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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Federal State

Memorials in North Rhine-Westphalia

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

North Rhine-Westphalia: 154 memorial pages

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

GB

Memorial

Georg Bussmann

1933 – 03/18/2026

93 years

German art historian

Germany
2
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
GK
Portrait of Georg Koch (1972–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Georg Koch

02/03/1972 – 03/04/2026

54 years

German footballer

Bergisch Gladbach
—
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
Family Tree
CL
Portrait of Christa Lang (1943–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Christa Lang

12/23/1943 – 01/30/2026

82 years

German actress

Los Angeles
1
Family Tree
RW

Memorial

Ruth Werner

née Kratzsch

07/22/1932 – 01/18/2026

93 years

German spy

Hagen
18
RF

Memorial

Ralf Fischer

03/04/1963 – 01/16/2026

62 years

Rinteln
2
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
—
DH
Portrait of Dieter Herzog (1946–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Dieter Herzog

07/15/1946 – 11/20/2025

79 years

German footballer

Oberhausen
1
Family Tree
MW
Portrait of Markus Wolf (1970–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Markus Wolf

08/04/1970 – 10/11/2025

55 years

Head of the East German foreign intelligence service during the Cold War

Dortmund
13
TJ
Portrait of Theo Jörgensmann (1948–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Theo Jörgensmann

09/29/1948 – 10/06/2025

77 years

German musician

Brüel
—
DL

Memorial

David Lodge

07/03/1936 – 09/09/2025

89 years

English writer

Grevenbroich
—
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
Family Tree
KA

Memorial

Karl Albrecht

07/15/1935 – 07/30/2025

90 years

German entrepreneur

Ansbach
23
HB
Portrait of Horst Buchholz (1939–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Horst Buchholz

01/23/1939 – 07/07/2025

86 years

German actor

Mettmann
1
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
—
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
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

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