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DESSAU

Most Famous People Born in Dessau, Germany

Notable people
429
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1897
Most distinctive
Princess 61.7×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1930s with 42 notable births.

What Dessau Is Known For

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Politician is Dessau's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (42).

Dessau over-indexes on princess — 61.7× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician42
  2. Painter24
  3. Prince21
  4. Actor17
  5. Writer16
  6. Author15
  7. Composer13
  8. Aristocrat12
  1. Princess1161.7×
  2. Prince2157.4×
  3. Aristocrat1216.7×
  4. Pianist54.4×
  5. Author154.1×
  6. Theologian53.2×
  7. Mathematician52.3×
  8. Academic102.3×
  1. Football110.2×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 42 of 429 notable people

0009 COMEDIAN

Dieter Hallervorden

Born 1935

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0014 PHILOSOPHER

Gernot Böhme

Born 1937

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0046 ACTOR

Brigitte Grothum

Born 1935

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0065 MUSIC

Karl-Heinz Kämmerling

1930 - 2012

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0105 MATHEMATICIAN

Hans Triebel

Born 1936

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0107 HISTORIAN

Hubert Kiesewetter

Born 1939

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0122 PHILOLOGIST

Peter Lebrecht Schmidt

1933 - 2019

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0125 BUSINESS

Dieter Bock

1939 - 2010

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0143 ACTOR

Helmut Straßburger

1930 - 2010

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0145 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Klank

1930 - 1998

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0146 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Verena Stolcke

Born 1938

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0164 SCREENWRITER

Peter Voigt (Regisseur)

1933 - 2015

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0179 PAINTER

Angelika Tübke

Born 1935

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0180 WRESTLER

Lothar Schneider (wrestler)

1939 - 2019

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0185 PAINTER

Hans Stein

Born 1935

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0194 PAINTER

Tom Sommerlatte (Manager)

Born 1938

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0197 AUTHOR

Martin Behrmann

1930 - 2014

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0200 PIANIST

Gerhard Erber

Born 1934

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0207 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Klaus Tuchelt

1931 - 2001

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0211 SCREENWRITER

Anne Dessau

Born 1934

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0219 PHILOLOGIST

Wolfgang Luppe

1931 - 2014

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0223 ACADEMIC

Hans Jürgen Sonnenberger

Born 1933

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0229 ACADEMIC

Klaus Lange (Jurist)

1939 - 2020

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0232 HISTORIAN

Lothar Waldmüller

Born 1936

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0237 PHOTOGRAPHER

Volkmar Billeb

Born 1939

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0238 POLITICIAN

Bruno Menzel

1932 - 1996

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0264 TRANSLATOR

Erika Tophoven

Born 1931

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0274 DIPLOMAT

Gerhard Haida

1937 - 2014

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0289 MATHEMATICIAN

Dirk Siefkes

1938 - 2016

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0296 WRITER

Christian Grote

Born 1931

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0302 PAINTER

Klaus Eichenberg

Born 1936

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0304 MUSIKWISSENSCHAFT

Friedrich Lippmann (Musikwissenschaftler)

1932 - 2019

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0310 LITERARY

Dieter Strützel

1935 - 1999

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0312 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Renate Krauspe

Born 1939

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0332 WRITER

Ursula Hörig

Born 1932

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0362 ZOOLOGIST

Axel Willig

1938 - 1998

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0363 THEOLOGIAN

Eberhard Natho

Born 1932

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0366 HISTORIAN

Peter Herfert

1935 - 2017

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0367 POLITICIAN

Dieter Röck

Born 1933

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0394 SURGEON

Werner Fritz

1932 - 2020

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0401 POLITICIAN

Joachim Prag

1937 - 2012

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0414 POLITICIAN

Winfried Hampel

1935 - 2010

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