Duisburg
Duisburg ranks 512th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Paddington, Voronezh, and Sakai. Memorable people born in Duisburg include Oswald Pohl, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and Toni Turek. 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 politicians 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
Between 1857 and 1995, Duisburg was the birth place of 23 globally memorable people, including Oswald Pohl, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and Toni Turek. 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
1892 - 1951
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
1881 - 1919
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 2
Toni Turek
1919 - 1984
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 3
Holger Osieck
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 4
Ramin Djawadi
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 5
Manfred Krug
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 6
Nur Fettahoğlu
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 7
Theodor Curtius
1857 - 1928
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 8
Werner Krämer
1940 - 2010
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 9
Friedel Rausch
1940 - 2017
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 10
Thomas Strunz
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 11
Bärbel Bas
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Duisburg
Go to all RankingsManfred Krug
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 6
Bärbel Bas
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 12
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
1967 - Present
HPI: 35.89
Rank: 18
Jeremy Dudziak
1995 - Present
HPI: 29.59
Rank: 20
Julius Kühn
1993 - Present
HPI: 20.64
Rank: 23
People Deceased in Duisburg
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Gerardus Mercator
1512 - 1594
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 1
Walter Model
1891 - 1945
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 2
Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost
1715 - 1794
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 3
Werner Krämer
1940 - 2010
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 4
Willy Busch
1907 - 1982
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 5
Paul Günther
1882 - 1959
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 6
Newly Added People Deceased in Duisburg
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Duisburg were soccer players (9), politicians (2), actors (2), athletes (2), and handball players (2), while most who died were soccer players (2), geographers (1), military personnels (1), physicists (1), and athletes (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Duisburg, including Werner Krämer, Friedel Rausch, and Thomas Strunz. 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 Friedel Rausch.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Duisburg since 1700.
