Born on 26 May 1923 in Wuppertal, he served with the Nazi German Waffen-SS in World War II. After attending acting lessons at the theater in Stendal, where he also made his stage debut, he performed on several important stages in Germany, but became widely popular as cinema and television actor in the late 1950s and 1960s, probably best known as gentleman gangster in The Great British Train Robbery (1966). Nevertheless, the role of his role was the character of "Stephan Derrick", a Munich Chief Inspector, who became a cult figure all over the world. He played the role from 1974 to 1998 and received several awards such as the Golden Camera, Bambi and the Italian Telegatto.

Harald Leipnitz was born on 22 April 1926 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Endless Night (1963), Sperrbezirk (1966) and Unsere Schule ist die Beste (1994). He was married to Walburga Dohle. He died on 21 November 2000 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Ewald Balser was born on 5 October 1898 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. He was an actor, known for Rembrandt (1942), Sauerbruch - Das war mein Leben (1954) and Spionage (1955). He was married to Ernestine Bauer and Vera Balser-Eberle. He died on 17 April 1978 in Vienna, Austria.

Else Lasker-Schüler was born on 11 February 1869 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. She was a writer, known for Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003), Haus Kummerveldt (2023) and Summer (2007). She was married to Georg Lewin and Berthold Lasker. She died on 22 January 1945 in Jerusalem, Palestine [now Israel].

Ulrich Erfurth was born on 22 March 1910 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Finale (1948), Eine Frau genügt nicht? (1955) and Frucht ohne Liebe (1956). He died on 19 September 1986 in Hamburg, West Germany.

Arno Breker was born on 19 July 1900 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. He was married to Charlotte Kluge and Demetra Messala. He died on 13 February 1991 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Eberhard Frowein was born on 24 May 1881 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Sünde am Weibe (1927), Fruchtbarkeit (1930) and Goal in the Clouds (1939). He died on 15 January 1964 in Alt Aussee, Austria.

P.L. Troost was born on 17 August 1878 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. He died on 21 January 1934 in Munich, Germany.

Heinz Förster-Ludwig was born on 27 February 1900 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal-Elberfeld], Germany. He was an actor, known for Es tut sich was um Mitternacht (1934), The Rape of the Sabines (1936) and Furlough on Parole (1938). He died on 3 November 1953 in Berlin, Germany.

Gisela Döhrn was born on 22 September 1909 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. She is a writer and director, known for Asiatische Religionen (1965), Ein Heiratsantrag (1934) and Der zerstreute Walzer - Eine musikalische Phantasie (1934).

Ilse Obrig was born on 21 February 1908 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. She was a writer, known for Unser Sandmännchen (1959), Sandmännchen (1959) and Kinderstunde (1951). She died on 3 October 1978.

Walter Bloem was born on 20 June 1868 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. He was a writer, known for Der krasse Fuchs (1926). He was married to Judith Bloem and Margarete Anna Elise Kalähne. He died on 18 August 1951 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Hans Knappertsbusch was born on 12 March 1888 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. He is known for Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1939), The Cousins (1959) and Eroica (1949). He was married to Marion von Leipzig and Ellen Selma Neuhaus. He died on 25 October 1965 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.