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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
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Showing 1,953 of 15,664 notable people

1621 ACTOR

Matthias Hinze

1969 - 2007

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1630 ACTOR

Timmo Niesner

Born 1971

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1631 ACTOR

Horst Sachtleben

Born 1930

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1636 ACTOR

Ralph Kretschmar

Born 1980

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1637 ACTOR

Thorsten Grasshoff

Born 1969

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1638 ACTOR

Sebastian Fischer (actor)

1928 - 2018

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1640 ACTOR

David Hurst

1926 - 2019

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1650 ACTOR

Wolfgang Müller (Schauspieler)

1922 - 1960

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1651 ACTOR

Sophie Karbjinski

Born 1995

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1654 ACTOR

Burak Yiğit

Born 1986

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1663 ACTOR

Maria Emo

Born 1936

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1673 ACTOR

Monika Lundi

Born 1942

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1686 ACTOR

Stella Kunkat

Born 1998

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1690 ACTOR

Astrid Frank

Born 1944

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1695 ACTOR

Heinz Schimmelpfennig

1919 - 2010

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1697 ACTOR

Wanda Perdelwitz

Born 1984

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1700 ACTOR

Claudia Wedekind

1942 - 2015

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1702 ACTOR

Dascha Lehmann

Born 1974

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1708 ACTOR

Fred Düren

1928 - 2015

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1711 ACTOR

Torsten Michaelis

Born 1961

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1720 ACTOR

Barbara Brecht-Schall

1930 - 2015

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1721 ACTOR

Christoph Silber

Born 1971

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1724 ACTOR

Alexander Radszun

Born 1952

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1733 ACTOR

Marta Husemann

1913 - 1960

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1737 ACTOR

Eckart Dux

Born 1926

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1743 ACTOR

Manfred Lehmann

Born 1945

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1758 ACTOR

Marie-Luise Schramm

Born 1984

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1761 ACTOR

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Born 1927

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1763 ACTOR

Evelyn Holt

1908 - 2001

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1767 ACTOR

Sharon Brauner

Born 1969

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1777 ACTOR

Werner Schumacher

1921 - 2004

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1778 ACTOR

Annemarie Hase

1900 - 1971

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1781 ACTOR

Angela Brunner

1931 - 2011

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1785 ACTOR

Jürgen Holtz

1932 - 2020

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1786 ACTOR

Imogen Kogge

Born 1957

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1793 ACTOR

Luci van Org

Born 1971

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1796 ACTOR

Gunter Schoß

Born 1940

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1797 ACTOR

Michael Gahr

1939 - 2010

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1807 ACTOR

Ilse Pagé

1939 - 2017

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1815 ACTOR

Bum Krüger

1906 - 1971

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1819 ACTOR

Alfred Müller (acteur)

1926 - 2010

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1820 ACTOR

Brigitte Krause

1929 - 2007

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1825 ACTOR

Peer Kusmagk

Born 1975

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1826 ACTOR

Claudia Eisinger

Born 1984

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1827 ACTOR

Silke Matthias

Born 1960

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1838 ACTOR

Horst Kube

1920 - 1976

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1840 ACTOR

Kurt Lilien

1882 - 1943

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1842 ACTOR

Lotte Stein

1894 - 1982

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1844 ACTOR

Rudolf Kowalski

Born 1948

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1857 ACTOR

Heinz Engelmann

1911 - 1996

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1859 ACTOR

Adelheid Seeck

1912 - 1973

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1869 ACTOR

Otto Devrient

1838 - 1894

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1873 ACTOR

Luise Helm

Born 1983

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1875 ACTOR

Lüül

Born 1952

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1882 ACTOR

Elisa Schlott

Born 1994

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1891 ACTOR

Vincent Redetzki

Born 1992

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1892 ACTOR

Harry Wüstenhagen

1928 - 1999

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1895 ACTOR

Nele Trebs

Born 1999

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1913 ACTOR

Sybil Werden

1924 - 2007

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1925 ACTOR

Dirk Borchardt

Born 1969

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1940 ACTOR

Marie Leuenberger

Born 1980

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1950 ACTOR

Theo Trebs

Born 1994

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1952 ACTOR

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Born 1958

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1954 ACTOR

Susanne Lüning

Born 1966

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1962 ACTOR

Felix von Jascheroff

Born 1982

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1966 ACTOR

Türkiz Talay

Born 1974

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1967 ACTOR

Detlef Bierstedt

Born 1952

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1968 ACTOR

Hilde Seipp

1909 - 1999

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1973 ACTOR

Guido Herzfeld

1851 - 1923

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1986 ACTOR

Ludwig Rex

1888 - 1979

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1987 ACTOR

Lucie Hollmann

Born 1993

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1997 ACTOR

Bettina Spier

1960 - 2008

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2001 ACTOR

Ilse Fürstenberg

1907 - 1976

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2002 ACTOR

Frederick Jaeger

1928 - 2004

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2007 ACTOR

Rita Paul

Born 1928

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2019 ACTOR

Lilli Schweiger

Born 1998

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2021 ACTOR

Emil Devrient

1803 - 1872

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2028 ACTOR

Robert Rutman

Born 1931

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2032 ACTOR

Niddy Impekoven

1904 - 2002

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2034 ACTOR

Günther Haack

1929 - 1965

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2035 ACTOR

Jessica Ginkel

Born 1980

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2043 ACTOR

Thomas Hörbiger

1931 - 2011

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2044 ACTOR

Gerdy Zint

Born 1979

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2045 ACTOR

Uta Taeger

Born 1940

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2050 ACTOR

Rolf Eden

Born 1930

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2052 ACTOR

Lotte Spira

1883 - 1943

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2057 ACTOR

Harry Frank

1896 - 1947

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2060 ACTOR

Maria Koschny

Born 1981

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2066 ACTOR

Peter Dommisch

1934 - 1991

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2069 ACTOR

Norbert Christian

1925 - 1976

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2070 ACTOR

Werner Enke

Born 1941

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2071 ACTOR

Jorres Risse

Born 1976

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2081 ACTOR

Helmut Brasch

1912 - 1987

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2092 ACTOR

Stephan Schwartz

Born 1951

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2094 ACTOR

Eva Brumby

1922 - 2002

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2096 ACTOR

Laura Basuki

Born 1988

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2097 ACTOR

Alexandra Wilcke

Born 1968

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2103 ACTOR

Sabine Thalbach

1932 - 1966

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2106 ACTOR

Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann

1746 - 1796

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2110 ACTOR

Hilde Sessak

1915 - 2003

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2122 ACTOR

Jonas Jägermeyr

Born 1983

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2124 ACTOR

Patrick Baehr

Born 1992

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2131 ACTOR

Hanna Schwamborn

Born 1992

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2133 ACTOR

Jenny Schily

Born 1967

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2143 ACTOR

Vera Bergman

Born 1920

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2148 ACTOR

Walter Reimann

1887 - 1936

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2149 ACTOR

Jennipher Antoni

Born 1976

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2151 ACTOR

Maria Kwiatkowsky

1985 - 2011

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2152 ACTOR

Victor Beaumont

1920 - 1977

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2153 ACTOR

Christina Drechsler

Born 1982

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2158 ACTOR

Jörg Moukaddam

Born 1967

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2161 ACTOR

Gardy Granass

Born 1930

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2165 ACTOR

Erwin Biegel

1896 - 1954

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2188 ACTOR

Carla Marlier

Born 1937

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2197 ACTOR

Ursula Krieg

1900 - 1984

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2198 ACTOR

Ernst Reicher

1885 - 1936

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2206 ACTOR

Wolfgang Bathke

Born 1940

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2208 ACTOR

Atossa Leoni

Born 1977

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2210 ACTOR

Holger Handtke

Born 1968

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2211 ACTOR

Brigitte Rau

1933 - 1979

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2213 ACTOR

Walter Plathe

Born 1950

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2214 ACTOR

Kai Michael Müller

Born 1991

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2216 ACTOR

Friedrich Joloff

1908 - 1988

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2251 ACTOR

Safia Monney

Born 1985

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2254 ACTOR

Thomas Braut

1930 - 1979

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2261 ACTOR

David Turba

Born 1982

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2265 ACTOR

Witold Conti

1908 - 1944

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2268 ACTOR

Frank Glaubrecht

Born 1943

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2273 ACTOR

Zoe Moore

Born 1993

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2287 ACTOR

Yaak Karsunke

Born 1934

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2291 ACTOR

Sabine Peters

1912 - 1982

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2294 ACTOR

Karin Boyd

Born 1953

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2296 ACTOR

Ursula Herwig

1935 - 1977

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2301 ACTOR

Erich Kaiser-Titz

1875 - 1928

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2311 ACTOR

Julius Nitschkoff

Born 1995

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2314 ACTOR

Ilse Trautschold

1906 - 1991

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2325 ACTOR

Otz Tollen

1882 - 1965

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2328 ACTOR

Egon Monk

1927 - 2007

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2337 ACTOR

Rotraut Richter

1915 - 1947

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2340 ACTOR

Nicolas Brieger

Born 1945

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2343 ACTOR

Lina Abarbanell

1879 - 1963

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2356 ACTOR

Michael Nowka

Born 1952

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2358 ACTOR

Hans Lietzau

1913 - 1991

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2375 ACTOR

Henry Bender

1867 - 1933

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2389 ACTOR

Dinah Grace

1917 - 1963

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2407 ACTOR

Agnes Bernelle

1923 - 1999

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2408 ACTOR

Nikki van der Zyl

Born 1935

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2410 ACTOR

Jo Herbst

1928 - 1980

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2413 ACTOR

Kornelia Boje

Born 1942

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2416 ACTOR

Ingrid Rentsch

Born 1928

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2419 ACTOR

Lina Rabea Mohr

Born 1985

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2430 ACTOR

Ilona Otto

Born 1979

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2434 ACTOR

Maike von Bremen

Born 1981

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2460 ACTOR

Karl August Görner

1806 - 1884

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2486 ACTOR

Edith Meinhard

1908 - 1942

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2489 ACTOR

Antonio Wannek

Born 1979

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2490 ACTOR

Harry Halm

1901 - 1980

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2511 ACTOR

Sabine Eggerth

Born 1943

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2520 ACTOR

Vanessa Krüger

Born 1991

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2523 ACTOR

Valeria Eisenbart

Born 1998

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2525 ACTOR

Lisa Maria Potthoff

Born 1978

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2531 ACTOR

Kotaro Yanagi

Born 1985

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2541 ACTOR

Rudi Godden

1907 - 1941

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2567 ACTOR

Isot Kilian

1924 - 1986

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2569 ACTOR

Nora von Collande

Born 1958

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2574 ACTOR

Charlotte Kramm

1900 - 1971

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2579 ACTOR

Elisabeth Günther

Born 1966

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2581 ACTOR

Stefan Fredrich

Born 1954

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2582 ACTOR

Annette Schreiber

Born 1971

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2593 ACTOR

Valea Katharina Scalabrino

Born 1990

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2594 ACTOR

Natasha Lytess

1913 - 1964

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2609 ACTOR

Leopold Biberti

1894 - 1969

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2614 ACTOR

Michael von Au

Born 1964

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2617 ACTOR

Sandra Luesse

Born 1982

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2630 ACTOR

Marc Barthel

Born 1989

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2645 ACTOR

Robert Löhr

Born 1973

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2646 ACTOR

Beate Finckh

Born 1960

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2652 ACTOR

Renate Wilson

1930 - 2008

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2666 ACTOR

Angelika Hurwicz

1922 - 1999

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2672 ACTOR

Uwe Karpa

Born 1945

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2676 ACTOR

Oliver Bootz

Born 1971

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2694 ACTOR

Giuliana Jakobeit

Born 1976

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2716 ACTOR

Sarah Alles

Born 1986

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2719 ACTOR

Arthur Wellin

1880 - 1941

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2743 ACTOR

Christian Harting

Born 1976

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2744 ACTOR

Barbara Frey

Born 1941

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2746 ACTOR

Evamaria Bath

Born 1929

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2749 ACTOR

Edith Schollwer

1904 - 2002

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2759 ACTOR

Hortense Raky

1916 - 2006

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2766 ACTOR

Eva Speyer

1883 - 1932

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2774 ACTOR

Roma Bahn

1896 - 1975

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2777 ACTOR

Aische Pervers

Born 1986

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2787 ACTOR

Eralp Uzun

1981 - 2013

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2793 ACTOR

Walter Lieck

1906 - 1944

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2806 ACTOR

Peter Elsholtz

1907 - 1977

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2820 ACTOR

Josef Heynert

Born 1976

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2824 ACTOR

Ingrid Pan

Born 1930

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2825 ACTOR

Sophie Charlotte Ackermann

1714 - 1792

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2830 ACTOR

Gisela Schlüter

1919 - 1995

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2831 ACTOR

Marianne Simson

1920 - 1992

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2854 ACTOR

Margit Barnay

1896 - 1974

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2860 ACTOR

Karin Düwel

Born 1954

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2862 ACTOR

Ralph Lothar

1910 - 1981

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2869 ACTOR

Jean-Marc Birkholz

Born 1974

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2876 ACTOR

Norbert Gescher

Born 1938

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2877 ACTOR

Gudrun Okras

1929 - 2009

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2881 ACTOR

Louis Adlon

1907 - 1947

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2896 ACTOR

Niels Bruno Schmidt

Born 1975

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2897 ACTOR

Günther Ballier

1900 - 1980

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2907 ACTOR

Mike Adler

Born 1978

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2915 ACTOR

Max Hegewald

Born 1991

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2918 ACTOR

Fee Malten

1911 - 2005

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2929 ACTOR

Russell Thaw

1910 - 1984

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2946 ACTOR

Klaus Detlef Sierck

1925 - 1944

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2950 ACTOR

Johannes Berenz

Born 1965

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2951 ACTOR

Karl August Devrient

1797 - 1872

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2952 ACTOR

Gerd Vespermann

1926 - 2000

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2958 ACTOR

Ella Lee

Born 2003

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2960 ACTOR

Erwin Biswanger

1896 - 1970

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2963 ACTOR

Erich Kestin

1895 - 1969

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2964 ACTOR

Frederick Rolf

Born 1926

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2982 ACTOR

Hans Werckmeister

1879 - 1929

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2983 ACTOR

Bruno Fritz

1900 - 1984

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2984 ACTOR

Arnold Marlé

1887 - 1970

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2988 ACTOR

Claus Jurichs

1935 - 2005

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2989 ACTOR

Heidemarie Wenzel

Born 1945

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2995 ACTOR

Anna Müller-Lincke

1869 - 1935

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3001 ACTOR

Walter Wassermann

1883 - 1944

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3006 ACTOR

Ery Bos

1908 - 2005

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3018 ACTOR

Joachim Brennecke

1919 - 2011

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3021 ACTOR

Fritz Delius (actor)

1889 - 1966

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3028 ACTOR

Manny Ziener

1887 - 1972

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3038 ACTOR

Traudel Haas

Born 1945

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3039 ACTOR

Ava Celik

Born 1990

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3040 ACTOR

Else Reval

1893 - 1978

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3065 ACTOR

Helene Grass

Born 1974

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3069 ACTOR

Hans Albrecht Löhr

1922 - 1942

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3071 ACTOR

Anna Hausburg

Born 1990

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3074 ACTOR

Kurt Lieck

1899 - 1976

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3084 ACTOR

Margit Geissler-Rothemund

1958 - 2016

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3085 ACTOR

Ilse Bois

1896 - 1960

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3105 ACTOR

Mathew Anden

1942 - 1985

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3125 ACTOR

Georgia van der Rohe

1914 - 2008

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3128 ACTOR

Sabine Thiesler

Born 1957

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3136 ACTOR

Anne-Sophie Briest

Born 1974

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3137 ACTOR

Eva Fiebig

1900 - 1984

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3141 ACTOR

Hans Albin

1905 - 1988

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3142 ACTOR

Martin Herzberg

1911 - 1972

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3151 ACTOR

Erika Dannhoff

1909 - 1996

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3164 ACTOR

Ulrich Faulhaber

Born 1941

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3165 ACTOR

Margrit Sartorius

Born 1974

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3182 ACTOR

Orhan Kiliç

Born 1974

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3229 ACTOR

Andreas Elsholz

Born 1972

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3243 ACTOR

Linn Reusse

Born 1992

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3247 ACTOR

Else Heims

1878 - 1958

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3252 ACTOR

Ernst Rückert

1886 - 1950

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3262 ACTOR

Rubina Kuraoka

Born 1987

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3283 ACTOR

Lilith Stangenberg

Born 1988

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3284 ACTOR

Annemarie Steinsieck

1889 - 1977

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3285 ACTOR

Max Hiller

1889 - 1948

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3290 ACTOR

Claire Rommer

1904 - 1996

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3293 ACTOR

Max Laurence

1852 - 1926

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3299 ACTOR

Shai Hoffmann

Born 1982

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3310 ACTOR

Daniel Morgenroth

Born 1964

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3312 ACTOR

Daniel Zillmann

Born 1981

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3319 ACTOR

Aram Arami

Born 1992

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3321 ACTOR

Kurt Schmidtchen

1930 - 2003

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3325 ACTOR

Fred Goebel

1891 - 1964

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3327 ACTOR

David Nathan

Born 1971

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3330 ACTOR

Emma Carus

1879 - 1927

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3336 ACTOR

Nina Sandt

1928 - 2003

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3345 ACTOR

Arman İnci

Born 1991

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3346 ACTOR

Werner Pittschau

1902 - 1928

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3356 ACTOR

Karin Rasenack

Born 1945

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3362 ACTOR

Werner Pledath

1898 - 1965

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3372 ACTOR

Damion Davis

Born 1980

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3376 ACTOR

Thomas Scharff (Schauspieler)

Born 1970

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3385 ACTOR

Laura-Charlotte Syniawa

Born 1985

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3396 ACTOR

Anton Spieker

Born 1989

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3404 ACTOR

Hanna Binke

Born 1999

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3405 ACTOR

Kaspar Eichel

Born 1942

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3419 ACTOR

Tim Oliver Schultz

Born 1988

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3431 ACTOR

Bülent Sharif

Born 1973

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3434 ACTOR

Lion Wasczyk

Born 1994

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3441 ACTOR

George Bartenieff

Born 1933

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3443 ACTOR

Jutta Freybe

1917 - 1971

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3446 ACTOR

Eva Medusa Gühne

Born 1961

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3450 ACTOR

Gerrit Schmidt-Foß

Born 1975

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3451 ACTOR

Maud Ackermann

Born 1965

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3463 ACTOR

Maria Mia

Born 1980

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3475 ACTOR

Ursula Heyer

Born 1940

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3480 ACTOR

Lotte Lorring

1893 - 1939

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3485 ACTOR

Ursula Deinert

1910 - 1988

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3490 ACTOR

Valli Valli

1882 - 1927

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3495 ACTOR

Christiane Lemm

Born 1953

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3513 ACTOR

Susanne Häusler

Born 1958

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3516 ACTOR

Zygmunt Maciejewski

1914 - 1999

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3517 ACTOR

Kimberly Ann Voltemas

Born 1992

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3525 ACTOR

Agnes Kraus

1911 - 1995

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3531 ACTOR

Luisa Wietzorek

Born 1989

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