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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Federal State

Celebrities from North Rhine-Westphalia

51,806 memorials
1,297 Funeral Homes
356 cemeteries
71 Cities & Districts
Celebrities127

North Rhine-Westphalia: 127 memorial pages

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

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Portrait of Peter Brötzmann (1941–2023) – memorial page

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Peter Brötzmann

03/06/1941 – 06/22/2023

82 years

German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist

Wuppertal
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AE

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Amitai Etzioni

01/04/1929 – 05/31/2023

94 years

German-Israeli immigrant to the United States, sociologist and political theorist of communitarianism

Washington, D.C.
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Portrait of Harald zur Hausen (1936–2023) – memorial page

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Harald zur Hausen

03/11/1936 – 05/29/2023

87 years

German virologist and professor emeritus

Heidelberg
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Portrait of Tim Lobinger (1972–2023) – memorial page

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Tim Lobinger

09/03/1972 – 02/16/2023

50 years

German pole vaulter

München
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Portrait of Paul Berg (1929–2021) – memorial page

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Paul Berg

01/05/1929 – 06/20/2021

92 years

American biochemist, Professor emeritus at Stanford University & Nobel laureate in Chemistry

Herne
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Portrait of Yuri Manin (1937–2023) – memorial page

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Yuri Manin

02/16/1937 – 01/07/2023

85 years

Russian mathematician

Bonn
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Portrait of Hushang Ebtehaj (1928–2022) – memorial page

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Hushang Ebtehaj

02/25/1928 – 08/10/2022

94 years

Iranian poet

Köln
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Portrait of Klaus Schulze (1936–2023) – memorial page

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Klaus Schulze

05/29/1936 – 10/13/2023

87 years

German composer and musician

Solingen
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Family Tree
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Portrait of Gottfried Böhm (1920–2021) – memorial page

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Gottfried Böhm

01/23/1920 – 06/09/2021

101 years

German architect

Köln
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Portrait of Christa Stubnick (1933–2021) – memorial page

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Christa Stubnick

12/12/1933 – 05/13/2021

87 years

East German sprinter

Borken
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UH

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Ursula Happe

10/20/1926 – 03/26/2021

94 years

West German swimmer

Dortmund
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Portrait of Bernd Kannenberg (1942–2021) – memorial page

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Bernd Kannenberg

08/20/1942 – 01/13/2021

78 years

German athletics competitor

Münster
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GS

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Günter Sawitzki

11/22/1932 – 12/14/2020

88 years

German footballer

Herne
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Portrait of Wolfgang Clement (1940–2020) – memorial page

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Wolfgang Clement

07/07/1940 – 09/27/2020

80 years

German politician and Manager

Bonn
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Hans Cieslarczyk

05/03/1937 – 06/10/2020

83 years

German footballer

Offenburg
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Portrait of Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937–2020) – memorial page

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Bettina Heinen-Ayech

09/03/1937 – 06/07/2020

82 years

German painter

München
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GS

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Gerhard Strack

09/01/1955 – 05/21/2020

64 years

German football player

Kerpen
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Portrait of John Ericson (1926–2020) – memorial page

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John Ericson

09/25/1926 – 05/03/2020

93 years

German-American film and television actor

Santa Fe
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Family Tree
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Portrait of Florian Schneider-Esleben (1947–2020) – memorial page

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Florian Schneider-Esleben

04/07/1947 – 04/30/2020

73 years

German musician

Düsseldorf
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Portrait of Norbert Blüm (1935–2020) – memorial page

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Norbert Blüm

07/21/1935 – 04/23/2020

84 years

German politician and minister, CDU

Bonn
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Wolfgang Hofmann

03/30/1941 – 03/12/2020

78 years

West German judoka

Köln
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Portrait of Uwe Laysiepen (1943–2020) – memorial page

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Uwe Laysiepen

11/30/1943 – 03/02/2020

76 years

German artist

Ljubljana
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Portrait of Hans Tilkowski (1935–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Hans Tilkowski

07/12/1935 – 01/05/2020

84 years

German association football player and manager

Dortmund
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Portrait of Gershon Kingsley (1922–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Gershon Kingsley

10/28/1922 – 12/10/2019

97 years

American composer and musician

New York City
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