List of personalities of the city of Wuppertal

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Coat of arms of the city of Wuppertal

The following overview lists important personalities for Wuppertal . The list does not claim to be complete.

Lists

sons and daughters of the town

The following list contains the personalities who were born in Wuppertal or in the area that is Wuppertal today. Many of them moved away from Wuppertal after their birth or later and became known elsewhere:

See list of sons and daughters of the city of Wuppertal

Honors and prizes from the city of Wuppertal

Honorary citizenship

Honorary citizenship is the highest distinction that the city of Wuppertal bestows. 14 people (as of 2020) currently hold the title of honorary citizen of Wuppertal:

See list of honorary citizens of Wuppertal

The ring of honor of the city of Wuppertal

The city of Wuppertal donates a ring of honor that can be awarded to personalities who have made a special contribution to the well-being and reputation of the city of Wuppertal:

See ring of honor of the city of Wuppertal

The “Wuppertal” for special voluntary commitment

The “Wuppertal” for special voluntary commitment

In 1999, the City Council of Wuppertal decided to honor citizens with the "Wuppertaler" once a year who take on voluntary tasks in the interest of the common good in an outstanding way:

  • 1999: Peter Alex, Brunhilde Hohlmann, Monika Hohmann, Joachim Kehrenberg, Renate Kehrenberg, Sieglinde Neumann, Regine Richling, Karl Tirre (†), Rita Vahlensieck and Jose Zaum (†)
  • 2000: Herbert Bathe (†), Karl-Hermann Bremer (†), Grete Grünen (†), Jürgen Heimchen , Wiltrud Heimchen, Margarete Kaiser, Irmlind Pesch, Wilhelm Petig (†), Heinz-Willi Riedesel-Küper and Ruth Wahl ( †)
  • 2001: Renate Bente (†), Bernd Bockskopf (†), Marianne Hecht-Wieber, Ernst Pauksch (†), Brigitta Rasch (†), Marlies Schmidt, Anna Sieben and Hamide Ural
  • 2002: Torsten Ache, Hermine Albert, Rosemarie Blaubach (†), Angela Dicke, Susanne Hartmann, Harald Heymann, Ruth Kaiser (†), Heinz Kurzhals, Hans Pitsch (†), Annemarie Schmidt and Rainer Schmidt
  • 2003: Secatipek Demir, Barbara Friese, Leonid Goldberg, Ernst Grell, Helmut Hirt (†), Paola Marten, Sabine Neubauer, Hans-Jürgen Ruhrmann and Gerda Wardenbach (†)
  • 2004: Erol Celik, Bruno Hensel, Josef Linkenbach (†), Hans-Christian Neudahm, Wolfgang Nielsen , Frank Peinecke, Georg van den Bruck and Erika Wilhelm
  • 2005: Herbert Cramer, Sabine Knorr, Helmut Müller, Karin Sobania, Karl Waldinger and Siegmund Wiedemann (†)
  • 2006: Lieselotte Bhatia, Hannelore Geiss, Wolfgang Glasl (†), Dr. Imke Krah-Jentgens, Michael Schumann and Peter Siegfanz
  • 2007: Dorothee Hartmann, Andrea Hedemann, Reinhold Killian, Anni Schmitz, Ali Tchassanti and Maria Wolff
  • 2008: Paul Ammann, Gertrud Banerjee, Hans Joachim de Bruyn-Ouboter (†), Susanne Ruf, Heinz Schwaffertz (†), Sigrid Wagner, Gabriele Wiebel and Udo Wiebel
  • 2009: Johanna "Hanni" Freund, Heinz Gottmann, Franz-Adalbert Grunwald, Jürgen Krefting, Axel Laumer (†), Manfred Stader and Erika Tracht
  • 2010: Mohamed Abodahab, Dr. Peter Altreuther, Heidrun Behle, Karl-Heinz Emde, Detlef Feistel, Wolfgang Koch, Marga Rühl and Guido Werner
  • 2011: Bernhard Drache, Werner Lochner, Sascha Poddey, Olga Prausnitz (†), Hans-Joachim Stobbe, Hannelore vom Scheidt and Elke Weimann
  • 2012: Yavuz Aktas, Ingo Gehring, Dr. Annemarie Gerson, Tobias Gundlach, Norbert Koep, Erika Osenberg, Isabell Riesner and Dr. Birgit Timmermann
  • 2013: Antonia Dicken-begrich, Hans Hermann Gürtzgen, Ralf Keller and Walter Steil
  • 2014: Brigitte Alexander, David J. Becher, Marie-Luise Dahlhaus-Floeck, Marita Dönnecke, Dieter Norf, Gottfried Paul-Roemer and Hans-Peter Plenker
  • 2015: Ahmed Ali, Bernd Engels, Heike Friel, Margarete Hahn, Ingeborg Hanten, Peter Krampen, Stefan Langerfeld and Olaf Rosier
  • 2016: Beate Blaschczok, Stefan Mageney, Thomas Niehus, Ewald Proll and Wolfgang Adolf Weil
  • 2017: Ralph Ulrich Hagemeyer, Friedrich-Wilhelm Schäfer, Herbert Cohnen, Wolfgang Robert Kaiser, Arzu Warsi, Özkan Köse, Bernd Bigge
  • 2018: Karl Albert Bechem, Buran Jonuzi, Monique Kerwath, Georgia Manfredi, Werner-Alois Zimmermann
  • 2019: Nilay Dogan, Rainer Hakel, Ulrike Hörster, Andre Köther, Jürgen Nasemann

Honorary citizen of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal

The Bergische Universität Wuppertal awards honorary citizenship to a university.

See honorary citizen of the Bergische Universität

Originals

In the list of the Wuppertal originals city stock listed:

See list of the Wuppertal originals

The Golden Suspension Railway

The award "The Golden Suspension Railway" is given by the Wuppertal City Association of Citizens and District Associations and is associated with a badge of honor . It has been awarded every two years since 1997 to personalities who have made an outstanding contribution to the welfare and interests of Wuppertal.

The golden spool

The award "The Golden Coil" is an honorary award from the Langerfeld Citizens' Association for citizens who deserve Langerfeld . It is awarded for the first time by the citizens' association on the occasion of its 50th anniversary on August 15, 1978.

  • 1978 - Wilhelm Eickelberg († 1981), co-founder of the Citizens' Association and Emil Vedder, he had acquired and saved the half-timbered house at Odoakerstraße 1
  • 1981 - Helmut Diester († 1989), co-founder of the citizens' association, Hans Fischer († 1988) managing director of the citizens' association, Josef Linkenbach († 2005), honorary member of the citizens' association and Günther Voigt (1927–2000), local history researcher
  • 1986 - Kurt Kürten (1920–1993)
  • 1988 - Heinrich Engel, director of the Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal and Monsignor Peter Breuer († 1992), Catholic pastor
  • 1989 - Wolfgang P. Cleff, he had to preserve the half-timbered house Top Road 9 rendered outstanding
  • 1997 - Eberhard Hasenclever , local politician and Günther Kozinowski, Protestant pastor
  • 1998 - The Langerfelder Turnverein and the Beyeröhder Turnverein
  • 1999 - Friedrich Platte (1917–2009), City Director
  • 2000 - Ursula Kraus (* 1930), Lord Mayoress and Walter Prestel († 2009), former head of the Schwelmer Brewery
  • 2001 - Udo Frauenhoff, head of the company Fahnen-Herold W. Frauenhoff GmbH and Paul Peter Muckenhaupt (1950–2006), head of the cable works Muckenhaupt & Nusselt GmbH
  • 2002 - Eugen Trautwein , Chairman of the Management Board of the German Hardware Dealers' Purchasing Office (EDE)
  • 2003 - Hans Neveling (1931–2012), Honorary Chairman
  • 2004 - Langerfeld volunteer fire brigade
  • 2005 - Hans Willi Boukes, local politician and Friedrich Paul († 2010), member and advisory board member of the association
  • 2006 - Karl Tirre († 2009), member of the yarn bleaching group
  • 2007 - Father Joachim Stobbe and Deacon Klaus Zweihoff
  • 2008 - Trombone Choir of the YMCA Langerfeld
  • 2008 - Schramm family
  • 2009 - Sabine Dermann, pastor of the Protestant parish
  • 2010 - Social Aid Organization Langerfeld e. V.
  • 2013 - Marita Klämt, Evangelical Church Community Langerfeld
  • 2014 - Karl Ulrich Schäfer, Reiner Werth and Thomas Sperling
  • 2015 - Friends of the comprehensive school Wuppertal-Langerfeld eV
  • 2016 - Peter Jung (* 1955), former Lord Mayor of Wuppertal
  • 2017 - Luisa Ohlbrecht
  • 2019 - Erhard Ufermann

Wuppertal triangulum in gold

The Wuppertal Triangulum in Gold is one of the TV Beyeröhde 1893 e. V. donated honorary prize, which has been awarded annually to young competitive athletes since 1984. So far, 35 athletes have received awards (double awards have been given in four years). The award is a jewelry pendant on the chain that has the word "Triangulum" stamped on the front in connection with the year. Transversely in the lower region the word "Wuppertal" in conjunction with a stylized triangle (is Triangulum ) embossed. The name of the award winner and the donor is embossed on the back of the tag. The idea and design of the honorary award is protected.

Prize of the Wuppertal Literature Biennale

The prize of the Wuppertal Literature Biennale was awarded for the first time in 2014 and is a prize for young talent, the main prize of which is endowed with 3,000 euros; the prizes are endowed with 1000 euros each (as of 2020). The first award ceremony took place on May 18, 2014.

Wuppertal ambassador

Ten business personalities have been appointed official Wuppertal ambassadors. With the Wuppertal Marketing GmbH (WMG) project, the Wuppertal business location will be even more represented outside the city limits. They are the people:

People who are reminded of a stumbling block

Other personalities

The following people live or lived in Wuppertal and are connected to the history of the city of Wuppertal. However, you were born elsewhere:

Until the 18th century

  • Heinrich von Schönrode 14th century
    A knight from the Bergisches Land sold the “Vowynkele” (Vohwinkel) estate to the Gräfrath monastery.
  • Adolf Clarenbach (* around 1497 near Lüttringhausen; † 1529 in Cologne)
    The Bergische Reformer also worked in Elberfeld after 1525.
  • Daniel Schleyermacher (* 1697 in Gemünden, Upper Hesse, † around 1765)
    Pastor in Elberfeld and Ronsdorf and co-founder of the Zionite sect in Ronsdorf
  • Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling (* 1740 in Hilchenbach-Grund, † 1817 in Karlsruhe)
    Worked as a general practitioner in Elberfeld from 1772 to 1778. Was known from his student days with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who visited him in Elberfeld in 1775.
  • Johann Stephan Anton Diemel (* 1763 in Soest, † 1821 in Elberfeld)
    Worked as a doctor and writer in Elberfeld. He campaigned for the creation of the “Hardt” landscape park, one of the first public parks in Germany.
  • Johannes Adolph Ibach (* 1766 in Lüttringhausen, † 1848 in Barmen)
    Founded a piano manufacturing workshop in Beyenburg in 1794, which later became Ibach GmbH.
  • Egidius Mengelberg (* 1770 in Cologne; † 1849 there)
    Has worked as a portrait painter in Elberfeld since 1800.
  • Gottfried Daniel Krummacher (* 1774 in Tecklenburg, † 1837 in Elberfeld)
    Worked as a theologian in Elberfeld from 1816.
  • Johann Jakob Ewich (* 1788 in Wesel, † 1863 in Burgbrohl)
    Has worked as a teacher in Barmen since 1811. Founder of the Ewich private school named after him, from which the Higher City School Barmen emerged in 1823 and later also the Gymnasium Sedanstraße.
  • Johann Wilhelm Fischer (* 1779 in Burg an der Wupper, today in Solingen, † 1845 probably in Barmen)
    Cotton manufacturer and banker in Barmen
  • Johann Friedrich Knapp (* 1780; †?)
    Philosopher and writer, worked in Elberfeld.
  • Heinrich Kamp (* 1786 in Baerl, † 1853 in Berlin)
    Merchant, banker and industrialist in Elberfeld. First President of the Elberfeld-Barmen Chamber of Commerce
  • Caspar Wilhelm Meckel (* 1790 in Lüdenscheid, † 1852 in Elberfeld)
    Entrepreneur and President of the Chamber of Commerce in Elberfeld.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher (* 1796 in Moers, † 1868 in Potsdam)
    Revival preacher in Barmen and Elberfeld, who himself impressed Friedrich Engels, see also the Krummacher family .
  • Heinrich Carl Alexander Pagenstecher (* 1799 in Herborn, † 1869 in Heidelberg)
    Worked as a doctor and politician in Elberfeld since 1824.

19th century

  • Johann Friedrich Hector Philippi (* 1802 in Hanover, † 1880 in Poppelsdorf near Bonn)
    President of the Elberfeld Regional Court (1848–1875)
  • Johann Carl Fuhlrott (* 1803 in Leinefelde, † 1877 in Elberfeld)
    In 1856, the teacher in Elberfeld recognized a fossil person in the skeletal remains found in the Neandertal near Düsseldorf.
  • Julius Köbner (* 1806 in Odense, Denmark, † 1884 in Berlin)
    Baptist clergyman, hymn poet and writer
  • Karl Wilhelm Bouterwek (* 1809 in Tarnowitz, Upper Silesia, † 1868 in Elberfeld)
    Founder of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold (* 1810 in Sontheim near Heilbronn; † 1864 in Elberfeld)
    Musician and folk song researcher, founded a music shop and music publisher in Elberfeld.
  • Adolph Kolping (* 1813 in Kerpen near Cologne, † 1865 in Cologne)
    The founder of the Kolping Society worked in Elberfeld from 1845 to 1847.
  • Karl Emil Lischke (* 1813 in Stettin, † 1886 in Bonn)
    Lord Mayor and Honorary Citizen of Elberfeld.
  • Hermann Heinrich Grafe (* 1818 in Palsterkamp, ​​† 1869 in Elberfeld)
    The founder of the Free Evangelical Churches lived and worked in Elberfeld until his death in 1869.
  • Gustav Platzhoff (* 1821; † 1887)
    Merchant and politician in Elberfeld, from 1870 to 1881 chairman of the Elberfeld Beautification Association.
  • Carl Brockhaus (* 1822 in Himmelmert near Plettenberg, † 1899 in Elberfeld)
    Founding father of the Brethren Movement in Germany.
  • Julius Löwen (* 1822 in Breckerfeld, † 1907 in Elberfeld)
    Merchant, silk manufacturer and hymn poet.
  • Ludwig-Ernst Toelle (* 1823; † 1886 in Barmen)
    Textile manufacturer and city councilor in Barmen, the Toelleturm was built from his legacy.
  • August Freytag (* 1823; † 1889 in Elberfeld)
    Jeweler and patron in Elberfeld.
  • Hugo Hillmann (* 1823; † 1898)
    Participants in the Elberfeld uprising.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Dörpfeld (* 1824 in Wermelskirchen / Sellscheid; † 1893 in Ronsdorf)
    Pedagogue; Teacher in Elberfeld, father of the archaeologist Wilhelm Dörpfeld.
  • Karl Emil Krummacher (* 1830 in Langenberg (Rhineland), † 1899 in Elberfeld)
    Pastor and superintendent in Elberfeld.
  • Moritz Stambke (* 1830 in Klein Lübers (Magdeburg district); † 1903)
    Director of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft.
  • August Zillmer (* 1831 in Treptow an der Rega; † 1893 in Berlin)
    Director of the Vaterländische Lebens-Versicherungs-Actien-Gesellschaft in Elberfeld.
  • August Lammers (* 1831 in Lüneburg, † 1892 in Bremen)
    From 1873 to 1879 he was a representative of the Elberfeld-Barmen electoral district in the Prussian state parliament.
  • Johann Baptist von Schweitzer (* 1833 in Frankfurt am Main; † 1875 in Gießbach / Switzerland)
    Member of Parliament for the Elberfeld-Barmen constituency.
  • Eugen Langen (* 1833 in Cologne; † 1895 near Elsdorf (Rhineland))
    Developer of the Wuppertal suspension railway
  • Gerhard August Fischer (* 1833 in Aplerbeck near Dortmund, † 1906 in Barmen)
    Architect in Barmen.
  • Hugo Erfurt (* 1834 in Schwelm; † 1922)
    Entrepreneur, inventor of woodchip wallpaper
  • Julius Gauhe (* 1835, † 1912 in Eitorf)
    The Barmer manufacturer owned the Turkish red patent.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Wegner (* 1836 in Klöden in the Torgau district; † 1898 in Barmen)
    Was Lord Mayor of Barmen from 1879 to 1898.
  • Carl Winchenbach (* 1839 in Boisheim / Kempen, † 1925 in Barmen)
    City architect and alderman in Barmen.
  • Carl Rumpff (* 1839 in Pyrmont, † 1889 in Berlin or Wülfrath)
    Partner in Bayer AG and Berlin patron
  • Friedrich Harm (* 1844 in Leezen; † 1905 in Elberfeld)
    Social democratic politician in Elberfeld.
  • Wilhelm Hasselmann (* 1844 in Bremen; † 1916 in New York, USA)
    Socialist politician of the forerunner parties of the SPD, ran for the Elberfeld / Barmen constituency several times for the Reichstag of the German Empire, and was there for this constituency from 1874 to 1880/81, excluded from the party due to anarchist ambitions, emigrated to the USA in 1880.
  • Hans Jordan (* 1848 in Elbing, † 1923 in Elberfeld)
    Director of the Bergisch-Märkische Bank in Wuppertal
  • Emma Goslar (* 1848 in Hornburg near Wolfenbüttel, † 1923 in Siegen)
    The Westphalian native writer lived in Elberfeld
  • Hubert Holzschneider (* 1849; † 1928)
    Doctor and local politician in Cronenberg
  • Wilhelm Funck (* 1858 in Minden; † 1923 in Göttingen)
    Lord Mayor of Elberfeld
  • August Lentze (* 1860 in Hamm (Westphalia), † 1945 in Werben (Spreewald))
    Lord Mayor of Barmen
  • Karl Haberland (* 1863 in Wurzen, † 1938 in Wuppertal)
    SPD politician.
  • Georg Arends (* 1863 in Essen; † 1952 Wuppertal)
    Old master of German horticulture and famous as a breeder of numerous hybrids that are still present today.
  • Adolf Cornehls (* 1864 in Kükels, † 1916 in Lüttringhausen)
    As an architect responsible for numerous buildings in Wuppertal
  • Robert Emanuel Schmidt (* 1864; † 1938)
    Director of the Friedrich Bayer paint factory in Elberfeld
  • Oskar Dressel (* 1865 in Sonneberg, † 1941 in 1941)
    Chemist and researcher in the field of azure dyes at Bayer AG
  • Karl Bernhard Bamler (* 1865 in Groß-Cammin, † 1926 in Essen-Rellinghausen)
    The meteorologist worked as a high school teacher in Barmen and founded the Niederrheinische Verein für Luftschifffahrt there.
  • Hans Gregor (* 1866 in Dresden, † 1945 in Wernigerode)
    From 1898 to 1905 theater director in Elberfeld and Barmen
  • Georg Voigt (* 1866 in Klein-Schellmühl near Danzig; † 1927 in Marburg)
    Lord Mayor of Barmen
  • Arthur Eichengrün (* 1867 in Aachen, † 1949 in Bad Wiessee)
    Chemist at Bayer AG
  • Georg Röder (* 1867 in Gießen; † September 7, 1958 in Wuppertal)
    Painter of the German landscape.
  • Felix Hoffmann (* 1868 in Ludwigsburg; † 1946 in Switzerland)
    Chemist who developed the drug aspirin while working at Bayer in 1897.
  • Paul Hartmann (* 1869 in Hückeswagen, † 1942 in Cologne)
    From 1929 to 1931 he was the first mayor of Wuppertal.
  • Friedrich Ebert (* 1871 in Heidelberg, † 1925 in Berlin)
    1912 candidate in the Elberfeld-Barmen constituency of the Reichstag
  • Alfred Hertz (* 1872 in Frankfurt am Main; † 1942 in San Francisco / United States)
    Conductor in Barmen and Elberfeld
  • Max Bernuth (* 1872 in Leipzig, † 1960 in Bayerisch Gmain)
    Professor at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Elberfeld
  • Albert Rudolf Ibach (* 1873; † 1940 in Wuppertal)
    Piano maker, entrepreneur and art collector
  • Paul Hopf (* 1875 in Spandau, † 1939 in Düsseldorf)
    Lord Mayor of Elberfeld
  • Josef Bohatec (* 1876 in Kochov, † 1954 in Vienna)
    Czech philosopher and theologian. since 1907 director of the preacher's seminary in Elberfeld.
  • Arthur von Gerlach (* 1876 in Berlin, † 1925 in Berlin)
    Theater director in Elberfeld (1911–1919)
  • Karl Mensing (* 1876 in Koblenz, † 1953 in Wuppertal)
    Lawyer and member of various committees of the Confessing Church
  • Oskar Hoffmann (* 1877 in Rospe, † 1953 in Wuppertal)
    SPD / KPD politician. He suggested that the city of Barmen-Elberfeld, formed in 1929, be renamed Wuppertal
  • Paul Humburg (* 1878 in Cologne-Mülheim, † 1945 in Detmold)
    From 1934 to 1942 Humburg was President of the Confessional Synod of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
  • Paul Zech (* 1881 in Briesen (West Prussia), † 1946 in Buenos Aires)
    Expressionist poet, writer and publicist; worked in Elberfeld from 1901 to 1914
  • Adolf Erbslöh (* 1881 in New York, † 1947 in Irschenhausen)
    painter
  • Heinrich Hörlein (* 1882 in Wendelsheim in Rheinhessen, † 1954 in Wuppertal)
    Director of the IG Farben plant in Wuppertal-Elberfeld
  • Max Kirschbaum (* 1882; † 1932 in Munich)
    Lord Mayor of Elberfeld (1920–1929)
  • Julius Friedrich (* 1883 in Duisburg, † 1977 in Hamburg)
    Lord Mayor of Wuppertal (1931–1937)
  • Eugen Richter (* 1883; † 1973 in Wuppertal)
    Engineer and politician of the FDP, was elected the first mayor after the Second World War in 1946.
  • Hans Weisbach (* 1885 in Glogau, † 1961 in Wuppertal)
    Conductor and municipal general music director in Wuppertal
  • Franz von Hoeßlin (* 1885 in Munich, † 1946 with Sète)
    From 1926 to 1932 he was general music director of the city of Wuppertal
  • Friedrich Senger (* 1886 in Bocholt, † 1936 in Wuppertal)
    City council and resistance fighter
  • Erich Hoepner (* 1886 in Frankfurt (Oder), † 1944 in Berlin)
    Commander of the 1st Light Division in Wuppertal in 1937
  • Hermann Weyland (* 1888 in St. Ingbert; † 1974)
    Paleobotanist and chairman of the Wuppertal Natural Science Association
  • Paul Müller (* 1888 in Gräfrath, † 1971)
    From 1947 swordsmith in Cronenberg
  • Karl Immanuel Immer (* 1888 in Manslagt; † 1944 in Bad Meinberg)
    Initiated the Barmer Confession Synod
  • Walter Westfeld (* 1889 in Herford; † 1945 in Auschwitz concentration camp)
    Art collector, ran a gallery in Wuppertal-Elberfeld from 1920 to 1936.
  • Martin Othmar Winterhalter (* 1889 in Tablat / Switzerland; † 1961 in Konstanz)
    The industrialist and inventor of the modern zipper opened the first zipper factory in Wuppertal
  • Ewald Platte (* 1894 in Lüttringhausen, † 1985 in Opladen)
    Expressionist painter, worked in Barmen
  • Wilhelm Eberhard Gelberg (* 1894 in Grevenbrück, † 1940 on the Oise Canal)
    Acting Lord Mayor of Wuppertal (1938)
  • Hubert Tigges (* 1895 in Förde-Grevenbrück, † 1971 in Wuppertal)
    Founder of the travel company Dr. Tigges rides
  • Gerhard Domagk (* 1895 in Lagow; † 1964 in Königsfeld in the Black Forest)
    Researched as a pathologist and bacteriologist at Bayer AG.
  • Hellmut Weese (* 1897 in Munich, † 1954 in Wuppertal)
    Researched as a pharmacologist and doctor at Bayer AG.
  • Carl Bellingrodt (* 1897 in Cologne, † 1971 in Wuppertal)
    One of the most famous German railway photographers of the 20th century and co-founder of the Federal Association of German Railway Friends.
  • Arnold Wulff (* 1897 in Stralsund, † 1971 in Wuppertal)
    Member of the SPD state parliament for constituency 53
  • Gottlob Espenlaub (* 1900 in Balzholz, † 1972 in Wuppertal)
    Aviator and aircraft and automobile designer, founder of the Espenlaub factory in Langerfeld
  • Karl August Heynen (* before 1900, † 1943)
    Founder of the first health food store in Germany

20th century

  • Klaus Brauda (* 1901 in Asnières; † 1970)
    Print shop owners and politicians
  • Robert Friedrich (* 1901 in Wachbach, † 1986 in Bad Mergentheim)
    Politician, Acting Mayor of Wuppertal
  • Otto Schmidt (* 1902 in Cologne, † 1984 in Sinzig)
    CDU politician, member of the German Bundestag and Lord Mayor of Wuppertal
  • Heinz Gebauer (* 1902 in Röchlinghausen, † 1955 in Wuppertal)
    Lord Mayor of Wuppertal
  • Johannes Harder (* 1903 in Neuhoffnung-Alexandertal, † 1987 in Schlüchtern)
    Professor of Social Sciences 1946–1968 at the Pedagogical Academy (later Bergische Universität Wuppertal)
  • Friedrich Hetzelt (* 1903 in Liegnitz, † 1986 in Wuppertal)
    As an alderman for planning and construction responsible for numerous buildings in the city area
  • Willi Goeke (* 1903 in Hamm; † 1973)
    SPD politician in Wuppertal.
  • Franz Allers (* 1905 in Karlsbad, † 1995 in Las Vegas)
    Conductor; from 1926 to 1933 first Kapellmeister at the United City Theaters in Barmen-Elberfeld
  • Baldur Hönlinger (* 1905 in Vienna, † 1990 in Wuppertal)
    Chess master
  • Ewald Funke (* 1905 in Remscheid, † 1938 in Berlin-Plötzensee)
    Resistance fighters against National Socialism
  • Heinrich Schmeißing (* 1905 in Schwelm, † 1979 in Wuppertal-Barmen)
    Lord Mayor of the City of Wuppertal
  • Walter Kühlthau (* 1906 in Essen, † 1978 in Wuppertal)
    City treasurer of Wuppertal
  • Georg Abeler (* 1906 in Münster (Westphalia), † 1981 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld)
    Master goldsmith, watchmaker and founder of the “Abeler” watch museum.
  • Konrad Grebe (* 1907 in Heiligenwald, † 1972 in Wuppertal)
    Steiger and Inventor; ran an engineering office in Wuppertal-Elberfeld since 1949
  • Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (* 1907 in Jettingen, † 1944 in Berlin)
    Officer and head of the military resistance against the Nazi regime. Lived in Wuppertal from 1938 to 1943, unless he was at the front.
  • Grete Heublein (* 1908 in Bremen, † 1997 in Wuppertal)
    Track and field athlete, Olympic participant
  • Kenneth Spencer (* 1911 in Los Angeles, † 1964 in New Orleans)
    American / German singer who lived in Wuppertal from 1954 until his death
  • Heinz Hoffmann (* 1914 in Danzig; † 2008 in Wuppertal)
    Swim coach
  • Walter Jahnke (* 1914 in Wolgast, Greifswald district, † 1988 in Wuppertal)
    Teacher and city councilor in Wuppertal, member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • Ursula von Reibnitz (* 1915 in Berlin; 1990 in Wuppertal)
    actress
  • Willi Dirx (* 1917 in Recklinghausen, † 2002 in Wuppertal)
    The painter and graphic artist worked in Wuppertal
  • Gottfried Gurland (* 1918 in the Baltic States, † 2002 in Wuppertal)
    Mayor from 1970 to 1984, managing director of the church college
  • Paul Nikolai Ehlers (* 1920 in Riga, † 2007 in Wuppertal)
    Director at the Surgical Clinic Barmen (1962–1985)
  • Arno Wüstenhöfer (* 1920 in Karlsruhe, † 2003 in Wuppertal)
    From 1964 to 1975 general director of the Wuppertaler Bühnen.
  • Erika Nagel (* around 1920; † March 28, 2007 in Wuppertal)
    The artist embellished house facades and the Wupper walls.
  • Karl Otto Mühl (* 1923 in Nuremberg)
    writer
  • Horst Jordan (* 1923 in Berlin; † 2006)
    The journalist and interpreter was at the head of the IHK Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid (1966–1990)
  • Peter Dienel (* 1923 in Berlin; † 2006 there)
    Theologian, sociologist (Bergische Universität), inventor of the public participation process planning cell
  • Trude Unruh (* 1925 in Essen)
    Politician; founded the Senior Citizens Protection Association in Wuppertal
  • Marie-Elisabeth Steffen (* 1925 in Saarburg; † 2018)
    From 1969 to 1989 in the city council
  • Hans-Dietrich Genscher (* 1927 in Reideburg; † 2016 Wachtberg-Pech)
    former Federal Minister and Vice Chancellor; from 1965 to 1998 member of the German Bundestag for the constituency of Wuppertal-West
  • Gert Lothar Haberland (* 1928 in Uerdingen, † 2014 in Wuppertal)
    Director of Bayer AG
  • Winfried Pesch (* 1928 in Wuppertal, † 2006 in Wuppertal)
    Church music director in Wuppertal, district church music warden, lecturer, founder and artistic director of the Wupperfeld evening music.
  • Wolfgang Kolbe (* 1929 in Putzar near Anklam, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; † 2000 in Wuppertal)
    Entomologist, head of the Fuhlrott Museum from 1969 to 1994.
  • Ursula Kraus (* 1930 in Neunkirchen)
    From 1984 to 1996 mayor of Wuppertal.
  • Justus Bockemühl (* 1930 in Solingen, † 1983 in Düsseldorf)
    Lawyer and local researcher
  • Hellmuth Matiasek (* 1931 in Vienna, Austria)
    From 1978 to 1983 general director of the Wuppertaler Bühnen.
  • Rudolf Schoofs (* 1932 in Goch am Niederrhein; † 2009 in Stuttgart)
    Artist and university professor at the Werkkunstschule Wuppertal
  • Wilfried Rittau (* 1932 in Wismar)
    Church music director
  • Kurt Horres (* 1932 in Düsseldorf)
    Opera director at the Wuppertal theaters
  • Horst Szymaniak (* 1934 in Erkenschwick, † 2009 in Melle)
    National soccer player, who took part in two world championships, played at Wuppertaler SV at the time
  • Rolf Krumsiek (* 1934 in Obernkirchen, † 2009 in Münster)
    From 1970 to 1980 City Director of Wuppertal
  • Wolfgang Schmitz (* 1934 in Marl; † 2017 in Wuppertal)
    Draftsman with works on paper and cardboard
  • Heinz Becker (* 1938 in Dresden)
    The jazz musician lived in Wuppertal after 1980.
  • Hermann Schulz (* 1938 in Nkalinzi, Tanzania)
    Writer and publisher
  • Karla Schneider (* 1938 in Dresden)
    Writer
  • Gerd Hanebeck (* 1939 in Remscheid; † 2017)
    Painter, graphic artist and object artist
  • Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (* 1939 in Zurich)
    From 1991 to 2000 he was President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.
  • Pina Bausch (* 1940 in Solingen, † 2009 in Wuppertal)
    Legendary nestor of German expressive dance; The municipal Pina-Bausch dance theater that she founded is named after her
  • Sabine Fehlemann (* 1941 in Gießen; † 2008 in Dortmund)
    Art historian and from 1985 to 2006 director of the Von der Heydt Museum.
  • Peter Brötzmann (* 1941 in Remscheid)
    Jazz musician
  • Sigrid Wylach (* 1941 in Berlin)
    Lives and works as a freelance textile and furniture designer in Wuppertal.
  • Günter Pröpper (* 1941 in Dorsten)
    Soccer player ("Meister Pröpper"), played ten years for Wuppertaler SV
  • Adolf Gebauer (* 1941 in Bachorzyn, Poland)
    German-Czech composer
  • Hajo Jahn (* 1941 in Berlin)
    Journalist and founder of the Else-Lasker-Schüler-Gesellschaft
  • Bodo Richter (* 1941 in Flensburg; † 2019 in Wuppertal)
    From 1982 to 1988 City Director of Wuppertal
  • Peter Hennicke (* 1942)
    From 2000 to 2008 President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.
  • Michael Knieriem (* 1943 in Lahr / Black Forest)
    Historian and author, head of the historical center for many years.
  • Holk Freytag (* 1943 in Tübingen)
    From 1988 to 1996 general director of the Wuppertaler Bühnen.
  • Hermann-Josef Richter (* 1944)
    Former party leader of the CDU, was mayor from 1994 to 1999, and ran for the office of mayor in 1999.
  • Peter Kowald (* 1944 in Masserberg, † 2002 in New York)
    Jazz musician; lived in Wuppertal since 1945
  • Bodo Berheide (1944 in Oberhof in Thuringia)
    The artist and sculptor lives in Wuppertal
  • Michael Zeller (* 1944 in Breslau)
    Writer; lives in Wuppertal
  • Ismail Çoban (* 1945 in Çorum / Turkey)
    Turkish-German painter and graphic artist, lives in Wuppertal.
  • Achim Knispel (* 1947 in Erfurt, † 1999 in Wuppertal)
    The guitarist, painter and draftsman worked in Wuppertal in the 1960s.
  • Sarah Pelikan (* 1947 in Immenstadt im Allgäu)
    The object artist lives in Wuppertal
  • Tony Cragg (* 1949 in Liverpool)
    British sculptor, has lived in Elberfeld since 1978 and opened the Waldfrieden sculpture park.
  • Hans Reichel (* 1949 in Hagen; † 2011 in Wuppertal)
    Guitarist, violinist, instrument maker and typographer, lives in Wuppertal.
  • Peter Hintze (* 1950 in Bad Honnef, † 2016 in Wuppertal)
    Member of the Bundestag for the CDU
  • Manfred Zöllmer (* 1950 in Bülkau)
    Member of the Bundestag for the SPD in the constituency of Wuppertal I
  • Volker Anding (* 1950 in Radevormwald)
    The director and multimedia artist lives in Wuppertal
  • Dominique Mercy (* 1950 in Mauzac, Dordogne)
    The dancer and choreographer lives in Wuppertal
  • Günther Weißenborn (* 1951 in Göttingen)
    Dramaturge and puppeteer, operator of a puppet theater in Wuppertal.
  • Eugen Egner (* 1951 in Ingelfingen / Württemberg)
    Draftsman and writer, has lived in Wuppertal since 1955.
  • Sibyl Quinke (* 1952 in Freiburg im Breisgau)
    Author, lives in Wuppertal.
  • Jochen Schroeder (* 1954 in Bochum)
    Founded and directed the Comödie Theater.
  • Sandro R. Müller (* 1955 in Wiesbaden)
    Organist in Wuppertal
  • Lutz-Werner Hesse (* 1955 in Bad Godesberg)
    Composer and university lecturer, managing director of the Wuppertal site of the Cologne University of Music and Dance
  • Uwe Anton (* 1956 in Remscheid)
    The science fiction writer lives in Wuppertal
  • Christina Rau (* 1956 in Bielefeld)
    Johannes Rau's political scientist and widow lived with him for a long time in Wuppertal.
  • Manfred Rekowski (* 1958 in Mojtyny, Masuria)
    President of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, has lived in Wuppertal since 1982
  • Matthias Neumann (* 1960 in Frankfurt am Main)
    The photographer lives in Wuppertal
  • Georg Rose (* 1960 in Münster)
    Editor-in-chief at Radio Wuppertal
  • Toshiyuki Kamioka (* 1960 in Tokyo / Japan)
    Conductor and pianist, chief conductor of the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra
  • Andrea Hold-Ferneck (* 1963 in Hanover)
    The photographer lives in Wuppertal
  • Christian Boros (* 1964 in Zabrze / Poland)
    Owner of an advertising agency and art collector
  • Lambert T. Koch (* 1965 in Hering near Darmstadt)
    Economist and Rector of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal
  • Johannes Weigand (* 1966 in Heidelberg)
    Opera director of the Wuppertaler Bühnen
  • Thomas Beimel (* 1967 in Essen, † 2016 in Wuppertal)
    The composer, musicologist and violist lived in Wuppertal
  • Carsten Pröpper (* 1967 in Remscheid)
    Soccer player at Wuppertaler SV and later briefly sports director of the club.
  • Chun-Hsien Wu (* 1967 in Ping-Dong / China)
    Dancer and choreographer, lives in Wuppertal
  • Gunda Gottschalk (* 1969 in Bückeburg)
    Violinist and managing director of a record label, works in Wuppertal.
  • Chrystel Guillebeaud (* 1971 in Paris / France)
    Dancer and choreographer, lives in Wuppertal
  • Jan Drees (* 1979 in Haan / North Rhine-Westphalia)
    The writer, journalist and former athlete lives in Wuppertal.
  • Marina Jenkner (* 1980 in Detmold)
    The filmmaker and author has lived in Wuppertal since 1999.
  • Olivia Spiker (born Olivia Luczak  ) (* 1981 in Schwelm)
    Polish-German amateur boxer (German champion and European runner-up)

literature

  • Wuppertal biographies. Ed. from the Bergisches Geschichtsverein eV, Wuppertal Department. Born, Wuppertal 1958 ff. Published 17 episodes by 1993.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honors and prizes from the city of Wuppertal ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the web server of the city of Wuppertal, accessed March 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wuppertal.de
  2. ^ City of Wuppertal - Award. (No longer available online.) In: wuppertal.de. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016 ; accessed on October 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wuppertal.de
  3. ^ City of Wuppertal - "Wuppertaler" award given. (No longer available online.) In: wuppertal.de. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017 ; accessed on October 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wuppertal.de
  4. ↑ http://www.diestadtzeitung.de/stadtleben/auszeichnung-%E2%80%9Ewuppertaler%E2%80%9C-verliehen
  5. ↑ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Lord Mayor honors Wuppertaler: Five "Wuppertaler" for volunteer work. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on October 7, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Die Goldene Schwebebahn, ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed January 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtverband-wtal.de
  7. ↑ 'Golden Suspension Railway' to Dr. Gerhard Finckh: A lot of emphasis. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on October 16, 2017 .
  8. ↑ The Golden Coil, ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed January 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.langerfeld.de
  9. ^ Langerfeld: Mourning for Friedrich Paul Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) of July 29, 2010.
  10. ↑ www.wuppertaler-rundschau.de: “Golden Coil” for ex-Mayor Jung. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on January 26, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated May 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.langerfeld.de
  12. ↑ Claudia Kasemann: Langer Field: Long Field Award: Golden coil for Erhard Ufermann. In: wz.de. Westdeutsche Zeitung, accessed on February 7, 2020 .
  13. ^ TV Beyeröhde 1893 e. V .: The Wuppertal Triangulum in gold
  14. ^ Triangulum award winner Jonas Winter: With dedication and discipline Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from January 23, 2014
  15. ↑ Olivia Matondo is Wuppertal's greatest sporting talent 2014 Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from January 30, 2015
  16. ↑ 32. Triangulum in Gold - TV Beyeröhde. (No longer available online.) In: tv-beyeroehde.de. www.tv-beyeroehde.de, archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; accessed on December 21, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tv-beyeroehde.de
  17. ↑ Super User: 33rd Prize winner for the Wuppertal Triangulum in Gold has been determined. - TV Beyeröhde. In: tv-beyeroehde.de. www.tv-beyeroehde.de, accessed on January 26, 2017 .
  18. ^ Swimmers and Triangulum winners: Jan Delkeskamp's flights of fancy . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . 2017 ( wz.de ).
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  21. ^ Prize of the Wuppertal Literature Biennale 2014 on the website of the city of Wuppertal, accessed May 9, 2014
  22. ↑ City of Wuppertal - Stefan Etgeton receives Prize from the Literature Biennale. (No longer available online.) In: wuppertal.de. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016 ; accessed on March 17, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wuppertal.de
  23. ↑ Prize of the Wuppertal Literature Biennale 2018 , buchmarkt.de, published and accessed on March 22, 2018
  24. ↑ http://www.wuppertal-botschafter.de/
  25. ↑ Josef Beutelmann is the 7th ambassador of the city. Press release on wuppertal-marketing.de from June 25, 2006
  26. ↑ Appointments: Two new ambassadors for the city  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from October 31, 2007@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wz-online.de  
  27. ↑ Thomas Riedel is the tenth Wuppertal Ambassador Westdeutsche Zeitung from January 16, 2010.
  28. ↑ Anke Düsterloh is ambassador for Wuppertal njuuz.de from June 11, 2010.