List of personalities of the city of Essen

The list of personalities of the city of Essen contains:

1. all honorary citizens of the city of Essen .
2. Personalities born in the city of Essen in its current extent, listed chronologically according to year of birth; It is irrelevant whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Essen.
3. known residents of the city of Essen, listed chronologically by year of birth; an overview of personalities who lived or worked in Essen, but were not born there.

Except for the paragraph honorary citizens, the list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary citizen

Since 1879, 25 honorary citizenships have been awarded by the city. Those that were awarded by the city during the National Socialism between 1933 and 1945 were repealed on March 27, 1946 by resolution of the local council at the time. They were Gustav Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach , his wife Bertha , Heinrich Unger , Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler .

Today's full list:

	Surname	Born	Died	position	Award	image
01.	Otto von Bismarck	April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen (Elbe)	July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh	Chancellor	1879	more pictures
02.	Friedrich Hammacher	May 1, 1824 in Essen	December 11, 1904 in Berlin-Charlottenburg	Local and imperial politician, lawyer and business leader	1888
03.	Peter Beising	October 10, 1805 in Elberfeld	August 17, 1896 in Essen	Catholic theologian	1895
04th	Friedrich Alfred Krupp	February 17, 1854 in Essen	November 22, 1902 in Essen	Industrialist	1896	more pictures
05.	Heinrich Carl Sölling	June 1, 1813 in Essen	August 27, 1902 in Essen	Businessman and founder of the foundation	1901
06th	Erich Zweigert	February 25, 1849 in Neustettin	May 27, 1906 in Essen	Lord Mayor from 1886 to 1906	1906
07th	Margarethe Krupp	March 15, 1854 in Breslau	February 24, 1931 in Essen	fiduciary executive director, founder of the foundation	1912	more pictures
08th.	Paul von Hindenburg	October 2, 1847 in Poznan	August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck , East Prussia	Field Marshal General and Supreme Army Leader, later President of the Reich	1917	more pictures
09.	Paul Goerens	January 29, 1882 in Bonneweg	October 22, 1945 in Velen	Metallurgist and Professor	1930	Image wanted
10.	Victor Niemeyer	December 8, 1863 in Berge (Hamm)	February 14, 1949 in Essen	Lawyer, local politician and balloonist	1948
11.	Berthold Beitz	September 26, 1913 in Bentzin	July 30, 2013 in Kampen	Krupp General Representative, Chairman of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation	2007	more pictures

Personalities born in Essen

Until the 17th century

• Werner von Haselbeck (before 1354-1384), Catholic priest, biographer and papal secretary
• Konrad Gruter (* around 1370), cleric and author of the oldest mechanics treatise in Western Europe
• Wenemar Overdyk († 1460), merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
• Lorenz Wessel (1529 - after 1576), furrier and mastersinger
• Leonhard Ruben (1551–1609), Jesuit and abbot of the Abdinghof Benedictine monastery
• Johan van Galen (1604–1653), Dutch squadron commander
• Johan Anton Mercker / Märker (1628–1691), doctor of theology, Lutheran preacher in Essen from 1652 to 1691
• Johann Mercker (1659–1728), from 1684 rector of the Lutheran Latin School in Essen, Protestant preacher in Essen
• Issachar Berend Lehmann (1661–1730), court Jew of August the Strong
• Heinrich von Huyssen (1666–1739), diplomat and advisor to Peter the Great
• Johann Heinrich Kopstadt (≈1691–1753), councilor, fief chancellery director and mayor of Essen

18th century

• Johann Julius Hecker (1707–1768), Protestant theologian and educator, founder of the practice-oriented secondary school
• Aloys Brockhoff (1739–1825), Catholic priest and last official of the Essen monastery
• Johann Nepomuk Brockhoff (1757–1822), office director, district and city court director and Privy Councilor
• Johann Conrad Kopstadt (1758–1834), politician
• Christian Joseph Philipp Leimgardt (1761–1829), Mayor of Borbeck's mayor's office
• Bernhard Radhoff (1762–1819), first mayor of Altenessen
• Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Waldthausen (1765–1844), merchant and mine operator
• Bernhard Christoph Ludwig Natorp (1774–1846), educator and clergyman
• Franz Dinnendahl (1775–1826), builder of the first steam engine in the Ruhr area
• Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker (1778–1841), publisher, bookseller and founder of GD Baedeker Verlag
• Heinrich Arnold Huyssen (1779–1870), industrialist and Lord Mayor of Essen
• Johann Dinnendahl (1780–1849), designer and inventor
• Franz Xaver Udalricus Aloysius Brockhoff (1785–1846), businessman and politician
• Wilhelm Nedelmann (1785–1862), businessman, city councilor, musician and composer, founder of the Essen Music Association, today's Philharmonic Choir Essen
• Friedrich Krupp (1787–1826), industrialist
• Wilhelm Grillo (1793–1827), entrepreneur

19th century

1801 to 1820

• Karl Baedeker (1801–1859), publisher and author of travel guides
• Heinrich Theodor Sölling (1802–1886), city councilor, President of the Chamber of Commerce and co-founder and CEO of Sparkasse Essen
• Heinrich Mittweg (1804–1871), lawyer, judiciary and member of parliament
• Clara Kopp (1805–1883), founder of the Order of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Elisabeth
• Simon Hirschland (1807–1885), banker and founder of the Simon Hirschland Bank
• Heinrich Johann Freyse (1809–1850), architect and construction clerk
• Ernst von Waldthausen (1811–1883), businessman and entrepreneur
• Alfred Krupp (1812–1887), industrialist and inventor
• Karl Maynz (1812–1882), lawyer and politician
• Heinrich Carl Sölling (1813–1902), city councilor, patron and honorary citizen of the city of Essen
• Hermann Krupp (1814–1879), Austrian entrepreneur
• Theodor Mintrop (1814–1870), painter
• Ernst Nedelmann (1818–1888), businessman
• Wilhelm Theodor Grillo (1819–1889), entrepreneur

1821 to 1840

• Julius Baedeker (1821–1898), publisher, bookseller, editor
• Fritz Funke (1821–1884), industrialist, city councilor
• Friedrich Hammacher (1824–1904), lawyer, member of the Reichstag and business leader
• Friedrich August Christian Sölling (1824–1894), councilor of the city of Essen, chairman of the board of the Sparkasse Essen
• Friedrich Grillo (1825–1888), industrialist
• Carl Julius Schulz (1828–1886), company founder, President of the Chamber of Commerce
• Johann Wilhelm Schürenberg (1831–1894), industrialist, city councilor
• Ludwig von Born (1832–1899), banker and entrepreneur
• Friedrich Küppersbusch (1832–1907), locksmith, designer and entrepreneur
• Albert von Waldthausen (1834–1924), banker and city historian
• Wilhelm Albermann (1835–1913), sculptor
• Carl Humann (1839–1896), engineer, architect and classical archaeologist

1841 to 1860

• Felix Rauter (1841–1910), entrepreneur, city councilor, councilor of commerce
• Alexander Schnütgen (1843–1918), Catholic theologian, priest and art collector
• Franz Nekes (1844–1914), Roman Catholic priest, composer and conductor
• Fritz Flothmann (1845–1926), publisher
• Edmund Lührmann (1845–1909), businessman, initiator of the Edmund Lührmann Foundation
• Karl von Rabenau (1845–1908), President of the Mainz Railway Directorate
• Richard Bömke (1846–1907), chairman of the supervisory board of the Friedrich der Große colliery and the Essener Credit-Anstalt, councilor and city councilor
• Wilhelm Effmann (1847–1917), architect and building historian
• Georg Humann (1847–1932), architect and art historian
• Heinrich Kämchen (1847–1912), miner and working-class poet
• Ferdinand Kattenbusch (1851–1935), Protestant theologian
• Hugo Wilhelm von Waldthausen (1853–1931), industrialist
• Friedrich Funke (1854–1920), industrialist and councilor
• Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854–1902), industrialist and politician
• Carl Funke (1855–1912), industrialist, secret councilor of commerce
• Eugen von Waldthausen (1855–1941), founder, city councilor
• Julius von Waldthausen (1858–1935), diplomat
• Ewald Hilger (1859–1934), member of the German delegation in Versailles
• Fritz Beindorff (1860–1944), manufacturer, consul and councilor
• Josef Neumann (1860–1931), engraver
• Emil Sehling (1860–1928), lawyer and canon lawyer

1861 to 1880

• Victor Hardung (1861–1919), German-Swiss journalist and writer
• Amandus Bahlmann (1862–1939), mission bishop and founder of the order
• August Brust (1862–1924), founder and chairman of the Christian miners' association
• Felix Mendel (1862–1925), medic
• Georg Arends (1863–1952), plant breeder and gardener
• Hermann Bücking (1863–1931), religious priest of the Steyler missionaries
• August Kirchberg (1863–1945), managing director of the Mülheim housing cooperative
• Albertine Badenberg (1865–1958), politician
• Salomon Heinemann (1865–1938), Jewish lawyer and patron
• Hermann Board (1867–1918), architect and art historian
• Carl Hagemann (1867–1940), art collector and patron
• Max Kassiepe (1867–1948), Catholic preacher and people's missionary
• Ludwig Beer (1868–1935), legal scholar
• Johannes Bell (1868–1949), politician
• Ernst Knoblauch (1868–1955), architect
• Ludwig Kessing (1869–1940), miner and worker poet
• Franz Kreutz (1869–1939), politician
• Helene Kröller-Müller (1869–1939), German-Dutch art collector
• Erwin Quedenfeldt (1869–1948), photo chemist, photographer and inventor
• Johannes Hinsenkamp (1870–1949), city dean of the Bonn cathedral parish
• Hubert Hoff (1870–1964), mechanical engineer and metallurgist
• Otto Henrich (1871–1939), engineer and entrepreneur
• Hugo Carl Jüngst (1871–1942), critic and poet
• Adolf Kempkes (1871–1931), politician
• Georg Nauheim (1871–1930), politician
• Ernst Gosebruch (1872–1953), museum director
• Ernst Eichhoff (1873–1941), politician
• Johann Koch (1873–1937), politician
• Otto zur Linde (1873–1938), writer
• Wilhelm von Waldthausen (1873–1946), lawyer, banker and politician
• Wilhelm Girardet (1874–1953), printer owner and publisher
• Heinrich Kirchhoff (1874–1934), art collector and patron
• Karl Wieghardt (1874–1924), mathematician and professor of mechanics
• Martin Wilhelm von Waldthausen (1875–1928), officer
• Christoph Wieprecht (1875–1942), writer
• Carl Cremer (1876–1953), lawyer, writer and politician
• Friedrich Hinsmann (1876–?), Journalist and writer
• Heinrich Hirtsiefer (1876–1941), social politician
• Fritz Jacobs (1876–1955), writer
• Heinrich Wilhelm Ewald Jung (1876–1953), mathematician
• Albert Schaaffhausen (1876–1960), architect in Samoa
• Franziskus Wolf (1876–1944), missionary, Roman Catholic bishop and Apostolic Vicar
• Otto Fee (1877–1954), actor
• Emil Herz (1877–1971), publisher
• Walther Küchler (1877–1953), Romance studies and literary scholar
• Albert Vögler (1877–1945), politician and entrepreneur
• Friedrich Wiegershaus (1877–1934), politician
• Paul Girardet (1878–1970), publisher and consul general
• Julius Rosemann (1878–1933), politician
• Fritz Baum (1879–1955), manager in the coal and steel industry
• Fritz Bierhaus (1879–1965), industrialist
• Richard Hessberg (1879–1960), ophthalmologist
• Fritz Theodor Kuhnen (1879–1947), politician
• Joseph Ostwald (1879–1950), architect
• Ernst Wiskott (1879–1934), administrative lawyer and district administrator
• Paul de Bruyn (1880–1966), manufacturer and motorsport official
• August Lindemann (1880–1970), professor for tooth, mouth and jaw diseases
• Ludger Mintrop (1880–1956), geophysicist
• Johannes Schempp (1880–1955), free church pastor during the Nazi era

1881 to 1900

• Eduard Ludwig Alexander (1881–1945), lawyer and politician
• Franz Guntermann (1881–1963), sculptor
• Selma Meyer (1881–1958), pediatrician and university professor
• Hermann Schmitz (1881–1960), chairman of the IG Farben trade union
• Karl Snell (1881–1956), crop scientist
• Ernst Volkmann (1881–1959), administrative lawyer
• Kurt Hirschland (1882–1957), German-Jewish banker, city councilor, entrepreneur
• Emil Jung (1882–1964), architect
• Wilhelm Kalveram (1882–1951), business economist
• Ferdinand Lessing (1882–1961), German and later American sinologist, Mongolist and expert on Lamaism
• Wilhelm Lönne (1882–1951), politician
• Hermann Mutschmann (1882–1918), classical philologist
• Walter Forstmann (1883–1973), submarine commander in World War I, later "settler father"
• Ernst Hermsen (1883 - after 1946), lawyer
• Kurt Küchler (1883–1925), journalist and writer
• Alfred Möllers (1883–1969), lawyer, manager and politician
• Alexander Schnütgen (1883–1955), librarian and church historian
• Heinrich Strunk (1883–1952), politician
• Johann Bresgen (1884–1974), politician
• Robert Feulgen (1884–1955), physician and university professor
• Franz Gescher (1884–1945), priest, theologian, church historian and canon lawyer
• Hermann Hagedorn (1884–1951), teacher and local poet
• Arthur Hammer (1884–1942), politician and trade unionist
• Johannes Marschang (1884–1978), prison chaplain
• Wilhelm Schwan (1884–1960), politician
• Ernst Busch (1885–1945), officer
• Georg Simon Hirschland (1885–1942), banker, art patron, member of the supervisory board of several companies
• Matthias Theisen (1885–1933), politician
• Hubert Cramer-Berke (1886 – after 1928), painter and etcher of the Düsseldorf School
• Karl Wilhelm Jötten (1886–1958), bacteriologist, hygienist and representative of eugenics / racial hygiene
• Bruno Karl August Jung (1886–1966), politician
• Bertha Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach (1886–1957), member of the Krupp industrial family
• Heinrich Uhlendahl (1886–1954), librarian
• Otto Ehrensberger (1887–1968), district administrator, ministerial official and judge
• Barbara Krupp (1887–1972), daughter of the industrialist Friedrich Alfred Krupp
• Walther Recke (1887–1962), archivist and historian
• Alfred Wilhelm Baedeker (1888–1937), publisher and bookseller, from 1922 sole owner of GD Baedeker Verlag
• Fritz Funke (1888–1975), businessman and chairman of the supervisory board of the Essen Actien beer brewery, later the Stern brewery
• Josef Orlopp (1888–1960), functionary of the Free German Trade Union Federation
• Ernst Schlapper (1888–1976), Lord Mayor of Baden-Baden
• Johann Willenberg (1888–1968), politician
• Wilhelm Brandenberg (1889–1975), painter
• Herbert Göring (1889 – after 1945), cousin of the National Socialist politician Hermann Göring
• Paul Hankamer (1891–1945), literary historian and Germanist
• Eduard Kubat (1891–1976), film producer and film director
• Erica Küppers (1891–1968), Protestant theologian, teacher, member of the Confessing Church (BK), persecuted by the Nazi regime and first ordained pastor of the Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau
• Auguste Mohrmann (1891–1967), nanny and elementary school teacher
• Heinrich Körner (1892–1945), trade unionist and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Wilhelm Mühlhoff (1892–1955), Center Party politician
• Josef Poell (1892–1953), Lord Mayor and City Director of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr
• Walter Becker (1893–1984), artist
• Bodo Heyne (1893–1980), Protestant theologian
• Heinrich Imig (1893–1956), politician
• Georg Melches (1893–1963), operations manager and mine director, founder of Rot-Weiss Essen
• Hans Piekenbrock (1893–1959), officer
• August Vollmar (1893–1970), politician
• Hermann Ehren (1894–1964), politician
• Friedrich Karl Florian (1894–1975), Gauleiter of the NSDAP in Düsseldorf
• Heinrich Happe (1894–1979), farmer and politician
• Dore Jacobs (1894–1979), movement educator
• Arthur Laumann (1894–1970), officer
• Hannes Pingsmann (1894–1955), painter and graphic artist
• Heinrich Fomferra (1895–1979), resistance fighter against National Socialism
• Fritz Gummert (1895–1963), industrialist
• Carl Friedrich Ophüls (1895–1970), diplomat and university professor
• Theodor Bernhard Rehmann (1895–1963), Roman Catholic priest and cathedral music director
• Heinrich Scheppmann (1895–1968), politician
• Wolf Sluyterman von Langeweyde (1895–?), Writer
• Franz Blücher (1896–1959), politician
• Wilhelm Börger (1896–1962), Nazi politician
• Theodor Ruhrländer (1896–1961), politician
• Wilhelm Webels (1896–1972), doctor, painter and sculptor
• Otto Dietrich (1897–1952), Reich Press Chief of the NSDAP, SS-Obergruppenführer and State Secretary in the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (RMVP)
• Christine Hengst (1897–1966), first school councilor in North Rhine-Westphalia, chairwoman of the Association of Catholic German Teachers
• Bruno Mendel (1897–1959), German-Canadian physician, biochemist and pharmacist
• Paul von Waldthausen (1897–1965), entrepreneur, painter, photographer and interior designer
• Alex Willenberg (1897–1974), trade unionist, journalist and politician
• Hermann Winkhaus (1897–1968), industrialist
• Gustav Müller (1898–1970), politician
• Fritz Niermann (1898–1976), grocer, Righteous Among the Nations
• Josef Terboven (1898–1945), politician
• Elisabeth Zaisser (1898–1987), Minister for Popular Education in the GDR
• Josef Aust (1899–1973), politician
• Maria Berns (1899–1981), politician
• Walter Blassat (1899–1995), politician
• Erich Börger (1899–1975), politician
• Georg Habighorst (1899–1958), doctor and politician
• Wilhelm Karsch (1899–1973), chess composer and editor
• Friedrich Panse (1899–1973), psychiatrist and neurologist
• Fritz Schleßmann (1899–1964), policeman, SS leader and politician
• Wilhelm Wimmer (1899–1953), editor, publisher and founder of Borbecker Nachrichten, union secretary and politician
• Karlheinz Arens (1900–1959), writer and dramaturge
• Ernst Becker-Sassenhof (1900–1968), architect
• Josef Beckmann (1900–1971), politician
• Hugo Kükelhaus (1900–1984), carpenter, writer, educator, philosopher and artist
• Johanna Langefeld (1900–1974), supervisor in the Ravensbrück and Auschwitz concentration camps
• Emil Mazuw (1900–1987), politician and SS functionary
• Wilhelm Pawlik (1900–1968), politician and union leader
• Heinrich Troxbömker (1900–1969), actor, director and radio play speaker
• Fritz Vomfelde (1900–1961), politician

20th century

1901 to 1910

• Adam Adrio (1901–1973), musicologist and university professor
• Johannes Beckmann (1901–1971), theologian and church historian
• Theodor Eversmann (1901–1969), politician
• Aenne Gehling (1901–1984), politician
• Hanns Hartmann (1901–1972), director and publisher
• Leo Johnen (1901–1989), politician
• Elisabeth Küper (1901–1991), trade unionist and politician
• Wilhelm Meise (1901–2002), ornithologist
• Alfred Müller-Armack (1901–1978), political economist and cultural sociologist
• Peter Friedrich Schneider (1901–1981), architect of the main pool
• Hellmut Girardet (1902–1973), newspaper publisher, political scientist and journalist
• Karl Maria Hettlage (1902–1995), politician
• Heinz Kükelhaus (1902–1946), travel journalist, novelist and adventurer
• Heinrich Lemberg (1902–1976), politician
• Karl Olbrysch (1902–1940), miner and politician
• Franz Op den Orth (1902–1970), politician
• Maria Pannhoff (1902–1989), politician
• Heinz Rühmann (1902–1994), actor
• Berta Schäfer (1902–1977), politician
• Hans Toussaint (1902–1977), economist and politician
• Siegfried Ziegler (1902–1984), Esperantist, publisher and politician
• Wilhelm Helmuth van Almsick (1903–1985), ambassador
• Wilhelm Bick (1903–1980), politician and diplomat
• Johannes Brüns (1903–1965), politician
• Emil Döllken (1903–1962), politician
• Ewald Erb (1903–1978), literary scholar
• Johannes Even (1903–1964), politician
• Heinz Geck (1903–?), Writer
• Karl Harder (1903–1978), chess composer
• Werner Keyßner (1903–1969), politician
• Willi Multhaup (1903–1982), football coach
• Paul Mundorf (1903–1976), actor, director and theater manager
• Burkhard Neunheuser (1903–2003), Benedictine and liturgical scholar
• Kurt Seifert (1903–1950), actor, singer and stage director
• Willi Agatz (1904–1957), KPD politician and resistance fighter
• Heinrich Bischoff (1904–1964), SS-Unterscharführer and Blockführer in Auschwitz concentration camp, born in the Überruhr district
• Oskar Druschel (1904–1944), politician
• Josef Fröhlich (1904–1978), engineer
• Franz Horn (1904–1963), football player
• Franz Krey (1904–1997), working-class writer
• Hugo Schaub (1904–1977), politician
• Oskar Hermann Artur Schlitter (1904–1970), ambassador
• Karl Veken (1904–1971), writer
• Hans Weidemann (1904–1975), propagandist at the time of National Socialism
• Werner Ziegenfuß (1904–1975), sociologist, author and university professor
• Hermann Blumenthal (1905–1942), sculptor
• Alfred Böckmann (1905–1995), composer and university professor
• Karl Gutenberger (1905–1961), politician and SS functionary
• Adalbert Hengst (1905–1989), communist, secretary of the Central Committee of the SED
• Heinz Roch (1905–1945), SS-Oberführer, politician as well as SS and police leader
• Erich Selbach (1905–1985), entrepreneur
• Ernst Bessel (1906–1989), politician
• Hermann Friedrich (1906–1997), biologist
• Wilhelm Gefeller (1906–1983), trade unionist and politician
• Karl Heidenblut (1906–1987), politician
• Karl Jacobs (1906–1997), writer
• Gerhard Kisters (1906–1996), administrative officer and politician
• Wilhelm Heinz König (1906–1978), actor
• Heinrich Kratina (1906–1944), communist resistance fighter against National Socialism as a member of the Ehrenfeld group
• Walter Kühlthau (1906–1978), politician
• Eduard Strauch (1906–1955), SS functionary
• Wilhelm Bertrams (1907–1995), Jesuit and canon lawyer
• Karl Bierwirth (1907–1955), weightlifter
• Otto Doppelfeld (1907–1979), prehistoric and Roman provincial archaeologist
• Alfons Erb (1907–1983), founder of the Maximilian Kolbe factory
• Otto Hofmann (1907–1996), painter
• Paul Klinger (1907–1971), actor and voice actor
• Ida Köhne (1907–2005), artist
• Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach (1907–1967), owner of Friedrich Krupp AG
• Herbert G. Luft (1907–1992), German-American journalist and film producer
• Leny Marenbach (1907 / 16–1984), actress
• Heinrich Peterburs (1907–1957), politician
• Fritz Reckmann (1907–1984), politician
• Heinrich Schäfer (1907–?), SS-Unterscharfuhrer
• Wolfgang Wehrum (1907–1971), film editor and film director
• Peter Anders (1908–1954), tenor
• Arnold von Bohlen and Halbach (1908–1909), member of the industrial family Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach
• Alfred Hasselberg (1908–1950), lawyer
• Harald Huffmann (1908–1992), field hockey player
• Fritz GA Kraemer (1908–2003), employee at the United States Department of Defense
• Hans Müller-Kray (1908–1969), conductor, professor and general music director
• Eberhard Schmidt (1908–?), Film production manager
• Hilde Sperling (1908–1981), tennis player
• Ernst Tewes (1908–1998), auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
• Erich Wächter (1908–1971), politician
• Else Warnke (1908–1975), politician
• Hans Esser (1909–?), Fencer
• Josef Jansen (1909–1966), diplomat
• Werner Nürnberg (1909–1986), professor of electrical engineering
• Wilhelm Witteler (1909–1993), SS-Sturmbannführer
• Joseph Alfs (1910–1943), Provincial Roman archaeologist
• Gunter d'Alquen (1910–1998), journalist
• Ulrich Bigalke (1910–1940), engineer, racing car driver, filmmaker and fighter pilot
• Claus von Bohlen and Halbach (1910–1940), member of the industrial family Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach
• Carlos Dudek (1910-1992), architect
• Louis Duerloo (1910–1977), Belgian racing cyclist
• Herbert Girardet (1910–1972), publisher
• Hans Kulla (1910–1956), composer, music teacher and church musician
• Josef Michels (1910–1964), writer
• Wolfgang Padberg (* 1910), prehistorian
• Heinrich Strathmann (1910–1993), politician
• Friedrich Vittinghoff (1910–1999), ancient historian
• Alois Wachtel (1910–1968), historian

1911 to 1920

• Heinrich Beck (1911–1986), politician
• Erich Grauheding (1911–2000), President of the Regional Church Office in Kiel
• Franz Paul (1911–1985), politician
• Günther Rennert (1911–1978), opera director and artistic director
• Rudi Steffens (1911–1945), resistance fighter against National Socialism
• Anton Tripp (1911–1991), photographer and publicist
• Hermann Wicklein (1911–?), SS-Obersturmführer
• Otto Dudzus (1912–2000), Protestant pastor
• Irmgard Eilenstein (1912–1998), member of the industrial family Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach
• Gerhard Fittkau (1912–2004), theologian, pastor at the St. Ludgerus Church in Werden
• Dieter Huzel (1912–1994), German-American aerospace engineer
• Shlomo Na'aman (1912–1993), Israeli social historian
• Ernst Poertgen (1912–1986), football player
• Hans Wolfgang Rubin (1912–1986), politician
• Hermann Schardt (1912–1984), graphic artist and university director
• Alfons Spielhoff (1912–1987), Dortmund head of culture
• Jean Sprenger (1912–1980), sculptor
• Friedrich Wolff (1912–1976), economist, journalist, city director and politician
• Berthold von Bohlen and Halbach (1913–1987), industrialist
• Gustav Deppe (1913–1999), painter
• Rudolf Maria Koppmann (1913–2007), religious priest and Apostolic Vicar of Windhoek
• Hedwig Meermann (1913–2000), politician
• Heinrich Rüth (1913–2006), first bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul
• Anita Spada (* 1913), singer
• Hermann Wagner (1913–1999), actor and voice actor
• Paul Winkler (1913–1994), football player
• Herbert Birken (1914–2007), writer and columnist
• Erwin Lange (1914–1991), politician
• Willy Rasche (1914–1992), politician
• Karl-Heinz Volkmann-Schluck (1914–1981), philosopher
• Hans Namuth (1915–1990), American photographer and filmmaker
• Franz Josef Tripp (1915–1978), painter, draftsman and illustrator
• Elsbeth Rickers (1916–2014), politician
• Dietrich Oppenberg (1917–2000), publisher and founder of the Neue Ruhr Zeitung
• Wilhelm Alff (1918–1992), university professor
• Hans-Joachim Kraus (1918–2000), theologian
• Paul-Albert Scherer (1918–2014), Brigadier General and Head of the Military Counterintelligence Service
• Clemens Schmeck (1918–1984), doctor and environmental pioneer
• Anneliese Uhlig (1918–2017), German-American actress and journalist
• Konrad Elfers (1919–1996), pianist and composer
• Heinrich Reiss (1919–2005), President of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia
• Jupp Schlaf (1919–1989), table tennis player and functionary
• Friedrich Tenbruck (1919–1994), sociologist
• Karl Albrecht (1920–2014), commercial entrepreneur
• Hans Anger (1920–1998), physician and psychologist
• Friedrich Kinnigkeit (1920–1998), politician
• Hermann Kükelhaus (1920–1944), soldier and poet

1921 to 1930

• Walter Achenbach (1921–2015), physician
• Leo Imhoff (1921–2013), restaurateur and association official
• August Gottschalk (1921–2014), football player
• Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (1921–2016), politician
• Hermann-Josef Kaltenborn (1921–1999), politician
• Gisbert Kranz (1921–2009), writer, educator and Catholic theologian
• Hans Lauber (1921–2000), politician
• Heinz Pensky (1921–2009), detective, trade unionist and politician
• Magdalene Schauß-Flake (1921–2008), church musician and composer
• Theo Albrecht (1922–2010), entrepreneur
• Jürgen Baumann (1922–2003), politician
• Franz Busch (1922–1999), politician
• Heinz Dröge (1922–2005), ambassador
• Winfried Feldmann (1922–2010), politician
• Kurt Nowack (1922–2015), politician
• Diether Posser (1922–2010), politician
• Kurt Rauhe (1922–1994), agricultural scientist
• Illo Schieder (1922–2004), pop singer
• Heinrich Schürmann (1922–2010), politician
• Dieter aus dem Siepen (1922–1982), politician
• Hans Stern (1922–2007), German-Brazilian jeweler
• Heinz Drache (1923–2002), actor
• Heilwig von der Mehden (1923–1997), author and columnist
• Heinz Schütte (1923–2007), Roman Catholic theologian and ecumenist
• Günter Volkmar (1923–2006), trade unionist
• Günter Westerhoff (1923–2015), writer
• Ludwig Wilhelm Wördehoff (1923–2015), politician
• Walter Erasmy (1924–1993), journalist
• Werner Göbel (1924–1955), football player
• Kurt Grigoleit (1924–1988), cameraman
• Ruth Leuwerik (1924–2016), actress
• Leonhard Reinirkens (1924–2008), writer, author and reciter
• Kurt Schweder (1924–2003), heraldist and engraver
• Ingrid Siebeke (1924–2018), politician
• Willi Wolf (1924–2007), trade unionist and politician
• Ruth Beckmann (* 1925), politician
• Caroline Muhr (1925–1978), writer and songwriter
• Anne Ranasinghe (1925–2016), Sri Lankan writer
• Anno Schoenen (1925-2016), Roman Catholic religious and abbot
• Heinz-Josef Thomé (1925–1991), politician
• Trude Unruh (* 1925), politician
• Heinz-Horst Deichmann (1926–2014), entrepreneur
• Helmut Holger (1926–2012), actor
• Franz Islacker (1926–1970), football player
• Alfons Klein (1926–1984), politician
• Max Moszkowicz (* 1926), lawyer
• Günter Müggenburg (1926–2002), journalist
• Uwe Schulten-Baumer (1926–2014), show jumping and dressage rider
• Alice Shalvi (* 1926), professor of English literature, feminist and peace activist
• Dieter Spethmann (1926–2016), manager
• Günther Grotkamp (* 1927), publishing manager and managing director of the WAZ media group
• Uwe-Jens Heuer (1927–2011), politician and legal scholar
• Uta Ranke-Heinemann (* 1927), Catholic theologian and author
• Günther Ruffert (1927–2010), book author and civil engineer
• Karl-Heinz Spikofski (* 1927), soccer player and coach
• Ernst Behler (1928–1997), philosopher
• Walter Teller (1928–1999), pediatrician
• Wolfgang Binsfeld (1928–2011), classical and provincial Roman archaeologist
• Friedhelm Ottfried Goepel (1928–2013), painter and art teacher
• Konrad Hammacher (1928–2001), gynecologist
• Karlheinz Kaske (1928–1998), CEO of Siemens AG
• Alfred Pohl (1928–2019), graphic artist and wood cutter
• Willy Schetter (1928–1992), classical philologist
• Heinz Schreckenberg (1928–2017), Judaist, philologist and specialist author
• Bernhard Termath (1928–2004), soccer player and coach
• Günter Wiegelmann (1928–2008), folklorist
• Joachim Zschocke (1928–2003), actor
• Fritz Bergmann (* 1929), politician
• Bernhard Bussmann (1929–2013), politician
• Pierre Mendell (1929–2008), graphic designer
• Helmut Rahn (1929–2003), football player
• Helga Schmedt (* 1929), politician
• Jürgen Scholz (1929–2010), entrepreneur and copywriter
• Ilse Storb (* 1929), musicologist, music teacher and university lecturer
• Werner Trutwin (1929–2019), philosopher, theologian, philologist and religious scholar
• Gottfried Wurche (* 1929), politician
• Werner Bartels (1930-2004), industrial manager
• Horst Ebert (1930–2008), football player
• Inge Feltrinelli (1930–2018), German-Italian photographer and publisher
• James Ingo Freed (1930–2005), American architect
• Alfred Herrhausen (1930–1989), bank manager
• Fritz-Heinz Himmelreich (* 1930), association official
• Heinz Kubsch (1930–1993), soccer player and World Cup participant in 1954
• Ernst Dieter Lueg (1930–2000), journalist
• Charlotte March (1930–2005), photographer
• Otto Mayr (* 1930), technology historian, general director of the Deutsches Museum
• Georg Salden (* 1930), type designer and typographer
• Arnulf Zweig (1930–2016), philosopher
• Lothar Sauer (1930–2018), author, translator and photographer
• Rudolf Schenda (1930–2000), folklorist, literary scholar and narrative researcher
• Theodor Schneider (* 1930), theologian
• Wulf Steinmann (1930–2019), physicist and rector of the LMU Munich

1931 to 1940

• Horst Albach (* 1931), economist
• Klaus Bockmühl (1931–1989), theologian
• Christiane Busch-Lüty (1931–2010), economist
• Winfried Hofmann (* 1931), media educator and rector of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Rolf Leis (* 1931), mathematician
• Wolfgang Stockmeier (1931–2015), composer, organist and university professor
• Hans Waldenfels (* 1931), Jesuit and fundamental theologian
• Wolfgang Vaerst (1931–2015), civil servant in the railway sector
• Rudolf Apostel (* 1932), politician
• Anna-Dorothee von den Brincken (* 1932), historian
• Rudolf Drese (1932–2003), politician
• Franz Grave (* 1932), auxiliary bishop emeritus in the diocese of Essen
• Günter Hagedorn (1932–2018), sports scientist, author, artist and basketball coach
• Margaret Klare (* 1932), writer
• Detlef Kleinert (1932–2016), lawyer, manager and politician
• Heinrich Lummer (1932–2019), politician
• Werner Piotrowski (1932–2019), manager
• Helmut Spiegel (1932–2014), journalist and author
• Helmut van Thiel (1932–2014), classical philologist
• Karl Vogelsang (1932–2006), painter and textile designer
• Marianne von Weizsäcker (* 1932), wife of the Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker
• Manfred Glowatzki (1933–2014), church musician and trombone choir director
• Friedrich Hensel (* 1933), physical chemist
• Rolf Jörres (* 1933), sculptor
• Engelbert Nelle (1933–2016), politician
• Wilhelm Möhlig (* 1934), lawyer and Africanist
• Karl Pellens (1934–2003), historian
• Elisabeth Rickal (* 1934), politician
• Frieder Sauer (1934–2000), biochemist, biologist and nature photographer
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Schildberg (1934–2018), university professor for surgery
• Bernhard Waldenfels (* 1934), philosopher
• Gerd Albrecht (1935–2014), conductor
• Peter Gehrig (1935–2013), documentary filmmaker, author and director
• Norbert Henrichs (1935–2016), information scientist
• Peter Kühne (1935–2015), sociologist and theologian
• Marianne Paus (1935–2015), politician
• Alfred Rinken (* 1935), Professor and President of the State Court of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
• Helmut Salzinger (1935–1993), writer, editor and small publisher
• Ludwig Trutnau (1935–2015), biologist, author and nature photographer
• Hans Josef Wieling (1935–2018), legal historian and lawyer
• Peter Bares (1936–2014), organist and composer for church music
• Adolf Borbein (* 1936), classical archaeologist
• Johann Michael Fritz (* 1936), art historian
• Peter Heinemann (* 1936), politician
• Franz Hillenkamp (1936–2014), scientist in the field of physical chemistry
• Jürgen Lodemann (* 1936), writer and television journalist
• Jo Pestum (1936–2020), writer and film author
• Ulrich Schreiber (1936–2007), music and theater critic and author
• Jürgen Schwarz (1936–2020), political scientist
• Elisabeth Volkmann (1936–2006), actress, comedian and voice actress
• Klaus Winter (1936–2000), judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
• Hartmut Eggert (* 1937), literary scholar and university professor
• Everhardt Franßen (* 1937), judge and president at the Federal Administrative Court and judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
• Annette Jäger (* 1937), politician
• Werner Nöfer (* 1937), painter and graphic artist
• Martin Schulze (1937–2014), television journalist, reporter, moderator and commentator
• Franz Vorrath (* 1937), auxiliary bishop in Essen
• Hansjakob Becker (* 1938), Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
• Klaus Bergmann (1938–2002), history teacher
• Bernd von Droste zu Hülshoff (* 1938), forest scientist and founding director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, former Assistant General Director (ADG) of UNESCO.
• Klara van Eyll (* 1938), archivist and director of the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv in Cologne
• Urs Jenny (* 1938), journalist, critic and dramaturge
• Karl-Artur Kovar (* 1938), Professor of Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Jürgen Litz (* 1938), rower
• Paul Neuhaus (* 1938), actor
• Otto Rehhagel (* 1938), soccer player and coach
• Claus Stauder (* 1938), entrepreneur and sports official
• Karin Székessy (* 1938), photographer
• Jürgen Thulke (* 1938), politician
• Hans-Georg Wehling (* 1938), political scientist
• Willi Wrenger (* 1938), soccer player
• Werner Zganiacz (* 1938), painter, draftsman, cartoonist and author
• Erik Grafarend (* 1939), geodesist
• Hermann Hartwich (* 1939), last senior city director
• Inge Hofmann (1939–2016), Africanist and university professor
• Maria Jammes (* 1939), politician
• Klaus Kinold (* 1939), architect and architectural photographer
• Udo Klein (1939–2018), photographer and publisher
• Hans-Peter Koepchen (1939–1999), touring car driver and BMW tuner
• Karin Schmidt (1939–1997), politician
• Jürgen Schornagel (* 1939), actor
• Hans-Georg Soeffner (* 1939), sociologist
• Erika Tappe (1939–2019), artist, voice actress, screenwriter assistant, actress and author
• Jürgen Peter Wallmann (1939–2010), literary critic and essayist
• Herbert Weinberg (* 1939), football player
• Heinz Ludwig Arnold (1940–2011), publicist
• Manfred Böcker (* 1940), politician
• Brigitte Hamann (1940–2016), historian and author
• Heinz-Dieter Kallbach (* 1940), commercial pilot
• Brigitte Kronauer (1940–2019), writer
• Hans-Jürgen Lichtenberg (* 1940), politician
• Marie-Luise Marjan (* 1940), actress
• Richard Mathes (1940–2005), Roman Catholic clergyman and philosophy professor
• Werner Mauss (* 1940), private detective
• Arnold Schoenenburg (* 1940), politician
• Gerhard Storck (1940–2008), art historian
• Bernd Sülzer (1940–2012), writer
• Eckart Werthebach (* 1940), politician
• Josef Zmijewski (* 1940), Catholic theologian

1941 to 1950

• Klaus van Ackern (* 1941), anesthetist
• Bernhelm Booß-Bavnbek (* 1941), mathematician and university professor
• Dieter Borchmeyer (* 1941), literary scholar
• Karl-Josef Cramer (* 1941), actor
• Hans-Werner Engels (1941–2010), non-fiction author, editor and local historian
• Hans-Rimbert Hemmer (* 1941), professor of economics
• Eckhard Krautzun (* 1941), soccer player and coach
• Helga Masthoff (* 1941), tennis player
• Ulrich Parzany (* 1941), Protestant theologian, pastor and preacher
• Ann-Monika Pleitgen (* 1941), actress and writer
• Horst Radtke (1941–2017), politician
• Horst Trimhold (* 1941), football player
• Eje Winter (* 1941), writer
• Horst Bieber (1942-2020), writer
• Ulrich Brinkmann (1942–2000), politician
• Traude Bührmann (* 1942), traveler, writer, translator, photographer and poet
• Gernot Endemann (1942–2020), actor and voice actor
• Görg Haverkate (1942–2006), lawyer and university professor
• Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (* 1942), actor
• Eberhard Jochem (* 1942), energy scientist
• Ute Jung-Kaiser (* 1942), musicologist and university lecturer
• Georg Klusemann (1942–1981), painter and children's book author
• Henning Schulte-Noelle (* 1942), manager
• Karl Stary (* 1942), holder of the Medal of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Hartmut Vogtmann (* 1942), agricultural scientist and conservationist
• Herbert Girardet (* 1943), publicist and environmental activist
• Peter Jaszczyk (1943–2009), member of the supervisory board of Adam Opel AG
• Norbert Königshofen (* 1943), politician
• Barbara Nüsse (* 1943), actress
• Benny Quick (1943–1999), pop and pop singer
• Bert Rürup (* 1943), entrepreneur
• Georg Berg (* 1944), politician
• Viktoria Brams (* 1944), actress and voice actress
• Jörg Friedrich (* 1944), historian, private scholar and publicist
• Anna Jonas (1944–2013), writer
• Annegret Krauskopf (* 1944), politician
• Rolf Kühn (* 1944), philosopher
• Heinz-Elmar Tenorth (* 1944), Professor of Historical Education
• Walter Trockel (* 1944), economic theorist
• Walter Dahlmann (* 1945), table tennis player
• Fritz Kollorz (1945–2019), politician
• Harry S. Morgan (1945–2011), director, producer and journalist
• Woomy Schmidt (1945–2018), journalist, publicist and radio and TV presenter
• Günter Sponheuer (* 1945), painter and graduate designer
• Hedi Wegener (* 1945), politician
• Jürgen Bartsch (1946–1976), pedophile serial killer
• Ingrid Becker-Inglau (* 1946), politician
• Hans-Günter Bruckmann (* 1946), politician
• Egidius Doll (* 1946), organist
• Hans Dörre (* 1946), football player
• Ulrich Klaes (* 1946), field hockey player
• Werner Müller (1946–2019), politician and manager
• Klaus Scharioth (* 1946), diplomat
• Corneel Voigt (* 1946), photographer and commercial filmmaker
• Günter Fürhoff (1947–2016), football player
• Wilfred Geominy (1947–2013), classical archaeologist
• Diether Krebs (1947–2000), actor, cabaret artist and comedian
• Manfred Müller (* 1947), soccer player and television producer
• Kurt Neumann (* 1947), chess player
• Rainer Pause (* 1947), cabaret artist
• Werner Reuber (* 1947), painter
• Rainer Schröder (1947–2016), lawyer and university professor
• Clivia Vorrath (1947–1989), painter and art teacher
• Hans-Peter Zenner (* 1947), doctor
• Franz-Josef Britz (* 1948), politician
• Ingrid Bussmann (* 1948), librarian
• Heinz Chur (* 1948), composer
• Barbara Freier (* 1948), actress
• Heiner Heseler (* 1948), economist and state councilor
• Stephan Holthoff-Pförtner (* 1948), lawyer and entrepreneur
• Brigitte Horn-Helf (* 1948), translation scholar
• Uli Krohm (* 1948), actor, speaker and voice actor
• Ursula Rabe-Kleberg (* 1948), educational sociologist
• Michael Rüsenberg (* 1948), music journalist and sound artist
• Wolfgang Becker-Brüser (* 1949), doctor, pharmacist and publicist
• Manfred Burgsmüller (1949–2019), soccer player and coach
• Reimund Haas (* 1949), church historian
• Axel Honneth (* 1949), philosopher
• Michael Lameck (* 1949), football player
• Hans-Werner Lindgens (* 1949), entrepreneur
• Monika Pulch (* 1949), fencer
• Michael Schomers (1949-2016), journalist
• Hans-Georg Türstig (* 1949), author and translator
• Detlef Uhlemann (* 1949), long-distance runner
• Wolfgang Albers (* 1950), politician
• Ulrich Deppendorf (* 1950), journalist and television presenter
• Siegfried Elsing (* 1950), business lawyer
• Makarios Hebler (1950–2017), Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Tholey
• Gitti Hentschel (* 1950), communication scientist, journalist and feminist
• Klaus Kürvers (* 1950), architect, cultural historian, musician
• Ursula Lötzer (* 1950), politician
• Hans-Günter Mertens (* 1950), politician
• Willi Nowack (* 1950), politician
• Lutz E. von Padberg (* 1950), historian
• Norbert Schappacher (* 1950), mathematician
• Heinz-Peter Spahn (* 1950), economist
• Manfred Wittrock (* 1950), psychologist and university professor

1951 to 1960

• Cord Beintmann (* 1951), journalist, author and teacher
• Martin Dücker (* 1951), Catholic church musician and singer
• Axel Hütte (* 1951), photographer
• Christina Jehne (* 1951), designer and specialist book author
• Conny Lens (* 1951), writer
• Tom Mega (1951–2002), rock singer and songwriter
• Martin Mlecko (1951–2016), photographer, concept artist and filmmaker as well as university professor
• Karl Schiewerling (* 1951), politician
• Peter Trautner (1951–2017), artist
• Oliver Vornberger (* 1951), Professor of Computer Science
• Gerd-Peter Wolf (* 1951), politician
• Hans Wulf (* 1951), football player
• Hans Blossey (* 1952), aerial photographer
• Peter Busch (* 1952), writer and painter
• Michael Jüllich (* 1952), percussionist and composer
• J. Marius J. Lange van Ravenswaay (* 1952), Protestant theologian
• Klaus Pelizaeus (* 1952), composer, lyricist and hit producer
• Jochen Wiedemann (* 1952), engineer and university professor
• Eva Wilms (* 1952), track and field athlete
• Ute Berg (* 1953), politician
• Alfred Bergmann (* 1953), lawyer
• Heinrich Dickerhoff (* 1953), theologian, educator, storyteller, author and editor
• Gisela Diewald-Kerkmann (* 1953), historian
• Eberhard Grames (* 1953), photographer
• Hanno Huth (* 1953), film producer
• Jan C. Joerden (* 1953), lawyer and university professor
• Klaus Kaldemorgen (* 1953), fund manager
• Jochen Kolenda (* 1953), actor
• Gerd Lottsiepen (* 1953), traffic expert and lobbyist for sustainable mobility
• Doro May (* 1953), Germanist and writer
• Detlev Samland (1953–2009), politician
• Reinhard K. Sprenger (* 1953), author of management literature
• Melanie Walz (* 1953), translator
• Berthold Albrecht (1954–2012), manager, son of Aldi founder Theodor Albrecht
• Holger Bunk (* 1954), painter
• Norbert Gottschalk (* 1954), jazz musician
• Andreas Köhler (* 1954), politician
• Dietrich Leder (* 1954), media scientist, journalist and filmmaker
• Heinz Müller (* 1954), politician
• Karl-Heinz Podzielny (1954–2019), chess player
• Martin Stratmann (* 1954), chemist and corrosion researcher
• Franjo Terhart (* 1954), author
• Franz Thönnes (* 1954), politician
• Robert von Weizsäcker (* 1954), economist and professor of economics
• Michael Wildt (* 1954), historian
• Renée Zucker (* 1954), journalist and writer
• Heide Balzert (* 1955), computer scientist, university lecturer for software technology and systems analysis
• Jost Beilken (* 1955), politician
• Wolfgang Cziesla (* 1955), writer and literary scholar
• Christa Feuerberg (* 1955), artist
• Joachim Grintsch (* 1955), writer
• Gabriele Groneberg (* 1955), politician
• Barbara Hahn (* 1955), geographer and professor
• Thomas Hax-Schoppenhorst (* 1955), non-fiction author and educator
• Peter Herborn (* 1955), jazz musician
• Michael Kämper-van den Boogaart (* 1955), literary scholar and didactic specialist
• Walter Pilger (* 1955), politician
• Lutz Raphael (* 1955), historian and professor
• Uwe Reinders (* 1955), soccer player and coach
• Christoph Schickhardt (* 1955), lawyer
• Regina Schmeken (* 1955), photo artist
• Anne Terzibaschitsch (* 1955), music teacher, pianist and composer
• Hans-Jürgen Weber (* 1955), soccer referee
• Andreas Winkler (* 1955), architect, designer and photographer
• René Zey (* 1955), author
• Susanna Burghartz (* 1956), historian
• Martin Dutzmann (* 1956), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Katharina Fritsch (* 1956), visual artist
• Volker Grabow (* 1956), rower
• Winfried Haunerland (* 1956), Roman Catholic priest, theologian, professor and director of the Georgianum
• Detlef Hopp (* 1956), archaeologist
• Thomas Hörster (* 1956), soccer player and coach
• Dirk Jung (1956-2019), doctor
• Jürgen Kehrer (* 1956), writer
• Jürgen Kiwit (* 1956), professor of neurosurgery
• Birgit Kley (* 1956), chanson singer and lyricist
• Martin Krebs (* 1956), diplomat of the Holy See and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
• Anja Kruse (* 1956), actress
• Barbara Norton (* 1956), canoeist
• Michael van Ofen (* 1956), painter
• Rolf Parr (* 1956), Professor of German Studies
• Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks (* 1956), politician
• Rainer Schwarz (* 1956), airport manager
• David D. Stern (born 1956), artist
• Jochen Struwe (* 1956), professor and management consultant
• Andreas von Weizsäcker (1956–2008), sculptor
• Juliane Werding (* 1956), singer, songwriter and naturopath
• Thomas Bremer (* 1957), Roman Catholic theologian
• Ludger Fischer (* 1957), building historian, architecture critic and political scientist
• Thomas Gabriel (* 1957), church musician, composer and arranger
• Franz-Ulrich Hartl (* 1957), cell biologist
• Diana Beate Hellmann (1957-2019), author
• Jörg Iwer (* 1957), conductor, composer and arranger
• Jürgen Kaminsky (* 1957), soccer player and coach
• Ralf Littke (* 1957) geologist and university professor
• Sylvia Löhrmann (* 1957), politician
• Daniel Lüönd (1957–1987), Swiss actor
• Jürgen Nendza (* 1957), writer
• Ralf Richter (* 1957), actor
• Margarete Roderig (* 1957), politician
• Heinrich Schafmeister (* 1957), singer and actor
• Volker Strycek (* 1957), racing car driver and manager
• Alexander Christiani (* 1958), lawyer and entrepreneur
• Thomas Gsella (* 1958), satirist and writer
• Wolfram Haack (* 1958), actor, speaker and author
• Altfrid Heger (* 1958), racing car driver
• Harald Heker (* 1958), CEO of GEMA
• Oliver Jordan (* 1958), painter
• Gerd Kerkhoff (* 1958), management consultant and book author
• Frank Mill (* 1958), football player
• Tilman Rossmy (* 1958), songwriter, folk and country songwriter
• Wolfgang Ruehl (* 1958), screenwriter and director
• Thomas Siepmann (* 1958), computer scientist and professor
• Beatrice von Weizsäcker (* 1958), lawyer, author and freelance journalist
• Stephan Zelewski (* 1958), business economist
• Lothar von Falkenhausen (* 1959), archaeologist and sinologist
• Ludger Fittkau , (* 1959), journalist
• Thomas Krüger (* 1959), Protestant theologian
• Harald Lillmeyer (* 1959), guitarist
• Rüdiger Linck (* 1959), lawyer, Vice-President of the Federal Labor Court
• Jost Schmithals (* 1959), church musician, choir director and organist
• Matthias Skeb (* 1959), patristician
• Michael Tönnies (1959–2017), football player
• Birgit Virnich (* 1959), journalist, TV editor for WDR and book author
• Frank Heibert (* 1960), translator, author and musician
• Jürgen Jansen (* 1960), soccer referee
• Thomas Plaßmann (* 1960), cartoonist and caricaturist
• Richard von Rheinbaben (* 1960), entrepreneur and patron
• Altfrid Sicking (* 1960), jazz and entertainment musician
• Bernd Ulrich (* 1960), journalist
• Maximilian Verhas (* 1960), sculptor
• Fritz von Weizsäcker (1960–2019), physician
• Jörg Wolfradt (* 1960), author of children's books, plays and radio plays

1961 to 1970

• Ralf Agolli (* 1961), football coach
• Anne Birkenhauer (* 1961), translator from Hebrew
• Peter Bruns (* 1961), Catholic clergyman, theologian and church historian
• Andrea Fischer (* 1961), politician
• Helge Haas (* 1961), journalist and television presenter
• Elke Heinemann (* 1961), writer
• Hansi Küpper (* 1961), football commentator
• Jochen Malmsheimer (* 1961), cabaret artist
• Florian Matzner (* 1961), art critic and curator
• Armin Meiwes (* 1961), "Cannibal von Rotenburg"
• Carolin Mylord (* 1961), actress and director
• Andreas Petters (* 1961), politician
• Beate Schlanstein (* 1961), television editor for West German Broadcasting
• Martin Storck (* 1961), vascular surgeon and professor
• Sabine B. Vogel (* 1961), art critic
• Ansgar Wessling (* 1961), rower
• Monika Wienfort (* 1961), modern historian
• Florian Wilk (* 1961), Protestant theologian
• Georg Gresser (* 1962), medievalist and church historian
• Marie-Luise Heckmann (* 1962), historian
• Petra Hinz (* 1962), politician
• Manuela Joest (* 1962), actress
• Bruno Kahl (* 1962), federal civil servant
• Kilian Kleinschmidt (* 1962), development worker
• Christof Loy (* 1962), director
• Andreas Meurer (* 1962), musician, bassist and songwriter of the band Die Toten Hosen
• Ingo Pickenäcker (* 1962), soccer player
• Hubert Spiegel (* 1962), journalist and literary scholar
• Mathias Haus (* 1963), percussionist and composer
• Georg Niehusmann (* 1963), sound engineer, music producer, jazz musician
• Volker Niehusmann (* 1963), guitarist
• Jan Olaf (* 1963), physicist and professor for business informatics
• Jörg Orschiedt (* 1963), prehistoric
• Joachim Schoss (* 1963), entrepreneur and founder
• Lorenz Winkler-Horaček (* 1963), classical archaeologist
• Sergio Allievi (born 1964), football player
• Britta Altenkamp (* 1964), politician
• Heike Franzen (* 1964), politician
• Johannes Gramm (* 1964), painter, set designer and video artist
• Carola Groppe (* 1964), historian and educationalist
• Frank Kontny (* 1964), soccer player and coach
• Dirk Löhr (* 1964), economist
• Laurenz Lütteken (* 1964), musicologist
• Thomas Neuer (* 1964), chess player
• Christoph Schäfer (* 1964), sculptor, concept and video artist
• Michael Vassiliadis (* 1964), chairman of the IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie
• Jürgen Wegmann (* 1964), soccer player and coach
• Martin Becker (* 1965), fistball player, assistant coach of the German national fistball team
• Sabine Braun (* 1965), athlete
• Markus Knüfken (* 1965), actor
• Andreas Kröckel (* 1965), dart player
• Thomas Limpinsel (* 1965), actor
• Ralf Betz (* 1966), author and actor
• Frank Blackfire (* 1966), guitarist
• Thomas Borchert (* 1966), singer, actor and musical performer
• Achim Bornhöft (* 1966), composer
• Ulrich Hoffmann (* 1966), journalist
• Gerhard Klimeck (* 1966), German-American scientist and university professor
• Stefan Kramer (* 1966), media scientist, sinology and university lecturer
• Heico Nickelmann (* 1966), rock musician and songwriter
• Vera von Pentz (* 1966), lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice
• Jörg Siepmann (* 1966), film producer and filmmaker
• Bodo Wiegand-Hoffmeister (* 1966), lawyer and university rector
• Ingo Appelt (* 1967), comedian
• Thomas Beimel (1967–2016), composer, musicologist and violist
• Olaf Hampel (* 1967), American football player
• Anette Kramme (* 1967), politician
• Andrea Liesner (* 1967), university professor for educational science
• Michael Paul Milow (* 1967), actor
• Roland Peil (* 1967), drummer and percussionist
• Mille Petrozza (* 1967), singer and guitarist in the band Kreator
• Bernhard Schneider (* 1967), concert and opera singer
• Andrea Schumacher (* 1967), film editor, screenwriter and filmmaker
• Bob Hanning (* 1968), handball coach
• Carsten Karmanski (* 1968), lawyer and judge at the Federal Social Court in Kassel
• Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff (* 1968), basketball player
• Frank Klötgen (* 1968), slampoet and musician
• Thomas Kutschaty (* 1968), politician
• Wolfgang Richter (* 1968), chess player
• Andreas Sassen (1968–2004), soccer goalkeeper
• Gorden Wagener (* 1968), automobile designer
• Hendryk Schamberger (* 1968), figure skater
• Christian Siebrecht (* 1968), field hockey referee
• Jens Lehmann (* 1969), soccer goalkeeper
• Marion Poschmann (* 1969), writer
• Jan Tenhaven (* 1969), documentary film director, television journalist and lecturer
• Holger Gaißmayer (* 1970), soccer player and coach
• Christian Halt (* 1970), film music composer
• Jens Kölker (* 1970), journalist and television presenter
• Katja Werker (* 1970), musician and author

1971 to 1980

• Ralf Bockstedte (* 1971), player advisor and lawyer
• Marc Degens (* 1971), writer
• Roland Heep (* 1971), screenwriter for film and television
• Raphael Rubino (* 1971), actor
• Christoph Steegmans (* 1971), journalist and deputy spokesman for the German federal government
• Henning Baum (* 1972), actor
• Christian von Gehren (* 1972), conductor
• Christoph Hartmann (* 1972), politician (FDP / DPS)
• Mike Hillenbrand (* 1972), author, translator and publisher
• Christian Hoffstadt (* 1972), philosopher and media scientist
• Christian Keller (* 1972), swimmer
• Stefan Keuter (* 1972), politician (AfD)
• Lars Korten (* 1972), actor
• Christian Möllmann (* 1972), actor and singer
• Thomas Ridder (* 1972), football player
• Ann-Cathrin Sudhoff (* 1972), actress
• Ralf Witzel (* 1972), politician (FDP)
• Jörg Bausch (* 1973), pop singer, lyricist and composer
• Karsten Dusse (* 1973), author and editor
• Thomas Kufen (* 1973), Lord Mayor of Essen since 2015
• Ulrike Nolte (* 1973), science fiction author and translator
• Christoph Rüffer (* 1973), cook
• Jennifer Schubert (* 1973), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Alexander Schug (* 1973), historian
• Serdar Yüksel (* 1973), politician (SPD)
• Florian Baxmeyer (* 1974), film director
• Thilo Bischoff (* 1974), cook
• Lars Gärtner (* 1974), actor
• Markus von Lingen (* 1974), actor
• Oliver Mik (* 1974), cook
• Michael Moll (* 1974), author
• Kristin Shi-Kupfer (* 1974), sinologist and political scientist
• Kristian Zedi (* 1974), soccer player
• Rudolf Zedi (* 1974), football player
• Christiane Weber (1975–2012), singer, music cabaret artist and lyricist
• Martin Wein (* 1975), journalist and author
• Alexander Wichert (* 1975), author
• Esther Bernstorff (* 1976), screenwriter
• Markus Reiter (* 1976), soccer player and coach
• Celia Kim (born 1977), actress
• Lars Kuklinski (* 1977), jazz musician
• Thomas Rauer (* 1977), figure skater
• Till Veltmann (* 1977), lawyer, tutor and author
• Vanessa Baudzus (* 1978), soccer player
• Björn Bonn (* 1978), actor
• Dennis Brinkmann (* 1978), soccer player
• Marius Ebbers (* 1978), soccer player
• Elke Hipler (* 1978), oar oars
• Sven Neuhaus (* 1978), soccer goalkeeper
• Roland Riebeling (* 1978), actor
• Criss Source (* 1978), DJ, music producer and operator of a record company
• Emanuel V. Towfigh (* 1978), legal scholar
• Maik Cioni (* 1979), German-Italian racing cyclist
• Sascha Göpel (* 1979), actor
• Stephanie Rauer (* 1979), figure skater
• Tim Reichert (* 1979), soccer player
• Anna Sauerbrey (* 1979), journalist
• Anne Sarah Schönemann (* 1979), actress
• Lajos Wenzel (* 1979), actor
• Marcus Overbeck (* 1980), director and film producer
• Daniel Sdunek (* 1980), handball goalkeeper

1981 to 1990

• Ali Bilgin (born 1981), football player
• Ivanka Brekalo (* 1981), actress
• Maximilian Longrée (* 1981), triathlete and Ironman winner
• Christian Mikolajczak (* 1981), football player
• Thomas Müller (* 1981), actor and musician
• Christian Bandurski (* 1982), football referee
• Lena Krüper (* 1982), actress
• Reinhard Remfort (* 1982), physicist, author, podcaster and science communicator
• Anna Basener (* 1983), writer and novelist
• Linda Bresonik (* 1983), soccer player
• Sandra Deilmann (* 1983), soccer player
• Michael Haaß (* 1983), handball player
• Christopher Hallmann (* 1983), decathlete
• Akay Kayed (* 1983), pop singer and event manager
• Marlon Kittel (born 1983), actor
• Benjamin Reichert (* 1983), soccer player
• Veysel Gelin (* 1984), rapper and actor
• Daniel Wende (* 1984), figure skater
• Daniel Hain (* 1985), basketball player
• Sascha Mölders (* 1985), soccer player
• Sören Pirson (* 1985), football player
• Rasmus Andresen (* 1986), politician
• Favorite (* 1986), rapper
• Markus Heppke (* 1986), soccer player
• Pascal Hesse (* 1986), journalist, publicist and entrepreneur
• Mario Klinger (* 1986), soccer player
• Jan-Philipp Priebsch (* 1986), ice hockey player
• Tim Stebani (* 1986), racing car driver
• Manuel Tur (* 1986), musician, label founder and DJ
• Jens Grembowietz (* 1987), soccer player
• Philipp Hasselbach (* 1987), neo-Nazi
• Kathrin Längert (* 1987), soccer player
• Sinan-G (b.1987), rapper
• Niklas Stegmann (* 1987), soccer player
• Torsten Ankert (* 1988), ice hockey player
• Lisa Fasselt (* 1988), sailor
• Kevin Freiberger (* 1988), soccer player
• Mandy Islacker (* 1988), soccer player
• Kevin Nennhuber (* 1988), soccer player
• Alexander Walkenhorst (* 1988), beach volleyball player
• Daniel Wisgott (* 1988), rowing world champion
• Benjamin Bara (born 1989), actor
• Fatih Candan (* 1989), soccer player
• Dominik Borutzki (* 1990), soccer player
• Timo Brauer (* 1990), soccer player
• Clara Dolny (* 1990), actress
• PA Sports (born 1990), rapper
• Kira Walkenhorst (* 1990), beach volleyball player, Olympic champion and world champion

1991 to 2000

• Jo Beyer (* 1991), jazz drummer
• Torben Brinkmann (* 1991), actor
• Irini Ioannidou (* 1991), football player
• Turid Knaak (* 1991), soccer player
• Ivan Paurević (* 1991), football player
• Predrag Stevanović (* 1991), football player
• Sarah Freutel (* 1992), soccer player
• Julian Korb (* 1992), soccer player
• Roman Müller-Böhm (* 1992), politician (FDP)
• Ramona Petzelberger (* 1992), soccer player
• Aleksandar Stevanović (* 1992), football player
• André Hoffmann (* 1993), football player
• Lukas Raeder (* 1993), soccer player
• Pia Walkenhorst (* 1993), volleyball player
• Hendrik Bonmann (* 1994), football player
• Marlon Ritter (* 1994), soccer player
• Marian Sarr (* 1995), soccer player
• Tabea Hilbert (* 1996), voice actress
• Atakan Karazor (* 1996), football player
• Leroy Sané (* 1996), football player
• Wilfried Sarr (* 1996), soccer player
• Can Serdar (* 1996), football player
• Lukas Boeder (* 1997), soccer player
• Henrike Sahlmann (* 1997), soccer player
• Luke Hemmerich (* 1998), soccer player
• Maxim Leitsch (* 1998), soccer player
• Florian Mayer (* 1998), soccer player
• Tom Baack (* 1999), soccer player

21st century

• Katharina Haferkamp (* 2002), volleyball player

Well-known residents of Essen

Until the 18th century

• Hildegrim von Chalons (760–827), second abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Werden
• Heinrich Duden († 1601), Abbot of the Reich Abbey
• Ferdinand von Erwitte (1628–1706), abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Werden
• Johann Heinrich Zopf (1691–1774), Pietist educator and historian
• Bernhard Bierbaum (1730–1798), Abbot of the Reich Abbey of Werden
• Zacharias Gerhard Diederich Baedeker (1750–1800), publisher, bookseller and high princely court printer
• Beda Savels (1755–1828), last abbot of Werden's imperial abbey
• Johannes Alois Theodor Nienhausen (1756–1815), Mayor of the Altenessen mayor from 1811 to 1815
• Theodor van Gülpen (1761–1840), chief pastor at the abbey church of the Werden Benedictine monastery and president of the office
• Anton Klein (1775–1853), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Heinrich Heintzmann (1778–1858), secret mountain ridge, city councilor, director of the Society Association
• Maximilian Friedrich von Vittinghoff (1779–1835), Mayor of Altenessen, Steele, Rellinghausen
• Christian Noot (1783–1859), Mayor of Altenessen and Steele
• Samuel Friedrich Biegon von Czudnochowski (1789–1864), Mayor of Altenessen and Steele
• Ernst Gotthilf Honigmann (1789–1848), miner, head of the Stinnes colliery in Essen
• Ludwig Stock (around 1790–1843), mayor of the Borbeck mayor's office from 1823 to 1840
• Johann Heinrich Horstmann (1795–1860), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Theodor Märcker (1796–1876), mayor of Kettwig, Werden and the city of Steele
• Bertram Pfeiffer (1797–1872), Lord Mayor of Essen

19th century

• Moses Hirschland (1810–1888), doctor and councilor of the city of Essen
• Friedrich de Wolff (1812–1875), Mayor of Altenessen and Steele
• Theodor Goldschmidt (1817–1875), chemist and founder of the Theodor Goldschmidt chemical factory
• Moses Blumenfeld (1821–1902), Jewish teacher, preacher, politician
• Theodor von Cloedt (1821–1898), Mayor of Steele
• Theodor Stauder (1821–1882), brewer and founder of the private brewery Jacob Stauder
• August Kind (1824–1904), architect and construction officer for the Reichspost; District architect in Essen 1856–68
• Joseph Hoeren (1825–1907), Mayor of Stoppenberg
• Adolf Knaudt (1825–1888), industrialist, engineer and company founder
• Gustav Kraemer (1828–1890), architect, government master builder and head of the Krupp construction office
• Julius Rasch (1830–1887), architect and construction clerk
• Ernst Heinrich Lindemann (1833–1900), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Hans Niemeyer (1834–1917), counselor, patron of music in Essen
• Gustav Hache (1835–1886), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Theodor Heider (1837–1913), mayor of the city of Steele and the mayorries of Steele-Land and Überruhr
• Friedrich Lange (1837–1918), industrialist, unpaid alderman of the Borbeck mayor's office
• Hermann Elting (1838–1898), member of the municipal building commission and city councilor of the city of Essen
• Wilhelm Girardet (1838–1918), publisher and founder of the printing works Graphische Betriebe W. Girardet
• Wilhelm Munscheid (1839–1913), industrialist, councilor in Kray
• Ernst Péan (1840–1911), Mayor of the Altenessen mayor
• Albert Berthold (1841–1926), first theater director of the Grillo-Theater
• Peter Zindel (1841–1902), architect
• Joseph Sartorius (1842–1910), Mayor of the Rellinghausen Mayor
• Julius Flügge (1843–1920), architect
• Hugo Jesse (1843–1918), politician, Mayor of Steele
• Georg Hendrik Witte (1843–1929), composer, royal and municipal music director and head of the Essen Musikverein, which later became the Philharmonic
• Isaac Hirschland (1845–1912), banker, city councilor of the city of Essen and councilor of commerce
• Albert Müller (1847–1925), banker, city councilor of the city of Essen and secret councilor of commerce
• Otto Budde (1848–1909), mechanical engineer and industrial manager
• Theodor Stankeit (1848–1927), last mayor of Altenessen
• Johannes Goerres (1849–1905), alderman for the city of Essen
• Carl Nordmann (1849–1922), architect
• Carl Matthias Aloys Pietz (1849–1881), Mayor of Steele
• Erich Zweigert (1849–1906), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Margarethe Krupp (1854–1931), wife of Friedrich Alfred Krupp, trustee group manager and founder of the foundation
• Robert Schmohl (1855–1944), architect, head of the Krupp construction office, city councilor
• Karl Goldschmidt (1857–1926), chemist and entrepreneur, co-owner of the Goldschmidt chemical factory
• Friedrich Haumann (1857–1924), 2nd alderman of the city of Essen, later Lord Mayor of Solingen
• Karl Klingemann (1859–1946), Protestant clergyman, general superintendent of the Rhine Province
• Hans Goldschmidt (1861–1923), chemist and entrepreneur, co-owner of the Goldschmidt chemical factory
• Bernhard Schulz (1861–1933), Mayor of Steele, architect
• Josef Meermann (1862–1938), co-founder of the Cramer & Meermann department store
• Wilhelm Farwick (1863–1941), Mayor of Steele, politician of the German Center Party
• Theodor Reismann-Grone (1863–1949), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Stanislaus Fuchs (1864–1942), artistic director
• Karl Bernhard Bamler (1865–1926), meteorologist, pioneer of free ballooning
• Gustav Beckmann (1865–1939), music director, founder of the Essen Bach Choir
• Wilhelm Albert Beckmann (1865–1924), landowner, local politician and honorary citizen of Kray
• Wilhelm Holle (politician) (1866–1945), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Christian Kloft (1867–1938), Center Party politician, member of the Prussian state parliament
• Albert Erbe (1868–1922), architect, town planner and construction officer
• Heinrich Vielhaber (1868–1940), lawyer, city councilor, member of the provincial parish, member of the board of several companies
• Richard Foerster (1869–1940), qualified mining engineer and member of the supervisory board of Friedrich Krupp AG
• Anna Heinemann (1869–1938), writer
• Robert Schmidt (1869–1934), alderman, association director
• Andreas Hopmann (1870–1943), Mayor of Kettwig
• Gustav Knepper (1870–1951), industrialist, mine director
• Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870–1950), diplomat and chairman of the supervisory board of Friedrich Krupp AG
• Carl Hold (1871–1946), industrialist, honorary mayor of the mayor's office in Karnap
• Oskar Schwer (1872–1921), architect
• Jacob Weber (1872–1944), politician, last mayor of Kray
• Benno Strauss (1873–1944), metallurgist and physicist, pioneer in the industrial use of stainless steel
• Joseph Breuer (1874–1953), local politician, mayor of Werden
• Edmund Körner (1874–1940), architect
• Heinrich Limbertz (1874–1932), editor, member of the Reichstag
• Georg Metzendorf (1874–1934), architect
• Karl Imhoff (1876–1965), civil engineer and pioneer in sewage technology, managing director of the Ruhr Association
• Franz Bracht (1877–1933), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Erich Leimkugel (1877–1947), pharmacist, balloonist, city councilor
• Eduard Spoelgen (1877–1975), urban planning inspector
• Wilhelm Vogelsang (1877–1939), entrepreneur
• Ernst Bode (1878–1944), architect
• Heinrich Imbusch (1878–1945), city councilor, member of the Reichstag, union leader
• Rudolf Korte (1878–1950), horticultural director of the city of Essen
• Josef Rings (1878–1957), architect and town planner
• Tilo von Wilmowsky (1878–1966), administrative lawyer, industrialist
• Marcus Krüsmann (1879–1964), alderman of Altenessen 1907–1911
• Hans Luther (1879–1962), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Philipp Rappaport (1879–1955), architect, town planner, university professor, author, director of the Ruhr coal district settlement association
• Heinrich Maria Martin Schäfer (1879–1951), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Adam Weinhag (1879–1937), architect
• Walter Hohmann (1880–1945), space pioneer
• Artur Jacobs (1880–1968), educator, mathematician, co-founder of the adult education center
• Alfred Fischer (1881–1950), architect
• Curt Bucerius (1882–1951), architect
• Hugo Rosendahl (1884–1964), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Hans Rose (1885–1969), naval officer
• Hans Spethmann (1885–1957), economic geographer and geologist
• Hermann Klewer (1886–1957), trade unionist, local politician
• Magdalene von Waldthausen (1886–1972), member of the CDU state parliament in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Richard Disch (1887–1949), Mayor of the City of Steele, lawyer
• Fritz von Waldthausen (1887–1957), banker
• Marta Baedeker (1889–1973), publisher and bookseller, managing director of GD Baedeker Verlag, founder of the GD Baedeker Foundation
• Just Dillgardt (1889–1960), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Else Schubert-Christaller (1891–1982), Protestant author
• Sturm Kegel (1892–1979), alderman, building department and association director of the Ruhr coal district settlement association
• Heinz Renner (1892–1964), KPD politician, Lord Mayor of Essen
• Jo Pieper (1893–1971), painter and graphic artist
• Günther von Stosch (1893–1955), politician
• Gustav Adolf Lehnert (1896–1976), detective officer
• Fritz Schupp (1896–1974), architect
• Wilhelm Nieswandt (1898–1978), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Aribert Rödel (1898–1965), architect
• Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976), Lord Mayor of Essen and Federal President
• Thea Rasche (1899–1971), pilot and journalist
• Emil Schultz (1899–1946), councilor of the city of Essen, SA leader, member of the Reichstag

20th century

• Bruno Krell (1903–1976), sculptor
• Herman Gehrig (1904–1967), architect
• Karl Johannes Heyer (1904–1995), Roman Catholic priest and author
• Gerhard Marquardt (1904–1983), crane operator at Krupp, Righteous Among the Nations
• Emanuel Lindner (1905–1985), architect
• Hellmuth Greinert (1906–196), lawyer, politician, city director, member of the board of RWE AG
• Otto Kohler (1909–1984), Catholic clergyman and Nazi victim
• Hermann Schröter (1909–1990), archivist and local history researcher
• Gerd Lichtenhahn (1910–1964), architect (Grugahalle, Grugabad etc.)
• Berthold Beitz (1913–2013), manager, chief representative Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbachs
• Herbert Lungwitz (1913–1992), sculptor
• Horst Loy (1914–1979), architect
• Horst Katzor (1918–1998), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Eckbert von Bohlen and Halbach (1922–1945), youngest child of the industrialist Gustav Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach
• Walter Wimmer (1926–2015), journalist, editor and publisher of Borbecker Nachrichten
• Ralph Johannes (* 1929), architect and university professor
• Jürgen Dieter Waidelich (1931–1994), general manager and theater scholar
• Margaret Klare (* 1932), writer
• Heinz Dohmen (* 1934), architect, master builder of the Ruhr diocese
• Ernst Finkemeyer (1935–1981), lawyer, politician, city director
• Hanns-Peter Hüster (1935–2020), cinema operator
• Peter Reuschenbach (1935–2007), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Nicolaus A. Huber (* 1939), composer and university professor
• Jürgen Kolbe (1940–2008), Germanist, writer and local politician
• Ulrich Straeter (* 1941), author, editor and publisher
• Ursula Bode (* 1942), journalist and art critic
• Johannes Brus (* 1942), artist
• Frank Baier (* 1943), singer, musician and songwriter and collector
• Wolfgang Reiniger (* 1944), Lord Mayor of Essen
• Klaus Waller (* 1946), journalist and book author
• Walter Westrupp (* 1946), concrete worker and computer graphic artist
• Ilse Straeter (* 1947), painter and graphic artist
• Norbert Thomas (* 1947), visual artist
• Ulrich Blank (* 1948), engineer, manager and sponsor of the Folkwang Museum
• Georg Dücker (* 1949), conductor, composer and music teacher
• Marianne Menze (* 1949), cinema operator
• Harro Bode (* 1951), sailor
• Thomas Goritzki (* 1952), actor and theater director
• Reinhard Pass (* 1955), Lord Mayor of the City of Essen
• Tatjana Clasing (* 1964), actress
• Theo Pointner (* 1964), writer
• Dirk Gion (* 1965), moderator, director and stunt coordinator
• Jörg Wilhelm Schirmer (* 1965), painter and sculptor
• Jamiri (* 1966), comic book artist and author
• Oliver Bierhoff (* 1968), soccer player and manager
• Honke Rambow (* 1968), musician, author and publicist
• Hagen Rether (* 1969), cabaret artist
• Addys Mercedes (* 1973), singer and songwriter
• Andreas Timm (* 1974), athlete
• Thomas Cichon (* 1976), football player
• Issam Aledrissi (* 1984), football player
• Caroline Ruhnau (* 1984), swimmer
• Kerstin Vogel (* 1985), swimmer
• KC Rebell (* 1988), rapper

See also

• Krupp , family dynasty from Essen
• Waldthausen , patrician and industrial family from Essen
• List of Abbesses of Essen
• List of heads of cities in Essen
• List of the bailiffs of the Essen monastery
• Rot-Weiss Essen: People

literature

• Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homepage of the City of Essen: Honorary Citizens of the City of Essen ; accessed on April 27, 2018