Kid Elberfeld

Kid Elberfeld

male, deceased (1944)
Norman Arthur "Kid" Elberfeld (April 13, 1875 in Pomeroy, Ohio - January 13, 1944 in Chattanooga, Tennessee), nicknamed "The Tabasco Kid," was a...
Friedrich Bayer

Friedrich Bayer

male, deceased (1880)
Friedrich Bayer was the founder of what would become Bayer, a German chemical and pharmaceutical company. He founded the paint factory "Friedrich...

Hans von Marées

male, deceased (1887)
Hans von Marées was a German painter. He mainly painted country scenes in a realistic style. Von Marées was born in Elberfeld, Germany. At age 16...
Johann Heinrich Jung

Johann Heinrich Jung

male, deceased (1817)
Johann Heinrich Jung (12 September 1740 - 2 April 1817), best known by his assumed name of Heinrich Stilling was a German author. He was born in...
Hans Knappertsbusch

Hans Knappertsbusch

male
Hans Knappertsbusch (March 12, 1888 - October 25, 1965) German conductor born in Elberfeld (present-day Wuppertal), best known for his performances...
Felix Hoffmann

Felix Hoffmann

male, deceased (1949)
Felix Hoffmann (January 21, 1868 - February 8, 1946) was a German chemist, who first synthesized medically useful forms of Heroin and Aspirin. He...

Günter Wand

male, deceased (2002)
Günter Wand (born January 7, 1912 in Elberfeld, Germany; died February 14, 2002 in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland) was a German orchestra conductor H...
Johann Carl Fuhlrott

Johann Carl Fuhlrott

male, deceased (1877)
Johann Carl Fuhlrott was born December 31 1803 in Leinefelde, Germany, and died October 17 1877 in Elberfeld, (Wuppertal). He is famous for the...
Erich Koch

Erich Koch

male, deceased (1986)
Erich Koch (June 19, 1896, Elberfeld - November 12, 1986, Barczewo) was a Gauleiter of the NSDAP in East Prussia from 1928 until 1945, and...
Horst Stein

Horst Stein

male
Horst Walter Stein (born 2nd May 1928 in Elberfeld) is a German conductor. His father was a mechanic. At school in Frankfurt, he studied piano,...