Düren
Düren ranks 787th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Harbin, Lomé, and Torrance, California. Memorable people born in Düren include Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Harald Schumacher, and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger. Memorable people who died in Düren include Karl Kreutzberg. Düren has been the birth place of many soccer players, and musicians and the death place of many handball players. Düren is located in Germany.
Düren is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne, on the river Rur. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1805 and 1990, Düren was the birth place of 18 globally memorable people, including Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Harald Schumacher, and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Düren including Karl Kreutzberg.
People Born in Düren
Go to all RankingsPeter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
MATHEMATICIAN
1805 - 1859
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 1
Harald Schumacher
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - Present
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 2
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2024
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 3
Hermann Heinrich Gossen
ECONOMIST
1810 - 1858
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 4
Sybille Schmitz
ACTOR
1909 - 1955
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 5
Max von Schillings
MUSICIAN
1868 - 1933
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 6
Margot Eskens
SINGER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 7
Karl Lauterbach
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 8
Georg Stollenwerk
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - 2014
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 9
Karl Kreutzberg
HANDBALL PLAYER
1912 - 1977
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 10
Leo Wilden
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 11
Wilfried Hannes
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Düren
Go to all RankingsSybille Schmitz
ACTOR
1909 - 1955
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 5
Margot Eskens
SINGER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 7
Leo Wilden
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 11
Lars Vogt
MUSICIAN
1970 - 2022
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 16
Deniz Naki
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 17
People Deceased in Düren
Go to all RankingsOccupations
Most individuals born in present day Düren were soccer players (9), musicians (2), mathematicians (1), economists (1), and actors (1), while most who died were handball players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Düren, including Harald Schumacher, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, and Georg Stollenwerk. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Düren, including Harald Schumacher, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, and Georg Stollenwerk.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Düren since 1700.