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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

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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

0082 POLITICIAN

Hans von Raumer

1870 - 1965

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0144 POLITICIAN

Steffi Lemke

Born 1968

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0159 POLITICIAN

Holger Hövelmann

Born 1967

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0192 POLITICIAN

Hans Georg Schachtschabel

1914 - 1993

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0236 POLITICIAN

Henrike Müller

Born 1975

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0238 POLITICIAN

Bruno Menzel

1932 - 1996

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0256 POLITICIAN

Fritz Hesse (Politiker, 1881)

1881 - 1973

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0259 POLITICIAN

Franz Bauer (Pädagoge)

1910 - 1986

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0293 POLITICIAN

Cornelia Lüddemann

Born 1968

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0301 POLITICIAN

Kurt Schwarze (Politiker)

1888 - 1949

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0319 POLITICIAN

Bruno Fritsch

1842 - 1933

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0320 POLITICIAN

Hermann Cohn (Politiker)

1869 - 1933

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0326 POLITICIAN

Jens Kolze

Born 1967

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0327 POLITICIAN

Ewald Kaiser

1905 - 1992

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0328 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Hesse (Politiker)

1913 - 1999

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0336 POLITICIAN

Tilo Kummer

Born 1968

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0341 POLITICIAN

Andrea Johlige

Born 1977

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0348 POLITICIAN

Emil Evers

1897 - 1945

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0351 POLITICIAN

Gustav Ziegler (Politiker)

1827 - 1890

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0352 POLITICIAN

Jörg Kuhbier

Born 1940

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0360 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Carl Heinrich Streiber

1767 - 1828

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0367 POLITICIAN

Dieter Röck

Born 1933

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0376 POLITICIAN

Walter Sommer (Politiker, 1903)

1903 - 1942

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0377 POLITICIAN

Peter Kuras

Born 1958

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0379 POLITICIAN

Klemens Koschig

Born 1957

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0380 POLITICIAN

Helmut Klapproth

1928 - 2011

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0382 POLITICIAN

Alfred Richter (Politiker, Juni 1895)

1895 - 1959

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0387 POLITICIAN

Lothar Alisch

1951 - 2000

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0391 POLITICIAN

Otto Gehre

1894 - 1976

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0399 POLITICIAN

Hans-Joachim Sopart

Born 1950

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0401 POLITICIAN

Joachim Prag

1937 - 2012

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0407 POLITICIAN

Hans-Christian Sachse

Born 1947

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0408 POLITICIAN

Frank Hoffmann (Politiker)

Born 1959

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0410 POLITICIAN

Karl Salomon

1896 - 1977

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0414 POLITICIAN

Winfried Hampel

1935 - 2010

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0416 POLITICIAN

Friedrich von Basedow

1797 - 1864

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0417 POLITICIAN

Torsten Koch (Politiker)

Born 1963

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0418 POLITICIAN

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht

1819 - 1904

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0421 POLITICIAN

Ruth Erika Brand

1928 - 2014

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0422 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Mitschke

Born 1948

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0425 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Harmel

Born 1898

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0428 POLITICIAN

Peter Hoffmann (Politiker, 1953)

Born 1953

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