List of personalities from the Ruhr area
This list of personalities from the Ruhr area refers to important persons from politics, economy, science, culture, sport and history who were born in the Ruhr area or who live (d) and work here.
Industrial
- Louis Constanz Berger - industrialist (†)
- Franz Dinnendahl - Engineer (†)
- Friedrich Grillo - industrialist (†)
- Friedrich Harkort - entrepreneur and politician (†)
- Leopold Hoesch - industrialist (†)
- Emil Kirdorf - industrialist (†)
- Friedrich Krupp - industrialist (†)
- Alfred Krupp - industrialist (†)
- Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach - industrialist (†)
- Jacob Mayer - Industrialist (†)
- August Thyssen - Industrialist (†)
- Fritz Thyssen - industrialist (†)
- Hugo Stinnes - industrialist and politician (†)
- William Thomas Mulvany - Industrialist (†)
- Robert Müser - industrialist (†)
Politician
- Wolfgang Clement - politician
- Friedrich Ernst Husemann - politician (†)
- Norbert Lammert - politician
- Axel Schäfer - politician
- Hannelore Kraft - politician
- Alex Möller - politician (†)
- Otto Schily - politician
- Carl von Wedelstaedt - politician (†)
- Heinrich Johann Friedrich Ostermann - Russian diplomat and statesman (†)
- Gustav Heinemann - politician (†)
Journalists
- Manfred Breuckmann - journalist and radio host
- Friedrich Küppersbusch - journalist, presenter and producer
- Peter Scholl-Latour - Journalist (†)
- Michael Steinbrecher - journalist and television presenter
painter
- Wilhelm Lehmbruck - painter and sculptor (†)
- Josef Albers - painter and Bauhaus teacher (†)
- Derick Baegert - Painter (†)
- Conrad von Soest - painter (†)
- Hans Tombrock - painter (†)
writer
- Hans Henning Claer - writer (†)
- Walter Dirks - writer (†)
- Fritz Eckenga - author, musician and cabaret artist
- Marion Gay - writer
- Kurt Goldstein - writer, persecuted by the Nazi regime (†)
- Frank Goosen - cabaret artist and author
- Max von der Grün - writer (†)
- Roland Koch - writer
- Gerd Hergen Lübben - author, cultural and educational worker
- Arnold Mallinckrodt - publicist and writer
- Josef Reding - writer
- Ralf Rothmann - writer
- Sebastian 23 - author and slam poet
- Torsten Sträter - author and cabaret artist
actor
- Dietmar Bär - actor
- Robert Graf - actor (†)
- Diether Krebs - actor, cabaret artist, comedian (†)
- Joachim Król - actor
- Jürgen von Manger - "Adolf Tegtmeier", actor, cabaret artist, comedian (†)
- Ralf Moeller - actor
- Dieter Pfaff - actor (†)
- Rudolf Platte - actor (†)
- Ralf Richter - actor
- Heinz Rühmann - actor (†)
- Tana Schanzara - actress (†)
- Willi Thomczyk - actor
- Tanja Wedhorn - actress
Musician
- Herbert Grönemeyer - singer and actor
- Annette and Inga Humpe - pop musicians
- Theo Jörgensmann - jazz musician and composer
- Nena - pop musician
- Helge Schneider - improvisation artist, jazz musician, comedian
- Rudolf Schock - opera singer (†)
- Claire Waldoff - Chansonnière (†)
- Wolfgang Wendland - musician and politician
Cabaret artists
- Ingo Appelt - cabaret artist
- Hennes Bender - comedian
- Elke Heidenreich - "Else Stratmann", cabaret artist, author, presenter and journalist
- Gerburg Jahnke - cabaret artist
- Stefan Jürgens - cabaret artist and actor
- Hape Kerkeling - cabaret artist and comedian
- Piet Klocke - cabaret artist
- Bruno Knust - cabaret artist
- Uwe Lyko - "Herbert Knebel", cabaret artist and comedian
- Jochen Malmsheimer - cabaret artist
- Jürgen von Manger - "Adolf Tegtmeier", actor, literary cabaret artist and comedian
- Dieter Nuhr - cabaret artist
- Hans Werner Olm - cabaret artist
- Hagen Rether - cabaret artist
- Actor of the Atze Schröder - Comedian
- Kai Magnus Sting - cabaret artist
- Ludger Stratmann - "Doctor Stratmann", cabaret artist and comedian
athlete
- Manfred Burgsmüller - soccer and American football player (†)
- Gustav Kilian - professional cyclist and cycling trainer (†)
- Ernst Kuzorra - Soccer Player (†)
- Jens Lehmann - soccer goalkeeper
- Reinhard Libuda - soccer player (†)
- Manuel Neuer - soccer goalkeeper
- Helmut Rahn - soccer player, world champion 1954 (†)
- Otto Rehhagel - soccer coach
- Mark Warnecke - swimmer
Others
- Rudi Assauer - Football Manager (†)
- Wilhelm Beermann - Manager (†)
- Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus - Publisher (†)
- Friedrich Bunte - trade unionist and imperial delegate from 1889 (†)
- Wilhelm Canaris - Admiral (†)
- Henriette Davidis - cookbook author (†)
- Albert Dölken O.Praem. - Abbot of Hamborn
- Benno Elkan - sculptor (†)
- Dietrich Grönemeyer - Professor of Microtherapy
- Franz Hengsbach - Bishop (†)
- Artur Jacobs - educator, philosopher (†)
- Dore Jacobs - Pedagogue (†)
- Carl Arnold Kortum - doctor and writer (†)
- Carlernst Kürten - Sculptor (†)
- Gustav Lübcke - Patron (†)
- Jordan Mai - Franciscan (†)
- Ernst Marcus - lawyer, philosopher (†)
- Gerhard Mercator - cartographer (†)
- Karl Ernst Osthaus - Patron (†)
- Konrad Schily - physician and university politician
- Christoph Schlingensief - Director (†)
- Robert Schmidt - Planner (†)
- Anton Stankowski - graphic designer (†)
- Otto Steinert - Photographer (†)
- Wenceslaus Straussfeld - pastor and church politician (†)
- Wim Thoelke - Showmaster and sports presenter (†)
- Adolf Winkelmann - director
- Sönke Wortmann - filmmaker
See also
- List of personalities of the city of Bochum
- List of personalities of the city of Dortmund
- List of personalities of the city of Duisburg
- List of personalities of the city of Essen
- List of personalities of the city of Gelsenkirchen
- List of personalities of the city of Hamm
- List of personalities from the city of Herne
- List of personalities of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr
- List of personalities of the city of Oberhausen
- List of personalities from the city of Witten