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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Federal State

Celebrities from North Rhine-Westphalia

154 memorials
1,297 Funeral Homes
3 cemeteries
62 Cities & Districts
Celebrities128

North Rhine-Westphalia: 128 memorial pages

of people who were born or died here, or were laid to rest here

Memorial page of Klaus Hänsch
KH
Portrait of Klaus Hänsch (1938–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Klaus Hänsch

12/15/1938 – 08/04/2026

87 years

German politician (born 1938)

Erkrath
120
MM

Memorial

Manfred Manglitz

03/08/1940 – 07/13/2026

86 years

German footballer

Köln
1
WP

Memorial

Wolfgang Paul

01/25/1940 – 06/28/2026

86 years

German footballer

Olsberg
1
Family Tree
JH
Portrait of Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Jürgen Habermas

06/18/1929 – 03/14/2026

96 years

German sociologist and philosopher

Starnberg
33
AS
Portrait of Adam Sandurski (1953–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Adam Sandurski

02/08/1953 – 02/21/2026

73 years

Polish wrestler

Witten
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Family Tree
RS
Portrait of Rita Süssmuth (1937–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Rita Süssmuth

née Rita Kickuth

02/17/1937 – 02/01/2026

88 years

German politician

Neuss
1
PD
Portrait of Peter Duesberg (1936–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Peter Duesberg

12/02/1936 – 01/13/2026

89 years

German-American molecular biologist (born 1936)

Lafayette
—
UK
Portrait of Udo Kier (1944–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Udo Kier

10/14/1944 – 11/23/2025

81 years

German actor

Rancho Mirage
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DH
Portrait of Dieter Herzog (1946–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Dieter Herzog

07/15/1946 – 11/20/2025

79 years

German footballer

Oberhausen
1
TJ
Portrait of Theo Jörgensmann (1948–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Theo Jörgensmann

09/29/1948 – 10/06/2025

77 years

German musician

Brüel
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SS
Portrait of Steve Shirley (1933–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Steve Shirley

née Vera Stephanie Buchthal

09/16/1933 – 08/09/2025

91 years

British businesswoman and philanthropist

Reading
1
FM
Portrait of Frank Mill (1958–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Frank Mill

07/23/1958 – 08/05/2025

67 years

German footballer

Essen
2
VH
Portrait of Vlastimil Hort (1944–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Vlastimil Hort

01/12/1944 – 05/12/2025

81 years

Czech-German chess player

Eitorf
1
RH
Portrait of Robert Hübner (1948–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Robert Hübner

11/06/1948 – 01/05/2025

76 years

German chess player, chess writer, and papyrologist

Köln
—
DL

Memorial

David Lodge

07/03/1936 – 09/09/2025

89 years

English writer

Grevenbroich
—
WB
Portrait of Wolfgang Becker (1947–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Wolfgang Becker

04/05/1947 – 10/27/2024

77 years

German film director and screenwriter

Hilden
1
CD
Portrait of Christoph Daum (1953–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Christoph Daum

10/24/1953 – 08/24/2024

70 years

German football manager

Köln
31
WK

Memorial

Willi Koslowski

02/17/1937 – 07/11/2024

87 years

German footballer

Gelsenkirchen
1
KS
Portrait of Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

03/31/1939 – 05/20/2024

85 years

German footballer

Milan
—
PJ
Portrait of Paul Josef Cordes (1934–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Paul Josef Cordes

09/05/1934 – 03/15/2024

89 years

German Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop

Rome
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Family Tree
EE
Portrait of Elke Erb (1938–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Elke Erb

02/18/1938 – 01/22/2024

85 years

German poet and translator

Berlin
2
HA
Portrait of Hans Albert (1921–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Hans Albert

02/08/1921 – 10/24/2023

102 years

German philosopher

Heidelberg
—
MW
Portrait of Marianne Werner (1924–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Marianne Werner

01/04/1924 – 07/22/2023

99 years

West German shot putter

Dortmund
1
HS
Portrait of Heide Simonis (1943–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Heide Simonis

née Heide Steinhardt

07/04/1943 – 07/12/2023

80 years

German politician

Kiel
2

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