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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Federal State

Celebrities from North Rhine-Westphalia

165 memorials
1,297 Funeral Homes
3 cemeteries
62 Cities & Districts
Celebrities127

North Rhine-Westphalia: 127 memorial pages

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

EN

Memorial

Ernst Nolte

01/11/1923 – 08/18/2016

93 years

German historian and philosopher

Berlin
1
HG
Portrait of Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

03/21/1927 – 03/31/2016

89 years

German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party

Pech
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GW
Portrait of Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Guido Westerwelle

12/27/1961 – 03/18/2016

54 years

German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany

Köln
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HL
Portrait of Hannes Löhr (1942–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Hannes Löhr

07/05/1942 – 02/29/2016

73 years

German footballer and manager

Köln
1
SG
Portrait of Steve Gohouri (1981–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Steve Gohouri

02/08/1981 – 12/31/2015

34 years

Ivorian footballer

Krefeld
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DC
Portrait of Dettmar Cramer (1925–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Dettmar Cramer

04/04/1925 – 09/17/2015

90 years

German football manager

Reit im Winkl
1
WW
Portrait of Wolfram Wuttke (1961–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Wolfram Wuttke

11/17/1961 – 03/01/2015

53 years

German football player and coach

Lünen
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KJ

Memorial

Karl Josef Becker

04/18/1928 – 02/10/2015

86 years

Catholic cardinal

Rome
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UL
Portrait of Udo Lattek (1935–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Udo Lattek

01/16/1935 – 02/01/2015

80 years

German football player and coach

Köln
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JM
Portrait of Junior Malanda (1994–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Junior Malanda

08/28/1994 – 01/10/2015

20 years

Belgian association football player

Porta Westfalica
1
RG
Portrait of Ralph Giordano (1923–2014) – memorial page

Memorial

Ralph Giordano

03/23/1923 – 12/10/2014

91 years

German writer and publicist

Köln
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NA

Memorial

Nahid Anahita Ratebzad

10/01/1931 – 09/07/2014

82 years

Afghan Marxist and member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Dortmund
2
Family Tree
KA

Memorial

Karl Albrecht

07/15/1935 – 07/30/2025

90 years

German entrepreneur

Ansbach
23
AN

Memorial

Anja Niedringhaus

10/12/1965 – 04/04/2014

48 years

German photojournalist

Khost
1
GA
Portrait of Gerd Albrecht (1935–2014) – memorial page

Memorial

Gerd Albrecht

07/19/1935 – 02/02/2014

78 years

German conductor

Berlin
1
JL

Memorial

Juan Linz

12/24/1926 – 10/01/2013

86 years

Spanish sociologist and political scientist

New Haven
1
HF
Portrait of Heinz Flohe (1948–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Heinz Flohe

01/28/1948 – 06/15/2013

65 years

German footballer

Vettweiß
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RP
Portrait of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

05/07/1927 – 04/03/2013

85 years

German-born British-American author

Manhattan
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HW
Portrait of Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Hans Werner Henze

07/01/1926 – 10/27/2012

86 years

German composer

Dresden
1
EW
Portrait of Erhard Wunderlich (1956–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Erhard Wunderlich

12/14/1956 – 10/04/2012

55 years

German handball player

Köln
1
DB
Portrait of Dirk Bach (1961–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Dirk Bach

04/23/1961 – 10/01/2012

51 years

German actor, comedian and presenter

Berlin
2
FH
Portrait of Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Friedrich Hirzebruch

10/17/1927 – 05/27/2012

84 years

German mathematician

Bonn
1
Family Tree
CW
Portrait of Christa Wolf (1946–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Christa Wolf

née Christa Ihlenfeld

08/13/1946 – 11/25/2024

78 years

German novelist and essayist

Meschede
11
KB
Portrait of Karl-Günther Bechem (1921–2011) – memorial page

Memorial

Karl-Günther Bechem

12/21/1921 – 05/03/2011

89 years

racecar driver

Hagen
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