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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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  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
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9932 ACADEMIC

Klaus Hekking

Born 1950

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9946 ACADEMIC

Erika Spiegel

1925 - 2017

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9952 ACADEMIC

Günther Bock (Aeronautiker)

1898 - 1970

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9959 ACADEMIC

Maria May (Textildesignerin)

1900 - 1968

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9971 ACADEMIC

Joachim Viohl

Born 1933

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9973 ACADEMIC

Emil Dusiska

1914 - 2002

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9988 ACADEMIC

Uta Poplutz

Born 1971

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9995 ACADEMIC

Jochanan Bloch

1919 - 1979

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9998 ACADEMIC

Dietmar Hiller

Born 1958

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9999 ACADEMIC

Bodo Nischan

1939 - 2001

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10013 ACADEMIC

Hagen Staack

1913 - 1991

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10036 ACADEMIC

Arno Hochmuth

1930 - 2012

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10056 ACADEMIC

Edward Reichel

Born 1940

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10064 ACADEMIC

Jule Specht

Born 1986

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10094 ACADEMIC

Thomas Meyer (Neurologe)

Born 1967

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10096 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Zimmermann (Biotechnologe)

Born 1942

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10120 ACADEMIC

Marieluise Deißmann-Merten

1935 - 2011

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10126 ACADEMIC

Hans-Joachim Lenz (Statistiker)

Born 1942

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10132 ACADEMIC

Hans-Peter Howaldt

Born 1956

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10144 ACADEMIC

Hans Joachim Serfling

1913 - 2004

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10153 ACADEMIC

Wolfram Burisch

1941 - 1995

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10182 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Rotter

1910 - 2000

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10183 ACADEMIC

Bruno Kiesewetter

1892 - 1968

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10209 ACADEMIC

Oscar Weigert

1886 - 1968

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10215 ACADEMIC

Rolf Kracke

1932 - 2010

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10271 ACADEMIC

Jörg Petruschat

Born 1958

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10305 ACADEMIC

Christoph Sowada

Born 1956

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10340 ACADEMIC

Matthias Schaefer

Born 1942

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10404 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Haffke

Born 1943

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10412 ACADEMIC

Manfred Görlach

Born 1937

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10413 ACADEMIC

Christian Sappok

Born 1941

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10417 ACADEMIC

Peter Fuss

Born 1932

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10462 ACADEMIC

Paul Güterbock

1844 - 1897

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10463 ACADEMIC

August Tiede

1834 - 1911

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10467 ACADEMIC

Pierre-Paul Sagave

1913 - 2006

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10492 ACADEMIC

Gabriele Franziska Götz

Born 1954

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10503 ACADEMIC

Klaus Sessar

Born 1937

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10545 ACADEMIC

Siegfried Ernst Miederer

Born 1942

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10578 ACADEMIC

Robert Ganssen

1903 - 1983

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10592 ACADEMIC

Britta Schellenberg

Born 1972

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10595 ACADEMIC

Hans-Werner Osthoff

1911 - 2006

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10600 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Filc

Born 1943

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10610 ACADEMIC

Frank Majewski

1941 - 2001

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10612 ACADEMIC

Johannes Biermann

1863 - 1915

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10621 ACADEMIC

Theodor Wende

1883 - 1968

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10669 ACADEMIC

Hans Ramge

Born 1940

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10694 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Beyschlag

1891 - 1961

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10703 ACADEMIC

Gisela Schmeer

Born 1926

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10724 ACADEMIC

Gustav Fischer (Landtechniker)

1870 - 1963

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10735 ACADEMIC

Hans Schabram

Born 1928

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10770 ACADEMIC

Werner Maltry

1931 - 2017

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10771 ACADEMIC

Paul Bartels

1874 - 1914

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10811 ACADEMIC

Helmut Genschel

Born 1928

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10858 ACADEMIC

Julius Schaaf

1910 - 1994

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10872 ACADEMIC

Werner Vogel (Archivar)

1930 - 2016

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10884 ACADEMIC

Sievert Lorenzen

Born 1938

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10887 ACADEMIC

Karl Memmler

1873 - 1935

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10914 ACADEMIC

Wolf Mendl

1926 - 1999

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10939 ACADEMIC

Max Grantz

1854 - 1945

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10955 ACADEMIC

Georg Sobernheim

1865 - 1963

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10961 ACADEMIC

Erhard Hausendorff

1888 - 1960

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11016 ACADEMIC

Hugo Werner (Agrarwissenschaftler)

1839 - 1912

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11077 ACADEMIC

Carl-Heinz Schwennicke

1901 - 1985

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11080 ACADEMIC

Hans Hornbostel

1916 - 2003

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11100 ACADEMIC

Uta Oelke

Born 1957

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11122 ACADEMIC

Ludwig Theodor Schulze

1833 - 1918

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11129 ACADEMIC

Joachim Spiegel

1911 - 1989

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11134 ACADEMIC

Lieselotte Kötzsche

Born 1935

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11150 ACADEMIC

George Sessous

1876 - 1952

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11168 ACADEMIC

Heinz Muhs

1911 - 1990

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11176 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Walz

1939 - 2009

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11216 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Paul Strassmann

Born 1926

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11226 ACADEMIC

Horst Thorau

1930 - 1989

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11254 ACADEMIC

Werner Eichberg

1910 - 1985

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11276 ACADEMIC

Gertrud Sasse

1902 - 1994

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11294 ACADEMIC

Otfried Seewald

Born 1942

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11300 ACADEMIC

Johannes Bernard

1926 - 1989

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11303 ACADEMIC

Carsten Kunkel

Born 1974

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11326 ACADEMIC

Willi Willing

1907 - 1983

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11343 ACADEMIC

Karl Sieg

1911 - 1998

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11361 ACADEMIC

Karl Oldenberg

1864 - 1936

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11362 ACADEMIC

Helmuth Hertling

1891 - 1942

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11410 ACADEMIC

Gerhard von Lengerken

Born 1935

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11429 ACADEMIC

Alfred Borchert

1886 - 1976

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11451 ACADEMIC

Paul Kohlstock

1861 - 1901

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11456 ACADEMIC

Gustav Schimpff

1871 - 1919

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11458 ACADEMIC

Carl Schaefer (Musiker)

1876 - 1954

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11488 ACADEMIC

Hartmut Fricke

Born 1967

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11504 ACADEMIC

Ingrid Sommerkorn-Abrahams

Born 1936

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11540 ACADEMIC

Georg-Michael Fleischer

Born 1941

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11544 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Pahlke

1928 - 2009

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11548 ACADEMIC

Peter Luger

Born 1943

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11575 ACADEMIC

Hermann Potthoff

1873 - 1951

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11600 ACADEMIC

August Friedrich Pallas

1731 - 1812

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11606 ACADEMIC

Renate Rausch

1930 - 2007

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11625 ACADEMIC

Shimon Gottschalk

Born 1929

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11640 ACADEMIC

Joachim Giers

1911 - 1996

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11678 ACADEMIC

Brigitte Menzel

1930 - 1998

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11687 ACADEMIC

Hermann Oelsner

1871 - 1923

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11692 ACADEMIC

Klaus-Dieter Zastrow

Born 1950

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11720 ACADEMIC

Margarethe Vater

Born 1898

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11760 ACADEMIC

Johann Christian Friedrich Trendelenburg

1916 - 2004

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11779 ACADEMIC

Balduin Forster

1920 - 1999

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11825 ACADEMIC

Walther Merck

1892 - 1964

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11871 ACADEMIC

Günter Farchmin

1913 - 1997

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11885 ACADEMIC

Edgar R. Rosen

1911 - 1994

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11925 ACADEMIC

Rainer Walz (Rechtswissenschaftler)

1942 - 2006

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11949 ACADEMIC

Alfred Schulz van Treeck

1903 - 1958

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11962 ACADEMIC

Irene Brückle

Born 1960

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12006 ACADEMIC

Diethart Zielinski

Born 1941

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12011 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Rintelen (Kunsthistoriker)

1881 - 1926

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12046 ACADEMIC

Günther Mönch

1902 - 1988

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12072 ACADEMIC

Hugo Apolant

1866 - 1915

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12158 ACADEMIC

Erna Hitzberger

1905 - 2003

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12168 ACADEMIC

Curt Risch

1879 - 1959

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12203 ACADEMIC

Susanne Sonnenfeld

Born 1961

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12207 ACADEMIC

Elke Montanari

Born 1963

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12214 ACADEMIC

Georg Ebeling (Romanist)

1867 - 1950

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12239 ACADEMIC

Franz Blumenthal

1878 - 1971

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12274 ACADEMIC

Kurt Herzberg

1896 - 1976

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12295 ACADEMIC

Helmut Koniarsky

1913 - 1991

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12323 ACADEMIC

Dorothee Colberg-Tjadens

1922 - 2004

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12338 ACADEMIC

Herbert Lüers

1910 - 1978

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12352 ACADEMIC

Else Knake

1901 - 1973

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12395 ACADEMIC

Hilger Flamm

1925 - 2012

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12437 ACADEMIC

Gregor Siefer

Born 1928

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12449 ACADEMIC

Georg Arndt (Dermatologe)

1874 - 1929

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12488 ACADEMIC

Gisela Kaplan

Born 1944

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12494 ACADEMIC

Franz Praetorius

1847 - 1927

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12502 ACADEMIC

Klaus-Peter Vogel

Born 1931

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12512 ACADEMIC

Jens Puschke

Born 1975

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12513 ACADEMIC

Günter Krzysch

1929 - 2000

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12528 ACADEMIC

Ulrike Tikvah Kissmann

Born 1967

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12531 ACADEMIC

Martin Seidemann

Born 1950

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12541 ACADEMIC

Otto Schreiber (Jurist)

1882 - 1929

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12614 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Dölle

1923 - 2008

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12676 ACADEMIC

Stefan Richter (Zoologe)

Born 1964

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12692 ACADEMIC

Paul Köthner

1870 - 1932

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12703 ACADEMIC

Hans-Werner Rautenburg

1924 - 2013

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12758 ACADEMIC

Fedor Haenisch

1874 - 1952

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12871 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Rohrschneider

1895 - 1966

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12885 ACADEMIC

Robert Naumann (Ökonom)

1899 - 1978

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12967 ACADEMIC

Kurt Frentzen

1892 - 1945

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13010 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Koschel

Born 1938

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13014 ACADEMIC

Erwin Strohbusch

1904 - 1980

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13035 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Schink

1916 - 2004

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13098 ACADEMIC

Georg Strassmann

1890 - 1972

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13121 ACADEMIC

Hellmut von Philipsborn

1892 - 1983

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13256 ACADEMIC

Johannes Zopke

1866 - 1918

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13309 ACADEMIC

Ansgar Schoppmeyer

1857 - 1922

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13418 ACADEMIC

Adolf Schub

1931 - 2017

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13432 ACADEMIC

Carl Moncorps

1896 - 1952

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13546 ACADEMIC

Otto Brosius

1899 - 1975

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13641 ACADEMIC

Carlwalter Schreck

1917 - 1981

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13657 ACADEMIC

Walter Parrisius

1891 - 1977

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13798 ACADEMIC

Georg Wilhelm Köhler

1874 - 1929

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13840 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Schneider (Ingenieur)

Born 1937

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13998 ACADEMIC

Karl-Heinz Drygalsky

Born 1937

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14094 ACADEMIC

Uwe Rabenhorst

1933 - 2018

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14360 ACADEMIC

Gunter Mlynski

Born 1940

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14487 ACADEMIC

Christian Amynt Liebe

1816 - 1909

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14515 ACADEMIC

Joachim-Friedrich Langlet

1906 - 1979

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14545 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Ruge

1896 - 1977

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14623 ACADEMIC

Hans Lehfeldt

1899 - 1993

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14635 ACADEMIC

Adolf Rose

1908 - 1974

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14711 ACADEMIC

Helga Forner

1936 - 2004

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14809 ACADEMIC

Helmut Kaiserling

1906 - 1989

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14818 ACADEMIC

Walter Strauss (Mediziner)

1895 - 1945

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14971 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Glagow

1929 - 2015

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14995 ACADEMIC

Georg Ebert (Pianist)

1928 - 2013

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15157 ACADEMIC

Hermann Thierfelder

1900 - 1962

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15212 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Haendly

1911 - 1996

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15257 ACADEMIC

Karin S. Weber

Born 1948

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15464 ACADEMIC

Hans Krause-Dietering

1911 - 1976

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