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REMSCHEID

Most Famous People Born in Remscheid, Germany

Notable people
302
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1925
Most distinctive
Bank 10.2×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Remscheid during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 32 notable births.

What Remscheid Is Known For

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Politician is Remscheid's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (50).

Remscheid over-indexes on bank10.2× the global rate.

Remscheid under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician50
  2. Football13
  3. Painter12
  4. Writer11
  5. Actor10
  6. Journalist10
  7. Academic10
  8. Entrepreneur8
  1. Bank510.2×
  2. Entrepreneur87.8×
  3. Economist64.8×
  4. Physicist64.8×
  5. Academic103.3×
  6. Author83.1×
  7. Architect62.2×
  8. Journalist102.1×
  1. Football130.4×
  2. Actor100.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Remscheid's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 32 of 302 notable people

0002 PHOTOGRAPHER

Wolfgang Tillmans

Born 1968

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0033 SCHOLAR

Annette M. Böckler

Born 1966

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0037 SURGEON

Farhad Hafezi

Born 1967

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0048 FOOTBALL

Frank Schulz (footballer, born 1961)

Born 1961

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0054 JOURNALIST

Christoph Keese

Born 1964

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0081 ACADEMIC

Dirk Heckmann

Born 1960

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0083 FOOTBALL

Peter Jackisch

Born 1963

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0087 PAINTER

Annette von der Bey

Born 1965

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0100 ECONOMIST

Ulrich Thielemann

Born 1961

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0117 FOOTBALL

Carsten Pröpper

Born 1967

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0118 PHILOLOGIST

Christian Tornau

Born 1967

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0121 PLAYER

Ulrike Schmidt

Born 1969

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0128 WRITER

Sascha Lehnartz

Born 1969

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0137 RESEARCH

Bernhard Küster

Born 1967

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0141 FILM

Henrik Pfeifer

Born 1968

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0146 ACADEMIC

Carsten Müller-Tidow

Born 1968

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0160 PHYSICIAN

Stefan F. Winter (Mediziner)

1960 - 2018

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0161 BLOGGER

Jochen Meißner (Autor)

Born 1966

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0163 MINISTER

Dirk Diedrichs

Born 1963

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0177 COMPOSER

Margarete Sorg-Rose

Born 1960

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0179 HISTORIAN

Axel Kolodziej

Born 1968

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0189 ART HISTORIAN

Katja von der Bey

Born 1962

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0190 DRIVER

Peter Scharmach

Born 1964

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0197 PIANIST

Johannes Schenk (Pianist)

Born 1961

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0224 ACADEMIC

Jörg Fritzsche

Born 1963

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0231 JOURNALIST

Peter Kunz (Journalist)

Born 1962

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0236 LANDRAT

Frank Scherer

Born 1963

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0254 MUSIC

Christian Zech

Born 1961

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0255 BASKET

Peter Truskowski

Born 1969

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0266 POLICE

Rainer Grieger

Born 1962

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0268 POLITICIAN

Lutz Recknagel

Born 1966

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0279 MUSIC

Thomas Brill

Born 1967

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