Editing Dortmund (section)

== Notable people ==

===Born before 1900===
[[File:Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus Vogel von Vogelstein.jpg|thumb|150px|Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-013-43, Wilhelm Canaris.jpg|thumb|225x225px|Wilhelm Canaris, 1940]]
[[File:FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs. Germany 2012-09-11 - Marco Reus 01.JPG|thumb|152x152px|Marco Reus]]
* [[Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus]] (1772–1823), publisher, founder of the publishing house "F. A. Brockhaus" and editor of ''[[Brockhaus Enzyklopädie|Brockhaus Encyclopedia]]''
* William Middendorf (1793–1853), theologian and educator
* [[Emil Anneke]] (1823–1888), revolutionary and American journalist, and lawyer
* [[Wilhelm Lübke]] (1826–1893), art historian
* [[Henry C. Berghoff]] (1856–1925), lawyer, businessman and politician
* [[Adolf Schmal]] (1872–1919), Austrian sportsman
* [[Wilhelm Canaris]] (1887–1945), admiral and chief of the military intelligence service
* [[Richard Drauz]] (1894–1946), executed as a war criminal. He headed up the NSDAP in the Heilbronn district.
* [[Friedrich Schubert]], (1897–1947), World War II Nazi war criminal; executed

===Born 1901–1950===
* [[Walter Haenisch]] (1905–1938), author and communist, victim of Stalinism
* [[Walter Blume (SS officer)|Walter Blume]] (1906–1974), lawyer and SS officer
* [[Fritz Henle]] (1909–1993), photographer
* [[Albrecht Brandi]] (1914–1966), naval officer
* [[Heinz Stahlschmidt]] (1919–2010), sergeant and fire fighter
* [[Dieter Wellershoff]] (1933–2005), admiral, [[Inspector General of the Bundeswehr]]
* [[Gerhard Cyliax]] (1934–2008), football player
* [[Elga Andersen]] (1935–1994), actress and singer
* [[Hans Tilkowski]] (1935–2020), football goalkeeper and coach
* [[Dieter Fenske]] (born 1942), inorganic chemist
* [[Christine Haidegger]] (1942–2021), Austrian writer
* [[Annegret Richter]] (born 1950), sprinter
* [[Hermann Spieckermann]] (born 1950), Protestant theologian

===Born after 1950===
* [[Klaus Niedzwiedz]] (born 1951), racing driver and television presenter
* [[Beate West-Leuer]] (born 1951), professor, psychotherapist, consultant and coach
* [[Eve Stratford]] (born 1953), [[Playboy Bunny|Playboy Club Bunny]], victim of unsolved murder in London in 1975
* [[Ulla Burchardt]] (born 1954), politician (SPD)
* [[Klaus Segbers]] (born 1954), political scientist and professor[[File:Lina Magull BL FCB gg. SC Freiburg Muenchen-3.jpg|thumb|205x205px|[[Lina Magull]]]]
* [[Antony Theodore]] (born 1954), poet, educator and social worker
* [[Susanne Kippenberger]] (born 1957), journalist and writer
* [[Achim Peters]] (born 1957), obesity specialist
* [[Barbara Havliza]] (born 1958), politician (CDU) and judge
* [[Dietmar Bär]] (born 1961), actor
* [[Stefan Heinig]] (born 1962), director and shareholder
* [[Martin Zawieja]] (born 1963), weightlifter
* [[Ralf Husmann]] (born 1964), writer, producer and author
* [[Vincent Mennie]] (born 1964), Scottish footballer
* [[Matthias Kohring]] (born 1965), media and communications scientist
* [[Torsten Sträter]] (born 1966), comedian
* [[Marco Werner]] (born 1966), racing driver
* [[André Erkau]] (born 1968), director and screenwriter
* [[Florian Schwarthoff]] (born 1968), hurdler, bronze medallist in 110m hurdles at the 1996 Olympic Games 
* [[Yasemin Şamdereli]] (born 1973), film director and screenwriter
* [[Kevin Grosskreutz]] (born 1988), football player
* [[Marco Reus]] (born 1989), football player
* [[Lina Magull]] (born 1994), football player