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BERLIN

Most Famous People Born in Berlin, Germany

Notable people
15,664
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1921
Most distinctive
Author 3.6×

A city where the 20th century happened twice. Berlin's notables are heavily clustered between the 1880s and the 1930s, then again from the 1960s onward — a shape that maps almost exactly onto Weimar collapse, division, and reunification. Authors, academics, chemists, physicists, and mathematicians dominate the older half; the younger half tilts toward actors, painters, and the film and historian trades of a rebuilt European capital.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Berlin during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Berlin Is Known For

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Actor is Berlin's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (1,953).

Berlin over-indexes on author3.6× the global rate.

Berlin under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Actor1,953
  2. Politician1,573
  3. Painter629
  4. Writer585
  5. Author491
  6. Academic474
  7. Football395
  8. Lawyer313
  1. Author4913.6×
  2. Chemist1673.1×
  3. Academic4743.0×
  4. Physicist1852.8×
  5. Actor1,9532.4×
  6. Mathematician1622.1×
  7. Historian3051.8×
  8. Sculptor1801.8×
  1. Football3950.2×
  2. Singer1910.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Berlin's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Other
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Showing 833 of 15,664 notable people

11232 POLITICIAN

Martin Stumpf

1886 - 1974

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11273 ARCHITECT

Georg Heyer

1880 - 1949

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11285 ART HISTORIAN

Werner Hoppenstedt

1883 - 1971

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11288 MANAGER

Ernst Noelle

1886 - 1960

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11313 JUDGE

Walther Froelich

1880 - 1945

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11341 POLITICIAN

Johann Caspari

1888 - 1985

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11367 ACTOR

Werner Hollmann (Schauspieler)

1882 - 1933

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11378 LAWYER

Philipp von Berckheim

1883 - 1945

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11412 POLITICIAN

Max Kreuziger

1880 - 1953

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11428 POLITICIAN

Hans Wiedemann (Politiker)

1888 - 1959

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11429 ACADEMIC

Alfred Borchert

1886 - 1976

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11432 INTERNIST

Georg Rosenow

1886 - 1985

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11449 COMPOSER

Hans Ebert (Komponist)

1889 - 1952

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11452 COMPOSER

Johanna Eck

1888 - 1979

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11471 POLITICIAN

Max Staercke

1880 - 1959

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11473 PHYSICIAN

Hermann Jastrowitz

1882 - 1943

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11485 WRITER

Erich Eckert

Born 1881

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11526 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Heinrich Lattermann

1882 - 1914

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11531 ARTIST

Hans Bremer

1885 - 1959

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11564 POLITICIAN

Ernst Stargardt

1883 - 1954

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11568 POLITICIAN

Walter Leiske

1889 - 1971

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11571 TEACHER

Fritz Arendt

1888 - 1915

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11574 SINGER

Leopold Sachse

1880 - 1961

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11588 CHEMIST

Theo Goldschmidt

1883 - 1965

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11608 AUTHOR

Margarete Gutöhrlein

1883 - 1958

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11615 TEACHER

Lotte Geppert

1883 - 1968

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11618 TRANSLATOR

Mira Koffka

1886 - 1977

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11633 PHILOSOPHER

Rudolf Odebrecht

1889 - 1945

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11653 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ludwig Lewin

1887 - 1967

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11666 BANK

Robert Oppenheim

1882 - 1956

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11667 POLITICIAN

Georg Blank

1888 - 1944

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11673 POLITICIAN

Eduard Zachert

1881 - 1943

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11677 PAEDIATRICIAN

Margarete Köstlin-Räntsch

1880 - 1945

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11683 WRITER

Ite Liebenthal

1886 - 1941

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11694 LINGUIST

John Loewenthal

1885 - 1930

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11732 CIVIL SERVICE

Konrad Ehrich

Born 1888

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11740 SILVERSMITH

Ferdinand Richard Wilm

1880 - 1971

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11742 DIPLOMAT

Heinrich Wolff (Diplomat)

1881 - 1946

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11822 ECONOMIST

Theodor Cassau

Born 1884

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11869 POLITICIAN

Gustav Ehlermann

1885 - 1936

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11910 NATIONALSOZIALISMUS

Alexander von Kameke (Jurist)

1887 - 1944

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11920 AUTHOR

Kurt Messow

1888 - 1955

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11952 LAWYER

Friedrich Schöne

1882 - 1963

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11999 WORKER

Idamarie Solltmann

1889 - 1980

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12011 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Rintelen (Kunsthistoriker)

1881 - 1926

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12070 POLITICIAN

Adolf Knakrick

1886 - 1959

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12074 JUDGE

Robert Marx (Rechtsanwalt)

1883 - 1955

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12088 ACTOR

Fritz Sterler

1886 - 1920

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12115 CINEMA

Hermann Schadock

1883 - 1951

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12147 ARCHITECT

Robert Charton

1881 - 1963

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12173 AUTHOR

Ilse Dernburg

1880 - 1964

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12206 MERCHANT

Gustav-Elias Forstenzer

1888 - 1970

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12236 PIANIST

Otto Roehr

1880 - 1919

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12250 POLITICIAN

Fritz David von Hansemann

1886 - 1971

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12269 ENTREPRENEUR

Manfred Aron

1884 - 1967

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12275 SURGEON

Wilhelm James Israel

1881 - 1959

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12300 ACTOR

Franz Scharwenka

1882 - 1960

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12315 PSYCHIATRIST

Erich Friedlaender

1883 - 1958

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12316 EDUCATION

Erich Klinge (Sportwissenschaftler)

1889 - 1957

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12325 CONSERVATIONIST

Reinhard Barby

1887 - 1974

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12326 POLITICIAN

Max Heydebreck

1882 - 1936

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12335 PHARMACOLOGIST

Wilhelm Roehl

1881 - 1929

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12348 POLITICIAN

Hans von Freyberg

1881 - 1945

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12349 MECHANIC

Wilhelm Richter (Polizeipräsident)

1881 - 1976

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12363 OPERA

John Gläser

1888 - 1968

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12370 BEAMTE

Martin Kirschbaum

1888 - 1958

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12393 POLITICIAN

Viktor von Solemacher-Antweiler

1889 - 1945

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12400 PAINTER

Kurt Albrecht (peintre)

1884 - 1964

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12402 OPERA

Erna von Hoeßlin

1889 - 1946

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12442 PSYCHIATRIST

Arthur Bornstein

1881 - 1932

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12443 LAWYER

August Weltzien

1887 - 1971

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12461 OFFICER

Carl Fink (Luftwaffenoffizier)

1886 - 1969

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12525 CHEMIST

Max Trénel

1889 - 1966

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12527 ARCHITECT

Willy Maß

1880 - 1947

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12540 ACTOR

Max Hochstetter

1887 - 1959

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12541 ACADEMIC

Otto Schreiber (Jurist)

1882 - 1929

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12543 ACTOR

Fritz Tachauer

1889 - 1942

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12574 SCULPTOR

Ottilie Wollmann

1882 - 1944

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12581 BACTERIOLOGIST

Franz Schütz (Hygieniker)

1887 - 1955

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12634 OPERA

Hans Baron (Sänger)

1880 - 1971

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12635 POLITICIAN

Richard Draemert

1880 - 1957

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12637 LANDRAT

Arthur Drews (Landrat)

1884 - 1964

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12648 POLITICIAN

Paul Gimmel

1889 - 1960

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12651 ACTOR

Konrad Gebhardt

1881 - 1937

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12652 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Walter Maximilian Lehmann

1880 - 1959

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12670 ACTOR

Ellen Isenta

1885 - 1959

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12687 PAINTER

Max Vollmberg

Born 1882

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12711 POLITICIAN

Erich Scheibner

1889 - 1968

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12712 MINISTER

Fritz Lademann

1886 - 1968

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12713 SINGER

Johanna Hesse

1880 - 1958

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12742 RESEARCH

Otto Schröder (Assyriologe)

1887 - 1928

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12773 POLIZIST

Georg Poten

1881 - 1965

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12791 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Scheidel

1886 - 1945

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12828 FORSCHER

Friedrich Wilhelm Neuendorf

1887 - 1967

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12843 DESIGNER

Günther Clausen

1885 - 1954

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12846 OPERA

Emmy Neiendorff

1888 - 1962

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12870 PHYSICIAN

Felix Königsberger

1884 - 1945

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12898 POLITICIAN

Emil Ebersbach

1880 - 1933

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12908 POLITICIAN

Oskar Sander

1885 - 1944

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12929 POLITICIAN

Fritz Mittelmann

1886 - 1932

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12970 OFFICER

Wolfram Freiherr von Rotenhan

1887 - 1950

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12978 LAWYER

Kurt Schönner

1883 - 1942

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13002 WRITER

Hedwig Caspari

1882 - 1922

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13006 FOOTBALL

Max Fischer (Fußballspieler, 1889)

Born 1889

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13039 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Fritz Erich Koch

1887 - 1966

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13073 ACTOR

Luise Werckmeister

1882 - 1944

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13139 SINGER

Birgit Engell

1882 - 1973

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13148 POLITICIAN

Erich Kretschmar

1880 - 1929

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13155 LAWYER

Jacques Abraham

1880 - 1942

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13161 POLITICIAN

Heinz Ullmann

1886 - 1968

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13165 PAINTER

Willy Benz-Baenitz

1881 - 1957

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13176 POLITICIAN

Georg Kaßler

1887 - 1962

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13204 DOUBLE AGENT

Armgaard Karl Graves

Born 1882

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13209 OFFICER

Gerhard von Janson

1881 - 1961

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13229 POLITICIAN

Albrecht Morath

1880 - 1942

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13236 LEHRER

Hildegard Böhme (Lehrerin)

1884 - 1943

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13240 POLITICIAN

Else Kesting

1883 - 1953

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13243 MANUFACTURER

Walter Langhoff

1883 - 1944

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13316 PAINTER

Max Degebrodt

1885 - 1976

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13331 POLITICIAN

Karl Vierath

1884 - 1951

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13352 PRINTMAKER

Hedwig Jarke

1882 - 1949

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13382 MINISTER

Willy Fisch

1886 - 1963

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13397 ART HISTORIAN

Engelbert Baumeister (Kunsthistoriker)

1880 - 1965

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13400 ARCHITECT

Hans Kraffert

1885 - 1929

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13406 ENGINEER

Günther Kempf

1885 - 1961

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13413 GEOLOGIST

Erich Lange (Geologe)

1889 - 1965

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13438 FÖRSTER

Walter Pfalzgraf

1883 - 1967

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13462 POLITICIAN

Hans Plettner

1887 - 1961

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13481 CHEMIST

Kurt Oppenheim

1886 - 1947

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13485 LAWYER

Otto Fiebrantz

1880 - 1965

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13557 POLITICIAN

Kurt Marcinowski

1882 - 1945

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13585 ROWER

Gottfried Gelfort

1885 - 1956

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13614 COXSWAIN

Otto Charlet

Born 1885

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13628 ROWER

Fritz Eggebrecht

Born 1883

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13651 SURGEON

Walter Groth (Sanitätsoffizier)

1883 - 1947

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13676 CHEMIST

Erich Bénary

1881 - 1941

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13688 JUDGE

Hermann Günther (Richter)

1882 - 1945

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13749 TEACHER

Erich Sander (Althistoriker)

1885 - 1975

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13756 SPORT

Fritz Theile

1884 - 1911

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13765 OFFICER

Walter Stahr

1882 - 1948

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13787 BOOKSELLER

Walter Dietze (Verleger)

1888 - 1962

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13804 ACTOR

Charlotte von Pazatka

1880 - 1969

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13807 NATIONALSOZIALISMUS

Paul Kroner

1880 - 1943

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13831 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Hans Flemming (Architekt)

1880 - 1929

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13865 OFFICER

Walter Friedensburg (General)

1889 - 1959

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13887 PAINTER

Ernst Wichert (Maler)

1885 - 1953

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13908 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Köhne

1883 - 1933

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13913 POLITICIAN

Georg Meyer (Politiker, 1889)

1889 - 1968

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13915 MISSING

Alexander von Humboldt (SA-Mitglied)

1886 - 1940

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13954 VERSICHERUNG

Willibald Gerlach

1884 - 1960

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13963 LAWYER

Werner Arndt (Tischtennisfunktionär)

1884 - 1939

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13964 WRESTLER

Wilhelm Steputat

1888 - 1946

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13966 POLITICIAN

Magdalene von Waldthausen

1886 - 1972

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13967 POLITICIAN

Julius Vogel (Politiker)

1888 - 1933

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13980 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Coßmann

1889 - 1949

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13986 MILITAR

Hans Stieler von Heydekampf

1880 - 1946

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13988 OFFICER

Günther von Dewitz

1885 - 1940

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14041 POLITICIAN

Fritz Fritzschen

1880 - 1939

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14052 EDUCATOR

Levy Rosenblatt

1888 - 1944

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14067 ATHLETIC

Paul Gunia

1885 - 1955

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14120 CIVIL SERVICE

Johannes Bierbach

1888 - 1972

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14121 NUMISMATIST

Karl Menadier

1889 - 1914

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14122 LAWYER

Wilhelm Wölfing

1883 - 1972

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14144 MILITAR

Gotthard Frantz

1888 - 1973

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14157 PAINTER

Max Erich Nicola

1889 - 1958

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14188 POLITICIAN

Karl Vesper

1883 - 1933

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14190 SPRINT

Willy Kohlmey

1881 - 1953

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14198 POLITICIAN

Paul Weyer

1887 - 1943

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14204 LAWYER

Hermann Sommer

1882 - 1980

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14231 LAWYER

Friedrich von Zitzewitz (1887–1940)

1887 - 1940

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14237 SPORT

Hans Borowik

1887 - 1961

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14267 SCULPTOR

Burkhart Ebe

1881 - 1949

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14310 WRITER

Ilona B. Benda

1884 - 1926

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14322 ACTOR

Gertrud Felsegg

1889 - 1902

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14350 MILITAR

Max Lindig

1887 - 1961

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14421 POLITICIAN

Franz Stimming

1884 - 1952

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14422 ARCHITECT

Walter Würzbach

1885 - 1971

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14430 WIDERSTAND

Ernst Tschickert

1889 - 1951

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14510 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Kamps

1885 - 1974

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14536 POLITICIAN

Max Sellheim

1883 - 1945

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14541 ENGINEER

Edwin Schwerin

1886 - 1959

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14677 INVENTOR

Willy F. Bielicke

Born 1881

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14718 COMEDIAN

Seppl Dammhofer

1884 - 1929

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14722 OFFICER

Hans Heinrich Beyer

1881 - 1964

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14739 SURGEON

Walter Mirauer

1882 - 1948

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14747 BANK

Albert Friedländer

1888 - 1966

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14748 POLIZEI

Wilhelm Nickel

1887 - 1940

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14750 POLITICIAN

Erich Wendland

1888 - 1950

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14768 MARINE

Hans Albrecht Wedel

1888 - 1917

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14784 POLITICIAN

Margarete Müller (Politikerin, 1887)

1887 - 1958

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14882 PAINTER

Wilhelm Kuh

1886 - 1945

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14891 TEACHER

Robert Frenzel

1888 - 1977

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14896 ACTOR

Käthe Brandt

1884 - 1902

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14906 MANAGER

Paul Schmidt-Branden

1885 - 1955

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14931 POLITICIAN

Helene Beer

1885 - 1965

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14934 JOURNALIST

Max Dörr

1886 - 1928

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14977 PRINTER

Reinhold Hermann

1885 - 1945

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15006 JUDGE

Hans Heinz von Wangenheim

1889 - 1981

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15026 POLITICIAN

Carola Lohde

1889 - 1959

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15065 SPORT

Bruno Demke

1880 - 1916

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15077 PAINTER

Elsa Genest-Arndt

1882 - 1956

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15079 PAINTER

Max Köcke-Wichmann

1889 - 1962

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15117 POLITICIAN

Willy Großmann

1888 - 1963

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15135 PRIEST

Friedrich Radek

1884 - 1964

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15138 ARCHITECT

Ernst Harrich

1886 - 1941

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15144 PAINTER

Fanny Remak

1883 - 1970

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15155 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Bahls

1884 - 1967

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15161 POLITICIAN

Emil Ziegenrücker

1882 - 1943

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15204 POLITICIAN

Hans Gerhard

1888 - 1978

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15241 POLITICIAN

Gertrud Scholz

1881 - 1950

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15244 LAWYER

Julius von Weltzien

1881 - 1955

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15247 PAINTER

Albert Giesa

1887 - 1971

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15249 ATHLETIC

Richard Wilhelm (athlete)

1887 - 1917

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15269 PRINTMAKER

Walter Garski

1884 - 1961

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15300 POLITICIAN

Fritz Schmidt (Politiker, 1882)

1882 - 1964

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15316 POLITICIAN

Erwin Münchow (Politiker)

1888 - 1973

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15320 POLITICIAN

Albert Schamedatus

Born 1884

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15330 MONK

Michael von Witowski

1885 - 1945

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15367 LANDRAT

Werner Kogge (Landrat)

1887 - 1973

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15372 WIDERSTAND

Gustav Elfert

1886 - 1945

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15404 DIPLOMAT

Felix Tripeloury

1887 - 1945

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15418 JOURNALIST

Richard Becker

1880 - 1970

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15427 POLITICIAN

Anna Schmidt (Politikerin, 1889)

1889 - 1955

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15443 BEAMTE

Otto Wermuth (Landrat)

1885 - 1919

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15448 ATHLETIC

Carl Brockmann

1887 - 1958

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15483 ENTREPRENEUR

Hans Zadek

Born 1882

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15507 MANAGER

Hans Siefart

1881 - 1958

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15550 POLITICIAN

Otto Mentz

1885 - 1951

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15573 LANDRAT

Kurt Jüllig

1885 - 1971

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15576 LANDRAT

Alfred Russel

1882 - 1959

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15596 SOHN

Georg Ernst (Verleger)

1880 - 1950

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15604 POLITICIAN

Ernst Moewes

1885 - 1971

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15662 PAINTER

Blanca von Voigts-Rhetz

Born 1886

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