List of personalities of the city of Oberhausen
The list of sons and daughters of the city of Oberhausen includes important personalities who were born in Oberhausen or are associated with the city.
Honorary citizen
The city of Oberhausen has granted the following people honorary citizenship. They are listed chronologically according to the date of award.
- 1893: Friedrich Bellingrodt , Oberhausen pharmacist
- 1895: Otto von Bismarck , Reich Chancellor
- 1899: Carl Lueg , CEO of the GHH
- 1908: Gottfried Ziegler , CEO of the GHH
- 1930: Berthold Otto Havenstein , Lord Mayor from 1906 to 1930
- 1933: Paul von Hindenburg , Field Marshal General and Reich President (revoked in 1945)
- 1933: Adolf Hitler , Reich Chancellor (revoked in 1945)
- 1933: Carl Steinhauer , music director
- 1938: Paul Reusch , CEO of the GHH
- 1945: Hermann Kellermann , CEO of GHH (returned in 1947)
- 1956: Gerhard Wirtz , archbishop councilor and honorary dean
- 1998: Friedhelm van den Mond , Lord Mayor from 1979 to 1997
Personalities born in Oberhausen
18th century
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- Johann Franz Joseph von Nesselrode-Reichenstein (1755–1824), Minister of the Grand Duchy of Berg
19th century
1801-1850
- Carl Lueg (1833–1905), CEO of GHH
- Hugo Jacobi (1834–1917), CEO of GHH
- Heinrich Lueg (1840–1917), industrialist and politician
1851-1900
- Karl Heinrich Gisbert Gillhausen (1856–1917), civil engineer, industrial manager and politician
- Felix Hollenberg (1868–1945), painter and etcher
- Ernst Becker (1869–1935), municipal civil servant and long-time mayor and mayor of the city of Lünen
- Friedrich Deerberg (1876–?), Lawyer and politician (DNVP), MdL (Prussia)
- Heinrich Imbusch (1878–1945), union leader and politician (ZENTRUM), MdR
- Otto Pannenbecker (1879–1956), politician (ZENTRUM), Member of the Bundestag and Lord Mayor of Oberhausen
- Wilhelm Guske (1880–1957), politician (SPD) and Lord Mayor of Koblenz
- Friedrich Knollmann (1880–1920), politician (DNVP)
- Josef Ernst (1882–1959), politician (SPD, USPD, SAP, FDP) and mayor of Norderney
- Johann Doll (1882–1941), engineer
- Wilhelm Kiwit (1883–1959), politician (center) and Lord Mayor of Wanne-Eickel
- Hugo Rosendahl (1884–1964), politician (ZENTRUM) and Lord Mayor of Koblenz and Essen
- Fritz Wilms (1886–1958), architect
- Johannes Egermann (1892–1955), politician (SPD)
- Bernhard Kaes (1892–1973), politician (ZENTRUM, CDU), Member of the State Parliament (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Friedrich Peppmüller (1892–1972), politician (NSDAP), MdR and MdL (Prussia)
- Wilhelm Meinerzhagen (1893–1974), doctor and politician
- Erich Schröder (1893–1968), doctor and university professor
- Hans Stelter (1895–?), Journalist, publicist and national socialist politician, MdR
- Heinrich Netz (1896–1983), mechanical engineer and rector of the Technical University of Munich
- Daniela Kerin (1897–1986), religious sister and writer
- Gustav Langweg (1897–1950), politician (NSDAP) and Lord Mayor of Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Georg Schaltbrand (1897–1979), author, neurologist and "multiple sclerosis pope"
- Paul Uhlenbruck (1897–1969), internist
- Heinz Dungs (1898–1949), theologian and pastor
- Hermann Lickfeld (1898–1941), sculptor
20th century
1901-1910
- Karl Dungs (1901–1972), theologian, pastor of the German Christians and member of the NSDAP
- Ernst Friesenhahn (1901–1984), constitutional and canon lawyer
- Ludwig Anschütz (1902–1985), actor and radio play speaker
- Herbert Nette (1902–1994), editor and writer
- Martha Schneider-Bürger (1903–2001), first German female civil engineer
- Willy Weyres (1903–1989), architect and Cologne cathedral master builder
- Friedrich Alles (1905–1968), politician (CDU), MdL (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Maria Rentmeister (1905–1996), resistance fighter and women's rights activist
- Roland Rohn (1905–1971), architect
- Johannes Steinhardt (1905–1981), track and field athlete
- Gerda Ganzer (1907–?), Inmate nurse in the Ravensbrück concentration camp
- Franz Grosse-Brockhoff (1907–1981), physician
- Hans Haferkamp (1908–1993), politician (FDP, SPD), MdL (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Hans Werner Kirchner (1908–1965), painter and actor
- Heinz Pauels (1908–1985), composer
- Reni Erkens (1909–1987), swimmer
- Wilhelm Schotte (1909–?), Architect
- Otto Steinhardt (1909–2000), civil engineer and professor of steel construction
- Karl van Berk (1910–1998), trade unionist and politician (SPD), Member of the State Parliament (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910–1991), field handball player
- Erich Kempka (1910–1975), Hitler's driver
- Hubert Mallmann (1910–1994), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Hans Raff (1910–1990), athlete (long distance)
- Werner Töniges (1910–1995), naval officer
- Hans Wolter (1910–1984), priest and church historian
1911-1920
- Josef Fischer (1912–1978), industrial manager
- Willy Jürissen (1912–1990), national soccer player
- Ernst Schmidt (1912–1955), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Emil Surmann (1912–1972), actor, screenwriter and director
- Édouard Wawrzyniak (1912–1991), French national football player
- Will Quadflieg (1914–2003), actor
- Karl Bourscheid (1915–1997), politician (CDU), MdL (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Anna Lehnkering (1915–1940), Nazi victim
- Karl-Franz Busch (1917–2003), professor of water management
- Josef Büscher (1918–1983), writer
- Alf Marholm (1918–2006), actor, radio play, audio book and voice actor
- Johannes Bettray (1919–1980), theologian and Steyler missionary
- Reinhard Lauth (1919–2007), philosopher
- Fritz Hartmann (1920–2007), rheumatologist
- Johannes Schöne (1920–1989), national soccer player and top scorer in the GDR Oberliga (1950/51)
1921-1930
- Josef Lukowiak (1921–1989), politician (CDU), MdL (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Hans-Joachim Cantow (1923-2018), polymer chemist
- Günther Pflug (1923–2008), librarian and professor of philosophy
- Werner Bab (1924-2010), Holocaust survivor
- Werner Kausch (1924–1993), painter and university professor
- August Kirsch (1925–1993), track and field athlete, sports scientist and sports official
- Heribert Marré (1925–2006), entrepreneur
- Wolfgang Behrends (1926–2009), ambassador
- Erich Juskowiak (1926–1983), national soccer player
- Hans Kreutz (1926–1972), police officer and politician (SPD), Member of the State Parliament (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Günter Storch (1926-2004), economist and politician (FDP), Member of the State Parliament (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Werner Twardy (1926–1977), composer and band leader
- Heinz Hager (1927–2001), politician (SPD) and Lord Mayor of Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Klaus-Peter Kirchrath (* 1927), football coach
- Rolf Lamers (1927–2016), track and field athlete and specialist in the middle distance of 1500 meters
- Klaus Weiss (1927–2014), Professor of English and American Studies
- Werner Baecker (1928–2019), architect and urban planner
- Georg Scherer (1928–2012), professor of philosophy
- Karl Stangenberg (* 1928), musician and lyric poet
- Willi Demski (1929–2012), national soccer player
- Hans-Joachim Weyland (* 1929), football referee
- Arnulf Zitelmann (* 1929), writer
- Eduard Perings (1930–2006), physician and prorector of the Ruhr University Bochum
- Heinz Perne (1930–2008), religious chaplain, religion teacher and journalist
1931-1940
- Heinrich Kiepe (1931–2020), economist
- Paul Lange (1931–2016), canoeist, Olympic champion
- Manfred Lennings (1934–2008), industrial manager and GHH board chairman
- Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (* 1934), soccer player and coach
- Hans Wagner (1934–1993), politician (CDU), MdL (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Wilhelm Keim (1934–2018), chemist and professor of technical chemistry
- Friedhelm Eberle (* 1935), actor and acting lecturer
- Peter Reuschenbach (1935–2007), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag and Lord Mayor of Essen
- Heinz Georg Schmenk (* 1935), writer
- Eberhard Ullrich (1935–2005), politician (CDU), MdL (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Manfred Buchwald (1936–2012), journalist and broadcast director (SR)
- Alfons van Gelder (* 1936), judge at the Federal Court of Justice (1990–2001)
- Hiltrud Grote (1936–2010), local politician in Hanover
- Helga Kanies (* 1936), skat player, author and pop singer
- Helmut Ricke (* 1936), industrial manager
- Heinz Schleusser (1936–2000), trade unionist and politician (SPD), Member of the State Parliament (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Max Schmitz (* 1936), sculptor
- Theo Vennemann (* 1937), linguist and professor of German and theoretical linguistics
- Hans-Josef Dreckmann (* 1938), television journalist
- Ulrich Feldhoff (1938–2013), canoeist and sports official
- Heinz-Adolf Hörsken (1938–1996), politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Heinz Kohnen (1938–1997), geophysicist and polar researcher
- Horst Klinkhammer (* 1939), football player
- Dieter Nohlen (* 1939), political scientist
- Heinz Eichelbaum (* 1940), wrestler
- Siegfried Jerusalem (* 1940), opera singer (tenor)
- Manfred Jung (1940-2017), opera singer (tenor)
- Reiner Schmelz (* 1940), athlete
- Herbert Schwinning (1940–1996), football player
- Hans Siemensmeyer (* 1940), national soccer player
1941-1950
- Heinz Büker (* 1941), canoeist
- Heinz-Jörg Eckhold (* 1941), politician (CDU), Member of the State Parliament (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Wilhelm Geerlings (1941–2008), Roman Catholic priest, theologian and church historian
- Winfried Holtmann (1941–2003), journalist and sports official
- Heinz Reif (* 1941), historian
- Willi Hausmann (* 1942), lawyer, spin doctor and politician (CDU)
- Ulrich Krings (* 1942), art historian and author
- Lothar Kobluhn (1943–2019), football player
- Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder (1944–2014), football referee
- Heinz-Jürgen Prangenberg (1944–2002), politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Friedhelm Wessel (* 1944), writer
- Gregor Morfill (* 1945), physicist
- Ortwin Benninghoff (* 1946), conductor
- Gerhard Erker (* 1946), chemist
- Dieter Herzog (* 1946), national soccer player
- Wolfgang Nethöfel (* 1946), theologian and professor of social ethics
- Reinhard Schmidt (* 1946), mining expert and President of the Saxon Mining Authority
- Klaus Esser (* 1947), lawyer and manager
- Tilman Spengler (* 1947), author and co-editor of the magazine "Kursbuch"
- Klaus Wehling (* 1947), politician (SPD) and Lord Mayor of Oberhausen
- Jürgen Dollase (* 1948), gastronomy critic and journalist
- Karl-Josef Kuschel (* 1948), theologian
- Werner Ohm (* 1948), football player
- Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens (* 1948), teacher and politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Member of the Bundestag
- Julia Drinnenberg (* 1949), draftsman, caricaturist, illustrator and author of comics
- Ulf G. Stuberger (1949–2015), journalist and author
- Bernd Wegner (* 1949), historian
- Hanns Feigen (* 1949), lawyer
- Helga Budde-Engelke (* 1950), painter and graphic artist
- Hans Fritsche (* 1950), soccer player and editor
- Heinz Lanfermann (* 1950), politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag and former State Secretary D.
- Hans Reinhard Seeliger (* 1950), church historian
1951-1960
- Dieter Bast (* 1951), football player
- Evert Brettschneider (* 1951), guitarist
- Werner Sonnenschein (* 1951), football player, goalkeeper
- Ulrike Flach (* 1951), politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
- Georg Nachtsheim (* 1951), Brigadier General of the German Army
- Wolfgang Reichel (* 1951), politician (CDU), Member of the State Parliament (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Fritz Balthaus (* 1952), artist
- Ekkehard Becker-Eberhard (* 1952), lawyer and professor of law
- Norbert Brinkmann (* 1952), German soccer player
- Wolfgang Große Brömer (* 1952), teacher and politician (SPD), Member of the State Parliament (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Manfred J. Hampe (* 1952), mechanical engineer
- Wolfgang Hinte (* 1952), social work scientist
- Peter Kersken (* 1952), author
- Klaus Kocks (* 1952), economist, social scientist and PR consultant
- Franz Mey (* 1952), actor
- Wolfgang Neuhaus (* 1952), editor and translator
- Ulrike Zilly (* 1952), painter
- Uwe Büschken (* 1953), actor and voice actor
- Joachim Friedrich (* 1953), author of books for children and young people
- Gerd Heise (* 1953), architect
- Ditmar Jakobs (* 1953), national soccer player
- Ludger Schepers (* 1953), auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Essen
- Renate Thomas (* 1953), classical archaeologist
- Friedel Anderson (born 1954), artist
- Karl Höffkes (* 1954), documentary filmmaker
- Wolfgang Kolmsee (* 1954), track and field athlete
- Eckard Löll (* 1954), sailor
- Willi Wülbeck (* 1954), track and field athlete
- Franz Markus Haniel (* 1955), manager
- Gerburg Jahnke (* 1955), cabaret artist (Missfits)
- Norbert Lüer (* 1955), entrepreneur and founder of Jurex GmbH
- Peter Matussek (* 1955), literary and media culture scholar, professor for media aesthetics
- Michael Groschek (* 1956), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag and Member of the Bundestag (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Dirk Bauermann (* 1957), basketball coach
- Regina Kopp-Herr (* 1957) politician (SPD), MdL (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- André Schmitz (* 1957), politician, cultural manager and former State Secretary. D.
- Hans-Walter Schmuhl (* 1957), modern historian
- Toni Puszamszies (1958–2013), German soccer player
- Ulla Salzgeber (* 1958), dressage rider
- Ulrich Schneider (* 1958), educational scientist and author
- Heike Schulte-Mattler (* 1958), athlete
- Ulrich Wilken (* 1958), politician (Die Linke), Member of the State Parliament (Hessen)
- Jürgen Bärsch (* 1959), Roman Catholic theologian, priest
- Günter Geisen (* 1959), pool player and trainer
- Marianne Hammerl (1959–2008), psychologist
- Michael Jakobs (* 1959), soccer player
- Daniel Jonas (* 1959), professor of environmental medicine
- Christoph Klimke (* 1959), writer
- Armin von Bogdandy (* 1960), legal scholar
- Michael Budzinski (* 1960), economist and manager
- Thomas Ganswindt (* 1960), manager
- Michael Grosse-Brömer (* 1960), politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Hermann J. Kassel (* 1960), sculptor
- Martin Keßler (* 1960), actor and voice actor
- Jochen Rozek (1960), legal scholar
- Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010), film and theater director, radio play writer and action artist
1961-1970
- Dieter Hahn (* 1961), manager
- Jutta Häser (* 1961), Near Eastern archaeologist
- Arne May (* 1961), neurologist and neuroscientist
- Petra Pohlmann (* 1961), legal scholar
- Andreas Lienkamp (* 1962), Catholic theologian and university professor
- Günter Schlipper (* 1962), soccer player and coach
- Claudia Zaczkiewicz (* 1962), track and field athlete
- Thomas Lehmen (* 1963), choreographer and dancer
- Thomas Mann (* 1963), lawyer
- Meike Neitsch (* 1963), handball player
- Peter Schallenberg (* 1963), Roman Catholic moral theologian and social scientist
- Martin Pöt Stoldt (* 1963), non-fiction author
- Ute Völker (* 1963), musician
- Regine Kölpin (* 1964), writer
- Tasso Enzweiler (* 1964), journalist and PR manager
- Stephan Goertz (* 1964), Professor of Catholic Theology
- Norbert Gronau (* 1964), business economist and business IT specialist
- Regine Kölpin (* 1964), writer
- Karsten Stolz (* 1964), track and field athlete
- Stefan Zimkeit (* 1964), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Dirk Balthaus (* 1965), jazz pianist and composer
- Markus Bötefür (* 1965), author
- Stefan Keune (* 1965), saxophonist
- Eva Kurowski (* 1965), jazz musician and singer
- Dirk Matten (* 1965), economist
- Andreas Buttler (* 1966), actor and musician
- Patrick Notthoff (* 1966), soccer player
- Christoph Driessen (* 1967), journalist and historian
- Carsten Marquardt (* 1967), soccer player
- Annette Weitzmann (* 1967), actress
- Tobias Helms (* 1968), Professor of Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law
- Richard Prause (* 1968), table tennis player
- Carsten Schmuck (1968–2019), Professor of Organic Chemistry
- Ulf K. (* 1969), comic book artist and illustrator
- Suzan Anbeh (* 1970), actress
- Rebecca Immanuel (* 1970), actress
- Heike Omerzu (* 1970), Professor of Protestant Theology
- Esther Schweins (* 1970), actress and comedian
1971-1980
- Daniel Simon Richter (* 1971), fantasy author
- Volkmar Dinstuhl (* 1972), chess player
- Ulrich Viefers (* 1972), rower
- Carmela de Feo (* 1973), musician, singer, actress and cabaret artist
- Gereon Krebber (* 1973), sculptor
- Patrick Bellenbaum (* 1974), field hockey player
- Thomas Durchschlag (* 1974), film director and screenwriter
- Markus Feldhoff (* 1974), soccer player and coach
- Mark Kleinschmidt (* 1974), rower
- Paula Lileen Rosengarthen (* 1974), actress, author, model and lecturer
- Sven Thiemann (* 1974), actor
- Sonja Bongers (* 1976), politician (SPD), MdL (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Tom Oberheiden (* 1976), swimmer and doctor
- Matthias Reuter (* 1976), cabaret artist
- Nadine Steinkamp (* 1976), canoeist
- Sebastian Hartmann (* 1977), politician, Member of the Bundestag
- Bülent Ucar (* 1977), Professor of Islamic Religious Education
- Holger Schmenk (* 1978), historian and author
- Ulf Siemes (* 1978), rower
- Nicole Schumacher (* 1979), soccer referee
- Şenol Demirci (* 1980), football player
- Sebastian Kroehnert (* 1980), actor
1981-1990
- Christian Hümbs (* 1981) master confectioner
- Christian Stubbe (* 1982), archer
- Matthias Witthaus (* 1982), field hockey player
- Musa Çelik (* 1983), football player
- Marcel Landers (* 1984), football player
- Stefanie Klatt (* 1985) (beach) volleyball player
- Vanessa Struhler (* 1985), singer
- Jessica Feike (* 1986), basketball player
- Kevin Grund (* 1987), soccer player
- André Hamann (* 1987), male model
- Marcel Maas (* 1987), author
- Robby Hein (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Florian Abel (* 1989), soccer player
- Björn Linda (* 1989), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Julian Real (* 1989), water polo player
1991-2000
- Robin Erewa (* 1991), track and field athlete
- Dustin Haloschan (* 1991), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Alexander Bieler (* 1992), football player
- Jil Strüngmann (* 1992), soccer player
- Sofia Nati (* 1993), soccer player
- Max Meyer (* 1995), soccer player
- Madeline Gier (* 1996), soccer player
- Davin Herbrüggen (* 1998), pop singer
Persons connected with Oberhausen
- August Kind (1824–1904), architect and master builder (Kindscher grid plan from 1865)
- Claus Theo Gärtner (* 1943), German actor and portrayal of the character Josef Matula in the ZDF crime series Ein Fall für Zwei ; grew up in Oberhausen
- Wim Wenders (* 1945), German director and photographer; grew up in Oberhausen
- Marcel Witeczek (* 1968), football player; grew up in Oberhausen
- Tim Reichert (* 1979), soccer player; grew up in Oberhausen
- Benjamin Reichert (* 1983), soccer player; grew up in Oberhausen
Fictional people
- Hermann Josef Matula (born March 18, 1949), main character in the ZDF crime series Ein Fall für Zwei
Individual evidence
- ↑ osterfeld-westfalen.de Oberhausen honorary citizen ; see also Karlheinz Spielmann : Honorary Citizens and Honors in Past and Present, page 682 , Dortmund 1967 self-published.
- ↑ Profile of Matula on www.ein-fall-fuer-zwei.tl Retrieved on August 25, 2014