List of personalities of the city of Düsseldorf

The following personalities were born in Düsseldorf ( → Other personalities see below). Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Düsseldorf is irrelevant. They are listed chronologically according to year and day of birth.

Until 1800

Sibylle von Jülich-Kleve-Berg , painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder , 1526

Lambert Steinwich

Eleonore Magdalene von der Pfalz , Empress of the Holy Roman Empire and Queen of Hungary , portrait around 1680

around 1499, Johann Ghogreff , † February 17, 1554 in Mettmann, Chancellor of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
1512, July 17, Sibylle von Jülich-Kleve-Berg , † February 21, 1554 in Weimar, Electress of Saxony
1515, September 22, Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg , † July 16, 1557 in Whitehall (London), first German Queen of England
1516, July 28th, Wilhelm V (“the rich”) of Jülich-Kleve-Berg , † January 5, 1592 in Düsseldorf, Duke of the United Duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg from the House of Mark
1517, October 17, Amalia von Jülich-Kleve-Berg , † March 1, 1587 in Düsseldorf, daughter of Duke Johann III.
1571, May 19, Lambert Steinwich , † August 13, 1629 in Stralsund, lawyer, diplomat and politician
1591, February 25, in the Kaiserswerth district, Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld , † August 7, 1635 in Trier, Jesuit, preacher, poet
1619, April 30, Johannes Spilberg , † August 10, 1690, Düsseldorf court painter
around 1620, Johann Maurenbrecher , founder of the Bergische (Maurenbrecher) Fahrpost
1647, January 5, Johannes Colerus , † July 19, 1707 in The Hague, Protestant theologian, formerly Spinoza biographer
1655, January 6, Eleonore Magdalene von Pfalz-Neuburg , † January 19, 1720 in Vienna, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire
1658, April 19, Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg ("Jan Wellem") , † June 8, 1716 in Düsseldorf, Duke of Berg
1658, Wilhelm Breekvelt , † 1687 in Düsseldorf, painter and draftsman
1666, August 6th at Benrath Palace, Marie Sophie von Pfalz-Neuburg , † August 4th 1699 in Lisbon, Queen of Portugal
1667, October 28 at Benrath Palace, Maria Anna Adelheid von Pfalz-Neuburg , † July 16, 1740 in Guadalajara, Queen of Spain, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia, Duchess of Milan
1678, August 13, Anton Clemens Lünenschloß , † October 5, 1763 in Würzburg, painter and plasterer
1681; July 29th, Baron Degenhard Bertram von Spee , † March 11th, 1736 in Düsseldorf, lieutenant general of the Electorate of the Palatinate
1719, June 11 at Garath Castle, Imperial Count Franz Karl von Velbrück , † April 30, 1784 in Liège, Prince-Bishop of Liège
1722, Anton Schäffer , † 1799 presumably in Mannheim, Electoral Palatinate court medalist, coin engraver and mint master
after 1722 in Gerresheim, Helena Curtens , † August 19, 1738 in Gerresheim, last victim of the witch trials on the Lower Rhine
1730, October 30, Imperial Count Ambrosius Franziskus von Spee , † September 1, 1791 in Düsseldorf, privy councilor of the Palatinate, chamberlain, vice-president of the court chamber
1740, September 2, Johann Georg Jacobi , † January 4, 1814 in Freiburg im Breisgau, writer
1743, January 25, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi , † March 10, 1819 in Munich, philosopher and writer
1748, April 17, Heinrich von Schenk , † May 1, 1813 in Munich, Bavarian statesman
1756, July 1, Johann Peter von Langer , † August 6, 1824 in Munich, painter and director of the art academies in Düsseldorf and Munich
1758, May 22, Carl-Wilhelm von Spee , † July 18, 1810 in Düsseldorf, court chamber councilor and privy councilor, electoral chief chef de cuisine
1765, July 2, Johann Friedrich Jacobi ; † December 10, 1831 in Bonn, cloth manufacturer and prefectural council in the Département de la Roer; Member of the Corps Législatif
1767, August 14 in Rath near Düsseldorf, Christine Englerth , † May 4, 1838 in Eschweiler, entrepreneur
1768, March 21, Georg Arnold Jacobi , † March 20, 1845, lawyer, administrator, author and landowner
1771, December 1, Philipp Schöller , † April 4, 1842, politician
1773, February 15, Maximilian Friedrich von Nesselrode-Hugenpoet , † August 17, 1851 in Augsburg, royal Bavarian major general
1774, June 25, Anton Theodor Hartmann , † April 20, 1838 in Rostock, orientalist, philologist and Protestant theologian
1775, October 5th, Anton Klein , † February 24th, 1853 in Brauweiler, politician and Lord Mayor of Essen
1776, August 29, Karl von Caspers , † October 28, 1843 in Augsburg, Bavarian major general
1778, March 8, Georg von Jäger , † November 20, 1863 in Speyer, Bavarian pedagogue and royal councilor, ennobled
1778, August 1 or 3, Franz Joseph von Ritz , † January 21, 1836 in Düsseldorf, Bergischer privy councilor and district administrator in Lennep and Mettmann
1780, February 16, Franz Brulliot , † November 13, 1836 in Munich, painter, engraver and art historian.
1783, February 21, Wilhelm von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny , † July 2, 1849 in Isny im Allgäu, lord of the city and rule of Isny and a state lord of Württemberg
1783, March 9, Robert von Langer , † October 6, 1846 in Haidhausen, painter, professor and gallery director in Munich
1783, May 28, Rosa Maria Assing , † January 22, 1840 in Hamburg, poet
1783, September 23, Peter von Cornelius , † March 6, 1867 in Berlin, painter
1784, April 6, Leopold Balduin von Zandt , † May 6, 1851 in Munich, Royal Bavarian Major General and Adjutant General
1784, July 17, Friedrich von Schenk , † December 12, 1866 in Munich, general administrator of the general mine and salt works administration in Munich
1785, February 21, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense , † October 10, 1858 in Berlin, narrator, biographer, diary writer and diplomat
1792, July 29, Peter von Hess , † April 4, 1871 in Munich, painter
1792, October 3, Karl Franz Joseph Thelott , † November 19, 1830 in Augsburg, portrait painter and engraver
1793, June 27, Joseph von Fuchsius , † September 9, 1854, politician
1797, March 9, Peter Joseph Neunzig , † March 4, 1877 in Gerresheim, medic and revolutionary
1797, December 13, Heinrich Heine , † February 17, 1856 in Paris, poet and writer
1799, September 18, Dietrich Monten , † December 13, 1843 in Munich, history painter and lithographer

19th century

1801 to 1820

1802, October 8, Ernst Joseph Thelott , † May 1, 1833 in Augsburg, portrait painter
1803 (or until 1805), Gustav Heine von Geldern , † November 15, 1886 in Vienna, German-Austrian publicist
1805, February 2, Johann Baptist Sonderland , † July 21, 1878 in Düsseldorf, painter and etcher
1806 (or 1807), Maximilian von Heine , † 1879 in Berlin, doctor in Würzburg and St. Petersburg, brother of Heinrich Heine
1806, January 8, Alexander Bachem , † February 11, 1878 in Cologne, Lord Mayor of Koblenz and Cologne
1807, Joseph Clemens Weyhe , † July 26, 1871 in Engers / Neuwied, landscape architect
1809, Carl Wilhelm Günther , † March 3, 1859 in Leipzig, opera singer and actor
1809, April 17, Friedrich von Kühlwetter , † December 2, 1882 in Münster, Prussian Minister of the Interior
1810, June 1, Lorenz Cantador , † December 1, 1883 in New York City, commander of the Düsseldorf vigilante group during the German Revolution of 1848/49
1813, March 22, Eduard Kühlwetter , August 14, 1897 in Cologne, politician and railway manager
1813, April 18, Wilhelm Joseph Heine , † June 29, 1839 in Düsseldorf, painter
1813, May 9, Gustav Blaeser , † April 20, 1874 in Cannstatt, sculptor
1817, December 2, Heinrich von Sybel , † August 1, 1895 in Marburg, historian
around 1817, Wilhelm Themer , † September 11, 1849 in Cologne, landscape painter
1818, April 14, Carl Hilgers , † December 3, 1890, landscape painter of the Düsseldorf School

1821 to 1840

Oswald Achenbach, portrait of Ludwig des Coudres

1821, September 18, Wilhelm Klein , † July 10, 1897 in Remagen, painter of the Düsseldorf School
1822, January 6, Caspar Anton Heuser , † April 3, 1891 in Cologne, priest, theologian and cathedral chapter of Cologne
1822, November 19, Dominik Mosler , † November 13, 1880 in Münster, history and portrait painter of the Düsseldorf School
1823, October 15, Joseph Krebs , † October 23, 1890 in Cologne, writer, historian and member of the Reichstag
1824, April 20, Gustav Eschborn , † December 18, 1902 in Heidelberg, civil servant in the Baden state service, senior bailiff, secret government councilor
1825, Alfred Bournye , † after 1858, history and portrait painter and lithographer of the Düsseldorf School
1826, March 1, Franz Deckers , † June 3, 1908 in Düsseldorf, architect
1826, July 11, Franz Grashof , † October 26, 1893 in Karlsruhe, engineer
1826, Joseph Bernardi , † March 9, 1907, landscape painter of the Düsseldorf School
1826, Franz Thelen , † after 1877, painter
1827, February 2, Oswald Achenbach , † February 1, 1905 in Düsseldorf, painter
1829, August 30, Friedrich von Strantz , † October 13, 1897 in Stettin, Lieutenant General
1830, July 16, Laurenz Heinrich Hetjens , † May 26, 1906 in Aachen, art collector
1831, October 8, Paul Graf von Hatzfeld zu Trachenberg , † November 27, 1901 in London / England, State Secretary and Head of the Foreign Office of the German Empire from 1881 to 1885
1833, March 19, Joseph Roloffs , † July 9, 1899 in Düsseldorf, wood engraver
1835, June 13, Adolf Wüllner , † October 6, 1908 in Aachen, physicist and rector of RWTH Aachen
1836, Heinrich Mosler , † November 27, 1892 in Düsseldorf, history painter, portrait painter and art writer
1838, April 18, Hans von Monbart , † April 20, 1898 ibid, Lieutenant General
1838, July 30, Eugen Richter , † March 10, 1906 in Lichterfelde, today part of Berlin, politician and publicist
1839, January 18, Emil Rohde , † December 18, 1913 in Munich, royal Bavarian court actor, personal friend of King Ludwig II of Bavaria

1841 to 1860

1842, January 21, August Stein , † December 19, 1903 in Düsseldorf, councilor, industrialist (mining) and founder of the Auguste Victoria colliery in Marl-Hüls
1842, June 16, Arnold Forstmann , † 1914 or later, landscape painter
1842, May 24, Theodor Hagen , † February 12, 1919 in Weimar, painter and art teacher
1842, August 30, Gregor von Stralendorff , † July 8, 1918 in Berlin, architect
1842, November 11, Alexandra Wassiljewna Schukowskaja , † August 26, 1899 in Wendishbora, daughter of the poet Vasily Andreevich Schukowski, Russian lady-in-waiting and lover of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov
1844, January 17, Karl Hilgers , † February 25, 1925 in Berlin, sculptor
1844, December 12, Johann Peter Theodor Janssen , † February 19, 1908 in Düsseldorf, painter, professor at the art academy
1845, March 24, Franz Cremer , † December 8, 1908 in Düsseldorf, history painter
1845, July 21, Karl Rudolf Sohn , † August 29, 1908 in Düsseldorf, painter
1846, November 29, Conrad Kiesel , † May 28, 1921 in Berlin, architect, painter and sculptor
1847, July 28 in Gerresheim, Carl Maria Seyppel , † November 20, 1913 in Gerresheim, painter, writer, caricaturist (beginning of the development of comics)
1847, October 7, Alexander Franken , † October 4, 1896 in Jena, legal scholar
1849, April 25, Felix Klein , † June 22, 1925 in Göttingen , mathematician
1849, June 6, Emilie Preyer , † September 23, 1930 in Düsseldorf, painter of still lifes
1852, February 25, Georg Wenker , † July 17, 1911 in Marburg , linguist, founder of the Linguistic Atlas of the German Empire (Wenker Atlas)
1852, August 12, Leo von Abbema , † April 19, 1929, architect
1855, February 26, Emil Schrödter , † October 31, 1928 in Mehlem, association functionary of heavy industry
1855, May 15, Leopold von Kalckreuth , † December 1, 1928 in Eddelsen , painter, graphic artist and university professor
1855, May 29, Karl Janssen , † December 2, 1927 in Düsseldorf, sculptor, professor at the art academy
1857, March 3, Rudolf Tillessen , architect
1857, March 19, Fritz Reiss , † February 27, 1915 in Kirchzarten, lithographer, illustrator, graphic artist and painter
1858, March 12, Paul Wilhelmi , † May 26, 1943 in Detroit , panorama and portrait painter of the Düsseldorf School
1858, November 21, Bruno Schmitz , † April 27, 1916 in Berlin , architect
1859, March 28, Karl Ortmann , † November 1, 1914 in Koblenz , Lord Mayor of Koblenz
1859, April 4, Nils Gude , † December 24, 1908 in Christiania, portrait painter
1859, May 21, Otto Hupp , † January 31, 1949 in Oberschleißheim near Munich, heraldist, type graphic artist, painter, chaser
Karl Vautier (1860 - after 1910), portrait painter of the Düsseldorf School

1861 to 1880

Self-portrait of the painter Hermann Dick

Carl Sonnenschein was a Catholic priest known for his appearance in the working class ; the "Gypsy of Charity" ( Kurt Tucholsky ).

1861, June 18, Friedrich Klein-Chevalier , † March 14, 1938 in Wiesbaden, painter of the Düsseldorf School
1861, June 30, Wilhelm Süs , † December 6, 1933 in Mannheim, painter, graphic artist and ceramist, co-founded the State Majolica Manufactory Karlsruhe
1861, July 24, Benno von Achenbach , † October 15, 1936 in Berlin, founder of the German art of carriage driving
1861, September 7, Willy Spatz , † August 4, 1931 in Düsseldorf, painter and lithographer
1862, May 30, Franz Held , actually: Franz Herzfeld , † February 4, 1908 in Rankweil, poet, playwright and prose author
1862, July 27th Christian Josef Johnen , † February 8th, 1938 lawyer and shorthand scholar
1863, March 27th Carl Rudolf Poensgen , † March 2nd, 1946 in Düsseldorf, industrialist and councilor of commerce
1863, August 10, Heinrich Biesenbach , † October 24, 1926 in Düsseldorf, lawyer, local researcher, writer
1864, July 8, Vincent Deckers , † May 11, 1905 in Düsseldorf, painter
1865, August 19, Albert Herzfeld , † 1943 in Theresienstadt, painter and author
1866, August 17, Carl Hoff , † January 1 or 2, 1904 at Feldberg, painter, lithographer and graphic artist
1867, September 25, Joachim von Bredow , † December 12, 1941, politician
1868, May 28, Fritz Volkers , † February 7, 1944 in Fischenisch, horse painter from the Düsseldorf School
1868, May 28, Karl Volkers , † May 12, 1949 in Neuhaus, horse painter of the Düsseldorf School
1868, November 14th, August Bauer , † August 9th, 1961, sculptor
1868, December 21, Hans Wacker , † March 26, 1958 in Ferch am Schwielowsee, painter
1870, February 28, Paul Heidelbach , † February 13, 1954 in Kassel, writer, city archivist, editor and librarian
1871, September 19, Ernst Poensgen , † July 22, 1949 in Bern, industrialist and patron of the city of Düsseldorf
1871, November 3, Hanns Heinz Ewers , † June 12, 1943 in Berlin, writer and filmmaker
1872, May 6, Oscar Adolf Adorno , † July 13, 1937 at Gut Kaltenberg near Tettnang, agricultural functionary and central politician
1872, May 30, August Ternes , † 1938 in Düsseldorf, painter
1872, August 4, Benedikt Schmittmann , † September 13, 1939 in Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg concentration camp near Berlin, social scientist
1872, August 11, Ernst Hoff , † September 20, 1932 in Düsseldorf, association functionary
1873, Raphael Oskar Unverdross , † 1952, landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School
1874, February 2, Max Volkers , † November 21, 1946 in Fischenich, genre, animal and landscape painter of the Düsseldorf School
1875, January 31, Richard Bauer , † January 12, 1935 in Düsseldorf, architect
1875, February 27, Hermann Dick , † August 25, 1958 in Ahrhütte, painter
1875, April 12, Adam Wrede , † December 21, 1960 in Cologne , philologist, linguist and folklorist
1875, April 26, Otto Engels , † June 18, 1960 in Speyer, agricultural chemist
1875, May 21, Helene Bechstein , † April 20, 1951 in Berchtesgaden, wife of the piano manufacturer Edwin Bechstein , patron and admirer of Adolf Hitler
1875, September 4th, Josef Wahl , † 1951 in Düsseldorf, portrait, history and church painter of the Düsseldorf School
1876, Theodor Kramer , † June 12, 1921 in Stolp, administrative lawyer in Prussia
1876, February 11, Josef Körschgen , † 1937 in Düsseldorf, sculptor
1876, May 27, Wilhelm Levison , † January 17, 1947 in Durham , historian
1876, June 9, Anna Wrangel , † September 17, 1941 in Landskrona, portrait and landscape painter, draftsman and graphic artist
1876, July 15, Carl Sonnenschein , † February 20, 1929 in Berlin, theologian
1876, December 21, Gustav Sacrifice , † 1957 in Düsseldorf, figure, portrait and landscape painter of the Düsseldorf School
1877, June 19, Heinrich Rondi , † November 10, 1948, in Düsseldorf, weightlifter and wrestler and Olympic champion in the tug of war
1877, August 9, Oswald Kohut ; † October 25, 1951, in Berlin, journalist, publisher and writer
1877, October 15, Ernst Gottschalk , † September 2, 1942 in Düsseldorf; Sculptor and member of the "Young Rhineland" association
1878, January 25, Wilhelm Christens , † March 17, 1964 in Düsseldorf, landscape, portrait and still life painter and graphic artist of the Düsseldorf School
1878, February 4, Gustav Melcher , † 1966, painter, writer, film director, pioneer of film and film theory
1878, May 7, Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald , † January 29, 1957 in Allensbach , translator, fashion designer, illustrator, draftsman, painter of Art Nouveau
1878, June 17, Hermann Pütz , † April 12, 1928 in Aachen , mayor of Bergisch Gladbach and district administrator of the district of Aachen
1878, August 25, Ludwig Heinrich Heyne , † October 1914 in Douvrin , painter
1879, March 5, Hans Kohlschein , † December 28, 1948 in Warburg , painter, draftsman and caricaturist
1879, June 21, Emmy Stein , † September 21, 1954 in Tübingen , botanist and geneticist
1879, November 22, Leonore Niessen-Deiters , † June 29, 1939 in Spiez (Switzerland), journalist and writer
1880, January 24, Peter Wilhelm Millowitsch , † January 14, 1945 in Remagen, actor and theater manager
1880, February 17, Carl Plückebaum , † 1952, in Düsseldorf, painter and etcher
1880, July 12, Hermann Harry Schmitz , † August 8, 1913 in Bad Münster am Stein, writer
1880, December 27, Theodor Litt , † July 16, 1962 in Bonn , educator and philosopher

1881 to 1900

Rosa Porten was an actress , screenwriter , film director and writer .

Gustaf Gründgens (1936 as Hamlet) was an important actor , director and artistic director .

Kurt C. Volkhart (1929, Nürburgring ) was the designer and driver of the first rocket car .

1881, Kurd Janssen , † 1953, administrative lawyer and Prussian district administrator in the Flatow district
1881, January 21, Hugo Wilhelm Henkel , † December 18, 1952 in Ratingen-Hösel, chemist and industrialist
1881, February 4th, Albert Poensgen , † 1976 in Mannheim, president of the tax court and world champion billiards
1881, March 6, Friedrich Barthel , † 1960 in Döttesfeld, writer and journalist
1881, May 10, Karl Brückel , † October 17, 1980 in Freilassing / Upper Bavaria, actor (master role as Schneider Wibbel ), theater director, singer, radio play speaker
1882, December 4, Wilhelm Mohr ; † February 16, 1948 in Düsseldorf, architect
1882, December 21, Gustav Koenigs , † April 15, 1945 in Potsdam, administrative lawyer and state secretary in the NS Ministry of Transport, designated as Reich Transport Minister by the conspirators of July 20, 1944
1883, July 8, Otto Janssen , † May 16, 1967 in Düsseldorf, philosopher and university professor
1883, December 5, Erich Becker , † October 22, 1959, Protestant pastor, theologian and Christian archaeologist
1884, February 19, Rosa Porten , † May 7, 1972 in Munich, actress, screenwriter, film director and writer
1884, June 14, Hans Müller-Schlösser , † March 21, 1956 in Düsseldorf, writer (Schneider Wibbel)
1884, April 2, Paul Poensgen , † December 21, 1945 in the special camp Jamlitz, lawyer and banker
1884, April 8, Hans Brandt , † April 13, 1961 in Krefeld, district administrator in the district of Peine and police chief in Dortmund
1884, May 8, Josef Kohlschein the Younger , † October 17, 1958 in Neuss, painter, draftsman and etcher
1885, Carl Valentin , † 1966, landscape, genre and animal painter of the Düsseldorf School
1885, January 25, Erich Klausener , † June 30, 1934 in Berlin (murder by the National Socialists), Catholic resistance fighter
1885, March 1, Ludwig Bockholt , † April 7, 1918 in the Strait of Otranto, airship and lieutenant captain of the Imperial Navy
1885, May 31, Rudolf Klein , † April 16, 1971 in Münster, administrative lawyer, district administrator and government vice-president
1885, September 13, Wilhelm Heuser , † August 22, 1956 in Neuss, politician, Lord Mayor of Sterkrade and Oberhausen
1885, November 24, Kurt Poensgen , † March 8, 1944, legal scholar and private banker
1887, February 8, Heinrich Spoerl , † August 25, 1955 in Rottach-Egern, writer (Die Feuerzangenbowle)
1887, April 6, Helmuth Poensgen , † March 22, 1945 in Ratingen, industrialist
1888, January 21, Ernst Kapp , † March 7, 1978 in Munich, classical philologist and university professor
1888, January 28, Jakob Fischer-Rhein , † October 28, 1976 in Miltenberg , painter
1888, April 24, Alfred Rosenthal , † August 23, 1942 in Riga-Skirotava, film journalist and film lobbyist
1888, June 17, Friedrich Grimm , † May 16, 1959 in Freiburg im Breisgau, National Socialist, international lawyer and defense lawyer
1888, November 20, Willi Tillmans , † March 25, 1985 in Hagen, painter
1888, December 12, Karl August Wiedenhofen , † May 21, 1958 in Düsseldorf, lawyer and resistance fighter
1889, January 28, Erwin Kröner , † October 23, 1963 in Düsseldorf, landscape, figure and flower painter of the Düsseldorf School
1889, December 7, Karl Kleppe , † April 16, 1945 in Düsseldorf, master painter and resistance fighter
1890, June 21, Kurt C. Volkhart , † November 19, 1959 in Bielefeld, engineer, designer, racing driver and first driver of a rocket vehicle
1890, August 20, Carl Napp , † March 21, 1957 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, humorist and actor
1890, September 6, Carl Maria Weber , † August 15, 1953 in Prien / Chiemsee, writer
1890, September 21, Werner Ballauff , † January 10, 1973 in Düsseldorf, farmer, businessman, member of the Reichstag of the NSDAP, SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS
1890, October 30, Ernst Adams , † March 19, 1973 in Bernkastel-Kues, politician
1891, February 5, Werner Spieß , † December 7, 1972 in Braunschweig, archivist, director of the city archive and the city library of Braunschweig
1891, February 17, Sigurd Janssen , † May 6, 1968 in Freiburg im Breisgau, doctor and pharmacologist, Rector of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
1891, March 12, Wilhelm (Willi) Reinhard , † July 3, 1918 in Berlin-Adlershof, fighter pilot in World War I and holder of the Pour le Mérite order
1891, March 25, Paul Bücher , † September 5, 1968 in Düsseldorf, landscape painter and glass painter of the Düsseldorf School
1891, August 4, Max Thomas , † December 6, 1945 in Würzburg, doctor and SS group leader and lieutenant general of the police
1891, August 22, Paul Gehlen , † October 9, 1950 in Düsseldorf, writer
1891, August 30, Will Czech , † January 18, 1975, painter, draftsman and restorer
1891, December 15, Hans Neese , † 1961 in Leipzig, welding technician
1892, May 27, Willy Reetz , † July 24, 1963 in Düsseldorf, painter, "Düsseldorfer Malerschule"
1893, January 15, Curt Lahs , † 1958 in Berlin, painter
1893, February 9, Hermann Knüfken , † February 8, 1976 in Brighton, marine, revolutionary, union activist, resistance fighter and secret agent
1893, September 23, Werner Schöllgen , † March 9, 1985 in Bonn, Roman Catholic professor of moral theology
1893, December 2, Walter Risse , † June 16, 1969, football player
1894, January 7, Reinhold Heinen , † July 23, 1969 in Heimbach, politician (CDU), journalist and publisher
1895, July 21, Hermann Herbst , † August 17, 1944 in Niš, historian, codicologist and librarian
1895, October 5, 1895 Ludwig Gehre , † April 9, 1945 in the Flossenbürg concentration camp, officer and resistance fighter
1896, June 18, Erwin Erich Torenburg , † 1965, journalist, publisher, writer
1896, June 23, Karl Löwenberg , † October 14, 1975, theater director, founder of the German-language Kammerspiele in Quito
1897, March 1, Harald Arthur Poensgen , † November 22, 1987, export merchant and entrepreneur
1897, July 7, Emma Waiblinger , † November 30, 1923 in Esslingen, writer
1897, November 22, Joachim Meyer-Quade , † September 10, 1939 with Piątek, politician (NSDAP) and SA leader
1897, December 20, Arnold E. Weber , † September 1955, economist
1897, December 25, Hannes Küpper , † November 1955 in Berlin, dramaturge, director and writer
1898, March 30, Heinz Risse , † July 17, 1989 in Solingen, writer
1898, May 25, Johann Wilhelm Schriever , † August 12, 1979 in Eltville am Rhein, physiology professor in Breslau, Würzburg and Mainz
1898, June 24, Johannes Werner Klein , † March 9, 1984 in Hamburg, philosopher, author and lecturer
1898, August 19, Hans Füsser , † January 30, 1959 in Düsseldorf, illustrator, caricaturist and comic artist
1898, 10 September, Hans Globke , † 13 February 1973 in Bonn, lawyer, National Socialist, ministerial director from 1949, then State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery (1953–1963)
1898, December 7, Georg Poensgen , † January 11, 1974 in Heidelberg, art historian
1899, March 18, Edmund Randerath , † March 19, 1961 in Heidelberg, pathologist and university professor, rector of Heidelberg University
1899, May 24, Wilhelm Elmpt , † March 1944 in Düsseldorf, architect
1899, October 13, Walter Kordt , † June 18, 1972 in Düsseldorf, theater director and critic, writer
1899, December 16, Hans Barion , † May 15, 1973 in Bonn, Catholic canon lawyer
1899, December 22nd, Gustaf Gründgens , † October 7th, 1963 in Manila / Philippines, actor (Mephisto in “Faust”), director, general manager
1900, February 11, Franz Graf , † December 6, 1956, politician (FDP), member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
1900, February 21, Erwin Albrecht , † June 26, 1985 in Saarbrücken, judge in the Third Reich and Saarland politician
1900, May 12, Karl von Appen , † August 22, 1981 in Berlin, stage designer at the Berliner Ensemble
1900, May 31, Edmund Anton Kohlschein , † May 15, 1996 in Düsseldorf, painter
1900, July 27, Ralph Roese , † February 8, 1950 in Neuwied, motor sportsman

20th century

1901 to 1910

Hilarius Gilges was an Afro-German tap dancer , actor and communist . He was murdered by National Socialists at the age of 24 .

Luise Rainer , born in Düsseldorf in 1910 , was the only German actress to date to receive the Oscar , twice, in 1936 and 1937.

1901, August 6, Wilhelm Pferdekamp , † February 22, 1966 in Freiburg im Breisgau, writer and translator
1901, May 10, Max Lorenz , actually Max Sülzenfuß, † January 11, 1975 in Salzburg, opera singer
1901, September 22, Friedrich Karl Schmidt , † January 25, 1977 in Heidelberg, mathematician
1901, October 9, Lore Kegel , † October 20, 1980, art dealer and collector of non-European art
1901, November 9, Eduard Marks , † June 30, 1981 in Hamburg, actor, drama teacher and radio play speaker
1902, January 18, Umbo (actually: Otto Maximilian Umbehr), † May 13, 1980 in Hanover, photographer and photojournalist
1902, March 25, Paul Hoffmann , † December 2, 1990 in Vienna, stage, film and television actor as well as director and theater manager
1902, May 13, Erich Meyer-Düwerth , † 1986, writer
1902, July 27, Hans-Dietrich von Diepenbroick-Grueter , † 1980, antiquarian and collector of portraits
1902, September 16, Jakob Sporrenberg , † December 6, 1952 in Warsaw, SS group leader, lieutenant general of the police and politician (NSDAP)
1902, October 12, Änne Saefkow (actually: Anna) née Thiebes, † August 4, 1962 in Berlin, stenographer, communist resistance fighter against National Socialism, prisoner in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, mayor of Berlin-Pankow and Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg and VVN- Activist.
1903, February 2, Oswald Petersen , † 1992, painter
1903, May 23, Marita Gründgens , † December 24, 1985 in Solingen, actress, chansonnière and cabaret artist
1903, August 22, Hans Schröers , † March 16, 1969, painter
1904, July 12, Paul Braess , † March 19, 1974, Professor of Insurance Science
1904, August 10, Ellen Soeding , † February 17, 1987 in Hagen, writer
1904, August 24, Herbert Wahlen , † August 1945 in Kaunas, theater director, director and actor
1904, November 18, Willy Huppertz , † March 15, 1978 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, author and anarchist
1905, March 17, Toni Menzinger , † December 27, 2007 in Karlsruhe, politician (CDU), member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg
1905, April 15, Jakob Alfons Holl , † July 9, 1966 in Cologne-Brück, Catholic priest and theologian
1905, December 11, Ludwig Engels , † January 10, 1967 in São Paulo, chess player
1906, January 14, Karl Ude , † April 1, 1997 in Munich, journalist and writer
1906, January 25, Toni Ulmen , † November 4, 1976 in Düsseldorf, motorcycle and automobile racing driver
1906, May 29, Heinz Jordan , † July 27, 1982, electrical engineer
1907, January 10, Adolf Lohmann , † October 19, 1983 in Düsseldorf, music teacher and composer
1907, February 5, Maria Fuss , † March 29, 1979 in Düsseldorf, sculptor and graphic artist
1907, June 5, Rolf Bongs , † November 20, 1981 in Düsseldorf, writer
1907, August 29, Theodor Andresen , † April 16, 1945 in Düsseldorf, building contractor and resistance fighter
1907, September 29, Walter Gentz , † January 26, 1967, lawyer and administrative clerk
1907, October 22, Hans Bockkom , † June 1981, Dutch cyclist
1907, October 30, Walter Cyran , † May 20, 2000 in Tübingen, pharmacist and food chemist
1908, January 22nd, Loni Heuser , † March 6th 1999 in Berlin, actress, singer, variety and cabaret star
1908, March 25, Helmut Käutner , † April 20, 1980 in Castellina / Italy, director ( Des Teufels General , Das Haus in Montevideo ), actor
1908, April 4, Willi Kürten , † July 18, 1944 in Ternopil / Soviet Union, hurdler
1908, April 19, Robert Nünighoff , † April 23, 1972, board member of Hessische Berg- und Hüttenwerke AG
1908, June 18, Karl Hohmann , † March 31, 1974, football player and coach
1908, July 7, Horst Orbanowski , † June 1, 1981 in Byram, ice hockey, field hockey and tennis player, ice hockey official
1908, July 21, Walter Gahlen , † March 26, 1994 in Düsseldorf, dermatologist and university professor
1909, February 20, Ernst Klusen , † July 31, 1988, musicologist, composer, music teacher and folk song researcher
1909, April 4, Konrad Thurano , † November 20, 2007, rope artist
1909, April 28, Hilarius Gilges , † June 20, 1933, Afro-German tap dancer and actor, victim of National Socialism
1909, June 2, Wolfgang Glatzel , † January 29, 2004, lawyer and CEO of the Deutsche Continental-Gas-Gesellschaft
1909, June 12, Johannes Mundhenk , † 1986, Baptist theologian, philosopher and classical philologist
1909, August 20, Annemarie Fromme-Bechem , † 1992, children's and youth author
1910, January 12, Luise Rainer , † December 30, 2014, actress, Oscar winner
1910, February 6, Elfriede Seppi , † June 14, 1976 in Neuwied, politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag
1910, March 16, Norman Wooland , † April 3, 1989 in Staplehurst, Kent, England, British film and theater actor
1910, March 29, Carl Lambertz , † February 27, 1996 in Eckernförde, painter and graphic artist
1910, May 7, Hermann Nellen , † November 2, 1982 in Düsseldorf, district administrator and most recently ministerial director
1910, May 23, Hans Meyer , † April 6, 1971 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Protestant pastor and politician
1910, June 22nd, Willy Berking , † May 21st 1979 in Frankfurt am Main, composer (“Vagabundenlied”), trombonist
1910, August 8, Johanna Weber , † October 24, 2014, mathematician and aircraft aerodynamicist, a. a. for the supersonic airliner Concorde

1911 to 1920

1911, February 4, Paul Egon Hübinger , † June 26, 1987 in Bonn, historian
1911, May 13, Anita Blum-Paulmichl , † June 20, 1981 in Ahlen, medalist, draftsman, painter and sculptor
1911, August 9, Horst Thurmann , † September 23, 1999 in Elberfeld, Protestant pastor, opponent of Hitler, prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp and Bible teacher
1912, January 22nd, Hermann Wesse , † October 20, 1989 in Bad Hersfeld, psychiatrist, medical criminal under National Socialism
1912, March 8, Aloys Odenthal , † November 30, 2003, architect and resistance fighter
1912, March 26, Elfriede Florin , † March 7, 2006 in Berlin, actress.
1912, July 4, Josef Heinhold , † April 5, 2000, mathematician, computer scientist, university lecturer and specialist book author
1912, September 6, Alois Garg , actor and director
1912, September 9, Jean-Pierre Wilhelm , † July 1968, gallery owner and art critic
1913, January 19, Irma Petzold-Heinz , † 1991, writer
1913, February 20, Arthur Westrup , † September 20, 2009 in Neckarsulm, journalist
1914, January 17, Kurt Hubert Franz , † July 4, 1998 in Wuppertal, last camp commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp
1914, May 16, Herbert Wendt , † June 26, 1979 in Baden-Baden, writer
1914, December 14, Lieselotte Wicke , † March 18, 1989, member of the state parliament
1915, July 26, Adolf Bierbrauer , † September 2, 2012 in Ratingen, artist, musician, psychotherapist
1915, August 1, Ursula Benser , † March 2, 2001 in Domburg, modern painter
1915, 23 August, Paul Schneider-Esleben , † 19 May 2005 in Fischbachau am Schliersee, architect
1915, October 25, Konrad Henkel , † April 24, 1999 in Düsseldorf, industrialist
1915, November 21, Karl Kremer , † July 25, 2009 in Düsseldorf, physician
1916, May 17, Bele Bachem , † June 5, 2005 in Munich, painter and writer
1916, June 12, Folkmar Koenigs , † May 9, 2009, lawyer and university professor
1917, January 3, Alexander Spoerl , † October 16, 1978 in Rottach-Egern, writer
1918, January 31, Karl Emerich Krämer , † February 28, 1987 in Düsseldorf, poet and writer
1918, April 28, Anja Lundholm , † August 4, 2007 in Frankfurt am Main, writer
1918, June 5, Josef Lehmbrock , † July 19, 1999 in Düsseldorf, architect and church builder
1918, November 11, Jürg Baur , † January 31, 2010, composer
1919, January 4, Elisabeth Trube-Becker , † February 1, 2012 in Neuss, forensic doctor in Düsseldorf, first German professor of forensic medicine
1919, September 9, Wilhelm Dopatka , † July 23, 1979 in Leverkusen, politician and Lord Mayor of Leverkusen
1919, November 28, Peter Lehmbrock , † August 25, 1990 in Hamburg, actor
1920, February 16, Friedrich Cremer , † September 22, 2010 in Triefenstein, Bavarian SPD politician

1921 to 1930

Beate Kuhn , 2004

Jürgen Habermas , 2007

1921, January 4, Friedrich Schütter , † September 17, 1995 in Hamburg, actor and theater director
1921, January 29, Hans Herbert Götz , † November 14, 1999, business journalist and publicist
1921, August 11, Otto Hallen , † February 3, 2006 in Mannheim, neurologist
1921, September 27, Steffen Berg , † January 22, 2011, forensic doctor
1921, October 7, Siegfried Spielmann , † 1999 in Düsseldorf, billiard player and German champion
1921, October 20, Marianne Wischmann , † November 6, 2009 in Starnberg, actress and voice actress
1922, March 15, Karl-Otto Apel , † May 15, 2017 in Niedernhausen, philosopher
1922, April 12, Hans-Georg Paffrath , † September 18, 2013 in Düsseldorf, art dealer and gallery owner
1922, October 23, Gisela Vollmer , † March 4, 2005 in Düsseldorf, historian and archivist
1922, October 28, Marie Louise Fischer , † April 2, 2005 in Prien am Chiemsee, writer
1923, December 2nd, Heinz Korn , † March 5th 1993, composer (at 17 you still have dreams; darling, we are getting older too), lyricist
1924, January 2, Horst Egon Kalinowski , † September 13, 2013 in Düsseldorf, painter, graphic artist and sculptor
1924, October 7, Hanni Kowalczyk , † April 4, 2004 in Düsseldorf, graphic designer, typographer and author
1924, October 30, Hannelore Weygand , † December 18, 2017, dressage rider
1924, November 13, Matthias Mauritz , † November 21, 2016 in Düsseldorf, football player
1924, November 17, Günter B. Fettweis , † October 31, 2018 in Leoben, German-Austrian mining engineer
1924, November 27, Georges Poisson , art historian
1924, December 12, Walter Hoor , † January 22, 2016 in Düsseldorf, actor
1925, April 10, Karl-Heinz van Kaldenkerken , lawyer and city director
1925, November 11, Jan Simons , † May 7, 2006 in Montreal, Canadian singer and singing teacher
1925, November 23, Hugo Borger , † September 15, 2004, medieval archaeologist, museum founder, building and monument conservationist, general director of Cologne museums and university professor
1925, December 17, Diether Kressel , † January 7, 2015 in Hamburg, painter, draftsman and graphic artist
1926, March 23, Anneliese Probst , † October 10, 2011 in Holleben, writer
1926, July 24th, Franz Jochen Schoeller , diplomat and ambassador ret. D.
1926, September 23, John Ericson , b. Joseph Meibes, † May 3, 2020 in Santa Fe (New Mexico), American actor
1926, October 12, Hans-Peter Sültenfuß , † January 25, 2018, ice hockey functionary
1926, October 21, Josef Krings , † November 10, 2019, educator and politician (SPD)
1927 March 18, Bernard Ebbinghouse , † February 24, 2012 in West Molesey, Surrey; British orchestra conductor and film composer
1927, March 18, Günter Lipphardt , † June 29, 2017, process engineer and university professor
1927, May 25, Gerhard Croll , † October 26, 2019 in Salzburg, German-Austrian musicologist
1927, July 14, Käte Reiter , † April 16, 2013 in Düsseldorf, writer
1927, July 15, Beate Kuhn , † December 10, 2015, ceramicist and ceramic sculptor
1927, August 24, Günter Beaugrand , † November 21, 2018 in Hamm, publicist
1928, February 24, Heinz Hürten , † January 6, 2018 in Münster, historian
1928, July 9, Winfred Gaul , † December 3, 2003 in Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, artist
1928, September 28, Egon Hoegen , † June 1, 2018, actor and speaker
1928, October 23, Karl Heinz Bender , actor and radio play speaker
1928, November 7th, Kurt Reis , writer
1928, December 21, Otto Feld , † November 10, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Christian archaeologist and Byzantine art historian
1929, January 11, Volker Ochs , † October 16, 2018 in Frankfurt (Oder), composer and church music director
1929, April 27, Otto Lindner , † January 1, 2020 in Crans, Switzerland, architect and entrepreneur
1929, June 18, Jürgen Habermas , philosopher, sociologist
1929, November 21, Peter Brüning , † December 25, 1970 in Ratingen, painter and graphic artist (representative of the German Informel)
1929, Ursula Graeff-Hirsch , painter and glass painter
1930, January 9, Carl-Ludwig Wagner , † July 27, 2012 in Trier, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate (1988–1991)
1930, March 16, Peter Lindner , † October 11, 1964 in Linas, racing car driver
1930, July 6, Joseph Georg Wolf , † May 31, 2017, legal scholar
1930, August 16, Simha Arom , ethnomusicologist
1930, August 22, Klaus Strunk , † September 7, 2018, Indo-Europeanist
1930, August 25, Hildegard Reitz , † September 11, 2019 in Aachen, art historian and rector of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences
1930, September 20, Adolf Endler , † August 2, 2009 in Berlin, writer, essayist and poet
1930, December 9, Carl-August Fleischhauer , † September 4, 2005 in Bonn, lawyer, judge at the International Court of Justice

1931 to 1940

1931, March 19, Klaus Otto Nass , † April 13, 2017, legal scholar, politician and university professor
1931, June 30th, Jochem Poensgen , glass designer
1932, March 23, Günter Lanser , writer
1932, May 4, Tebbe Harms Kleen , † January 7, 2016 in Würzburg, actor, theater director, dramaturge and theater manager
1933, February 1, Rosemarie Nitribitt , † probably October 29, 1957 in Frankfurt am Main, prostitute of high society
1933, February 10, Gottfried Arnold , † December 28, 2015, lawyer, publisher and politician
1933, June 23, Claus Heß , † April 2, 2018, rower
1933, October 12, Dietrich Claude , † August 2, 1999 in Marburg, historian
1934, January 8, Robert Ingenhoven , † March 29, 2005, architect
1934, February 14, Herbert Michel , † August 28, 2002 in Cologne, Roman Catholic prelate
1934, March 19, Walter Rempe , † April 22, 1993, politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag
1934, May 30th, Dieter Süverkrüp , songwriter, cabaret artist and painter
1934, June 6, Harald K. Hülsmann , † July 2015 in Münster, writer
1934, July 10, Albrecht Menke , † April 16, 2017 in Bonn, administrative lawyer
1934, October 18, Walter Gerhardt , lawyer and university professor
1934, October 24, Fritz Briel , † March 15, 2017 in Düsseldorf, canoeist
1935, March 6, Karl-Bernhard Sebon , † April 21, 1994 in Berlin, flautist
1935, April 16, Klaus Peter Rauen , † May 9, 2018 in Bonn, politician (CDU)
1935, April 21, Karl-Ernst Schottes , athlete
1935, May 17, Maritta Kersting , † May 12, 2009 in Ratingen, lutenist and guitarist
1935, June 14, Dieter Forte , † April 22, 2019 in Basel, writer
1935, August 12, Heiner Bruns , † December 4, 2019 in Bielefeld, theater director, dramaturge and director
1935, September 21, Helmut Sundhaußen , painter of concrete art
1935, October 10, Karl Hoffmann , football player
1935, December 31, Rolf Haufs , † July 26, 2013 in Berlin, poet and prose writer
1936, February 1st, Klaus Held , philosopher
1936, February 7th, Manfred Hermanns , social scientist
1936, March 10, Karl-Bernhard Schmitz , lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice from 1984 to 2001
1936, March 26th, Jürgen Meyer , university professor, lawyer and politician (SPD), member of the federal and state parliament
1936, March 31st, Hans Wilhelm Gäb , automobile manager and table tennis international
1936, April 21, Dieter Wunder , teacher and GEW chairman
1936, June 11, Wolfgang Römer , lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice from 1990 to 2001
1936, June 19, Norbert Trippen , † April 19, 2017, Roman Catholic clergyman, church historian and university professor
1936, October 11th, Jürgen Mittelstrass , philosopher
1936, October 31, Rüdiger Rogge , lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice from 1985 to 2001
1936, November 6th, Heinz Rölleke , philologist and narrative researcher
1937, February 19, Franz Tinnefeld , Byzantinist
1937, May 25, Karlhans Frank , † November 25, 2007 in Gelnhaar, Hesse, writer and director
1937, June 8, Dieter Balkhausen , † January 26, 2018, journalist and book author
1937, August 5, Klaus L. Berghahn , † November 1, 2019, literary scholar
1937, September 15, Meinulf Barbers , educator and important sponsor of Christian youth and adult organizations
1937, December 24th, Elisabeth Fehrenbach , professor for modern history
1938, August 30, Bernd Wunder , professor for modern history, author and editor
1938, September 30, Ulrich Rückriem , sculptor
1938, December 11, Gerd Cintl , † December 26, 2017 in Düsseldorf, rower
1938, December 13th in the Oberbilk district, Heino alias Heinz Georg Kramm, pop singer (the gentian blooms in blue; the black Barbara)
1939, January 14th, Gunther Keusen , artist, university professor and director
1939, January 16, Jürgen Meyer , physician, cardiologist and university professor
1939, April 3, Bruno Dietrich , actor
1939, April 10, Hans Kloft , ancient historian
1939, August 16, Dietmar Hennecke , mechanical engineer and professor
1939, September 18, Dietrich Meyer , manager and association official
1939, October 15, Heide Keller , actress and screenwriter
1939, December 4, Dieter Gruschke , † August 27, 2019 in Saarlouis, politician (SPD)
1940, Bernd Lohaus , † November 5, 2010 in Antwerp, sculptor, painter and draftsman
1940, July 6, Bernd Müller , † September 28, 2018 in Neuss, journalist
1940, August 29th, Jost Eckert , Catholic theologian
1940, November 6th, Volker Jacobs , journalist
1940, November 11th, Dieter Hülsmanns , publisher and writer
1940, November 27th, Hans Grewel , Protestant theologian

1941 to 1950

1941, January 23, Herbert Kaufmann , professor of ophthalmology, strabologist and neuroophthalmologist
1941, October 15, Heide Keller , actress
1942, February 18, Jürgen Preuss , writer
1942, August 3, Ferdinand Kriwet , † December 17, 2018 in Bremen, radio play author and artist
1942, August 8, Heinz Engels , † December 7, 2007, theater director and theater director
1943, Wolfgang Engels , soldier of the NVA, later civil worker and well-known GDR refugee
1943, April 25, Ursula Gerhardt , lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice
1945, August 14th, Wim Wenders , director
1945, November 28, Michael Klein , lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice
1946, January 23, Roswitha Müllerwiebus , politician (SPD)
1946, May 1st, Ulrich Lehner , manager
1946, May 7th, Carmen Thomas , journalist, author and communication expert
1946, July 7, Inga Abel , † May 27, 2000, actress
1946, August 19, Peter Biesenkamp , † December 29, 2019, football player
1946, November 3rd, Udo Hempel , cyclist and national track coach
1947, April 7th, Florian Schneider-Esleben , † April 30th, 2020, founding member of "Kraftwerk"
1947, July 21, Ulrich Menzel , political scientist
1947, July 31, Bert Poensgen , † May 17, 2017 in Balderschwang, motorcycle sports manager
1948, January 30, Wilhelm Baum , historian and university professor, publisher
1948, February 22nd, Max Peter Baur , mathematician and biometrician, science manager in university medicine
1948, February 25, Annette Leo , historian, biographer and editor
1948, September 4th, Heribert Bruchhagen , soccer player, coach and manager
1948, December 6th, Marius Müller-Westernhagen , actor and musician
1949, April 5, Martin Hellwig , economist, chairman of the German Monopoly Commission
1949, April 14th, Horst Pukallus , writer and translator
1949, July 10, Bernhard Ganter , mathematician and university professor
1949, September 5th, Joachim Hunold , entrepreneur, former CEO of Air Berlin
1949, October 27, Bodo Staiger , † December 10, 2019, musician and producer
1950, February 19, Reinhard Mucha , visual artist
1950, September 9, Ulrike Arnold , artist
1950, November 8, Michael Reth , immunologist

1951 to 1960

1951, February 17, Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann , art historian and museum director
1951, February 21, Thomas Battenstein , musician and record producer
1951, February 23, Eve-Marie Engels , biomedical researcher, philosopher and historian of science
1951, July 28th, Rainer Berndt , Catholic theologian
1951, August 31, Lutz Strohn , judge at the Federal Court of Justice
1951, October 20, Dieter Hein , historian and university professor
1952, Cora Fisch , object artist
1952, Karin Scholten , graphic designer and writer
1952, February 20, Gregor Schöllgen , historian
1952, June 28, Jörg Bremer , journalist, historian and writer
1952, July 19, Hans-Georg Panczak , actor and voice actor
1952, November 18, Frank Köllges , † January 1, 2012 in Neuss, jazz musician, composer and performance artist
1953, Sylvia Groß , physician and politician
1953, Dirk van Gunsteren , literary translator
1953, Ernst Axel Knauf , Protestant Old Testament scholar
1953, Thomas Schönauer , sculptor
1953, January 25, Wolfgang Schareck , physician
1953, February 4, Hen Hermanns , writer
1953, February 11, Thomas Wolf , bank robber, kidnapper and blackmailer
1953, September 2, Jürgen Braun , rheumatologist and university professor
1953, September 25, Georg Heinzen , writer
1954, Ulrich Dehn , theologian, religious scholar and university professor
1954, February 28, Leonhard Mader , actor
1954, April 24, Angela Wicharz-Lindner , translator
1954, May 18, Marie-Agnes Dittrich , musicologist
1954, June 13th, Heiner Koch , Bishop of Dresden-Meißen
1954, October 22nd, Uwe Koch , lawyer and writer
1954, December 18, Uli Jon Roth , musician
1955, Josef Baum , actor
1955, Heinz-Norbert Jocks , journalist, author, art critic, essayist and publicist
1955, Joachim Zoepf , jazz and improvisation musician
1955, January 17th, Jost Stollmann , entrepreneur
1955, January 25, Matthias Horx , publicist and futurologist
1955, January 31, Friedemann Beyer , publicist
1955, May 19, Manfred Deselaers , Catholic priest
1955, June 24th, Regina Claas , General Secretary of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches in Germany since 2003

1955, August 4th, Hans Hoff , journalist and media critic

1955, August 17th, Gudrun Beckmann , swimmer

1955, November 25th, Rolf Gehring , tennis player

1956, March 27, Detlef Krebs , sculptor, object maker, designer and painter

1956, March 31, Claus Fabian , music producer, drummer and singer

1956, June 30, Zeno Roth , † February 5, 2018, guitarist and songwriter

1956, July 4th, Bettina Böttinger , TV presenter

1956, October 3rd, Klaus Eberhardt , Lord Mayor of Rheinfelden (Baden)

1956, October 6, Karl-Ludwig Wetzig , writer and translator

1956, December 5th, Klaus Allofs , former national soccer player and manager

1956, December 8th, Manos Tsangaris , composer, musician, installation and performance artist and poet

1956, December 28, Birgitt Bender , politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), member of the Landtag and Bundestag

1957, WP Fahrenberg , art historian, journalist and exhibition organizer

1957, January 2nd, Martin Leyer-Pritzkow , curator of contemporary art, author and former lecturer at the Accademia di belle arti di Venezia

1957, January 23, Peter Hein , (punk) rock singer and poet

1957, February 16, Stefan Lichter , television producer, author and journalist

1957, March 23, Thomas Hartmann-Wendels , economist and university professor

1957, August 11, Michael Kühntopf , German-Swiss publicist and author

1958, March 10, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann , politician (FDP)

1958, September 22, Kerstin Gänke , † February 1, 2017 in Düsseldorf, actress

1958, October 2, Hildegard Burri-Bayer , writer, author of historical novels

1959, Bettina Hoffmann , gambist, baroque cellist and musicologist

1959, January 28, Lorenz Engell , media scientist and university lecturer

1959, March 18, Heike Roesner , visual artist

1959, April 7, Reinhard Mehring , political scientist, professor at the Heidelberg University of Education

1959, June 2nd, Georg Bier , theologian, professor of canon law at the University of Freiburg

1959, June 24th, Markus Wienstroer , guitarist and violinist

1959, August 30, Viktor Worms , journalist, television presenter and producer

1959, November 17th, Thomas Allofs , football player

1960, Daniel Deckers , journalist, editor and book author

1960, Uwe Janssens , physician, association president

1960, Thomas Kohl , painter

1960, Lukas Salzmann , Swiss painter

1960, Jörg Zittlau , science journalist and non-fiction author

1960, January 28, Dirk Josczok , author of prose, radio stories , plays, radio plays and scripts

1960, March 8, Christoph Ingenhoven , architect

1960, March 16, Sabine Orléans , actress

1960, March 20, Henning Heske , poet and essayist

1960, March 30, Andre Zalbertus , journalist

1960, May 16, Peter Bouschen , athlete

1960, May 25, Stefan Weiß , † December 27, 2016 in Strasbourg, historian

1960, May 31, Barbara Massing , captain

1960, June 19, Heike Walpot , traffic pilot , doctor, competitive swimmer and aspiring astronaut

1960, June 30th, Andreas Schmidt , opera singer

1960, August 1st, Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff , dressage rider and functionary

1960, October 12th, Jürgen Engler , musician (Male, Die Krupps) and producer

1960, November 2, Kai Metzger , writer

1960, November 11th, Christoph Becker , lawyer and university professor

1961 to 1970

1961, Raphaela Dell , actress
1961, Stefan Rademacher , bassist
1961, January 17th, Gregory Gaynair , pianist
1961, January 19, Ufo Walter , bassist, arranger and sound designer
1961, March 4th, Sabine Everts , athlete
1961, April 8th, Ulf Montanus , actor, presenter, politician
1961, May 7th, Hans-Peter Bartels , politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag
1961, May 13th, Manes Meckenstock , cabaret artist, presenter and author
1961, May 17th, Heike Laufenburg , artist and author
1961, June 4th, Ulrich Engel , theologian, priest and university professor
1961, November 1st, Frank Kirchner , jazz saxophonist
1962, Ulla van Daelen , harpist
1962, February 17th, Otto Rensing , racing car driver
1962, March 27th, Annette Mayer , actress and chanson singer
1962, April 12, Annette Meeuvissen , † December 5, 2004, touring car driver
1962, June 22nd, Andreas Frege , better known by his stage name "Campino", singer of the band Die Toten Hosen
1962, December 10th, Elisa Klapheck , rabbi
1963, March 5, René Obermann , manager, former CEO of Deutsche Telekom
1963, March 11th, Markus Becker , football player
1963, April 12th, Annette Neubauer , children's book author
1963, May 4th, Peter Patt , politician (CDU), member of the state parliament
1963, May 11th, Almut Kemperdick , volleyball player
1963, May 20, Stefan Finke , writer
1963, June 1st, Andreas Kämmerling , motorcycle racer, doctor
1963, July 28th, Katharina Franck , singer
1963, August 27, Geert Keil , philosopher
1963, September 29th, René Heinersdorff , actor, director, author and theater director
1963, October 17th, Gunter Schubert , sinologist and political scientist
1963, October 23, Simone Böckmann , German eventing champion 1988
1963, November 10th, Cordula Stratmann , comedian
1964, Natascha Borowsky , photographer
1964, Stephan Harbort , criminalist
1964, Ralf Krämer , sculptor, painter and draftsman
1964, Carl-Friedrich Stuckenberg , professor of criminal law
1964, Nele Waldert , artist
1964, Mirjam Wiesemann , actress and author
1964, February 6th, Michael Breitkopf , guitarist of the band Die Toten Hosen
1964, March 16, Jörg Schmadtke , soccer goalkeeper, coach and manager
1964, March 22nd, Michael Hesemann , writer
1964, June 3rd, Doro Pesch , better known by her stage name "Doro", rock singer
1964, June 12th, Uwe Kamps , former Bundesliga goalkeeper and current goalkeeper coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach
1964, September 3, Peter Kotthaus , actor
1964, December 11th, Michael Carlo Klepsch , historian, publicist and cultural politician.
1964, December 14th, Jon Flemming Olsen , musician, graphic designer and actor
1965, Uwe Cremer , musician
1965, Nicolaus Schafhausen , director of the Kunsthalle Wien
1965, May 9, Dirk Schlichting , installation artist
1965, June 11, Michael Naseband , actor
1965, September 16, Martin Baltscheit , comic artist, illustrator and writer
1965, November 24th, Patrik Fichte , actor
1965, December 13th, Ralf Jaros , athlete
1966, Gregor Bachmann , lawyer and university professor
1966, Veronika Beci , musicologist and book author
1966, Olaf Leiße , political scientist
1966, Uwe Schott , film producer
1966, January 19, Stefan Wiedon , politician (CDU)
1966, January 28, Stephan Grüger , politician (SPD)
1966, March 3rd, Detlef Altenbeck , director
1966, March 16, Ann-Kristin Achleitner , scientist
1966, March 26th, Bernd Skiera , professor of business administration, especially electronic commerce
1966, April 16, Stefan Schmidt , organist and university professor
1966, April 21, Marie Elisabeth Müller , author and journalist
1966, November 12th, Martin Maier-Bode , author, director and cabaret artist
1967, Robert Keller , lawyer, judge at the Federal Administrative Court
1967, March 27, Kerstin Wolff , historian
1967, May 3, André Olbrich, musician with Blind Guardian
1967, August 17th, Michael Preetz , former national soccer player
1967, October 27th, Wolfgang Kohlhepp , cook, entrepreneur and non-fiction author
1967, October 28, Jan Weiler , journalist and book author
1967, November 21, Ulrike Auhagen , classical philologist
1968, March 19, Mike Büskens , former soccer player and soccer coach
1968, April 4, Steffen Jacobs , poet, essayist, editor and translator
1968, June 1st, Sven Backhaus , soccer player
1968, August 27, Christiane Hoffmann , society journalist and presenter
1968, December 13th, Klaus Gesing , jazz musician
1969, Thomas Koch , disc jockey, producer, organizer, club operator, publisher and journalist
1969, Frauke Scheunemann , writer
1969, January 10, Simone Bagel-Trah , microbiologist, chairwoman of the supervisory board and the shareholders' committee of the Henkel Group
1969, January 19, Oliver Mommsen , actor
1969, April 16, Jana Frey , German-Swiss children's and youth author
1969, May 7th, Marie Bäumer , actress
1970, January 7th, Christian Thomé , jazz drummer
1970, February 10, Marco Girnth , actor
1970, April 2, Jürgen Pohl , doctor and professor
1970, May 9th, Sybille Waury , actress
1970, June 19th, Antonis Remos , singer
1970, November 19, Nico Brandenburg , jazz and world musician

1971 to 1980

1971, Anne-Katrin Hoffmann , auctioneer, expert and gemologist
1971, David Link , artist and media theorist
1971, Michael Thieke , jazz musician
1971, May 11, Jakob Stüttgen , cooking, with a star in the Michelin guide awarded
1971, July 16, Peter Philipp , writer and cabaret artist
1971, August 11th, Colin von Ettingshausen , rower
1971, August 13, Heike Makatsch , actress
1971, September 20, Elmar Brandt , voice imitator
1971, December 8th, Chris G. Maier , journalist, television and film producer
1972, March 2, Tim Bergmann , actor
1972, February 14th, Wolf-Hendrik Beyer , high jumper
1972, February 16, Wiebke Lorenz , journalist and writer
1972, August 18, Sven Teutenberg , racing cyclist
1972, October 10, Sören Seidel , football player
1972, December 8th, Christian Jahl , musician, writer and songwriter
1973, Christoph Herrmann , lawyer and university professor
1973, Lilla von Puttkamer , painter
1973, January 17th, Adrian Hates , founder, head, singer, composer and producer of the band " Diary of Dreams "
1973, February 11th, Alexander Wilhelm Jesko von Puttkamer , tuba player
1973, April 28th, Elisabeth Röhm , American actress
1973, June 29th, Tina Bordihn , actress
1973, August 6, Julia Schmidt , actress
1973, September 9, Sven-André Dreyer , writer and editor
1974, January 25, Claudelle Deckert , actress
1974, August 9, Miriam Lahnstein , actress
1974, August 10th, Loco Dice , DJ and producer in the electronic music scene
1974, August 30th, Michael Ohoven , film producer
1975, April 21, Matthias Fiedler , reporter and journalist
1975, July 31, Elena Uhlig , actress and radio play speaker
1975, August 15, Chrissovalantis Anagnostou , football player
1975, September 5th, Bettina Blümner , director and screenwriter
1975, September 11th, Florian Cieslik , lyric poet and slam poet
1975, November 10th, Nadine Pfreundschuh , ice hockey player
1976, Nadine Rentel , novelist
1976, May 4th, Simon Jentzsch , football player
1977, February 9, Björn Weikl , football player
1977, March 2, Elias H. Füllenbach , Catholic priest, church historian
1977, May 21, Kerstin Landsmann , actress
1977, July 26th, Tanja Szewczenko , figure skater and actress
1977, October 1, Regina Gisbertz , actress
1978, February 22nd, Daniela Büchner , restaurateur on Mallorca and reality TV participant
1978, July 18, Marco Villa , soccer player
1978, August 17th, Alexandra Meisl , handball player
1978, October 31, Inka Grings , soccer player
1978, December 2nd, Louisa Walter , national hockey player
1979, Jan Bonny , film director and screenwriter
1979, February 22nd, Martin Wistinghausen , composer and singer
1979, June 22nd, Sammy Amara , singer with Broilers
1979, September 17th, Nils Antons , ice hockey player
1979, October 23, Daniel Kreutzer , ice hockey player
1980, October 8th, Marinko Miletić , football player

1981 to 1990

1981, March 19, Christian Knappmann , soccer player
1981, May 7, Maria Radner , opera singer, † March 24, 2015 in Le Vernet, France
1981, December 22nd, Sandra Kuhn , journalist and television presenter
1982, April 23, Jonas Windscheid , jazz musician
1982, May 3, Daniel Zimmermann , politician (PETO)
1982, December 24th, Tetsuya Kakihara , Japanese voice actor
1983, Sina Klein , poet and translator
1983, January 30th, Richard Adjei , American football player and bobsledder
1983, August 26th, Jan Tauer , soccer player
1983, October 25th, Christina Schütze , hockey player
1984, Daniel Glatzel , jazz musician
1984, June 10, Oliver Korn , field hockey player
1984, September 20, Miriam Frenken , canoeist
1984, November 28, Jakob Wich , † March 20, 2013 in Düsseldorf, artist name "NMZS", rapper and member of the antelope gang
1984, December 28th, Martin Kaymer , professional golfer
1985, Constantin Baron van Lijnden , journalist and podcaster
1985, January 3, Anna Battke , track and field athlete
1985, February 15th, Danny aus den Birken , ice hockey goalkeeper
1985, March 18, Chiara Ohoven , Society daughter
1985, March 20, Eugene Boateng , actor, choreographer, dancer and model
1985, May 9th, Sandra Gal , golfer
1985, July 30th, Benjamin Kleibrink , foil fencer, Olympic champion in foil fencing Beijing 2008
1986, April 5th, Mats Schöbel , ice hockey player
1986, May 28, Sami Allagui , German-Tunisian soccer player
1986, August 20, Xenia Princess of Saxony , actress, singer, writer and columnist
1986, October 6th, Justin Krueger , German-Canadian ice hockey player
1986, December 4th, Mohammed Lartey , football player
1987, February 28, Fatih Duran , football player
1987, March 3rd, Stefan Schillhabel , poker player
1987, May 26th, Olcay Şahan , German-Turkish soccer player
1987, October 29th Lisa Weiß , soccer goalkeeper
1988, Mascha Corman , jazz singer
1988, February 21, Adil Chihi , German-Moroccan football player
1988, April 26th, Giuseppe Pisano , football player
1988, July 12th, Tevfik Köse , German-Turkish soccer player
1988, September 8th, Kai Schwertfeger , soccer player
1988, November 28th, Ricardo Marinello , singer
1988, December 15, Nicola Leonard Hein , guitarist, composer and sound artist
1988, December 25, Michael Blum , soccer player
1989, February 7th, Mohamed Amsif , German-Moroccan football player
1989, May 29, Alon Abelski , football player of Israeli descent
1989, July 21, Johannes Lang , church musician and district cantor
1989, August 2nd, Marcel Gaus , football player
1989, October 22, Yannic Thiel , soccer player
1990, Kerstin König , actress
1990, January 2, Géraldine Raths , actress
1990, May 28, Niklas Dams , football player
1990, July 2nd, Roman Lob , singer

1991 to 2000

1991, January 8th David Hansen , handball player
1991, April 22nd, Irina London , soccer player
1991, May 13th, Kerim Engizek , mixed martial arts fighter
1991, May 14th, Sven Kreyer , soccer player
1991, June 5th, Thanos Petsos , German-Greek soccer player
1991, June 18, Collin Quaner , football player
1991, June 20, Philip Heise , football player
1991, October 29, Babacar M'Bengue , football player
1992, January 4th, Till-Joscha Jönke , basketball player
1992, February 13, Jeron Al-Hazaimeh , football player
1992, April 18, Daniel Kämmerling , motorcycle racer, son of the racing driver Andreas Kämmerling
1992, June 20, Patrick Schikowski , football player
1993, January 12, Christoph Zimmermann , soccer player
1993, January 29th, Ruben Zepuntke , racing cyclist
1993, March 21, Marcel Hofrath , football player
1993, August 6, Amin Younes , football player
1994, May 25, Samed Yesil , football player
1994, September 11th, Anne Schröder , hockey player
1994, September 12, Gideon Jung , soccer player
1995, July 17th, Kiveli Dörken , pianist
1996, March 24th, Marlon Frey , football player
1996, August 13th, Antonia Lottner , tennis player
1996, August 23, Johannes Dörfler , soccer player
1996, August 30th, Laura Pinski , singer and actress
1997, February 25, Cagatay squad , football players
1997, October 11, Emmanuel Iyoha , football player
1998, June 10, Florian Schikowski , football player
1999, January 18, Güven Yalçın , German-Turkish soccer player

21st century

2003, September 4th, Laetitia Hahn , pianist

Other personalities

The following personalities are not sons and daughters of the city, but they have a special meaning for Düsseldorf:

To 1900

Anna Maria Luisa de Medici

Alfred Rethel was a German history painter of the late Romantic period

Count Adolf V. von Berg , † 1296; he gave the city of Düsseldorf city rights
Wilhelm II von Berg , * around 1348, † June 24, 1408 in Düsseldorf; Through the expansion of Düsseldorf Castle , where he was the first Duke of Berg to often reside, Düsseldorf rose to become the capital of the Bergisch residence and state
Konrad Heresbach , born August 28, 1496 on Gut Heresbach near Mettmann , † October 14, 1576 in Rees , Jülich-Klevisch-Berg humanist , theologian, lawyer, prince educator and diplomat
Anna Maria Luisa de 'Medici , born August 11, 1667 in Florence , † February 18, 1743, wife of Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz and art patron
Johann Konrad Jacobi , born January 30, 1715 in Wollershausen ; † December 28, 1788 in Düsseldorf, merchant, manufacturer and electoral councilor of commerce
Johann Baptist Schmigd , * June 1752 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , † March 12, 1828 in Düsseldorf; City physician, medical advisor and medical specialist author in Düsseldorf
Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe , born February 15, 1775 in Bonn , † October 23, 1846 in Düsseldorf, garden architect and city planner in Düsseldorf
Adolph von Vagedes , born May 25, 1777 in Münster , architect and town planner in Düsseldorf
Heinrich Schnabel , born February 12, 1778 in Elberfeld; † September 19, 1853 in Düsseldorf, Mayor of Düsseldorf, district administrator of the Mülheim / Rhein district
Georg Heinrich Theodor Fliedner , born January 21, 1800 in Eppstein , † October 4, 1864 in Kaiserswerth , Protestant pastor and founder of the Kaiserswerther Diakonie
Emmerich Freiherr Raitz von Frentz , born March 16, 1803 in Listringhausen , † December 30, 1874 in Düsseldorf, district administrator of the Düsseldorf district
Rudolf Wiegmann , born April 17, 1804 in Adensen (today in Nordstemmen ), † April 17, 1865 in Düsseldorf, architect, professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and painter
William Thomas Mulvany , born March 11, 1806 near Dublin , Ireland , † October 30, 1885 in Düsseldorf, entrepreneur.
Nikolaus Druckermüller , born June 8, 1806 in Trier, † June 29, 1883 in Düsseldorf, mathematics teacher, director at the Royal High School in Düsseldorf and industrialist
Gottfried Pulian , born July 27, 1809 in Meißen , † March 4, 1875 in Düsseldorf, architectural and landscape painter, co-founder of the Malkasten artists' association
Robert Schumann , born June 8, 1810 in Zwickau , † July 29, 1856 in Endenich near Bonn, composer, 1850–1854 municipal music director in Düsseldorf
Alfred Rethel , born May 5, 1816 in Aachen ; † December 1, 1859 in Düsseldorf, history painter
Hugo Wesendonck , born April 24, 1817 in Elberfeld (now part of Wuppertal ), † December 19, 1900 in New York City , lawyer, democratic politician and entrepreneur
Gustav Waldemar von Rauch , born January 30, 1819 in Berlin, † May 7, 1890, Colonel and Commander of the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11 , later General of the Cavalry
Clara Schumann , born September 13, 1819 in Leipzig , † May 20, 1896 in Frankfurt am Main; Composer and pianist, wife of Robert Schumann, frequent hostess of Johannes Brahms in Düsseldorf (1850–1854)
Emanuel Leutze , born May 24, 1824 in Schwäbisch Gmünd , † July 18, 1868 in Washington, DC , painter, Düsseldorf School of Painting
Ernestine Friedrichsen , born June 29, 1824 in Danzig ; † July 21, 1892 in Düsseldorf , genre painter
Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch , born January 3, 1827 in Potsdam , † March 25, 1907 in Schwerin , major general and commander of the Düsseldorf 14th Cavalry Brigade, later lieutenant general
Hugo Linderath , born June 14, 1828 in Gladbeck , † August 19, 1906 in Düsseldorf , Franciscan brother and sculptor
Stephanie Princess von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , * July 15, 1837 in Krauchenwies , † July 17, 1859 in Lisbon , resided at Schloss Jägerhof in Düsseldorf from 1852 to 1858, from 1858 by marriage Queen of Portugal
August Bagel , born February 10, 1838 in Wesel ; † January 20, 1916 in Düsseldorf, entrepreneur in the publishing and printing business and city councilor in Düsseldorf, co-founder of the Rheinische Bahngesellschaft AG
Heinrich Lueg , born September 14, 1840 in Sterkrade , † April 7, 1917 in Düsseldorf, industrialist and city councilor in Düsseldorf, co-founder of the machine factory "Haniel & Lueg" (1873) and the Rheinische Bahngesellschaft AG, honorary citizen of Düsseldorf
Fritz Henkel , born March 20, 1848 in Vöhl , † March 1, 1930 in Düsseldorf , entrepreneur and founder of the Henkel Group .
Gregor von Bochmann , born June 1, 1850 on the Nehat estate in Estonia , † February 12, 1930 in Hösel near Düsseldorf, painter and draftsman who studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and then settled in Düsseldorf
Friedrich Haumann , born February 21, 1857 in Elberfeld, † November 7, 1924 in Cologne, Lord Mayor of Solingen, 1896 to 1906 head of the Rheinische Bahngesellschaft AG
Fritz von Wille , born April 21, 1860 in Weimar ; † February 16, 1941 in Düsseldorf, painter, Düsseldorf painting school
Louise Dumont , born February 22, 1862 in Cologne ; † May 16, 1932 in Düsseldorf, actress and 1904 founder of the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
Johanna "Mutter" Ey , born March 4, 1864 in Wickrath (today in Mönchengladbach ); † August 27, 1947 in Düsseldorf, gallery owner
Peter Behrens , born April 14, 1868 in Hamburg-Borgfelde , † February 27, 1940 in Berlin , architect and director of the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts
Otto Brandt , born September 20, 1868 in Salzungen , † June 25, 1924 in Berlin , national economist, managing director of the Düsseldorf Chamber of Commerce and the stock exchange
Wilhelm Kreis , born March 17, 1873 in Eltville , † August 13, 1955 in Bad Honnef , architect and director of the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts
August Korreng , born May 1, 1878 in Trier; † June 7, 1945 in Plettenberg, SS brigade leader; from 1941 to 1945 police chief of Düsseldorf
Walter Klose , born July 6, 1879 in Magdeburg , † July 9, 1973 in Düsseldorf, architect
Max Clarenbach , born May 19, 1880 in Neuss , † July 9, 1952 in Wittlaer , painter
Werner Heuser , born November 11, 1880 in Gummersbach , † June 11, 1964 in Düsseldorf, painter, professor and director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy
Walter Ophey , born March 25, 1882 in Eupen, † January 11, 1930 in Düsseldorf, artist and painter
Peter Kürten , born May 26, 1883 in Mülheim am Rhein , † July 2, 1931 in Cologne, called "The Vampire of Düsseldorf", committed a series of sex murders in Düsseldorf between February and November 1929
Adolf Uzarski , born April 14, 1885 in Ruhrort (today in Duisburg ), † July 14, 1970 in Düsseldorf, writer, painter and graphic artist
Hans Kruzwicki , born September 2, 1885 in Krefeld , † October 17, 1971 in Düsseldorf, visual artist (painter)
Emil Fahrenkamp , born November 8, 1885 in Aachen , † May 24, 1966 in Ratingen- Breitscheid , architect and director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy 1937–1945
Phoebe Cusden , born March 2, 1887 in Reading, † January 23, 1981, mayor and founder of the Düsseldorf Reading Association, the basis for an English town twinning
Theo Kreiten , born August 28, 1887 in Valkenburg (Limburg, Netherlands), † January 27, 1960 in Düsseldorf, composer, pianist, Prof. d. Music, writer
Walter Westfeld , born March 4, 1889 in Herford , † 1945 in Auschwitz concentration camp , art collector and art dealer, ran a gallery in Düsseldorf from 1936–1938.
Hans Karl Rosenberg , born November 27, 1891 in Cologne , † April 17, 1942 in Bad Godesberg , professor, co-founder of the Düsseldorf Adult Education Center
Harry Piel , born July 12, 1892 in Benrath , † March 27, 1963 in Munich, director and actor
Hermann Dörnemann, born May 27, 1893 in Essen-Altenessen , † March 2, 2005 in Düsseldorf, the oldest person in Germany (since August 28, 2004)
Friedrich Karl Florian , 4th February in Essen , † October 24, 1975 in Mettmann , former Gauleiter of the NSDAP and final phase criminal from Düsseldorf
Rudolf Nebel , born March 21, 1894 in Weißenburg in Bavaria , † September 18, 1978 in Düsseldorf, rocket pioneer
Albert Leo Schlageter , born August 12 in Schönau in the Black Forest ( Baden ), † (executed) May 26, 1923 on the Golzheimer Heide in Düsseldorf-Unterrath , free corps fighter , terrorist, martyr in the Weimar Republic and above all for propaganda reasons at the beginning of the National Socialist dictatorship from 1933

Heinrich Kamps , born September 29, 1896 in Krefeld , † December 21, 1954 in Düsseldorf, painter, professor and director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy

Heinz von Cleve , born June 27, 1897 in Schwedt / Oder , † October 9, 1984 in Düsseldorf, actor

Leo Statz , born July 17, 1898 in Cologne , † November 1, 1943 in Brandenburg / Havel , executed after the judgment of Roland Freisler a . a .; he was a Düsseldorf businessman and chairman of the Düsseldorf Carnival Committee

Wilhelm Zangen , born September 30, 1898 in Duisburg , † November 25, 1971 in Düsseldorf, manager at Mannesmann AG

Hans Schwippert , born June 25, 1899 in Remscheid , † October 18, 1973 in Düsseldorf, architect

Peter Kuhlen , born September 30, 1899 in Mönchengladbach-Rheydt , † November 17, 1986 in Düsseldorf, clergyman and co-founder of the Apostolic Community

Arno Breker , born July 19, 1900 in Elberfeld (now part of Wuppertal ), † February 13, 1991 in Düsseldorf, sculptor

From 1901

Joseph Beuys , 1974

Lilo Milchsack , * 1905 in Frankfurt am Main, † August 7, 1992 in Düsseldorf, founder of the German-British Society
Richard Schwarzkopf , born January 31, 1893 in Bonn, † 1963 in Düsseldorf, graphic artist
Rose Ausländer , born May 11, 1901 in Tschernowitz / Austria-Hungary, † January 3, 1988 in Düsseldorf, poet
Hanns Dustmann , born May 25, 1902 in Herford-Diebrock, † April 26, 1979 in Düsseldorf, architect
Carl Klinkhammer , born January 22, 1903 in Aachen, † January 18, 1997 in Düsseldorf, Catholic priest
Gerhard Günnewig , born May 5, 1905 in Bochum; † February 27, 1994 in Düsseldorf, hotelier and restaurateur
Helmut Hentrich , born June 17, 1905 in Krefeld, † February 7, 2001 in Düsseldorf, architect
Heinz Auerswald , born July 26, 1908 in Berlin, † December 5, 1970 in Düsseldorf, lawyer and German commissioner of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War; worked as a lawyer in Düsseldorf after the end of the war
Hans-Jürgen Nierentz , born September 15, 1909 in Posen, † January 16, 1995 in Düsseldorf, writer and television director during the Nazi era
Karlrobert Kreiten , born June 26, 1916 in Bonn, † September 7, 1943 in Berlin-Plötzensee, pianist and victim of National Socialism
Lore Lorentz , b. Schirmer, born September 12, 1920 in Mährisch-Ostrau, † February 22, 1994 in Düsseldorf, founder of the " Kom (m) ödchens "
Joseph Beuys , born May 12, 1921 in Krefeld, † January 23, 1986 in Düsseldorf, sculptor, performance artist
Paul Falk , born December 21, 1921 in Dortmund, † May 20, 2017 in Queidersbach, DEG figure skater , world champion and Olympic champion
Bernd Cibis , born May 1, 1922 in Ober Salzbrunn (Lower Silesia), † June 3, 1988 in Düsseldorf, writer
Ria Baran , born November 2, 1922 in Dortmund, † November 12, 1986, figure skater at DEG , world champion and Olympic champion
Alfons Höckmann , born May 26, 1923 in Dortmund, † March 4, 2014, actor, director and theater manager (1968–2003 at the Comedy Düsseldorf )
Günter Grass , born October 16, 1927 in Danzig-Langfuhr, author and student at the Düsseldorf Art Academy
Hans-Jürgen Niepel , born February 6, 1928 in Berlin, † August 8, 2007 in Düsseldorf, gallery owner and bookseller
Otto Piene , born April 18, 1928 in Laasphe, † July 17, 2014 in Berlin, artist and founder of the ZERO group
Günther Uecker , born March 13, 1930 in Wendorf, painter and object artist
Gotthard Graubner , born June 13, 1930 in Erlbach im Vogtland, † May 24, 2013 in Neuss, painter, professor at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf
Bernd Becher , born August 20, 1931 in Siegen, † June 22, 2007 in Rostock, photo artist
Ernest Martin , born February 23, 1932 in New York City, theater director, artistic director and actor
Charles Paul Wilp , born September 15, 1932 in Witten, † January 2, 2005 in Düsseldorf, advertising photographer / filmmaker and artist
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder , born October 16, 1932 in Gotha, † April 1, 1991 in Düsseldorf, manager and politician
Oskar Gottlieb Blarr , born May 6, 1934 in Sandlack near Bartenstein, composer and church musician of the Neander Church from 1961–1999
Hilla Becher , born September 2, 1934 in Potsdam, photo artist
Reiner Ruthenbeck , born June 30, 1937 in Velbert, sculptor and conceptual artist
Hansjürgen Bulkowski , born April 26, 1938 in Berlin-Schmargendorf, writer; lived in Düsseldorf from 1970 to 1979
Peter Handke , born December 6, 1942 in Griffen (Austria), Austrian writer
Frieder Döring , born December 24, 1942 in Dattenfeld, doctor and writer
René Block , * 1942 in Velbert, gallery owner
Aleksandar Ristić , born June 28, 1944 in Sarajevo, football player and coach
Jörg Immendorff , born June 14, 1945 in Bleckede, † May 28, 2007 in Düsseldorf, painter and art professor
Paul J. Kohtes , born July 7, 1945 in Meerbusch, PR consultant, author and speaker; lives in Düsseldorf
Ute-Henriette Ohoven , born March 10, 1946 in Tübingen, UNESCO ambassador
Mario Ohoven , born May 18, 1946 in Neuss, President of the Federal Association of Medium-Sized Enterprises
Hans-Joachim Körber , born July 9, 1946 in Braunschweig, former CEO of Metro AG
Ralf Hütter , born August 20, 1946 in Krefeld, musician and co-founder of the Düsseldorf band Kraftwerk
Joachim Vobbe , born January 5, 1947 in Bad Honnef, † July 26, 2017 in Königswinter, supreme bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany
Florian Schneider-Esleben , born April 7, 1947 in Öhningen-Kattenhorn, † April 21, 2020 in Düsseldorf, musician and co-founder of the Düsseldorf band Kraftwerk
Jean-Claude Bourgueil , born May 1, 1947 in Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, France, French chef with two Michelin stars
Horst Keining , born February 9, 1949 in Hattingen, visual artist; lives and works in Düsseldorf
Joachim Erwin , born September 2, 1949 in Stadtroda / Thuringia, † May 20, 2008 in Düsseldorf, Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf
Axel Hütte , * 1951 in Essen, photographer
Thomas Schütte , born November 16, 1954 in Oldenburg, sculptor and draftsman
Andreas Gursky , born January 15, 1955 in Leipzig, photographer
Xaõ Seffcheque , * 1956 in Graz, film author and composer
Thomas Ruff , born February 10, 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach, photo artist
Bertram Jesdinsky , born March 15, 1960 in Bonn, † April 21, 1992 in Wuppertal, painter and sculptor
Demir Hotić , born July 9, 1962 in Bosanski Novi, SFR Yugoslavia, football player and coach; grew up in Düsseldorf
Jörg Sasse , * 1962 in Bad Salzuflen, photographer and visual artist; Representative of the Düsseldorf Photo School
Michael W. Driesch , born November 9, 1963 in Duisburg, film director and entrepreneur; lives and works in Düsseldorf
Hape Kerkeling , born December 9, 1964 in Recklinghausen, comedian and television presenter
Claudia Schiffer , born August 25, 1970 in Rheinberg, model and actress
Markus Kurth , born July 30, 1973 in Neuss, soccer player and coach; grew up in Düsseldorf
Robert Niestroj , born December 2, 1974 in Opole, Poland, football player; grew up in Düsseldorf
Christian Odzuck , * 1978 in Halle / Saale, sculptor
Ihlas Bebou , born April 23, 1994 in Aledjo Kadara, Togo, football player; grew up in Düsseldorf

Individual evidence

^ Hermann Baumann: Brauner in the bunker . In: Die Zeit , No. 19/1971

[1] Hermann Baumann: Brauner in the bunker . In: Die Zeit , No. 19/1971