Public Figures
- Johannes Sturm (Sturmius) (1507-1589), educator and scholar of the Renaissance, a professor in Paris and Strasbourg
- Johannes Sleidanus (1506-1556), historian, professor, Schleiden / Strasbourg
- Leopold Schoeller (1792-1884), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
- Gustav Poensgen (1824-1904), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
- Rudolf Poensgen (1826-1895), industrialist and councillor of commerce
- Carl Poensgen (1838-1921), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
- Larres Albert (1900-1987), painter
- Francis Albert Heinen (* 1953), journalist and nonfiction writer
- George Schreiber (* 1958), photographer
- Vera Hilger (* 1971), painter
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