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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1930s with 1,548 notable births.

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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  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Sports
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Showing 1,253 of 15,664 notable people

0035 ACTOR

Jürgen Prochnow

Born 1941

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0037 POLITICIAN

Gregor Gysi

Born 1948

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0041 SINGER

Elke Sommer

Born 1940

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0042 COMPOSER

Klaus Schulze

Born 1947

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0053 ACTOR

Anne Wiazemsky

1947 - 2017

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0057 FILM

Margarethe von Trotta

Born 1942

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0075 ACTOR

Gottfried John

1942 - 2014

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0095 MUSIC

Reinhard Mey

Born 1942

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0173 COMPOSER

Drafi Deutscher

1946 - 2006

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0175 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Gesine Schwan

Born 1943

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0208 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Claus Offe

Born 1940

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0238 ACTOR

Frank Zander

Born 1942

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0240 ACTOR

Rosel Zech

1942 - 2011

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0250 WRESTLER

Wilhelm von Homburg

1940 - 2004

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0264 ARTIST

Gunter Demnig

Born 1947

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0278 ACTOR

Karin Baal

Born 1940

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0280 ART HISTORIAN

Boris Groys

Born 1947

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0282 AUTHOR

Monika Maron

Born 1941

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0285 SINGER

Anja Silja

Born 1940

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0304 ENTREPRENEUR

Hasso Plattner

Born 1944

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0305 ACTOR

Eva Renzi

1944 - 2005

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0314 COMPOSER

Frank Duval

Born 1940

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0320 ACTOR

Rolf Zacher

1941 - 2018

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0329 SINGER

Burghart Klaußner

Born 1949

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0350 MUSIC

Achim Mentzel

1946 - 2016

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0354 ACTOR

Ingrid Steeger

Born 1947

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0367 SCREENWRITER

Vera Tschechowa

Born 1940

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0376 ACTOR

Dieter Mann

Born 1941

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0411 POLITICIAN

Bärbel Bohley

1945 - 2010

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0418 SINGER

Manuela (singer)

1943 - 2001

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0456 POLITICIAN

Regine Hildebrandt

1941 - 2001

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0459 ACTRESS

Angelica Domröse

Born 1941

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0480 ACTOR

Claus Theo Gärtner

Born 1943

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0511 SCULPTOR

Jochen Gerz

Born 1940

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0526 ACTOR

Solvi Stubing

1941 - 2017

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0537 ACTOR

Cordula Trantow

Born 1942

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0543 POLITICIAN

Rainer Eppelmann

Born 1943

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0558 PHOTOGRAPHER

Sibylle Bergemann

1941 - 2010

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0564 MINISTER

Rainer Brüderle

Born 1945

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0576 ACTOR

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Born 1945

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0588 MILITAR

Gennady Troshev

1947 - 2008

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0589 FOOTBALL

Bernd Patzke

Born 1943

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0665 POINTAGE

Peter Fechter

1944 - 1962

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0686 MATHEMATICIAN

Michael Rapoport

Born 1948

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0714 WRITER

Klaus Kordon

Born 1943

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0722 ACTOR

Karin Ugowski

Born 1943

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0740 EMPEROR

Prince Michael of Prussia

1940 - 2014

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0742 ACTOR

Henry Hübchen

Born 1947

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0747 POLITICIAN

Marianne Birthler

Born 1948

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0756 MILITANT

Bommi Baumann

1947 - 2016

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0757 RADIO

Dagmar Berghoff

Born 1943

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0775 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Klimmt

Born 1942

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0788 ACTOR

Peer Augustinski

1940 - 2014

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0793 MUSIC

Mike Mareen

Born 1949

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0804 ACADEMIC

Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

Born 1943

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0812 SINGER

Ina Deter

Born 1947

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0818 LIEDERMACHER

Stefan Waggershausen

Born 1949

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0840 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Schivelbusch

Born 1941

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0863 EGYPTOLOGIST

Wolfgang Kosack

Born 1943

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0867 BIOCHEMIST

Otto Rössler

Born 1940

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0874 ASTRONOMER

Lutz D. Schmadel

1942 - 2016

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0881 SINGER

Aljosha Rompe

1947 - 2000

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0919 POLITICIAN

Heinz Buschkowsky

Born 1948

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0924 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Nöldner

Born 1941

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0963 FOOTBALL

Horst Wolter

Born 1942

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0964 WRITER

Katharina Rutschky

1941 - 2010

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1000 POLITICIAN

Günter Rexrodt

1941 - 2004

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1028 WRITER

Helme Heine

Born 1941

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1063 POLITICIAN

Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig

Born 1941

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1072 COMPOSER

Konrad Boehmer

1941 - 2014

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1084 ACTOR

Thomas Danneberg

Born 1942

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1095 ACTOR

Ted Herold

Born 1942

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1141 CEO

Michael Spindler

1942 - 2017

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1151 OLYMPIC

Wilhelm Kuhweide

Born 1943

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1158 PAINTER

Michael Sowa

Born 1945

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1160 FILM

Robert van Ackeren

Born 1946

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1166 LINGUIST

Silvio Vietta

Born 1941

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1200 PHOTOGRAPHER

Michael Schmidt (photographer)

1945 - 2014

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1210 WRITER

Daniela Dahn

Born 1949

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1211 ACTOR

Jutta Wachowiak

Born 1940

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1214 PHILOSOPHER

Michael Frede

1940 - 2007

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1233 FILM

Peter Przygodda

1941 - 2011

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1243 WRITER

Michael Rutschky

1943 - 2018

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1248 PHYSICIST

Jean Zinn-Justin

Born 1943

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1249 SCHOLAR

Hans-Jürgen Papier

Born 1943

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1253 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Welsch

Born 1944

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1282 JUDGE

Wolfgang Schomburg

Born 1948

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1291 FOOTBALL

Volkmar Groß

1948 - 2014

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1296 PHOTOGRAPHER

Chris von Wangenheim

1942 - 1981

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1302 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Christoph Wulf

Born 1944

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1325 DESIGNER

Alexander Neumeister

Born 1941

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1359 HISTORIAN

Thomas Elsaesser

1943 - 2019

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1383 CINEMA

Ralf D. Bode

1941 - 2001

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1455 SOCIOLOGIST

Nico Stehr

Born 1942

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1480 PAINTER

Christa Dichgans

1940 - 2018

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1483 WRITER

Klaus Reinhardt

Born 1941

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1485 ACTOR

Jürgen Draeger

Born 1940

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1489 ACTOR

Wolfgang Condrus

Born 1941

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1515 PROFESSOR

Suraiya Faroqhi

Born 1941

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1560 COMPOSER

Andreas Holm (singer)

Born 1942

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1576 AUTHOR

Bettina Wegner

Born 1947

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1578 ACTOR

Suzanne Roquette

1942 - 2020

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1598 ACTOR

Barbara Schöne

Born 1947

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1625 SCULPTOR

Timm Ulrichs

Born 1940

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1648 PHOTOGRAPHER

Roger Melis

1940 - 2009

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1673 ACTOR

Monika Lundi

Born 1942

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1690 ACTOR

Astrid Frank

Born 1944

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1700 ACTOR

Claudia Wedekind

1942 - 2015

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1704 SCREENWRITER

Helga Schubert

Born 1940

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1707 SPY

Werner Teske

1942 - 1981

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1743 ACTOR

Manfred Lehmann

Born 1945

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1746 FILM

Birgit Hein

Born 1942

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1747 FOOTBALL

Arno Steffenhagen

Born 1949

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1748 JOURNALIST

Ernst Elitz

Born 1941

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1751 LAWYER

Detlev Mehlis

Born 1949

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1752 JUDGE

Rüdiger Wolfrum

Born 1941

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1789 SPORT

Jürgen Geschke

Born 1943

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1790 JOURNALIST

Horst Rieck

Born 1941

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1796 ACTOR

Gunter Schoß

Born 1940

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1823 HISTORIAN

Hans Coppi Jr.

Born 1942

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1844 ACTOR

Rudolf Kowalski

Born 1948

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1853 HISTORIAN

Peter Brandt (Historiker)

Born 1948

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1921 FILM

Gero Erhardt

Born 1943

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1945 FOOTBALL

Peter Kunter

Born 1941

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1955 GEOGRAPHER

Matthias Kuhle

1948 - 2015

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1982 SINGER

Tina Rainford

Born 1946

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2005 COXSWAIN

Manfred Klein

Born 1947

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2018 WRITER

Harald Braem

Born 1944

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2020 PHYSICIST

Axel Stoll

1948 - 2014

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2045 ACTOR

Uta Taeger

Born 1940

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2070 ACTOR

Werner Enke

Born 1941

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2080 POET

Karin Kiwus

Born 1942

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2105 NOTARY

Peter Danckert

Born 1940

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2125 SPORT

Peter Vonhof

Born 1949

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2177 ROWER

Jörg Lucke

Born 1942

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2206 ACTOR

Wolfgang Bathke

Born 1940

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2207 JUDGE

Monika Harms

Born 1946

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2212 SPORT

Thomas Huschke

Born 1947

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2239 FOOTBALL

Bernd Gersdorff

Born 1946

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2244 PAINTER

Gabriele Evertz

Born 1945

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2264 WRITER

Peter Urban (translator)

1941 - 2013

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2268 ACTOR

Frank Glaubrecht

Born 1943

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2282 SINGER

Tanja Berg

Born 1941

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2298 PLAYER

Helga Schultze

1940 - 2015

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2310 MATHEMATICIAN

Thomas Zink

Born 1949

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2312 PHOTOGRAPHER

Michael Ruetz

Born 1940

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2331 FOOTBALL

Günter Hoge

1940 - 2017

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2340 ACTOR

Nicolas Brieger

Born 1945

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2378 PHOTOGRAPHER

Bill Biggart

1947 - 2001

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2382 AUTHOR

Detlev Meyer

1948 - 1999

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2413 ACTOR

Kornelia Boje

Born 1942

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2444 HISTORIAN

Holm Sundhaussen

1942 - 2015

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2459 ENGINEER

Eberhard Burger

Born 1943

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2463 AUTHOR

Bianka Minte-König

Born 1947

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2469 GENETICIST

Peter Propping

1942 - 2016

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2511 ACTOR

Sabine Eggerth

Born 1943

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2513 MEDIEVALIST

Werner Paravicini

Born 1942

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2524 PSYCHIATRIST

Dieter Duhm

Born 1942

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2534 POLITICIAN

Evelyn Hecht-Galinski

Born 1949

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2538 FOOTBALL

Jan Banaś

Born 1943

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2548 WRITER

Ernst Wilhelm Heine

Born 1940

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2573 ETHOLOGIST

Erik Zimen

1941 - 2003

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2596 ATHLETIC

Hans-Peter Gies

Born 1947

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2625 WRITER

Gisela von Wysocki

Born 1940

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2629 SPORT

Bernd Barleben

Born 1940

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2635 AUTHOR

Kristin Feireiss

Born 1942

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2658 FOOTBALL

Uwe Kliemann

Born 1949

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2669 PHYSICIST

Harald Friedrich

1947 - 2017

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2672 ACTOR

Uwe Karpa

Born 1945

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2675 ENTERTAINER

Petra Kusch-Lück

Born 1948

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2680 MUSIC

Mike Kogel

Born 1944

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2699 ROWER

Egbert Hirschfelder

Born 1942

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2703 WRITER

Nicolas Remin

Born 1948

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2705 ART HISTORIAN

Cäcilia Rentmeister

Born 1948

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2710 AUTHOR

Katja Behrens

Born 1942

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2712 MATHEMATICIAN

Winfried Scharlau (Mathematiker)

Born 1940

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2725 SOCIALITE

Hans Hermann Weyer

Born 1944

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2727 PHOTOGRAPHER

Didi Zill

Born 1942

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2741 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Sühnholz

1946 - 2019

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2744 ACTOR

Barbara Frey

Born 1941

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2757 PHYSICIST

Horst-Joachim Lüdecke

Born 1943

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2761 HISTORIAN

Hermann Simon (historian)

Born 1949

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2789 ACADEMIC

Rainer Eisfeld

Born 1941

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2799 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Egbert Jahn

Born 1941

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2804 HISTORIAN

Werner Buchholz (historian)

Born 1948

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2863 ACADEMIC

Harald Motzki

1948 - 2019

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2887 CINEMA

Rudolf Steiner (film director)

Born 1942

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2936 AUTHOR

Bernd A. Laska

Born 1943

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2955 ROWER

Lutz Ulbricht

Born 1942

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2974 FILM

Aviva Kempner

Born 1946

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2989 ACTOR

Heidemarie Wenzel

Born 1945

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3003 MATHEMATICIAN

Dietrich Stoyan

Born 1940

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3033 OPERA

Hannelore Bode

Born 1941

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3038 ACTOR

Traudel Haas

Born 1945

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3042 ENGINEER

Hans-Ulrich Niemitz

1946 - 2010

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3104 COMPOSER

Dieter Zimmermann

1943 - 1978

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3105 ACTOR

Mathew Anden

1942 - 1985

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3109 MUSIC

Eberhard Sengpiel

1940 - 2014

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3118 THEOLOGIAN

Dietmar Mieth

Born 1940

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3164 ACTOR

Ulrich Faulhaber

Born 1941

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3179 SPORT

Viktor Torshin

1948 - 1993

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3181 EDUCATION

Hans Brügelmann

Born 1946

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3190 CONDUCTOR

Wolfgang Helbich

1943 - 2013

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3192 ROWER

Bernhard Britting

Born 1940

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3208 SINGER

Siegfried Lorenz (baritone)

Born 1945

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3214 ART HISTORIAN

Eberhard Fischer (art historian)

Born 1941

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3223 HISTORIAN

Bernd Bonwetsch

1940 - 2017

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3234 ACADEMIC

Hinrich Bitter-Suermann

Born 1940

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3258 ATHLETIC

Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske

Born 1946

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3280 PHYSICIST

Robert Graham (physicist)

Born 1942

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3295 ROWER

Rüdiger Henning

Born 1943

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3318 SINOLOGIST

Erling von Mende

Born 1940

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3328 BOXER

Peter Tiepold

Born 1945

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3352 ECONOMIST

Wolfgang Wiegard

Born 1946

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3356 ACTOR

Karin Rasenack

Born 1945

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3373 POET

Andrea Hollander Budy

Born 1947

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3380 PHOTOGRAPHER

Peter Thomann

Born 1940

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3405 ACTOR

Kaspar Eichel

Born 1942

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3470 SKATER

Irene Müller

Born 1942

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3475 ACTOR

Ursula Heyer

Born 1940

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3476 HAMMER THROWER

Reinhard Theimer

1948 - 2020

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3511 POLITICIAN

Dietrich Austermann

Born 1941

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3536 CONDUCTOR

Hans Michael Beuerle

1941 - 2015

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3545 PHYSICIST

Wolfgang Krätschmer

Born 1942

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3585 ACTOR

Regina Lemnitz

Born 1946

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3586 SOCIOLOGIST

Dagmar Schultz

Born 1941

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3598 ECONOMIST

Manfred J. M. Neumann

1940 - 2016

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3619 ACADEMIC

Michael Kloepfer

Born 1943

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3626 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Bernd Krämer

Born 1947

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3636 CYCLIST

Jürgen Barth (cyclist)

1943 - 2011

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3663 SINGER

Ina Martell

Born 1944

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3669 SPORT

Rainer Müller

Born 1946

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3674 ACTOR

Jürgen Kluckert

Born 1943

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3679 ACTOR

Joachim Regelien

Born 1941

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3711 AUTHOR

Alexander Jakowlewitsch Liwschiz

1946 - 2013

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3718 AUTHOR

Sibylle Plogstedt

Born 1945

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3745 WRITER

Johannes von Buttlar

Born 1940

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3753 HISTORIAN

Peter Maser

Born 1943

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3755 LINGUIST

Hans-Jürgen Sasse

1943 - 2015

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3765 ROWER

Peter Neusel

Born 1941

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3777 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Yoel Rak

Born 1946

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3781 SINGER

Krystyna Konarska

Born 1941

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3790 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Wruck (Fußballspieler, April 1944) – W

1944 - 2014

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3802 HISTORIAN

Detlef Brandes

Born 1941

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3812 ACTOR

Till Hagen

Born 1949

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3818 PAINTER

Kirsten Geisler

Born 1949

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3847 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Sälzer

1940 - 1993

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3884 AUTHOR

Manfred Bissinger

Born 1940

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3886 WRITER

Rainer Fuhrmann

1940 - 1990

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3891 WRITER

David Schütz

1941 - 2017

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3907 FILM

Karola Hattop

Born 1949

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3916 PHYSICIST

Peter Skalicky

Born 1941

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3933 BOBSLED

Bodo Bittner

1940 - 2012

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3942 ACTOR

Tommi Piper

Born 1941

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3966 LITERARY

Peter Salomon

Born 1947

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3974 FOOTBALL

Werner Schaaphok

Born 1941

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3975 DIPLOMAT

Jürgen Chrobog

Born 1940

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3981 COXSWAIN

Jürgen Oelke

Born 1940

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3984 POLITICIAN

Ehrhart Körting

Born 1942

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3998 VICTIM

Dorit Schmiel

1941 - 1962

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4024 SCULPTOR

Wilfried Hagebölling

Born 1941

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4062 PAINTER

August Ohm

Born 1943

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4106 PLAYER

Hans-Joachim Plötz

Born 1944

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4116 SPORT

Burkhard Ebert

Born 1942

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4123 HISTORIAN

Bernd Martin (Historiker)

Born 1940

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4128 TEACHER

Rudolf Piernay

Born 1943

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4142 ROWER

Heinz-Jürgen Bothe

Born 1941

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4170 PRIEST

Medard Kehl

Born 1942

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4172 ACADEMIC

Rolf Fieguth

Born 1941

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4211 COXSWAIN

Hartmut Wenzel

1947 - 2020

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4215 ACTOR

Bernd Stegemann (Schauspieler)

Born 1949

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4221 SURGEON

Jörg Rüdiger Siewert

Born 1940

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4224 ACTOR

Regina Beyer

Born 1947

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4242 ACTOR

Angelika Meissner

1940 - 2018

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4258 PRESENTER

Jörg Draeger

Born 1945

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4276 PHILOLOGIST

Hermann Kurzke

Born 1943

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4289 RUNNER

Günter Mielke

1942 - 2010

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4309 SOCIALITE

Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco

1940 - 2007

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4323 ACTOR

Anita Kupsch

Born 1940

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4335 ACTOR

Angelika Mann

Born 1949

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4363 ACTOR

Hans-Jürgen Dittberner

Born 1945

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4376 SCREENWRITER

Christa Ritter

Born 1942

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4381 FOOTBALL

Horst Franz

Born 1940

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4399 AUTHOR

Peter Sprengel

Born 1949

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4420 ACTOR

Reinhard Kuhnert (Schriftsteller)

Born 1945

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4435 ACTOR

Fritz von Friedl (Schauspieler)

Born 1941

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4475 MATHEMATICIAN

Gerhard Preuß

1940 - 2011

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4481 ACTOR

Daniel Friedrich

Born 1949

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4509 ROWER

Joachim Böhmer

1940 - 1999

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4526 PAINTER

Helma (Malerin)

Born 1940

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4527 JOURNALIST

Cornelia Gerstenmaier

Born 1943

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4530 ACTOR

Karin Buchholz

Born 1945

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4546 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Gerd Meyer (Politikwissenschaftler)

Born 1942

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4549 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Hans-Paul Schwefel

Born 1940

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4591 JOURNALIST

Hans-Joachim Spremberg

1943 - 1978

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4596 ACTOR

Jürgen Reuter (Schauspieler)

Born 1941

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4609 CINEMA

Carl-Friedrich Koschnick

Born 1949

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4617 ACTOR

Christiane Schröder

1942 - 1980

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4619 MUSIC

Konradin Groth

Born 1947

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4621 THEOLOGIAN

Gunda Schneider-Flume

Born 1941

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