List of personalities of the city of Gladbeck
The list of personalities of the city of Gladbeck contains people who were born in Gladbeck as well as those who lived and worked there from time to time, each listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Gladbeck

Johann Heinrich Riesener, painting by Antoine Vestier
Before 1900
- Johann Heinrich Riesener (1734–1806), cabinet maker (cabinet maker) at the French court
- Hugo Linderath (1828–1906), Franciscan brother and sculptor in Düsseldorf
- Franz Dieckmann (1875–1944), lawyer and politician (center), Lord Mayor of Münster and Governor of the Province of Westphalia
- Helmuth Albrecht (1885–1953), politician (DVP), MdR
- Franz Riesener (1887–1943), politician (center), MdR
- Hans Wiltberger (1887–1970), composer, pupil of Hans Pfitzner
1900 to 1950
- Theo Wormland (1907–1983), textile merchant, founder of the Wormland company, art collector and patron as well as founder of the Theo Wormland Foundation
- Walter Labs (1910–1988), lawyer , administrative officer and expert in local public transport
- Benno Gellenbeck (1910–1974), film and theater actor
- Hermann Nattkämper (1911–2005), football player
- Kurt Joussen (1912–2002), physician and chairman of the Hartmannbund
- Willy Kaiser (1912–1986), Olympic champion in boxing
- Arthur Heina (1915–1986), swimmer and Olympic participant
- Ernst Ermert (1918–1988), politician (SPD), MdL
- Joseph Jadrzejczak (1918–1990), French national football player
- Ernst Michael Jovy (1920–1984), leader of allied youth groups, diplomat, Righteous Among the Nations
- Heinrich Rodeck (1920–2018), pediatrician, university professor and researcher
- Harald Deilmann (1920–2008), architect, university professor and author
- Günter Kalinowski (1921–1971), politician (SPD), Member of the State Parliament, from 1961 to 1965 mayor and from 1965 to April 1971 mayor of Gladbeck
- Johann Wuwer (1922–2009), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, board member of Thyssen Energie GmbH
- Franz-Josef Spalthoff (1923–2004), manager and important representative of the energy industry in the 1980s, as well as local politician and mayor
- Ewald Schmeken (1927–2009), historian and sociologist
- Heinz Wewers (1927–2008), football player
- Manfred Braun (* 1928), politician (SPD), MdL
- Walter Hoeres (1928–2016), philosopher
- Franz Josef Weisweiler (1928–1985), manager and chairman of the board at Mannesmann AG
- Achim Wessing (* 1933), ophthalmologist, university professor and researcher
- Karl Wegener (* 1934), politician (CDU), MdL
- Helmut Janz (1934–2000), track and field athlete and Olympic participant in 1960
- Adolf Schwarte (* 1935), German middle-distance runner
- Herbert Anton (* 1936), literary scholar and university professor
- Hermann Oetting (* 1937), engineer and politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Gerhard Prokop (1939–2002), football goalkeeper
- Gero Fischer (* 1943), former presiding judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Pierre Semmler (1943–2011), German-French actor
- Paul Derks (* 1944), Germanist and university lecturer
- Dieter Grasedieck (* 1945), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Werner Müller (* 1946), historian
- Rudolf Kowalski (* 1948), actor
- Lothar Pfahl (* 1948), football player
- Robert Hetkämper (* 1949), journalist, from 2001 to 2014 head of the ARD studio in Singapore
From 1950
- Claudia Lux (* 1950), librarian, general director of the Central and State Library Berlin Foundation 1997–2012
- Ralf Michalowsky (* 1950), Poliker (Die Linke), MdL
- Berthold Possemeyer (* 1951), concert singer and university lecturer
- Doro Pass-Weingartz (* 1951), politician (Greens), Mayor of Bonn from 1994 to 1999
- Manfred Schulte-Zurhausen (* 1951), mechanical engineer and economist as well as former rector of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences
- Daffi Cramer (* around 1954), pop singer
- Jürgen Overdiek (1954–2007), architect and urban planner
- Annette Grüters-Kieslich (* 1954), human medicine
- Armin Rohde (* 1955), actor
- Ludger Tewes (* 1955), Romance writer and historian
- Michael Kraus (* 1955), swimmer
- Norbert Ballhaus (* 1955), politician (SPD), mayor of Moers since 2004
- Michael Schlagheck (* 1955), Director of the Catholic Academy of the Essen Diocese of Wolfsburg in Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Regina Schmeken (* 1955), photo journalist and photo artist
- Heiko Waßer (* 1957), sports journalist and Formula 1 commentator
- Uwe Rohde (* 1958), actor
- Joachim H. Peters (* 1958), police officer, writer and cabaret artist
- Jörn Wunderlich (* 1960), politician (Die Linke), Member of the Bundestag
- Henning Schliephake (* 1960), surgeon and university professor
- Ralf Ludwig (* 1961), Managing Director of the Institute for Chemistry at the University of Rostock, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Federal Juso Chairman 1991–1993
- Frank Bajohr (* 1961), historian
- Chris Boltendahl (* 1962), singer (formerly electric bass player) of the power metal band Grave Digger
- Jan Radicke (* 1965), classical philologist
- Dietmar Grichnik (* 1968), economist and full professor for entrepreneurship and technology management at the University of St. Gallen
- Claudia Norberg (* 1970), entrepreneur and reality TV actress
- Judith Samen (* 1970), visual artist (artistic photography)
- Katja Schmitz (* 1973), actress
- Alex Schwers (* 1973), musician, concert and festival organizer
- Timm Zumbrägel (* 1978), rapper under the pseudonym Snaga
- Frank Schumann (* 1979), handball player
- Michael Spitzer (* 1985), glider aerobatics, member of the national team, several world championship medals since 2010 (including gold medal freestyle and silver overall ranking Advanced 2010, bronze team ranking Unlimited 2016, bronze Unknown Free Unlimited 2018)
- Timo Kunert (* 1987), soccer player
- Youssef Yeşilmen (* 1988), football player
- Caroline Masson (* 1989), golfer
- Pierre-Michel Lasogga (* 1991), football player
- Julian Draxler (* 1993), national soccer player
- Annika Drazek (* 1995), track and field athlete, federal police officer and pusher in the bobsleigh of the German women's national team (World Champion 2016)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Anna Fischer , opera, operetta, lied, concert and oratorio singer (alto / mezzo-soprano)
- Daffi Cramer (* approx. 1954), pop singer (born Angelika Ramme )
People related to Gladbeck
- Heinrich Korte (1853–1927), 1885–1917 first bailiff in Gladbeck
- Johannes van Acken (1879–1937), Catholic clergyman and Caritas functionary, 1919–1924 member of the city council (center)
- Michael Jovy , non-party politician, last bailiff and first Lord Mayor of Gladbeck from 1919/1921 to 1931
- Ernst Schiffmann (1883–1953), gymnastics father, died in Gladbeck
- Franz Engeln (1885–1960), politician (CDU), MdL, from 1946 mayor of Gladbeck
- Mathias Jakobs (1885–1935), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, died in Gladbeck
- Georg Stieler (1886–1955), Catholic workers secretary and politician (center), member of the city council from March 1919 to January 1923, member of the Prussian state parliament from January 1919 to April 1932
- Hermann Buschmann (trade unionist) (1886–1979), politician (DDP) and trade union leader, member of the city council from March 1919 to April 1922
- Franz Riesener (1887–1943), Catholic workers secretary and politician (center), member of the city council from March 1919 to May 1933, member of the German Reichstag from May 1928 to July 1933
- Wilhelm Olejnik (1888–1967), politician (SPD), MdL, Mayor of Gladbeck from June to October 1946
- Laurenz Schmedding (1894–1972), Catholic clergyman, temporarily chaplain in Gladbeck
- Franz Zielasko (1896–1943), miner and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, murdered in the Gladbeck police prison
- Sigismund von Radecki (1891–1970), writer and literary translator, died while staying in Gladbeck
- Johann Harnischfeger (1899–1984), politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, co-founder of the CDU Gladbeck, city council member, Mayor of Gladbeck from 1948 to 1952
- Erich Porsch (1909–1944), member of the group around Franz Zielasko
- Karl Otto (1910–1998), stenographer, lived and worked for a time in Gladbeck
- Wilhelm Zimolong (1922–1979), freelance artist, art teacher
- Ingeborg Drewitz (1923–1986), writer, namesake of the Ingeborg Drewitz comprehensive school
- Norbert Hoffmann (1942–2018), Catholic clergyman, lived, worked and died in Gladbeck
- Wolfgang Röken (* 1943), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, teacher, city council member and principal of the Willy Brandt School in Gladbeck, 1976 to 1994 mayor of Gladbeck
- Leonhard Schumacher (* 1944), ancient historian, graduated from high school in Gladbeck
- Ditmar Staffelt (* 1949), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, senior executive at the Hölter Group in Gladbeck
- Wilhelm Eimers (* 1950), gas balloon driver, holder of the honor plaque of the city of Gladbeck
- Robert Farle (* 1950), politician (DKP, AfD), MdL, temporarily city councilor in Gladbeck
- Christianasche (1957–2013), actor and voice actor, lived temporarily in Gladbeck
- Jörg Dahlmann (* 1959), football commentator, grew up in Gladbeck
- Ibrahim Bekirović (1961-2000), known as Ibo, pop singer, lived in Gladbeck until his death and was buried there
- Bjarne Goldbæk (* 1968), former Danish soccer player, lives in Gladbeck
- Katharina Schwabedissen (* 1972), politician (Die Linke), grew up in Gladbeck
- Michael Hübner (* 1973), politician (SPD), city council member in Gladbeck
- Volkan Ünlü (* 1983), soccer goalkeeper, in the youth at 1. FC Gladbeck
- Fard (* 1984), rapper, grew up in Gladbeck
- Manfred Rekowski (* 1958), theologian, lived in Gladbeck as a child
- Grave Digger , metal band from Gladbeck
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hermann Nattkämper. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved October 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Arthur Heina. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Helmut Janz. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
- ^ Hans-Michael Koetzle: The Lexicon of Photographers , Droemer Knaur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-426-66479-8 , p. 401f.
- ^ Sigismund von Radecki in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- ↑ Ingeborg Drewitz. In: idg-gla.de. Retrieved October 15, 2017 .