Category
page 1People from Essen

Armin Meiwes
German cannibal
Klaus Nomi
German countertenor (1944–1983)
Otto Dietrich
German general (1897-1952)
Helene Kröller-Müller
German art collector (1869-1939)

Altfrid
thumb|upright|A modern statue of Saint Altfrid at Essen Cathedral
Minas Hantzidis
Greek footballer
Martin Krebs
German Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat
Jürgen Bartsch
Serial killer (1946–1976)
James Ingo Freed
American architect (1930–2005)
Wilhelm Meise
German zoologist and ornithologist (1901-2002)
Johann Julius Hecker
German educator
Karl Gutenberger
German politician (1905-1961)
Ulrich Parzany
Evangelical pastor
Heinz Roch
German politician (1905-1945)

Marianne von Weizsäcker
spouse of the German President

Heinrich Jung
German mathematician (1876–1953)
Georg Adalbert Arends
German botanist (1863-1952)
Stephan Lipke
German Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1975)
Martin Stratmann
German chemist and engineer
Anne Ranasinghe
German non-fiction writer and writer (1925-2016)
Eduard Alexander
German politician (1881-1945)
Franz Vorrath
German Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Essen
Franz Hillenkamp
German chemist (1936–2014)
Heinrich Körner
German trade unionist (1892-1945)
Everhardt Franßen
German judge
Aurelius Arkenau
German priest (1900–1991)
Trude Unruh
German politician
Dora Schaul
German resistance fighter (1913–1999)
Günther Rennert
German opera director (1911-1978)
Hans Waldenfels
German priest and theologian (1931–2023)
Ingo Appelt
German presenter
Sybille Volkholz
German politician
Anette Kramme
German politician