51.7170° N, 8.7641° E
PADERBORN
Most Famous People Born in Paderborn, Germany
- Notable people
- 323
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1946
- Most distinctive
- Teacher 6.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Paderborn during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Paderborn Is Known For
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Politician is Paderborn's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (46).
Paderborn over-indexes on teacher — 6.6× the global rate.
Paderborn under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Paderborn's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Sports
- Science
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Other
Friedrich Sertürner
1783 - 1841
Heinrich Aldegrever
1502 - 1555
Tolgay Arslan
Born 1990
Heinz Nixdorf
1925 - 1986
Mahir Sağlık
Born 1983
Josef Wirmer
1901 - 1944
Judith Rakers
Born 1976
Julius von Ficker
1826 - 1902
Hermine Huntgeburth
Born 1957
Franz-Josef Hermann Bode
Born 1951
Martin Amedick
Born 1982
Lukas Kruse
Born 1983
Alexander Nübel
Born 1996
Claudia Maria Buch
Born 1966
Jasmin Duehring
Born 1992
Ella Bergmann-Michel
1896 - 1971
Carsten Linnemann
Born 1977
Antonio Di Salvo
Born 1979
Christian Strohdiek
Born 1988
Martin Ruhe
Born 1970
Patrick Sensburg
Born 1971
Günter Kutowski
Born 1965
Rüdiger Hoffmann
Born 1964
Karl von Plettenberg
1852 - 1938
Werner Franke
Born 1940
Franz von Löher
1818 - 1892
Clemens Baeumker
1853 - 1924
Kai-Peter Malina
Born 1989
Sophie Schröder
1781 - 1868
Andreas Wiegel
Born 1991
Stefano Garris
Born 1979
Mark Brain
Born 1978
Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen
1727 - 1789
Person Gobelinus
1358 - 1421
Klaus Ehl
Born 1949
Joseph Hermann Schmidt
1804 - 1852
Bernd Hüttemann
Born 1970
Andreas Fischer (footballer)
Born 1964
Friedrich Wilhelm Christians
1922 - 2004
Martin Driller
Born 1970
Jenny Aloni
1917 - 1993
Hubert Grimme
1864 - 1942
Dieter Thoma (Moderator)
1927 - 2017
Heinrich Wilhelm Schäfer
Born 1955
Jörg Ernesti
Born 1966
Mechtild Rothe
Born 1947
Ferdinand von Plettenberg
1690 - 1737
Franz-Josef Spieker
1933 - 1978
Reiner Plaßhenrich
Born 1976
Stephanie Bunte
Born 1989
Gerd Wameling
Born 1948
Michael Hartmann (Soziologe)
Born 1952
Patrick Bahners
Born 1967
Chantal Butzek
Born 1997
Sven Krause
Born 1986
Stephan A. Jansen
Born 1971
Ulrich Vogt
Born 1941
Sebastian Lange
Born 1987
Johannes Brockmann
1888 - 1975
Dirk Wiese
Born 1983
Franz Josef Schöningh
1902 - 1960
Gerhard Jorch
Born 1951
Wolfgang Nieke
Born 1948
Adrian Jevrić
Born 1986
Christoph Ernst Friedrich von Forcade de Biaix
1821 - 1891
Ralf Kabelka
Born 1964
Johann Mauritz Gröninger
1652 - 1707
Till Brinkmann
Born 1995
Oliver Reese
Born 1964
Stefan Gödde
Born 1975
Rick Ostermann
Born 1978
Damon Sansum
Born 1987
Gerhard Gröninger
1582 - 1652
Michael Dreier
Born 1962
Franz Anton Cramer
1776 - 1829
Wolfgang Schulte (Politiker)
Born 1947
Günter Böddeker
1933 - 2012
Meinolf Wewel
Born 1931
Aykut Soyak
Born 1995
Christian Waldhoff
Born 1965
Sarah Noll
Born 1991
Hans Vosseler
Born 1949
Toto Blanke
1936 - 2013
Felix Fuchssteiner
Born 1975
Norbert Brox
1935 - 2006
Winfried Stradt
Born 1956
Heinrich Gröninger
1578 - 1631
Frederic Heidorn
Born 1985
Franz Thöne
1851 - 1906
Sascha Korf
Born 1968
Jupp Ernst
1905 - 1987
Eduard von Raven
1807 - 1864
Anton Joseph Stratmann
1732 - 1807
Ulrich Bröckling
Born 1959
Liborius Wichard
1550 - 1604
Heinrich Vollmar
1839 - 1915
Helmut Zielinski
1944 - 2017
Martin Textor
Born 1954
Tim Paterok
Born 1992
Gerd Semmer
1919 - 1967
Carl Hegemann
Born 1949
Rainer Christoph Schwinges
Born 1943
Friedrich Marpurg
1825 - 1884
Eva Sternheim-Peters
1925 - 2020
Michael Mönninger
Born 1958
Peter Liggesmeyer
Born 1963
Josef Rikus
1923 - 1989
Christa Müller (Publizistin)
Born 1960
Matthias Spielkamp
Born 1970
Klemens Honselmann
1900 - 1991
Engelbert Westkämper
Born 1946
Fabian Wittreck
Born 1968
Karl Vibach
1928 - 1987
Hans Ulrich Humpert
1940 - 2010
Matthias Kolbusa
Born 1974
Martin Middeke
Born 1963
Cordula Nolte
Born 1958
Julius Berendes (Apotheker)
1837 - 1914
Rolf Oberliesen
Born 1940
Katharina Westerhorstmann
Born 1974
Hans Güldenpfennig
1875 - 1945
Otto Kindt
1909 - 2006
Paulus Vennebusch
Born 1968
Karl Féaux de Lacroix
1860 - 1927
Manfred Alexander
Born 1939
Heinrich Rüthing
1937 - 2017
Heinz-Dieter Heimann
Born 1949
Friedhelm Golücke
Born 1941
Wolfgang Kuhoff
Born 1951
Christian Esselen
1823 - 1859
Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier
Born 1989
Peter Bolte
Born 1967
Ingo Sommer
Born 1942
Christian Kappe
Born 1971
Josef Kloppenburg
Born 1954
Reinhard Marx (Rechtsanwalt)
Born 1946
Werner Adolph von Haxthausen
1744 - 1823
Regina Schulte
Born 1949
Georg Hüffer
1851 - 1922
Georg Steins
Born 1959
Heinrich Vockel
1892 - 1968
Marie Luise Syring
Born 1944
Clemens August von Westphalen
1753 - 1818
Pinguin Moschner
Born 1956
Elmar Jansen
1931 - 2017
Leonhard Harding
Born 1936
Ulrich W. Thonemann
Born 1965
Ulrike Lubek
Born 1963
Gustav von Wilmowski
1818 - 1896
Josef Oberbach
1908 - 2003
Otto Flachsbart
1898 - 1957
Karlheinz Barwasser
Born 1950
Burkhard Freitag
Born 1953
Johann Büsen
Born 1984
Daniel Sieveke
Born 1976
Jürgen Heumann
Born 1948
Karl Schmidt (Rechtshistoriker)
1836 - 1894
Lothar Eley
1931 - 2020
Heinrich Keiter
1853 - 1898
Theodor Kristen
1888 - 1976
Ulrich Thöne
Born 1951
Jupp Besselmann
1909 - 1983
Michael Sagurna
Born 1955
Klaus Günter Stahlschmidt
Born 1942
Martin Classen
Born 1957
Matthias Struck
Born 1982
Ferdinand Wippermann
1876 - 1969
Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke
1893 - 1965
Rolf Schönlau
Born 1950
Volker Heuer
Born 1953
Ulrich Günther (Schauspieler)
Born 1954
Heiner Gembris
Born 1954
Gerd Josef Weisensee
Born 1942
Franz Josef Brand
1790 - 1869
Felix Papencordt
1811 - 1841
Tea Ernst
1906 - 1991
Margarete Niggemeyer
1932 - 2020
Christoph Tölle
1898 - 1977
Manuel Eckel
Born 1985
Anton Köchling
1903 - 1990
Lea Mersch
Born 1987
Alois Schröder
Born 1942
Hermann Werner von der Asseburg
1702 - 1779
Jörg Gülden
1944 - 2009
Andreas Hartmann (Kameramann)
Born 1983
Hermann-Joseph Wurm
1862 - 1941
Christoph Wurm
Born 1955
Richard Dammers
1762 - 1844
Gerhart Kreft
Born 1939
Thomas Marquardt
Born 1957
Ignaz Theodor Liborius Meyer
1773 - 1843
Johann-Adolf Cohausz
Born 1947
Ansgar Frerich
Born 1977
Heinrich Frohne
Born 1928
Eva Ruth Wemme
Born 1973
Johannes Rabeneck
1874 - 1960
Franz-Josef Leikop
Born 1942
Franz Mündelein
1857 - 1926
Max Todt
1843 - 1890
Klaus Goeke
1944 - 2011
Bernward Hoffmann (Erziehungswissenschaftler) –
Born 1955
Franz Honselmann
1850 - 1940
Lothar Bertels
Born 1949
Claudia Bujna
Born 1991
Reinher von Paderborn
1140 - 1190
Leo Ernesti
1925 - 1996
Andreas Kurte
Born 1964
Augustus F. Fechteler
1857 - 1921
Erentrud Trost
1923 - 2004
Raimond Goebel
Born 1957
Karina Odenthal
Born 1961
Josefthomas Brinkschröder
1909 - 1992
Wilhelm Rudolphi
1825 - 1897
Gertrud Gröninger
1650 - 1722
Julius Malten
1860 - 1915
Gustav Wendt (Politiker)
1848 - 1933
Hubert Tintelott
Born 1947
Karsten Jaskiewicz
Born 1990
Hans Humpert
1901 - 1943
Heinrich Hesse
1827 - 1902
Tina Lanik
Born 1974
Joseph Köhler
1920 - 2011
Franz Drewes
1929 - 2017
Josef Hißmann
1907 - 1989
Gerhard Gemke
Born 1962
Eberhard Fricke
1931 - 2013
Wilhelm Franz August Turnau
1832 - 1915
Markus Bentler
Born 1953
Arno Columbus
1907 - 1960
Helga Strätling-Tölle
1927 - 2017
Gus Shallix
1858 - 1937
Emell Gök Che
Born 1982
Marvin Polte
Born 1976
Christian Bachmann (Verleger)
1787 - 1860
Volker Jung (Politiker, 1968)
1968 - 2015
Carl Hettlage
1874 - 1935
Wilhelm Lüke
Born 1934
Joachim Negel
Born 1962
Hans-Joachim Grote
Born 1955
Elija Boßler
Born 1943
Sigrid Beer
Born 1956
Dominik Skauradszun
Born 1981
Karl Crüwell
1845 - 1899
Stefanie Brennholt
Born 1966
Claudia Vorst
Born 1963
Leo Sarrazin
1891 - 1969
Aloys Schwarze
1921 - 1990
Anton Borgmeier
1920 - 2006
Georg Fortmeier
Born 1955
Otto Höxtermann
1912 - 2002
Michael Geier
Born 1944
Joseph Spohr
1905 - 1979
Frank Scholtysek
Born 1967
Angelika Gulba
Born 1992
Franz-Josef Balke
Born 1939
Helmut Scherer (Karnevalist)
Born 1934
Karl-Josef Koch
1897 - 1958
August Herborth
1878 - 1968
Otto Schmidt (Politiker, 1842)
1842 - 1910
Peter Kinne
Born 1955
Johannes Buse
1876 - 1925
Achim Elfers
Born 1965
Heinrich Gerlach (Politiker)
1846 - 1928
Stefan Leifels
Born 1973
Matthias Goeken
Born 1964
Pia Leweling
Born 1998
Cornelia Rogall-Grothe
Born 1949
Ludger Weskamp
Born 1966
Ralf Schnitzmeier
Born 1965
Manfred Winter (Basketballspieler)
Born 1963
Hermann von Bocholtz-Asseburg
1770 - 1849
Antonius Kass
Born 1963
Rainer Heller
Born 1961
Marius Nolte
Born 1981
Burkhard Schwuchow
Born 1966
Josef Lucas
1906 - 1973
Rüdiger Hütte
Born 1959
Anton Ferdinand Holtgreven
1778 - 1848
Rolf Ertmer
1925 - 2004
Jens Schaefermeyer
Born 1975
Ignatius Ferdinand von Vogelius
1740 - 1784
Erhard Christiani
1939 - 2017
Aloys Loeher
1850 - 1904
Rainer Waltert
Born 1940
Cornelia Tausch
Born 1966
Elmar Simon
Born 1963
Harald Pohlmann
Born 1955
Herman Ulphilas
1702 - 1761
Till Pape
Born 1997
Frederick Schulze
Born 1949
Lisa Hackauf
Born 1991
Joseph Alexander (cellist)
1770 - 1840
Rudolf von Rex
1817 - 1892
Annika Wiese
Born 1993
Hermann von Rex
1820 - 1886
Carl Auffenberg
1873 - 1945
August von Reiman (1805–1866)
1805 - 1866
Sigmund Münchhausen
1858 - 1924
Clemens Christians
1923 - 1998
Peter Kortmann
Born 1961