List of Famous people born in Wuppertal, Germany

Wolfgang Hütt was a German art historian.

Will Vesper was a German author and literary critic.

Rudolf Carnap was a German-language philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism. He is considered "one of the giants among twentieth-century philosophers."

Ewald Balser was a German film actor. He appeared in 53 films between 1935 and 1975. He was born in Elberfeld, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria.

Erich Koch was a Gauleiter of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in East Prussia from 1 October 1928 until 1945. Between 1941 and 1945 he was Chief of Civil Administration of Bezirk Bialystok. During this period, he was also the Reichskommissar in Reichskommissariat Ukraine from September 1941 until August 1944 and in Reichskommissariat Ostland from September 1944. After the Second World War, Koch stood trial in Poland and was convicted in 1959 of war crimes and sentenced to death. The sentence was never carried out and Koch died of natural causes in his cell at the Barczewo prison on the 12 November 1986.

Greta Bösel was a trained nurse. Born in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany, she became a camp guard at Ravensbrück in August 1944.

Jürgen Kuczynski was a German economist, journalist, and communist. He also provided intelligence to the Soviet Union during World War II.

Paul Pörtner was a German playwright, novelist, translator, and editor.

Petrus Schenck, or Pieter, or Peter Schenk the Elder was a German engraver and cartographer active in Amsterdam and Leipzig.

George Dreyfus AM is an Australian contemporary classical, film and television composer.