List of personalities of the city of Duisburg
The following list deals with the personalities of the city of Duisburg .
Personalities born in Duisburg
The following people were born in Duisburg or in what is now the city of Duisburg:
15th to 18th century
- Johann Wassenberch (1454–1517), clergyman
- Arnold Mylius (1540–1604), printer and dealer
- Theodor Undereyck (1635–1693), Protestant pastor, spiritual writer and pioneer of pietism
- Theodor Timmermann (1627–1700), pharmacist, mayor of Mannheim and mayor of the Palatinate colony of Magdeburg
- Johann Christian Lörs or Loers, also Löhrs (1675–1743), Protestant Reformed pastor, university professor and writer
- Johann Philipp Lorenz Withof (1725–1789), professor of history, eloquence and morality
- Gerhard Haniel (1774–1834), entrepreneur
- Jakob von der Kuhlen (1777–1862), Protestant theologian
- Johann Carl Friedrich Gildemeister (1779–1849), lawyer
- Franz Haniel (1779–1868), entrepreneur
- Christian Krafft (1784–1845), theologian
- Heinrich Kamp (1786–1853), businessman, banker and industrialist
- Otto von Gloeden (1788–1840), Prussian state building inspector and architect
- Johann Gottlob Krafft (1789–1830), reformed pastor, superintendent and consistorial councilor
- Friedrich Günther (1791–1848), Mayor of the city of Düren
- Julius Möller (1793–1877), President of the Elberfeld and Barmen Chamber of Commerce
- Carl Böninger (1795–1877), Duisburg entrepreneur
- Hermann Adam von Kamp (1796–1867), teacher, local historian and writer
19th century
1801 to 1820
- Ludwig Susen (1807–1863), elementary teacher
- Hugo Haniel (1810–1893), successor to his father and entrepreneur Franz Haniel
- Carl Haniel (1811–1861), entrepreneur
- Ludwig Haniel (1817–1889), entrepreneur
1821 to 1840
- Adolf Krummacher (1824–1884), Protestant theologian
- Gerhard vom Rath (1830–1888), mineralogist and geologist
- Eugen de Haën (1835–1911), chemist and entrepreneur
- Ernst Carstanjen (1836–1884), chemist
1841 to 1860
- Franz Haniel junior (1842–1916), entrepreneur
- Heinrich Joseph Kayser (1842–1917), architect
- Friedrich Wilhelm Steinkopf (1842–1911), civil servant and mayor of the cities of Kleve and Mülheim am Rhein
- Heinrich von Eicken (1846–1890), historian and Prussian state archivist
- Friedrich Graeber (1848–1917), architect
- John Haniel (1849–1912), Prussian district administrator, mine owner and politician
- Theodor Curtius (1857–1928), chemist
- Henry Adams (1858–1929), German-American civil engineer
- Heinrich Wolf (1858–1942), writer
- Gustav Weigand (1860–1930), linguist
1861 to 1880
- Walter de Gruyter (1862–1923), businessman and publisher
- Richard Hindorf (1863–1954), tropical planter and agricultural scientist
- Friedrich Carstanjen (1864–1925), art historian
- Karl Leipold (1864–1943), painter
- Ludwig Keller (1865–1925), painter
- Wilhelm Eisenblätter (1866–1934), stage and landscape painter in Königsberg
- Oscar Mauritz (1867–1959), pastor
- August Kraus (1868–1934), sculptor
- Gustav Coupette (1869–1937), smelter
- Edgar Haniel von Haimhausen (1870–1935), diplomat
- Cornelius Hamecher (1872–1925), post office clerk and member of the German Reichstag
- Richard Böninger (1874–1944), administrative lawyer and district administrator
- Wilhelm Frede (1875–1942), diplomat
- Felix Baumbach (1876–1966), actor and director
- Hedda Eulenberg (1876–1960), translator and writer
- Amalie Weidner-Steinhaus (1876–1963), local poet
- Julius Curtius (1877–1948), lawyer and politician
- Erich Sieburg (1878–1947), writer
- Joseph Stoffels (1879–1923), auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- Paul Wilhelmi (1879–1962), Hessian politician
1881 to 1900
- Carl Achenbach (1881–1961), painter and photographer
- Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881–1919), sculptor and graphic artist
- Gustav Sander (1881–1955), trade unionist and politician
- Arnold Dehnen (1882–1969), politician
- Ferdinand Lentjes (1882–1955), engineer and entrepreneur
- Julius Friedrich (1883–1977), politician
- Otto Wünsche (1884–1919), submarine commander in World War I
- Eugen Ferdinand Hoffmann (1885–1971), writer
- Otto Trieloff (1885–1967), athlete
- Adolf Uzarski (1885–1970), writer, painter and graphic artist
- Lothar Budzinski-Kreth (1886–1955), football player
- Fritz Springorum (1886–1942), industrialist and politician
- Ludwig ten Hompel (1887–1932), graphic artist and painter
- Walter Ballas (1887–1969), Krupp defender in Nuremberg
- Otto Freytag (1888–1980), painter and professor
- Willy Küsters (1888–1949), writer
- Paul Lazarus (1888–1951), rabbi
- Carl Neinhaus (1888–1965), lawyer and politician
- Alfred Berghausen (1889–1954), football player
- Heinz Ludewig (1889–1950), soccer player and coach
- Ludwig Körner (1890–1968), actor, director and union official
- Heinrich Niebes (1890–1966), politician
- Heinrich Schlagewerth (1890–1951), politician
- Heinrich Schmitz (1890–1968), Protestant pastor, member of the Confessing Church and prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp
- Wilhelm Zangen (1891–1971), industrialist
- Wilhelm Loch (1892–1969), politician
- Johannes Molzahn (1892–1965), German-American painter and graphic artist
- Oswald Pohl (1892–1951), SS-Obergruppenführer
- Heinrich Bongartz (1892–1946), officer
- Bruno Werntgen (1893–1913), flight pioneer and flight instructor
- Alfred Hartmann (1894–1967), manager and politician
- Max König (1894–1983), economist and owner of the König brewery
- Paul Bäumer (1896–1927), fighter pilot of the First World War
- Max Schewe (1896–1951), painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- Ludger Born (1897–1980), priest, Jesuit
- Arnold Fischer (1898–1972), politician
- Werner Schramm (1898–1970), portrait, figure and landscape painter
- Ernst Bollmann (1899–1974), NSDAP functionary
- Rudi Wagener (1899–1963), heavyweight boxer
- Johannes Quasten (1900–1987), Catholic theologian and patrologist
- Willi Gottfried Schultz (1900–1969), gynecologist and university professor
20th century
1901 to 1910
- Luise Albertz (1901–1979), politician
- Ernst Pepping (1901–1981), composer and university professor
- Charlotte Selver (1901–2003), music teacher
- Elsa Scholten (1902–1981), actress
- Friedrich Kocks (1902–1975), metallurgical specialist and entrepreneur
- Heinrich Warczak (1902–1986), politician
- Kurt Schröder (1902–1979), ear, nose and throat specialist
- Ernst Forsthoff (1902–1974), constitutional lawyer
- Friedrich Neven (1902–1971), politician
- Karl Harzig (1903–1970), politician
- Fritz Ketz (1903–1983), painter and graphic artist
- Joseph Illerhaus (1903–1973), politician
- Hermann Östrich (1903–1973), German-French engineer
- Gustav Stein (1903–1979), lawyer and politician
- Hans-Eduard Hengstenberg (1904–1998), philosopher
- Werner Hersmann (1904–1972), SS Sturmbannführer
- Helmut Küpper (1904–1956), publisher
- Friedhelm Missmahl (1904–1967), politician
- Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann (1904–1995), portrait, figure and landscape painter
- Rudolf Stampfuß (1904–1978), prehistoric
- Heinrich Tonscheidt (1904–1954), entrepreneur and politician
- Otto Bovensiepen (1905–1979), lawyer and SS standard leader
- Heinz Coubier (1905–1993), director and writer
- P. Walter Jacob (1905–1977), actor, radio play speaker, dramaturge and director
- Wilhelm Kürten (1905–?), Actor, radio, radio play and voice actor
- August Sackenheim (1905–1979), soccer player and coach
- Jakob Schüller (1905–?), Athlete
- Kurt Utermann (1905–1986), sociologist and social work scientist
- Hans Berger (1906–1973), boxer
- Eberhard Brünen (1906–1980), politician
- Herbert Dieckmann (1906–1986), German-American Romance scholar and literary scholar
- Arnold Dohmen (1906–1980), internist, bacteriologist and medical officer
- Georg Hoeltje (1906–1996), art historian and author
- Erwin Müller (1906–1968), Saarland politician
- Karl Prasse (1906–1997), painter and sculptor, co-founder of the Duisburg Secession
- Wilhelm Richter (1906–1978), physicist and university professor
- Volkram Anton Scharf (1906–1987), painter and sculptor
- August Seeling (1906–1998), Lord Mayor of Duisburg
- Emil Ziegenmeyer (1906–1991), member of the government at the time of National Socialism
- Karl Bergmann (1907–1979), politician
- Theodor Filthaut (1907–1967), professor of pastoral theology
- Anne Fries (1907–1973), politician
- Paul Klingenburg (1907–1964), water polo player
- Else Quecke (1907–2004), actress
- Josef Rodzinski (1907–1984), football player
- Siegfried Ruff (1907–1989), Air Force medic
- Bernd Aldenhoff (1908–1959), heroic tenor
- Carl Mandelartz (1908–1982), writer
- Manfred Meurer (1908–1979), actor
- Ferdinand Oppenberg (1908–1989), poet and prose writer
- Karl-Heinz Stroux (1908–1985), actor, director and theater manager
- Jupp Becker (1909–1997), gymnastics and sports teacher
- Ludwig Cremer (1909–1982), director, actor and radio play speaker
- Karl Kübel (1909–2006), entrepreneur, philanthropist and founder
- Juliane Roh (1909–1987), art historian and art writer
- Hans Schneider (1909–1972), water polo player
- Matthias Billen (1910–1989), football player
- Wolfgang Curtius (1910–1996), entrepreneur
- Karl Heinrich Doetsch (1910–2003), entrepreneur
- Erich Gerlach (1910–1972), politician and economist
- Heinz Kiwitz (1910–1938), Expressionist woodcutter
- Johannes Weber (1910–?), Politician
- Otto Wiesner (1910–2006), communist and Nazi victim
1911 to 1920
- Yehoshua Amir (1911–2002), Israeli rabbi, philosopher and university professor
- Johann Asch (1911–1990), politician
- Kurt Bossler (1911–1976), composer
- Günter Grote (1911–1985), artist and university professor
- Hans Koch (1911–1995), politician (FDP), member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Karl Christian Peters (1911–1944), painter, draftsman and illustrator
- Wilhelm Tenhagen (1911–1954), politician
- Wilhelm Bergs (1912–1991), politician
- Kurt Bolender (1912–1966), SS-Oberscharführer and war criminal
- Aenne Brauksiepe (1912–1997), politician
- Christian van Marwyck (1912–?), Hygienist and microbiologist
- Bruno Wüstenberg (1912–1984), Archbishop
- Hans Caninenberg (1913–2008), actor and writer
- August Tiedtke (1913–1972), carom player and multiple world and European champion
- Heinz Trökes (1913–1997), artist
- Hildegard Bartels (1914–2008), civil servant
- Paul Broicher (1914–2001), General Manager of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Irene Janetzky (1914–2005), Belgian journalist and radio director
- Ernst Kähler (1914–1991), Protestant theologian and church historian
- Wilhelm Lempken (1914–1982), politician
- Adolf Oehlen (1914–1972), graphic artist and cartoonist
- Karl Tetzner (1914–2008), media journalist, editor-in-chief of Funkschau
- Wilhelm Wiacker (1914–1977), painter
- Willy Bartock (1915–1995), poet and playwright
- Erwin Iserloh (1915–1996), Catholic church historian and ecumenist
- Heinz Kühnle (1915–2001), naval officer
- Heinz Neukirchen (1915–1986), officer in the Navy
- Rudolf Schock (1915–1986), opera, lied and operetta singer
- Paul Scholz (1915–1976), politician
- Hans Edmund Wolters (1915–1991), ornithologist
- Günter Bandmann (1917–1975), art historian
- Friedl Brehm (1917–1983), publisher, editor and author
- Karl Stachelscheid (1917–1970), painter
- Hanns-Heinz Bielefeld (1918–2018), politician
- Gabriel Epstein (1918–2017), architect and urban planner
- Dieter Hucks (1919–1990), boxer
- Toni Turek (1919–1984), football player
- Wilhelm Hartkopf (1920–2004), Lord Mayor of Remscheid
- Werner Hörnemann (1920–1997), author and publisher
- Friedrich Heinen (1920–1982), politician
- Karl Hetzel (1920–1972), football player
1921 to 1930
- Dirk Dautzenberg (1921–2009), actor and theater director
- Rudolf Englert (1921–1989), painter and graphic artist
- Alfred Preißler (1921–2003), soccer player and coach
- Willy Peter Reese (1921–1944), writer
- Heinz Szymczak (1921–1994), politician
- Hartmut Schulze-Boysen (1922–2013), diplomat
- Walter Schädlich (1922–2016), national handball player
- Kurt Hälker (1922–2010), resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Johannes Völling (1922–2002), CEO of WestLB
- Ursula Wölfel (1922–2014), children's book author
- Wilhelm Haferkamp (1923–1995), trade unionist and politician
- Arnold Kempkens (1923–2001), composer and conductor
- Paul Arnold Nelles (1923–2005), lawyer and politician
- Artur Woll (1923–2020), economist and textbook author
- Ludwig Eichhorn (1924–2006), politician
- Ernst Kozub (1924–1971), opera singer
- Paul Märzheuser (1924–2007), President of MSV Duisburg
- Frithjof Elmo Porsch (1924–2015), writer
- Hermann Spillecke (1924–1977), educator and politician
- Günther Stoll (1924–1977), actor
- Hermann Winkler (1924–2009), opera singer and chamber singer
- Fred Bertelmann (1925-2014), pop singer
- Hildegard Bienen (1925–1990), visual artist
- Günter Brocker (1925–2015), soccer player and coach
- Rolf Crummenauer (1925–1999), artist and university professor
- Werner Hanfgarn (1925–1999), journalist
- Johannes Rathofer (1925–1998), Old Germanist
- Ferdinand Simoneit (1925–2010), journalist, bestselling author and journalist teacher
- Elisabeth Borchers (1926–2013), writer
- Karl Heinz Kenn (1926–2000), politician
- Waltraud Lauer (1926–2003), politician
- Nikolaus Rosiny (1926–2011), architect
- Horst Zaborowski (* 1926), politician
- Friedrich Alfred Bach (* 1927), film director, producer and cameraman
- Walter Bettges (1927–1991), politician
- Alexander von Cube (1927–2013), science journalist
- Peter Wilhelm Höffkes (1927–2005), politician
- Bernd Petermann (1927–2009), lawyer and politician
- Franz Püll (1927–2019), politician
- Willi Wahl (1927–2019), politician
- Richard Ellerkmann (* 1928), ambassador
- Heinz Fallak (1928–1999), sports functionary
- Burkhard Frenzel (1928–2010), geographer and botanist
- Hans Geister (1928–2012), track and field athlete
- Theo Hahn (1928–2016), mineralogist, crystallographer and university professor
- Ernst-Edmund Keil (* 1928), writer
- Günter Metken (1928–2000), art historian, exhibition curator, essayist and travel writer
- Hans Poetschki (1928–1997), politician
- Hans Quecke (1928–1998), Jesuit, coptologist and liturgical scholar
- Wolfram Siebeck (1928–2016), journalist and gastronomy critic
- Ernst Achilles (1929–1999), Chief Fire Director of the City of Frankfurt am Main
- Günter Birtsch (* 1929), historian
- Werner Böcking (* 1929), writer
- Werner Ellerkmann (1929–2007), lawyer and science manager
- Willi Fährmann (1929–2017), author of books for children and young people
- Rudolf Hoke (* 1929), Austrian legal historian
- Christiane Jansen (* 1929), actress
- Wilfried Koch (* 1929), artist and art historian
- Werner Linkner (1929–2013), politician
- Erich Meinike (1929–2018), politician
- Anton Riederer (1929–2004), politician
- Helmut Sadlowski (1929–2007), football player
- Heinrich Siemes (* 1929), mineralogist
- Heinz Horn (1930–2015), manager and chairman of the board
- Jürgen Schwoerbel (1930–2002), limnologist
- Karlheinz Sorger (1930–2019), Roman Catholic theologian
- Peter Steffen (1930–2012), pop singer
- Ernst Vogt (1930–2017), classical philologist
1931 to 1940
- Helmut Arntzen (1931–2014), literary scholar, essayist, aphorist and fable author
- Dieter Bach (* 1932), Protestant theologian
- Anni Brandt-Elsweier (1932–2017), politician (SPD)
- Erhard S. Gerstenberger (* 1932), Protestant theologian and Old Testament scholar
- Hermann Giesecke (* 1932), educational scientist
- Günter Jansen (1932–2019), soccer goalkeeper
- Karl-Heinz Stienen (1932-2004), politician (SPD, SDU)
- Manfred Stock (* 1932), horticulturist and environmentalist
- Klaus Dörner (* 1933), representative of German social psychiatry
- Wolfgang Hindrichs (1933–2012), educational and social scientist
- Uschi Krämer (1933–2010), teacher, journalist and Low German author
- Günter Schluckebier (1933–2002), politician (SPD)
- Bernhard Küppers (1934–2008), architect and construction officer
- Hans Küppers (1934–2009), politician (CDU) and urban planner
- Kriemhild Hausmann (* 1934), track and field athlete
- Winfried Scharlau (1934–2004), journalist and historian
- Christiane Binder-Gasper (* 1935), writer
- Winfried Jansen (* 1935), architect and university professor
- Dieter Kürten (* 1935), sports reporter
- Friedel Neuber (1935–2004), bank manager and politician
- Jacques Berndorf (* 1936), journalist and writer
- Jörg Boström (* 1936), painter, photographer and university lecturer
- Günter Preuss (* 1936), soccer player and coach
- Horst Josef Zugehör (* 1936), judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Nicolas Born (1937–1979), writer
- Christa Hoffmann-Riem (1937–1990), sociologist and university professor
- Siegfried Jäger (1937–2020), linguist
- Alfred Jahn (* 1937), pediatric surgeon
- Charlotte Kann (* 1937), politician (SPD)
- Manfred Krug (1937–2016), actor, singer and writer
- Rolf Schafstall (1937–2018), soccer player and coach
- Michael Schoenholtz (1937–2019), sculptor
- Lieselotte Schweikert (1937-2020), politician (FDP)
- Erhard Blankenburg (1938–2018), legal sociologist
- Manfred Bruckschen (1938–2019), politician (SPD) and works council
- Willi Drehmann (* 1938), soccer player
- Karl Hofius (* 1938), geoscientist and hydrologist
- Gerhard Josten (* 1938), chess historian and chess composer
- Heinz Kempken (1938–1995), politician (CDU)
- Lutz Koch (1938–2009), politician (SPD)
- Volkmar Kretkowski (* 1938), educator and politician
- Fritz Pleitgen (* 1938), journalist
- Jörn Rüsen (* 1938), historian and cultural scientist
- Gerhard Schneider (* 1938), Professor of Romance Studies
- Horst Günther (* 1939), politician (CDU)
- Hans-Dieter Möller (* 1939), organist and music teacher
- Horst Bartnitzky (* 1940), educator
- Dieter Danzberg (1940–2019), football player
- Reiner Dick (1940–1974), professor of business administration
- Wilhelm Hein (* 1940), filmmaker, film producer, film director, film theorist and performance artist
- Irmgard Karwatzki (1940-2007), politician (CDU)
- Jürgen Kesting (* 1940), journalist, music critic and specialist book author
- Werner Krämer (1940–2010), football player
- Klaus Erich Pollmann (* 1940), historian
- Friedel Rausch (1940-2017), soccer player and coach
- Hans Rentmeister junior (* 1940), General Secretary of the International Sachsenhausen Committee
- Peter Rummel (* 1940), Austrian legal scholar
- Dieter Schulte (* 1940), trade unionist
- Heiner Timmermann (1940–2018), historian
- Klaus Ulsenheimer (* 1940), lawyer, attorney and professor at the University of Munich
- Hans-Joachim Wiese (1940–2007), restaurateur
1941 to 1950
- Peter Roggenkämper (* 1941), ophthalmologist
- Ralf Rothkegel (* 1941), federal judge and jazz musician
- Rainer Dally (* 1942), lawyer at the Rostock Higher Regional Court
- Johannes Heinrichs (* 1942), philosopher and semiotic
- Niklaus Schmid (* 1942), writer
- Günter Albrecht (* 1943), sociologist
- Günter von Lonski (* 1943), writer
- Dieter Mützelburg (* 1943), politician
- Rolf Schumacher (* 1943), diplomat
- Daisy Door (* 1944), pop singer
- Walter Hellmich (* 1944), football functionary and building contractor
- Werner Scholz (* 1944), soccer goalkeeper and coach
- Michael Bella (* 1945), football player
- Heinz-Werner Geisenberger (* 1945), author and director
- Jürgen Gmehling (* 1946), Professor of Technical Chemistry
- Friedhelm Haebermann (* 1946), soccer player
- Holger Klotzbach (* 1946), cultural manager
- Joachim Messing (1946–2019), Professor of Molecular Genetics
- Friedhelm Mönter (1946–2009), cultural journalist and radio presenter
- Johannes Pflug (* 1946), politician
- Manfred Rogner (* 1946), specialist author for reptiles and amphibians
- Udo Scheepers (1946–1986), politician
- Eduard Führ (* 1947), architectural historian and theorist
- Helga Kühn-Mengel (* 1947), politician
- Nikolaus Schneider (* 1947), Protestant theologian
- Holger Ellerbrock (* 1948), politician
- Heinz-Jürgen Görtz (* 1948), Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
- Bernd Hänschke (* 1948), composer
- Ernst Kausen (* 1948), mathematician, computer scientist and linguist
- Hans Meyer-Hörstgen (* 1948), physician and writer
- Holger Osieck (* 1948), football coach and FIFA official
- Ilona Riedel-Spangenberger (1948–2007), theologian
- Hanns Heinrich Schumacher (* 1948), diplomat
- Günter Wienhold (* 1948), soccer goalkeeper
- Erwin Braun (* 1949), soccer player
- Peter Bursch (* 1949), guitarist and author of guitar books
- Reiner Geye (1949–2002), football player
- Reiner Hollmann (* 1949), soccer player and coach
- Rolf Krebs (* 1949), Protestant theologian
- Kurt Rettkowski (* 1949), soccer player
- Dieter Soika (* 1949), journalist
- Wilhelm Eimers (* 1950), gas balloon driver
- Horst Fischer (* 1950), lawyer
- Hans-Werner Gessmann (* 1950), psychologist and Russian university professor
- Jürgen Maehder (* 1950), musicologist and university professor
1951 to 1960
- Wolfgang Altgeld (* 1951), historian and university professor
- Ulrich P. Ecker (* 1951), archivist
- Veronika Fischer (* 1951), Professor of Education
- Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock (1951–2017), multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Willi Kissmer (1951–2018), rock musician and painter
- Karl A. Lamers (* 1951), politician
- Doris Maurer (1951–2014), literary scholar
- Horst Rellecke (* 1951), architect and artist
- Michael Sachs (* 1951), legal scholar
- Christian Simon (* 1951), presenter and music producer
- Oliver Spiecker (* 1951), author, journalist, songwriter and program developer
- Beate Wedekind (* 1951), journalist, author, event manager and TV producer
- Günter Weiler (* 1951), Lieutenant General of the Army of the Bundeswehr
- Hans-Jürgen Appelrath (1952–2016), university professor for practical computer science
- Heinz-Peter Gasse (* 1952), politician
- Gabriela Grillo (* 1952), entrepreneur and dressage rider
- Wilhelm Gruissem (* 1952), biologist
- Klaus Jensen (* 1952), politician and Lord Mayor of Trier
- Sebastian Kempgen (* 1952), Slavist
- Ralf Kleinfeld (* 1952), political scientist
- Viola König (* 1952), ethnologist and university professor
- Klaus Kuhlen (* 1952), Colonel in the General Staff Service of the German Army
- Jürgen Gelsdorf (* 1953), soccer player
- Volker Hildebrandt (* 1953), media artist
- Peter Hoffmann (* 1953), music producer
- Harald Schartau (* 1953), politician
- Harald Schmitz-Schmelzer (1953–2019), painter and object artist
- Ronald Worm (* 1953), football player
- Dieter Bartke (1954–2002), handball goalkeeper
- Hartmut Dresia (* 1954), politician
- Udo Di Fabio (* 1954), lawyer
- Edgar K. Geffroy (* 1954), author of business books, business speaker and business consultant
- Michael Hendricks (* 1954), entrepreneur
- Peter Honnen (* 1954), linguist
- Clementia Killewald OSB (1954–2016), Benedictine and abbess of Rupertsberg and Eibingen
- Julia Lindig (* 1954), actress
- Uwe Lyko (* 1954), cabaret artist and comedian
- Horst Michna (1954–2007), doctor and sports scientist
- Thomas Rentsch (* 1954), philosopher
- Winfried Zimmer (* 1954), Brigadier General of the Army of the Bundeswehr
- Ulrich Druwe (* 1955), political scientist
- Dieter Ebels (* 1955), writer
- Frank G. Hirschmann (* 1955), historian
- Volker Mosblech (* 1955), politician
- Werner Obschernikat (* 1955), water polo player
- Adolf Sauerland (* 1955), politician
- Dieter Stein (* 1955), artist, illustrator and cartoonist
- Werner Vollack (* 1955), football player
- Ellen Widder (* 1955), historian
- Elke Best (* 1956), pop singer
- Gunnar Brands (* 1956), classical archaeologist
- Wilfried Maria Danner (* 1956), composer
- Gerd Dicke (* 1956), Germanistic Medievalist
- Danny Dziuk (* 1956), songwriter and musician
- Klaus Engel (* 1956), chemist and manager
- Tom Fährmann (* 1956), cameraman, photographer and screenwriter
- Andreas Floer (1956–1991), mathematician
- Detlef Jahn (* 1956), political scientist
- Reiner Klewen (1956-2010), zoologist
- Volker Schlotmann (* 1956), politician
- Rainer Wendt (* 1956), Federal Chairman of the German Police Union
- Elke Werner (* 1956), Protestant theologian, teacher and writer
- Dietmar Bartz (* 1957), journalist
- Rainer Barzen (* 1957), artist
- Jochen Dornbusch (* approx. 1957), cycling coach
- Axel Freimuth (* 1957), Rector of the University of Cologne
- Barbara Loth (* 1957), politician and State Secretary in Berlin
- Frank Nullmeier (* 1957), Professor of Political Science
- Edith Oellers (* 1957), painter
- Petra Weis (* 1957), politician
- Klaus-Jürgen Bremm (* 1958), military historian and officer
- Denise (* 1958), singer, lyricist and guitarist
- Christoph Eidens (1958–2005), jazz vibraphonist
- Frank Hartmann (* 1958), guitarist, music teacher and author
- Jürgen Hingsen (* 1958), athlete
- Heinz-Werner Jezewski (* 1958), author and politician
- Stefan Klöckner (* 1958), Catholic theologian, musician and musicologist
- Walter Lesch (* 1958), Roman Catholic theologian
- Volker Perthes (* 1958), political scientist
- Gisela Walsken (* 1958), politician
- Lothar Wehr (* 1958), Roman Catholic priest and theologian
- Sabine Weiss (* 1958), politician
- Reinhard Wolters (* 1958), ancient historian and numismatist
- Michael Blaszczyk (* 1959), painter and draftsman
- Barbara Buchholz (1959–2012), bassist, live electronics technician and composer
- Christian Fries (* 1959), actor, director, musician and author
- Detlef Keller (* 1959), electronics musician
- Andreas Mand (* 1959), writer
- Christoph Minhoff (* 1959), journalist, television presenter and author
- Martin Nowak (* 1959), television director
- Michael Rind (* 1959), prehistoric
- Christa Schmidt (* 1959), writer
- Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa , spokeswoman for the Central Committee of German Catholics
- Ellen Becker (* 1960), rower
- Volker Biesenbender (* 1960), violinist and violist
- Albert Dölken O.Praem. (* 1960), Roman Catholic priest and first abbot of Hamborn
- Roland Donath (1960–1998), legal scholar
- Guido Forsting (1960–2015), politician
- Tom Hegermann (* 1960), radio presenter at WDR 2 and freelance journalist
- Peter Hinze (* 1960), local politician (SPD), Mayor of Emmerich
- Ute König (* 1960), diplomat, ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago
- Ludger Körntgen (* 1960), historian of medieval history
- Ralf Meier (* 1960), journalist and author
- Robert Christian van Ooyen (* 1960), political scientist and political philosopher
- Rüdiger Oppers (* 1960), journalist and editor-in-chief
- Rainer Osselmann (* 1960), water polo player
- Armin Reutershahn (* 1960), football coach
- Norbert Schellberg (* 1960), politician
1961 to 1970
- Guido Bolten (* 1961), journalist
- Peter Michael Dieckmann (* 1961), detective, Reiki teacher and author
- Carsten Fischer (* 1961), hockey player
- Thomas Frahm (* 1961), writer, publisher, translator and journalist
- Carsten Fuß (* 1961), journalist, reporter and moderator
- Ralf Jäger (* 1961), politician
- Guido Kern (* 1961), chess player and trainer
- Tom Liwa (* 1961), singer and songwriter
- Theo Pagel (* 1961), director of the Cologne Zoo
- Karin Riediger (* 1961), figure skater
- Harald Schroeter-Wittke (* 1961), practical theologian
- Wolfgang Trepper (* 1961), cabaret artist and radio presenter
- Enno Bommel (* 1962), judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Jochen Flasbarth (* 1962), President of the German Federal Environment Agency
- Michael Fuchs (* 1962), philosopher
- Rainer Hoppe (* 1962), water polo player and coach
- Werner Hucks (* 1962), jazz guitarist
- Silvia Kaffke (* 1962), writer
- Katy Karrenbauer (* 1962), actress, singer and author
- Olaf Lehne (* 1962), politician
- Dietmar Schacht (* 1962), soccer player and coach
- Enno Stahl (* 1962), writer, journalist, editor and organizer
- Michael W. Driesch (* 1963), filmmaker and entrepreneur
- Hanns-Henning Fastrich (* 1963), field hockey player
- Bernd Hackmann (* 1963), sound engineer and filmmaker
- Anja Hajduk (* 1963), politician
- Ralf von den Hoff (* 1963), classical archaeologist
- Friedrich Joussen (* 1963), manager
- Martin Kemkes (* 1963), Provincial Roman archaeologist and museum director
- Graciano Rocchigiani (1963-2018), boxer
- Ralf Rocchigiani (* 1963), boxer
- Marcus O. Rosenmüller (* 1963), director, screenwriter and producer
- Tom Barcal (born 1964), actor
- Frank Bernstein (* 1964), ancient historian
- Dirk Brinkmann (* 1964), field hockey player
- Armin Eichholz (* 1964), rower
- Frank Falkenstein (* 1964), prehistoric
- Brigitte Hahn (* 1964), soprano
- Tobias Kaufhold (* 1964), art historian
- Andreas Kollender (* 1964), writer
- Joachim Llambi (* 1964), banker, stockbroker and tournament dancer
- Werner Neumann (* 1964), jazz guitarist and music teacher
- Patrick Opdenhövel (* 1964), political official
- Martin Schemm (* 1964), author
- Michael Elmentaler (* 1965), Germanist
- Michael Klemm (* 1965), handball player
- Thomas Mahlberg (* 1965), politician
- Dirk Stermann (* 1965), radio presenter, cabaret artist and author
- Susanne Wollschläger (* 1965), field hockey goalkeeper
- Frank Peter Zimmermann (* 1965), violinist
- Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (* 1966), politician
- Heiko Hendriks (* 1966), management consultant and politician, Member of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Joachim Hopp (* 1966), football player
- Marion Kainz (* 1966), director, screenwriter and camerawoman
- Petra Kammerevert (* 1966), politician
- Dirk Klinge (* 1966), soccer player
- Oliver Adler (* 1967), soccer goalkeeper
- Rolf van Dick (* 1967), social psychologist
- Angelique Hohl (* 1967), singer
- Thomas Isenberg (* 1967), politician
- Caren Jungjohann (* 1967), field hockey player
- Zepp Oberpichler (* 1967), musician and author
- Clemens Schönborn (* 1967), director and screenwriter
- Nicole Uphoff (* 1967), dressage rider
- Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (* 1967), soccer player and trainer
- Jens Vygen (* 1967), mathematician
- Bärbel Bas (* 1968), politician
- Sabine Begall (* 1968), zoologist
- Hilmar Bender (* 1968), author, copywriter and photographer
- Thomas Brinkmann (* 1968), field hockey player
- Ralf Kellermann (* 1968), soccer goalkeeper and coach
- Katja Liebing (* 1968), actress, singer, dancer and voice actress
- Stefan Orth (* 1968), Catholic theologian and publicist
- Christoph Reuter (* 1968), musicologist
- Mirko van Stiphaut (* 1968), guitarist
- Thomas Strunz (* 1968), soccer player
- Jörg Abbing (* 1969), organist and musicologist
- Dirk Klingenberg (* 1969), water polo player
- Jochen Lettmann (* 1969), canoeist
- Stefan Meetschen (* 1969), journalist and writer
- Gerhard Schebler (* 1969), chess grandmaster
- Stefan Engstfeld (* 1970), politician
- Marc-Oliver Hendriks (* 1970), legal scholar
- Markus Krebs (* 1970), stand-up comedian
- Martin Rütter (* 1970), dog trainer
- André Stachowiak (* 1970), football referee
- Dirk van der Ven (* 1970), football player
- Roland Wöller (* 1970), college professor and politician
1971 to 1980
- Oliver Heisch (* 1971), photographer, photojournalist and gestalt therapist
- Diana Ingenhoff (* 1971), communication scientist
- Jacob Joussen (* 1971), legal scholar
- Nicole Leder (* 1971), triathlete
- Daniel Witzke (* 1971), actor, singer, director and musical producer
- Christian Ehring (* 1972), cabaret artist, author and musician
- Lütfiye Güzel (* 1972), Turkish-born German poet
- Thomas Schneider (* 1972), soccer player and coach
- Maren Meinert (* 1973), soccer player and coach
- Aslı Sevindim (* 1973), Turkish journalist, radio presenter and writer
- Daniel Stephan (* 1973), handball player
- Thorsten Albustin (* 1974), soccer goalkeeper
- Ramin Djawadi (* 1974), German-Iranian composer
- Christian Rhoden (* 1974), high jumper
- Charlotte Bohning (* 1975), actress
- Sevim Dağdelen (* 1975), politician
- Björn Navarin (* 1975), handball player
- Andreas Roschkowsky (* 1975), pool player
- Norman Bordin (* 1976), neo-Nazi
- Rauf Ceylan (* 1976), religious sociologist and author
- Sören Link (* 1976), politician
- Atilla Oener (* 1976), actor
- Jan Holthoff (* 1977), painter
- Daniel Masuch (* 1977), soccer goalkeeper
- Tobias Becker (* 1978), DJ and artist in the field of electronic music
- Kai Magnus Sting (* 1978), cabaret artist, writer, radio presenter and actor
- Tuncay Aksoy (* 1979), Turkish football player
- Yvonne Frank (* 1980), field hockey goalkeeper
1981 to 1990
- Daniel Embers (* 1981), soccer player
- Jelena Jakopin (* 1981), TV presenter and singer
- Tobias Kreuzmann (* 1981), water polo player
- André Lotterer (* 1981), racing car driver
- Nic (* 1981), pop singer
- Thomas Schlieter (* 1981), soccer player
- Roland Verwey (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Annica Hansen (* 1982), presenter and model
- Fabian Schrumpf (* 1982), politician (CDU, MdL) and lawyer
- Claire Vivianne Sobottke (* 1982), actress
- Berit Wiacker (* 1982), bobsledder and athlete
- Sebastian Haßelberg (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Lukas Heinser (* 1983), blogger and journalist
- Sandra Marinello (* 1983), badminton player
- Ali Çamdalı (* 1984), German-Turkish soccer player
- Dustin Heun (* 1984), soccer player
- Stephan Kreuzmann (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Judith Park (* 1984), manga-style illustrator
- Siham El-Maimouni (* 1985), editor and television presenter
- Matthias Puhle (* 1985), handball player
- Chantal Schneidereit (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Lance David Arnold (* 1986), racing car driver
- David Cespiva (born 1986), ice hockey player
- Martin Schymainski (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Moritz Stoppelkamp (* 1986), soccer player
- Haluk Türkeri (* 1986), German-Turkish soccer player
- Romina Becks (* 1987), actress
- Milan Marcus (* 1987), actor
- Mahmut Özdemir (* 1987), politician (SPD)
- Michael Schrader (* 1987), decathlete
- Nicola Geuer (* 1988), tennis player
- Etienne Renkewitz (* 1988), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Sven Theißen (* 1988), soccer player
- Majoe (* 1989), rapper and musician
- Patrick Wiencek (* 1989), handball player
- Ilka Pedersen (* 1990), soccer player
1991 to 2000
- Joel Keussen (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Marcel Lenz (* 1991), soccer goalkeeper
- Nurettin Kayaoğlu (* 1992), German-Turkish soccer player
- Lars-Erik Schütz (* 1992), writer
- Thomas Karaoglan (* 1993), pop singer
- Julius Kühn (* 1993), handball player
- Calvin Lennig (* 1993), jazz musician
- Ronny Minkwitz (* 1993), soccer player
- Isabel Hochstein (* 1994), soccer player
- Patrick Klein (* 1994), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Jeremy Dudziak (born 1995), football player
- Maximilian Güll (* 1995), soccer player
Persons connected with Duisburg
- Gerhard Mercator (1512–1594), mathematician, geographer, philosopher, theologian and cartographer
- Johannes Corputius (1542–1611), Dutch engineer, military leader and cartographer
- Johannes Clauberg (1622–1665), theologian and philosopher
- Gottlieb Ephraim Berner (1671–1741), medic
- Niklaus Tscheer (1671–1748), Swiss pietist and writer
- Johann Hildebrand Withof (1694–1769), professor of eloquence and history in Duisburg
- Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost (1715–1794), physician and theologian
- Johann Gerhard Hasenkamp (1736–1777), Protestant Reformed theologian
- Friedrich Arnold Hasenkamp (1747–1795), educator
- Gottfried Daniel Krummacher (1774–1837), Prussian Reformed theologian
- Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), linguist and literary scholar, member of the Duisburg district (29th constituency) in the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Emil Wilhelm Krummacher (1798–1886), Reformed theologian
- Johann Peter Lange (1802-1884), Protestant theologian
- Daniel Morian (1811-1887), entrepreneur
- Elise Polko (1823–1899), poet and singer
- Friedrich Albert Lange (1828–1875), philosopher, educator, economist and socialist
- Heinrich Averdunk (1840–1927), teacher, historian and city councilor
- August Thyssen (1842–1926), industrialist
- Wilhelm Busch (1861–1929), instrument maker
- Karl Jarres (1874–1951), politician in the Weimar Republic
- Friedrich Horn (1875–1957), Protestant theologian
- Wilhelm Canaris (1887–1945), Admiral
- Julius Adler (1894–1945), politician
- Anton Gebler (1899–1970), resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
- Günther Henle (1899–1979), politician, entrepreneur and music publisher
- Alois Theissen (1899–1961), Catholic clergyman and Nazi victim
- Helmut Horten (1909–1987), entrepreneur
- Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909–1942), officer, publicist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Günter von Roden (1913–1999), historian and archivist
- Harry Poley (1916–2003), Official of the Association of Displaced Persons
- Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918–2007), painter, photographer, publisher, author of art books and novels
- Herbert W. Köhler (1919–2001), politician
- Heinz Knappe (1924–1997), writer
- Hans A. de Boer (1925–2017), peace activist and world traveler
- Wim Thoelke (1927-1995), show master
- Helmut Rahn (1929–2003), football player
- Joachim Kroll (1933–1991), laundry room attendant and serial killer
- Franz-Josef Antwerpes (* 1934), politician
- Joseph Milz (1934–2013), historian, archaeologist and archivist
- Gerd Hennig (1935–2017), soccer referee
- Tilmann Bechert (* 1939), archaeologist and historian
- Peter Lindbergh (1944–2019), photographer, advertising and documentary filmmaker
- Ludger Heid (* 1945), modern historian
- Josef Capoušek (* 1946), canoeing
- Michael Frenzel (* 1947), politician
- Bernard Dietz (* 1948), soccer player and coach
- Jürgen Triebel (* 1948), moderator, singer and musician
- Klaus D. Bornemann (* 1949), photographer and writer
- Elmar Giemulla (* 1950), lawyer and professor of aviation law
- Rolf Milser (* 1951), weightlifter and hotelier
- Christoph Daum (* 1953), soccer player and coach
- Ursula Kamizuru (1953–2008), table tennis player
- Joachim Król (* 1957), actor
- Franz-Josef Steininger (* 1960), soccer player
- Bernhard Kuhnt (* 1963), Austrian police commissioner
- Christiane Lind (* 1964), author
- Christian Schicha (* 1964), media scientist and professor
- Silvia Müller (1965–2016), victim of sexual violence
- Gil Shachar (* 1965), Israeli painter and sculptor
- Zülfiye Kaykin (* 1968), politician
- Jörg Roßkopf (* 1969), table tennis player
- Marco Grevelhörster (* 1970), soccer player
- Mustafa Doğan (* 1976), German-Turkish soccer player
- Ercan Aydoğmuş (* 1979), German-Turkish soccer player
- Hannah Stockbauer (* 1982), swimmer
- Elyasa Süme (* 1983), German-Turkish soccer player