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Wuppertal ranks 957th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bellshill, Manisa, and Jyväskylä. Memorable people born in Wuppertal include Johannes Rau, Udo Dirkschneider, and Erich Ribbeck. Memorable people who died in Wuppertal include Michael Lippert, Wolf Erlbruch, and Pina Bausch. Wuppertal has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many military personnels, and writers. Wuppertal is located in Germany.

Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and 17th-largest in Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of Elberfeld, Barmen, Ronsdorf, Cronenberg and Vohwinkel, and was initially called "Barmen-Elberfeld" before adopting its present name in 1930. It is the capital and largest city of the Bergisches Land. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1904 and 1990, Wuppertal was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Johannes Rau, Udo Dirkschneider, and Erich Ribbeck. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Wuppertal including Michael Lippert, Wolf Erlbruch, and Pina Bausch.

People Born in Wuppertal

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Wuppertal were soccer players (4), politicians (3), singers (2), writers (2), and film directors (1),  while most who died were military personnels (2), writers (1), dancers (1), boxers (1), and anthropologists (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wuppertal, including Erich Ribbeck, Gonzalo Castro, and Holger Fach. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wuppertal, including Erich Ribbeck, Gonzalo Castro, and Holger Fach.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Wuppertal since 1700.