Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia

1. Erich Kempka (1910)

Ss Officer

Nazi SS member who served as Adolf Hitler's personal chauffeur from 1934-1945.

2. Esther Schweins (1970)

German Actress And Comedienne

Notable for her recurring roles on the German television series Die Cleveren (as Katrin Rasch) and Ein Fall Für den Fuchs (as Sandra), she is perhaps even more well known...

3. Ulla Salzgeber (1958)

Equestrian

Member of the German equestrian team who won a gold medal in team dressage at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

4. Andre Hamann (1987)

Instagram Star

Internationally-renowned model and digital influener who became the co-owner of the online boutique Haze and Glory. He has been featured in GQ, Men's Health and Esquire, among others.

5. Markus Feldhoff (1974)

German Football Player And Manag

Markus Feldhoff is a retired German footballer. Earlier in his career he played for Bayer Uerdingen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Borussia Mönchengladbach VfL Wolfsburg and FC Energie Cottbus. In his career...

6. Vanessa Struhler (1985)

German Singer

Vanessa Struhler better known as Vanessa S. is a German singer and songwriter who came to fame as a finalist of the first season of the television show Deutschland sucht...

7. Reni Erkens (Unknow)

German Swimmer

Renate Reni Erkens was a German freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. She was born in Oberhausen and was the wife of Ernst Küppers and the mother...

8. Heike Schulte-Mattler (1958)

German Sprinter

Heike Schulte-Mattler née Schmidt is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles U....

9. Kevin Grund (1987)

German Footballer

Kevin Grund is a German footballer who is currently playing for Rot-Weiss Essen. Grund made his full debut on 15 March 2010 in a 2. Bundesliga match against TSV 1860...

10. Hans Siemensmeyer (1940)

German Footballer And Manager

Hans Siemensmeyer is a retired German football player and coach. As a player he spent 9 seasons in the Bundesliga with Hannover 96. He also represented Germany 3 times including...

11. Lothar Kobluhn (1943)

German Professional Footballer

Lothar Kobluhn is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Kobluhn who was playing for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen at the time was the Bundesliga's top scorer in the...

12. Eric Johannesen (1988)

Rower

Eric Johannesen is a German rower. He was part of the team that won the gold medal in the Men's eight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He...

13. Ditmar Jakobs (1953)

German Footballer

Ditmar Jakobs is a former German football player. He was a centre-back a classical libero in the mold of Franz Beckenbauer or Willi Schulz. Jakobs played 493 games from 1971...

14. Franz Krauthausen (1946)

German Footballer

z Krauthausen is a retired German football player. He spent seven seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Köln Rot-Weiß Oberhausen FC Bayern Munich and FC Schalke 04 after which...

15. Heribert Macherey (1954)

German Footballer

Heribert Macherey is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He became the second goalkeeper after Dirk Krüssenberg to keep a clean sheet in his three first Bundesliga...

16. Michael Jakobs (1959)

German Footballer

Michael Jakobs is a retired German football player.

17. Burkhard Segler (1951)

German Footballer

Burkhard Segler is a retired German footballer who made a total of 88 appearances in the Fußball-Bundesliga during his playing career. Segler played one game for the Germany national football...

18. Dieter Bast (1951)

German Footballer

Dieter Bast is a former German footballer.

19. Claudia Zackiewicz (1962)

German Hurdler

Claudia Zaczkiewicz née Reidick is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metre Hurdles.

20. Karsten Stolz (1964)

German Shot Putter

Karsten Stolz is a retired West German shot putter.

21. Andre Haermeyer (1956)

Australian Politician

Andre Haermeyer is an Australian politician.

22. Christoph Schlingensief (1960)

Director

Christoph Maria Schlingensief was a German film and theatre director actor artist and author. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker Schlingensief later began staging productions for theatres and festivals which...

23. Armin von Bogdandy (1960)

German Judge

Armin von Bogdandy is professor of public law and international law at the law faculty of Goethe University Frankfurt and Director of the Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public...

24. Jürgen Zimmerling (Unknow)

German Mep

Jürgen Zimmerling was a German politician and a Member of the European Parliament during its 5th and 6th terms. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany...

25. Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens (1948)

Founding Member Of The German Gr

Eckhard Stratmann-Mertens formerly known as Eckhard Stratmann is a former politician and Green Party member of the German Bundestag. Before and after serving in the Bundestag he taught at a...

26. Dirk Bauermann (1957)

German Professional Basketball P

Dirk Bauermann is a German professional basketball coach. He is the former head coach of the senior men's German national basketball team and of the senior men's Polish national basketball...

27. Rebecca Immanuel (1970)

Actress

Rebecca Immanuel was born on November 13, 1970 in Oberhausen, Germany as Sonja Zimmer. She is an actress, known for Edel & Starck , Frauen lügen besser and Im Alleingang - Elemente des Zweifels .

28. Suzan Anbeh (1970)

Actress

Susan Anbeh is a German actress best known to English-speaking audiences as the woman who stole Timothy Hutton away from Meg Ryan in the 1995 film French Kiss. Anbeh is...

29. Julian Real (1989)

Olympic Water Polo Player

Julian Real is a German water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

30. Ulf Siemes (1978)

Olympic Rower

Ulf Siemes is a German rower.

31. Marcel Landers (1984)

German Footballer

Marcel Landers is a German footballer who plays for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 24 August...

32. Ulrich Viefers (1972)

Olympic Rower

Ulrich Viefers is a German rower.

33. Christian Stubbe (1982)

German Archer

Christian Stubbe is an athlete from Germany who competes in archery.

34. Matthias Witthaus (1982)

German Field Hockey Player

Matthias Witthaus is a field hockey player from Germany who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

35. Nadine Opgen-Rhein (1976)

German Canoeist

Nadine Opgen-Rhein is a German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-2000s. She won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold.

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