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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 1,953 of 15,664 notable people

8988 ACTOR

Arne Fuhrmann (Schauspieler)

Born 1943

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9005 ACTOR

Anne-Luise Tietz

Born 1992

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9025 ACTOR

Georg Hiltl

1826 - 1878

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9034 ACTOR

William Bechtel

1867 - 1930

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9040 ACTOR

Robert Klein-Lörk

1906 - 1964

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9044 ACTOR

Clara Salbach

1861 - 1944

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9055 ACTOR

Sonja Hilberger

Born 1968

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9061 ACTOR

Murat Seven

Born 1980

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9070 ACTOR

Sandra Seeling

Born 1983

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9071 ACTOR

Fritz-Ernst Fechner

1921 - 2005

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9088 ACTOR

Lore Mosheim

1914 - 1964

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9096 ACTOR

Dietlinde Greiff

Born 1939

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9108 ACTOR

Alexander Wikarski

Born 1941

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9112 ACTOR

Hugo Froelich

Born 1885

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9122 ACTOR

Carmen Lahrmann

Born 1925

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9125 ACTOR

Jonas Hartmann

Born 1975

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9140 ACTOR

Mirjam Köfer

Born 1973

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9143 ACTOR

Bob Schneider

Born 1962

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9148 ACTOR

Fabian Gerhardt

Born 1971

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9150 ACTOR

Ev-Katrin Weiß

Born 1962

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9152 ACTOR

Sybille Heyen

Born 1966

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9156 ACTOR

Anne Rathsfeld

Born 1970

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9181 ACTOR

Edit Angold

1895 - 1971

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9206 ACTOR

Paul Wollin

Born 1989

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9211 ACTOR

Ulrich Baumgartner (Kulturmanager)

1918 - 1984

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9225 ACTOR

Valerie Stoll

Born 1999

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9233 ACTOR

Christina Ehlers

1911 - 1960

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9239 ACTOR

Fritz-Hugo Backman

1907 - 1993

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9240 ACTOR

Franz Bonnet

1893 - 1972

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9271 ACTOR

Pauline Ulrich

1835 - 1916

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9277 ACTOR

Stefan Mehren

Born 1962

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9296 ACTOR

Gerhard Schinschke

1926 - 2000

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9298 ACTOR

Peter A. Stiege

1904 - 1973

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9303 ACTOR

Karin Frey

Born 1943

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9317 ACTOR

Stefan Mocker

Born 1972

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9318 ACTOR

Oliver Urbanski

Born 1975

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9319 ACTOR

Margaret Rose Keil

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9331 ACTOR

Oliver Böttcher

Born 1971

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9333 ACTOR

Ilja Schierbaum

Born 1976

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9343 ACTOR

Julius Steiner (Schauspieler)

1816 - 1889

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9345 ACTOR

Lisa Lesco

1915 - 2003

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9364 ACTOR

Jochen Matschke

Born 1985

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9373 ACTOR

Carl W. Tetting

1890 - 1966

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9374 ACTOR

Konstantin Lindhorst

Born 1981

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9385 ACTOR

Irina Pabst

1928 - 2004

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9403 ACTOR

Guy De Saint Cyr

Born 1958

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9424 ACTOR

Max Gaede (Schauspieler)

1882 - 1969

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9428 ACTOR

Charlotte Radspieler

1910 - 1967

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9455 ACTOR

Sandra Zirngibl-Kowalski

Born 1969

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9465 ACTOR

Karl Helmerding

1822 - 1899

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9467 ACTOR

Jamie Lee Blank

Born 1994

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9482 ACTOR

Lilith Häßle

Born 1991

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9498 ACTOR

Robert Kotulla

Born 1971

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9499 ACTOR

Sylvester Schäffer junior

1885 - 1949

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9519 ACTOR

Ursula Nest

1917 - 2007

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9528 ACTOR

Heinz Ohlsen

1922 - 1999

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9538 ACTOR

Sebastian Kautz

Born 1970

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9547 ACTOR

Jenny Löffler

Born 1989

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9562 ACTOR

Hans Mühlhofer

1878 - 1932

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9576 ACTOR

Adelin Wagner

Born 1934

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9577 ACTOR

Michael Falkenhagen

Born 1964

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9585 ACTOR

Sadjah Gezza

1900 - 1922

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9599 ACTOR

Dietrich Mechow

1925 - 2015

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9603 ACTOR

Leontine Kühnberg

1890 - 2000

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9607 ACTOR

Jonas Rohrmann

Born 1980

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9612 ACTOR

Otto Strecker (Schauspieler)

Born 1965

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9624 ACTOR

Chameen Loca

Born 1990

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9630 ACTOR

Kathrin Neusser

Born 1981

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9638 ACTOR

Otto Krieg-Helbig

1898 - 1976

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9667 ACTOR

Nadine Boske

Born 1986

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9674 ACTOR

Silvia Andersen

1966 - 2017

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9675 ACTOR

Heinrich Witte (Schauspieler)

1888 - 1933

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9694 ACTOR

Wolfgang Grabow

Born 1942

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9698 ACTOR

Katharina Wolfert

Born 1998

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9701 ACTOR

Livia Matthes

Born 1990

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9722 ACTOR

Gordon Schmidt

Born 1984

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9726 ACTOR

Alina Lieske

Born 1966

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9758 ACTOR

Nina von Porembsky

1939 - 1967

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9773 ACTOR

Lisa Schumme

Born 1988

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9775 ACTOR

Alexandra Hüsgen

Born 1989

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9787 ACTOR

Peter Maronde

1939 - 1991

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9828 ACTOR

Paul Schwesig

Born 1985

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9832 ACTOR

Harry Pauly

1914 - 1985

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9835 ACTOR

Juri Winkler

Born 2003

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9840 ACTOR

Dorothea Mommsen

1926 - 2017

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9843 ACTOR

Gerhard Konzack

1908 - 1997

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9869 ACTOR

Nicole Nagel

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9878 ACTOR

Helga Roloff

1923 - 2010

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9891 ACTOR

Marlon Putzke

Born 1983

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9895 ACTOR

Frank Schröder (Synchronsprecher)

Born 1966

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9914 ACTOR

Gerda von der Osten

1904 - 1946

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9915 ACTOR

Johanna Paliege

Born 1987

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9916 ACTOR

Fritz Daniger

1910 - 1969

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9920 ACTOR

Kerstin Wittemeyer

Born 1974

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9923 ACTOR

Kurt Juster

1908 - 1992

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9936 ACTOR

Marianne Alfermann

1891 - 1942

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9955 ACTOR

Francis Winter

Born 1972

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9976 ACTOR

Roman Silberstein

1932 - 2001

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9994 ACTOR

Tilman Döbler

Born 2006

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10010 ACTOR

Julian Middendorf

1978 - 2013

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10011 ACTOR

Merle Juschka

Born 1999

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10019 ACTOR

Lori Leux

1896 - 1964

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10040 ACTOR

Erich Otto

1883 - 1975

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10060 ACTOR

Ernst Gettke

1841 - 1912

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10073 ACTOR

S. O. Schoening

1888 - 1949

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10112 ACTOR

Judith Steinhäuser

Born 1968

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10127 ACTOR

Ceren Dal

Born 1973

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10142 ACTOR

Holger Mandel

Born 1966

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10143 ACTOR

Christian Schodos

Born 1965

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10176 ACTOR

Laura Laß

Born 1984

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10220 ACTOR

Lilja Löffler

Born 1981

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10252 ACTOR

Catrin Dams

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10288 ACTOR

Max Noack

1905 - 1971

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10299 ACTOR

Daniela Ziemann

Born 1961

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10313 ACTOR

Claudia Carus

Born 1985

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10318 ACTOR

Philip Bender

Born 1980

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10326 ACTOR

Karl Ludwig Oels

1771 - 1833

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10344 ACTOR

Janina Isabell Batoly

Born 1982

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10366 ACTOR

Yvonne Woelke

Born 1981

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10367 ACTOR

Michael Krone

Born 1948

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10375 ACTOR

Caroline Demmer

1764 - 1813

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10379 ACTOR

Günter Jankowiak

Born 1951

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10381 ACTOR

Dora Wentscher

1883 - 1964

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10389 ACTOR

Horst Fleck

1921 - 1980

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10393 ACTOR

Horst Mendelsohn

1930 - 2013

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10409 ACTOR

Pascal Freitag

Born 1979

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10414 ACTOR

Paul Bach (Schauspieler)

1855 - 1936

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10441 ACTOR

Brigitte Keppler

Born 1919

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10471 ACTOR

Emil Bauer

1848 - 1931

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10473 ACTOR

Marie Baumeister

1819 - 1887

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10480 ACTOR

Lotte Müller (Schauspielerin)

Born 1906

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10481 ACTOR

Karin Heym

Born 1943

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10494 ACTOR

Karl Friedrich Zimdar

1753 - 1792

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10500 ACTOR

Friedrich Karl Grund

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10512 ACTOR

Georg Arms

Born 2006

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10513 ACTOR

Laura Elßel

Born 1993

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10528 ACTOR

Emil Sondermann

1852 - 1927

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10544 ACTOR

Ronja Prinz

Born 1990

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10546 ACTOR

Albrecht Delling

1922 - 2014

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10549 ACTOR

Caroline Bernstein

1797 - 1838

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10640 ACTOR

Kitty Dewall

1896 - 1935

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10642 ACTOR

Robin Meisner

Born 1993

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10652 ACTOR

Charlotte Schreiber-Just

1914 - 2000

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10654 ACTOR

Alexander Müller (Schauspieler)

Born 1973

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10659 ACTOR

Maurice Karl

1978 - 2000

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10660 ACTOR

Nicolas Rathod

Born 2000

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10661 ACTOR

Ursula Alexa

1921 - 1992

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10665 ACTOR

Raffaela Wais

Born 1989

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10677 ACTOR

Jennifer Caron

Born 1978

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10685 ACTOR

Nadia Al-Mardini

Born 1980

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10689 ACTOR

Miriam Lehmann-Haupt

1904 - 1981

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10701 ACTOR

Heddo Schulenburg

Born 1928

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10706 ACTOR

Lisca Malbran

1925 - 1946

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10709 ACTOR

Heike W. Reichenwallner

Born 1957

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10722 ACTOR

Hauke Petersen

Born 1996

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10729 ACTOR

Stefanie Rösner

Born 1983

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10733 ACTOR

Carsten Otto

Born 1986

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10738 ACTOR

Arsseni Bultmann

Born 2005

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10752 ACTOR

Auguste von Bärndorf

1823 - 1911

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10772 ACTOR

Richard Weichert

1880 - 1961

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10781 ACTOR

Lennart König

Born 1996

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10783 ACTOR

Till Völger

Born 1987

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10789 ACTOR

Edgar Klitsch

1887 - 1955

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10793 ACTOR

Heinz Saltenburg

1882 - 1948

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10806 ACTOR

Ingo Klünder

Born 1942

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10846 ACTOR

Marcel André Heizmann

Born 1977

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10854 ACTOR

Jill Kussmacher

Born 1984

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10890 ACTOR

Katja Strobel

Born 1974

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10898 ACTOR

Leyla Rohrbeck

Born 1990

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10902 ACTOR

Julian Vinzenz Krüger

Born 1992

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10936 ACTOR

Susanne Schlenzig

Born 1970

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10946 ACTOR

Hannes Sell

Born 1984

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10952 ACTOR

Hans-Joachim Gläser

1941 - 1993

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10963 ACTOR

Hilde Engel-Elstner

1908 - 1965

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11004 ACTOR

Norman Sonnleitner

Born 1978

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11033 ACTOR

Herbert Paulmüller

1858 - 1939

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11043 ACTOR

Manuel Kressin

Born 1978

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11074 ACTOR

Fabian Kluckert

Born 1991

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11088 ACTOR

Sebastian Kluckert (Synchronsprecher)

Born 1994

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11107 ACTOR

Kurt Kachlicki

1934 - 1978

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11112 ACTOR

Mohamed El-Asmer

Born 1988

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11113 ACTOR

Manfred Paethe

1944 - 2014

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11139 ACTOR

Ilse Hübener

Born 1920

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11177 ACTOR

Waltraut Borchmann

Born 1951

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11187 ACTOR

Henrik Anker Steen

1912 - 1970

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11196 ACTOR

Monica Young

Born 1979

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11243 ACTOR

Paula Eberty

1869 - 1929

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11244 ACTOR

Olaf Hörbe

Born 1952

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11248 ACTOR

Liza Waschke

Born 1990

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11252 ACTOR

Daniela Molina

Born 1985

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11258 ACTOR

Axel Delmar

1867 - 1929

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11263 ACTOR

Arthur W. Neubert

Born 1919

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11284 ACTOR

Margarete Genske

1918 - 1992

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11295 ACTOR

Richard Senius

1875 - 1947

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11306 ACTOR

Joanna Eichhorn

Born 1992

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11321 ACTOR

Michael Rüdiger

Born 1955

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11331 ACTOR

Susanne Kaps

Born 1980

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11355 ACTOR

Christiane Heinrich

Born 1969

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11367 ACTOR

Werner Hollmann (Schauspieler)

1882 - 1933

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11384 ACTOR

Adrian R. Gössel

Born 1994

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11389 ACTOR

İlke Üner

Born 1983

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11392 ACTOR

Marian Funk

Born 1980

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11396 ACTOR

Max Buchsbaum

1918 - 1992

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11404 ACTOR

Ingrid Hahnfeld

Born 1937

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11405 ACTOR

Illo Gutschwager

1911 - 1968

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11415 ACTOR

Richard Schmidt-Cabanis

1838 - 1903

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11421 ACTOR

Friederike Möller

Born 1985

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11427 ACTOR

Carl Iban

1875 - 1940

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11437 ACTOR

Ulrike Kargus

Born 1983

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11461 ACTOR

Reinhart Müller-Freienfels

1925 - 2010

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11465 ACTOR

Nuscha Butze

1860 - 1913

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11482 ACTOR

Frederik Schmid

Born 1989

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11492 ACTOR

Egon Geißler

1926 - 1990

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11512 ACTOR

Lothar Trautmann

1935 - 2010

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11523 ACTOR

Karl Gustav Berndal

1830 - 1885

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11543 ACTOR

Kurt von Wolowski

1897 - 1985

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11550 ACTOR

Ada Svedin

1900 - 1975

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11573 ACTOR

Laura Stahnke

Born 1991

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11577 ACTOR

Mara Feldern-Förster

1866 - 1951

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11586 ACTOR

Vivienne Puttins

Born 1992

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11596 ACTOR

Erwin Klietsch

1903 - 1979

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11597 ACTOR

Sabine Walkenbach

Born 1966

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11607 ACTOR

Wilhelmine von Wrochem

1798 - 1839

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11630 ACTOR

Walter Formes

1919 - 1949

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11632 ACTOR

Lucas Scupin

Born 1991

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11637 ACTOR

Jannis Michel

Born 1998

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11664 ACTOR

Gerald Fiedler

Born 1959

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11665 ACTOR

Ben Zimmermann

Born 1976

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11668 ACTOR

Jennifer Dessin-Brasching

Born 1985

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11669 ACTOR

Friedrich Schütze

1891 - 1968

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11671 ACTOR

Sandrina Zander

Born 1990

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11681 ACTOR

Vincent Leittersdorf

Born 1957

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11703 ACTOR

Susanne Geier

Born 1972

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11727 ACTOR

Sandro Blümel

Born 1990

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11741 ACTOR

Natascha Pfeiffer

Born 1972

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11744 ACTOR

Achim Geisler

Born 1949

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11745 ACTOR

Jonas Lauenstein

Born 1987

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11757 ACTOR

Florian Steffens

Born 1984

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11765 ACTOR

Tobias Beyer (Schauspieler)

Born 1966

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11788 ACTOR

Olga Arendt

1859 - 1902

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11793 ACTOR

Uschi Elleot

1893 - 1934

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11803 ACTOR

Antonia Münchow

Born 1994

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11870 ACTOR

Dieter Wagner (Schauspieler)

Born 1934

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11887 ACTOR

Jochanah Mahnke

Born 1997

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11894 ACTOR

Jürgen Lier

Born 1939

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11895 ACTOR

Lotte Letschert

Born 1983

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11897 ACTOR

Käthe Lindenberg

1906 - 1980

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11953 ACTOR

Clara Stich

1820 - 1862

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11979 ACTOR

Ludwig Ferdinand Pauli

1793 - 1841

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11990 ACTOR

Friedrich Wilhelm Bossann

1756 - 1813

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Simon Mantei

Born 1984

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12012 ACTOR

Wilhelm Henkel (Schauspieler)

1788 - 1853

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12025 ACTOR

Alexander Pensel

Born 1986

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12027 ACTOR

Hilde Müller

Born 1905

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12031 ACTOR

Jazzy Gudd

Born 1989

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12069 ACTOR

Gisela Fischer (Schauspielerin, 1929)

Born 1929

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12081 ACTOR

Wilhelm Grothe

1830 - 1892

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12088 ACTOR

Fritz Sterler

1886 - 1920

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12102 ACTOR

Anne Greta Weber

Born 1985

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12143 ACTOR

Manuel Stallion

Born 1981

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12146 ACTOR

Edmund Lorenz

1858 - 1938

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12159 ACTOR

Julia Albrecht (Schauspielerin)

Born 1996

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12167 ACTOR

Emil Thomas (Schauspieler)

1836 - 1904

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12174 ACTOR

Marianne Hoffmann

Born 1941

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12187 ACTOR

Bertha Unzelmann

1822 - 1858

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12199 ACTOR

Rudolf Klicks

1917 - 1997

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12202 ACTOR

Hans Günther von Klöden

1907 - 1986

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12215 ACTOR

Richard Kahle

1842 - 1916

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12234 ACTOR

Olivia Klemke

Born 1980

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12285 ACTOR

Manuel Vaessen

Born 1958

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12294 ACTOR

Sven Dolinski

Born 1982

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12300 ACTOR

Franz Scharwenka

1882 - 1960

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12328 ACTOR

Harald Holberg

1919 - 1998

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12336 ACTOR

Gerhard Knape

1914 - 1993

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12341 ACTOR

Hans Fender

1854 - 1926

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12342 ACTOR

Samantha Preilowski

Born 1989

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12343 ACTOR

Angelika Arndts

1907 - 1996

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12346 ACTOR

Paul Dehnicke

1840 - 1914

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12350 ACTOR

Stefan Kaminsky (Schauspieler)

Born 1977

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12381 ACTOR

August Paetsch

1817 - 1884

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12382 ACTOR

Benno Bentzin

1929 - 1991

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12385 ACTOR

Bejean Banner

Born 1991

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12391 ACTOR

Eva Maria Radoy

Born 1953

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12438 ACTOR

Rosa Le Seur

1846 - 1920

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12460 ACTOR

Kurt Egon Wolff

1911 - 2001

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12473 ACTOR

Johann David Reinwald

1746 - 1813

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12475 ACTOR

Karl Quanter

1805 - 1876

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12492 ACTOR

Olivia Büschken

Born 1992

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12503 ACTOR

Heinrich August Fabricius

1764 - 1821

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12507 ACTOR

Eberhard Leithoff

1901 - 1945

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12521 ACTOR

Charlotte Krause

Born 2002

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12532 ACTOR

Albert Ullrich

1872 - 1902

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12534 ACTOR

Adolf Rösicke (Schauspieler)

1829 - 1891

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12539 ACTOR

Horst Thomas

1920 - 1982

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12540 ACTOR

Max Hochstetter

1887 - 1959

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12543 ACTOR

Fritz Tachauer

1889 - 1942

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12557 ACTOR

Runa Aléon

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12585 ACTOR

Rudolf Grabow

1927 - 2006

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12601 ACTOR

Paul Zademack

1837 - 1893

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Hannelore Schüler

Born 1926

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