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DARMSTADT

Most Famous People Born in Darmstadt, Germany

Notable people
1,104
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1902
Most distinctive
Chemist 6.5×

The thick Chemist bench is Justus von Liebig's long shadow and the Merck dynasty, which has been running the world's oldest pharmaceutical company out of Darmstadt since 1668 — element 110, darmstadtium, is literally named after the place. The Aristocrat signal is the Grand Ducal House of Hesse and its connections to the Russian and British thrones, while the Mathematician depth belongs to the old TH Darmstadt tradition.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 114 notable births.

What Darmstadt Is Known For

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Politician is Darmstadt's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (156).

Darmstadt over-indexes on chemist6.5× the global rate.

Darmstadt under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician156
  2. Actor55
  3. Academic50
  4. Painter48
  5. Writer43
  6. Historian28
  7. Football26
  8. Chemist25
  1. Chemist256.5×
  2. Aristocrat126.5×
  3. Academic504.5×
  4. Theologian153.7×
  5. Mathematician183.3×
  6. Judge142.7×
  7. Historian282.4×
  8. Physicist112.4×
  1. Football260.2×
  2. Singer150.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 156 of 1,104 notable people

0009 POLITICIAN

Georg von Hertling

1843 - 1919

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0033 POLITICIAN

Georg Gottfried Gervinus

1805 - 1871

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0055 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Dernburg

1865 - 1937

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0065 POLITICIAN

Theodor Duesterberg

1875 - 1950

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0120 POLITICIAN

Christian Stock

1884 - 1967

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0126 POLITICIAN

Jörg Dräger

Born 1968

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0176 POLITICIAN

Karin Wolff

Born 1959

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0184 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Carl Friedrich von Dalwigk

1802 - 1880

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0195 POLITICIAN

Gustav Schleicher

1823 - 1879

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0206 POLITICIAN

Otto von Brentano di Tremezzo

1855 - 1927

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0210 POLITICIAN

Karl von Hofmann

1827 - 1910

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0216 POLITICIAN

Hans Stark

1921 - 1991

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0234 POLITICIAN

Silke Lautenschläger

Born 1968

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0240 POLITICIAN

Katharina Kern

1900 - 1985

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0272 POLITICIAN

Walter Köbel

1918 - 1965

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0275 POLITICIAN

Charles Barwig

1837 - 1912

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0322 POLITICIAN

Hans Möser

1906 - 1948

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0339 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Metzger

1902 - 1993

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0340 POLITICIAN

Sebastian Münzenmaier

Born 1989

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0386 POLITICIAN

Bailey Gatzert

1829 - 1893

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0402 POLITICIAN

Daniela Wagner

Born 1957

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0412 POLITICIAN

Horst Schnur

Born 1942

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0418 POLITICIAN

Birgit Malsack-Winkemann

Born 1964

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0451 POLITICIAN

Peter Benz

Born 1942

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0456 POLITICIAN

Ates Gürpinar

Born 1984

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0458 POLITICIAN

Michele Piras

Born 1972

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0459 POLITICIAN

Manfred Pentz

Born 1980

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0486 POLITICIAN

Adalbert von Nordeck zur Rabenau

1817 - 1892

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0508 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Engel

1906 - 1975

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0513 POLITICIAN

Klaus Peter Möller (Politiker, 1937)

Born 1937

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0526 POLITICIAN

Georg Best

1855 - 1946

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0537 POLITICIAN

Ernst Emil Hoffmann

1785 - 1847

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0542 POLITICIAN

Heinz Kreutzmann

1919 - 2005

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0559 POLITICIAN

Julius Rinck von Starck

1825 - 1910

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0564 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm von Wedekind

1830 - 1914

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0568 POLITICIAN

Leif Blum

Born 1975

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0569 POLITICIAN

Rafael Reißer

Born 1958

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0587 POLITICIAN

Ernst Friedrich Hector Falcke

1751 - 1809

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0598 POLITICIAN

Georg von Wedekind (Politiker)

1825 - 1899

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0600 POLITICIAN

Karl Eigenbrodt

1826 - 1900

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0605 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Riedesel zu Eisenbach

1850 - 1918

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0620 POLITICIAN

Ernst Schenck (Politiker)

1782 - 1846

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0622 POLITICIAN

Georg Büchner (Politiker)

1862 - 1944

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0624 POLITICIAN

Theodor Reh

1801 - 1868

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0641 POLITICIAN

Jacob Kuechler

1823 - 1893

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0645 POLITICIAN

Michael Reuter

Born 1948

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0651 POLITICIAN

Ernst Schüler

1807 - 1881

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0655 POLITICIAN

Kurt Weidmann

1937 - 2014

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0657 POLITICIAN

Karl Glässing

1866 - 1952

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0659 POLITICIAN

Walter Löhr

1911 - 1976

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0663 POLITICIAN

Andreas von Hesse

1793 - 1868

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0664 POLITICIAN

Otto Wamboldt

1884 - 1945

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0689 POLITICIAN

Georg Ackermann (Politiker)

1897 - 1964

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0704 POLITICIAN

Maximilian von Biegeleben

1813 - 1899

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0713 POLITICIAN

Carl Johann Hoffmann

1819 - 1874

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0715 POLITICIAN

Friedrich von Hombergk zu Vach

1857 - 1935

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0718 POLITICIAN

Justus Georg Kahlert

1800 - 1862

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0720 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Mueller (Politiker, 1904)

1904 - 1997

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0727 POLITICIAN

Arnold von Biegeleben

1822 - 1892

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0730 POLITICIAN

Klaus Peter Schellhaas

Born 1960

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0732 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Reh

1860 - 1946

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0734 POLITICIAN

Friedrich von Bechtold

1800 - 1872

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0737 POLITICIAN

Richard Hammer (Politiker)

1897 - 1969

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0743 POLITICIAN

Karl Zöppritz (Politiker)

1812 - 1900

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0746 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Delp

1878 - 1945

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0748 POLITICIAN

Heinrich August Schleiermacher

1816 - 1892

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0749 POLITICIAN

Karl Rothe (Politiker, 1840)

1840 - 1906

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0764 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Schenck (Politiker, 1790)

1790 - 1868

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0767 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Zech (Politiker)

Born 1937

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0773 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Christian Christoph von Lichtenberg

1784 - 1845

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0790 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand von Nordeck zur Rabenau

1837 - 1892

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0794 POLITICIAN

Bijan Kaffenberger

Born 1989

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0795 POLITICIAN

Robert von Lehmann

1818 - 1878

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0797 POLITICIAN

Andreas Zöppritz

1760 - 1826

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0800 POLITICIAN

Peter Lehnert

Born 1962

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0801 POLITICIAN

Carl von Bechtold

1791 - 1866

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0812 POLITICIAN

Andreas Storm

Born 1964

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0813 POLITICIAN

Peter Hartherz

1940 - 2018

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0816 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Hallwachs (Minister)

1786 - 1860

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0830 POLITICIAN

Georg Christian Strecker

1800 - 1874

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0832 POLITICIAN

Jakob Karl Maurer

1890 - 1975

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0833 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Philipp Ludwig

1777 - 1864

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0835 POLITICIAN

Karl Willmann

1908 - 1976

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0836 POLITICIAN

Franz Werner von Leykam

1814 - 1883

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0841 POLITICIAN

Otto Sartorius (Politiker)

1831 - 1911

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0842 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Ludwig Klipstein

1799 - 1862

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0846 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Karl Christian von Steinling

1777 - 1851

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0850 POLITICIAN

Florian Swyter

Born 1969

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0861 POLITICIAN

Friedrich von Wachter (General, 1788)

1788 - 1876

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0863 POLITICIAN

Karl Köhler (Theologe)

1799 - 1847

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0870 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Hallwachs

1826 - 1903

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0871 POLITICIAN

Georg Lerch

1792 - 1857

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0872 POLITICIAN

Gerald Kummer (Politiker)

Born 1958

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0880 POLITICIAN

Eugen Franck

1832 - 1893

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0881 POLITICIAN

Johann Esaias von Rühle

1655 - 1726

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0882 POLITICIAN

Christian Zöppritz

1796 - 1879

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0885 POLITICIAN

Werner Hennemann

1905 - 1985

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0889 POLITICIAN

Alfred Jakoubek

Born 1950

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0893 POLITICIAN

Balthasar Cramer

1851 - 1923

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0894 POLITICIAN

Horst Seffrin

1921 - 2007

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0905 POLITICIAN

Philipp Diehl

1815 - 1887

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0906 POLITICIAN

Ernst Ludwig Rube

1783 - 1870

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0911 POLITICIAN

Konrad von der Schmitt

1887 - 1951

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0913 POLITICIAN

Gustav Krämer (Politiker)

1909 - 1991

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0914 POLITICIAN

Georg Schenck

1785 - 1857

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0916 POLITICIAN

Ignatz Metz

1829 - 1909

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0924 POLITICIAN

Georg Friedrich Brust

1790 - 1854

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0930 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Hoffmann (Politiker, 1789)

1789 - 1863

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0933 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Schorlemmer

1847 - 1926

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0934 POLITICIAN

Dietrich Kessel

Born 1941

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0938 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Hallwachs

1829 - 1886

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0940 POLITICIAN

Anton Wiegand

1847 - 1925

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0946 POLITICIAN

Andreas Braun (Politiker)

Born 1964

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0952 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Klein (Politiker)

1902 - 1983

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0964 POLITICIAN

Konrad Haury

1872 - 1931

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0974 POLITICIAN

Karl Schenck (Politiker, 1831)

1831 - 1902

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0975 POLITICIAN

Jan Dittrich

Born 1976

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0979 POLITICIAN

Dorothée Menzner

Born 1965

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0981 POLITICIAN

Gottfried Milde junior

Born 1963

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0982 POLITICIAN

Karl Wilhelm Altheim

1899 - 1961

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0992 POLITICIAN

Karl Küchler

1773 - 1854

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0994 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Haasis-Blank

Born 1954

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0995 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Saeng

1848 - 1931

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1003 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Lichtenberg

1801 - 1871

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1007 POLITICIAN

August Noack (Politiker)

1857 - 1926

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1009 POLITICIAN

Philipp Glenz

1903 - 1944

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1014 POLITICIAN

Gustav Freiherr von Gemmingen-Hornberg

1925 - 2005

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1018 POLITICIAN

Kurt Steinbrecher

Born 1921

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1020 POLITICIAN

Johann Adam Fuchs

1795 - 1883

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1022 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Speckhardt

Born 1959

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1024 POLITICIAN

Carl Christian Lauteschläger

1788 - 1835

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1027 POLITICIAN

Eva-Maria Schumacher

1935 - 2009

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1035 POLITICIAN

Marcus Kretschmann

Born 1971

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1038 POLITICIAN

Hugo Kranz

1834 - 1902

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1047 POLITICIAN

Carl Wilhelm Zimmermann

1782 - 1856

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1051 POLITICIAN

August Strecker

1802 - 1865

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1054 POLITICIAN

Michael Weiss (Politiker)

Born 1956

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1061 POLITICIAN

Carl Volhard

1802 - 1887

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1072 POLITICIAN

Hermann Schede

1879 - 1943

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1076 POLITICIAN

Carl Ludwig (Politiker)

1773 - 1860

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1079 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Glenz

Born 1952

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1080 POLITICIAN

August Weber (Politiker, 1829)

1829 - 1900

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1086 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Keller (Fabrikant)

1826 - 1890

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1088 POLITICIAN

Philipp Wiener

1785 - 1866

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1090 POLITICIAN

Louis Wiener

1781 - 1842

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1091 POLITICIAN

Volprecht Riedesel zu Eisenbach (Erbmarschall, 185

1852 - 1939

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1092 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Georg Weber

1883 - 1952

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1093 POLITICIAN

Hermann Theobald

1821 - 1908

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1094 POLITICIAN

Georg Weber (Politiker, 1791)

1791 - 1862

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1095 POLITICIAN

Philipp Jost

1818 - 1885

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1096 POLITICIAN

Christoph Jacob Weber

1767 - 1832

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1097 POLITICIAN

Otto Hofmann (Politiker, 1819)

1819 - 1883

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1099 POLITICIAN

Philipp Hax

1772 - 1831

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1100 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Miltenberg

1786 - 1833

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1102 POLITICIAN

Karl Hunsinger

1810 - 1870

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1103 POLITICIAN

Theodor Wilhelm Georg Hallwachs

1812 - 1860

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