Duisburg
Duisburg ranks 557th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wolverhampton, Arras, and Plzeň. Memorable people born in Duisburg include Oswald Pohl, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and Holger Osieck. Memorable people who died in Duisburg include Gerardus Mercator, Walter Model, and Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost. Duisburg has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players, and geographers. Duisburg is located in Germany.
Duisburg is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 15th-largest city in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1857 and 1999, Duisburg was the birth place of 28 globally memorable people, including Oswald Pohl, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and Holger Osieck. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Duisburg including Gerardus Mercator, Walter Model, and Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost.
People Born in Duisburg
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Oswald Pohl
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1951
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 1
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
PAINTER
1881 - 1919
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 2
Holger Osieck
COACH
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 3
Toni Turek
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 1984
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 4
Ramin Djawadi
COMPOSER
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 5
Theodor Curtius
CHEMIST
1857 - 1928
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 6
Nur Fettahoğlu
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 7
Manfred Krug
ACTOR
1937 - 2016
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 8
Julius Curtius
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1948
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 9
Werner Krämer
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2010
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 10
Thomas Strunz
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 11
Michael Bella
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Duisburg
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POLITICIAN
1877 - 1948
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 9
Hans-Werner Gessmann
PSYCHOLOGIST
1950 - 2023
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 17
Hugo Dollheiser
HOCKEY PLAYER
1927 - 2017
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 21
Laurits Follert
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 26
Nadine Gonska
ATHLETE
1990 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 27
Pia Maertens
ATHLETE
1999 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 28
People Deceased in Duisburg
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Gerardus Mercator
GEOGRAPHER
1512 - 1594
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 1
Walter Model
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1945
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 2
Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost
PHYSICIST
1715 - 1794
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 3
Werner Krämer
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2010
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 4
Willy Busch
SOCCER PLAYER
1907 - 1982
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 5
Paul Günther
ATHLETE
1882 - 1959
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Duisburg were soccer players (8), athletes (5), politicians (3), actors (2), and handball players (2), while most who died were soccer players (2), geographers (1), military personnels (1), physicists (1), and athletes (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Duisburg, including Werner Krämer, Thomas Strunz, and Michael Bella. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Duisburg, including Toni Turek, Werner Krämer, and Thomas Strunz.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Duisburg since 1700.
