People from Solingen

German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)

President of West Germany (1974-1979)

German dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director (1940–2009)

American painter (1830–1902)

German historian (1876–1925)

German painter (1937–2020)

German philosopher and sociologist (1828-1875)

German philosopher and author

German physician and SS officer in concentration camp Auschwitz (1898-1957)

Frank Uwe Laysiepen (; 30 November 1943 – 2 March 2020), known professionally as Ulay, was a German artist based in Amsterdam and Ljubljana, who received international recognition for his Polaroid art and collaborative performance art with longtime companion Marina Abramović.

Archbishop of Cologne (1185 or 1186–1225)

German bassist

German entomologist (1764-1845)

German-born musicologist (born 1940)

German-American entrepreneur (born 1967)

German writer (1915-2006)

German drummer and guitarist

German Righteous Among the Nations; affiant in the IMT (International Military Tribunal)

German bishop (1944–2018)

German DJ and producer

German anthropologist, zoologist, philosopher (1871–1907)

German singer and opera singer (1936–2007)

German theologian (1829–1910)

German composer, musician and music educator (1907–1996)

German lithographer and painter (1866-1926)

German physicist (1899–1960)

German festival director

German artist (1911–1990)

German translator and writer

German politician

German manager, CEO Deutsche Telekom