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BREMERHAVEN

Most Famous People Born in Bremerhaven, Germany

Notable people
354
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1938
Most distinctive
Manager 21.8×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Bremerhaven Is Known For

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Politician is Bremerhaven's biggest profession — 28% of all notables (99).

Bremerhaven over-indexes on manager21.8× the global rate.

Bremerhaven under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician99
  2. Actor17
  3. Football16
  4. Writer13
  5. Painter13
  6. Academic12
  7. Author9
  8. Historian8
  1. Manager721.8×
  2. Education512.9×
  3. Theologian53.9×
  4. Academic123.4×
  5. Judge53.0×
  6. Author93.0×
  7. Politician992.4×
  8. Historian82.1×
  1. Football160.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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354 notable people

0001 WAR CHIEF

Arminius

-17 - 21

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0002 SINGER

Lale Andersen

1905 - 1972

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0003 BIOCHEMIST

Adolf Butenandt

1903 - 1995

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0004 ACTOR

Heino Ferch

Born 1963

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0005 HISTORIAN

Eberhard Jäckel

1929 - 2017

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0006 ACTOR

Carola Höhn

1910 - 2005

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0007 POLITICIAN

Erich Koch-Weser

1875 - 1944

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0008 ACTOR

Annina Ucatis

Born 1978

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0009 MODEL

Corinna Harney

Born 1972

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0010 FILM

Volker Engel

Born 1965

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0011 WRITER

Hans Joachim Alpers

1943 - 2011

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0012 FOOTBALL

Egon Coordes

Born 1944

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0013 POLITICIAN

Norman Paech

Born 1938

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0014 PHYSICIST

Wolfgang Gaede

1878 - 1945

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0015 FOOTBALL

Gerrit Holtmann

Born 1995

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0016 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Wippermann

Born 1945

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0017 PHYSICIST

Carl Hermann

1898 - 1961

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0018 SWIMMER

Hendrik Feldwehr

Born 1986

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0019 CHIEFTAIN

Segimer

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0020 CIRCUS

Lou Jacobs

1903 - 1992

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0021 JOURNALIST

Jeanne Córdova

1948 - 2016

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0022 FOOTBALL

Clemens Schoppenhauer

Born 1992

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0023 EXPLORER

Willi Rickmer Rickmers

1873 - 1965

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0024 FOOTBALL

Walter Schmidt (footballer)

Born 1937

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0025 POLITICIAN

Uwe Beckmeyer

Born 1949

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0026 SWIMMER

Hermine Stindt

1888 - 1974

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0027 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Homann

1911 - 1994

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0028 ACTOR

Betty Schade

1895 - 1982

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0029 MILITAR

Carl Rodenburg

1894 - 1992

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0030 MATHEMATICIAN

Curt Meyer

1919 - 2011

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0031 BOTANIST

Johannes Mattfeld

1895 - 1951

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0032 ACADEMIC

Otto Kinne

1923 - 2015

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0033 POLITICIAN

Roger Asmussen

1936 - 2015

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0034 COMPOSER

André Werner

Born 1960

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0035 FILM

Edgar Rosenberg

1924 - 1987

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0036 FOOTBALL

Lars Toborg

Born 1975

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0037 FOOTBALL

Horst Bertl

Born 1947

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0038 AUTHOR

Johanna Goldschmidt

1807 - 1884

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0039 AUTHOR

Martin Brinkmann

Born 1976

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0040 ACADEMIC

Karl von der Aa

1876 - 1937

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0041 FEMINIST

Oda Olberg

1872 - 1955

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0042 MATHEMATICIAN

Harald Garcke

Born 1963

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0043 HOCKEY

Reemt Pyka

Born 1969

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0044 FOOTBALL

Eduard Pendorf

1892 - 1958

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0045 JOURNALIST

Guss Mattsson

1873 - 1914

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0046 ACADEMIC

Anders Levermann

Born 1973

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0047 BASKET

Lutz Wadehn

Born 1961

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0048 HISTORIAN

Rita Bake

Born 1952

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0049 SINGER

Moe Mitchell

Born 1983

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0050 FOOTBALL

Bernd Brexendorf

Born 1954

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0051 DARTS PLAYER

Tomas Seyler

Born 1974

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0052 POLITICIAN

Thomas Röwekamp

Born 1966

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0053 ACTOR

Marie Rosa Tietjen

Born 1986

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0054 AUTHOR

Angelika Kutsch

Born 1941

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0055 ZOOLOGIST

Jan Bohls

1863 - 1950

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0056 OFFICER

Wilhelm Ulex

1880 - 1959

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0057 ACTOR

Peter Rühring

Born 1942

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0058 ILLUSTRATOR

Jenny Dolfen

Born 1975

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0059 FOOTBALL

Hilko Ristau

Born 1974

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0060 JOCKEY

DJ Stylewarz

Born 1971

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0061 FOOTBALL

Cindy König

Born 1993

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0062 JUDGE

Benno Eide Siebs

1891 - 1977

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0063 ACTOR

Jessica Kosmalla

Born 1961

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0064 PAINTER

Sophie Wencke-Meinken

1874 - 1963

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0065 ACTOR

Axel Monjé

1910 - 1962

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0066 POLITICIAN

Daniela Behrens

Born 1968

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0067 ARCHITECT

Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp

1943 - 2004

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0068 WRITER

Anna Ditzen

1901 - 1990

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0069 ACTOR

Marlen Diekhoff

Born 1938

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0070 HISTORIAN

Loretana de Libero

Born 1965

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0071 HISTORIAN

Bernd-Rüdiger Kern

Born 1949

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0072 ROWER

Knud Lange

Born 1984

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0073 HISTORIAN

Peter Raap

Born 1948

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0074 WRITER

Insa Wilke

Born 1978

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0075 AUTHOR

Hermann Gutmann

1930 - 2013

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0076 PROFESSOR

Hans Dörries

1897 - 1945

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0077 POLITICIAN

Otto Heider

1896 - 1960

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0078 ACTOR

Britta Schmeling

Born 1965

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0079 KILLER

Olaf Däter

Born 1969

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0080 PAINTER

Paul Ernst Wilke

1894 - 1971

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0081 BASKET

Maurice Pluskota

Born 1992

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0082 ROWER

Claas-Peter Fischer

Born 1968

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0083 COMPOSER

Carsten Heusmann

1969 - 2015

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0084 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Hartmut Jäckel

Born 1930

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0085 ACADEMIC

Gerd Lehmkuhl

Born 1948

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0086 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Reents

Born 1949

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0087 POLITICIAN

Hilde Adolf

1953 - 2002

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0088 POLITICIAN

Erck Rickmers (German politician)

Born 1964

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0089 MANUFACTURER

Ingo Kramer

Born 1953

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0090 WRITER

Heiko Postma

Born 1946

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0091 ACTOR

Robert Zimmerling

1924 - 2005

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0092 SONGWRITER

Jens Kommnick

Born 1966

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0093 WRITER

Minni Boh

1858 - 1918

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0094 ART HISTORIAN

Moritz Wesseler

Born 1980

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0095 BASKET

Dominique Johnson (Basketballspieler, 1992) – Wi

Born 1992

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0096 ACTOR

Maria Wendt

1876 - 1961

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0097 LAWYER

Helmuth Andreas Koch

1899 - 1963

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0098 SCREENWRITER

Bero Beyer

Born 1970

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0099 HISTORIAN

Justus Hashagen

1877 - 1961

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0100 PAINTER

Thea Koch-Giebel

1929 - 2018

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0101 ACADEMIC

Artur Simon

Born 1938

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0102 EDUCATION

Wilhelm Michels (Pädagoge)

1904 - 1988

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0103 ORIENTALIST

Hans Alexander Winkler

1900 - 1945

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0104 POLITICIAN

Michael Thews

Born 1964

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0105 MEDIEVALIST

Kurt Reindel

1925 - 2011

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0106 THEOLOGIAN

Menno Hanneken

1595 - 1671

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0107 ART HISTORIAN

Karl With

1891 - 1980

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0108 ARTIST

Elisabeth Kadow

1906 - 1979

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0109 POLITICIAN

Adolf Ahrens (Kapitän)

1879 - 1957

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0110 SCREENWRITER

Markus Stromiedel

Born 1964

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0111 SWIMMER

Helmuth Fischer

1911 - 1996

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0112 PHILOSOPHER

Dieter Wandschneider

Born 1938

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0113 CHEMIST

Herbert Kölbel

1908 - 1995

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0114 FOOTBALL

Uwe Klimaschefski

Born 1938

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0115 ACADEMIC

Adolf Bacmeister (Mediziner)

1882 - 1945

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0116 FOOTBALL

Esra Sibel Tezkan

Born 1993

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0117 GERMANIST

Ulrich Scheuermann

Born 1937

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0118 ACTOR

André Pohl

Born 1956

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0119 OFFICER

George Soldan

1878 - 1945

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0120 BANK

Rolf Speckmann

1918 - 1995

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0121 AUTHOR

Rabea Edel

Born 1982

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0122 PROFESSOR

Ulrich Reinhardt

Born 1970

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0123 PHILOLOGIST

Rolf Heine

1937 - 2018

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0124 JUDO

James Rohleder

Born 1955

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0125 POLITICIAN

Hinrich Lührssen

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0126 AUTHOR

Gerda Marie Scheidl

1913 - 2005

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0127 ACTOR

Hartmut Kollakowsky

1944 - 2003

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0128 HISTORIAN

Gerold Ambrosius

Born 1949

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0129 POLITICIAN

Werner Grübmeyer

1926 - 2018

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0130 ACTOR

Marina Busse

1956 - 2015

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0131 WRITER

Bruno Eelbo

1853 - 1917

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0132 CONDUCTOR

Steffi Bade-Bräuning

Born 1969

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0133 TRADE UNION

Berndt Koberstein

1956 - 1986

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0134 PRODUCER

Engin Oeztuerk

Born 1973

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0135 MANAGER

Manfred Schneider (Manager)

Born 1938

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0136 ACADEMIC

Julius Wieting

1868 - 1922

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0137 JUDGE

Uwe Lissau

Born 1952

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0138 KAUFMAN

Friedrich Dieckell

1931 - 2013

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0139 POLITICIAN

Patrick Öztürk

Born 1986

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0140 POLITICIAN

Manuela Mahnke

Born 1965

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0141 THEOLOGIAN

Ernst Georg Baars

1864 - 1949

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0142 THEOLOGIAN

Hein Spreckelsen

Born 1935

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0143 ACADEMIC

Gernot Graefe

1937 - 1994

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0144 SWIMMER

Gabriele Askamp

Born 1955

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0145 CHEMIST

Gisela Lück

Born 1957

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0146 ART HISTORIAN

Jörn Merkert

Born 1946

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0147 POLITICIAN

Martin Günthner

Born 1976

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0148 MUSIC

Hans Rehmstedt

1909 - 1956

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0149 JOURNALIST

Jost Lübben

Born 1964

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0150 AUTHOR

Andrea Jeska

Born 1964

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0151 PHYSICIAN

Heiko Waller

Born 1943

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0152 MERCHANT

Diedrich Hahn

1884 - 1967

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0153 ECONOMIST

Leonhard Hajen

Born 1948

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0154 WRITER

Peter Mathews

Born 1951

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0155 PHOTOGRAPHER

Max Regenberg

Born 1951

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0156 PHYSICIST

Karl Heinz Hellwege

1910 - 1999

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0157 BASKET

André Murillo

Born 1990

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0158 OFFICER

Karl Alfred Thieme

1914 - 2004

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0159 ACTOR

Birthe Gerken

Born 1981

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0160 JUDGE

Wolfgang Golasowski

Born 1953

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0161 COACH

Horst Beer

Born 1958

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0162 JUDGE

Hans Segelken

1897 - 1982

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0163 PAINTER

Willy Hinck

1915 - 2002

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0164 SINGER

Johannes Piersig

1907 - 1998

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0165 POLITICIAN

Anja Stahmann

Born 1967

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0166 ORIENTALIST

Helmut Gätje

1927 - 1986

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0167 GUITAR

Jörg Seidel

Born 1967

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0168 POLITICIAN

Uwe Schmidt (Politiker, 1966)

Born 1966

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0169 WRITER

Julius Rodenberg (Bibliograf)

1884 - 1970

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0170 ACADEMIC

Peter Böger

1935 - 2015

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0171 ACADEMIC

Georg Christoph Mehrtens

1843 - 1917

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0172 POLITICIAN

Harm Rykena

Born 1963

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0173 LAWYER

Manfred Ernst

Born 1943

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0174 REEDER

Andreas Rickmers

1835 - 1924

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0175 NOTARY

Hans Ganten

Born 1937

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0176 LAWYER

Catrin Hannken

Born 1973

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0177 MEDIEVALIST

Otto Heinrich May

1887 - 1977

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0178 ARCHITECT

Wolfgang Neß

Born 1949

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0179 EDUCATION

Harry Gabcke

1927 - 1988

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0180 POLITICIAN

Carl Heiligenstadt

1860 - 1920

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0181 AUTHOR

Otto Höver

1889 - 1963

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0182 TEACHER

Susanne Lin-Klitzing

Born 1963

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0183 PAINTER

Marie Bock (Malerin)

1864 - 1956

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0184 WRITER

Luise Holle

1864 - 1936

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0185 POLITICIAN

Wibke Brems

Born 1981

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0186 FOOTBALL

Eckhard Deterding

Born 1948

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0187 JOURNALIST

Ludwig Maibohm

1914 - 1997

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0188 ENGINEER

Peter Scharf (Ingenieur)

Born 1942

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0189 FOOTBALL

D. D. Lewis (linebacker, born 1979)

Born 1979

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0190 MARINE

Walther von Zatorski

1894 - 1981

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0191 POLITICIAN

Frank Schildt

Born 1962

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0192 PAINTER

Erich Viehweger

1907 - 1992

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0193 TEACHER

Max Dieckhoff

1895 - 1982

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0194 PAINTER

Michael Wolff (Maler)

Born 1946

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0195 MANAGER

Rainer Seele

Born 1960

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0196 RESTAURATEUR

Wilhelm Hirte (Weltumsegler)

1902 - 1991

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0197 REEDER

Carl Stegmann (Kaufmann)

1881 - 1967

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0198 JOURNALIST

Hermann Okraß

1905 - 1972

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0199 MATHEMATICIAN

Henning Krause

Born 1962

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0200 PAINTER

Dirk Behrens

Born 1954

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0201 POLITICIAN

Robert Fiedler

1905 - 1974

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0202 POLITICIAN

Walter Schlüter (Politiker)

1921 - 1989

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0203 ENTREPRENEUR

Gerhard Kohnert

1882 - 1962

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0204 ACTOR

Lore Tappe

1934 - 2014

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0205 POLITICIAN

J. Heinrich Kramer

1907 - 1986

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0206 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Marseille

Born 1955

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0207 THEOLOGIAN

Olav Hanssen

1915 - 2005

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0208 POLITICIAN

Jan Erik Bohling

Born 1963

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0209 EDUCATION

Dina Bösch

Born 1960

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0210 ARTIST

Jorn Ebner

Born 1966

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0211 WRITER

Lisa-Marie Blum

1911 - 1993

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0212 ENTREPRENEUR

Peter Rickmers (Reeder)

1838 - 1902

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0213 SHIPBUILDER

Georg Wilhelm Claussen (Schiffbauer)

1845 - 1919

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0214 LINGUIST

Eckhard Eggers

Born 1957

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0215 MARINE

Franz Wieting

1876 - 1966

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0216 PAINTER

Johanna Tecklenborg

1851 - 1933

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0217 PAINTER

Heiner Palinkas

1913 - 2004

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0218 WRITER

Klaus Steinhaußen

1931 - 2015

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0219 POLITICIAN

Sybille Böschen

Born 1954

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0220 KUNST

Wilhelm von Busch

1868 - 1940

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0221 BUSINESS

Paul Rickmers

1873 - 1946

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0222 ZOÓLOG

Emil Heinrich Snethlage

1897 - 1939

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0223 POLITICIAN

Gustav Bertram

1883 - 1963

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0224 POLITICIAN

Ralph Saxe

Born 1959

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0225 POLITICIAN

Thorsten Krüger

Born 1966

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0226 AUTHOR

Michael Helming

Born 1972

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0227 POLITICIAN

Karl von Hassell (Landrat)

1872 - 1932

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0228 ACADEMIC

Egon Wöhlken

1928 - 1994

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0229 POLITICIAN

Werner Kirschstein

Born 1947

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0230 BANK

Otto Gerlach (Jurist)

1894 - 1963

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0231 MANAGER

Carl Claussen (Manager)

1878 - 1954

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0232 MATHEMATICIAN

Arnold Fricke

1913 - 1986

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0233 LAWYER

Georg Julius Ribbentrop

1798 - 1874

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0234 MUSIC

Thomas Seedorf

Born 1960

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0235 LAWYER

Sülmez Dogan

Born 1975

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0236 JUDGE

Kurt Ditzen

1891 - 1982

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0237 WRITER

Hanna Wolff (Schriftstellerin)

1923 - 2010

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0238 POLITICIAN

Oliver Lottke

Born 1972

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0239 HOCKEY

Lennart Palausch

Born 1994

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0240 FOOTBALL

Jessica Golebiewski

Born 1991

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0241 POLITICIAN

Petra Jäschke

Born 1960

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0242 PAINTER

Herbert Mager

1888 - 1979

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0243 POLITICIAN

Alfons Tallert

1916 - 2006

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0244 POLITICIAN

Edwin Richard Lielienthal

1909 - 1994

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0245 POLITICIAN

Christine Schnittker

Born 1974

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0246 MANAGER

Stefan F. Heidenreich

Born 1962

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0247 FOOTBALL

Marko Kück

Born 1976

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0248 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Addicks

1887 - 1975

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0249 POLITICIAN

Karl Willms

1934 - 2006

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0250 ACADEMIC

Egon Christian Andresen

1928 - 2010

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0251 POLITICIAN

Dörthe Weddige-Degenhard

Born 1949

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0252 PAINTER

Werner Stumper

1927 - 2010

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0253 ARCHITECT

Jörn Rau

1922 - 2007

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0254 ENGINEER

Carl Friedrich Hanckes

1829 - 1891

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0255 MANAGER

Karl Deters

1876 - 1945

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0256 LEUTNANT

Johannes Baier (Offizier)

1893 - 1969

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0257 PAINTER

Hans Kohnert

1887 - 1967

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0258 REEDER

Wilhelm Rickmers

1844 - 1891

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0259 REEDER

Bertram Rickmers

Born 1952

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0260 BASKET

Arne Woltmann

Born 1974

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0261 THEOLOGIAN

Heinrich Brandt (Theologe)

1886 - 1970

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0262 POLITICIAN

Sascha Lucht

Born 1971

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0263 POLITICIAN

Holger Welt

Born 1958

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0264 ECONOMIST

Michael Bräuninger

Born 1960

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0265 PRODUCER

Jumpa

Born 1995

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0266 WRITER

Arnold Rehm

1896 - 1976

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0267 POLITICIAN

Dieter Tiedemann

Born 1935

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0268 ROWER

Meike Holländer

Born 1965

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0269 ROWER

Bernd Krause (rower, born 1947)

Born 1947

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0270 POLITICIAN

Egon Kauffmann

1929 - 2011

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0271 LAWYER

Melf Grantz

Born 1962

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0272 VERKÄUFER

Aalweber

1790 - 1854

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0273 POLITICIAN

Harald Neujahr

Born 1937

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0274 POLITICIAN

Holger Matthews

Born 1951

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0275 POLITICIAN

Walter Würdemann

1912 - 1995

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0276 HANDBALL

Eike Bram

Born 1965

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0277 MANAGER

Hagen Rickmann

Born 1969

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0278 POLITICIAN

Gisela Schwarz (Politiker, 1943)

Born 1943

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0279 POLITICIAN

Horst Jonas

1914 - 1967

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0280 MUSIC

Alexander von Pfeil

Born 1970

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0281 BASKET

Hartmut Ortmann

Born 1965

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0282 EDUCATION

Georg Ficke

1912 - 1964

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0283 AUDITOR

Melchior Schwoon (Unternehmer, 1871)

1871 - 1956

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0284 POLITICIAN

Ronny Meyer (Politiker)

Born 1976

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0285 POLITICIAN

Thomas Jürgewitz

Born 1959

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0286 POLITICIAN

Michael Teiser

Born 1951

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0287 POLIZEI

Christiane Bergmann

Born 1966

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0288 BASKET

Bo Meister

Born 1999

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0289 SPORT

Sascha Sauer

Born 1981

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0290 POLITICIAN

Gabriela Piontkowski

Born 1968

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0291 COMPOSER

Johannes W. Schäfer

Born 1960

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0292 ARCHITECT

Hans Budde (Architekt)

1920 - 2002

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0293 POLITICIAN

Folkert Potrykus

1900 - 1971

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0294 GUITAR

Klaus Heuermann

Born 1970

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0295 OFFICER

Adolf Schipper

1873 - 1915

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0296 PFARRER

Bernd Merz

Born 1956

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0297 POLITICIAN

Volker Bajus

Born 1964

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0298 POLITICIAN

Adolf Heitmann (Politiker)

1890 - 1951

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0299 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Kammerahl

1893 - 1971

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0300 POLITICIAN

Georg Albert Bacmeister

1880 - 1918

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