas Lienkamp

Born 1962

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0226 ACADEMIC

Tobias Helms

Born 1968

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0229 SAXOPHONIST

Stefan Keune

Born 1965

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0240 ECONOMIST

Dirk Matten

Born 1965

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0242 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jutta Häser

Born 1961

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0243 FOOTBALL

Patrick Notthoff

Born 1966

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0257 SCULPTOR

Hermann J. Kassel

Born 1960

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0264 ACTOR

Annette Weitzmann

Born 1967

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0269 CRÉATEUR

Scumeck Sabottka

Born 1962

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0270 ACADEMIC

Marcus Freitag

Born 1967

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0272 FOOTBALL

Torsten Chmielewski

Born 1968

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0277 DANCER

Thomas Lehmen

Born 1963

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0279 ACADEMIC

Jochen Rozek

Born 1960

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0295 ACADEMIC

Martin Gebauer

Born 1963

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0299 POLITICIAN

Stefan Zimkeit

Born 1964

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0302 WRITER

Markus Bötefür

Born 1965

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0304 ACADEMIC

Christoph Brüning

Born 1967

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0305 WRITER

Chris Trautmann

Born 1964

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0321 FOOTBALL

Stefan Chmielewski

Born 1968

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0324 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Nicola Preuß

Born 1966

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0325 WRITER

Theresia Graw

Born 1964

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0329 POLITICIAN

Ursula Karlowski

Born 1962

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0332 MUSIC

Patrick Levien

Born 1965

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0335 CONDUCTOR

Ingo Ernst Reihl

Born 1969

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0345 PHYSICIAN

Horst Christian Vollmar

Born 1967

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0347 ACCORDIONIST

Ute Völker

Born 1963

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0349 ACTOR

Julia Kempken

Born 1960

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0352 FOOTBALL

Dirk Juch

Born 1966

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0387 MANAGER

Thomas Richterich

Born 1960

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