51.1706° N, 7.0839° E
SOLINGEN
Most Famous People Born in Solingen, Germany
- Notable people
- 346
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1933
- Most distinctive
- Philosopher 5.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Solingen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Solingen Is Known For
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Politician is Solingen's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (55).
Solingen over-indexes on philosopher — 5.7× the global rate.
Solingen under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Solingen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Science
- Music
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Other
Adolf Eichmann
1906 - 1962
Pina Bausch
1940 - 2009
Walter Scheel
1919 - 2016
Albert Bierstadt
1830 - 1902
Veronica Ferres
Born 1965
Christoph Kramer
Born 1991
Richard David Precht
Born 1964
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck
1876 - 1925
Ulay
1943 - 2020
Kevin Kampl
Born 1990
Sebastian Thrun
Born 1967
Fahriye Evcen
Born 1986
Jürgen Thorwald
1915 - 2006
Johann Wilhelm Meigen
1764 - 1845
Ernst Otto Beckmann
1853 - 1923
Christoph Wolff
Born 1940
Peter Baltes
Born 1958
Johannes Clauberg
1622 - 1665
Friedrich Dickel
1913 - 1979
Jens Weidmann
Born 1968
Fritz August Breuhaus
1883 - 1960
Sigrid Combüchen
Born 1942
Tuğrul Erat
Born 1992
Stefan Kaufmann (musician)
Born 1960
Josef Dahmen
1903 - 1985
Hermann Friedrich Graebe
1900 - 1986
Ludwig Woltmann
1871 - 1907
Werner Hollweg
1936 - 2007
Herbert Schade
1922 - 1994
Carl Riedel
1827 - 1888
Johann Peter Lange
1802 - 1884
Ludwig Hoelscher
1907 - 1996
Klaus Lehnertz
Born 1938
Eckhard Krautzun
Born 1941
Georg Meistermann
1911 - 1990
Rüdiger Neitzel
Born 1963
Michael Lesch
Born 1965
Kurt Henkels
1910 - 1986
Robert Engels (illustrateur)
1866 - 1926
Ilse Hollweg
1922 - 1990
Hans Hollmann
1899 - 1960
Werner Graeff
1901 - 1978
Karl Mager
1810 - 1858
Timotheus Höttges
Born 1962
Karl Allmenröder
1896 - 1917
Topic (DJ)
Born 1992
Ulrich Schreiber
Born 1951
Manfred Weck
Born 1937
Martin Gerschwitz
Born 1952
Rudolf Cronau
1855 - 1939
Dirk Hupe
Born 1957
Robin Becker (footballer)
Born 1997
Kai Gronauer
Born 1986
Joachim von zur Gathen
Born 1950
Wolfgang Schwerk
Born 1955
Claus Müller (Mathematiker)
1920 - 2008
Adolf Kamphausen
1829 - 1910
Björn Barta
Born 1980
Marco Königs
Born 1990
Jens Josef
Born 1967
Panagiota Petridou
Born 1979
Alfred Bernhard Lau
1928 - 2007
Richard Hübers
Born 1993
Dieter Rubach
Born 1955
Renate Franz
Born 1954
Evangelos Nessos
Born 1978
Stephan Ullrich
Born 1960
Hans-Joachim Freund (Chemiker)
Born 1951
Wilhelm Höynck
Born 1933
Heinz Kimmerle
1930 - 2016
Arnold Halbach
1787 - 1869
Michael Wolff (Philosoph)
Born 1942
Friedrich Pukelsheim
Born 1948
Hans Zanotelli
1927 - 1993
Ado Kojo
Born 1983
Marco Matias (musician)
Born 1975
Ernst Busse
1897 - 1952
Werner Stamm
1912 - 1993
Walter Gontermann
Born 1942
Andreas Kaufmann (Schauspieler)
Born 1957
Heinrich Lemacher
1891 - 1966
Max Schwarte
1860 - 1945
Robert Wintgen
1882 - 1966
Lilli Engel
1939 - 2018
Carl Klönne
1850 - 1915
Ansgar Zerfaß
Born 1965
Jessica Mager
Born 1988
Yasin Islek
Born 1988
Walter Kyllmann
1837 - 1913
Fritz Dinger
1827 - 1904
Rick Stuy van den Herik
Born 1993
Annelie Buntenbach
Born 1955
Ludwig Siep
Born 1942
Esra Dalfidan
Born 1975
Hermann-Josef Frisch
Born 1947
Ludwig Flocken
Born 1961
Liont
Born 1992
Cuco Wallraff
Born 1963
Bodo Uebber
Born 1959
Bettina Heinen-Ayech
1937 - 2020
Thomas Stamm-Kuhlmann
Born 1953
Marie Jean Pierre Hubert de Cambacérès
1798 - 1881
Klaus Beckmann (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler) – Wi
Born 1965
Anneliese Everts
1908 - 1967
Peter Michael Mombaur
Born 1938
Kurt Röpke
1896 - 1966
Ebru Şam
Born 1990
Rudolf Wiethölter
Born 1929
Wolf Weber
Born 1946
Sontje Peplow
Born 1981
Ulrike Demmer
Born 1973
Harry Rag
Born 1959
Ulrich Bach
1931 - 2009
Klaus Oehler
Born 1928
Linda Pfeiffer
Born 1948
Eva Herlitz
Born 1952
Alexander Coppel
1865 - 1942
Hetty Plümacher
1919 - 2005
Rainer Wiegels
Born 1940
Wilhelm Jung (Historiker)
1922 - 2008
Jason Bartsch
Born 1994
Augustinus Frotz
1903 - 1994
Johannes Melchior
1646 - 1689
Friedrich August de Leuw
1817 - 1888
Ingeborg Jacobs
Born 1957
Paul Franken
1894 - 1944
Bernd Wilms
Born 1940
Lutz Becker
Born 1957
Kurt Schwippert
1903 - 1983
Andreas Schäfer (Regisseur)
Born 1957
Werner Bickenbach
1900 - 1974
Thomas Schwebel
Born 1959
Charlotte Schubert
Born 1955
Ernst Walsken
1909 - 1993
Jörg Schneider (Politiker)
Born 1964
Christian Rannenberg
Born 1956
Jörg Schönenborn
Born 1964
Adolf Weil (motorcyclist)
1938 - 2011
Gustav Coppel
1830 - 1914
Stefan Brangs
Born 1964
René Hamann
Born 1971
Gerhard Prinz
1929 - 1983
Rudolf Klophaus
1885 - 1957
Tim Stüttgen
1977 - 2013
René Schwittay
Born 1978
Imogen Kimmel
Born 1957
Hermann Herberts
1900 - 1995
Dirk S. Greis
Born 1961
August Dahl
Born 1942
Heinrich Fassbender
1899 - 1971
Wulf Hühn
1943 - 2016
Peter Arnold Mumm
1733 - 1797
Wolfgang Weischet
1921 - 1998
Marc Pitzke
Born 1963
Tim Kurzbach
Born 1978
Lutz Förster
Born 1953
Özlem Özgül Dündar
Born 1983
Angelika Fornell
Born 1954
Ada von Voß
1884 - 1941
Thomas Klumpp
Born 1943
Manfred Dum
Born 1961
Erich vom Bruch
1885 - 1933
Klaus von Wysocki
1925 - 2012
Carl Pott
1906 - 1985
Hans Kieseier
Born 1962
Curt Beckmann
1901 - 1970
Karl Neuhaus (Politiker, 1880)
1880 - 1947
Franziskus Maria Stratmann
1883 - 1971
Bettina Brückner
Born 1965
Paul van Elsen
1901 - 1988
Jennifer Benkau
Born 1980
Martin Maria Krüger
Born 1954
Walther Schulte vom Brühl
1858 - 1921
Ulrich Goerdeler
1913 - 2000
Theo Meyer
1932 - 2007
Dietmar Hübner
Born 1968
Karl Eduard Schnitzler
1792 - 1864
Detlev Holland-Moritz
Born 1954
Sylvie von Frankenberg
Born 1949
Paul Müller (Schwertschmied)
1888 - 1971
Matthias Hornschuh
Born 1968
Hans-Otto Schenk
Born 1936
Jan Buchwald
1974 - 2019
Samuel Rothenberg
1910 - 1997
Norbert W. Paul
Born 1964
Franz Albert Kramer
1900 - 1950
Jan Schroeder
1942 - 2019
Friedrich Eugen Engels
1909 - 1994
Michael Höveler-Müller
Born 1974
Nadia Birkenstock
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Theophil Rothenberg
1912 - 2004
Mathilde Klose
1892 - 1942
Ferdel Schröder
1947 - 2013
Ansgar Krause
Born 1956
August Scheidgen
1866 - 1951
Martin Paas
Born 1967
Günther Kissel
1917 - 2011
Bernhard Boll (Verleger, 1946)
Born 1946
Heinz P. Kemper
1903 - 1998
Carl Ruß
1838 - 1925
Julius Bolthausen
1868 - 1947
Beate Battenfeld
Born 1963
Horst Görtz
Born 1937
Robert Bach (Theologe)
1926 - 2010
Edwin Wolfram Dahl
1928 - 2015
Erich Siebel
1891 - 1961
Bettina Orlopp
Born 1970
Alexander Evertz
1906 - 2001
Werner Hollmann (Mediziner)
1900 - 1987
Ernst Martin Walsken
Born 1947
Laura Walsh
Born 1990
Ernst Buschmann
1914 - 1996
Gerrit Jansen
Born 1981
Johann H. A. Bleckmann
1826 - 1891
Daniel Etter (Fotojournalist)
Born 1980
Martin Schallbruch
Born 1965
Fritz Sureth
1897 - 1978
Dieter von der Nahmer
Born 1937
Heinz Schreiber
Born 1942
Reinhard Poensgen
1792 - 1848
Norbert Lossau (Wissenschaftsjournalist)
Born 1959
Alfons Holte
1923 - 2013
Christel Scheja
Born 1965
Paul Meuter
1903 - 1998
Emil Langen
1824 - 1870
Aenne Franz
Born 1923
Wilhelm Lauremberg
1547 - 1612
Jan Schnellenbach
Born 1973
Herbert Jahn
1918 - 2001
Ralf Cohen
Born 1949
Uwe Scherf
Born 1957
Klaus Herdepe
Born 1965
Eduard Joest
1821 - 1892
Franziska Scheffler (Triathletin)
Born 1989
Wilhelm Wittenbruch
Born 1936
Gregor Köhne
Born 1960
Friedhelm Sträter
Born 1950
Wilhelm Simon (Geologe)
1915 - 1993
Wolfgang Harnisch
Born 1934
Melanie Heep
Born 1994
Kurt Palis
Born 1937
Walter Tesche
1797 - 1848
Wilhelm Dörr (Politiker)
1882 - 1954
Louis Sabin
1851 - 1914
Erich Orthmann
1894 - 1945
Wilhelm Holzhausen
1907 - 1988
Else Voos-Heißmann
1913 - 1970
Alli Neumann
Born 1998
Karolin Dubberstein
Born 1989
Gertrud Kortenbach
1924 - 1960
August Schnitzler
1794 - 1861
Antonie Fournier
1809 - 1882
Eberhard Schwickerath
1856 - 1940
F. Otto Hoppe
1882 - 1967
Brigitte Schumann
Born 1946
Fritz Beckmann (Unternehmer)
1850 - 1918
René Strien
Born 1953
Paul Faßbach
1897 - 1945
Conrad Flockner
1891 - 1963
Robert Krups (Politiker)
1887 - 1950
Bernd Schneider (Schachspieler)
Born 1965
Ingeborg Zaunitzer-Haase
Born 1929
Willi Nix
1906 - 1988
André Sanita
Born 1992
Werner Saam
1900 - 1966
Josef Weiser (Politiker, 1881)
1881 - 1964
Rolf Francke
Born 1940
Richard Balken
1914 - 1995
Hugo Benedix
1836 - 1917
Klaus Jung (Künstler)
Born 1955
Friedrich Jenner
1863 - 1928
Karl Adolphs
1904 - 1989
Willy Hoffmeister
1900 - 1971
Hermann Rohrbach
1905 - 1985
Egon Evertz
Born 1936
Dieter Düding
Born 1940
Eugen Huth
1901 - 1976
Karl Guilleaume
1789 - 1837
Justus Bockemühl
1930 - 1983
Rudolf Picard
1891 - 1976
Peter Haanen
Born 1936
Lutz Otte
Born 1959
Karl Custodis
1844 - 1925
Hermann Meyer (Politiker, 1887)
1887 - 1943
Eugen Richtmann
1862 - 1932
Gertrud Schilling
Born 1949
Karl Müller (Politiker, 1890)
1890 - 1968
Wilhelm Schaaf
1897 - 1976
Ruth Lemmer
Born 1955
Dominic Egizzi
Born 1972
Albert Müller (Bürgermeister)
1891 - 1951
Ernst Everts
1868 - 1952
Michael Schade (Fußballfunktionär)
Born 1952
Karl-Heinz Storsberg
1926 - 2004
Clemens Breuer
Born 1964
Richard Gertenbach (Politiker, 1857)
1857 - 1929
Paul Krings
1917 - 1985
Jochen Pützenbacher
1939 - 2019
Walter Sax
1912 - 1993
Artur Meistermann
1884 - 1975