Editing Essen (section)

===Natives===
People born in Essen:

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*[[Gerd Albrecht]] (1935–2014), conductor
*[[Karl Albrecht]] (1920–2014), entrepreneur
*[[Theo Albrecht]] (1922–2010), entrepreneur; brother of Karl
*[[Peter Anders (tenor)|Peter Anders]] (1908–1954), operatic tenor
*[[Karl Baedeker]] (1801–1859), publisher
*[[Jürgen Bartsch]] (1946–1976), serial killer
*[[Ute Berg]] (born 1953), politician
*[[Naftali Bezem]] (1924–2018), artist
*[[Ali Bilgin]] (born 1981), footballer
*[[Franz Blücher]] (1896–1959), politician
*[[Hermann Blumenthal]] (1905–1942), sculptor
*[[Wilhelm Börger]] (1896–1962), Nazi politician 
*[[Karl Brandt (economist)|Karl Brandt]] (1899–1975), agricultural economist
*[[Sabine Braun]] (born 1965), track athlete
*[[Dennis Brinkmann]] (born 1978), footballer
*[[Ernst Busch (field marshal)|Ernest B. H. Busch]] (1885–1945), ''Generalfeldmarschall''
*[[Gunter d'Alquen]] (1910–1998), editor
*[[Marc Degens]] (born 1971), writer
*[[Marius Ebbers]] (born 1978), footballer
*[[Rüdiger Fahlenbrach]] (born 1974), economist
*[[Malek Fakhro]] (born 1997), footballer
*[[Friedrich Karl Florian]] (1894–1975), Nazi ''Gauleiter''
*[[James Ingo Freed]] (1930–2005), architect
*[[Matt Frei]] (born 1963), journalist
*{{ill|Herbert Girardet (publisher)|de|Herbert Girardet (Verleger)}} (1910–1972), publisher
*[[Herbert Girardet]] (born 1943), environmental activist
*[[Harald Grohs]] (born 1944), race car driver
*[[Brigitte Hamann]] (1940–2016), author
*[[Hildegard Hamm-Brücher]] (1921–2016), politician
*[[Walter Heiman]] (1901–2007), centenarian and WW1 survivor
*[[Alfred Herrhausen]] (1930–1989), banker
*[[André Hoffmann (footballer)|André Hoffmann]] (born 1993), footballer
*[[Axel Honneth]] (born 1949), philosopher
*[[Carl Humann]] (1839–1896), engineer
*[[Wilhelm Kalveram]] (1882–1951), university professor
*[[Christian Keller (swimmer)|Christian Keller]] (born 1972), swimmer
*[[Fritz G. A. Kraemer]] (1908–2003), military educator
*[[Diether Krebs]] (1947–2000), actor
*[[Helene Kröller-Müller]] (1869–1939), art collector
*[[Alfred Krupp]] (1812–1887), inventor
*[[Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach]] (1907–1967), Nazi industrialist
*[[Bertha Krupp]] (1886–1957), daughter of Friedrich Alfred
*[[Friedrich Alfred Krupp]] (1854–1902), steel manufacturer
*[[Friedrich Krupp|Friedrich C. Krupp]] (1787–1826), founder of Krupp family business
*[[Heinz Kubsch]] (1930–1993), football goalkeeper
*[[Hubert Lampo]] (1920–2006), writer
*[[Johanna Langefeld]] (1900–1974), Nazi guard
*[[Arthur Laumann]] (1894–1970), flying ace
*[[Issachar Berend Lehmann]] (1661–1730), banker
*[[Jens Lehmann]] (born 1969), footballer
*[[Helga Niessen Masthoff]] (born 1941), tennis player
*[[Hartmut Vogtmann]] (born 1942), organic agriculturist
*[[Armin Meiwes]] (born 1961), convicted murderer known as the Cannibal of Rothenburg
*[[Frank Mill]] (born 1958), footballer
*[[Harry S. Morgan]] (1945–2011), pornographic film director
*[[Alfred Müller-Armack]] (1901–1978), politician
*[[Henry Osterman]] (1862-????), architect
*[[Friedrich Panse]] (1899–1973), psychiatrist
*[[Mille Petrozza]] (born 1967), guitarist
*[[Helmut Rahn]] (1929–2003), footballer
*[[Uta Ranke-Heinemann]] (1927–2021), theologian
*[[Otto Rehhagel]] (born 1938), footballer
*[[Uwe Reinders]] (born 1955), footballer
*[[Günther Rennert]] (1911–1978), opera director
*[[Heinz Rühmann]] (1902–1994), actor
*[[Leroy Sané]] (born 1996), footballer
*[[Klaus Scharioth]] (born 1946), diplomat
*[[Magdalene Schauss-Flake]] (1921–2008), composer and organist
*[[Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling]] (1908–1981), tennis player
*[[John Steppling (actor)|John Steppling]] (1870–1932), actor
*[[David D. Stern]] (born 1956), artist
*[[Martin Stratmann]] (born 1954), electrochemist
*[[Marianne Strauss]] (1923–1996), Holocaust survivor
*[[Josef Terboven]] (1898–1945), Nazi ''Gauleiter''
*[[Bernhard Termath]] (1928–2004), footballer
*[[Johan van Galen]] (1604–1653), commodore
*[[Kyriakos Velopoulos]] (born 1965), politician
*[[Albert Vögler]] (1877–1945), politician
*[[Elisabeth Volkmann]] (1936–2006), actress
*[[Pia Walkenhorst]] (born 1993), volleyball player
*[[Daniel Wende]] (born 1984), skater
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