51.4614° N, 6.8663° E
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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Hans Joachim Balcke
1862 - 1933
Markus Bötefür
Born 1965
Klaus Thies
Born 1950
Christoph Brüning
Born 1967
Chris Trautmann
Born 1964
Edmund Stieber
Born 1948
Ulrich Feldhoff
1938 - 2013
Heinz-Jörg Eckhold
Born 1941
Dustin Haloschan
Born 1991
Heinz Hager
1927 - 2001
Ümit Ertural
Born 1984
Regina Kopp-Herr
Born 1957
Friedrich Deerberg
1876 - 1938
Hans Stelter
1895 - 1941
Klaus Weiss (Anglist)
1927 - 2014
Heinz Poll (Choreograf)
1926 - 2006
Karl-Heinz Bona
1927 - 2014
Daniel Simon Richter
Born 1971
Karl van Berk
1910 - 1998
Hans Wülfing
Born 1952
Stefan Chmielewski
Born 1968
Hugo Jacobi (Industrieller)
1834 - 1917
Hans-Joachim Cantow
1923 - 2018
Nicola Preuß
Born 1966
Theresia Graw
Born 1964
Walter Creutz
1898 - 1971
Erich Schröder (Mediziner)
1893 - 1968
Leo Brandenburg
1895 - 1946
Ursula Karlowski
Born 1962
Alexander Waldhelm
Born 1975
Achim Hecker
Born 1974
Patrick Levien
Born 1965
Heinz Wassermann
Born 1939
Franz Mey
Born 1952
Ingo Ernst Reihl
Born 1969
Helga Budde-Engelke
Born 1950
Hein Stünke
1913 - 1994
Manuel Schmitt (Regisseur)
Born 1988
Daniel Schranz
Born 1974
Heinz Georg Schmenk
Born 1935
Werner Ohm
Born 1948
Egon Berchter
Born 1928
Wilhelm Schluchtmann
1877 - 1930
Willi Demski
1929 - 2012
Horst Christian Vollmar
Born 1967
Arno Hassenpflug
1907 - 1954
Ute Völker
Born 1963
Heribert Marré
1925 - 2006
Julia Kempken
Born 1960
Karl Knabe
1888 - 1968
Friedrich-Wilhelm Kolkmann
Born 1936
Dirk Juch
Born 1966
Kevin Corvers
Born 1987
Lukas Reuschenbach
Born 1994
Horst Klinkhammer
Born 1939
Hans Kreutz
1926 - 1972
Klaus-Peter Kirchrath
Born 1927
Heinz Lanfermann
Born 1950
Heinz-Adolf Hörsken
1938 - 1996
Eberhard Ullrich
1935 - 2005
Simon Rahm
Born 1980
Alfons Kirschey
1922 - 1999
Heinrich Weeke
1905 - 1985
Johann Puppe
1882 - 1941
Theo Rous
Born 1934
Andre Haermeyer
Born 1956
Daniel Düngel
Born 1976
Georg Nachtsheim
Born 1951
Herbert Christian Nagel
Born 1924
Heinz-Jürgen Prangenberg
1944 - 2002
Wladislaw Bialasik
Born 1921
Friedrich Knollmann
1880 - 1920
Karl Bastian
1915 - 1944
Hans Fritsche (Fußballspieler)
Born 1950
Otto Siegburg
1895 - 1952
Ralph Sina
Born 1955
Nicole Schumacher
Born 1979
Josef Fischer (Manager)
1912 - 1978
Wolfgang Große Brömer
Born 1952
Sonja Bongers
Born 1976
Herbert Schwinning
1940 - 1996
Hans-Jürgen Becker (Judaist)
Born 1956
Klaus Bruckmann
Born 1953
Werner Sonnenschein
Born 1951
Eduard Perings
1930 - 2006
Frank Beckehoff
Born 1954
Thomas Richterich
Born 1960
Hiltrud Grote
1936 - 2010
Hans Raff
1910 - 1990
Wolfgang Behrends
1926 - 2009
Günter Geisen
Born 1959
Javier Lopez
Born 1974
Chiara Kirstein
Born 1993
Norbert Lüer
Born 1955
Gerd Depenbrock
Born 1949
Erich Porsch
1909 - 1944
Steffi Banowski
Born 1976
Dennis Betzholz
Born 1985
Arnold Schulte
1906 - 1984
Wilhelm Hetkamp
1913 - 1942
Ernst Becker (Bürgermeister)
1869 - 1935
Hans Werner Kirchner
1908 - 1965
Reinhard Wrobel
1959 - 2006
Hans Haferkamp (Politiker)
1908 - 1993
Wilhelm Wetzel (Politiker)
1902 - 1976
Hubert Mallmann
1910 - 1994
Hermann Imbusch
1877 - 1914
Gustav Langweg
1897 - 1950
Friedrich Alles
1905 - 1968
Bernhard Kaes
1892 - 1973
Wolfgang Mohr (Leichtathlet)
Born 1952
Johannes Egermann
1892 - 1955
Josef Lukowiak
1921 - 1989
Richard Wagner (Bürgermeister)
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Karl Bourscheid
1915 - 1997
Wilhelm Hausmann (Politiker, 1970)
Born 1970
Hans Wagner (Politiker, 1934)
1934 - 1993
Ernst Schmidt (Politiker, 1912)
1912 - 1955