List of sons and daughters of the city of Wuppertal

The list of the sons and daughters of the city of Wuppertal contains an overview of important personalities born in the urban area of ​​today's Wuppertal , listed chronologically according to the year of birth. It is irrelevant whether or not the people later had their sphere of activity in Wuppertal. Many moved away in the course of their lives and only gained notoriety elsewhere.

Explanation

The columns mean:

*	The person's year of birth
Where	The person's place of birth
†	The year of death of the person
who	Name of the person
What was she / he ...?	Brief description
portrait	Portrait of the person

Only the person's name is linked. To find out more details of the person, such as the exact date of birth or death and place, please go to the linked article. It is also advisable to call up the linked article to view the portrait.

Even if only the years are listed, the lines are sorted chronologically if the exact date is known.

The list does not claim to be complete.

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List of sons and daughters of the city of Wuppertal

*	Where	†	who	What is / was he / she ...?	portrait
15 ...		15 ...	16th Century
1590	Elberfeld	1658	Caspar Sibel	Reformed theologian
1590	Elberfeld	1638	Werner Teschenmacher	Humanist and Reformed theologian
16 ...		16 ...	17th century
1649	Barmen	1723	Johannes Wülfing	Mayor of Elberfeld
1657	Elberfeld	1727	Kaspar Teschemacher	Mayor of Elberfeld
1660	Elberfeld	1718	Peter Schenk the Elder	Engraver and cartographer
1661	Elberfeld	1746	Johann Wilhelm on the Heyden	Mayor of Elberfeld
1669	Barmen	1742	Johann Kaspar Wuppermann	Mayor of Elberfeld
1670	Elberfeld	1721	Anton Siebel	Mayor of Elberfeld
1675	Elberfeld	1750	Johannes Bernsau	Mayor of Elberfeld
1675	Elberfeld	1742	Johann Kaspar Ophoff	Mayor of Elberfeld
1679	Barmen	1759	Johann Rütger Wuppermann	Mayor of Elberfeld
1680	Elberfeld	1756	Abraham Lüttringhausen	Mayor of Elberfeld
1682	Elberfeld	1731	Johann Gottfried Wülfing	Mayor of Elberfeld
1684	Elberfeld	1735	Johannes Conrads	Mayor of Elberfeld
1685	Elberfeld	1748	Johann Gottfried Lucas	Mayor of Elberfeld
1687	Düssel	1757	Peter Silberberg	Mayor of Elberfeld
1687	Elberfeld	1756	Peter Cappel	Mayor of Elberfeld
1688	Elberfeld	1754	Peter Plücker	Mayor of Elberfeld
1690	Elberfeld	1749	Johann Kaspar Bosselmann	Mayor of Elberfeld
1690	Ronsdorf	1750	Elias Eller	Bandmaker and sect founder
1694	Elberfeld	1763	Peter de Weerth	Mayor of Elberfeld
1696	Elberfeld	1760	Peter of Carnap	Mayor of Elberfeld
1696	Elberfeld	1757	Bernhard Meyer	Mayor of Elberfeld
1698	Elberfeld	1743	Anna Catharina vom Büchel	Prophetess, Zionite and Mother of Zion
1698	Elberfeld	1746	John of Carnap	Mayor of Elberfeld
1698	Elberfeld	1756	Christian Ludwig Frowein	Mayor of Elberfeld
17 ...		17 ...	18th century
1701	Elberfeld	1776	Peter Wülffing	Pastor in Elberfeld and Ronsdorf and co-founder of the Zionite sect in Ronsdorf
1703	Elberfeld	1768	Johann Peter de Landas	Mayor of Elberfeld
1705	Elberfeld	1768	Johann Jakob on the Heyden	Mayor of Elberfeld
1706	Elberfeld	1775	Engelbert Üllenberg	Mayor of Elberfeld
1707	Elberfeld	1777	Abraham Siebel	Mayor of Elberfeld
1708	Elberfeld	1782	Isaac locks	Mayor of Elberfeld
1709	Elberfeld	1768	Kaspar of Carnap	Mayor of Elberfeld
1709	Elberfeld	1776	Johann Wilhelm Siebel	Mayor of Elberfeld
1710	Elberfeld	1764	Johann Kaspar Cappel	Mayor of Elberfeld
1710	Elberfeld	1771	Johann Jakob Siebel	Mayor of Elberfeld
1710	Elberfeld	1774	Johann Abraham Schlieper	Mayor of Elberfeld
1711	Elberfeld	1782	Jacob Engelbert Teschemacher	Organ builder
1711	Elberfeld	1780	Johannes Plücker	Merchant and Mayor of Elberfeld
1714	Elberfeld	1788	Johann Abraham Lüttringhausen	Mayor of Elberfeld
1719	Elberfeld	1762	Jakob Sombart	Mayor of Elberfeld
1720	Elberfeld	1778	Johann Kaspar Bergmann	Mayor of Elberfeld
1721	Elberfeld	1784	Johann Wilhelm Brügelmann	Mayor of Elberfeld
1724	Barmen	1803	Samuel Collenbusch	Biblicist and an important exponent of Pietism
1726	Elberfeld	1809	Reinhard Noot	Mayor of Elberfeld
1726	Elberfeld	1797	Johann Peter Silberberg	Mayor of Elberfeld
1727	Elberfeld	1796	Johann Kaspar Eller	Mayor of Elberfeld
1729	Elberfeld	1802	Johann van der Beeck	Council relative and businessman
1732	Elberfeld	1802	Jakob Wortmann	Mayor of Elberfeld
1732	Elberfeld	1801	Johann Jakob Wülfing	Mayor of Elberfeld
1733	Elberfeld	1796	Abraham Kersten	Entrepreneur and banker
1733	Elberfeld	1796	Johannes Plücker	Merchant and Mayor of Elberfeld
1734	Elberfeld	1807	Caspar Kersten	Entrepreneur and banker
1736	Elberfeld	1808	Johann Rüttger Siebel	Mayor of Elberfeld
1736	Barmen	1800	Peter Engelbert Rübel	Mayor of Elberfeld
1737	Barmen	1809	Heinrich Wilhelm Hölterhoff	Mayor of Elberfeld
1739	Elberfeld	1813	Engelbert vom Bruck	Publicist and representative of the Enlightenment
1741	Elberfeld	1799	Werner de Weerth	Mayor of Elberfeld
1742	Elberfeld	1788	Johann Jakob locks	Mayor of Elberfeld
1743	Elberfeld	1792	Johann Wilhelm Siebel	Mayor of Elberfeld
1745	Elberfeld	1816	Jakob Lüttringhausen	Mayor of Elberfeld
1747	Elberfeld	1822	Karl locks	Mayor of Elberfeld
1749	Ronsdorf	1814	Johannes Eller	Mayor of Elberfeld
1750	Elberfeld	1802	Johann Gottfried Brügelmann	First industrialist outside of England
1750	Elberfeld	1820	Georg Friedrich Grohe	Merchant
1752	Elberfeld	1824	Peter Wilhelm von Carnap	Merchant, city judge and mayor
1753	Barmen	1821	Johann Caspar Engels	Textile entrepreneur
1753	Elberfeld	1807	Hieronymus Löschenkohl	Painter and engraver in Vienna
1755	Elberfeld	1823	Kaspar of Carnap	Mayor of Elberfeld
1756	Elberfeld	1805	Johann Adolf Stuttberg	Elberfeld merchant and mayor
1758	Elberfeld	1840	Meinhardt Bredt	Mayor of Elberfeld
1758	Elberfeld	1824	Carl Friedrich Brügelmann	Merchant and Mayor of Elberfeld
1758	Elberfeld	1821	Johann Engelbert Bergmann	Mayor of Elberfeld
1766	Barmen	1829	Abraham Frowein	Mayor of Elberfeld
1766	Elberfeld	1838	Abraham Peter of Carnap	Mayor of Elberfeld
1767	Elberfeld	1832	Daniel Heinrich von der Heydt	Entrepreneurs and politicians
1767	Elberfeld	1855	Peter de Weerth	Electoral Palatinate councilor, merchant and large landowner
1768	Elberfeld	1824	Peter Jakob Wortmann	Merchant and Mayor of Elberfeld
1768	Elberfeld	1825	Jakob Aders	Kaufmann, founder of the "Rheinisch-Westindische Kompagnie"
1768	Elberfeld	1835	Peter Karl Weber	Mayor of Elberfeld
1770	Elberfeld	1857	Johann Wilhelm Sondermann	Manufacturer
1773	Elberfeld	1857	Johann Peter Boelling	Entrepreneurs and politicians in Mönchengladbach
1774	Barmen	1836	Ferdinand Weerth	Theologian and school reformer in Lippe
1775	Elberfeld	1837	Johann Rütger Brüning	Lord Mayor
1776	Elberfeld	1852	Friedrich Ehrenberg	Reformed theologian and writer, court and cathedral preacher in Berlin
1778	Elberfeld	1853	Heinrich Schnabel	Prussian administrative officer
1777	Scholler	1846	Johann Friedrich Benzenberg	physicist
1780	Elberfeld	1842	Johann Friedrich Wülfing	Merchant and landowner
1782	Barmen	1855	Johannes Schuchard	Factory owner, businessman and politician
1784	Elberfeld	1831	Gerhard Siebel	Businessman, politician, diplomat and publicist
1786	Ronsdorf	1846	Carl Almenräder	Bassoonist and instrument maker
1793	Elberfeld	1871	Johann Adolf von Carnap	Lord Mayor of Elberfeld
1795	Elberfeld	1873	Carl Hecker	Entrepreneur in Elberfeld and President of the Elberfeld and Barmen Chamber of Commerce
1796	Barmen	1860	Friedrich Engels	Entrepreneur
1797	Barmen	1874	August Engels	Textile manufacturer and politician
1798	Elberfeld	1881	Jacob Wilhelm Haarhaus	Entrepreneur, city councilor and chamber of commerce president
1798	Elberfeld	1860	Karl Ludwig von Bruck	Politician
1799	Elberfeld	1875	Johann Wilhelm Kampf	Textile manufacturer and local politician
1799	Barmen	1879	Aloys Pollender	doctor
1799	Beyenburg	1858	Martin Wilhelm von Mandt	Mediciners
18 ...		18 ...	19th century
1801	Elberfeld	1874	August von der Heydt	Banker and Prussian Minister of Commerce and Finance
1801	Elberfeld	1868	Julius Plücker	Mathematician and physicist
1802	Elberfeld	1884	Johann Peter Lange	theologian
1802	Elberfeld	1874	Daniel von der Heydt	Banker, entrepreneur and politician
1803	Elberfeld	1870	Ludwig Simons	Lawyer and politician
1803	Barmen	1869	Christian Heyden	architect
1804	Elberfeld	1893	Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri	Auxiliary bishop and vicar general
1804	Barmen	1867	Charles Frédéric Dubois	Belgian naturalist
1805	Elberfeld	1894	Wilhelm Gustav Dyckerhoff	Entrepreneur, Dyckerhoff AG and one of the founders of Dywidag
1805	Elberfeld	1896	Peter Beising	theologian
1805	Barmen	1882	Friedrich von Eynern	Businessman and politician
1806	Elberfeld	1881	Carl von der Heydt	Banker and Bible Translator
1807	Elberfeld	1860	Karl Cramer	Businessman, journalist, editor, writer
1808	Elberfeld	1874	Friedrich Baudri	Painter, member of the Reichstag
181…		181…	19th century, 1810s
1810	Elberfeld	1872	August Hoffmann	Engraver from the Düsseldorf School of Painting
1810	Elberfeld	1889	Lorenz Chevalier	Politician (NLP), member of the Reichstag
1811	Barmen	1854	Otto Kohlrausch	doctor
1811	Elberfeld	1874	Hermann Püttmann	Democratic and socialist publicist
1813	Elberfeld	1882	Rudolph Schramm	Publicist and Politician
1813	Barmen	1888	Friedrich Evertsbusch	Pastors and politicians
1814	Barmen	1880	Julius Erbslöh I.	Factory owner and company founder
1814	Barmen	1894	Karl Otto Jakob Ewich	Doctor and balneologist
1814	Elberfeld	1895	Eduard Römer	Architect and master railroad builder
1815	Elberfeld	1896	Otto Wesendonck	Merchant and patron
1815	Elberfeld	1872	Johann Friedrich Raeder	Employee in a trading house, poet ("Harre my soul")
1816	Elberfeld	1891	Karl Friedrich Melbeck	Lawyer, district administrator and member of the Reichstag
1817	Elberfeld	1900	Hugo Wesendonck	Entrepreneurs and politicians
1817	Barmen	1895	Wilhelm August Bredt	Politician
1817	Elberfeld	1888	Friedrich Adolf Strauss	Protestant theologian
1818	Elberfeld	1890	Hermann vom Rath	Prussian manor owner and member of the Reichstag
1819	Elberfeld	1875	Johann Richard Seel	Painter and caricaturist (Der deutsche Michel)
182 ...		182 ...	19th century, 1820s
1820	Elberfeld	1885	Hermann Heinrich Becker	Politician, Lord Mayor of Dortmund and Cologne
1820	Barmen	1895	Friedrich Engels	Politician, economist, philosopher
1820	Elberfeld	1858	Adolf Schults	Merchant and Poet (The weavers have a bad time)
1821	Langerfeld	1876	Friedrich Weskott	Chemist
1823	Elberfeld	1904	Peter of Carnap	Landowners and politicians
1825	Elberfeld	1889	Heinrich Alexander Pagenstecher	Doctor and zoologist
1825	Barmen	1880	Friedrich Bayer	Industrialist
1825	Elberfeld	1887	Adolf Schlieper	Chemist and industrialist
1825	Elberfeld	1903	Aunt Hanna (Hanna Faust)	People's missionary
1826	Elberfeld	1901	Ernst Adolf Pagenstecher	Law scholar and university professor
1827	Barmen	1903	Ferdinand Heydrich	Businessman, politician and sculptor
1827	Cronenberg	1888	Carl Riedel	Kapellmeister, poet ("Come you shepherds")
1827	Ronsdorf	1908	Gustav Adolf Scheidt	Entrepreneur
1828	Barmen	1919	Emil von Gahlen	Industrialist
1828	Elberfeld	1902	Mathilde Wesendonck	Writer and muse of the composer Richard Wagner
1829	Elberfeld	1892	Richard Greeff	Medic, zoologist and university professor
183…		183…	19th century, 1830s
1830	Barmen	1885	Alfred Enneper	mathematician
1830	Elberfeld	1909	Heinrich Bramesfeld	architect
1830	Elberfeld	after 1898	Eduard Rittinghaus	Engraver and sculptor
1831	Elberfeld	1895	Fritz Wolff	Drawing teacher and painter
1831	Elberfeld	1889	Oskar Aders	District court director and patron
1832	Elberfeld	1902	Wilhelm Böckmann	architect
1832	Barmen	1913	Julius Thikötter	Pastor
1832	Elberfeld	1885	August de Weerth	banker
1832	Elberfeld	1899	Adolf Hermann Jaeger	Lord Mayor of Elberfeld
1833	Ronsdorf	1901	Carl von Liebermeister	Internist
1833	Barmen	1888	Ewald August König	Writer and businessman
1834	Elberfeld	1912	August Döring	Teacher, high school director and philosopher
1834	Barmen	1897	Emil Rittershaus	poet
1834	Barmen	1893	Friedrich von Eynern jun.	Merchant
1835	Barmen	1907	Heinrich Theodor Wuppermann	Farmer and Entrepreneur
1836	Barmen	1905	Carl Böker	painter
1836	Elberfeld	1903	Julius von Bemberg	Landowners and politicians
1836	Elberfeld	1893	Konstantin Karlowitsch Albrecht	Russian composer
1836	Elberfeld	1911	Bernhard Fränkel	ENT doctor and university professor
1836	Barmen	1927	Hermann Roehrig	Administrative officer and parliamentarian
1837	Ronsdorf	1894	Adolf von Brüning	Chemist and industrialist
1837	Elberfeld	1899	Gustav Schlieper	Industrialist
1837	Barmen	1898	Julius Kemna	Industrialist
1837	Elberfeld	1887	Hans of Marées	painter
1838	Barmen	1906	Ernst von Eynern	Entrepreneurs and politicians (national liberal)
1838	Barmen	1903	Ewald Bellingrath	Ship designer
1838	Elberfeld	1909	Reinhart Schmidt	Entrepreneur, member of the Reichstag
1838	Elberfeld	1915	Friedrich Storck	Writer and poet
1839	Barmen	1915	Adolf Werth	Factory owner, local researcher and co-founder of the Bergisches Historisches Verein
1839	Elberfeld	1923	Fritz Gressard	Textile manufacturer and local politician
184 ...		184 ...	19th century, 1840s
1840	Elberfeld	1919	Richard Abé	Steel mold caster
1840	Elberfeld	1907	Bernhard von der Heydt	Prussian District Administrator
1841	Elberfeld	1921	Friedrich Emil Klein	Painter of the Düsseldorf School
1842	Elberfeld	1927	Hermann Wichelhaus	Chemist
1842	Elberfeld	1926	August Hoffmeister	Factory owner, member of the Reichstag
1842	Elberfeld	1905	Wilhelm Bäumker	Theologian and hymnologist
1842	Elberfeld	1920	Carl August Voller	University professor and politician (rights), MdHB
1842	Elberfeld	1912	Karl Wessel	Entrepreneur, member of the Reichstag
1842	Barmen	1900	Carl Biebighhäuser	Robber captain
1842	Barmen	1929	Julius Erbslöh II.	Privy councilor, factory owner, wholesale merchant, patron, member of the state parliament
1842	Barmen	1900	Rudolf Bredt	Mechanical engineer and entrepreneur
1842	Barmen	1900	Carl August Jung	Privy Councilor of Commerce and President of the Elberfeld Chamber of Commerce, honorary citizen of Elberfeld
1843	Elberfeld	1900	Emil Schüller	Lord Mayor of Koblenz
1843	Barmen	1892	Peter Adolph Rudolph Ibach	Piano maker and entrepreneur
1843	Elberfeld	1905	Friedrich Wink	Composer and entrepreneur
1843	Elberfeld	1902	Paul Scheffer-Boichorst	historian
1844	Elberfeld	1927	Robert Hermann Tillmanns	surgeon
1844	Elberfeld	1921	Louis Stüting	Court photographer
1844	Elberfeld	1885	Emil Küchler	anarchist
1845	Elberfeld	1929	Heinrich Rocholl	Lutheran military pastor and consistorial councilor
1846	Barmen	1922	Ernst Ferdinand Ströter	theologian
1846	Elberfeld	1909	Emil Weyerbusch	Industrialist and patron
1847	Elberfeld	1913	Rudolf Krügener	Entrepreneur
1848	Barmen	1912	Albert Erbslöh	Commerzienrat and company founder
1848	Barmen	1886	Gustav Adolf Fischer	Africa explorer
1848	Elberfeld	1917	Ernst von Ihne	Architect and court builder of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
1848	Oberdüssel	1933	Carl Schmachtenberg	Dialect poet
185…		185…	19th century, 1850s
1850	Barmen	1909	Hermann Ebbinghaus	psychologist
1850	Barmen	1906	Albert Kalthoff	Protestant reform theologian, philosopher
1850	Elberfeld	1926	Otto Kirberg	painter
1850	Elberfeld	1901	Bernhard August Thiel	Bishop of San José, Costa Rica
1850	Elberfeld	1938	Ferdinand Schrey	Co-founder of shorthand
1851	Barmen	1876	Carl Ludwig Wesenfeld	Industrialist and inventor of the "German" corrugated iron, which found worldwide distribution
1851	Elberfeld	1929	August von der Heydt	Banker and patron of the arts
1851	Barmen	1920	Friedrich Bayer	Industrialist
1851	Elberfeld	1924	Fritz Roeber	Painter, illustrator and lithographer
1852	Barmen	1916	Hermann von Rohden	Classical archaeologist and high school teacher
1852	Elberfeld	1911	Alexander Schoeller	banker
1852	Elberfeld	1922	Fritz Neuhaus	Genre and history painter from the Düsseldorf School
1852	Barmen	1921	Julius Richard Petri	bacteriologist
1853	Langerfeld	1933	Albert of Caron	Soil bacteriologist
1853	Barmen	1925	Adolf Vorwerk	Entrepreneur
1853	Elberfeld	1930	Friedrich Philippi	Historian and archivist
1853	Elberfeld	1927	Karl von Lilienthal	Law scholar and university professor
1853	Elberfeld	1926	Victor Weidtman	Politician and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce
1853	Barmen	1940	Wilhelm Dörpfeld	Archaeologist (discoverer of the Homeric "Troy")
1854	Elberfeld	1935	Hugo Reich	theologian
1854	Elberfeld	1922	Ludwig Richard Seel	architect
1855	Elberfeld	1916	Julius Schmits	Fabric manufacturer and patron
1856	Elberfeld	1932	Rudolf Brockhaus	Preacher, Bible interpreter and publisher of the Brethren movement
1856	Elberfeld	1941	Fritz Jorde	Teacher, local historian and guide writer
1856	Barmen	1928	Friedrich Wilhelm Thümmel	Evangelical theologian
1856	Elberfeld	1917	Wilhelm Neumann-Torborg	sculptor
1857	Elberfeld	1924	Friedrich Haumann	Official and Director General
1857	Elberfeld	1920	Alexander Lucas	Lawyer, industrialist and parliamentarian
1857	Elberfeld	1942	Heinrich Plange	architect
1858	Elberfeld	1931	Otto Schell	Local history explorer
1858	Elberfeld	1922	Karl von der Heydt	Banker, promoter of colonialism, chairman of the Pan-German Association, writer and patron
1859	Barmen	1924	Wilhelm Hammerschmidt	Politician
186…		186…	19th century, 1860s
1860	Elberfeld	1929	Carl Wolff	architect
1860	Elberfeld	1944	Oskar von Petri	engineer
1860	Barmen	1948	Paul Maria Baumgarten	Catholic priest, historian, diplomat
1860	Elberfeld	1919	Emmy Lischke	painter
1861	Elberfeld	1913	Wilhelm Muthmann	Chemist
1861	Barmen	1945	Julius Leithäuser	Philologist, writer, name researcher and dialectologist
1861	Elberfeld	1937	Walter Simons	Foreign Minister of the German Reich, President of the Reichsgericht and come. President of the empire
1861	Barmen	1935	Carl Duisberg	Chemist and industrialist (invented the first fever drug and built up the Bayer company in Leverkusen)
1861	Barmen	1921	Fritz Klingholz	architect
1862	Elberfeld	1938	Richard Greeff	Ophthalmologist and medical historian
1862	Barmen	1932	Friedrich Wilhelm Franke	organist
1862	Elberfeld	1945	Adolf Lucas	District Administrator of the District of Solingen
1862	Elberfeld	1937	Heinrich Pëus	Politician (SPD)
1862	Barmen	1927	Heinrich Reinhold	Physician, secret medical councilor, professor, chief physician and director of the first city hospital in Hanover
1862	Elberfeld	1943	Karl Ebermaier	Governor of Cameroon
1862	Barmen	1937	Karl Spannagel	historian
1862	Barmen	1939	Paul von Rohden	Ancient historian
1862	Elberfeld	1937	Paul Bender	Painter and graphic artist
1862	Elberfeld	1936	Heinrich Justus King	Painter of the Düsseldorf School
1863	Barmen	1941	Hermann Neuhaus	Painter and architect
1863	Elberfeld	1895	Otto Frederick Schupphaus	American playwright
1863	Elberfeld	1929	Karl Krall	Jeweler, animal psychologist
1863	Barmen	1933	Julius Dicke	Architect and city builder
1863	Ronsdorf	1908	Carl Werckshagen	Theologian, pastor, writer and editor
1863	Barmen	1930	Paul Kirschstein	Ministerial Officer and State Secretary
1864	Elberfeld	1931	August Rudolf de Haas	Theologian and pastor in Saarlouis
1864	Elberfeld	1932	Heinrich Erkes	Businessman, Icelandic researcher and politician
1864	Elberfeld	1937	Hermann Hoffmann	Catholic theologian and philosopher, founder and rector of Sophia University in Tokyo
1864	Elberfeld	1942	Carl Salomonn	painter
1864	Barmen	1949	Hermann Josephson	Protestant pastor, editor and writer
1864	Barmen	1936	Georg Burmester	painter
1865	Elberfeld	1945	Adolf Schlieper	Industrialist and chemist
1865	Barmen	1935	Wilhelm Momm	Administrative lawyer
1865	Elberfeld	1943	Ernst Wichelhaus	Administrative officer and manor owner
1866	Barmen	1934	Wilhelm Langewiesche	Publisher and writer
1866	Elberfeld	1921	Karl Wiebel	Doctor and Politician (DNVP)
1866	Elberfeld	1943	Wilhelm de Weerth	Lawyer, banker, politician and church politician
1866	Ronsdorf	1931	Hans Uthemann	admiral
1867	Barmen	1928	Hermann Baker	writer
1867	Barmen	1947	Julius R. Haarhaus	writer
1867	Barmen	1955	Albert Herzog	Writer, journalist, poet and storyteller
1867	Elberfeld	1955	Karl Krummacher	Impressionist painter
1867	Elberfeld	1958	Friedrich Langewiesche	Pedagogue
1867	Barmen	1932	Maria von Knapp	painter
1867	Barmen	1920	Gustav Adolf Uthmann	Composer and choirmaster
1867	Barmen	1923	Friedrich Vollmer	latinist
1868	Elberfeld	1925	Albert Jaegers	sculptor
1868	Elberfeld	1934	Franz Breisig	Chief telegraph engineer in the Reich Post Office
1868	Barmen	1937	Adele Paasch	Sculptor and medalist
1868	Elberfeld	1951	Walter Bloem	writer
1868	Elberfeld	1953	Ludwig von Koehler	Last Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Württemberg
1869	Elberfeld	1947	Hugo Bremer	Entrepreneur and Inventor
1869	Elberfeld	1945	Else Lasker-Schüler	Writer
1869	Elberfeld	1945	Julius Dorpmüller	Reichsbahn General Director and Reich Minister of Transport
1869	Elberfeld	1918	Alwin father	Track cyclist
1869	Barmen	1945	Paul Wesenfeld	Industrialists and Politicians (DNVP)
1869	Elberfeld	1916	Peter Baum	writer
1869	Ronsdorf	1954	Hugo Kaulen	Balloonists
1869	Elberfeld	1947	Raphael Liesegang	Chemist
1869	Elberfeld	1943	Helene Stocker	Women's rights activist and publicist
1869	Barmen	1943	Rudolf Herzog	writer
187 ...		187 ...	19th century, 1870s
1870	Elberfeld	1960	Adolf Schulten	Ancient historian and archaeologist
1870	Barmen	1927	Richard Fischer	architect
1870	Barmen	after 1933	Wilhelm Hein	Politician
1870	Elberfeld	1946	Walther Koehler	Protestant theologian and church historian
1870	Elberfeld	1961	Friedrich Kerst	Writer, local historian and teacher
1871	Barmen	1955	August Mittelsten Scheid	Entrepreneur
1871	Elberfeld	1947	Walter Kaufmann	physicist
1871	Barmen	1950	Walter Jesinghaus	Teacher and philosopher
1871	Barmen	1951	Carl Köttgen	Electrical engineer, industrialist and representative of associations
1871	Barmen	1945	Paul Ziegler	Politician (DDP)
1871	Elberfeld	1920	Ewald Bach	Theater and silent film actor
1872	Barmen	1924	Emil Krupa-Krupinski	Painter and graphic artist
1872	Elberfeld	1928	Fritz Graf	District administrator and chief of police
1872	Elberfeld	1916	Walter Löb	Chemist
1872	Elberfeld	1960	Gustav Pistor	Chemist and industrialist
1872	Elberfeld	1945	Max E. Schmidt	Wholesale merchant
1872	Barmen	1960	Wilhelm Beeckmann	Mining engineer and editor of the magazine "Glückauf"
1873	Elberfeld	1949	Franz Paul Liesegang	Physicist and entrepreneur
1873	Elberfeld	1964	Carl Boos	Reich judge
1873	Barmen	1962	Clara Hohrath	Writer
1873	Elberfeld	1927	Rudolf Brinkmann	Opera singer (baritone)
1874	Elberfeld	1907	Friedrich Dircksen	Civil engineer and construction officer
1874	Elberfeld	1912	Julius Habicht	Architect and building director of the Reichsbank
1874	Elberfeld	1931	Ewald Schmahl	sculptor
1874	Barmen	1966	Gustav Koellmann	Machine builder, industrialist
1874	Elberfeld	1945	Helene Schmitz	Politician (SPD), MdL
1874	Elberfeld	1944	Emil Uellenberg	Pharmacist and writer
1874	Barmen	1957	Hans von Eynern	Lawyer and politician
1874	Elberfeld	1937	Paul Gerhart Vowe	painter
1874	Barmen	1959	Carl Conradi	architect
1874	Elberfeld	1944	Philipp Manes	Fur trader and diary author
1875	Elberfeld	1951	Paul Pfeiffer	Chemist
1875	Barmen	1951	Ferdinand Sauerbruch	surgeon
1875	Barmen	1947	Peter Klotzbach	Architect and technical school teacher, representative of homeland security architecture
1875	Barmen	1946	Bernhart Rehse	writer
1876	Barmen	1960	Johann Peter Werth	Painter, graphic artist and illustrator
1876	Barmen	1945	Wilhelm Kleinmann	State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Transport and SA group leader
1876	Barmen	1950	Eugene Rückle	Architect and City Planning Director
1876	Barmen	1924	Adeline Rittershaus-Bjarnason	Philologist and Germanist
1876	Elberfeld	1961	Peter Birkenholz	architect
1876	Barmen	1943	Richart rich	Art historian
1877	Elberfeld	1916	Georg Kuttner	Reich judge
1877	Barmen	1962	Wilhelm Hüsgen	sculptor
1877	Elberfeld	1966	Rudolf Löb	banker
1877	Elberfeld	1969	Viktor Storck	Writer and poet
1877	Ronsdorf	1944	Engelbert Wüster	Journalist and local writer
1878	Barmen	1952	Emil Birron	actor
1878	Elberfeld	1953	Alexander Marx	American historian, Judaist, bibliographer, and librarian
1878	Elberfeld	1962	Robert Debes	Professor of Business Administration
1878	Ronsdorf	1950	Heinrich Fahrenbrach	Politician (center)
1878	Elberfeld	1960	Hermann Schmitz	Entomologist and Jesuit
1878	Elberfeld	1935	Robert Gerling	Insurance company
1878	Elberfeld	1934	Paul Ludwig Troost	architect
1878	Elberfeld	1957	Abraham Frowein	Manufacturer
1878	Barmen	1965	Alexander Bergmann	Lawyer and President of the Higher Regional Court
1878		1961	Fritz Hartmann	Painter and etcher
1879	Elberfeld	1951	Ernst Dröner	Politician
1879	Elberfeld	1956	Paul Wynand	Sculptor and university professor
1879	Barmen	1940	Johann Viktor Bredt	Constitutional lawyer and politician (Economic Party), MdR, MdL (Prussia), Reich Minister of Justice
1879	Elberfeld	1946	Rudolf Jacobs	architect
1879	Elberfeld	1910	Oskar Erbslöh	Aviation pioneer
1879		1965	Eduard Margerie	Local history explorer
1879	Barmen	1914	Werner Boy	Mathematician and discoverer of the Boy area named after him
1879	Elberfeld	1955	Carl Dieckmann	Politician (DDP)
1879	Elberfeld	1946	Artur Buchenau	Philosopher, teacher and lecturer
1879	Barmen	1963	Eugene Neuhaus	American landscape painter
188 ...		188 ...	19th century, 1880s
1880	Elberfeld	1977	Christian Busch	Gymnast and sports official
1880	Elberfeld	1953	Wolfgang Pagenstecher	Painter and heraldist
1880	Elberfeld	1968	Artur Jacobs	Mathematician, educator and philosopher
1880	Elberfeld	1915	Walter Barthel	Provincial Roman archaeologist and ancient historian
1880	Barmen	1918	Oscar Wittenstein	Entrepreneur, art collector and pilot
1880	Vohwinkel	1947	Karl Neuhaus	DNVP politician
1880	Barmen	1914	Emil Luckhardt	Translator of the song "Die Internationale"
1881	Elberfeld	1956	Paul Köttgen	Soil scientist
1881	Elberfeld	1962	Helene Weber	Politician (center, CDU), MdR, MdB, one of the four "mothers of the Basic Law"
1881	Elberfeld	1964	Eberhard Frowein	Film writer and director
1881	Barmen	1964	Paul Ohlig	Pastor and local historian
1881	Barmen	1960	Leopold Tweer	Politician, Mayor of Velbert
1881	Elberfeld	1969	Walter Platzhoff	historian
1881	Elberfeld	1956	Irma Hartje-Leudesdorff	Painter and writer
1881	Elberfeld	1943	August von der Heydt	Banker and patron
1881	Elberfeld	1943	Hugo Meier-Thur	Graphic artist and university professor, victim of National Socialism
1882	Elberfeld	1970	Wolfgang Paeckelmann	Physicist and senior director of studies as well as co-founder and temporarily head of the German National Academic Foundation
1882	Elberfeld	1936	Titus Maria hoarding	priest
1882	Barmen	1949	Max Bockmuehl	Chemist
1882	Elberfeld	1964	Eduard von der Heydt	Banker and art collector
1882		1950	Albert Bauer	Businessman and politician
1882	Barmen	1962	Want Vespers	Writer and literary critic
1882	Elberfeld	1925	August Frickenhaus	Classical archaeologist
1882	Vohwinkel	1960	Gustav Marx by sons	painter
1883	Barmen	1955	Max Knüttel	Architect and business manager
1883	Elberfeld	1948	Julius Schniewind	Evangelical theologian
1883	Elberfeld	1972	Richard Bayer	Industrialist
1883	Elberfeld	1967	Leonhard Grebe	physicist
1884	Barmen	1937	Hermann Seippel	Entrepreneurs and local politicians
1884	Barmen	1970	Wilhelm Steinhaus	Expert in physical metallurgy
1884	Barmen	1946	Rudolf Stahl	Lawyer and Entrepreneur
1884	Elberfeld	1957	Ernst Bertram	writer
1884	Vohwinkel	1941	Ada von Voss	Writer
1885	Elberfeld	1962	Karl Germer	Occultist
1885	Elberfeld	1966	Rudolf Thietz	Politician (CDU)
1885	Elberfeld	1954	Ernst Leudesdorff	Actor and theater director
1885	Barmen	1958	Paul Röhle	Politician (SPD)
1885	Elberfeld	1977	Hans Kleinschmidt	Pediatrician and college professor
1885	Barmen	1968	Hans Brandenburg	writer
1885	Elberfeld	1946	Karl Bömelburg	SS officer with the Gestapo
1885	Elberfeld	1963	Emil Marx	Politician and member of the state parliament (CDU)
1885	Elberfeld	1947	Ilia Trilling	German-Jewish composer
1886	Barmen	1968	Walter Schwagenscheidt	Architect and city planner
1886	Barmen	1955	Julius Sporket	Evangelical pastor and missionary
1886	Barmen	unknown	Wilhelm Braeucker	Surgeon and professor at the University of Hamburg
1886	Barmen	1967	August blade lifting	Africanist
1886	Barmen	1934	Gustav H. Wolff	Sculptor, painter and art writer
1886	Langerfeld	1973	Emil Klingelhöller	KPD politician
1886	Elberfeld	1965	Else Ulich-Beil	politician
1886	Barmen	unknown	Kurt Middendorf	actor
1886	Elberfeld	1960	Carl Coerper	Medic and Racial and Social Hygienists
1886	Elberfeld	1978	Armin T. Wegner	writer
1886	Elberfeld	1942	Oskar Debus	Resistance fighters
1886	Elberfeld	1941	Karl Reschke	Doctors and university professors
1886	Elberfeld	1974	Erich Hartmann	Painter and graphic artist
1887	Elberfeld	1976	August cousin	Professor of Psychology
1887	Elberfeld	1950	Wilhelm Deffke	Commercial and advertising artist
1887	Elberfeld	1961	Max Burchartz	Graphic artist, typographer and painter
1887	Elberfeld	1958	Carl Mennicke	Social educator and religious socialist
1887	Barmen	1961	Rudolf Hermann	Theologian and religious philosopher
1888	Barmen	1919	Werner Möller	Journalist and writer
1888	Elberfeld	1965	Hans Knappertsbusch	conductor
1888	Elberfeld	1952	Paul Marx	banker
1888	Elberfeld	1964	Hans Reingruber	Minister for Transport of the GDR
1888	Elberfeld	1966	Walter Hösterey	Publisher and writer "Walter Hammer"
1888	Elberfeld	1972	Alfred Engelhardt	Chemist and local politician (CDU)
1888	Elberfeld	1938	Lilli Friesicke	Gynecologist of Jewish origin
1888	Elberfeld	1976	Alfred Landé	physicist
1889	Barmen	1971	Wilhelm Pilgram	Actor and radio play speaker
1889	Elberfeld	1962	Robert Daum	SPD politician
1889	Barmen	1967	Wilhelm Vorwerk	Manufacturer and President of the Chamber of Commerce
1889	Elberfeld	1960	Wilhelm Wester	Pastors and resistance fighters
1889	Barmen	unknown	Adolf Lohr	Bookseller and writer
1889	Elberfeld	1945	Ernst Brauweiler	Journalist and civil servant
1889	Barmen	1944	Erich Winnacker	Manager in the Ruhr mining industry
1889	Barmen	1948	Carl Moritz Schreiner	Sculptor and painter
1889	Ronsdorf	1945	Paul Wegmann	German politician, trade unionist, member of the Reichstag
1889	Elberfeld	1961	Peter Rassow	Historian and professor at the University of Cologne
189…		189…	19th century, 1890s
1890	Barmen	1951	Albert Schaefer-Ast	Draftsman and caricaturist
1890	Elberfeld	1952	Werner Paeckelmann	Geologist and paleontologist
1890	Elberfeld	1972	Max Kretschmann	Banker and President of the IHK Wuppertal
1890	Elberfeld	1978	Wilhelm Schniewind	Entrepreneur and sports official
1890	Elberfeld	1977	Charlotte Landé	Pediatrician, city doctor of Frankfurt am Main and specialist author
1890	Barmen	1976	Else Brökelschen	politician
1890	Barmen	1966	Wilhelm Bökenkreger	Educator, administrator and politician
1890	Elberfeld	1954	Erich Otto Meynen	diplomat
1890	Elberfeld	1955	Erich Pabst	Actor, theater director and director as well as screenwriter
1890	Elberfeld	1957	Otto Friedrich Weber	Painter and draftsman
1890	Barmen	1952	Hermann Barnikol	Protestant pastor
1891	Elberfeld	1969	Erich Bechtolf	Lawyer and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank
1891	Ronsdorf	1970	Rudolf Carnap	Philosopher and logician
1891	Elberfeld	1978	Erich Kraut	Entrepreneur
1891	Barmen	1932	Hubert Pfeiffer	Organist, pianist and composer
1891	Barmen	1963	Maximilian Klewer	Draftsman, painter and illustrator and associate professor
1892	Barmen	1968	Ernst Barnikol	Protestant theologian in the field of church history
1892	Barmen	1915	Hans Dülfer	climber
1892	Barmen	1959	Johannes Kunze	Politician (CDU)
1892	Barmen	1982	Walter Eiardt	Politician (SPD)
1892	Elberfeld	1956	Eduard Keeser	Pharmacologist and professor at the University of Rostock and Hamburg
1892	Elberfeld	1947	Bernhard Voss	SS Brigade Leader and Major General
1892	Ronsdorf	1964	Edmund Strutz	Historian, first chairman of the Bergisches Historisches Verein
1892	Elberfeld	1963	Friedrich Wax	PhD Dipl.-Ing. and chemical entrepreneurs
1892	Barmen	1973	Paul Henkel	Veterinarian and university professor
1892	Elberfeld	1975	Maria Husemann	secretary
1892	Elberfeld	1978	Hermann Schmidt	Geologist and paleontologist
1892	Barmen	1978	Alexander Dahl	Manufacturer, author and balloonist
1892	Barmen	1939	Paul von Rohden	Ancient historian and high school teacher
1892	Elberfeld	1970	Adolf Leweke	Hessian politician (CDU)
1892	Elberfeld	1958	Diet Plaetzer	Figure, architecture and horse painters as well as sgraffito artists
1893	Elberfeld	1963	Wilhelm Hartnack	Geologist and university professor
1893	Barmen	1962	Arthur Simon	Chemist
1893	Elberfeld	1969	Wolf Meinhard von Staa	publisher
1893	Barmen	1973	Wilhelm Balters	Dentist
1893	Barmen	1975	Paul Bender	KPD politician
1893	Elberfeld	1917	Kurt Wissemann	Fighter pilot and flying ace in the First World War
1893	Barmen	1978	Karl Haberland	Politician and Lord Mayor of Solingen
1893	Elberfeld	1942	Franz Landé	Musician and conductor
1893	Ronsdorf	1966	Willi Hammelrath	Founder of the Burg Vondern Workers' College
1893	Elberfeld	1978	Erich Feldmann	Pedagogue and communication scientist
1893	Elberfeld	1945	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp	SS-Obergruppenführer
1893	Elberfeld	1962	Paul Ortwin Rave	Classical philologist and art scholar
1893	Elberfeld	1967	Curtius Schulten	Landscape painter
1893	Barmen	1943	Heinrich Meyer-Egg	painter
1893	Barmen	1966	Kurt Cornelius	Politician and Member of Parliament (CDU)
1893	Elberfeld	1978	Helene Wieruszowski	American historian of German-Jewish origin
1894	Elberfeld	1977	Karl Dammer	conductor
1894	bump	1940	Rudolf Renner	Politician (KPD)
1894	Elberfeld	1920	Hugo Schaefer	pilot
1894	Barmen	1944	Bernhard Letterhaus	Resistance fighters and union leaders
1894	Barmen	1971	Wilhelm Philipps	Officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
1894	Elberfeld	1959	Peter Kast	Writer and journalist
1894	Elberfeld	1940	Carl Grossberg	painter
1895	Elberfeld	1989	Josefa Gettke	Theater and film actress during the silent film era
1895	Barmen	1968	Wilhelm Tegtmeier	painter
1895	Elberfeld	1971	Hellmuth Elbrecht	Journalist of the Act Circle
1895	Elberfeld	1959	Heinrich Karl Strohm	Theater manager
1895	Barmen	1959	Emil Bock	Priest, anthroposophist and writer
1895	Elberfeld	1978	Heinrich shield	Politician (DP, later CDU)
1895	Elberfeld	1968	Eugene Thomas	Entrepreneurs and politicians
1895	Barmen	1949	Paul Höffer	composer
1896	Barmen	1974	Wilhelm Fonk	Politician (center)
1896	Elberfeld	1980	Laura Boschulte	Politician (SPD), member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
1896	Barmen	1955	Robert Tillmanns	Politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister for Special Tasks
1896	Elberfeld	1986	Erich Koch	Politician (NSDAP), MdR, Gauleiter of East Prussia since 1928
1896	Barmen	1964	Hans Peter Luhn	Computer scientist
1896	Barmen	1980	Walter Betzendahl	Psychiatrist, neurologist and university professor
1896	Elberfeld	1982	Paul Kircheis	Journalist, civil servant and politician
1896	Barmen	1982	Otto Haussleiter	Political scientist and administrative officer
1896	Barmen	1980	Hermann Schlingensiepen	Evangelical theologian
1896	Elberfeld	1976	Fritz Meister	Politician (SPD)
1896	Barmen	1966	Ferdinand Roentgen	Painter and graphic artist
1897	Barmen	1975	Alfred Dobbert	Politician (SPD), MdR, MdL
1897	Barmen	1972	Martin Blank	Politicians (FDP, FVP, DP)
1897	Barmen	1954	Heinrich Roeder	Architect, painter and sculptor
1897	Elberfeld	1955	Eugen Orgeldinger	Vocational school teacher and state politician at the DVP
1897	Elberfeld	1966	Wilhelm Busch	Pastor, evangelist and writer
1897	Barmen	1978	Walter Vesper	KPD politician
1897	Elberfeld	1960	Wilhelm Piepenbrink	Politician (FDP)
1897	Elberfeld	1976	Hugo Weischet	Landscape and portrait painter
1897	Barmen	1947	Friedrich-Wilhelm Muller	General during World War II
1897	Elberfeld	1973	Alfred Greven	film producer
1897	Barmen	1962	Paul Roeder	painter
1897	Elberfeld	1955	Carl Wirths	Politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
1898	Barmen	1980	Johannes Schlingensiepen	Evangelical theologian
1898	Barmen	1982	Erich Kunter	writer
1898	Barmen	1970	Hans Bremme	Lawyer and politician
1898	Barmen	1983	Walter Thiemann	Protestant pastor
1898	Barmen	1979	Alfred Leithäuser	Painter and draftsman
1898	Barmen	1967	Fritz Hilgenstock	Architect and functionary of student policy
1898	Ronsdorf	1967	Alfred Steger	Politician (FDP)
1898	Elberfeld	1976	Hans Julius Wolff	Legal scholar
1898	Elberfeld	1978	Ewald Balser	Actor ("The Trial", "King Ottokar's Fortune and Legacy")
1898	Barmen	1945	Walter Julius Bloem	Writer, officer and SS member
1898	Barmen	1985	Erich Sehlbach	composer
1899	Elberfeld	1962	Carl Muhsal	Politician (KPD)
1899	Barmen	1945	Otto Frowein	Politician (NSDAP)
1899	Elberfeld	1966	Werner Hebebrand	Architect and urban planner
1899	Elberfeld	unknown	Wilhelm Schumann	Politician (NSDAP)
1899	Elberfeld	1959	Peter Paul Brewer	Film producer and film director
1899	Elberfeld	1975	Oskar Hammelsbeck	Pedagogue
1899	Elberfeld	1965	Hans Schulten	Internist and university professor
1899	Elberfeld	1981	Hans Achinger	political scientist
1899	Elberfeld	1935	Willi Muth	Communist and resistance fighter
190 ...		190 ...	20th century, 1900s
1900	Elberfeld	1976	Paul Zimmermann	Local politician
1900	Elberfeld	1970	Hans Hustert	political activist
1900	Elberfeld	1977	Werner Eggerath	Prime Minister of Thuringia (1947–1952)
1900	Elberfeld	1976	Hans Luckey	theologian
1900	Elberfeld	1945	Rudolf Feick	Temporarily district leader of the NSDAP in Wuppertal and member of the Reichstag
1900	Cronenberg	1995	Hermann Herberts	Journalist and politician
1900		1971	Wilhelm Simon	Labor leader in the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp
1900	Elberfeld	1958	Hermann Schroer	Politician (NSDAP)
1900	Elberfeld	1977	Werner Eggerath	Prime Minister of Thuringia (1947–1952)
1900	Elberfeld	1996	Clare Blaeser	Politician (FDP)
1900	Elberfeld	1991	Arno Breker	Sculptor (numerous sculptures for representative buildings of the Third Reich)
1900	Elberfeld	1978	Harald Frowein	Textile entrepreneur and President of the Wuppertal Chamber of Commerce and Industry
1900	Elberfeld	1978	Wilhelm Helf	SPD politician
1900	Barmen	1949	Erich Paats	Lower Saxony politician (KPD)
1900	Barmen	1970	Erich Krewet	Communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
1900	Barmen	1983	Oskar Söhngen	Evangelical theologian
1900	Cronenberg	1971	Willy Hoffmeister	Local politician (CDU), mayor of Lüdenscheid
19 ...		19 ...	20th century
1901	Langerfeld	1955	Otto Winkelstrater	painter
1901	Elberfeld	1989	Sulamith Wülfing	Illustrator
1901	Elberfeld	2003	Walter Wolman	Communications engineer
1901	Barmen	1953	Hans Mauß	Pharmacologist and chemist
1901	Vohwinkel	1978	Werner Graeff	Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, photographer and inventor
1901	Elberfeld	1980	Eugene Denzel	Portrait painter
1901	Vohwinkel	1976	Eugen Huth	Politician (CDU)
1901	Barmen	1989	Kurt Herberts	Entrepreneur and chemist
1901	Barmen	1984	Hans Schaarwächter	Journalist and dramaturge
1901	Elberfeld	1997	Henny Gotze	Entrepreneur's wife
1901	Barmen	1955	Richard Paling	Painter and graphic artist who was considered a degenerate artist under the National Socialists
1901	Elberfeld	1960	Hellmut von Schweinitz	Journalist, writer and Protestant pastor
1901	Elberfeld	1999	Charlotte Blensdorf	Rhythmist
1901	Ronsdorf	1990	Abraham Master	Protestant theologian, Bible teacher and Bible translator
1902	Elberfeld	1989	Will Glahé	Accordionist, composer and band leader
1902	Barmen	1984	Clare Quast	Resistance fighter and trade unionist
1902	Elberfeld	1969	Hermann Pfeiffer	actor
1902	Elberfeld	1975	Reinhard Wester	Protestant theologian
1902	Elberfeld	1986	Lore Ribbentrop-Leudesdorff	Bauhaus artist
1902	Elberfeld	2001	Werner Fischer	Chemist
1902	Barmen	1965	Arnold Strauss	Pathologist and art collector
1902	Elberfeld	1983	Kurt Lissmann	Composer, lyricist and musician
1902		1961	Walter Leckebusch	Director, film editor and film producer
1902	Elberfeld	1967	Willi Ahrem	Escape helper, righteous among the peoples
1903	Elberfeld	1975	Erich Ruppel	Church administration lawyer
1903	Barmen	1966	Rudolf Steinbach	Architect and university professor
1903	Vohwinkel	1994	Augustine Frotz	Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Cologne
1903	Elberfeld	1993	Otto Michel	Professor of the New Testament at the University of Tübingen
1903	Barmen	1989	Karl Winnacker	University professor and business leader
1903	Barmen	1969	Friedrich Kraus	Politician (SPD)
1903	Elberfeld	unknown	Heinrich Muth	Communist and resistance fighter
1903	Elberfeld	1994	Willi Stöhr	Politician, NSDAP Gauleiter
1904	Elberfeld	1979	Fritz Bernuth	sculptor
1904	Cronenberg	1998	Hans Rauhaus	Engineer and politician
1904	Elberfeld	1981	Werner Berg	painter
1904	Elberfeld	1999	Grete Stern	German-Argentinian photographer
1904	Barmen	1942	Johannes Flintrop	Priests and Nazi victims
1904	Elberfeld	1990	Gunild Keetman	Composer and musician
1904	Langerfeld	1974	Paul Dahm	SS-Standartenführer, member of the Reichstag as well as police area leader
1904	Elberfeld	1995	Hannes Schultze-Froitzheim	Painter and graphic artist
1904		1985	Karl Striebeck	Actor and artistic director
1904	Barmen	1968	Wilhelm Kemper	Politicians of the center and the CDU
1904	Vohwinkel	1991	Adolf Koenig	Agricultural technician and university professor
1904	Elberfeld	1997	Jürgen Kuczynski	Historian and economist
1904	Barmen	1983	Adolf Roeder	Painter, graphic artist and gallery owner
1904	Elberfeld	1940	Bernd Hofmann	Screenwriter and director
1905	Elberfeld	1980	Béla Sanders	Orchestra leader
1905	Elberfeld	1997	Johannes Busch	Pastor and federal warden of the YMCA-Westbund
1905		1993	Max Wartemann	Schleswig-Holstein politician
1905	Elberfeld	1933	Oswald Laufer	Antifascist
1905	Elberfeld	1947	Willi Ms. Koenitzer	Journalist and writer
1905	Elberfeld	1978	Claire Schlichting	Actress and comedian
1905	Elberfeld	1978	Herwart Opitz	Head of the WZL and Rector of RWTH Aachen
1905	Elberfeld	1941	Martin Gauger	jurist
1905	Barmen	1994	Ingeborg Seynsche	Mathematician
1905	Ronsdorf	1985	Lothar Raucamp	Haulier
1905	Barmen	1982	Adolf Rott	Theater director, director, director and manager
1906	Ronsdorf	1944	Eugen Schwebinghaus	Communist and resistance fighter
1906	Barmen	1969	Rolf Weih	actor
1906	Barmen	1957	Otto Osthoff	Actor and director
1906	Elberfeld	1985	Wolfgang Abendroth	Constitutional lawyer, social scientist and writer
1906	Elberfeld	1953	Curt Langenbeck	Playwright and dramaturge
1906	Elberfeld	2004	Paul Debes	Buddhist
1906	Elberfeld	1993	Hans Breker	Sculptor and painter
1906	Barmen	1983	Alfred Nau	Politician (SPD)
1906	Elberfeld	1992	Hans Sachsse	Physical chemist
1906	Barmen	1987	Kurt Lehmann	Communist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
1906	Ronsdorf	1980	Ernst Oberhoff	Painter and graphic artist
1907	Elberfeld	1941	Clare table	Economist
1907	Elberfeld	1986	Helmut Solbach	Politician (SPD)
1907	Elberfeld	1975	Helmut Henrichs	Theater critic, theater director and theater director
1907	Elberfeld	1937	Otto Kropp	Communist and resistance fighter
1907	Elberfeld	2001	Sigurd Rascher	saxophonist
1907	Elberfeld	1980	Hans Dichgans	Lawyer, manager and politician (CDU)
1907	Elberfeld	1982	Hans Gruneberg	geneticist
1907	Barmen	1992	Hans Schumacher	Lawyer, detective and SS-Sturmbannführer
1907	Elberfeld	1969	Hermann Schaefer	Mathematician and university professor
1907	Elberfeld	1978	Friedrich Kadgias	Lawyer, politician (NSDAP) and functionary
1907	Barmen	1993	Erich Mittelsten Scheid	Entrepreneur
1907	Elberfeld	1992	Konrad Schmidt-Torner	Administrative lawyer in the postal service
1907	Barmen	2009	Helmut Hirsch	historian
1907	Barmen	1963	Rudolf Jaeckel	physicist
1907	Barmen	1948	Günter Kuhl	Lawyer, SS-Obersturmbannführer and Gestapo employee
1907	Barmen	2003	Walter Broken Broom	Philosopher and university professor
1908	Barmen	1994	Gerda Alexander	Founder of eutonia
1908	Elberfeld	1978	Use Obrig	Broadcasting editor, presenter and author of children's books
1908	Barmen	1975	Helmut Koch	conductor
1908	Elberfeld	1947	Grete Boesel	Overseer in the concentration camp
1908	Elberfeld	1973	Kurt Dülfer	Historian and archivist
1908	Elberfeld	1993	Carl Coutelle	Doctor and pathologist
1908	Barmen	1972	Gustav Artur village	Politician (KPD, SED), Spain fighter and functionary
1908	Elberfeld	1988	Johannes Steel	journalist
1908	Elberfeld	1968	Paul Jacobs	reformed pastor and university professor
1908	Barmen	unknown	Liselotte Schaak	actress
1908	Barmen	1982	Rudolf Werner Ackermann	painter
1908	Barmen	1992	Hans P. Koellmann	Architect and university professor
1908	Elberfeld	1971	Hans Lettré	Chemist, pharmacologist and cancer researcher
1908	Barmen	1986	Helmut Thielicke	theologian
1909	Barmen	1977	Harald Wolff	Actor and voice actor
1909	Elberfeld	1966	Franz Hallenbach	Geophysicist
1909	Barmen	2003	Karlheinz Idelberger	Mediciners
1909	Elberfeld	1988	Vitus Heinze	Politician (CDU)
1909	Barmen	1942	Martin Simon	writer
1909	Barmen	1942	Martin Simon	writer
1909	Elberfeld	2000	Karl Schneider	Politician (FDP), member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
1909	Barmen	unknown	Rudolf Bergmann	State official and SS leader
1909	Barmen	1965	Ivo Beucker	sculptor
1909	Barmen	1990	Hellmut Homberg	Civil engineer
1909	Elberfeld	1996	Gisela Bonn	Journalist
1909	Barmen	2006	Joachim Erbslöh	Scholar
1909	Barmen	1934	Werner Spannagel	boxer
1909	Elberfeld	1982	Franz Obermanns	Communist and agent of the Soviet secret service GRU
1909	Elberfeld	unknown	Willi Gerlach	oboist
1909	Barmen	1981	Walter Gorrish	Writer, screenwriter and Spain fighter
191 ...		191 ...	20th century, 1910s
1910	Barmen	2010	Eberhard Zahn	World War II officer and manager
1910	Elberfeld	1944	Curt Schmalenbach	Doctor of the National Socialist "euthanasia" campaign T4
1910	Elberfeld	1984	Kurt August Koelsch	surgeon
1910	Elberfeld	1986	Ulrich Erfurth	Director
1910	Elberfeld	1981	Gerhard Jungmann	Doctor and politician (CDU)
1910	Barmen	1994	Hans-Hendrik Neumann	SS standard leader
1910	Barmen	1972	Heinrich Giesen	Evangelical theologian
1910	Elberfeld	1995	Rudolf Zuckermann	Cardiologist
1910	Elberfeld	2006	Hans Wolfgang Singer	economist
1910		1981	Hans Rompel	Sculptor and graphic artist
1911	Elberfeld	1942	Alfred Benjamin	Communist and resistance fighter in the Resistance
1911	Barmen	2005	Eduard Hegel	Theologian and church historian
1911	Elberfeld	1996	Gottfried Wilhelm Locher	Swiss reformed pastor and theologian
1911	Elberfeld	2002	Helmut Winterhager	University lecturer for metallurgy and electrometallurgy as well as rector of RWTH Aachen
1911	Elberfeld	2013	Peter Koerber	Painter and singer
1911	Barmen	1975	Peter Kramp	Anthropologist and university professor
1911	Elberfeld	1945	Heinz Thilo	Concentration camp doctor
1911	Barmen	1993	Fritz Christian Gerhard	Music pedagogue and composer
1911	Elberfeld	1973	Kurt Gehrmann	Politician and Member of Parliament (SPD)
1911	Barmen	1995	Emmy Albus	Track and field athlete
1911	Barmen	1993	Hans Walter Wolff	theologian
1912	Elberfeld	2002	Günter wall	conductor
1912	Barmen	1972	August Franzen	Catholic church historian and priest of the Archdiocese of Cologne
1912	Elberfeld	1964	Harald Schmahl	sculptor
1912	Barmen	1976	Franz Linken	Soccer player and soccer coach
1912	Elberfeld	2003	Ernst Hoffmann	Philosopher and historian in the GDR
1912	Barmen	1956	Ernst Höllerhagen	Jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
1912	Elberfeld	1964	Herta Hall	actress
1912	Elberfeld	1983	Heinz Pick	physicist
1913	Barmen	1991	Friedrich Sack	Politician (SPD)
1913	Elberfeld	2003	Helmut Kirschey	Anarchist and resistance fighter
1913	Elberfeld	1986	Herbert Runge	boxer
1913		1971	Werner Dubois	SS squad leader
1913	Elberfeld	1996	Helmut Dahm	Historian and archivist
1913	Barmen	2005	Karl August Bettermann	jurist
1913	Elberfeld	1987	Gisela Andersch	painter
1913	Barmen	1993	Ulrich Klug	Lawyer, university professor and politician (FDP)
1913	Elberfeld	1999	Günter von Roden	Historian and archivist
1913	Vohwinkel	1993	Friedrich Dickel	Minister of the Interior of the GDR
1913	Barmen	2007	Ilse Kötting	Politician and member of the state parliament of the KPD
1913	Ronsdorf	1973	Ernst Gadermann	Chief Medical Officer of the German Air Force in World War II
1914	Elberfeld	1996	Franz Josef Breuer	Composer and music producer of entertainment and military music and member of the GEMA supervisory board
1914		1998	Ursula Reit	actress
1914	Barmen	1988	Helmut Kahlhöfer	Church musician
1914	Elberfeld	2000	Ewald Wicke	Chemist
1914	Barmen	2012	Kurt Matthes	Politician
1914	Barmen	1967	Heinrich Schneider	SS-Hauptsturmführer and war criminal
1914	Elberfeld	after 1979	Heinz-Werner Meyer-Lohse	Diplomat, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Luxembourg
1914	Elberfeld	2004	Gustav Adolf Baum	Art collector, honorary citizen of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal and director of Igedo
1914	Barmen	1973	Cuno Fischer	painter
1914	Barmen	1976	Bernd Klug	Naval officer
1914	Barmen	1981	Kurt Hackenberg	Local politician in Cologne
1915		1996	August mouse	Naval officer
1915		1994	Hans Murawski	geologist
1915	Elberfeld	1990	Karl Ibach	Politicians (SPD) and resistance fighters in the Third Reich
1915		1979	Paul Zils	Documentary filmmaker
1915		1992	Josef Kümpel	Politician (CDU)
1915	Barmen	1997	Alma Kettig	SPD politician, resistance fighter against National Socialism, peace activist and trade unionist
1915	Beyenburg	2005	Ernst Rough	Theology lecturer and author
1916	Elberfeld	1985	Raphael Giveon	Egyptologist
1916	Barmen	1986	Robert Wolfgang Schnell	writer
1916	Barmen	2003	Kurt Wolff	Graphic designer
1916	Elberfeld	2005	Peter Keetman	photographer
1916	Barmen		Leopold Wiel	Architect and university professor
1916	Elberfeld	2004	Henning Brandis	Microbiologist
1917	Barmen	2016	Peter Beneke	Politician (CDU)
1917	Barmen	1991	Kurt Brand	Science fiction writer, co-author of Perry Rhodan
1917	Langerfeld	2009	Friedrich Platte	Politician and City Director
1917	Barmen	1993	Werner Baecker	Television journalist
1917	Barmen	1969	Use Steppat	actress
1919	Barmen	2004	Karl Otto Dehnert	Politician
1919	Elberfeld	2006	Paul Avraham Alsberg	Historian, State Archivist of Israel, University professor
1919	Barmen	1984	Else Harney	Artisan
1919	Elberfeld	2013	Hans Georg Emde	Politician (FDP)
1919	Elberfeld	2003	Rolf Hagedorn	Theoretical physicist
1919	Vohwinkel	2004	Helga Dickel	Politician (KPD), member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
1919	Barmen	1998	Gerhard Kienbaum	Politician, 1962–1966 State Minister for Economic Affairs, Medium-Sized Enterprises and Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia
1919	Elberfeld	2011	Lore Kullmer	Economist
192 ...		192 ...	20th century, 1920s
1920	Elberfeld	1982	Georg André	Politician
1920	Ronsdorf	2009	Waltraud Blass	Resistance fighter and communist
1920	Langerfeld	2006	Heinz Rosendahl	Track and field athlete
1920	Barmen		Heinrich Friedrich Landau	German ambassador in Sana'a, Lusaka, Kuwait and Nicosia
1920	Elberfeld	2012	Friedrich Julius Scherff	Painter of abstract expressionism and informel
1920	Elberfeld	2001	Margot Göttlinger	Actress, co-founder of the German State Theater Timisoara
1920	Elberfeld	1992	Gerhard Meyer-Schwickerath	Founder of light coagulation (ophthalmology)
1920	Elberfeld	2003	Wolfgang vom Schemm	Draftsman and graphic artist
1920	Barmen	2013	Renate Mannhardt	actress
1921	Elberfeld	2016	Werner Draudt	Politician (FDP)
1921	Elberfeld	2014	Hanna Jordan	Stage and costume designer
1921	Barmen	2008	Hans Kilian	Physician, psychoanalyst and professor of social psychology and applied psychoanalysis
1921	Elberfeld	2009	Carola Lepping	Writer
1921	Elberfeld	2008	Hans Rotta	Publisher, editor, editor and biologist
1921	Elberfeld	2002	Richard Brinkmann	Germanist
1921	Elberfeld	2014	Klaus Meyer-Schwickerath	Senior District Director and Regional Councilor
1922	Elberfeld	2007	Günther Blau	painter
1922	Elberfeld	1979	Wilhelm Zimolong	Painter, graphic artist and sculptor
1922		2002	Helmut Lenders	Trade union secretary and politician (GVP, SPD)
1922	Barmen	1995	Hans Geib	Dialect author and columnist
1923	Barmen	2015	Dieter Altenpohl	University professor
1923	Barmen	2020	Reimar Lüst	Physicist, 1971–1984 President of the Max Planck Society
1923	Elberfeld	2008	Horst Tappert	Actor (best known from the crime series "Derrick")
1923	Elberfeld	1989	Günter Hartkopf	Lawyer and State Secretary
1923	Elberfeld	1999	Klaus don't worry	Head of the State and Legal Affairs Department of the SED Central Committee
1923	Barmen	2000	Heinz Hötter	Composer, orchestra leader, jazz musician
1923	Barmen	2013	Heino Heiden	German-Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer
1923	Elberfeld	2005	Siegfried Eichhorn	Economist and university professor
1924		1999	Erwin Hegemann	Artist
1924	Elberfeld	2019	Lore Jackstädt	Entrepreneur's widow and patroness
1924	Elberfeld	2016	Eberhard Dülfer	University professor in business administration
1924	Elberfeld	2020	Hilde Siemer	Track and field athlete
1924	Elberfeld	1999	Ruth Kolb-Lünemann	Social politician (SPD) and city councilor
1924		2020	Claus Weber-Höller	Physician and general physician in the Bundeswehr
1924	Elberfeld	2006	Karl Ruhrberg	Art historian, museum director and curator
1924	Barmen		Wolfgang Bunte	Judaist
1925	Barmen	1997	Wolfgang Koellmann	Politician, historian, professor
1925	Elberfeld	2005	Werner Jackstädt	Entrepreneurs, patrons and donors
1925	Elberfeld	1984	Paul Portner	writer
1925		2000	Klaus Halbach	physicist
1925	Barmen	2005	Heinz Kluncker	Trade unionists
1925	Elberfeld	2011	Aino Henssen	Lichenologist
1925	Elberfeld	2014	Eva Roeder	painter
1925	Barmen	2019	Wolfgang Huett	Art historian
1925	Barmen	1991	Wilfried Reckewitz	painter
1925		2001	Jonny Buchardt	Actor, comedian and emcee
1925	Barmen		Marion van de Kamp	Actress and TV announcer
1925	Barmen	1998	Kurt Drees	Politician
1925	Elberfeld		Rosemarie Neie	Writer
1926	Elberfeld	2014	Heinz-Georg Klös	Veterinarian and director of the Berlin zoological garden
1926	Barmen	2006	Hans H. Simmer	Mediciners
1926		2012	Charles Wirths	actor
1926	Barmen	1988	Heinz Heckhausen	psychologist
1926	Elberfeld	2000	Harald Leipnitz	actor
1926	Barmen	2008	Jo Micovich	Writer, poet and radio play author
1926	Elberfeld	2016	Gerd Kaimer	Teacher and Lord Mayor of Solingen
1926	Barmen	2018	Hans Günter Winkler	Multiple Olympic champion in show jumping
1926	Barmen	2004	Werner Ekschmitt	Lecturer at the Goethe Institute and publicist on Greek and archaeological topics
1927	Barmen	1985	Hans-Otto Wüster	Nuclear physicist
1927	Elberfeld	2002	Horst Schönemann	Director
1927		2014	Hannelore Lübeck	actress
1927	Barmen	2005	Siegfried Palm	cellist
1927		2003	Fritz Wehrmann	Politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
1927	Elberfeld	2018	Wolfgang Trommer	conductor
1927	Cronenberg	1993	Hans Zanotelli	conductor
1927	Elberfeld	2015	Anneliese Henecka	sculptor
1927	Barmen	2018	Friederich Werthmann	sculptor
1927		1997	Manfred Schlenke	historian
1928	Elberfeld	2015	Wolfgang Sauer	Singer ("Believe me")
1928	Barmen	2015	Günter Klein	theologian
1928	Barmen	2002	Doris Pollatschek	Artist and cat breeder
1928	Elberfeld	1970	Karl Heinz Hansen	Chemist
1928	Barmen	2017	Karl-Heinz son	Economist, State Secretary and Manager
1928	Elberfeld	1992	Gerhard L. Closs	German-American chemist
1928	Elberfeld	2008	Horst Stein	Concert and opera conductor
1928	Barmen	2006	Winfried Pesch	Church music director at the Old Wupperfeld Church
1928	Elberfeld		George Dreyfus	Australian composer
1928	Barmen	2014	Rolf Schörken	History educator
1928	Elberfeld	2019	Winfried Dahl	Materials scientist
1928	Barmen		Dagmar Droysen-Reber	Musicologist and museum director
1928	Barmen	2011	Paulus Buscher	Artist and edelweiss pirate
1928	Elberfeld	2001	Eduard Schütz	theologian
1929	Barmen		Hans Kaletsch	Ancient historian
1929		1929	Foundation of the city of Elberfeld-Barmen with the later renaming to Wuppertal
1929		2006	Hans-Dieter Söling	biochemist
1929			Hans D. Meyer	Ancient historian
1929			Günter Konrad	Local historian, author and editor
1929	Barmen	2018	Karl-Christian Heuser	Architect, author and university professor
193 ...		193 ...	20th century, 1930s
1930		2012	Heinz Engelhardt	Politician (SPD)
1930		2009	Gerd Aretz	Postage Stamp Artist
1930		2000	Erwin Ferlemann	Trade unionists
1930		2004	Clovis Poth	satirist
1930		2016	Herbert Ottersbach	official
1930		2018	Rolf Bick	Protestant theologian
1930	Barmen	1980	Horst Baader	Romanist
1930	Barmen	1998	Günter Klein	Lawyer and Politician (CDU)
1930	Elberfeld		Werburga Schaffrath	Sister of the Missionary Benedictines
1930		2020	Gotthart Wunberg	Germanist, literary historian and cultural scientist
1931	Barmen	2006	Johannes Rau	Lord Mayor (1969–1970), Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia (1978–1998), Federal President (1999–2004)
1931		2001	Horst Tüller	Cyclist
1931		2011	Silvia Schlenstedt	Germanist
1931		2020	Friedhelm König	writer
1931		2000	Robert Rautenbach	Engineer and professor for process engineering
1931		1981	Friedrich Hoeth	psychologist
1932	Elberfeld	2017	Peter Waskönig	Entrepreneur
1932		2008	Claus Luthe	Automotive designer
1932		2017	Johannes Osberghaus	author
1932		1996	Herbert Wächter	Painter and graphic artist
1933		2012	Horst Günter Krenzler	jurist
1933			Gerd Hammes	composer
1933	Elberfeld	2016	Dieter Henkel	Actor and director
1933		2010	Jürgen Abeler	Art collector, master watchmaker, goldsmith and gemologist
1934	Barmen	2017	Gerhard Deimling	Legal and criminal sociologist
1934			Klaus Goebel	historian
1934		2015	Max Jörg Vorwerk	Entrepreneurs and patrons
1934			Peter Stella	photographer
1934		2017	Martin Greschat	Church historian
1934		2011	Reinhard Vossbein	Economist, professor of business administration
1934			Kurt Breucker	jurist
1934	Barmen		Udo Sopp	Evangelical pastor and councilor
1934		2020	Heinz-Olof Brennscheidt	Entrepreneur and founder
1934			Heinz Oelfke	Writer and journalist
1935		2020	Klaus Otte	Protestant theologian
1935		2011	Fritzdieter Gerhards	Director, theater director
1935			Gerd Scholz	Politician (SPD)
1935			Helga Luckenbach	Economist
1935		1972	Till Kalsbach	Politician (SPD)
1935			Reinald Schnell	filmmakers
1935		2020	Marlies Lüth	Politician (SPD)
1935			Peter Schönhöfer	Doctor, pharmacologist and local politician
1936	Elberfeld		Gerda von Staehr	Educational scientist
1936			Manfred Lepa	Judge at the Federal Court of Justice
1936			Ulrich Kellermann	Protestant theologian
1936			Ulrich Brockhaus	evangelical theologian, former publisher and author
1936			Jörg Mittelsten Scheid	Entrepreneur
1936			Willfried Penner	Politician (SPD)
1936		1995	Walter Mostert	Evangelical theologian
1936			Ute Vinzing	Opera and chamber singer
1936			Ruth Hesse	Opera singer
1936			Klaus Peters	Administrative lawyer, Chancellor of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal
1936		2004	Klaus Zentara	Educator, historian, handball player and arbitrator
1936		2019	Peter Michael Braun	composer
1936		2011	Dieter Klöcker	Clarinetist and conductor
1936		2006	Fritz Rahmann	Artist
1936			Eberhard Robke	Entrepreneurs, politicians and art sponsors
1937			Rita Süssmuth	Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health (1985–1988), President of the Bundestag (1988–1998)
1937			Manfred Landfester	Classical philologist
1937		1997	Werner Genuit	pianist
1937			Erich Ribbeck	Soccer player and coach, national soccer coach
1937			Rolf Bergmann	Linguist and Germanistic Medievalist
1937			Manfred Knickenberg	Track and field athlete and Olympic participant
1937			Artur Korn	Opera, song and concert singer with a bass voice
1937	Barmen		Gerd Helbeck	Local history explorer
1937			Wolfgang Butt	Scandinavian, translator
1938	Ronsdorf		Rolf Dietrich Herzberg	Criminal law scholar
1938		1985	Jürgen Kleine	Classical archaeologist
1938			Vok Dams	Entrepreneur and pioneer in event marketing
1938	Dornap		Günter Augustat	Soccer player
1938			Karl Walter Lewalter	diplomat
1938		2012	Helmut Röder	Gallery owner, painter and cook
1938			Bärbel Gudelius	Writer
1938			Joachim Dorfmüller	Musicologist, pianist and organist
1938		2020	Peter Huebner	Table tennis player
1938			Johannes Dichgans	Neuroscientist and Neurologist
1938			Detlef Hensche	Union leader and lawyer
1938			Barbara Höfler	doctor
1939			Udo Meyer	sculptor
1939	Ronsdorf		Kurt Schnoring	Author and local history researcher
1939			Friedhelm Runge	Entrepreneur and sports official
1939			Rolf Mueller	Soccer player
1939			Bernhard vom Brocke	historian
1939			Hans Medick	historian
194 ...		194 ...	20th century, 1940s
1941			Gertrud Höhler	Literary scholar
1940		2010	Ute Klophaus	photographer
1940			Wilfried Sauerland	Boxing promoter
1940			Hartmut Handt	writer
1940			Knut Terjung	journalist
1940			Niels-Peter Rudolph	Director and Artistic Director
1940			Achim Ebert	Social worker
1940		2018	Ursula Lietz	CDU politician
1940		2015	Erika Fleuren	Politician (SPD)
1940			Bernd Otto	CEO
1940			Klaus Jürgen Haller	Radio journalist
1940			Wolfgang number	Voice actor
1940			Rudolf Dreßler	SPD politician and ambassador to Israel
1940			Edith Clever	Director and actress
1940			Hartmut Melenk	Germanist and university professor
1940		1999	Agi Huppertsberg	Jazz musician
1941			Ulrich Sigwart	Cardiologist
1941		2012	Ulle Hees	sculptor
1941		2010	Rainer Degen	Ancient orientalist
1941			Peter Grottian	Social scientist
1941			Jürgen Neuhaus	Car racing driver and entrepreneur
1941			Hans-Jürgen Hiby	sculptor
1941		2004	Edgar Dören	Racing car driver
1941			Jörg Baltzer	gynecologist
1941			Hans Lehnert	Politician (SPD)
1941			Bernd Loebach	Artist, art and design critic, book author, university professor
1941			Beate Kohler-Koch	Political scientist and university professor
1941			Rolf Beiderbeck	University professor, botanist
1941			Günter Beltzig	Designer
1941		2011	Reiner Luckenbach	Chemist
1942			Werner Görts	Soccer player
1942			Henning Sheikh	Brain researchers and naturalists
1942	Elberfeld		Helga Daub	FDP politician and member of the German Bundestag since 2002
1942		2019	Ernst Höhler	architect
1942			Hans-Jürgen Krumm	German-Austrian specialist in German and language teaching and language learning researcher
1942			Michael Dawin	Judge at the Federal Administrative Court
1942		2006	Georg Giesing	writer
1942			Annemarie Borgmann	Politician (The Greens)
1942			Rolf Löckmann	Photographer and monument protector
1942			Alice Schwarzer	Publicist
1942			Konrad Adam	journalist
1942			Anne Linsel	Cultural journalist, filmmaker, documentary film director and publicist
1942			Bärbel Radisch	Author
1943			Reinhold Kaiser	Medievalist
1943		2012	Gerd Knäpper	Ceramist
1943	Elberfeld		Hans Georg Bender	Gynecologist, university professor
1943		2008	Hans-Peter Riel	journalist
1943			Gerd Leo Kuck	Dramaturge, director and artistic director
1943	Barmen		Peter Beicken	Germanist and poet
1943			Hartmann Romans	Theoretical physicist
1943			Joachim Römer	Journalist, author and restaurant critic
1943			Hanjo Kesting	editor
1943			Karl-Heinz Ladeur	Legal scholar
1944	Vohwinkel		Klaus-Jürgen Lais	Politician (SPD)
1944			Hans-Peter Meinecke	Politician (SPD)
1944			Jürgen Papies	Soccer player
1944			Hans-Werner Bertl	Politician (SPD)
1944			Dirk Walbrecker	Author, screenwriter, audio book author
1944			Wolfgang Zocher	Undertaker
1944			Siegfried Bosch	mathematician
1944			Rolf Wiggershaus	Philosopher and publicist
1945			Manfred Frank	philosopher
1945		2003	Ute Mora	actress
1945			Jörg Aufenanger	Writer and director
1945			Sieglinde Hartmann	Germanist, university professor
1945			Jochen Wilhelm	Economist and university professor
1945			Rainer Stuhlmann	Evangelical theologian and acting provost of Jerusalem
1946	Elberfeld	2018	Ulrich Leyendecker	composer
1946	Elberfeld		Rolf Christof Dienst	Entrepreneur
1946	Wuppertal	2018	Ignaz Kirchner	actor
1946			Wolfgang Löwer	Legal scholar
1946			Günter Müchler	Program director Deutschlandradio
1946		2017	Axel Dirx	Politician (SPD), trade union functionary (IG Metall)
1946	Elberfeld		Michael Ruppert	Politician (FDP)
1947			Ernst Peter Fischer	Science journalist and science historian
1947			Gert Lindemann	State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
1947			Ian Ashley	Formula 1 racing driver
1947	Barmen	2016	Hans Joachim de Bruyn-Ouboter	Local history explorer
1948		2020	Günter Meckenstock	Theologian and university professor
1948			Erich Miss	Soccer player
1948			Siegfried Weischenberg	Social and communication scientist
1948			Klaus Koschorke	Church historian
1948			Wilfried Trott	Cyclist
1948			Hans Donner	Austro-Brazilian designer
1948	Cronenberg	2015	Hans Kremendahl	Politician
1948			Horst-Emil Ellinghaus	Politician (CDU)
1948			Klaus Stanjek	Documentary film director, university professor and social anthropologist
1948			Ronald M. Hahn	writer
1948			Wolf Erlbruch	Illustrator and author of children's books
1948			Heinz Finger	Librarian and historian
1948			Hans Niels Jahnke	Mathematician
1949			Dieter Ferner	Soccer goalkeeper
1949			Christiane Krajewski	Politician (SPD) and investment banker
1949			Reinhard Pfriem	Economist
1949			Dirk Olzen	Lawyer and university professor
1949			Angelika Schyma	Preservationist
1949			Dirk Fiala	Soccer player
1949			Helmut Böger	Journalist and writer
1949		2011	Mechthild Bach	Internist
1949			Albrecht Dümling	Music critic
1949			Gerd Höhler	journalist
195…		195…	20th century, 1950s
1950			Wilfried Nipple	Ancient historian
1950			Beate Wagner-Hasel	Ancient historian
1950			Petra Schneppe	Politician (SPD)
1950			Gisela Klein	Track and field athlete
1950			Michael Holthaus	swimmer
1950			Thomas Kagermann	Violinist and songwriter
1950			Ralf Streuf	Graphic artist, painter, businessman, local politician and musician
1950			Manfred Todtenhausen	Politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
1950		2013	Ulrik Spies	Composer, music producer and drummer
1950			Gerhard Lenz	Organizational consultant, moderator, coach and author
1951		2013	Lothar Dupke	Soccer player
1951			Matthias Buth	Lawyer and writer
1951			Hans-Gerd Ridder	Economist
1951		2014	Bernd Köppen	Pianist, organist and composer, in the area between jazz and new music
1951			Achim Heukemes	Ultra marathon runner
1951			Werner Hoyer	Politician
1951			Randi Crott	Radio and television journalist
1951			Stefan Gallon	diplomat
1951			Alan Glen	Blues musician
1951	Elberfeld		Klaus Herbers	Historian of Medieval History
1951			Ulrike Schwieren-Höger	Book author and journalist
1952			Gunhild Boeth	Politician (Die Linke)
1952			Ulrich Eicke	Canoeists
1952			Udo Dirkschneider	Heavy metal singer
1952			Bärbl Mielich	Politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
1952	Elberfeld		Burghard Flieger	Social scientist
1952			Edward Garnier	British Conservative Party politician
1952		2011	Vladimir Budde	Chess player and author
1952			Peter Schmersal	painter
1953			Rolf Wolff	Business economist
1953			Thomas Müller	Particle physicist
1953			Dietmar Pfeifer	Mathematician and university professor
1953			Cornelia Römer	Papyrologist
1953			Michael thirst	Catholic church historian and patrologist
1953			Peter Metz	Chemist
1953			Thomas H. Althoff	hotelier
1953			Martin C. Herberg	guitarist
1953			Michael Josten	Entrepreneur
1954			Bernd Sebastian Kamps	Author and editor of numerous medical textbooks
1954			Martin Hein	Theologian and Bishop of the Evangelical Church
1954			Lutz Windhöfel	Art and architecture historian
1954			Michael Helmrath	Oboist, conductor and general music director
1954		2014	Peter Keller	Sports historian and author
1954			Hans Vorländer	political scientist
1954			Uwe Becker	Employee of the satirical magazine Titanic
1954			Heinz Bude	sociologist
1954			Sieglinde Hartmann	Germanist and researcher on Oswald von Wolkenstein, Balkanologist and cultural anthropologist
1954			Martin Krumbholz	Literary scholar
1955			Thomas Schücke	actor
1955			Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock	composer
1955			Hans-Dieter Stell	diplomat
1955			Wolf-Dietrich Walker	Lawyer and university professor
1955			Peter Jung	CDU politician
1955			Burkhard Kreuter	Engineer and geodesist
1955			Reiner Hoffmann	Union official
1955			Rudolph Brückner	Sports presenter and commentator
1955			Michael Struwe	mathematician
1955			Birgit van der Leeden	Author
1955			Rolf Geinert	Politician (SPD)
1955			Michael Kuhn	Writer and historian
1955			Ingolf Gritschneder	journalist
1955		2018	Marie Gruber	Theater, television and film actress
1955			Susanne Kessler	Painter and visual artist
1955			Helmut Lotz	Editor, editor and publisher
1955			Michael Sauer	Historian and history teacher
1955			Thomas Voss	sociologist
1956			Dietmar Vestweber	Biochemist and cell biologist
1956			Jochen Rausch	journalist
1956			Birgit Kempker	Writer
1956			Ulrich Price	Legal scholar and professor at the University of Cologne
1956			Eckhard Hammel	Communication scientist and online publicist
1956			Karin Luckey	Social and educational scientist
1956			Martina Mettner	Photography consultant and writer
1957			Henni Nachtsheim	Musician and comedian
1957			Lutz Jäncke	Professor of Neuropsychology
1957			Gerald Hörster	jurist
1957			Bernd Kundrun	CEO of Gruner + Jahr AG
1957			Jutta Velte	Politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), MdL
1957			Hermann-Peter Eberlein	Protestant church historian
1957			Andreas corner	translator
1957			Matthias Heimer	Protestant military chaplain and security politician
1957			Thomas Prince	Mayor of Laatzen
1958			Tim Buktu	Musician and music producer
1958		2011	Peter Brakelmann	Politician (CDU)
1958			Hendrik Mannes	Theater director
1958			Lothar Bluhm	Germanist and cultural historian
1958			Rolf Monzel	Artist
1958			Christian Oelemann	writer
1958			Ekkehard W. Bornträger	Swiss historian and neo-Greekist
1958			Kerstin Kempker	Writer
1958			Marcus Reckewitz	Author and editor
1959	Elberfeld		Marduk Buscher	Media scientist and entrepreneur
1959			Ruth Knüchel-Clarke	Pathologist and university professor
1959			Jan Schiffer	Author and lawyer
1959			Sabine Wölfle	Politician (SPD), member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg
1959			Birgit Grundmann	Lawyer, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice
1959			Jörg Knör	Parodist and entertainer
1959			Michael Ebert	Photographer and curator
1959			Rupert Klein	Mechanical engineer and university professor
1959		2009	Andreas Young	Artist
1959			André Poloczek	Draftsman and cartoonist
1959			Günter Beier	Painter and sculptor
1959			Thomas Bohn	TV and film director as well as screenwriter
1959			Ingo Bredenbach	Organist and church musician, rector of the University of Church Music in Tübingen
1959			Alexander Frangenheim	Double bass player
1959			Regina Schleheck	Writer
1959			Peter-Tobias Stoll	Legal scholar
1959			Rainer Voss	former investment banker, film actor
196 ...		196 ...	20th century, 1960s
1960			Bettina Tietjen	TV presenter
1960	Elberfeld		Bettina Limperg	Lawyer
1960			Stefan Schulte	Manager, CEO of Fraport AG since September 2009
1960			Bernd Huber	Professor of Economics
1960			Andreas Engelhardt	Politician (CDU)
1960			Stefan Hakenberg	composer
1960			Uwe Busse	Singer ("Buenos Dias white dove"), composer ("Mama Lorraine")
1960			Karin Putsch-Grassi	Ceramist
1960			Thorsten bad luck	Organist, conductor and composer
1960	Mercy		Karl Nagel	Organizer of the Chaostage and APPD candidate for chancellor
1961			Andreas Lob-Hüdepohl	Theologian and Rector of the Catholic University for Social Work in Berlin
1961			Frank Gersch	Handball player
1961			Dietmar Bell	Politician (SPD), MdL (North Rhine-Westphalia) since 2010
1961			Lena Braun	Artist and author
1961			Stephan Stiens	Guitarist and composer
1961			Johannes Busmann	University professor and publisher
1961			Till Velten	Artist
1961			Rainer Spiecker	Politician (CDU), MdL
1961			Thomas Osterhoff	composer
1961			Marco Wehr	Physicist and dancer
1962	Elberfeld		Christa King	Africanist
1962			Frank Freimuth	Politician and Member of Parliament (SPD)
1962			Stefan Müller	mathematician
1962			Andreas Spickhoff	Law scholar and university professor
1962			Petra Grimm-Benne	Politician (SPD)
1962			Wolfram Cramer from Clausbruch	Musician, multi-instrumentalist and composer
1962			Holger Fach	Soccer player, soccer coach
1962			René Pretschner	Jazz musician, music producer
1962			Karsten Altenhain	Lawyer and university professor
1962			Holger Bear	painter
1962			Boris Schmitz	violinist
1963			Axel Prokop	Trauma surgeon and professor
1963			Andreas Sidon	boxer
1963			Ralf Wienand	Canoeists
1963			Alexander Fischer	Mayor of Höxter
1963			Karsten Linke	Sports commentator
1963			Matthias Keller	National volleyball player
1964			Ezzat Nashashibi	German-Palestinian composer
1964			Susanna Kahlefeld	Politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
1964			Tatjana Festerling	Right-wing populist (Pegida)
1964			Wolfram Faust	Canoeists
1964			Udo Zilkens	Musicologist, composer, music teacher
1964	Elberfeld		Arvid Boecker	painter
1964			Sabine Büchner	Illustrator
1964			Christian Janecke	Art historian
1964			Christoph Müller	film producer
1964			Claudia Rath	Writer, former social worker
1964			Michelle sulfur	Author
1964			Peter Sweet	Screenwriter
1965			Steffen Mues	Mayor of Siegen
1965			Jörg Paschedag	Federal Managing Director of the FDP
1965			Thomas Schmuckert	Actor and voice actor
1965			Tom Tykwer	Director
1965			Jens Thelen	Speaker as well as moderator, author and copywriter
1965			Stefan Prein	Motorcycle racer
1965			Marcus Hellwig	journalist
1965			Holger Wienpahl	TV presenter
1965			Günther Frauenlob	Geographer and translator
1966			Christoph Maria Herbst	Actor, comedian
1966			Ann-Kathrin Kramer	actress
1966			Hanno Friedrich	actor
1966			Martina Kehrenberg	Basketball player
1966			Petra Kremer	Basketball player
1966			Bjorn Borgmann	Artist
1966			Marcus Lindemann	Sports journalist
1966	Elberfeld		Stefan Schwartze	Lawyer and Chancellor of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster
1967			Olaf Wegner	Politician (pirate party)
1967			Uwe Stöver	Soccer player
1967			Annedore Kleist	actress
1967			Markus Lenzing	Musician and trombonist
1967			Frank Dukowski	actor
1967			Nicole Aders	photographer
1967			Stefan Koldehoff	Cultural journalist and non-fiction author
1967			Jörg Mortsiefer	Non-fiction author
1968			Stefanie Osenberg	Handball player and coach
1968			Christine Behle	Trade unionist and former inspector for the city of Wuppertal
1968			Jens Seipenbusch	Pirate Party politician
1968			Simone Osygus	Female swimmer
1968			Reinhold Kusche	German-Italian author
1968			Bernd Römer	Lawyer and Actor
1968			Carsten Gerhardt	Management consultant and initiator of the Wuppertal movement
1969			Steffen Möller	actor
1969			Marcus Michael Mies	actor
1969			Linda Kisabaka	Track and field athlete
1969			Erik Haendeler	Business journalist, trend researcher and futurologist
1969			Heiko Thomas	Politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), MdA
1969			Olaf Reitz	Actor, speaker, director
197 ...		197 ...	20th century, 1970s
1970			Christian Lotz	German-American philosopher currently teaching at Michigan State University
1970			Lars Gorschlueter	Entrepreneur
1970			Sebastian Schnülle	Driver of a sled dog team
1970			Regine Schroeder	actress
1970			Silvana Koch-Mehrin	FDP politician (member of the European Parliament)
1970			Marcel Klett	Head dramaturge at the Bremen Theater
1970			Katja Lauken	Theater director
1970			Ralf Haarmann	Composer, musician and installation artist
1970			Sabine Seyffert	Author of children's activity books
1971			Klaus Müller	Politicians (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
1971			Karsten Hutwelker	Football coach, former player
1971			Alexander Keuk	Composer and music journalist
1971			Jan Albers	Visual artist
1971			Thorsten Krämer	writer
1971			Christian Tielmann	Author of books for children and young people
1972			Sascha Gutzeit	Musician, lyricist and composer
1972			Marco Goecke	choreographer
1972			Bernd Fuchs	TV presenter
1972			Marie-Christine Schröck	Jazz musician (saxophone, clarinet, composition)
1972			Annika Kuhl	Theater and film actress
1972			Christoph Iacono	Pianist, composer, theater and stage musician
1972			Hans Martin Krämer	Japanologist and university professor
1973			Matthias Schlubeck	Pan flutist and composer
1973			David Grashoff	writer
1973			Roman Frieling	dancer
1973			Iris Luckhaus	Illustrator, designer and author
1973			Ulrike Möltgen	Illustrator
1973			Tobias Zielony	Photographer and filmmaker
1974		2017	André Wiesler	Author of fantasy and science fiction novels
1974			Aurel Manthei	Theater and film actor
1974			Aljoscha Stadelmann	actor
1974			Tanya Stewner	Children's book author
1975			Hanno Busch	Jazz musician
1975			Jan D. Gerlach	camera operator
1976			Benjamin Quabeck	Film director
1976			Mike Leon Grosch	Singer
1976			Helge Lindh	Politician
1976			Martin Heuwold	Graffiti and street artist
1976			Sinuhe	Rapper of Greek origin
1977			Kalle Sauerland	Boxing promoter
1977			Alen Hodzovic	Actors, singers and musical performers
1977			Jan Moritz Onken	conductor
1977			Michael Kaeding	Political scientist
1978			Jörg Thieme	boxer
1978			Dimitrios Grammozis	Soccer player
1978			Janine Scholz	Musician "Kira"
1978			Marco Skulschus	Textbook author and speaker on software development
1979			Christian Lindner	Politician
1979			Sebastian Hinze	Handball player and handball coach
1979			Tim Focke	Water polo player and coach
1979			Lyn Byl	Handball player
1979			Patrick Stanke	Musical performer
198 ...		198 ...	20th century, 1980s
1981			Philipp-Alexander Häger	DJ "Mainbrain" and music producer
1981			Susanne Rudolph	Short tracker
1981			Sandy Mölling	Pop singer
1981			Catherine Vogel	Radio presenter and speaker
1981			Matthias Ebhardt	Canoeists
1981			Aron Lehmann	Film director
1981			Hanna Lemke	Author
1982			Barbara Buntrock	Violist
1982			Axel Stein	Actor and comedian
1982			Yara Hassan	Actress and musical artist
1982			Rasmus Gersch	Handball player
1982			Nasir El Kasmi	Soccer player
1982			Pinar Budak	Taekwondo athlete of Turkish origin
1983			Henrike Handrup	Paracyclerin
1983			Gordon Geib	Basketball player
1983			Jan Romund	Volleyball and beach volleyball players
1983			Janine Beermann	Field hockey player
1984			Patrick Reichel	actor
1984			No Movassat	Politician (DIE LINKE)
1984			Tim Klinger	Cyclist
1984			Viktor "Prezident" Bertemann	rapper
1985			Silvio Pagano	Soccer player
1985			Patrick Salmen	Author, slam poet and cabaret artist
1986			Daniel Hermann	Figure skater
1986			Krisha Dalke	Actor and musical singer
1986			Berkan Yıldırım	German-Turkish soccer player
1987			Gonzalo Castro	Soccer player
1987		2013	Burak Karan	Soccer player
1988			Carolina Hermann	Figure skater
1988			Florian Frowein	Actor, German model
1988			Tim Ohlbrecht	Basketball player
1988			Zola Mennenöh	Jazz musician, singer
1989			Serdar Kesimal	Turkish football player
1989			Cihan Kaptan	Turkish football player
1989			Christoph Fildebrandt	swimmer
1989			David Vržogić	Soccer player
1989			Daniel Keita-Ruel	Franco-German soccer player
199…		199…	20th century, 1990s
1990			Richard Sukuta-Pasu	Soccer player
1990			Isabelle Stiepel	Ski racer
1990			Nelson Janßen	Politician and member of the Bremen citizenship
1991			Sebastian Bender	Young Actor
1991			Jan Artmann	Handball player
1991			Nils Artmann	Handball player
1991			Julia Dickhaus	Soccer player
1991			Yasmin Pietsch	Soccer player
1991			Danae Dörken	German-Greek pianist
1991			Oğuzhan Kefkir	Turkish football player
1991			Lea Kurka	actress
1991			Michel Koch	Track and road cyclists
1992			Eunice Beckmann	Soccer player
1992			Christian vom Lehn	swimmer
1992			Rezo	Web video producer
1992			Felix Herzenbruch	Soccer player
1993			Kolja Push	Soccer player
1993			Kai Huckenbeck	Speedway driver and two-time German speedway individual champion
1993	Ronsdorf		Tom Raczko	Voice actor and actor
1995			David Niepsuj	Soccer player
1997			Valentin Ruckebier	Composer and musician
1998			Leonie Schuetter	National basketball player
200 ...		200 ...	21st century, 2000s
20 ...		20 ...	21st century

See also

• List of personalities of the city of Wuppertal
• List of the Wuppertal originals
• List of honorary citizens of Wuppertal

literature

• Wuppertal biographies. Ed. from the Bergisches Geschichtsverein e. V., Wuppertal Department. Born, Wuppertal 1958 ff. Published 17 episodes by 1993.

Web links

• Famous Wuppertal, wuppertal.de
• Famous Wuppertal, ( Memento from November 2, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Website by Mirco Mankel
• Lisa Kipp: Direct hit online: Famous Wuppertaler ( Memento from August 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from August 5, 2006.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Nagel: Schlund , Berlin 2018, p. 51, ISBN 978-3-947380-22-0