Skip to main content
Rhineland-Palatinate
©
Federal State

Celebrities from Rhineland-Palatinate

26 memorials
440 Funeral Homes
2 cemeteries
35 Cities & Districts
Celebrities22

Rhineland-Palatinate: 22 memorial pages

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

FF
Portrait of Frank Farian (1941–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Frank Farian

née Franz Reuther

07/18/1941 – 01/23/2024

82 years

German music producer

Miami
1
MM

Memorial

Maria Mies

02/06/1931 – 05/15/2023

92 years

German sociologist

Steffeln
—
HE
Portrait of Horst Eckel (1932–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Horst Eckel

02/08/1932 – 12/03/2021

89 years

German association football player

Landstuhl
—
KB
Portrait of Kurt Biedenkopf (1930–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Kurt Biedenkopf

01/28/1930 – 08/12/2021

91 years

German politician

Dresden
1
SS
Portrait of Sabine Schmitz (1969–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Sabine Schmitz

05/14/1969 – 03/16/2021

51 years

German racing driver

Trier
1
PJ
Portrait of Paul J. Crutzen (1933–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Paul J. Crutzen

12/03/1933 – 01/28/2021

87 years

Dutch climatologist

Mainz
—
Family Tree
VG
Portrait of Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (1926–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

née Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing

02/02/1926 – 12/02/2020

94 years

French official and politician

Authon
38
GA
Portrait of Gerhard Auer (1943–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Gerhard Auer

06/29/1943 – 09/21/2019

76 years

German rower

Rodalben
—
RG
Portrait of Rudi Gutendorf (1926–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Rudi Gutendorf

08/30/1926 – 09/13/2019

93 years

German football manager

Neuwied
1
EH
Portrait of Edgar Hilsenrath (1926–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Edgar Hilsenrath

04/02/1926 – 12/30/2018

92 years

German-Jewish writer

Wittlich
—
KL
Portrait of Karl Lehmann (1936–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Karl Lehmann

05/16/1936 – 03/11/2018

81 years

German theologian, Bishop of Mainz, catholic Cardinal

Mainz
—
Family Tree
HK
Portrait of Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) – memorial page

Memorial

Helmut Kohl

04/03/1930 – 06/16/2017

87 years

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany

Ludwigshafen am Rhein
35
RA
Portrait of Rudi Altig (1937–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Rudi Altig

03/18/1937 – 06/11/2016

79 years

German racing cyclist

Remagen
1
Family Tree
HS
Portrait of Helmut Schmidt (1938–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Helmut Schmidt

10/18/1938 – 11/17/2025

87 years

Chancellor of West Germany

Frankfurt (Oder)
5
OC
Portrait of Otto Carius (1922–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Otto Carius

05/27/1922 – 01/24/2015

92 years

German pharmacist, military officer and highly decorated tank commander

Herschweiler-Pettersheim
—
RB
Portrait of Ralph Baer (1922–2014) – memorial page

Memorial

Ralph Baer

03/08/1922 – 12/06/2014

92 years

German-born American inventor and engineer

Manchester
—
OW
Portrait of Ottmar Walter (1924–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Ottmar Walter

03/06/1924 – 06/16/2013

89 years

German footballer

Kaiserslautern
—
EK
Portrait of Egon Klepsch (1930–2010) – memorial page

Memorial

Egon Klepsch

01/30/1930 – 09/18/2010

80 years

German politician

Koblenz
—
Family Tree
PF
Portrait of Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager (1917–2008) – memorial page

Memorial

Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager

09/06/1917 – 05/01/2008

90 years

German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler

Burg Kreuzberg
16
Family Tree
FW
Portrait of Fritz Walter (1920–2002) – memorial page

Memorial

Fritz Walter

10/31/1920 – 06/17/2002

81 years

German association football player

Enkenbach-Alsenborn
11
Family Tree
MG
Portrait of Marion Gräfin Dönhoff (1909–2002) – memorial page

Memorial

Marion Gräfin Dönhoff

12/02/1909 – 03/11/2002

92 years

German journalist

Castle Crottorf
152
Family Tree
HK
Portrait of Hannelore Kohl (1933–2001) – memorial page

Memorial

Hannelore Kohl

née Johanna Klara Eleonore Renner

03/07/1933 – 07/05/2001

68 years

Wife of German chancellor Helmut Kohl

Ludwigshafen am Rhein
22