51.0500° N, 13.7398° E

DRESDEN

Most Famous People Born in Dresden, Germany

Notable people
3,353
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1904
Most distinctive
Art Historian 5.8×

A Saxon court city whose distinctive shelves are art historians, sculptors, conductors, theologians, and painters — the trades of a baroque royal city whose Gemäldegalerie, Staatskapelle, and Frauenkirche have shared the same Altstadt for three centuries. The 18th century is unusually heavy here, the age of Augustus the Strong, and the modern bench is dominated by Gerhard Richter and a generation of artists who came of age between the Allied firebombing and the fall of the Wall.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Dresden during each.

What Dresden Is Known For

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Politician is Dresden's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (321).

Dresden over-indexes on art historian5.8× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician321
  2. Painter242
  3. Actor214
  4. Academic134
  5. Writer117
  6. Author96
  7. Football92
  8. Sculptor87
  1. Art Historian375.8×
  2. Sculptor874.0×
  3. Conductor344.0×
  4. Academic1344.0×
  5. Author963.3×
  6. Physicist423.0×
  7. Theologian352.9×
  8. Painter2422.8×
  1. Football920.3×
  2. Singer410.6×
  3. Lawyer410.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 288 of 3,353 notable people

0003 PAINTER

Gerhard Richter

Born 1932

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0044 SCULPTOR

A. R. Penck

1939 - 2017

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0045 MUSIC

Jaki Liebezeit

1938 - 2017

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0057 DRAMA

Volker Braun

Born 1939

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0084 SCULPTOR

Igael Tumarkin

Born 1933

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0093 POLITICIAN

Andreas von Bülow

Born 1937

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0095 POLITICIAN

Gerhart Baum

Born 1932

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0098 CHESS

Wolfgang Uhlmann

1935 - 2020

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0111 CINEMA

Gernot Roll

1939 - 2020

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0130 HISTORIAN

Arnulf Baring

1932 - 2019

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0132 ENTREPRENEUR

Adolf Merckle

1934 - 2009

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0153 RADIOLOGIST

Andreas Gruentzig

1939 - 1985

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0176 FILM

Herrmann Zschoche

Born 1934

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0212 POLITICIAN

Christine Bergmann

Born 1939

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0222 SCULPTOR

Wieland Förster

Born 1930

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0235 PLAYWRIGHT

Heinz Czechowski

1935 - 2009

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0258 HISTORIAN

Peter Hoffmann (historian)

Born 1930

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0292 AUTHOR

Monica Zak

Born 1939

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0297 ACTOR

Volkmar Kleinert

Born 1938

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0321 WRITER

Karl Mickel

1935 - 2000

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0338 HOCKEY

Joachim Ziesche

Born 1939

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0352 FOOTBALL

Horst Walter (footballer)

1939 - 2015

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0364 ACTOR

Marita Böhme

Born 1939

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0387 PAINTER

Max Uhlig

Born 1937

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0408 PAINTER

Petrus Wandrey

1939 - 2012

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0418 ECONOMIST

Otto Steiger (economist)

1938 - 2008

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0432 ATHLETIC

Hildrun Laufer-Claus

Born 1939

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0453 DESIGNER

Axel Bertram

1936 - 2019

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0454 WRITER

Eberhard Panitz

Born 1932

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0457 PAINTER

Dieter Goltzsche

Born 1934

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0484 PHYSICIST

Hans-Arwed Weidenmüller

Born 1933

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0492 FOOTBALL

Günther Wirth

1933 - 2020

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0503 SOLDIER

Helge Hansen (general)

Born 1936

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0510 FILM

Lothar Brandler

1936 - 2016

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0571 COMPOSER

Henry Krtschil

1932 - 2020

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0624 ACTOR

Hans Teuscher

1937 - 2015

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0632 CONDUCTOR

Siegfried Kurz (Komponist)

Born 1930

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0636 ACTOR

Harry Engel

1936 - 1989

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0645 THEOLOGIAN

Friedrich Magirius

Born 1930

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0659 PHYSICIST

Paul Söding

Born 1933

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0660 MOUNTAINEER

Dietrich Hasse

Born 1933

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0689 PHYSICIAN

Peter Gaehtgens

Born 1937

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0690 COMPOSER

Peter Ronnefeld

1935 - 1965

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0725 DIPLOMAT

Peter Schubert

1938 - 2003

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0741 ACADEMIC

Rainer Oefelein

1935 - 2011

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0761 FILMMAKER

Hans-Dieter Grabe

Born 1937

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0769 PHYSICIAN

Knut-Olaf Haustein

1934 - 2006

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0785 MUSIC

Siegfried Heinrich

Born 1935

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0789 PAINTER

Herta Günther

1934 - 2018

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0792 DIPLOMAT

Hasso Herschel

Born 1935

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0797 ARCHITECT

Horst Baeseler

1930 - 2004

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0826 NUMISMATIST

Edith Schönert-Geiß

1933 - 2012

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0850 ACADEMIC

Peter Kulka

Born 1937

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0856 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

William Safran

Born 1930

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0879 AUTHOR

B. K. Tragelehn

Born 1936

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0883 WRITER

Dirk Bavendamm

Born 1938

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0886 THEOLOGIAN

Günter Krusche

1931 - 2016

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0911 PHYSICIST

Rolf Kreibich

Born 1938

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0939 CINEMA

Ernst Hirsch (Kameramann)

Born 1936

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0954 WRITER

Ellen Thiemann

1937 - 2018

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0963 FOOTBALL

Herbert Maschke (Fußballspieler)

1930 - 2000

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0973 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Karl Graf Ballestrem

1939 - 2007

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0989 JOURNALIST

Nina Grunenberg

1936 - 2017

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0991 WRITER

Theo Lehmann (Pfarrer)

Born 1934

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0992 PRESENTER

Hans-Joachim Wolfram

1934 - 2016

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1001 MUSIC

Karlheinz Drechsel

1930 - 2020

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1007 JOURNALIST

Dankwart Guratzsch

Born 1939

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1011 ACTOR

Jürgen Degenhardt

1930 - 2014

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1015 PRESENTER

Arnim Basche

Born 1934

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1026 JOURNALIST

Jack Koehler

1930 - 2012

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1029 THEATRE

Christoph Schroth

Born 1937

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1032 DIPLOMAT

Uwe Kaestner

Born 1939

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1068 FILM

Helmut Dziuba

1933 - 2012

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1071 ACADEMIC

Helge Gerndt

Born 1939

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1081 ART HISTORIAN

Heinrich Magirius

Born 1934

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1095 PHYSICIST

Wolfgang Weidlich

1931 - 2015

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1096 JOURNALIST

Jürgen Engert

Born 1936

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1106 ACTOR

Hajo Müller

1931 - 2020

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1114 ACTOR

Günter Wolf (Schauspieler)

1930 - 2014

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1115 ROMANIST

Klaus Bochmann

Born 1939

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1120 POLITICIAN

Peter Pollack

1930 - 2017

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1122 PSYCHOLOGIST

Winfried Hacker

Born 1934

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1132 AUTHOR

Joochen Laabs

Born 1937

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1153 WRITER

Dieter Hoffmann (Schriftsteller)

Born 1934

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1168 ACTOR

Sonja Hörbing

1934 - 2010

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1179 SINGER

Eberhard Büchner

Born 1939

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1183 ACADEMIC

Manfred Zumpe

Born 1930

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1195 JOURNALIST

Jürgen Schweinebraden

Born 1938

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1201 MEDIEVALIST

Tilman Struve

1938 - 2014

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1206 COLLECTOR

Heiner Pietzsch

Born 1930

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1215 ACADEMIC

Werner von Koppenfels

Born 1938

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1219 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Röllig

Born 1932

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1223 ILLUSTRATOR

Eva-Maria Geisler

1936 - 2005

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1239 POLITICIAN

Karl Mannsfeld (Politiker)

Born 1939

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1245 CHEMIST

Ralf Steudel

Born 1937

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1251 JOURNALIST

Friedrich Karl Fromme

1930 - 2007

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1257 ARCHITECT

Walter Herzog (Grafiker)

Born 1936

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1275 PAINTER

Joachim Lehmann (Maler)

1935 - 2000

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1278 CINEMA

Erich Gusko

1930 - 2020

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1291 ACADEMIC

Hans Joachim Geisler

1934 - 2015

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1297 GOVERNMENT

Hans-Peter Vietze

1939 - 2008

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1299 ACADEMIC

Dieter Hoelzer

Born 1939

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1302 ACADEMIC

Klaus Horn

1934 - 1985

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1314 ACADEMIC

Günter Lehmann

Born 1939

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1317 DIPLOMAT

Frank Bochow

1937 - 2012

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1319 FORSCHER

Matthias Griebel

Born 1937

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1331 POLITICIAN

Klaus Ulbricht

Born 1938

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1355 DESIGNER

Albrecht von Bodecker

Born 1932

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1366 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Angela von den Driesch

1934 - 2012

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1372 HISTORIAN

Gunnar Hering

1934 - 1994

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1377 ACTOR

Dieter Jaßlauk

1934 - 2019

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1384 CINEMA

Claus Neumann

1938 - 2017

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1391 HISTORIAN

Horst Keiling

Born 1934

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1404 POLITICIAN

Ekkehard Wienholtz

Born 1938

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1410 ACADEMIC

Frank-Harald Greß

Born 1935

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1428 PHYSICIST

Joachim Schröter

Born 1931

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1429 MOUNTAINEER

Siegfried Löw

1933 - 1962

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1435 ZOOLOGIST

Clas Michael Naumann zu Königsbrück

1939 - 2004

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1453 FILM

Joe Koenig

Born 1930

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1454 CARICATURIST

Barbara Henniger

Born 1938

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1461 PHILOLOGIST

Jürgen Werner (Philologe)

Born 1931

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1485 SCULPTOR

Peter Strang

Born 1936

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1486 WRITER

Eberhard Haufe

1931 - 2013

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1493 ACADEMIC

Horst Schuster

1930 - 2013

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1498 MATHEMATICIAN

Peter Schreiber (Mathematiker)

Born 1938

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1500 MATHEMATICIAN

Horst Lippmann (Mathematiker)

1931 - 2008

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1509 THEOLOGIAN

Karl-Hermann Kandler

Born 1937

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1518 AUTHOR

Karla Schneider

Born 1938

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1522 ART HISTORIAN

Eva Börsch-Supan

Born 1932

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1534 POLITICIAN

Uwe Thomas

Born 1938

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1538 HISTORIAN

Christoph M. Kimmich

Born 1939

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1584 LEHRER

Frank Fiedler (Heimatforscher)

1930 - 2018

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1596 ACADEMIC

Jan Kropholler

1938 - 2009

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1606 HISTORIAN

Christoph Link

Born 1933

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1631 WRITER

Karin Hempel-Soos

1939 - 2009

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1635 THEOLOGIAN

Volker Kreß

Born 1939

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1645 ACADEMIC

Johannes Volmer

1930 - 2015

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1667 WRITER

Günter Coufal

Born 1937

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1681 JOURNALIST

Dieter Gräbner

Born 1939

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1683 WRITER

Ursula Ullrich

Born 1932

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1686 PIANIST

Eberhard Weise

Born 1934

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1698 AUTHOR

Irene Ruttmann

Born 1933

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1700 CARTOGRAPHER

Ingeborg Wilfert

Born 1939

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1703 PHYSICIAN

Gottfried Benad

Born 1932

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1705 ACADEMIC

Hans John (Musikwissenschaftler)

Born 1937

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1709 ARCHITECT

Peter Albert (Maler)

Born 1936

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1712 PHOTOGRAPHER

Siegfried Prölß

1934 - 2011

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1722 CONCERTMASTER

Manfred Scherzer

1933 - 2013

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1732 FENCER

Helmut Anschütz

1932 - 2016

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1746 ILLUSTRATOR

Ernst Lewinger (Grafiker)

1931 - 2015

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1748 PAINTER

Dieter Dressler

1932 - 2011

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1765 ACADEMIC

Gert Jäger

Born 1935

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1769 ACADEMIC

Johannes Grüntzig

Born 1937

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1772 CHESS

Werner Reichenbach

1936 - 2016

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1792 PHYSICIST

Wolfgang Bürger

Born 1931

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1803 ACADEMIC

Ingeborg Glier

1934 - 2017

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1804 PROFESSOR

Wilfried Werz

1930 - 2014

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1806 ARCHITECT

Lutz Heidemann

Born 1938

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1807 MATHEMATICIAN

Peter-Theodor Wilrich

Born 1937

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1812 FILM

Wolfgang Storch (Regisseur)

Born 1935

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1829 PAINTER

Renate Meerwald

1939 - 2009

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1839 SCULPTOR

Leoni Wirth

1935 - 2012

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1850 CONDUCTOR

Wolfgang Hocke

Born 1937

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1864 LINGUIST

Rosemarie Gläser

Born 1935

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1872 ART HISTORIAN

Huberta Heres

Born 1934

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1877 PRIEST

Hellmut Puschmann

Born 1938

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1878 PHILOSOPHER

Heinz Liebscher (Philosoph)

Born 1931

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1920 ACADEMIC

Heinz Quinger

1930 - 2000

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1922 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Hoffmann (Politiker)

Born 1936

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1943 POLITICIAN

Frank Tiesler

Born 1938

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1946 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Lehmann (Sportwissenschaftler)

Born 1935

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1960 THEOLOGIAN

Karl Martin Fischer

1936 - 1981

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1962 HISTORIAN

Manfred Hagen

Born 1934

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1981 LITERARY

Ludwig Schrader

1932 - 2014

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1989 PHOTOGRAPHER

Helga Kneidl

Born 1939

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1992 AGRONOMIST

Peter Schuhmann

Born 1937

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2000 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Förster

1933 - 1983

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2010 ECONOMIST

Horst-Thilo Beyer

Born 1938

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2014 PHYSICIST

Hans-Joachim Körner

1934 - 2003

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2015 COMPOSER

Günther Witschurke

1937 - 2017

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2018 CHEMIST

Peter Fabian

1937 - 2014

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2025 HISTORIAN

Siegfried Schmidt (Historiker)

1930 - 1986

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2030 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Steinert

Born 1937

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2031 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Uhlmann (Historiker)

Born 1938

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2062 MUSIC

Hanspeter Bennwitz

Born 1930

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2073 SCREENWRITER

Helmut Voitl

Born 1939

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2092 POLITICIAN

Renate Köhler

1938 - 2014

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2104 THEOLOGE

Siegfried Seifert (Theologe)

1936 - 2013

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2111 LEUTNANT

Alfred Krause (General)

1930 - 2001

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2114 CHESS

Dieter Bertholdt

Born 1935

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2130 HISTORIAN

Ulrich Troitzsch

Born 1938

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2133 POLITICIAN

Frank-Joachim Herrmann

1931 - 2005

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2134 PHYSICIST

Peter Truöl

1939 - 2020

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2148 PARSON

Peter Bickhardt

1933 - 2018

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2151 HISTORIAN

Helga Gotschlich

Born 1938

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2169 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Dilger

1931 - 2016

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2172 PAINTER

Günther Friedrich (Maler)

1930 - 1986

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2176 ACADEMIC

Manfred Götz

Born 1932

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2200 BOTANY

Peter Gutte

Born 1939

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2227 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Studentkowski

1938 - 2000

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2229 DRAMA

Dieter Härtwig

Born 1934

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2232 ECONOMIST

Erhard Hruschka

1931 - 2012

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2238 CHEMIST

Heinz Liebscher (Chemiker)

Born 1931

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2254 WRITER

Gerhard Steinecke

1933 - 2013

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2264 WRITER

Arnfrid Wünschmann

Born 1935

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2265 POLITICIAN

Dieter Wöstenfeld

1930 - 2009

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2297 CHEMIST

Günter Gliemann

1931 - 1990

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2299 ARCHIVAR

Klaus von Andrian-Werburg

1930 - 2004

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2303 ACADEMIC

Axel Stelzner

Born 1937

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2315 SPORT

Henry Hempel

1933 - 2015

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2352 ADMIRAL

Werner Kotte

Born 1931

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2353 PHYSICIST

Horst Elschner

1939 - 2000

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2356 DRAMA

Winfried Höntsch

Born 1930

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2362 COSTUME DESIGNER

Günter Walbeck

1939 - 2014

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2369 ACADEMIC

Hans-Dieter Paufler

Born 1935

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2394 TEACHER

Udo Klement

Born 1936

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2420 POLITICIAN

Leonore Ackermann

Born 1936

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2422 GEOLOGIST

Wolfgang Krebs (Geologe)

1933 - 1981

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2426 DIPLOMAT

Peter Steglich

Born 1936

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2433 BIOCHEMIST

Detlev Kayser

Born 1931

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2446 SINGER

Wolfgang Fischer (Kirchenmusiker)

1932 - 2011

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2455 CHOREOGRAPHER

Hanne Wandtke

Born 1939

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2497 MATHEMATICIAN

Gert Böhme

1930 - 1994

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2514 DIPLOMAT

Klaus Schrameyer

Born 1934

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2515 SINGER

Fatima Robin's

Born 1930

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2524 PRESENTER

Hans-Georg Ponesky

1933 - 2016

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2532 THEATRE

Peter Löscher (Theaterregisseur)

Born 1938

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2537 ARCHITECT

Veit Heckrott

1936 - 2007

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2541 VORSITZENDER

Heinz-Joachim Aris

1934 - 2017

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2543 ARCHITECT

Wolfgang Fiedler (Architekt)

Born 1930

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2547 PAINTER

Klaus Rößler

1939 - 2018

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2618 ACADEMIC

Christoph Förster (Mediziner)

1933 - 2009

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2621 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Oeser (Fußballspieler)

1932 - 2013

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2625 CHEMIST

Ernst Otto Steinborn

1932 - 2017

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2630 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Siegfried Henkel

1931 - 1984

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2653 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Rade

Born 1939

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2663 POLITICIAN

Frank Heltzig

Born 1939

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2690 CHEMIST

Manfred Stockhausen

Born 1934

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2702 TRUMPET

Heinz Becker (Trompeter)

Born 1938

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2721 JOURNALIST

Siegfried Thiele (Autor)

Born 1934

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2723 TRANSLATOR

Ute Baum (Literaturwissenschaftlerin)

Born 1937

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2725 POLITICIAN

Dieter Kattenbeck

Born 1936

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2757 POLITICIAN

Jörg Richter

1939 - 2018

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2759 CANOE

Siegfried Roßberg

Born 1936

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2774 ENTREPRENEUR

Berndt Niethammer

1931 - 2005

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2779 ACADEMIC

Volkmar Küntscher

1939 - 2005

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2782 PLAYER

Eva Johannes

1934 - 2015

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2789 ACADEMIC

Günter Rabending

Born 1931

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2793 ACTOR

Renate Luderer

Born 1931

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2798 PAINTER

Rudolf Pospieszczyk

1930 - 2003

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2812 MARINE

Hans Partzsch

1930 - 2012

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2824 SCULPTOR

Christian Hempel (Bildhauer)

1937 - 2015

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2826 LEITER

Juliane Weber

Born 1939

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2885 PRESENTER

Klaus Angermann (Sportjournalist)

Born 1938

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2927 JOURNALIST

Ralf Roman Rossberg

1934 - 2017

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2953 ARCHITECT

Gerhard Landgraf

Born 1931

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2955 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Jähnichen

Born 1939

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2970 BUSINESS

Renatus Rüger

Born 1933

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2975 MUSIC

Johannes Fischer (Kirchenmusiker)

1933 - 2005

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2982 PHYSICIST

Andreas Otto (Physiker)

1936 - 2018

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2998 MOTO

Joachim Leitert

1931 - 2004

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3003 BERGSTEIGER

Karlheinz Gonda

1930 - 1953

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3035 SCULPTOR

Karl-Günter Möpert

1933 - 2014

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3038 POLITICIAN

Hansjoachim Hahn

Born 1934

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3050 SCULPTOR

Eberhard Wolf (Bildhauer, 1938)

Born 1938

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3110 SPORT

Helmut Hempel

1934 - 2008

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3121 ENGINEER

Dieter Hendel

Born 1934

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3123 MINISTERIUM

Manfred Sommer (MfS)

Born 1932

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3124 SCULPTOR

Jürgen Raue

1939 - 2004

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3131 PAINTER

Bodo Schramm

1932 - 2006

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3132 POLITICIAN

Klaus Burda

1935 - 2007

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3168 POLITICIAN

Annelies Kubicek

Born 1935

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3175 POLITICIAN

Heinz-Rudolf Hoffmann

1931 - 1978

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3211 CONDUCTOR

Gunter Kahlert

Born 1938

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3212 PHYSICIST

Jörg Fleischhauer

Born 1939

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3221 PAINTER

Werner Koal

1939 - 1990

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3223 COSTUME DESIGNER

Dieter Lange (Maler)

1938 - 2010

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3227 DIPLOMAT

Lothar Zöllner

Born 1931

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3248 POLITICIAN

Helga Mack (Politikerin)

1938 - 1995

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3250 POLITICIAN

Bernd Voigtländer

Born 1939

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3265 DIPLOMAT

Günter Horn (Diplomat)

Born 1930

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3272 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Olef

Born 1939

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3281 POLITICIAN

Winfried Baum

Born 1936

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3291 JUDGE

Gerbert Hübsch

Born 1939

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3292 CLERIC

Joseph Reindl (Theologe, 1931)

1931 - 1986

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3297 HISTORIAN

Reinhard Kluge

Born 1933

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3315 POLITICIAN

Dieter Mehnert

Born 1932

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3344 POLITICIAN

Eberhard Lippmann (Politiker)

Born 1939

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