Gallery of people with a reference to Mönchengladbach:
These people were born in Mönchengladbach, or in Rheydt or Wickrath, formerly independent communities united with Mönchengladbach in 1975.

1834, 12 November, Franz Brandts † 5.
October 1914, entrepreneur, founder of the Volksvereins für das katholische Deutschland
1859, 3 February in Rheydt, Hugo Junkers, † 3 February 1935 in Gauting, engineer and entrepreneur, designer of airplanes
1883, 9 December, Joseph Hubertus Pilates, proponent of the Pilates Method.

1897, 29 October in Rheydt, Joseph Goebbels, † 1 May 1945 in Berlin, Minister of Propaganda and popular information in Nazi Germany
1898, Lisel Haas, died 1989, photographer
1903, 10 May, Hans Jonas, died 5 February 1993, German philosopher and scholar, wrote extensively on ethics among other topics
1908, 31 July, Franz Meyers, died 27 January 2002, German politician (CDU), former prime minister North Rhine-Westphalia
1918, circa, Hans Mannheimer chemist, inventor of no tear baby shampoo and cosmetic chemicals, founder of the Mannheimer Foundation and The Miranol Chemical Company
1923, 25 December, Jack Zunz, died 11 December 2018, civil and structural engineer, former chairman of Ove Arup & Partners, principal structural designer of the Sydney Opera House
1933, 15 September, Petra Schürmann, died 14 January 2010, Miss Germany 1956, Miss World 1956
1943, 16 March, Hans Heyer, Racing driver known for starting in the 1977 German Grand Prix despite failing to qualify
1944, 14 September, Günter Netzer, German football player for Borussia Mönchengladbach, Real Madrid and Grasshoppers Zürich
1950, 27 April, Bernhard Schink, Präsident der Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) 2010–2013, Prorektor für Forschung, Universität Konstanz 2004-2007
1951, 20 March, Peter Klusen, German writer, translator and cartoonist
1957, 25 March, Ulrike von der Groeben, née Elfes, television personality
1957, 24 May, Walter Moers, author
1967, 18 May, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Formula One driver
1971, 29 January, Jorg Albertz, German football player for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Hamburger SV, Rangers, Shanghai Shenhua, Greuther Furth and Clyde
1977, 10 May, Nick Heidfeld, Formula One driver
1979, 13 January, Joscho Stephan, Gypsy Jazz guitarist
1979, Joko Winterscheidt, German television presenter
1985, 4 November, Marcell Jansen, German football player for Hamburger SV who formerly played for Borussia Mönchengladbach
1988, 23 June, Isabell Herlovsen, Norwegian international footballer
1992, 30 April, Marc-André ter Stegen, German football goalkeeper for F.C. Barcelona who previously played for Borussia Mönchengladbach
Gallery of people with a reference to Mönchengladbach:
These people were born in Mönchengladbach, or in Rheydt or Wickrath, formerly independent communities united with Mönchengladbach in 1975.
1834, 12 November, Franz Brandts † 5. October 1914, entrepreneur, founder of the Volksvereins für das katholische Deutschland
1859, 3 February in Rheydt, Hugo Junkers, † 3 February 1935 in Gauting, engineer and entrepreneur, designer of airplanes
1883, 9 December, Joseph Hubertus Pilates, proponent of the Pilates Method.
1897, 29 October in Rheydt, Joseph Goebbels, † 1 May 1945 in Berlin, Minister of Propaganda and popular information in Nazi Germany
1898, Lisel Haas, died 1989, photographer
1903, 10 May, Hans Jonas, died 5 February 1993, German philosopher and scholar, wrote extensively on ethics among other topics
1908, 31 July, Franz Meyers, died 27 January 2002, German politician (CDU), former prime minister North Rhine-Westphalia
1918, circa, Hans Mannheimer chemist, inventor of no tear baby shampoo and cosmetic chemicals, founder of the Mannheimer Foundation and The Miranol Chemical Company
1923, 25 December, Jack Zunz, died 11 December 2018, civil and structural engineer, former chairman of Ove Arup & Partners, principal structural designer of the Sydney Opera House
1933, 15 September, Petra Schürmann, died 14 January 2010, Miss Germany 1956, Miss World 1956
1943, 16 March, Hans Heyer, Racing driver known for starting in the 1977 German Grand Prix despite failing to qualify
1944, 14 September, Günter Netzer, German football player for Borussia Mönchengladbach, Real Madrid and Grasshoppers Zürich
1950, 27 April, Bernhard Schink, Präsident der Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) 2010–2013, Prorektor für Forschung, Universität Konstanz 2004-2007
1951, 20 March, Peter Klusen, German writer, translator and cartoonist
1957, 25 March, Ulrike von der Groeben, née Elfes, television personality
1957, 24 May, Walter Moers, author
1967, 18 May, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Formula One driver
1971, 29 January, Jorg Albertz, German football player for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Hamburger SV, Rangers, Shanghai Shenhua, Greuther Furth and Clyde
1977, 10 May, Nick Heidfeld, Formula One driver
1979, 13 January, Joscho Stephan, Gypsy Jazz guitarist
1979, Joko Winterscheidt, German television presenter
1985, 4 November, Marcell Jansen, German football player for Hamburger SV who formerly played for Borussia Mönchengladbach
1988, 23 June, Isabell Herlovsen, Norwegian international footballer
1992, 30 April, Marc-André ter Stegen, German football goalkeeper for F.C. Barcelona who previously played for Borussia Mönchengladbach
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