List of sons and daughters of the city of Bottrop
The list of sons and daughters of the city of Bottrop includes important personalities who were born in Bottrop .
Until 1800
- around 1500 - Johann Klopreis , Baptist apostle , executed in Cologne in 1535
19th century
- 1875, February 14th - Bernhard Röttgen , priest and local history researcher († June 4, 1955)
- 1877, April 19 - Hermann Lange-Hegermann , businessman and politician (center) († May 10, 1961)
- 1878, July 19 - Franz Hoowaarts , Steyler missionary, Bishop of Tsaochow (China) († March 24, 1954)
- 1888, March 19 - Josef Albers , painter, graphic artist, designer, art educator († March 25, 1976)
- 1890, January 14th - Franz Große-Perdekamp , educator, art historian and writer († December 30, 1952)
- 1894, March 5 - Friedrich Boeckenhoff , administrative lawyer and district administrator († July 12, 1974)
- 1899, January 27 - Hieronymus Engberding OSB, Benedictine monk and Catholic liturgical scholar († May 20, 1969)
20th century
1901 to 1950
- 1902, November 26 - Stanisław Wierzbica , Catholic priest and Pallottine († May 10, 1977)
- 1906, July 20 - Heinz Ludwig Hermann Krekeler , physical chemist, politician and ambassador († August 5, 2003)
- 1910, August 17 - Heinrich Hoffmann , naval officer, most recently sea captain of the German Navy († January 29, 1998)
- 1913, December 16 - Grete Thiele , member of the first German Bundestag († December 29, 1993)
- 1914, December 15 - Peter Kniest , chess composer († December 15, 1993)
- 1916, February 14 - Oskar Wielgos , chess composer († November 5, 1986)
- 1922, November 9th - Edeltraud Forster , Benedictine, former abbess of Eibingen († March 28, 2019)
- 1924, March 12th - Gregor Steffens , lawyer and judge at the Federal Social Court († December 15, 2012)
- 1928, October 31 - August Everding , director, general manager of the Hamburg State Opera 1973-77, general manager of the Bavarian State Theater († January 26, 1999)
- 1929, July 16 - Günther Schacht , Honorary Chairman of the CDA Saarland, Minister for the Environment, Regional Planning and Construction from 1974 to 1984 († November 14, 2012)
- 1929, September 30th - Erich Hochstädt , professor emeritus, dean and rector of the University of Applied Sciences Wilhelmshaven
- 1930, August 12 - Bernhard Brinkert , politician († October 3, 2015)
- 1931, March 30th - Hilde Gröber , table tennis player
- 1932, March 29 - Theo Kolkenbrock , football player
- 1933, August 19 - Helga Matura , prostitute and murder victim († January 27, 1966)
- 1934, March 3 - Franz-Josef Mertens , politician (SPD)
- 1935 - Diethard Zils OP , Roman Catholic priest and religious
- 1937, June 22nd - Ernst Löchelt , local politician (SPD), City Director from 1987 to 1995 and Lord Mayor of Bottrop from 1995 to 2004 († August 23, 2014)
- 1938, June 29 - Werner Kubek , football player († July 11, 2020)
- 1938, November 3rd - Bernhard Korte , mathematician and computer scientist
- 1939, June 20 - Renate Thyssen-Henne , entrepreneur
- 1940, March 6th - Friedhelm Mennekes SJ , Catholic theologian, priest and art expert
- 1940, May 15 - Claus Spahn , journalist and author
- 1940, September 25 - Werner Münch , Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt (1991–1993)
- 1942, April 26 - Werner Biskup , football player and coach († June 22, 2014)
- 1943, March 3 - Dieter Renz , amateur boxer and Olympic participant († August 16, 1969)
- 1943, October 6th - Klaus Beckfeld , soccer player
- 1943, June 24th - Fred-Werner Bockholt , football player
- 1945, October 16 - Klaus Stallmann , politician (CDU)
- 1947, March 25th - Josef Wintjes , magazine publisher of the counterculture scene of the 1970s and 1980s († September 24, 1995)
- 1948, May 9th - Hans Georg Bock , mathematician and computer scientist
- 1948, September 6 - Andy Vine , author and poet († October 5, 1985)
- 1948, September 29th - Theo Jörgensmann , jazz musician
- 1949, March 6th - Werner Streletz , journalist and writer
- 1950, April 12 - Werner Boschmann , publisher and author
1951 to 2000
- 1951, March 7th - Franz-Josef Brüggemeier , historian
- 1952 - Ludger Jochmann ('Knister'), children's book author
- 1952, February 23 - Rainer Krack , travel book author and photographer with a focus on Thailand, Singapore, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- 1952, April 10th - Udo Sträter , Protestant theologian, professor and from 2010 to 2018 rector at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- 1952, September 27 - Paul Holz , former football player († December 2017)
- 1953, May 8 - Bettina Brandi , theater scholar († June 18, 2019)
- 1953, May 26th - Martin Honert , artist, professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
- 1954 - Franziska Lukas , nun, abbess of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Scholastica, Burg
- 1954, August 18 - Cornelia Ruhkemper , politician (SPD) and since June 8, 2005 member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1954, August 20 - Helma Türk , b. Süß, film historian, author, artist
- 1954, December 24th - Ulrike Kriener , actress
- 1954, March 3rd - Dieter Drabiniok , former member of the German Bundestag and founding member of the Green Party
- 1954, September 19 - Manfred Dubski , former soccer player, now coach
- 1955 - Claus-Michael Hüssen , archaeologist
- 1955, February 8th - Christoph Gusy , lawyer
- 1956, May 1st - Michael Schophaus , journalist and book author
- 1957 - Helmut Gote , journalist and cooking critic
- 1957, January 27th - Thomas Spahn , television presenter and journalist
- 1958, May 2 - Jürgen Sekula , German soccer player
- 1959, May 26th - Torsten Kyon , comic artist , illustrator and art teacher
- 1960 - Frank Golischewski , author, composer, director, pianist and cabaret artist
- 1960, May 23 - Michael Gerdes , politician
- 1960, November 26th - Thomas Göddertz , politician (SPD)
- 1961 - Lutz Budraß , historian
- 1961 - Christoph Mecking , law professor
- 1961, May 17th - Gisela Kinzel , track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- 1962, May 6th - Norbert Heisterkamp , actor
- 1963, March 11th - Markus Becker , football player
- 1963 April 27th - Pascal Notthoff , football player
- 1963, August 22nd - Dirk Bakalorz , football player
- 1963, October 5th - Frank Becker , historian and university professor
- 1964 - Wolfgang Klein , bank manager
- 1964, January 19th - Thomas Loose , canoeist
- 1964, November 8th - Ludger Klimek , German physician, non-fiction author, university professor and publicist
- 1964, November 24th - Frank Buschmann , TV presenter and sports commentator
- 1965, June 25th - Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser , archaeologist
- 1965, December 15 - Markus Günther , author and journalist
- 1966 - Jens Schulte-Bockum, former CEO of Vodafone GmbH
- 1966, January 14th - Christian Scheuss , author
- 1968, December 30th - DJ Hooligan , actually Frank Tomiczek, DJ and producer of techno music
- 1969 - Thomas Nöske , author and cultural critic
- 1970, Aug 27 - Kelly Trump , a native of Nicole Heyka, presenter and former porn actress
- 1970, October 17 - David Schraven , author and journalist
- 1974, February 3 - Nils Julius , actor
- 1974 May 29 - Oliver Fleischer , actor
- 1977, March 19 - Michael Hegemann , national handball player
- 1980 - January 26th, Frank Lukas , singer, lyricist and composer
- 1982 - Benjamin Eisenberg , political cabaret artist
- 1985, March 7th - Thomas Hohler , musical actor and singer
- 1985, May 29th - Maike Daniels , handball player
- 1989, October 27th - Kathrin van Kampen , soccer player
- 1989, December 30th - Fatih Candan , German-Turkish soccer player
- 1991, January 9th - Stefanie Horn , canoeist
- 1993, January 18 - Kudret Kanoğlu , football player
- 1995, July 11th - Christina Dierkes , soccer player
- 1996, December 15 - Maurice Multhaup , football player
- 1998 May 29 - Felix Passlack , soccer player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rainer Krack on Reise-know-how.de