Editing Duisburg (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Gerardus Mercator]] (1512–1594), Flemish cartographer, inventor of the [[Mercator projection]]
*[[Ludwig Susen]] (1807–1863), elementary teacher
*[[Wilhelm Lehmbruck]] (1881–1919), sculptor
*[[August Thyssen]] (1842–1926), industrialist
*[[Oswald Pohl]] (1892–1951), Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
*[[Paul Bäumer]] (1896–1927), World War I flying ace
*[[Margot Philips]] (1902–1988), New Zealand painter
*[[Ferdinand Simoneit]] (1925–2010), journalist and author
*[[Lüder Lüers]] (1926–2022), German horticultural architect, engaged in founding [[Kindernothilfe]]
*[[Dieter Kürten]] (born 1935), sports journalist
*[[Achim Warmbold]] (born 1941), rally driver
*[[Daisy Door]] (born 1944), Schlager music singer
*[[Hans-Werner Gessmann]] (born 1950), psychologist
*[[Ronny van Dyke]] (born Jörg T. Hartmann in 1956), singer and songwriter
*[[Frank Peter Zimmermann]] (born 1965), violinist
*[[Christoph Reuter]] (born 1968), musicologist
*[[Christian Ehring]] (born 1972), comedian
*[[Stefan Gertler]] (born 1972), singer
*[[Ramin Djawadi]] (born 1974), German-Iranian composer and music producer
*[[Nur Fettahoğlu]] (born 1980), Turkish-German actress
*[[André Lotterer]] (born 1981), Belgian-German racing driver
*[[Lance David Arnold]] (born 1986), racing driver
*[[Benjamin Leuchter]] (born 1987), racing driver
*[[Nikolas Breuckmann]] (born 1988), mathematical physicist
*[[Jacob Goll]] (born 1992), ice hockey player
*[[Ena Mahmutovic]] (born 2003), footballer