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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×
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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Otto Steinhardt
1909 - 2000
Willy Weyres
1903 - 1989
Peter Schallenberg
Born 1963
Peter Matussek
Born 1955
Ernst Friesenhahn
1901 - 1984
Markus Ogorek
Born 1974
Wolfgang Hinte
Born 1952
Thomas Mann (Jurist)
Born 1963
Ursula Rautenberg
Born 1953
Günther Pflug
1923 - 2008
Reinhard Schmidt (Bergbaukundler)
Born 1946
Karl Schmidt (Ophthalmologe)
1899 - 1980
Kirsten Sehnbruch
Born 1970
Norbert Gronau
Born 1964
Peter Johannes Droste
Born 1959
Andreas Lienkamp
Born 1962
Karl-Franz Busch
1917 - 2003
Heinrich Netz
1896 - 1983
Tobias Helms
Born 1968
Ekkehard Becker-Eberhard
Born 1952
Marianne Hammerl
1959 - 2008
Marcus Freitag
Born 1967
Kurt Wachholder
1893 - 1961
Jochen Rozek
Born 1960
Werner Kausch
1924 - 1993
Johannes Bettray
1919 - 1980
Martin Gebauer
Born 1963
Christoph Brüning
Born 1967
Klaus Weiss (Anglist)
1927 - 2014
Achim Hecker
Born 1974
Eduard Perings
1930 - 2006
Arnold Schulte
1906 - 1984