53.0769° N, 8.8090° E

BREMEN

Most Famous People Born in Bremen, Germany

Notable people
1,896
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1912
Most distinctive
Merchant 21.7×

A Hanseatic free city whose most distinctive profession, at more than twenty times the global rate, is merchant — the officers of a self-governing trading republic that ran its own Senate until the 19th century. Bremen's other distinctive shelves are theologians, entrepreneurs, judges, and academic authors, and the 1800s are unusually heavy here. The modern half is held down by James Last, Angelique Kerber, and a Werder Bremen footballing tradition that the city's industrial families bankrolled.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bremen during each.

What Bremen Is Known For

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Politician is Bremen's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (405).

Bremen over-indexes on merchant21.7× the global rate.

Bremen under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician405
  2. Actor92
  3. Painter89
  4. Academic71
  5. Writer56
  6. Lawyer55
  7. Football53
  8. Author46
  1. Merchant3621.7×
  2. Education199.1×
  3. Academic713.7×
  4. Theologian213.0×
  5. Entrepreneur193.0×
  6. Author462.8×
  7. Judge242.7×
  8. Architect432.6×
  1. Football530.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Bremen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0017 SINGER

Meret Becker

Born 1969

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0021 SCREENWRITER

David Safier

Born 1966

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0023 SCREENWRITER

Sven Regener

Born 1961

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0061 CYCLIST

Andreas Kappes

1965 - 2018

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0070 PERFORMER

Hille Perl

Born 1965

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0075 PRODUCER

Stephan Bodzin

Born 1969

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0079 FILM

Valeska Grisebach

Born 1968

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0081 POLITICIAN

Johannes Kahrs (politician)

Born 1963

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0085 POLITICIAN

Torsten Albig

Born 1963

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0116 PRESENTER

Bärbel Schäfer

Born 1963

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0132 MUSIC

Barbara Stühlmeyer

Born 1964

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0140 ACTOR

Julia Bremermann

Born 1967

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0146 ATHLETIC

Birgit Dressel

1960 - 1987

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0173 BANK

Martin Blessing

Born 1963

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0195 GO PLAYER

Hans Pietsch

1968 - 2003

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0198 FILM

Claudia Garde

Born 1966

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0205 GOLF

Sven Strüver

Born 1967

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0211 MUSIC

Frank Schültge

Born 1968

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0225 PAINTER

Johannes Kahrs (artist)

Born 1965

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0242 LITERARY

Volker Dehs

Born 1964

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0245 ECONOMIST

Thomas Armbrüster

Born 1968

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0249 ACTIVIST

Bela Ewald Althans

Born 1966

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0266 WRITER

Torsten Oltmanns

Born 1964

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0269 MATHEMATICIAN

Volker Bach

Born 1965

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0274 ACADEMIC

Mattias Kumm

Born 1967

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0285 ECONOMIST

Roland Kirstein

Born 1965

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0290 OLYMPIC

Roland Gäbler

Born 1964

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0299 FOOTBALL

Uwe Harttgen

Born 1964

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0303 PRESENTER

Arnd Zeigler

Born 1965

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0308 JOURNALIST

Maren Niemeyer

Born 1964

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0314 POLITICIAN

Kersten Artus

Born 1964

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0316 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Johannes Bergemann

Born 1960

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0335 POLITICIAN

Jens Maier

Born 1962

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0342 LAWYER

Christian Jacobs

Born 1962

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0352 MUSIC

Jens Mahlstedt

Born 1964

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0355 ECONOMIST

Falko E. P. Wilms

Born 1961

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0361 ECONOMIST

Christopher Jahns

Born 1969

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0378 PIANIST

Mark Scheibe

Born 1968

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0420 FILM

Oliver Herrmann

1963 - 2003

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0426 ACTOR

Susanne Szell

Born 1965

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0434 MUSIC

Matthias Arfmann

Born 1964

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0440 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Alexander Koch (Historiker)

1966 - 2019

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0441 ACTOR

Sven Walser

Born 1963

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0442 ACTOR

Julia Grimpe

Born 1969

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0445 POLITICIAN

Jörg Kastendiek

1964 - 2019

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0450 ACADEMIC

Enno Bahrs

Born 1967

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0452 ACTOR

Christoph Hagen Dittmann

Born 1965

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0455 MARINE

Jörg Hillmann

Born 1963

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0464 ACTOR

Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff

Born 1962

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0465 POLITICIAN

Eva Quante-Brandt

Born 1960

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0471 FOOTBALL

Peter Gagelmann

Born 1968

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0481 FOOTBALL

Dirk Lellek

1964 - 2016

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0491 HISTORIAN

Sven Reichardt

Born 1967

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0497 FILM

Petra Höfer

1963 - 2017

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0499 ACTOR

Yorck Dippe

Born 1969

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0501 AUTHOR

Sabine Schiffner

Born 1965

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0502 FILM

Tom Spieß

Born 1961

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0503 ACTOR

Jörg Ratjen

Born 1963

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0515 ACADEMIC

Dag Nikolaus Hasse

Born 1969

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0517 GERONTOLOGIST

Karl Lenhard Rudolph

Born 1969

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0518 MUSIC

Daniel Kallauch

Born 1963

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0528 AUTHOR

Kai Luehrs-Kaiser

Born 1961

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0529 ACTOR

Katharina Voß

1967 - 2018

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0540 HISTORIAN

Udo Baron

Born 1963

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0552 AUTHOR

Thomas Klees

Born 1966

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0564 SCREENWRITER

Jochen Strodthoff

Born 1967

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0570 POLITICIAN

Magnus Buhlert

Born 1967

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0571 HISTORIAN

Karen Piepenbrink

Born 1969

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0578 WRITER

Stefan Riße

Born 1968

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0585 ACTOR

Alana Bock

Born 1969

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0586 POLITICIAN

Doris Wagner

Born 1963

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0589 FILM

Peter Lohner

Born 1962

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0591 POLITICIAN

Axel Miesner

Born 1965

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0610 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jan Bemmann

Born 1961

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0655 ACTOR

Stefan Maaß

Born 1965

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0658 GEOLOGIST

Martin Melles

Born 1960

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0666 ART HISTORIAN

Elke Purpus

Born 1961

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0668 JOURNALIST

Klaus-Rainer Jackisch

Born 1964

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0671 POLITICIAN

Björn Tschöpe

Born 1967

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0676 DOZENT

Sibilla Pavenstedt

Born 1965

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0687 ACTOR

Andreas Köss

1961 - 2019

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0691 WRITER

Jörg-Uwe Albig

Born 1960

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0705 PHYSICIST

Johannes Wessels (Physiker)

Born 1962

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0711 HISTORIAN

Ralf Behrwald

Born 1967

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0717 MUSIC

Cem Arnold Süzer

Born 1967

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0720 POLITICIAN

Markus Paschke

Born 1963

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0721 POLITICIAN

Thomas vom Bruch

Born 1961

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0724 MUSIC

Kati Breuer

Born 1968

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0730 BEAMTE

Martin Schäfer (Beamter)

Born 1967

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0733 ECONOMIST

Uwe Staroske

Born 1966

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0739 JOINER

Torsten Marold

Born 1962

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0743 LITERARY

Irene Albers

Born 1967

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0771 ACADEMIC

Katja Boehme

Born 1961

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0793 PHYSICIST

Andreas Schmittner

Born 1966

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0794 ACADEMIC

Volker Ahrens

Born 1963

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0814 POLITICIAN

Susi Möbbeck

Born 1964

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0821 ACADEMIC

Diemut Schilling

Born 1965

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0825 MODEDESIGNER

Martina Glomb

Born 1960

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0836 POLITICIAN

Andreas Kottisch

Born 1966

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0840 SINGER

Isabel Dörfler

Born 1965

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0847 POLITICIAN

Jens Eckhoff (Politiker)

Born 1966

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0852 MEDICAL

Klaus-Peter Wilhelm

Born 1960

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0859 ACTOR

Ercan Altun

Born 1968

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0865 ACTOR

Ingo Günther (Musiker)

Born 1965

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0871 POLITICIAN

Marco Genthe

Born 1967

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0885 FOOTBALL

Alexander Malchow

Born 1969

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0890 ACADEMIC

Ralph Michael Wrobel

Born 1968

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0891 PAINTER

Dagmar Calais

Born 1966

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0899 LAWYER

Matthias Westerholt

Born 1963

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0913 LAWYER

Bettina Sokol

Born 1960

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0915 LAWYER

Antje Grotheer

Born 1967

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0921 ACADEMIC

Ralf Bochert

Born 1961

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0927 PAINTER

Jens Bommert

Born 1962

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0945 SAXOPHONIST

Gitta Kahle

Born 1963

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0948 JOURNALIST

Hans Dieter Heimendahl

Born 1965

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0952 MUSIC

Wolfgang Kostujak

Born 1968

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0958 POLITICIAN

Piet Leidreiter

Born 1965

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0975 MUSIC

Raimar Orlovsky

Born 1966

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0984 ACADEMIC

Ayelt Komus

Born 1968

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0992 PAINTER

Guido Hoffmann (Spieleautor)

Born 1960

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0999 COMPOSER

Klaus-Peter Schneegass

Born 1962

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1000 POLITICIAN

Frank Mindermann

Born 1968

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1003 ACADEMIC

Rüdiger Weißbach

Born 1962

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1012 FILM

Marvin Entholt

Born 1961

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1013 BIOLOGIST

Frank Buchholz (Biologe)

Born 1966

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1019 ACADEMIC

Joachim Pfannschmidt

Born 1960

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1021 FOOTBALL

Christine Frai

Born 1965

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1024 WRITER

Alexander Fink

Born 1967

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1044 PLAYER

Michael Schmidt (Poolbillardspieler)

Born 1966

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1045 SCULPTOR

Magnus Kleine-Tebbe

Born 1966

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1051 LAWYER

Insa Peters-Rehwinkel

Born 1968

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1054 PHILOLOGIST

Ortwin Knorr

Born 1966

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1062 CERAMIST

Martin Mindermann

Born 1960

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1063 MATHEMATICIAN

Achim Klenke

Born 1968

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1083 ACADEMIC

Carsten Momsen

Born 1966

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1090 ACADEMIC

Dieter Burdorf

Born 1960

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1100 JUDGE

André Botur

Born 1964

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1108 MUSIC

Thomas Rohde

Born 1962

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1112 CLARINET

Christof Knoche

Born 1967

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1114 CONDUCTOR

Ulrich Semrau

Born 1962

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1146 ARTIST

Astrid Brandt

1963 - 2019

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1156 WRITER

R. S. Stone

Born 1963

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1167 PRESENTER

Clarissa Ahlers

Born 1965

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1170 ACTOR

Julia Hentschel

Born 1968

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1205 THEOLOGE

Matthias Pulte

Born 1960

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1211 STELLVERTRETER

Holger Münch

Born 1961

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1213 PHYSICIAN

Stefan Kluge

Born 1968

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1236 FOOTBALL

Axel Noruschat

Born 1962

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1241 POLITICIAN

Silvia Nieber

Born 1960

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1252 ACTOR

Andreas Erfurth

Born 1965

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1259 SCREENWRITER

Michael Pundt

Born 1961

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1266 HISTORIAN

Alexander Thon

Born 1966

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1285 BASSOONIST

Carsten Wilkening

Born 1960

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1289 POLITICIAN

Anne Schierenbeck

Born 1968

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1316 JOURNALIST

Steffen Kottkamp

Born 1968

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1320 POLITICIAN

Susanne Grobien

Born 1960

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1338 TROMPETE

Thorsten Benkenstein

Born 1968

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1352 SINGER

Michael Ohlhoff

Born 1964

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1356 PHYSICIST

Frank Grotelüschen

Born 1962

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1361 POLITICIAN

Rainer Bensch

Born 1964

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1366 HISTORIAN

Frank Möller (Historiker)

Born 1962

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1374 PAINTER

Anja Witt

Born 1965

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1376 POLITICIAN

Frank Imhoff

Born 1968

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1391 AUTHOR

Susann Rosemann

Born 1969

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1415 MANAGER

Joerg Pfuhl

Born 1964

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1421 SOCCER

Uwe Morawe

Born 1966

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1425 POLITICIAN

Silvia Neumeyer

Born 1962

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1471 POLITICIAN

Henrik Ostendorf

Born 1968

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1476 ARCHITECT

Magnus Kaminiarz

1964 - 2019

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1480 POLITICIAN

Sabine Akkermann

Born 1964

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1481 JOURNALIST

Stephan Schiffner

Born 1968

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1492 POLITICIAN

Heike Sprehe

Born 1961

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1500 POLITICIAN

Jens Ahrends

Born 1960

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1506 PRESENTER

Frank Bethmann

Born 1966

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1509 POLITICIAN

Rainer Hamann

Born 1964

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1532 ACADEMIC

Christoph Plass

Born 1961

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1538 ENGINEER

Kai Steffen (Ingenieur)

Born 1968

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1539 POLITICIAN

Christoph von Knobelsdorff

Born 1967

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1544 JOURNALIST

Arnd Festerling

Born 1961

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1555 POLITICIAN

Iris Spieß

Born 1963

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1558 SPORT

Axel Balkausky

Born 1962

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1559 REGISSEUR

Carsten Werner

Born 1967

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1560 FILM

Tim Lange

Born 1963

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1561 PRESENTER

Corinna Wolters

Born 1968

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1563 POLITICIAN

Tim Kähler

Born 1968

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1566 POLITICIAN

Torsten Staffeldt

Born 1963

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1577 RATSMITGLIED

Thomas Krohne

Born 1962

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1586 POLITICIAN

Carmen Emigholz

Born 1962

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1588 POLITICIAN

Martin Matz

Born 1965

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1594 POLITICIAN

Jörg Jäger

Born 1965

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1609 ARTIST

Frauke Beeck

Born 1960

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1613 TRADE UNION

Katja Karger

Born 1969

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1616 PRESENTER

Matthias Cammann

Born 1965

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1618 PAINTER

Stephan Widera

Born 1962

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1664 ACADEMIC

Andreas Mühlenberend

Born 1967

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1676 THEATER

Frank Hilbrich

Born 1968

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1678 POLITICIAN

Jutta Gerkan

Born 1965

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1692 JOURNALIST

Carsten Flügel

Born 1965

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1711 POLITICIAN

Kirsten Böttner

Born 1963

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1718 POLITICIAN

Cornelia Wiedemeyer

Born 1961

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1729 POLITICIAN

Michael Engelmann (Politiker)

Born 1969

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1784 POLITICIAN

Frank Henry Horn

Born 1966

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1794 POLITICIAN

Viola Mull

Born 1966

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1801 MUSIC

Hendrik Schwolow

Born 1961

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1805 POLITICIAN

Karin Schnakenberg

Born 1961

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1862 POLITICIAN

Andreas Pape (Politiker)

Born 1960

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1880 POLITICIAN

Torsten Felstehausen

Born 1965

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