List of sons and daughters of the city of Krefeld
The following important people were born in Krefeld , Uerdingen (before the city merger in 1929) or Hüls (before the regional reform in 1975) (listed chronologically by birthday):
Until the 19th century
- 1171, Otto von Linn † 1219, crusader in the 3rd crusade and founder of Linn Castle
- Johannes Thomae † 1441, Vicar General of the Archbishop of Cologne
- 1649, Abraham Isacks op den Graeff , † March 25, 1731 in Perkiomen / USA, linen weaver, early emigrant, initiator of the first protests against slavery
- 1769, Friedrich Heinrich of Friedrich von der Leyen to Bloemersheim, † December 25, 1825, popularly known as Silk Baron called
- 1770, Friedrich Wilhelm Hoeninghaus , † July 13, 1854, entrepreneur, naturalist and fossil collector
- 1777, Robin von Konow , † 1832, poet and important city architect cf. historical city book of Krefeld
- 1778, July 5, Friedrich Heydweiller ; † March 31, 1848, district administrator in Krefeld and Lennep.
- 1781, June 8, Cornelius de Greiff , † April 16, 1863, benefactor of the city, silk manufacturer
- 1783, April 22, Adam Franz Friedrich Leydel , † September 11, 1838 in Aachen, architect and master builder
- 1785, January 18, Samuel Muller , † 1875, Mennonite theologian
- 1785, June 12, Konrad Melsbach , † 1840, District Administrator of the Krefeld district
- 1787, February 7, Jakob Benjamin Heydweiller , † July 28, 1836 in Düsseldorf, district administrator of the Krefeld district
- 1801, December 13, Hermann von Beckerath , † May 12, 1870, Krefeld banker and Reich Finance Minister 1848/49
- 1801, Thierry Hermès , † 1878 in Neuilly, founder of the Hermès fashion company in Paris.
- 1812, January 15, Wilhelm von Abbema , † November 8, 1889, painter, engraver and etcher.
- 1814, June 13, Carl von Rigal , † 1884 in Bonn, district administrator
- 1814, October 12, Marianne Rhodius , b. de Greiff, † November 2, 1902, wealthy Krefeld citizen who made a name for herself with significant donations to promote welfare and culture
- 1821, April 4, Heinrich Band , † December 2, 1860, co-inventor of the bandoneon
- 1825, July 15, Wilhelm Jentges , † June 16, 1884, entrepreneur and local politician
- 1829, March 7, Eduard Vogel , † 1856, Africa researcher
- 1830, July 6, Wilhelm Leopold Janssen , † December 16, 1900 in Aachen, administrative officer, district administrator and politician
- 1844, June 30, Conrad Tack , † March 4, 1919 in Berlin-Strausberg, manufacturer - co-founder of the "Conrad Tack & Cie." Shoe factory in Burg (near Magdeburg)
- 1844, November 9, Emil Küchler , † February 7, 1885 in Halle (Saale), typesetter, anarchist assassin
- 1845, August 16, Josef Diebels , founder of the Diebels brewery in Issum
- 1852, June 19, Carl Johann Heinrich Scheibler , † December 12, 1920 in Cologne, fertilizer manufacturer
- 1852, November 26th, Heinrich Schrörs , † June 11th 1928 in Bonn, Roman Catholic priest and theologian
- 1853, March 9, Heinrich Joeppen , † February 22, 1927 in Krefeld-Hüls, priest and bishop
- 1853, September 18, Alexander Trappen , † November 29, 1930 in Bielefeld, architect
- 1856, September 13, Arthur Peter König , † October 26, 1901 in Berlin, physicist
- 1863, April 7th, Adolf Müller-Krefeld , sculptor in Berlin
- 1857, November 23, Johannes Blum , † March 22, 1946, politician (center), member of the Reichstag
- 1873, February 19, Helene von Beckerath , † 1946 in Frankfurt am Main, sculptor and painter
- 1874, May 19, Wilhelm Cremer , † July 11, 1932 in Berlin, writer and translator
- 1875, August 22, Gustav Adolf Bredow , † April 23, 1950 in Stuttgart, sculptor and medalist
- 1876, August 24, Carl Wilhelm Wirtz , † February 18, 1939 Hamburg, astronomer
- 1876, September 2, Friedrich Wolters , † April 14, 1930 in Munich, historian, poet and translator
- 1878, June 26, Leopold Löwenheim , † May 5, 1957, Berlin, mathematician; Löwenheim's theorem
- 1879, June 21, Georg Scheu , † November 2, 1949 in Alzey, winemaker; developed the Scheurebe, Huxelrebe and other grape varieties
- 1879, September 24, Heinrich Pützhofen-Esters , † September 14, 1957 in Selters, landscape, vedute and stage painter as well as graphic artist of the Düsseldorf School
- 1879, Paul Pützhofen-Hambüchen , † 1933 or 1939 in Bad Godesberg, landscape painter of the Düsseldorf School
- 1880, June 1, Heinrich Nauen , † November 26, 1940 in Kalkar, main exponent of Rhenish Expressionism , friends a. a. with Helmuth and August Macke, Emil Nolde, Heinrich Campendonk and Franz Marc
- 1881, July 28, Johannes Mölders , † June 29, 1943, Roman Catholic clergyman and church musician as well as collegiate bandmaster at Aachen Cathedral and cathedral bandmaster at Cologne Cathedral
- 1881, April 19, Ernst Wilhelm Schneppenhorst , † April 23 or 24, 1945 in Berlin, trade unionist, social democratic politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism.
- 1882, August 19, Ludwig Beltz , † September 13, 1944 in Aachen, internist and medical director
- 1882, June 15, Franz Hartz , † February 15, 1953, Roman Catholic pastor, father of the expellees
- 1884, November 15, Hanns Heinz Josten , † November 5, 1964 in Stuttgart, art historian
- 1885, September 2, Hans Kruzwicki , † October 17, 1971 in Düsseldorf, visual artist (painter)
- 1885, October 8, Otto Schönhagen , † January 10, 1954 in Koblenz, architect and politician (CDU)
- 1887, February 7, Walter Janssen , † January 1, 1976 in Munich, actor and director
- 1888, February 16, Jan Hubert Pinand , † October 2, 1958 in Darmstadt, architect and university professor
- 1888, June 24, Ernst Holla , † March 18, 1963 in Düsseldorf, politician (CDU)
- 1889, July 16, Hans Ellenbeck , † January 27, 1959 in Strümp, politician (DNVP), member of the Reichstag
- 1889, July 31, Erwin von Beckerath , † November 23, 1964 in Bad Godesberg, economist
- 1889, November 3, Heinrich Campendonk , † May 9, 1957 in Amsterdam, painter and graphic artist (stylized people and animals; apse window of Bonn Minster); Main representative of German Expressionism, friends a. a. with Helmuth and August Macke, Emil Nolde, Heinrich Nauen and Franz Marc
- 1891, July 18, Helmuth Macke , † September 8, 1936 in Hemmenhofen, painter, cousin of the painter August Macke , exponent of Expressionism and Constructivism
- 1891, December 17, Karl Emil Schäfer , † July 5, 1917, successful fighter pilot in World War I and holder of the Pour le Mérite order , flew with the Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen in World War I
- 1892, February 1, Rudolf Mengelberg , † October 13, 1959 in Monaco, Monte Carlo, composer and musicologist
- 1893, November 20, Wilhelm Plös , † February 17, 1971 in Málaga, Spain, politician (BHE), from 1951 to 1955 member of the state parliament in Lower Saxony
- 1894, May 23, Käthe Bauer-Mengelberg , † April 22, 1968 in New York, USA, German sociologist
- 1894, July 30, Carl Feckes , † March 8, 1958, Catholic theologian
- 1894, August 27, Walter Kieser , sculptor, resident in Dresden since 1921
- 1895, February 3, Alfred Meyer , † September 27, 1990 in London, German-British psychiatrist, neurologist and university professor
- 1895, February 10, Hans Gustav Röhr , † 1937, car designer
- 1895, September 4, Erich Weise , † April 10, 1972 in Hanover, historian and archivist
- 1895, December 26th, Fritz Huhnen , artist, stage designer, author (Gute, Böse and Krefelder), illustrator (Palmström and others), bon vivant, † 1981 in Willich
- 1896, September 28, Hermann J. Giskes , † August 28, 1977, Lieutenant Colonel of the Wehrmacht and head of the German military counter-espionage in the occupied Netherlands
- 1896, September 29, Heinrich Kamps , † December 21, 1954 in Düsseldorf, painter, professor and director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy.
- 1897, April 13, Werner Voß , † September 23, 1917, fighter pilot in World War I and holder of the order Pour le Mérite .
- 1897, May 1, Otto Brües , † April 18, 1967, writer
- 1897, September 26, Victor Otto Stomps , † March 4, 1970 in Berlin, pseudonym: VauO , publisher and writer
- 1900, October 10, Karl Kaufmann , † December 4, 1969 in Hamburg, Nazi Gauleiter in Hamburg
20th century
1901-1920
- 1901, January 5, Heinrich Adolfs , † December 16, 1964 in Essen-Werden, sculptor and painter
- 1901, August 29, Aurel Billstein , † February 12, 1996; Krefeld politician (KPD) and honorary citizen, resistance fighter, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- 1901, November 21, Johannes Driesch , † February 18, 1930 in Erfurt, visual artist
- 1902, February 7th Heinz Baumeister , † March 13th 1969, state politician (SPD / SED), journalist and President of the Thuringian Chamber of Crafts
- 1902, March 28, Heinz Huppertz , † August 17, 1972, jazz and entertainment musician
- 1902, December 25, Theodor Heinrich Bongartz , May 15, 1945 in Heilbronn-Böckingen, SS-Oberscharführer and head of the crematorium in the Dachau concentration camp
- 1904, March 31, Heinrich Pahlings , † May 2, 1947 in the Eselheide internment camp, politician (NSDAP) and SA leader
- 1905, March 23, Maria Madlen Madsen , † March 23, 1990 in Frankfurt am Main, soprano, theater and television actress
- 1905, June 17, Helmut Hentrich , † February 7, 2001 in Düsseldorf, architect
- 1905, July 8, Günther Blum , † August 3, 1973, politician (NSDAP) and Hitler Youth leader
- 1905, November 29, Willi Stech , † April 28, 1979 in Ehrenstetten, pianist, band leader and composer
- 1905, December 14, Herbert Krüger , † April 25, 1989 in Hamburg, legal scholar and university professor
- 1906, June 6, Max August Zorn , † March 9, 1993 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA, Professor of Mathematics
- 1907, November 1, Theo Akkermann , † August 1, 1982, sculptor
- 1907, November 17, Rudolf Hirsch , † June 7, 1998 in Berlin, German-Jewish writer and journalist
- 1907, December 11, Ulrich Crämer , † 1992, historian and university professor
- 1909, April 10, Herbert Kleinewefers , † August 18, 2006, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1909, December 23, Heinrich Stiegemann , † May 17, 1989 in Warstein, architect and church builder
- 1910, April 14th, Kurt Feltz , † August 3rd, 1982 in Mallorca, songwriter
- 1911, May 26, Marta Hillers ; † June 16, 2001 in Basel, journalist
- 1911, August 26th, Erich Arndt (1911–?), Track cyclist
- 1911, October 29, Hans-Wilhelm Klein ; † November 3, 1992 in Aachen, Romance studies, Medieval studies, linguist and university professor
- 1911, November 11, Martha Genenger , † August 1, 1995 in Moers, swimmer
- 1912, January 27 in Uerdingen, Werner Ross , † July 16, 2002 in Munich, writer and literary scholar, winner of the Niederrheinischer Literaturpreis
- 1912, April 25 in Uerdingen, Adolf Luther , † September 20, 1990, lawyer, artist and sculptor
- 1912, May 13, Felix Kracht , † October 3, 2002 in Kirchweyhe, aviation pioneer and leading developer at the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus
- 1912, May 19, Alice Franz , † September 23, 2011 in Munich, actress and voice actress
- 1913, November 28, Klaus-Peter Bruns , † May 12, 1911 in Göttingen, farmer and politician (SPD)
- 1917, December 6, Hans Verbeek , † December 13, 1966 in Bonn, Member of the Bundestag
- 1919, October 29, Father Sigbert Wagener , † April 13, 2004, Capuchin, priest, educator, scientist and conservationist. He became known as an entomologist.
- 1920, January 20, Günter Vogelsang , † March 16, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Manager
- 1920, April 25, Ernst Loewy , † September 17, 2002 in Frankfurt am Main, librarian, author and researcher in exile
1921-1940
- 1921, January 29, Wilhelm Harder , † February 27, 2009 in Tübingen, zoologist
- 1921, May 12th, Joseph Beuys , † January 23rd 1986 in Düsseldorf, painter, sculptor and action artist, usually gave Kleve as the place of birth
- 1922, June 1, Ulrich Klever , † February 11, 1990 in Sankt Georgen (Chiemgau), writer and journalist
- 1922, December 3, Walter Kremershof , † September 17, 1997 in Krefeld, ice hockey player
- 1923, July 8, Gisbert Poensgen , † May 30, 2011 in Berlin, legal scholar and ambassador
- 1923, March 30, Käthe Franke , † July 4, 2012 in Willich, local politician and honorary citizen in Willich
- 1924, March 27, Herbert Zangs , † March 26, 2003 in Krefeld, painter; 1952 Art Prize of the City of Krefeld
- 1925, March 14th, Bert Even , † March 12th, 2016, politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Federal Chairman of the Junge Union, President of the Federal Compensation Office
- 1925, July 11, Ruth Niehaus , † September 24, 1994 in Hamburg, actress and director
- 1925, December 1, Manfred Köhnlechner , † April 10, 2002 in Grünwald near Munich, publishing manager and naturopath (alternative medicine)
- 1928, May 10, Hans Noever , director (Tatort), Grimme Prize winner
- 1929, March 15, Elmar Stöcker , † January 18, 1984 in West Berlin, pathologist and cell biologist
- 1929, December 19, Hans Hubberten , † June 11, 1988 in Bad Kohlgrub, television screenwriter
- 1930, February 26, Ruth-Margret Pütz , † April 1, 2019 in Stuttgart, opera singer (soprano) and singing teacher
- 1931, April 25, Hans Georg Pescher , ice hockey player and coach
- 1931, June 5, Ulli Jansen , † July 19, 2006 in Krefeld, ice hockey goalkeeper, 71-time national player
- 1932, June 2, Reinhard Feinendegen , † April 5, 2012, local history researcher
- 1933, November 21, Klaus Weyers , † January 24, 2019, Catholic clergyman and author
- 1934, October 22, Franz-Josef Wolfframm , † July 3, 2015 in Rheinberg, football player
- 1935, January 31, Edmund Erlemann , † November 4, 2015 in Mönchengladbach, socially committed Roman Catholic priest
- 1935, May 14th, Max Kaase , political and social scientist, founder of the ZDF research group Wahlen
- 1935, Klaus Otten (pseudonym: 'Klaus Krüllsburg'), † October 2006, Krefeld dialect poet and town clerk in Krefeld dialect ( Krieewelsch )
- 1936, January 30, Fritz Pölking , † July 16, 2007 in Greven, photographer
- 1936, November 21, Karl Heinz Burmeister , † December 12, 2014 in Lindau, lawyer, historian and heraldist
- 1937, Theodor Pelster , lecturer for teacher training events and author
- 1937, February 17th, Uwe Kiessler , architect
- 1937, May 24th, Klaus Wittmann , literary translator
- 1937, September 2, Hans Bols , † August 14, 2005 in Krefeld, one of the main actors of the Cologne Carnival
- 1939, March 23rd, Jochen Neerpasch , automobile racing driver and motorsport manager
- 1939, August 21, Michael Cromer , † September 4, 2007 in Munich, entrepreneur, founder of the MCM fashion brand
- 1939, September 14, Eckard Sinzig , writer
- 1940, December 4, Ingo von Hagen , † March 12, 2017 in Krefeld, Metallurg
1941-1960
- 1941, January 12, Hans Georg Koch , † September 9, 2005 in Athens, musician and composer
- 1941, January 31, Ina Bauer , † December 13, 2014 in Krefeld, German champion in figure skating
- 1941, May 31, Hans Neuenfels , theater director
- 1941, July 2nd, Jochen Bludau , television presenter
- 1942, May 12, Wiltrud Urselmann , swimmer, silver medalist at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome
- 1942, May 14, Dieter Pützhofen , politician (CDU), 1981–1989 and 1994–2004 mayor of Krefeld
- 1942, June 8, Rüdiger Dornbusch , † July 25, 2002 in Washington DC, economist (macroeconomics), professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1942, June 21, Helmut Linssen , CDU politician, 2005–2010 State Finance Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1942, July 3rd, Lothar Claesges , racing cyclist, several m. German champion and Olymp. Gold medal Tokyo 1964
- 1942, October 10, Gisa Hausmann , † October 10, 2015 in Berlin, painter and interior designer
- 1943, October 29, Sigi Busch , jazz musician
- 1944, April 14th, Felix Kamphausen , writer
- 1944, May 23, Klaus Evertz , † May 13, 2016 in Krefeld, lawyer and politician
- 1945, Ulrich F. Opfermann , historian and author
- 1946, February 23, Bodo H. Hauser , † July 22, 2004, journalist and television presenter
- 1946, April 3, Heinrich Giskes , actor and director
- 1946, August 20, Ralf Hütter , founding member of the Kraftwerk group
- 1947, Margot Overath , journalist and feature writer
- 1947, February 16, Werner Heinrichs , Rector of the State University for Music and the Performing Arts in Stuttgart
- 1947, October 8, Peter Heesen , since 2003 Federal Chairman of the German Association of Civil Servants
- 1948, September 21, Edgar Franzmann , journalist and author
- 1949, January 19, Anselm Doering-Manteuffel , contemporary historian
- 1950, Michael Lohberg , † April 4, 2011 in Florida, swimming coach
- 1950, March 2, Heiner Bayer , † February 18, 2015 in Hamburg, ice hockey player
- 1951, October 24th, Dietmar Riemer , radio journalist
- 1952, March 8, Werner Pepels , science author Marketing / Management
- 1952, June 21, Herbert Genzmer , writer and translator
- 1952, September 17, Norbert Walter-Borjans , SPD politician, Finance Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia 2010–17
- 1953, Brigitte ES Jansen , bioethicist
- 1953, Reinhard Müller , architect and urban planner
- 1954, September 17th, Albert Oehlen , artist
- 1955, September 26th, Andrea Claßen , lawyer and writer
- 1955, November 15, Bodo Witzke , documentary filmmaker
- 1956, Gerd Grochowski , † January 16, 2017 in Mainz, opera singer
- 1956, Markus Oehlen , artist
- 1956, June 17th, Albert Dohmen , opera singer
- 1956, February 19, Michael Pauen , philosopher and professor
- 1956, November 5, Bernward Dörner , contemporary historian and anti-Semitism researcher
- 1956, December 9, Ulrich Peltzer , writer
- 1957, Rudolf van Hüllen , political scientist
- 1957, Michael Schumacher , architect
- 1957, March 14th, Achim Konejung , author, musician and cabaret artist
- 1957, October 6th, Wolfgang Griesert , Lord Mayor of Osnabrück
- 1958, Christoph Redies , anatomist and neuroscientist
- 1958, April 10, Brigitte Holzapfel (after marriage to Kurschilgen ), high jumper
- 1958, July 5th, Jürgen Paas , artist
- 1958, February 26, Bernd Liffers , church musician
- 1958, July 27, Margarethe Schreinemakers , television presenter
- 1959, Paul G. Ulrich , jazz musician
- 1959, April 16, Stefan Hecker , † August 19, 2019 in Essen, handball goalkeeper
- 1959, August 1st, Karl Borsch , auxiliary bishop and resident cathedral chapter in the diocese of Aachen
1961-1980
- 1961, January 28, Elke Schmitter , writer
- 1961, January 2nd, Ingo Lenßen , lawyer, TV series Lenßen & Partner
- 1961, August 24, Kirsten Heisig , lawyer
- 1961, October 20th Thomas Birk , politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- 1961, October 29, Kai-Uwe Ricke , former CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG
- 1961, November 27th, Michael Brügger , † June 29th, 2009, bodybuilder and powerlifter
- 1961, December 13th, Michael Krücker , concert pianist, composer
- 1961, December 24th, Frank Mattern , Germany boss at McKinsey & Company
- 1962, Peter Joch , art historian and museum curator
- 1962, October 6, Werner Baumann , Manager, Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG since 2016
- 1963, February 16, Iris Kammerer , writer
- 1963, August 15, Gregor Kathstede , Lord Mayor of the City of Krefeld
- 1964, July 12, Marlis Hochbruck , mathematician
- 1965, April 14, Michael B. Klein (* 1965), historian, science manager and university professor
- 1965, November 4, Christina von Hodenberg , historian
- 1966, Bernhard Hennen , fantasy author
- 1966, Stefanie Lieb , art and architecture scholar
- 1966, January 28th, Andrea Berg , pop singer, six-time Echo winner
- 1966, April 26th, Stephan Kessler , Baltist and university professor
- 1966, April 30, Ulle Schauws , German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen)
- 1966, October 8th, Olaf Janßen , soccer player and coach
- 1966, October 8th, Heiko Pinkowski , actor, screenwriter and film producer
- 1966, December 30th, Thomas Hoeps , writer
- 1967, Hans-Werner Huppertz , classical guitarist and university professor
- 1967, April 24th, Oliver Hörner , actor
- 1967, May 26th, Christoph Kreutzer , former ice hockey player
- 1968, May 20, Olaf Mast , handball player and coach
- 1969, Daniela Kletzke , radio play director
- 1970, March 11th, Thomen Stauch , metal drummer
- 1971, February 23, Carsten Rüger , TV presenter and reporter
- 1971, September 30th, Patrick Bialdyga , theater director
- 1972, May 6, Christian Becker , film producer
- 1972, November 18, Marc Margielsky , painter, designer and author
- 1973, January 22nd, André Grein , ice hockey player
- 1973, April 25, Barbara Rittner , former professional tennis player, team leader in the German Fed Cup
- 1974, Anastasia Biefang , first German trans commander in the Bundeswehr
- 1974, July 14th, Frank Meyer , politician, Lord Mayor of Krefeld
- 1974, October 16, Christoph Strasser , writer
- 1975, November 14th, Jens Kipper , actor and director
- 1976, November 3rd, Christian Breuer , speed skater
- 1977, October 14th, Markus Ehrhardt , songwriter, lyricist and book author
- 1978, February 17th, Mira Bartuschek , theater and film actress
- 1978, May 24th, Caroline Casaretto , hockey player and gold medal winner with the German national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
- 1979, May 4, Martin Hyun , former ice hockey player of Korean descent and writer
- 1980, February 20th, Anne Poleska , vice-world champion in the 200 m breaststroke, bronze medal winner at the 2004 Olympic Games, active spokesperson for the German Swimming Association
- 1980, May 29, Dagmar Geppert , actress and radio play speaker, 2014 winner of the Ruhr Prize for Art and Science from the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr
1981-2000
- 1982, April 20, Dennis Leyckes , decathlete
- 1982, September 18, War and Friday (Tobias Vogel), cartoonist
- 1982, November 26th, Juliane Schenk , badminton player
- 1983, May 2, Ahmet Cebe , football player
- 1983, September 13th, Haiko Hirsch , ice hockey player
- 1983, September 23, Jochen Urban , Riemenruderer
- 1985, August 4th, Monika Kruszona , national water polo player
- 1985, August 16, Sascha Klör , tennis player
- 1986, March 6th, Michael Neupert , theater and television actor, director and author
- 1986, March 7th, Dennis Gehlen , esports commentator
- 1986, December 9th, Daniel Pietta , ice hockey player of the Krefeld Pinguine
- 1987, January 30th, Philipp Gruissem , poker player
- 1988, July 5th, Julia Sontag , actress
- 1988, April 29th, Sebastian Staudt , ice hockey goalkeeper
- 1990, March 15, Philip Riefers , ice hockey player
- 1991, May 10th, Aline Focken , wrestler
- 1991, June 5th, Lisa Schmidla , rower
- 1992, March 30, Jannis Niewöhner , actor
- 1992, September 22nd, Philip Hindes , British-German track cyclist
- 1994, July 20, Koray Kaçınoğlu , football player
- 1994, October 27, Timur Oruz , hockey player
- 1994, December 14th, Niklas Wellen , hockey player
- 1997, February 5, Selin Oruz , hockey player
- 1998, July 2nd, Marcel Benger , football player
Connected to Krefeld
Close ties with Krefeld include:
- Jan Thorn Prikker (born June 5, 1868 in The Hague; † March 5, 1932 in Cologne), Dutch Art Nouveau artist, 1904–1910 teacher at the craft and applied arts school in Krefeld, teacher of Heinrich Campendonk and Helmuth Macke
- Karl Buschhüter (born September 3, 1872; † August 21, 1956 in Krefeld), architect, pioneer of organic building and life reformer
- Johannes Itten (born November 11, 1888 in Süderen-Linden, Switzerland, † March 25, 1967 in Zurich), Swiss artist; 1932 to 1938 directed the higher technical school for textile surface art in Krefeld, there 1933–1936 teacher of Heinz Trökes (1913–1997)
- Werner Rittberger (* 1891 in Berlin; † 1975), figure skater, lived and died in Krefeld ; Inventor and namesake of the Rittberger jump
- Julius Stockhausen (born April 20, 1851 in Lindlar near Cologne, † June 12, 1920 in Halle an der Saale), buried on June 17, 1920 in Krefeld. Stockhausen was the founder of the Crefeld soap factory Stockhausen & Traiser KG, the forerunner of the current Stockhausen GmbH.
- August Heinrich Berger (* 1866 in Elsterwerda ; † 1932) worked for a long time as a district doctor in Krefeld.
- Gerhard Kadow (* 1909 in Uelzen; † 1981 in Krefeld) was a painter, graphic artist and textile artist.
- Paul Wember (* 1913 in Recklinghausen, † 1987 in Krefeld) was a German art historian, museum director, curator and author.