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Düsseldorf ranks 133rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cincinnati, Sarajevo, and Johannesburg. Memorable people born in Düsseldorf include Heinrich Heine, Jürgen Habermas, and Wim Wenders. Memorable people who died in Düsseldorf include Joseph Beuys, Walther Funk, and Hans Luther. Düsseldorf has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and painters. Düsseldorf is located in Germany.

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the sixth-largest city in Germany, with a 2024 population of 618,685. Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Erkrath and Monheim. Düsseldorf is the central city of Rhine-Ruhr, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, that stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2004, Düsseldorf was the birth place of 90 globally memorable people, including Heinrich Heine, Jürgen Habermas, and Wim Wenders. Additionaly, 43 globally memorable people have passed away in Düsseldorf including Joseph Beuys, Walther Funk, and Hans Luther.

People Born in Düsseldorf

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People Deceased in Düsseldorf

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Düsseldorf were soccer players (21), politicians (9), athletes (9), actors (7), and painters (5),  while most who died were politicians (13), painters (6), military personnels (4), soccer players (4), and racing drivers (3).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Düsseldorf, including Klaus Allofs, Thomas Allofs, and Michael Preetz. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Düsseldorf, including Klaus Allofs, Stanislaus Kobierski, and Karl Hohmann.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Düsseldorf since 1700.