-----------------------------------------------------------------Born before 1850
Heinrich Heine 1831
Johann Georg Jacobi Anne Of Cleves (1515–1557), Married to Henry VIII
François-Charles de Velbrück (1719–1784), Prince-Bishop of Liège
Helena Curtens (1722–1738), last victim of the witch trials in the Lower Rhine
Johann Georg Jacobi (1740–1814), writer
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819), philosopher and writer
Peter von Cornelius (1783–1867), painter
Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), poet and writer
Lorenz Clasen (1812–1899), painter
Wilhelm Camphausen (1818–1885), painter
Louise Strantz (1823–1909), composer and singer
Paul von Hatzfeldt (1831–1901), diplomat
Anton Josef Reiss (1835–1900), sculptor
Eugen Richter (1838–1906), politician and publicist
Arnold Forstmann (1842–1914), landscape painter
Peter Janssen (1844–1908), painter, professor at the Art Academy
Karl Rudolf Sohn (1845–1908), painter
Felix Klein (1849–1925), mathematician
Born 1851–1900
Georg Wenker Georg Wenker (1852–1911), linguist, founder of linguistic atlas of the German Reich (Wenkeratlas)Karl Janssen (1855–1927), sculptor, professor at the Art AcademyLeopold Graf von Kalckreuth (1855–1928), painterMaria Countess von Kalckreuth (1857–1897), painterFritz Reiss (1857–1915), lithographer, illustrator, graphic artist and painterBruno Schmitz (1858–1916), architectOtto Hupp (1859–1949), signature graphic artist, engraverAlbert Herzfeld (1865–1943), painter and authorAgnes Elisabeth Overbeck (1870–1919), composer and pianistHanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943), writer and filmmakerWilhelm Levison (1876–1947), historianElly Ney (1882–1968), world-famous concert pianistCarl Maria Weber (1890–1953), writerWilly Reetz (1892–1963), painter, "Düsseldorf School"Hermann Knüfken (1893–1976), marine soldier, revolutionary, union activist, resistance fighter and secret agentLudwig Gehre (1895–1945), officer and resistance fighterHans Globke (1898–1973), jurist, National Socialist, from 1949 Assistant Secretary, then Secretary of State in the Federal Chancellery (1953–1963)Karl von Appen (1900–1981), stage designerBorn after 1900
- Lenz, 1835 (Short story)
- Leonce and Lena, 1836 (Comedy)
- Woyzeck, 1837 (Drama – fragment)
- Pietro Aretino, his drama about Pietro Aretino, has been lost.
- Translations:
Helmut Käutner 1960 Max Lorenz (1901–1975), tenorToni Ulmen (1906–1976), motorcycle and car race driverKarl Pschigode (1907–1971), actor and theatre director
n 1945), filmmaker, playwright, authorCarmemas (born 1946), journalist, radio and televisiesternhagen (born 1948), actor and musicianHeiner Koch (born 1954), Roman Catholic bishopAndreas Gursky (born 1955), photographerBettina Böttinger (born 1956), TV-presenter
Frege (born 1962), "Campino", singer in the band Die Toten Hosen
René Obermann (born 1goog_288805772963), manager, husband of Maybrit Illner
Doro Pesch (born 1964), heavy metal musicianJörg Schmadtke (born 1964), football managerAndré Olbrich (born 1967), guitarist in the band Blind GuardianMichael Preetz (born 1967), footballerSvenja Schulze (born 1968), politician (SPD)Heike Makatsch (born 1971), actress and singerTetsuya Kakihara (born 1982), voice actor and singerErika Ikuta (born 1997), Japanese actress, a former member of Nogizaka46
- Lenz, 1835 (Short story)
- Leonce and Lena, 1836 (Comedy)
- Woyzeck, 1837 (Drama – fragment)
- Pietro Aretino, his drama about Pietro Aretino, has been lost.
- Translations:
Associated with DüsseldorfWilliam Thomas Mulvany (1806–1885 in Düsseldorf), entrepreneurRobert Schumann (1810–1856), composer, 1850–1854 urban music director in DüsseldorfAlfred Rethel (1816–1859 in Düsseldorf), history painterChristian Eduard Boettcher (1818–1889), painter who lived, worked and died in DüsseldorfClara Schumann (1819–1896), pianist and composer, wife of Robert Schumann, frequent host of Johannes Brahms in Düsseldorf (1850–1854)Emanuel Leutze (1824–1868), painter, Düsseldorf SchoolLouise Dumont (1862–1932 in Düsseldorf), actress and 1904 founder of the Schauspielhaus
- Lenz, 1835 (Short story)
- Leonce and Lena, 1836 (Comedy)
- Woyzeck, 1837 (Drama – fragment)
- Pietro Aretino, his drama about Pietro Aretino, has been lost.
- Translations:
Three WWII bombs were also causing headaches in the nearby town of Moers on Thursday morning. The scheduled defusal of one American bomb and two British bombs found on Monday caused the evacuation of more than 400 people and caused traffic delays.
Georg Büchner, drawing by Alexis Muston 1835
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