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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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  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Other
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Showing 766 of 15,664 notable people

12138 POLITICIAN

Gabriela Kohlenberg

Born 1958

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12163 AUTHOR

Norbert Boesche

1959 - 2002

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12170 POLITICIAN

Manuel Heide

Born 1955

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12183 LITERARY

Beatrix Langner

Born 1950

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12184 FILM

Lutz Gregor

Born 1952

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12221 SCULPTOR

Rainer Fest

Born 1953

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12231 JUDGE

Godehard Kayser

Born 1954

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12245 BASSIST

Christian Liebig (Musiker)

Born 1954

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12261 SPORT

Dieter Stein (Radsportler)

Born 1955

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12273 PUBLISHER

Andreas Langenscheidt

Born 1952

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12278 SWIMMER

Lothar Gericke

Born 1950

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12285 ACTOR

Manuel Vaessen

Born 1958

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12291 CHEMIST

Michael Angrick

Born 1952

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12340 MILITAR

Stephan Thomas

Born 1957

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12347 POLITICIAN

Hartmut Ebbing

Born 1956

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12367 MUSIC

Uwe Möllhusen

Born 1954

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12391 ACTOR

Eva Maria Radoy

Born 1953

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12409 AUTHOR

Cornelia Bera

Born 1959

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12422 MUSEUM DIRECTOR

Bernd Lukasch

Born 1954

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12482 MUSIKWISSENSCHAFT

Esther Drusche

Born 1950

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12486 CHOIR DIRECTOR

Christian Finke

Born 1958

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12487 POLITICIAN

Michael Burkert (Politiker)

Born 1952

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12508 LAWYER

Frank Ebel (Politiker)

1957 - 2015

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12531 ACADEMIC

Martin Seidemann

Born 1950

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12579 ARTIST

Simone Kornfeld

Born 1954

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12592 POLITICIAN

Bärbel Grygier

Born 1955

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12599 WRITER

Micha Rau

Born 1957

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12625 SCIENTIST

Günther Bachmann

Born 1955

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12626 ACTOR

Nicole Haase

Born 1957

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12627 SOCIALITE

Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau

1958 - 2019

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12639 MUSIC

Gerhard Kubach

Born 1955

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12643 BOXER

Bernd August

1952 - 1988

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12818 FOOTBALL

Henry Treppschuh

Born 1959

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12847 COMPOSER

Frank Luchs

Born 1959

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12861 ECONOMIST

Burkhardt Müller-Markmann

1950 - 2011

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12868 PHYSICIST

Thomas Pruschke

1959 - 2016

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12869 POLITICIAN

Thomas Gaudszun

Born 1955

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12899 POLITICIAN

Diethard Schütze

Born 1954

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12917 FOOTBALL

Jörg Klimpel

Born 1956

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12957 ACTOR

Irene Neuner

Born 1958

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12966 LAWYER

Manfred Schmitz-Kaiser

Born 1951

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12972 POLITICIAN

Carola Hartfelder

Born 1951

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12991 ATHLETE

Christian Sandow

Born 1959

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13020 SONGWRITER

Michael Becker (Komponist)

1954 - 2011

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13028 PROFESSOR

Arya Mitra Sharma

Born 1959

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13102 ACTOR

Joachim Kelsch

Born 1954

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13104 PRESENTER

Wolf-Dieter Herrmann

Born 1950

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13116 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Detlev Sternberg-Lieben

Born 1950

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13120 ENTREPRENEUR

Werner Gegenbauer

Born 1950

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13128 SPORT

Michael Milde

Born 1950

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13183 BYZANTINIST

Karin Metzler

Born 1956

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13193 BUSINESS

Kersten Jodexnis

Born 1956

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13220 ARTIST

Stefan Paubel

Born 1952

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13227 PRESENTER

Antje Garden

1951 - 1993

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13264 WRITER

Roland Lampe

Born 1959

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13274 PHOTOGRAPHER

Micha Winkler (Fotograf)

Born 1958

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13294 SCULPTOR

Jacob Zöllner

Born 1956

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13306 COACH

Andreas Hirsch (Turner)

Born 1958

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13307 HOCKEY

Detlef Radant

Born 1958

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13312 VERTRETER

Petra Rosenberg

Born 1952

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13419 LAWYER

Tay Eich

Born 1955

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13426 PRESENTER

Jürgen Karney

Born 1954

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13427 JUDO

Reinhard Arndt

Born 1952

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13445 MANAGER

Franz Wolf (Manager)

Born 1953

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13469 POLITICIAN

Detlef Baer

Born 1955

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13472 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Branoner

Born 1956

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13512 ARTIST

Uli Gleichmann

Born 1958

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13569 POLITICIAN

Frank Millack

Born 1952

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13589 POLITICIAN

Klaus Rehda

Born 1957

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13619 PRIEST

Tobias Przytarski

Born 1959

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13655 ROWER

Klaus Roloff

Born 1952

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13664 ROWER

Helmut Krause

Born 1954

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13674 POLITICIAN

Peter Schüler

Born 1952

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13684 COXSWAIN

Kathrien Plückhahn

Born 1958

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13694 POLITICIAN

Verena Butalikakis

1955 - 2018

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13702 SKATER

Reinhard Mirmseker

Born 1950

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13735 MINISTERIUM

Lutz Diwell

Born 1951

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13786 POLITICIAN

Sabine Nitz-Spatz

1956 - 1997

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13788 POLITICIAN

Michael Richter (Politiker)

Born 1954

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13800 JOURNALIST

Bettina Urbanski

Born 1951

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13849 POLITICIAN

Michael Wendt (Politiker)

1955 - 2011

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13854 POLITICIAN

Martin Beck (Politiker)

Born 1958

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13856 CIVIL SERVICE

Carsten Pillath

Born 1956

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13870 FOOTBALL

Axel Neumann

Born 1952

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13897 FENCER

Neal Mallett

Born 1957

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13906 ENGINEER

Jörg Schilling

Born 1955

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13924 POLITICIAN

Marion Seelig

1953 - 2013

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13930 PATHOLOGIST

Helmut Maxeiner

1952 - 2009

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13939 VORSITZENDE

Sabine Werth

Born 1957

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13950 BUSINESS

Adrian von Hammerstein

Born 1953

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13973 POLITICIAN

Uwe Bartsch

Born 1954

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13983 SAILOR

Uwe Steingross

Born 1951

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14012 CURATOR

Thomas Tyllack

Born 1954

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14017 PHOTOGRAPHER

Wolfgang Eilmes

Born 1955

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14057 POLITICIAN

Felicitas Kubala

Born 1956

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14086 VIOLIN

Thomas G’schrey

Born 1959

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14089 ACTOR

Isabella Mamatis

Born 1955

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14095 ENTREPRENEUR

Erwin Kostyra

Born 1953

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14126 MODEL

Andrea Hontschik

1959 - 1993

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14129 JOURNALIST

Thomas Thimme

Born 1954

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14152 MISSING

Thomas Taubmann

1955 - 1981

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14180 ACTOR

Ernst Matthias Friedrich

Born 1953

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14212 POLITICIAN

Dieter Hapel

Born 1951

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14213 POLITICIAN

Thomas Kleineidam

1958 - 2013

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14223 ARTIST

Volker Nikel

Born 1959

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14227 MILITAR

Hans-Christian Hettfleisch

Born 1955

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14236 NOTARY

Andreas Gram

Born 1955

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14251 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Andres

Born 1951

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14265 TRANSLATOR

Achmed Khammas

Born 1952

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14275 POLITISCH

Klaus Feiler

Born 1954

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14287 POLITICIAN

Monika Helbig (Politikerin)

Born 1953

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14303 POLITICIAN

Rainer-Maria Fritsch

Born 1956

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14305 ARTIST

Reinhard Konzack

Born 1950

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14321 VERTRETER

Renate Haidinger

Born 1958

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14327 POLIZIST

Hans-Jürgen Starrost

1955 - 1981

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14384 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Friderich

Born 1952

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14386 MIDWIFE

Helga Albrecht

Born 1955

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14387 POLITICIAN

Eberhard Zastrau

1954 - 2012

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14426 HANDBALL

Bernd Seehase

Born 1952

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14433 SWIMMER

Rainer Hradetzky

Born 1952

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14463 POLITICIAN

Pia Paust-Lassen

Born 1956

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14558 MISSING

Gina Graichen

Born 1955

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14569 SCHLAGZEUGER

Thomas Preissler

Born 1958

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14578 POLITICIAN

Renate Möbius

1952 - 2013

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14587 POLITICIAN

Angela Tillmann

Born 1957

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14588 JUDGE

Andreas Dielitz

Born 1959

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14654 POLITICIAN

Irene Wolff-Molorciuc

1955 - 2012

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14668 JUDGE

Ulrike Brune

Born 1959

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14702 POLITICIAN

Michael Freiberg (Politiker)

Born 1956

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14706 POLITICIAN

Martin Thomas (Politiker)

Born 1950

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14707 POLITICIAN

Axel Hahn

Born 1959

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14716 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Rieder

Born 1953

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14751 FOOTBALL

Herbert Hochheim

Born 1952

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14777 JOURNALIST

Andreas Mietzsch

Born 1957

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14792 DIPLOMAT

Andreas Zobel

1953 - 2009

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14823 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Hanke (Politiker)

Born 1956

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14832 POLITICIAN

Dagmar König

Born 1955

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14865 DENTIST

Karl-Georg Pochhammer

Born 1954

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14898 POLITICIAN

Albert Weingartner

Born 1951

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14901 POLITICIAN

Jutta Kaddatz

Born 1953

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14922 POLITICIAN

Liane Ollech

Born 1957

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14935 POLITICIAN

Frank Degen

Born 1954

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14955 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Adler

Born 1950

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14962 GRAFIKDESIGNER

Jürgen Kellig

Born 1953

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14979 LAWYER

Hans Jörg Neumann

Born 1956

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14984 POLITICIAN

Rolf Wettstädt

Born 1951

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15070 ATHLETIC

Lutz Zauber

Born 1958

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15075 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Jürgen Schmidt

1953 - 2010

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15109 POLITICIAN

Burkhard Müller-Schoenau

Born 1957

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15116 CERAMIST

Beate Bendel

Born 1954

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15146 POLITICIAN

Marion Kroll

Born 1951

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15158 POLITICIAN

Annegrit Koburger

Born 1959

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15164 ATHLETIC

Frank Hollender

Born 1959

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15203 POLITICIAN

Karin Hiller-Ewers

Born 1952

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15217 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Roß

Born 1950

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15232 POLITICIAN

Norbert Eyck

Born 1953

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15304 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Manske

1954 - 2013

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15327 POLITICIAN

Karla Borsky-Tausch

1950 - 2013

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15371 POLITICIAN

Ralf Reppert

Born 1959

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15416 GEIGE

Christian Stadelmann

1959 - 2019

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15424 POLITICIAN

Christa Müller (Politikerin, 1950)

Born 1950

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15441 BASKET

Andreas Hinz

Born 1952

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15516 POLITICIAN

Jochen Querengässer

Born 1955

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15523 JUDGE

Joachim Bohm (Politiker)

Born 1950

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15624 POLITICIAN

Johannes Rudolf

Born 1951

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15633 POLITICIAN

Winfried Werner (Politiker, 1958)

Born 1958

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