50.8777° N, 8.0181° E
SIEGEN
Most Famous People Born in Siegen, Germany
- Notable people
- 408
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1944
- Most distinctive
- Theologian 6.8×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Siegen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Siegen Is Known For
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Politician is Siegen's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (51).
Siegen over-indexes on theologian — 6.8× the global rate.
Siegen under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Siegen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Writing
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Other
Peter Paul Rubens
1577 - 1640
Joachim Frank
Born 1940
Fritz Busch
1890 - 1951
Adolf Busch
1891 - 1952
Adolph Diesterweg
1790 - 1866
Navid Kermani
Born 1967
Henry III of Nassau-Breda
1483 - 1538
Hermann Giesler
1898 - 1987
Moritz Volz
Born 1983
Sabrina Mockenhaupt
Born 1980
Johann VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1561 - 1623
Reinhard Goebel
Born 1952
Paul Giesler
1895 - 1945
Rolf Stommelen
1943 - 1983
Luca Waldschmidt
Born 1996
Florian Kringe
Born 1982
Ernst Achenbach
1909 - 1991
Nadja Becker
Born 1978
Arne Birkenstock
Born 1967
Jacqueline Lölling
Born 1995
Heinrich Kreutz
1854 - 1907
Florian Kohfeldt
Born 1982
Josef Clemens
Born 1947
Maike Kohl-Richter
Born 1964
Frank Heinrich
Born 1964
Friedrich Reusch
1843 - 1906
Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1611 - 1652
Heinrich Gontermann
1896 - 1917
Kerstin Szymkowiak
Born 1977
August Wittgenstein
Born 1981
Dieter Falk
Born 1959
Christian Dünnes
Born 1984
Martin Krampen
1928 - 2015
Hermann Busch
1897 - 1975
Anna Angelina Wolfers
Born 1978
Akif Çağatay Kılıç
Born 1976
Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
1706 - 1734
Walter Krämer (Politiker)
1892 - 1941
Herbert Schäfer
1927 - 1991
Heinrich Schenck
1860 - 1927
Markus Hering
Born 1960
Tomislav Mužek
Born 1976
Burkhard Jung
Born 1958
Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld
1605 - 1655
Selim Gündüz
Born 1994
Stefan Gossler
Born 1955
Johan Ernst van Nassau-Siegen
1582 - 1617
Friedrich Middelhauve
1896 - 1966
Christoph Bode
Born 1952
Lara Hoffmann
Born 1991
Wulf Schiefenhövel
Born 1943
Stephan J. Kramer
Born 1968
Adolf Haas (KZ-Kommandant)
1893 - 1945
Frederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
1680 - 1722
Peter Autschbach
Born 1961
Walter Schneider (motorcyclist)
1927 - 2010
Hansjörg Weißbrich
Born 1967
Philip Rubens
1574 - 1611
Klaus Scheer
Born 1950
Bernward Koch
Born 1957
Jens Wöhrmann
Born 1967
Hülya Şahin
Born 1974
Rüdiger von Fritsch
Born 1953
Michael Keller (Bischof)
1896 - 1961
Karin Tietze-Ludwig
Born 1941
Petra Lobinger
Born 1967
Fritz Fries (Politiker)
1887 - 1967
Heinfried Birlenbach
1940 - 2020
Katja Dörner
Born 1976
Hans Peter Althaus
Born 1939
Erich Hüttenhain
1905 - 1990
Jörn-Uwe Lommel
Born 1958
Manfredas Ruzgis
Born 1997
Peter Endrulat
Born 1954
Franz Hunolt
1691 - 1746
Karl Loewenstein
1887 - 1976
Markus Zimmer
Born 1966
Christian Krell
Born 1977
Wilhelm Heinrich Neuser
1926 - 2010
Christine von Diez
1571 - 1637
Max Blanckenhorn
1861 - 1947
Helge Achenbach
Born 1952
Kerstin Müller
Born 1963
Adolf Schenck
1857 - 1936
Walter Thomas
1908 - 1970
Katharina Heinz
Born 1987
Christian Friedrich (bobsleigh)
Born 1981
Otto Luyken
1884 - 1953
Julian Jakobs
Born 1990
Steffen Mengel
Born 1988
Ludwig Heupel-Siegen
1864 - 1945
Ewald Rübsamen
1857 - 1919
Erich Schneider (Ökonom)
1900 - 1970
Anna Adam
Born 1963
Karl Schmeisser
1855 - 1924
Nik Breidenbach
Born 1970
Wolfgang Neuser (Philosoph)
Born 1950
Andreas Knie (Soziologe)
Born 1960
Mehmet Daimagüler
Born 1968
Fritz Peus
1904 - 1978
Thorsten Michael Haub
Born 1968
Birgit Weyel
Born 1964
Uwe Helmes
Born 1958
Fritz B. Simon
Born 1948
Karl Wurm
1899 - 1975
Jost Dülffer
Born 1943
Klaus Siebenhaar
Born 1952
Detlef Wetzel
Born 1952
Karl Kaiser (Politikwissenschaftler)
Born 1934
Tilemann Stella
1525 - 1589
Marcus Brühl
1975 - 2015
Volkmar Klein
Born 1960
Günter Helmes
Born 1954
Ingeborg Bingener
1922 - 2001
Wilhelm Oechelhäuser
1820 - 1902
Dirk Metz
Born 1957
Detlev Arens
Born 1948
Holger Ernst (Betriebswirt)
Born 1966
Walter Rosenthal
Born 1954
Johannes Remmel
Born 1962
Hans Michael Jebsen
Born 1956
Hermann Ravensberger
1586 - 1625
Juliane Sprenger-Afflerbach
Born 1977
Sara Lorenz
Born 1983
Susanne Kramarz-Bein
Born 1959
Franz Klein (Rechtswissenschaftler)
1929 - 2004
Josef Höfer
1896 - 1976
Orgelbau Mebold
1942 - 2001
Henning Zoz
Born 1964
Ulrich Langenbach
Born 1950
E. O. Fuhrmann
1924 - 1986
Ulrike Holler
Born 1944
Christina Zerbe
Born 1980
Christian Frevel
Born 1962
Markus Schöffl
Born 1962
Siegfried Schauzu
Born 1939
Thomas Meurer
1966 - 2010
Erik Gawel
Born 1963
Horst Schmidt-Böcking
Born 1939
Heinrich Vormweg
1928 - 2004
Elmira Bahrami
Born 1985
Walter Lohmann (Vizeadmiral)
1891 - 1955
Sebastian Kolb
Born 1983
Karl-Friedrich Fischbach
Born 1948
Peter Stein (Politiker)
Born 1968
Matthias Neubert
Born 1962
Tobias Gossmann
Born 1965
Lothar Irle
1905 - 1974
Christian Nüchtern
Born 1992
Elena Kiesling
Born 1982
Bernd Enders
Born 1947
Uwe Klein
Born 1970
Crauss
Born 1971
Milan Pešl
Born 1974
Alfred Bellebaum
Born 1931
Horst Afflerbach
Born 1953
Wilhelm Scheiner
1852 - 1922
Ludwig Carl Franz Leopold zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-
1731 - 1799
Carl Schnabel
1843 - 1914
Bernhard Salzmann
1886 - 1959
Dieter Lohmann
Born 1938
Günther Saßmannshausen
1930 - 2010
Torgen Schneider
Born 1964
Amélie de Nassau-Siegen
1615 - 1669
Rolf Buch
Born 1965
Peter Hinderthür
Born 1971
Otfried Hofius
Born 1937
Heinz Bonn
1947 - 1991
Helmut Winter
1926 - 1983
Heinrich Schickhardt der Ältere
1464 - 1540
Ulrich Büdenbender
Born 1948
Matthias Kitter
Born 1963
Ralph Kray
Born 1962
Silvia Sperl
Born 1991
Matthias Pape
Born 1957
Bernhard Weiss (Unternehmer)
1904 - 1973
Otfried Nassauer
1956 - 2020
Katja Ziliox
Born 1970
Günter Büschges
1926 - 2017
Werner Sarges
Born 1941
Sören Anders
Born 1985
Michael Köhler (Autor)
1946 - 2005
Hans-Heinrich Wurmbach
1891 - 1965
Helmut Stief
1906 - 1977
Sören Kahl
Born 1964
Annegret Kober
Born 1957
Wolfgang Marx (Psychologe)
Born 1943
Klaus Müller (Historiker)
Born 1936
Hermann Stutte
1909 - 1982
Dieter Knibbe
1934 - 2015
Anja Frisch
Born 1976
Walter Schatzki
1899 - 1983
Friedrich Wilhelm Rothenpieler
Born 1945
Anne von Canal
Born 1973
Dirk Schweisfurth
Born 1965
Friedrich Hartmann (Maler)
1912 - 2000
Manfred Hardt
1936 - 2001
Dirk Uwer
Born 1969
Thomas Koblenzer
Born 1968
Heide Schlüpmann
Born 1943
Matthias Kringe
Born 1961
Hartmut Bäumer
Born 1948
Andreas Wagener
1967 - 2019
Eberhard Rink
Born 1961
Heinrich Adolph Grimm
1747 - 1813
Julio Goslar
1883 - 1976
Erich Großkopf
1903 - 1977
Ortwin Rave
1921 - 1992
Karl Kippenberger
1868 - 1937
Volker Berresheim
Born 1956
Kai Löffelbein
Born 1981
Gundula Roßbach
Born 1964
Peter Wörster
Born 1950
Willi Busch
1893 - 1951
Sascha Bäcker
Born 1979
Fritz Raab
1925 - 2010
Hermann Reuter (Bibliothekar)
1880 - 1970
Gabriele Bensberg
Born 1953
Dieter H. Stündel
Born 1947
Ulrich Stötzel
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Walter Heringlake
1901 - 1969
Manfred Utsch
Born 1936
Horst Weller
Born 1954
Bernhard Heitmann
1942 - 2020
Hermann Klingspor
1885 - 1969
Hannjost Lixfeld
1937 - 1998
Christiane Witthöft
Born 1973
Stefan Born (Fußballspieler)
1958 - 2015
Thoralf Klein
Born 1967
Walter Link
1937 - 2010
Walter Delius (Oberbürgermeister)
1884 - 1945
Ulrich Wagener
1930 - 2007
Ernstpeter Maurer
Born 1957
Hermann Bellebaum
1805 - 1875
Heinrich Busch
1900 - 1929
Fritz Loos
Born 1939
Peter Bach (Rechtsanwalt)
Born 1946
Saskia Stähler
Born 1972
Martin Keßler (Filmemacher)
Born 1953
Sandra Weeser
Born 1969
Ruth Dirx
1913 - 1994
Rolf Krämer
Born 1955
Hans-Joachim Fischer (Erziehungswissenschaftler) �
Born 1949
Leonhard Gläser
1797 - 1875
Nikolaus von Siegen
1450 - 1495
Nikolaus Neuser
Born 1972
Jochen Bohn
Born 1969
Albrecht Kippenberger
1890 - 1980
Rina Natan
Born 1923
Ulrike Banniza
Born 1966
Martin Sommerhoff
Born 1956
Martin Schenck
1876 - 1960
Johann Franz Coing
1725 - 1792
Matthias Langer
1765 - 1833
Michael Schulte (Journalist)
Born 1973
Martin Willmann
Born 1979
Sascha Lobe
Born 1967
Jessica Göbel
Born 1981
Wilhelm Adolf Diesterweg
1782 - 1835
Rolf Müller (bobsleigh)
Born 1961
Heinrich Kemper (Politiker, 1888)
1888 - 1962
Friedemann Keßler
1928 - 1985
Ulrike Arens-Azevêdo
Born 1949
Christian Lehmann (Pfarrer, 1978)
Born 1978
Meik Kevin Minnerop
Born 1990
Werner Böhmer
1915 - 2014
Paul-Günter Pötz
1923 - 2017
Reinhard Jung
Born 1952
Hans-August Vowinckel
1906 - 1941
Mark-Stefan Tietze
Born 1966
Heinrich Ludwig Buff
1828 - 1872
Hartmut Neuendorff
Born 1940
Thomas Klein (Philologe)
Born 1957
Günter Cronau
1931 - 2012
Jan Schneider (Leichtathlet)
Born 1976
Horst Schmitthenner
Born 1941
Marie-Madeleine de Nassau-Siegen
1623 - 1647
Tillmann Benfer
Born 1956
Heinrich Kreutz (Unternehmer)
1808 - 1879
Michael Mühlenberg
Born 1944
Peter Paul Flosdorf
Born 1928
Jan Berges
Born 1980
Jakob Hermann Daub
1805 - 1847
Josef Horlenius
1460 - 1521
Louis Ernst
1839 - 1900
Alexandra Scheld
Born 1981
Walter Döpp
1901 - 1963
Christian Brachthäuser
Born 1975
Heinrich von Dörnberg
1831 - 1905
Frank Fürbeth
Born 1954
Heinrich Adolf Dresler
1835 - 1929
Walther Becker
1894 - 1973
Paul Spruth
1902 - 1971
Adolf Kreutz
1822 - 1895
Ralf Strackbein
Born 1962
Martin Schickhard der Ältere
1579 - 1636
Johannes Flender
1653 - 1724
Peter Frielinghausen
Born 1964
Helmut Nies
1930 - 2015
Wolfgang Neuser (Theologe)
Born 1951