List of personalities of the city of Dortmund

The following list deals with the personalities of the city of Dortmund .

Personalities born in Dortmund

The following people were born in Dortmund or in what is now the city of Dortmund:

13th to 17th centuries

Konrad Klepping (around 1290 – before 1354), Hanseatic merchant
Hermann von Wickede I (1294–1367), Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Tidemann Lemberg (around 1310–1386), merchant for the Hanseatic city of Dortmund
Conrad von Soest (around 1370 – after 1422), painter
Hinrich Castorp (1419–1488), merchant and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
Gotthard III. von Hoeveln (1468–1555), Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Dietrich Westhoff (1509–1551), chronicler
Dethmar Mulher (1567 - after 1654), chronicler, lawyer, notary, judge at Bodelschwing
Johann von der Berswordt (1574 / 78–1640), historian
Caspar von Romberg (1575–1641), Westphalian nobleman
Dietrich Adolf von der Recke (1601–1661), Prince-Bishop
Conrad Philipp von Romberg (1620–1703), Westphalian-Brandenburg nobleman
Johannes Scheibler (1628–1689), German Protestant clergyman
Bernhard Diedrich Brauer called Brauer von Hachenburg (1629–1686), lawyer and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
Frantz Vogt (1661–1736), Lutheran theologian and poet
Johann Friedrich Menz (1673–1749), philosopher, literary scholar and physicist

18th century

Caspar Adolf von Romberg (1721–1795), Westphalian-Brandenburg nobleman
Johann Wilhelm Kuithan (1760–1831), Prussian school reformer
Friedrich Hiltrop (1761–1833), Prussian district administrator for the Dortmund district
Arnold Andreas Friedrich Mallinckrodt (1768–1825), writer, publisher and publicist
Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772–1823), publisher, founder of the publishing house "FA Brockhaus" and editor of Brockhaus
Gisbert von Romberg I (1773-1859), aristocrat from Brandenburg, mining entrepreneur and politician
Wilhelm Brügmann (1788–1854), Mayor of Dortmund
Wilhelm Lueg (1792–1864), director of the St.-Antony-Hütte
Friedrich August Wilhelm Spohn (1792–1824), classical philologist
Wilhelm Middendorf (1793-1853), theologian and educator
Wilhelm Overbeck (1798–1882), industrial pioneer and businessman
Friedrich Wilhelm Brökelmann (1799–1890), entrepreneur
Gustav Mallinckrodt (1799–1856), businessman and politician

19th century

1801 to 1820

Karl Zahn (1806–1882), politician
Daniel Friedrich Eduard Wilsing (1809–1893), Romantic composer
Josef Kleutgen (1811–1883), theologian and Jesuit
Fritz Anneke (1818–1872), revolutionary, Prussian and American officer
Hermann Brassert (1820–1901), Prussian lawyer and mining captain

1821 to 1840

Wilhelm Holle (1821–1909), lawyer, head of the city council, honorary citizen
Emil Annecke (1823–1888), revolutionary and American journalist and lawyer
Wilhelm Lübke (1826–1893), art historian
Wilhelm Sudhaus (1827–1915), engineer
Alfred Trappen (1828–1908), mechanical engineer
Gerhard August Fischer (1833–1906), architect
Adolf von Kleinsorgen (1834–1903), lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
Friedrich Wilhelm Ruhfus (1839–1936), businessman, printer and publisher

1841 to 1860

Trajan Rittershaus (1843–1899), university professor
Karl Prümer (1846–1933), publisher and writer
Eduard Daelen (1848–1923), painter and writer
Robert Müser (1849–1927), mining entrepreneur
Gottfried Asselmann (1851–1917), Protestant clergyman and local researcher
Emilie Flottmann (1852–1933), entrepreneur and managing director of Flottmann-Werke
Rudolf Hammerschmidt (1853–1922), secret councilor, manufacturer and art collector
Agnes Neuhaus (1854–1944), politician
Wilhelm von Rintelen (1855–1938), royal Prussian lieutenant general
Heinrich Westermann (1855–1925), politician
Richard Lenzmann (1856–1927), medic

1861 to 1880

Heinrich Hansmann (1861–1932), politician and trade unionist
Carl Godlewski (1862–1949), circus clown, acrobat, ballet master, dance teacher and choreographer
Gustav Rickelt (1862–1946), actor, director and president of the Cooperative of German Stage Members
Albert Friedrich Speer (1863–1947), architect
Leo Klein von Diepold (1865–1944), painter and graphic artist of the Düsseldorf School
Wilhelm Holle (1866–1945), administrative lawyer, politician, member of the Prussian manor house
Carl Corbach (1867–1947), violin virtuoso and orchestra leader
Robert Kolb (1867–1909), engineer
Clara Kristeller (1867–?), Violinist
Otto Prein (1867–1945), Protestant pastor and amateur archaeologist
Eugen Wiskott (1867–1937), Montanist
Friedrich Schultenkämper (1867–1926), engineer and shipyard owner
Otto Hue (1868–1922), trade unionist and politician
Julian Klein von Diepold (1868–1947), painter and graphic artist of the Düsseldorf School
Wilhelm Schmidt (1868–1954), Roman Catholic priest, linguist and ethnologist

Bernhard Hoetger, sculpture in Bremen

Benno Elkan, sculpture on the Ostfriedhof

Ernst Stutz (1868–1940), mining engineer
Alfred Funke (1869–1941), theologian, journalist and writer
Otto von Velsen (1869–1945), mining clerk and entrepreneur
Paul Graebner (1871–1933), botanist
Friedrich von Velsen (1871–1953), administrative lawyer
Adolf Schmal (1872–1919), Austrian fencer and cyclist
Cäcilie Rüsche-Endorf (1873–1939), opera singer (soprano)
Bernhard Hoetger (1874–1949), sculptor, painter and artisan
Heinrich Limbertz (1874–1932), politician
Emil Köttgen (1875–1925), Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf
Josef Sievers (1875–1964), politician
August Bloch (! 876–1949), painter
Paul Johan Seelig (1876–1945), composer, conductor and pianist
Felix Schröder (1876–1966), church musician and composer
Benno Elkan (1877–1960), sculptor
Moritz Klönne (1878–1962), engineer and industrialist
August Schmidt (1878–1965), co-founder of the mining and energy union
August Krämer (1879–1932), mountain ridge and politician (DVP)
Wilhelm Schmieding (1879–1929), Prussian civil servant
Heinrich Droste (1880–1958), publisher

1881 to 1900

Ernst Frankenstein (1881–1959), legal scholar and lawyer
Kurt Melcher (1881–1970), administrative lawyer and member
Max Hainle (1882–1924), swimmer
Ernst Ludwig Eberhard Schmitz (1882–1960), chemist and university professor
Paul Simon (1882–1946), Roman Catholic theologian
Wilhelm Kronsbein (1884–1972), politician
Hugo Wolfgang Philipp (1883–1969), writer
Emil Roß (1884–1943), politician
Wilhelm Hansmann (1886–1963), politician
Heinrich Rosskotten (1886–1972), architect
Wilhelm Canaris (1887–1945), Admiral
Ernst D'ham (1887–1977), lawyer and writer
Friedrich Gogarten (1887–1967), Lutheran theologian
Rudolf Ramm (1887–1945), doctor and politician
Max Schulze-Sölde (1887–1967), painter
Franz Jacobi (1888–1979), smelter in the Dortmund steel industry
Heinrich Wenke (politician, 1888) (1888–1961), politician
Fritz Kehler (1889–1972), trade unionist
Lambert Lensing (1889–1965), newspaper publisher and politician
Walter Steineck (1889–1942), politician
Karl Feih (1890–1956), businessman and politician
Johannes Feuerbaum (1890–1953), politician
Adolf Dünnebacke (1891–1978), politician
Hanna Achenbach (1892–1982), painter
Ludwig Crüwell (1892–1958), officer
Karl Schulte Kemminghausen (1892–1964), Germanist and folklorist
Hermann Schmälzger (1893–1955), politician
Hans Westhoff (1893–1961), administrative officer and district administrator in Aachen in 1944
Hans Weidtman (1894–1977), banker and director of Deutsche Bank branches in Sofia and Istanbul
Hugo Wilhelm Knipping (1895–1984), chemist, doctor
Otto Rellensmann (1895-1970), professor
Konrad Schragmüller (1895–1934), officer, manor owner, SA group leader, police president and member of the Reichstag
Hans Tombrock (1895–1966), painter
Helene Gotthold (1896–1944), resistance fighter against National Socialism
Hans Willi Linker (1896–1958), writer
Friedrich Nolting (1896–1962), politician
Willi Scharf (1896–1971), geologist
Georg Schwarz (1896–1943), writer
Wilhelm Heckmann (1897–1995), concert and entertainment musician
Fritz Steinhoff (1897–1969), politician
Fritz Stricker (1897–1949), politician
Hellmuth Butenuth (1898–1990), mechanical engineer, automobile manufacturer and company founder
Paul Otto Geibel (1898–1966), SS functionary
Erich Grisar (1898–1955), working-class poet
Gerta Overbeck (1898–1977), painter
Walter Wellenstein (1898–1970), painter and draftsman
Helene Wessel (1898–1969), politician
Lutz Dittberner (1899–1981), painter
Robert Hoffmeister (1899–1966), politician
Heinrich Multhaupt (1899–1937), politician
Emil Schultz (1899–1946), politician
Erwin Wilking (1899–1945), landscape painter and etcher from the Düsseldorf School
Gustav Kleff (1900–1967), gynecologist
Heinrich Besseler (1900–1969), musicologist
Gustav Hilbert (1900–1981), painter, graphic artist and metal and enamel artist
Julia Janssen (1900–1982), German-Austrian actress
Rudolf Johns (1900–1984), economist
Friedrich Schnapp (1900–1983), musicologist and Germanist
Johann Wember (1900–1980), clergyman

20th century

1901 to 1910

Karl Barich (1901–1995), industrialist
Fita Benkhoff (1901–1967), stage and film actress
Gerhard Boldt (1901–1992), judge at the Federal Labor Court in Kassel
Walter Dirks (1901–1991), Catholic publicist, writer and journalist
Walter Nagel (1901–1943), politician
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Opländer (1901–1984), company founder of Wilo -Werke
Werner Petersmann (1901–1988), Protestant pastor and politician
Wilhelm Krane (1902–1979), doctor and medical officer
Erich Kühn (1902–1981), architect, construction clerk and university professor
Margarete Kühn (1902–1995), art historian
Ewald Pfannschmidt (1902–1984), journalist and writer
Erich Reschke (1902–1980), communist, trade unionist and concentration camp prisoner
Alfred Rieche (1902–2001), chemist
Paul Seeger (1902–1980), politician
Ewald Sprave (1902–1984), politician

Alex Möller at the SPD federal party conference in 1973

Edmund Forschbach (1903–1988), politician and administrative lawyer
Karl Göbel (cyclist) (1903–?), Cyclist
Fritz Heinemann (1903–1975), politician
Annelise Kretschmer (1903–1987), photographer
Otto Meier (1903–1996), ceramist
Alex Möller (1903–1985), politician
Karl Schopp (1903–1970), politician
Josef Smektala (1903–1982), politician
Walter Vollmer (1903–1965), writer
Wolfgang Auler (1904–1986), organist
Günther Deilmann (1904–2002), doctor and obstetrician
Alexander Menne (1904–1993), manager and politician
Rudolf Platte (1904–1984), actor
Rudolf Preising (1904–1981), Roman Catholic pastor
Heinrich-Georg Raskop (1904–1985), adult educator, university professor and media politician
Hellmut Traub (1904–1994), theologian
Heinrich Wallbruch (1904–1979), politician
Werner Segtrop (1905–1961), actor
Wilhelm Humbeck (1905–1965), politician
Heinz Lammerding (1905–1971), engineer
Willy Perk (1905–1991), politician
Paul Polte (1905–1985), working-class poet
Robert Pudlich (1905–1962), graphic artist, painter, illustrator and set designer
Kurt Schmidt (1905–1938), resistance fighter against National Socialism
Karlheinz Schmidthüs (1905–1972), publicist
Walter Blume (1906–1974), SS standard leader
Hans Bönnighausen (1906–1988), painter
Alfred Grundmann (1906–1955), politician
Walter Haenisch (1906–1938), author, communist, victim of Stalinism
August Kracht (1906–1987), journalist and writer
Luise Peter (1906–1979), politician
Valentin Przybylski (1906–?), Football player
Erich Riecke (1906–1992), politician
Elfriede Weiler (1906–1984), politician
Gustav Ermecke (1907–1987), Catholic moral theologian and social ethicist
Werner Jacobi (1907–1970), politician
Hugo Mantel (1907–1942), football player
Annemarie Henle Pope (1907–2001), German-American art historian and exhibition organizer
Willi Beuster (1908–1981), politician
Dietrich Keuning (1908–1980), politician
Johannes Ritterbecks (1908–1965), politician
Hans Schwarz (1908–1983), wrestler and actor
Heinz Vopel (1908–1959), racing cyclist
Richard Borgmann (1909–1966), entrepreneur and politician
Fritz Henle (1909–1993), photographer
Friedrich Hilkenbäumer (1909–1976), fruit growing scientist
Werner Krumme (1909–1972), sales representative
Erich Metze (1909–1952), cyclist
Werner Scheid (1909–1987), neurologist and psychiatrist
Hermann Karl Weinert (1909–1974), Romanist
Ernest M. Wolf (1909–1994), German and Romanist
Lore Cattepoel (1910–2003), politician
Werner Henle (1910–1987), virologist
August Lenz (1910–1988), football player
Erwin Welke (1910–1989), politician

1911 to 1920

Emil Kijewski (1911–1989), racing cyclist
Erika Kröger (1911–1987), politician
Hans Pützfeld (1911–?), Racing cyclist
Eric F. Ross Birth name: Erich Rosenberg (1911–2010), American entrepreneur and patron
Fränze Vordtriede (1911–1997), English student and emigrant, daughter of the journalist Käthe Vordtriede
Bernhard Boine (1912–1978), politician
Christel Goltz (1912–2008), Austrian opera singer
Friedrich Meyer (1912–2001), SS-Hauptsturmführer
Benno Niggemeyer (1912–1980), message courier
Fritz Weikart (1912 – unknown), wrestler
Erich Bautz (1913–1986), racing cyclist
Ernst Günter Haase (1913–2010), designer and glider pilot
Wilhelm Mayfeld (1913–2006), politician
Herbert Kröger (1913–1989), lawyer and university professor
Werner Muensterberger (1913–2011), psychoanalyst, art collector and book author
Hildegard Schimschok (1913–2001), politician
Karlheinz Simon (1913–2007), table tennis player and functionary
Herbert Sinz (1913–1989), historian and writer
Werner Speckmann (1913–2001), chess composer and judge
Erwin Welte (1913–2002), agricultural chemist
Rolf Bischofswerder (1913–1945), doctor, shot dead by the SS as a Jew.
Walter Behrendt (1914–1997), politician
Albrecht Brandi (1914–1966), naval officer
Kurt Goldstein (1914–2007), journalist
Fritz Ebbert (1914-1992), manager
Wennemar Haarmann (1914–1993), administrative lawyer
Gertrude Poppert (1914–1943), inmate in the Sobibór extermination camp
Jean Snella (1914–1979), French football player and coach
Fritz Bischoff (* 1915), wrestler
Fritz Holthoff (1915-2006), politician
Erwin Kohlund (1915–1992), actor and theater director
Paul Nordhues (1915-2004), Catholic theologian and auxiliary bishop
Franz Rose (1915–2002), politician
Albert Brinkmann (1916–2005), politician
Hans-Hugo Hartmann (1916–1991), automobile racing driver
Emil Joseph Lengeling (1916–1986), Roman Catholic theologian and liturgical scholar
Hans-Walter Blank (1918–1968), politician
Helmut Tellermann (1918–1979), lawyer, administrative officer and politician
Johannes Braun (1919-2004), bishop
Eva J. Engel (1919–2013), Germanist and university lecturer
Gustav Gocke (1919-2005), wrestler
Theodor Hellbrügge (1919–2014), pediatrician
Otto Laipold (1919–1987), politician
Gertrud Meyen (1919–2012), actress and voice actress
Werner Mertes (1919–1985), economist and politician
Erich Schanko (1919–2005), football player
Heinz Stahlschmidt (1919–2010), non-commissioned officer and refusal to give orders
Hans Brox (1920–2009), civil law scholar and judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
Ruth Görshop (1920–2008), opera singer (soprano)
Käthe Maas (1920–2002), opera singer (soprano)
Emil Rabe (1920–2013), music teacher and composer

1921 to 1930

Edward Adamczyk (1921–1993), Polish athlete and physical education teacher
Ulrich Berger (1921–2003), politician
Lotte Brügmann-Eberhardt (1921–2018), writer
Paul Falk (1921–2017), figure skater
Arnold Marquis (1921–1990), actor
Walter Thorun (1921–2010), social worker
Walther Wäldele (1921–2003), member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg
Ernst Arnds (1922–1971), politician
Ria Baran (1922–1986), figure skater
Hans Leo Drewes (1922–1999), auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Paderborn
Anton Mackowiak (1922-2013), wrestler
Trudel Meyer (1922–1989), politician
Max Michallek (1922–1985), football player
Martin Ostwald (1922–2010), German-American classical philologist
Gisela Trowe (1922-2010), actress
Adalbert Dickhut (1923–1995), gymnast
Werner Härtling (1923–1955), wrestler
Alfons Höckmann (1923–2014), actor, director and theater manager
Karl Heinz Kramberg (1923–2007), writer and journalist
Franz Kurowski (1923-2011), author
Paul Schwarzenau (1923-2006), professor
Herbert Ballmann (1924–2009), film producer as well as theater and film director
Ralf Bendix (1924–2014), pop singer, producer, composer and lyricist
Wilfried Hacheney (1924-2010), engineer
Harald Heckmann (* 1924), musicologist
Karl-Heinz Heimann (1924–2010), sports journalist
Paul Löher (1924–1995), politician
Theodor Mengelkamp (1924–1967), politician
Dettmar Cramer (1925–2015), soccer player and coach
Walter Demgen (1925–2010), painter and graphic artist
Wilhelm Hill (1925–2017), professor of business administration
Karl-Ernst Jeismann (1925–2012), historian and history educator
Friedhelm Kemna (1925–2007), journalist
Rolf Linnenkamp (1925–2003), art historian
Bernd Oldenkott (* 1925), diplomat
Walter Flamme (1926–2012), actor
Walter Gronemann (1926–1996), writer
Christian Habicht (1926–2018), ancient historian and epigraphist
Günter König (1926–1998), actor, speaker and opera singer
Günter Kuhfuß (1926–2001), local politician
Alfred Meininghaus (1926–2013), politician
Manfred Messerschmidt (* 1926), military historian and lawyer
Günter Samtlebe (1926–2011), Lord Mayor of Dortmund
Karl Schneider (1926–2012), local politician
Engelbert Schücking (1926–2015), theoretical physicist and astrophysicist
Friedhelm Baukloh (1927–1970), writer and journalist
Will Cassel (* 1927), painter, draftsman and overall object performance artist as well as freelance lecturer
Carmen-Renate Köper (* 1927), actress
Otto Ludwig Lange (1927–2017), biologist
Hans Neusel (1927–2013), lawyer
Eva Strommenger (* 1927), Near Eastern archaeologist
Waldemar Wien (1927–1994), sculptor
Kurt Joachim von Bornhaupt (1928–2009), lawyer and judge at the Federal Fiscal Court
Glen Buschmann (1928–1995), jazz musician
Peter Gabriel (* 1928), author
Wolfgang Große (1928–2001), auxiliary bishop
Heinz Gumin (1928–2008), mathematician and physicist
Heiner Halberstadt (* 1928), politician
Hermann Heinemann (1928–2005), trade unionist and politician
Kurt Piehl (1928–2001), edelweiss pirate
Hans Wilhelm Schüßler (1928–2007), communications engineer
Elisabeth Ströker (1928–2000), philosopher
Manfred Weissleder (1928–1980), founder of the Hamburg Star Club
Heinz Willi Wirth (1928–2012), philologist, art historian and university professor
Maximilian Bickhoff (1929–2010), university patron and scientist

Helmut Bracht (1929–2011), soccer player and coach

Siegfried Cremer (1929–2015), visual artist, restorer and collector

Peter Rühmkorf (1929–2008), poet, essayist and pamphleteer

Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak (* 1929), union secretary and politician

Wilfried Eckey (1930–2010), Protestant theologian

Hans-Joachim Gelberg (1930–2020), author and publisher of books for children and young people

Siggi Gerhard (* 1930), jazz musician

Franz-Wilhelm Heimer (* 1930), social scientist

Bernd Rüthers (* 1930), legal scholar

Fred-Günter Schroeder (1930–2019), botanist

Anselm Treese (1930-2004), sculptor

1931 to 1940

Friedhelm Dohmann (1931–1970), politician (SPD)

Hans H. Gattermann (1931–1994), lawyer and politician (FDP)

Josef Hattig (1931-2020), politician (CDU)

Helmut Höhenberger (* 1931), wrestler

Friedrich Piel (1931–2016), art historian and professor of art history

Marion Beaujean (1932-2004), librarian

Wilhelm Burgsmüller (* 1932), football player

Joachim Klinger (* 1932), draftsman and author

Helmut Kopka (1932–2009), physicist and non-fiction author

Klaus Murmann (1932–2014), entrepreneur

Hermann Nüdling (* 1932), graphic artist, draftsman and author

Ilse Oel (1932-2004), politician (CDU)

Stephanie Shirley (* 1933), British entrepreneur and philanthropist

Christel Wagner-Watzlawski (* 1933), politician (CDU)

Dieter Wellershoff (1933–2005), General Inspector of the Bundeswehr

Rolf Bischoff (* 1934), judge at the Federal Court of Justice

Gerhard Cyliax (1934–2008), football player

Helmut Kapitulski (* 1934), football player

Norbert Kunisch (1934–2018), classical archaeologist

Manfred Poerschke (* 1934), athlete

Elga Andersen (1935–1994), actress and singer

Wilhelm Richard Berger (1935–1996), literary scholar, writer and translator

Diether Breitenbach (* 1935), psychologist and politician

Rudolf Herbers (* 1935), politician (SPD)

Evloghios Hessler (1935–2019), Metropolitan of the non-canonical Orthodox Metropolis of Aquileia and Western Europe

Joachim Hornung (* 1935), mathematician and physicist

Klaus E. Müller (* 1935), ethnologist

Manfred Schmadtke (* 1935), pacemaker

Alfred "Aki" Schmidt (1935–2016), soccer player and coach

Margit Schramm (1935–1996), opera, lied and operetta singer

Werner Tack (* 1935), professor of psychology

Hans Tilkowski (1935–2020), football goalkeeper and coach

Wolfgang Weiermann (* 1935), trade unionist and politician

Gerhard Wendzinski (* 1935), politician (SPD)

Jörg Wischmeier (1935–2012), German triple jumper

Dieter Fricke (* 1936), economist

Erwin J. Haeberle (* 1936), sexologist

Edgar Knoop (* 1936), painter, object artist and photographer

Karl-Heinz Marsell (1936–1996), track cyclist

Werner Aderhold (* 1937), musicologist

Heribert Wilhelm Becker (* 1937), manager

Dieter Beckmann (1937–2012), psychologist

Jürgen Fuhrmann (1937–2005), physicist and university professor

Claus Günzler (* 1937), philosopher and university professor

Friedhelm Hengsbach (* 1937), Jesuit and social ethicist

Dieter Kemper (1937–2018), racing cyclist

Dieter Kemper

Christa Kleinhans (* 1937), soccer player

Dietrich Möller (* 1937), politician (CDU)

Jürgen Neukirch (1937–1997), mathematician

Erwin Pfänder (* 1937), politician (SPD)

Willy Quatuor (1937-2017), boxer

Wolfgang Büser (* 1938), specialist journalist for civil law

Hansjörg Elshorst (* 1938), sociologist

Lutz Goessing (* 1938), eventing rider

Fritz Ligges (1938–1996), eventing and show jumping rider

Christoph Lindert (1938–2005), actor and audio book speaker

Jens Lüning (* 1938), prehistoric

Otthein Rammstedt (1938–2020), sociologist

Karl Schnabel (1938-2017), politician (SPD)

Friedrich Eberhard Schnapp (* 1938), lawyer and university professor

Peter Hattig (1939–2017), handball player

Hanspeter Klein (* 1939), politician (CDU)

Detlef Lewe (1939-2008), canoeist

Dieter Ludwig (1939–2020), engineer

Manfred Martinschledde (* 1939), soccer player

Anke Martiny (1939–2016), politician (SPD)

Jürgen Schütz (1939–1995), football player

Hans Sotin (* 1939), opera singer

Klaus Stähler (* 1939), classical archaeologist

Peter Baumeister (* 1940), jazz drummer and banker

Horst Mühlmann (1940–1991), soccer player and American football player

Ingritt Neuhaus (* 1940), artist, art teacher and book illustrator

Ulrich Nölle (* 1940), politician (CDU)

Ulrich Oesingmann (* 1940), doctor and medical professional politician

Heinz L. Pistol (1940–2009), sculptor, draftsman and architect

Norbert Tadeusz (1940–2011), artist

Joachim Treusch (* 1940), physicist and science manager

1941 to 1950

Wolfgang Bretschneider (* 1941), professor, organist, music and liturgical scholar
Bodo Champignon (* 1941), politician
Lothar Emmerich (1941–2003), football player
Uwe Günzler (1941–2008), journalist and television presenter
Karl-Ludwig Holtz (* 1941), psychologist
Heiner Jüttner (* 1941), business economist and left-liberal politician
Otto Kentzler (1941–2019), entrepreneur
Dietlind Petzold (* 1941), sculptor and painter
Hartwig Schultz (* 1941), Germanist
Ulrich Straeter (* 1941), author, editor and publisher
Christa Thoben (* 1941), politician
Otto-Erich Brodde (1942–2007), pharmacologist
Dieter Fenske (* 1942), chemist
Christine Haidegger (* 1942), Austrian writer
Peter Henkel (* 1942), journalist and non-fiction author
Dieter Kurrat (1942–2017), football player
Gustav Adolf Lehmann (* 1942), ancient historian
Karin Kahlhofer (1943–2017), painter, sculptor and action artist
Franz-Josef Kniola (* 1943), politician
Günter Kowalewski (* 1943), wrestler
Wilfried Micke (1943–2018), table tennis player
Helmut Rüßmann (* 1943), legal scholar
Heinz Libuda (1944–2017), football player
Günter Lubasch (* 1944), football player
Wolf Escher (1944–2016), jazz musician and music teacher
Jörg Krichbaum (1945–2002), writer, painter and photographer
Wilma Simon (* 1945), politician
Dieter Birnbacher (* 1946), philosopher
Franz Josef Düwell (* 1946), lawyer and judge at the Federal Labor Court
Reinhard Junge (* 1946), author
Wilhelm Schürmann (* 1946), photographer, professor and art collector
Peter Wienand (* 1946), diplomat
Ernst Claußmeyer (* 1947), entrepreneur and amateur cyclist
Georg Herbert (* 1947), lawyer and presiding judge at the Federal Administrative Court
Klaus W. Hoffmann (* 1947), writer and songwriter
Armin Jahl (* 1947), politician
Joachim Klimek (* 1947), dentist, university professor and non-fiction author
Hans-Joachim Menge (* 1947), lawyer, politician, mayor of the city of Oer-Erkenschwick
Wolfgang Meyer (* 1947), lawyer
Dieter Pfaff (1947–2013), actor and director
Jürgen Angelbeck (* 1948), politician
Georg Crezelius (* 1948), lawyer, tax lawyer and university lecturer
Wolfgang Ehrhardt (* 1948), classical archaeologist
Jürgen Heumann (* 1948), religious educator and university professor
Gustav Adolf Krieg (* 1948), church musician, pastor and professor
Winfried Pinninghoff (* 1948), engineer, industrial manager, professor and entrepreneur
Christian Brand (* 1949), bank manager
Reinbert Evers (* 1949), guitarist and composer
Busso von Alvensleben (* 1949), diplomat
Volker Nökel (* 1949), author, comic artist and illustrator
Hans Wilhelm Stodollick (* 1949), Mayor of the City of Lünen
Norbert Thimm (* 1949), basketball player
Werner Weist (1949–2019), football player
Michael Wienand (* 1949), set designer and scenographer
Jörg Klingbeil (* 1950), data protection expert
Annegret Richter (* 1950), track and field athlete
Helmut Schmiedt (* 1950), literary scholar
Martin Schumacher (* 1950), statistician
Hermann Spieckermann (* 1950), Protestant theologian

1951 to 1960

Karin Bertholdes-Sandrock 2006

Eckhard Beyer (* 1951), physicist and engineer
Heribert Hallermann (* 1951), professor of canon law
Wolf Kalipp (* 1951), musicologist and conductor
Klaus Niedzwiedz (* 1951), automobile racing driver and television presenter
Ingo Peter (* 1951), soccer player and coach
Hans Günter Wagener (* 1951), film composer
Karin Bertholdes-Sandrock (* 1952), politician
Arie Nabrings (* 1952), archivist and historian
Ulrich Andreas Vogt (* 1952), entrepreneur and culture manager
Sabine Brandi (* 1953), journalist
Wolfgang Braun (* 1953), film producer and manager
Renate Kampmann (* 1953), writer
Martin Kippenberger (1953–1997), painter, installation artist, performance artist, sculptor and photographer
Gabriele Kordowski (* 1953), politician
Friedrich Ostendorff (* 1953), politician
Dirk Raphael (* 1953), doctor and medical officer in the Bundeswehr
Dieter Bornschlegel (* 1954), rock guitarist, singer, composer and lyricist
Ulla Burchardt (* 1954), politician
Peter Gritzmann (* 1954), mathematician
Klaus Klemp (* 1954), design and art historian and exhibition curator
Bruno Knust (* 1954), cabaret artist
Elisabeth Niggemann (* 1954), Director General of the German National Library
Michael Schreiber (* 1954), physicist
Meinolf Schumacher (* 1954), literary scholar and Germanic medievalist
Klaus Segbers (* 1954), political scientist and professor
Michael Wüstenberg (* 1954), Roman Catholic clergyman, emeritus Bishop of Aliwal in South Africa
Jürgen Beckmann (* 1955), psychologist
Cornelia Jürgens (* 1955), politician
Jürgen Metkemeyer (* 1955), journalist
Thomas Bettermann (* 1956), musician
Manfred Curbach (* 1956), scientist
Peter Lichtefeld (* 1956), film director
Freddie Röckenhaus (* 1956), journalist and documentary filmmaker
Natty U (1956–2005), reggae singer and music producer
Burkhard Weber (1956-2020), sports presenter
Horst Wegener (* 1956), stonemason and sculptor
Rainer Bovermann (* 1957), political scientist and politician
Michael Dittrich (* 1957), sports journalist, author and presenter
Ulrich Franke (* 1957), lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice
Corinna Halke (* 1957), figure skater and current sports journalist
Jörg Heydorn (* 1957), politician
Eva Irrgang (* 1957), politician
Susanne Kippenberger (* 1957), journalist and book author
Kai Krause (* 1957), software pioneer and musician
Bernd Krauss (* 1957), German-Austrian soccer player and coach
Achim Peters (* 1957), obesity specialist
Ulrich Schiefer (* 1957), ophthalmologist and professor
Thomas Stolz (* 1957), linguist and linguist
Ingo Taubhorn (* 1957), photographer and curator
Dorothea Trottenberg (* 1957), translator
FM unit (* 1958), musician, sound researcher and producer
Thomas Goschke (* 1958), Professor and Vice Dean
Thomas Happe (* 1958), handball player
Barbara Helbig (* 1958), professional golfer and golf instructor
Max Herbrechte (* 1958), actor and cabaret artist
Georg Hermes (* 1958), legal scholar
Marion Lemper-Pychlau (* 1958), psychologist and author, coach and family trainer
Peter Torberg (* 1958), editor and translator
Thilo Berg (* 1959), drummer
Simone Demandt (* 1959), photo artist and university lecturer
Peter Eisold (* 1959), drummer and composer
Armin Görtz (* 1959), soccer player
Andreas Hansen (* 1959), literary scholar, editor and author
Peter Illmann (* 1959), radio and television presenter and actor
Matthias König (* 1959), bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and auxiliary bishop
Olaf Krätke (* 1959), actor, speaker, director and producer
Martin Löffelholz (* 1959), communication scientist and university professor for media studies
Dagmar Lurz (* 1959), figure skater
Gerald Mörken (* 1959), swimmer
Bettina Oehmen (* 1959), musician and author
Martin Pohl-Hesse (* 1959), clarinetist, saxophonist, music teacher and composer
Matthias Schumann (* 1959), business IT specialist
Volker Wasmuth (* 1959), editor-in-chief of the news channel n-tv
Matthias Wilkes (* 1959), politician
Ralf Krämer (* 1960), trade unionist and politician
Ulrich Kuhnke (* 1960), Catholic theologian
Norbert Lehmann (* 1960), journalist and television presenter
Heidi Möller (* 1960), university professor
Martin Papirowski (* 1960), author, television producer and director
Wolfram Pyta (* 1960), historian
Johannes Rotter (* 1960), actor and screenwriter
Eckhard Schmittdiel (* 1960), chess player
Theo Schneider (* 1960), soccer player and coach

1961 to 1970

Dietmar Bear

Rüdiger Althaus (* 1961), theologian and professor
Tomas Avenarius (* 1961), journalist and author
Dietmar Bär (* 1961), actor
Matthias Berg (* 1961), lawyer and horn player
Klaus Peter Berger (* 1961), legal scholar
Frank Thomas Brinkmann (* 1961), Protestant theologian
Hermann Butzer (* 1961), legal scholar
Andreas Holzem (* 1961), theologian
Christa Kirschbaum (* 1961), church musician
Christina Mai (* 1961), long-distance runner
Thomas Niehr (* 1961), linguist
Mark Polscher (* 1961), composer
Andreas Schickentanz (* 1961), jazz musician
Rita Schulz (* 1961), astrophysicist
Werner Taiber (* 1961), board member of WestLB
Anja Weber (* 1961), trade unionist
Johannes Wilkes (* 1961), writer
Matthias Bauer (* 1962), Germanist
Ralf Bergmann (* 1962), politician
Hardy Green (* 1962), author
Martin Haase (* 1962), Romance scholar and linguist
Stefan Heinig (* 1962), managing director and partner
Roland Hüve (* 1962), theater director and author
Norbert Keßlau (* 1962), rower
André Kieserling (* 1962), sociologist
Rafael Alfaro Kotte (1962–2005), accordionist and composer
Laabs Kowalski (* 1962), writer
Gregor Lange (* 1962) lawyer, Dortmund police chief since 2014
Michaela Marwich (* 1962), author
Claudia Lücking-Michel (* 1962), theologian and politician (CDU)
Karl-Nikolaus Peifer (* 1962), legal scholar
Torsten Rellensmann (* 1962), cyclist
Jörg Vaihinger (* 1962), athlete
Andreas Wöhler (* 1962), trainer in horse racing
Michael Zorc (* 1962), soccer player
Beate Baum (* 1963), journalist and writer
Jörg Birkenkötter (* 1963), composer
Phillip Boa (* 1963), musician
Peter Großmann (* 1963), journalist and television presenter
André Habisch (* 1963), theologian, economist and social scientist
Volker Knoop (* 1963), evolutionary biologist
Ralf Loose (* 1963), soccer player and coach
Pia Lund (* 1963), musician
Jörg Michael (* 1963), drummer
Stephan Paul (* 1963), economist
Richard Ratka (* 1963), handball player and coach
Oliver Roggensack (* 1963), soccer player and coach
Thomas Schiller (* 1963), journalist
Christian Strohmann (* 1963), trombonist, trumpeter, trombone choir leader and music teacher
Jochen Vollmann (* 1963), doctor and medical ethicist
Martin Zawieja (* 1963), weightlifter
Susanne Daub (* 1964), Latinist
Thomas Heilmann (* 1964), entrepreneur and business manager
Jörg Helmdach (* 1964), wrestler
Frank Henter (* 1964), swimmer
Jörg Horn (* 1964), soccer player
Ralf Husmann (* 1964), screenwriter, producer and author
Christian Immler (* 1964), non-fiction author
Christina Kauschke (* 1964), linguist
Stefan Kläsener (* 1964), journalist and theologian
Sabine Ludwigs (* 1964), author
Sonja Meier (* 1964), legal scholar
Vincent Mennie (born 1964), Scottish football player
Cerstin Petersmann (* 1964), rower
Guido Schlünder (* 1964), lawyer
Dirk Sobottka (* 1964), ice hockey player
Silke Sommer (* 1964), costume designer
Stefan Warkalla (* 1964), sailor
Corinne Wasmuht (* 1964), painter
Robert Heinrich Weber (* 1964), diplomat
Bernhard Weiß (* 1964), rock musician
Heiko Antoniewicz (* 1965), cook
Cosima Dannoritzer (* 1965), film author and film producer
Markus C. Schulte von Drach (* 1965), science journalist and writer
Dirk Gion (* 1965), moderator, director and stunt coordinator
Jens Hollmann (* 1965), author and consultant in the health industry
Matthias Kohring (* 1965), media and communication scientist
Monika Köster-Flachsmeyer (* 1965), judge
Maren Lorenz (* 1965), historian
Bernd Schmelzer (* 1965), commentator and journalist
Damir Skenderovic (* 1965), Swiss historian
Jörg Sprave (* 1965), web video producer
Michael Steinbrecher (* 1965), journalist, television presenter and professor
Christoph Tiegel (* 1965), journalist and television presenter
Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson (* 1965), cultural scientist
Christine Wiegand (1965–2016), director and screenwriter
Theo Bleckmann (* 1966), jazz singer and composer
Alexander Braun (* 1966), art historian and visual artist
Martina Eickhoff (* 1966), graduate engineer and politician
Michel Golibrzuch (* 1966), politician
Jörg Hegemann (* 1966), boogie-woogie pianist
Ulrich Hesse (* 1966), sports journalist and author
Stefan Korte (* 1966), mixer sound engineer
Daniel Simmes (* 1966), football player
Torsten Sträter (* 1966), horror and comedy writer
Thomas Synofzik (* 1966), musicologist
Marco Werner (* 1966), racing car driver
Marc Wiese (* 1966), documentary filmmaker, television journalist and director
Peter Würtenberger (* 1966), manager
Frank Buchholz (* 1967), cook, author of cookbooks and TV chef
Christoph Dammermann (* 1967), ministerial official and politician (FDP)
Jochen Deuse (* 1967), professor
Sören Fenner (* 1967), actor
Thorsten Fink (* 1967), soccer player and coach
Frank Grobe (* 1967), German politician (AfD)
Olaf Hense (* 1967), athlete
Christian Jasper (* 1967), installation artist
Peter Jordan (* 1967), film and theater actor
Michael Kauch (* 1967), politician
Christoph Moss (* 1967), journalist and media scientist
Judith Pirscher (* 1967), administrative officer and politician (FDP)
Thomas Schneider (* 1967), soccer player
Christian Seiler (* 1967), legal scholar
Daniel Sodenkamp (* 1967), politician
Sebastian Strempel (1967), jazz musician
Andrea Venhaus (* 1967), piercer, body modder, speaker and actress
Sonja Zekri (* 1967), journalist and author
Jens Brand (* 1968), artist
Peter Brownbill (* 1968), actor
Oliver Eickelberg (* 1968), doctor and pulmonologist
Dirk Eitzert (* 1968), soccer player
André Erkau (* 1968), director and screenwriter
Stefan Fengler (* 1968), soccer player
Heide Frielinghaus (* 1968), classical archaeologist
Frank Hengstenberg (* 1968), politician
Dörthe Huth (* 1968), author, psychologist and coach
Marina Kielmann (* 1968), roller and figure skater
Andreas Lebsanft (* 1968), racing cyclist
Stefan Locher (* 1968), rower
Marcel Machill (* 1968), scientist and publicist
Christian Neander (* 1968), guitarist
Axel Rüger (* 1968), art historian and curator
Volker Sassenberg (* 1968), music and radio play producer, composer and lyricist
Frank Schoppe (* 1968), handball player and trainer
Florian Schwarthoff (* 1968), hurdler
Jörg Thadeusz (* 1968), journalist, radio and television presenter and writer
Christian Ulrichs (* 1968), biologist
Matthias Ungemach (* 1968), rower
Stephanie Borgert (* 1969), engineer and computer scientist, management and organizational consultant, specialist book author and speaker
Tanja Brakensiek (* 1969), politician
Markus Dömer (* 1969), carom player
Simone Edelberg (* 1969), author and publisher
Martina Eppelt (* 1969), lawyer and judge at the Federal Administrative Court
Bettina Gundermann (* 1969), writer
Carsten Knop (* 1969), journalist
Claudia Middendorf (* 1969), social worker and politician (CDU)
Benjamin Reding (* 1969), director
Dominik Reding (* 1969), film director, screenwriter and film producer
Stefan Romberg (* 1969), politician
Stefan Steinweg (* 1969), racing cyclist
Julia Wegat (* 1969), painter and media artist
Martin Bremer (* 1970), long-distance runner
Christian Fischer (* 1970), soccer referee
Uwe Grauer (* 1970), soccer player and coach
Dirk Jacobs (* 1970), television journalist and television presenter
Karsten Kohlhaas (* 1970), handball player and neurologist
Michael Neumann (* 1970), SPD politician, Hamburg Senator for Home Affairs and Sport since 2011
Peter Radegast (* 1970), basketball player, trainer and official
Birgit Rydlewski (* 1970), politician (pirates)
Raphael Schneider (* 1970), actor
Katrin Seibert (* 1970), para-badminton player
Jens Vörtmann (* 1970), poker player
Jan Zeitler (* 1970), Lord Mayor of Überlingen
Crisjan Zöllner (* 1970), actor

1971 to 1980

Marco Bülow (* 1971), politician
Susanne Fengler (* 1971), communication scientist and author
Markus Freiwald (* 1971), drummer
Tim Gutberlet (* 1971), football player
Stefan Klos (* 1971), soccer player
Karsten Kobs (* 1971), hammer thrower
Sascha Lewandowski (1971–2016), football coach
Mischa Meier (* 1971), ancient historian
Peter Quallo (* 1971), football player
Isabel Schnabel (* 1971), economist
Christian Storm (born 1971), actor
Peter Thorwarth (* 1971), director and screenwriter
Wolfram Kawohl (* 1971), German-Swiss doctor
Mike Zero (1971-2018), musician
Bjørn Jagnow (* 1972), author of fantasy literature
Stefan Adam (* 1973), managing director and partner in handball
Lee Buddah (* 1973), songwriter, producer, film composer and radio play author
Kristina Dunker (* 1973), children's and youth author and freelance journalist
Gunnar Fehlau (* 1973), specialist journalist and book author
Christian Kemper (* 1973), journalist and book author
Stefan Köster (* 1973), politician
Andrea Mertens (* 1973), film editor
Christian Nerlinger (* 1973), soccer player and sports director
Yasemin Şamdereli (* 1973), film director and screenwriter
Christian Turk (* 1973), comic book artist, illustrator and book author
Henning Zülch (* 1973), economist
Mirko Klos (* 1974), television presenter, singer-songwriter and author
Kristin Meyer (* 1974), actress
Şener Saltürk (* 1974), author
Marco Gruszka (* 1975), football player
Björn Mehnert (* 1976), soccer player
Jochen Naaf (* 1976), music producer and songwriter
Lars Ricken (* 1976), soccer player
Jörg Sauerland (* 1976), soccer player
Stefanie Schardien (* 1976), professor
Christina Becker (* 1977), cyclist
Swen O. Heiland (* 1977), musician
Daniela Jansen (* 1977), politician
Jan Robert Müller (* 1977), actor and music producer
Ricarda Wältken (* 1978), pop-rap singer
Christian Franz (* 1979), ice hockey player
Sidney Hoffmann (* 1979), moderator and entrepreneur
Nesrin Şamdereli (* 1979), German-Turkish screenwriter
Benedikt Weichert (* 1979), ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
Collin Danielsmeier (* 1980), ice hockey player
Anna Planken (* 1980), TV presenter
Mirko Reinke (* 1980), ice hockey player

1981 to 1990

Lena Dobler

Olaf Wegener (* 1981), chess player
Mirjana Lučić (* 1982), tennis player
Manuel Sarrazin (* 1982), politician
David Solga (* 1982), football player
Bastian Swillims (* 1982), sprinter
Patrick Kohlmann (* 1983), German-Irish soccer player
Corinna Liedtke (1983), director and screenwriter
Jürgen Duah (* 1985), German-Ghanaian soccer player
Daniel Gordon (* 1985), football player
Marcel Großkreutz (* 1985), soccer player
Marc Heitmeier (* 1985), soccer player
Sonja Schöber (* 1985), swimmer
Katharina Werning (* 1985), jockey
Jonas Baumann (* 1986), sport climber
Mira Möller (* 1986), soccer player
Massimo Ornatelli (* 1986), Italian football player
Thilo Corzilius (* 1986), writer
Michael Dyllong (* 1987), cook
Yasin Öztekin (* 1987), German-Turkish soccer player
Sarah Stork (* 1987), actress
Kevin Großkreutz (* 1988), soccer player
Daniela Löwenberg (* 1988), soccer player
Friederike Lütz (* 1988), handball player
Kerim Avcı (* 1989), football player
Erline Nolte (* 1989), bobsledder
Amelie Plaas-Link (* 1989), actress
Marco Reus (* 1989), soccer player
Sonja Speckmann (* 1989), soccer player
Lena Dobler (* 1990), songwriter and indie pop musician
Yasmin Kwadwo (* 1990), track and field athlete
Anna-Bianca Schnitzmeier (* 1990), racing cyclist

From 1991

Marc Hornschuh (* 1991), soccer player
Marco Stiepermann (* 1991), soccer player
Christopher Weber (* 1991), bobsledder
Justin Wolf (* 1992), cyclist
Patrick Zelbel (* 1993), chess player
Marvin Ducksch (* 1994), soccer player
Isabel Drescher (* 1994), figure skater
Jacqueline Klasen (* 1994), soccer player
Lina Magull (* 1994), soccer player
Isabelle Wolf (* 1994), soccer player
Hurricane Çınar (* 1996), football player
Lion Schweers (* 1996), soccer player
Tim Wiesner (* 1996), soccer player
Nina Ehegötz (* 1997), soccer player
Tobias Warschewski (* 1998), football player

Well-known residents of Dortmund

Here is a small overview of people who lived and worked in Dortmund, but were not born there.

Schwarzer Ewald , * end of the seventh century; † probably in Aplerbeck in the 690s; missionary
Weißer Ewald , * late seventh century; † probably in Aplerbeck in the 690s; missionary
Agnes von der Vierbecke , around 1341 in Hengsen; † October 4, 1378 in Dortmund; "Traitor"
Derick Baegert , * around 1440 in Wesel; † after 1502 in Wesel; painter
Christoph Scheibler , born December 6, 1589 in Armsfeld; † November 10, 1653 in Dortmund; Philosopher and theologian
Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker , born November 4, 1713 in Essen; † April 9, 1784 there; publisher
Hermann Diedrich Piepenstock , born August 6, 1782 in Iserlohn; † September 4, 1843 there; Merchant and manufacturer
Friedrich Harkort , born February 22, 1793 in Hagen; † March 8, 1880 in Dortmund; Entrepreneurs and politicians
Henriette Davidis , born March 1, 1801 in Wengern; † April 3, 1876 in Dortmund; Cookbook author
Leopold Hoesch , born January 13, 1820 in Düren; † April 21, 1899 there; Industrialist
Franz Lütgenau , born October 25, 1857 in Rheindorf; † April 26, 1931 in Dortmund; Member of the Reichstag
Friedrich Springorum , born April 1, 1858 in Schwelm; † May 16, 1938 in Dortmund; Ruhr industrialist
Jordan Mai , born September 1, 1866 in Buer; † February 20, 1922 in Dortmund; Franciscan lay brother
Hugo Steinbach , born March 6, 1873 in Heimersheim; † after 1927; architect
Konrad Haenisch , born March 13, 1876 in Greifswald; † April 28, 1925 in Wiesbaden; Politician and journalist
Josef Lübbring , born July 26, 1876 in Ahaus; † November 9, 1931 in Dortmund; Police President and Politician (SPD)
Albert Vögler , born February 8, 1877 in Essen; † April 14, 1945 in Herdecke; Entrepreneurs and politicians
Willi Moog , * 1878 in Wiesbaden; † 1965 in Dortmund; Opera singer (baritone) and director
Fritz Mielert , born July 3, 1879 in Wartha (Neisse); † August 4, 1947 in Dortmund; photographer
Hans Strobel , born February 26, 1881 in Weiden Opf .; † February 6, 1953 in Dortmund; City planning officer and architect
Emil Pohle , born August 27, 1885 in Hadersleben; † March 30, 1962 in Kassel; architect
Fritz Henßler , born April 12, 1886 in Altensteig; † December 4, 1953 in Witten; Politician
Gerard Bunk , born March 4, 1888 in Rotterdam; † September 13, 1958 in Kamen; Organist at St. Reinoldi, composer
Franz Gerwin , born June 9, 1891 in Lünen ad Lippe; † March 28, 1960 in Bochum; painter
Robert Götz , born March 9, 1892 in Betzdorf; † February 15, 1978 in Dortmund; Music pedagogue, song poet and composer
Hans Schanzara , * 1897 in Karlsruhe; † 1984 in Cologne; Opera singer (Bass-Buffo), director and composer
Siegfried Heimberg , born September 9, 1898 in Madfeld; † October 20, 1965 in Dortmund; Chairman of the Jewish community of Westphalia-Lippe
Marta de Marco , * 1900 in Düsseldorf; † 1969 in Dortmund; Opera singer (soprano)
Reiner Minten , * 1902 in Düsseldorf; † 1958 in Hanover; Opera singer (hero tenor) and artistic director
Bernhard Temming , * 1902 in Bielefeld; † 1986 in Dortmund; Typesetter, printer and graphic artist
Charlotte "Lotte" Temming , born April 4, 1903 in Aachen; † September 19, 1984 in Dortmund; Writer and cabaret artist
Grete Ackermann , * 1903 in Hagen-Haspe; † 1966 in Lippstadt; Opera singer (alto)
Gottfried Flach , born December 22, 1904 in Stuttgart; † March 12, 1979 in Goslar; German engineer and politician (NSDAP), councilor in Dortmund
Will Ribbert , * 1905 in Düsseldorf; † 1992 in Dortmund; Opera singer (bass)
Karl Leibold , * 1907 in Offenbach / Main; † 1953 in Dortmund; Opera singer (baritone)
Will Schwarz , * 1907 in Gelsenkirchen; † January 21, 1992 in Dortmund; Architect (including observation and telecommunications tower "Florian", health center, Bittermark memorial)
Gustav Kilian , born November 3, 1907 in Luxembourg; † October 19, 2000 in Dortmund; Racing cyclist and trainer
Wilhelm Schüchter , born December 15, 1911 in Bonn; † May 27, 1974 in Dortmund; General Music Director and Artistic Director of the Music Theater
Bernhard von Glisczynski , born April 13, 1912 in Berlin; † April 17, 1992 in Dortmund; Manager and monument protector
Willi Daume , born May 24, 1913 in Hückeswagen; † May 20, 1996 in Munich; President of the National Olympic Committee
Anke Naumann , * 1914 in Hamburg; † 1992 in Karlsruhe; Opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
Karl-Theodor Molinari , born February 7, 1915 in Bonn; † December 11, 1993 in Dortmund; General and founding chairman of the German Armed Forces Association
Ursula Richter , * 1915 in Leipzig; † 2009 in Leipzig; Opera singer (coloratura soprano)
Ēriks Koņeckis , born February 9, 1920 in Riga; † February 2, 2006 in Dortmund; Ice hockey player
Alfred Preißler , born April 9, 1921 in Duisburg; † July 17, 2003 there; Soccer player
Max von der Grün , born May 25, 1926 in Bayreuth; † April 7, 2005 in Dortmund; writer
Heinrich Kwiatkowski , July 16, 1926 in Gelsenkirchen; † May 23, 2008 in Dortmund; Soccer player
Ursula Happe , born October 20, 1926 in Danzig; Female swimmer
Alfred Vökt , born May 21, 1926 in Basel; † June 14, 1999 there; Opera and concert singer (tenor)
Josef Reding , born March 20, 1929 in Castrop-Rauxel; writer
Nahid Anahita Ratebzad , * 1931 in Guldara; † September 7, 2014 in Dortmund; Afghan diplomat and politician
Otti Pfeiffer , born July 29, 1931 in Wesel; † August 9, 2001 in Herdecke; Poet
Aloys Butzkamm , born February 14, 1935 in Elben, † December 28, 2016 in Dortmund, Prieste, psychologist, art historian
Helge Breloer , born October 28, 1937 in Mönchengladbach; † April 23, 2011 in Dortmund; Valuation expert for trees and shrubs
Sigfried Held , born August 7, 1942 in Freudental; Soccer player
Harry Rosin , * 1943; Medical professionals and environmentalists
Hans-Peter Arens , born October 23, 1944; † March 22, 2019; Showman
Helmut Rellergerd , born January 25, 1945 in Dahle; author
Gerhard Kilger , * 1946 in Tübingen; Physicist, freelance artist, lecturer, since 1988 director of the DASA - Working World Exhibition
Adolf Winkelmann , born April 10, 1946 in Hallenberg; Director
Erich G. Fritz , born December 9, 1946 in Teisendorf; Politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
Sabine Deitmer , born October 21, 1947 in Jena; † January 11, 2020 in Dortmund; Author
Roland Pröll , born June 11, 1949 in Unna; Pianist and music professor, founder of the Schubert competition
Bernhard Rapkay , born January 8, 1951 in Ludwigsburg; Politician (SPD), MEP
Guntram Schneider , born July 2, 1951 in Isselhorst; † January 3, 2020 in Dortmund; Politician (SPD), Minister for Labor, Integration and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Gabriella Wollenhaupt , born March 21, 1952 in Neuwied; Crime writer
Fritz Eckenga , born January 30, 1955 in Bochum; cabaret artist
Heiko Waßer , born October 3, 1957 in Gladbeck; Sports journalist and racing commentator
Friedrich Küppersbusch , born May 24, 1961 in Velbert; Journalist, author and presenter
Peter Knäbel , born October 2, 1966 in Witten; Soccer player and official
Dirk van der Ven , born March 1, 1970 in Duisburg; Soccer player
Uwe Rosenberg , born March 27, 1970 in Aurich; Game designer
Sasha , born January 5, 1972 in Soest; Pop singer
Der Wolf , born September 27, 1973 in Lüdinghausen; Rapper and disc jockey
Tanja Szewczenko , born July 26, 1977 in Düsseldorf; Actress and former figure skater
Michael Melka , born July 9, 1978 in Castrop-Rauxel; Soccer player
Cosmo Klein , born November 1, 1978 in Anröchte; Singer and songwriter
Hannes Wolf , born April 15, 1981 in Bochum; Soccer player and coach
Florian Thorwart , born April 20, 1982 in Hagen; Soccer player
Sven Kroll , born December 14, 1983 in Ahlen; TV presenter
Tialda van Slogteren , born May 22, 1985 in Amsterdam; singer
Fabian Götze , born June 3, 1990 in Memmingen; Soccer player
Julian Koch , born November 11, 1990 in Schwerte; Soccer player
Mario Götze , born June 3, 1992 in Memmingen; Soccer player
Semih Guler , born November 30, 1994 in Castrop-Rauxel; Soccer player
Mohamed El-Bouazzati , born January 9, 1997 in Nador, Morocco; Soccer player

City leaders

Mayor / Lord Mayor

Hermann Becker, Lord Mayor from 1871 to 1875

Gerhard Langemeyer, Lord Mayor 1999 to 2009

Maire

1807–1812: Johann Arnold Caspar Brügmann
1812–1832: Franz Mallinckrodt (from 1813 mayor)

mayor

1832–1847: Wilhelm Brügmann
1847–1871: Karl Zahn (1st mayor, from 1860 mayor)

Lord Mayor

1871–1875: Hermann Becker , DFP
1875–1876: Friedrich Wilhelm von Becker
1876–1878: Richard Prüfer
1878–1886: Ernst Heinrich Lindemann
1886–1910: Karl Wilhelm Schmieding
1910–1933: Ernst Eichhoff , NLP , from 1918 DVP
1933: Ludwig Malzbender , NSDAP
1933–1934: Bruno Schüler , NSDAP (provisional)
1934–1945: Willi Banike , NSDAP
1945–1946: Hermann Ostrop , CDU (provisional)
1946: Wilhelm Hansmann , SPD
1946: Herbert Scholtissek , CDU
1946–1953: Fritz Henßler , SPD
1954–1969: Dietrich Keuning , SPD
1969–1973: Heinrich Sondermann , SPD
1973–1999: Günter Samtlebe , SPD
1999–2009: Gerhard Langemeyer , SPD
2009–2020: Ullrich Sierau , SPD

Senior City Directors

1946: Hermann Ostrop , CDU
1946–1954: Wilhelm Hansmann , SPD
1954–1967: Walter Kliemt , SPD
1967–1982: Hans-Diether Imhoff , SPD
1982–1991: Harald Heinze , SPD
1991–1999: Hans-Gerhard Koch , SPD

Since 1999 the mayor has also been head of the city's administration.

literature

Hans Bohrmann (ed.): Biographies of important Dortmunders. People in, from and for Dortmund. Ruhfus, Dortmund 1994 ff. So far 3 vols.
55 from Dortmund. Portraits from art, culture & media. With texts by Rainer Wanzelius. Harenberg Edition, Dortmund 1994–1999. Annual edition of the Stadtsparkasse Dortmund with 55 portraits and short biographies each.