Engels (born 1959), historian Simon Ernst (born 1994), Handball Player Margot Eskens (born 1939), Schlager singer Jerome Felton (born 1987), American football player Gossen, Hermann Heinrich (1810–1858), Prussian economist Georg Hamel (1877–1954), mathematician Wilfried Hannes (born 1957), football player Ute Hasse (born 1963), swimmer, Olympic silver medal Rudolf Henke (born 1954), MP'' Leopold Hoesch (1820–1899), founder of Hoesch AG in Dortmund, founder of the Leopold Hoesch Museum in Düren Friedrich Honigmann (1841–1913), mining entrepreneur Gerd Hoppe (born 1968), Evangelist Karin Jacobsen (1924–1989), actress and screenwriter Harald Konopka (born 1952), football legends Karl Lauterbach (born 1963), economist and politician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859), mathematician Michael Lentz (born 1964), writer, musician Christoph Moritz (born 1990), football player Kalle Pohl (born 1951), comedian Eugen Prym (1843–1913), orientalist and linguist Friedrich Prym (1841–1915), mathematician), musician Sven Schaffrath (born 1984), football player Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (born 1939), football player Max von Schillings (1868–1933), conductor and composer Sybille Schmitz (1909–1955), German film star Rudolf Schock (1915–1986), opera singer Harald Schumacher (born 1954) football player with 1. FC Köln and Germany Hermann Schwarz (1864–1951), philosopher Georg Stollenwerk (born 1927), football player Klaus H. Carl (born 1935), photographer Lars Vogt (1970–2022), pianist Paul J. J. Welfens (1957–2022), economist References External links Düren, official website Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Free imperial cities Districts of the Rhine Province Düren (district) Articles containing video clips