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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 214 of 3,353 notable people

0028 ACTOR

Jan Josef Liefers

Born 1964

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0051 ACTOR

Thomas Fritsch

Born 1944

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0062 ACTOR

Claudia Michelsen

Born 1969

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0078 ACTOR

Carina Wiese

Born 1970

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0103 ACTOR

Maria-Victoria Dragus

Born 1994

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0109 ACTOR

Kai Schumann

Born 1976

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0137 ACTOR

Stephan Grossmann

Born 1971

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0145 ACTOR

Gert Westphal

1920 - 2002

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0172 ACTOR

Horst Naumann

Born 1925

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0192 ACTOR

Manja Behrens

1914 - 2003

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Ulrike Mai

Born 1960

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0219 ACTOR

Hugo Thimig

1854 - 1944

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0228 ACTOR

Cornelia Gröschel

Born 1987

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0230 ACTOR

Marianne Kiefer

1928 - 2008

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0232 ACTOR

Stefan Behrens

Born 1942

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0239 ACTOR

Stephanie Stumph

Born 1984

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0240 ACTOR

Martin Brambach

Born 1967

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Joachim Lätsch

Born 1956

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Gertrude Welcker

1896 - 1988

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0297 ACTOR

Volkmar Kleinert

Born 1938

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Antje Westermann

Born 1971

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Fritz Schade

1880 - 1926

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0347 ACTOR

Edith Heerdegen

1913 - 1982

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0348 ACTOR

Marie-Ernestine Worch

Born 1984

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0349 ACTOR

Friederike Sophie Seyler

1737 - 1789

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0350 ACTOR

Hilmar Eichhorn

Born 1954

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Hans Helmut Dickow

1927 - 1989

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0356 ACTOR

Hans Zesch-Ballot

1896 - 1972

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0364 ACTOR

Marita Böhme

Born 1939

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0370 ACTOR

Sibyl Moholy-Nagy

1903 - 1971

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0389 ACTOR

Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann

1906 - 1988

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0397 ACTOR

Johanna König

1921 - 2009

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0424 ACTOR

Alexander Hegarth

1923 - 1984

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Christian Sengewald

Born 1977

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0475 ACTOR

Traute Carlsen

1887 - 1968

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0479 ACTOR

Bruno Decarli

1877 - 1950

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0487 ACTOR

Karl Heinz Oppel

1924 - 2016

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0506 ACTOR

Uwe Preuss

Born 1961

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Renée Stobrawa

1897 - 1971

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0524 ACTOR

Carl Walther Meyer

1898 - 1949

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0539 ACTOR

Uwe Steimle

Born 1963

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0547 ACTOR

Heinrich Greif

1907 - 1946

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0566 ACTOR

Axel Wandtke

Born 1959

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0572 ACTOR

Alma Leiberg

Born 1980

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0588 ACTOR

Friedrich Mitterwurzer

1844 - 1897

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0590 ACTOR

Hans Otto

1900 - 1933

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0603 ACTOR

Achim Petry (Schauspieler)

1927 - 2014

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0606 ACTOR

Lissy Lind

1892 - 1938

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0610 ACTOR

Heinz Eckner

1925 - 2012

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0624 ACTOR

Hans Teuscher

1937 - 2015

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0636 ACTOR

Harry Engel

1936 - 1989

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0637 ACTOR

Max Bing

1885 - 1945

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0642 ACTOR

Eric Stehfest

Born 1989

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0656 ACTOR

Holger Franke (Schauspieler, 1955)

Born 1955

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0663 ACTOR

Hansi Arnstaedt

1878 - 1945

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0688 ACTOR

Hansjürgen Hürrig

Born 1944

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0699 ACTOR

Helga Sommerfeld

1941 - 1991

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0713 ACTOR

Lina Lossen

1878 - 1959

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0716 ACTOR

Volker Michalowski

Born 1971

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0748 ACTOR

Stefan Kaminski

Born 1974

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0763 ACTOR

Werner Lieven

1909 - 1968

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0764 ACTOR

Hilde Gebühr

1910 - 1945

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0780 ACTOR

Stella Harf

1890 - 1979

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0813 ACTOR

Ruth Glöss

1928 - 2014

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0835 ACTOR

Ulrich Lenk

1966 - 2015

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0844 ACTOR

Claudia Schmutzler

Born 1966

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0864 ACTOR

Erich Schleyer

Born 1940

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Klara Manzel

Born 1983

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0899 ACTOR

Franz Hartwig

Born 1986

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0900 ACTOR

Nadja Klier

Born 1973

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0914 ACTOR

Maria Wimmer

1911 - 1996

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0924 ACTOR

Franz Pätzold

Born 1989

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0947 ACTOR

Caroline Korneli

Born 1982

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0949 ACTOR

Olaf Böhme

1953 - 2019

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0977 ACTOR

Helene Odilon

1863 - 1939

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0986 ACTOR

Annamateur

Born 1977

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0990 ACTOR

Arnim Mühlstädt

1929 - 2002

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0993 ACTOR

Gertrud Brendler

1898 - 1983

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0995 ACTOR

Helmut Ahner

1928 - 2014

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1011 ACTOR

Jürgen Degenhardt

1930 - 2014

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1023 ACTOR

Franziska Arnold

Born 1964

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1035 ACTOR

Astrid Jacob

Born 1945

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1037 ACTOR

Irene Korb

1923 - 1978

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1046 ACTOR

Günther Haenel

1898 - 1996

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1063 ACTOR

Hellena Büttner

Born 1951

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1066 ACTOR

Klaus Pönitz

1940 - 2005

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1075 ACTOR

Tom Quaas

Born 1965

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1076 ACTOR

Christine Hoppe

Born 1968

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1097 ACTOR

Sigrid von Richthofen

1898 - 1977

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1106 ACTOR

Hajo Müller

1931 - 2020

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1108 ACTOR

Falk-Willy Wild

Born 1967

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1110 ACTOR

Michael Lucke

1955 - 2017

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1114 ACTOR

Günter Wolf (Schauspieler)

1930 - 2014

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1129 ACTOR

Steffen Gräbner

Born 1957

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1136 ACTOR

Albert Zahn

1918 - 1975

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1138 ACTOR

Alexander Papendiek

1928 - 1974

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1150 ACTOR

Carl-Hermann Risse

Born 1942

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1155 ACTOR

Margrit Straßburger

Born 1958

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1168 ACTOR

Sonja Hörbing

1934 - 2010

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1169 ACTOR

Norbert Stöß

Born 1958

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1184 ACTOR

Sonja Reichelt

Born 1965

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1192 ACTOR

Hasko Weber

Born 1963

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1197 ACTOR

Georgia Kullmann

1924 - 2005

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1199 ACTOR

Harald Mannl

1904 - 1961

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1200 ACTOR

Liselott Baumgarten

1906 - 1981

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1202 ACTOR

Dominik Schiefner

Born 1979

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1218 ACTOR

Ingrid Capelle

Born 1940

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1229 ACTOR

Lothar Grützner

1926 - 2018

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1232 ACTOR

Otto Friebel

1920 - 1992

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1234 ACTOR

Hans-Jürgen Müller-Hohensee

Born 1950

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1248 ACTOR

Ursula Bode (Schauspielerin)

1928 - 2018

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1253 ACTOR

Dagmar Hessenland

Born 1941

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1273 ACTOR

Constanze Wächter

Born 1988

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1296 ACTOR

Maggy Domschke

1958 - 2014

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1305 ACTOR

Maria Hofen

1886 - 1970

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1318 ACTOR

Wolfgang Grossmann

Born 1963

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1325 ACTOR

Friedrich Hartau

1911 - 1981

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1339 ACTOR

Katka Kurze

Born 1974

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1365 ACTOR

Till Wonka

Born 1982

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1377 ACTOR

Dieter Jaßlauk

1934 - 2019

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1388 ACTOR

Anton Ascher (Schauspieler, 1820)

1820 - 1884

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1395 ACTOR

Cornelia Kaupert

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1421 ACTOR

Rainer König (Schauspieler)

Born 1953

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1422 ACTOR

Heinz Plate

1914 - 2005

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1439 ACTOR

Lars Jung

Born 1952

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1458 ACTOR

Anka Baier

Born 1966

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1467 ACTOR

Alfons Mühlhofer

1907 - 1952

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1478 ACTOR

Friedrich Devrient

1825 - 1871

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1480 ACTOR

Christian Meyer (Schauspieler)

Born 1982

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1488 ACTOR

Anna-Katharina Muck

Born 1969

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1506 ACTOR

Franziska Beyer

Born 1983

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1523 ACTOR

Wilhelm Schmidt (Schauspieler)

1891 - 1963

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1564 ACTOR

Erich-Alexander Winds

1900 - 1972

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1600 ACTOR

Peter Oehme (Schauspieler)

1920 - 2001

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1630 ACTOR

Heidi Leupolt

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1651 ACTOR

Emilie Neumeister

Born 1999

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1666 ACTOR

Gerhard Vogt (Schauspieler)

1927 - 2005

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1682 ACTOR

Joseph Seconda

1761 - 1820

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1716 ACTOR

Alexander Eisenfeld

Born 1981

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1739 ACTOR

Paula Hans

Born 1986

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1744 ACTOR

Claudia Vogt

Born 1969

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1747 ACTOR

Martin Walde (Schauspieler)

Born 1987

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1750 ACTOR

Klaus Ponto

1927 - 1985

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1758 ACTOR

Bojan Heyn

Born 1990

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1783 ACTOR

Therese Angeloff

1911 - 1985

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1795 ACTOR

Hannes Lambert

Born 1980

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1815 ACTOR

Charlotte Schellenberg

1910 - 1989

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1825 ACTOR

Henriette Heinze-Berg

1809 - 1892

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1826 ACTOR

Inge van der Straaten

1897 - 1950

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1846 ACTOR

Rudolf Fleck (Schauspieler)

1896 - 1970

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1880 ACTOR

Helga Werner

Born 1946

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1883 ACTOR

Holger Fuchs

Born 1957

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1884 ACTOR

André Beyer

Born 1957

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1907 ACTOR

Harry Hertzsch

1904 - 1968

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1944 ACTOR

Thea Thiele

Born 1906

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1955 ACTOR

Nele Jung

Born 1984

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1958 ACTOR

Hans Andresen (Schauspieler)

1863 - 1927

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1991 ACTOR

Hans Stock

1867 - 1947

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2004 ACTOR

Georgine Schubert

1840 - 1878

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2027 ACTOR

Herbert Sand

Born 1951

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2058 ACTOR

Arndt-Michael Schade

Born 1943

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2120 ACTOR

Franz Seconda

1755 - 1833

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2153 ACTOR

Heinz Isterheil

1914 - 1990

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2155 ACTOR

Ralf Novak

Born 1952

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2173 ACTOR

Claudius Körber

Born 1982

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2205 ACTOR

Max Wogritsch

1880 - 1951

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2225 ACTOR

Lore Rückert

1895 - 1918

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2322 ACTOR

Jörg Heinrich (Schauspieler)

Born 1965

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2337 ACTOR

Friedrich Ludwig Arnsburg

1820 - 1891

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2348 ACTOR

Sally Anne Golden

1910 - 1982

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2349 ACTOR

Caroline Schneider (Schauspielerin)

Born 1984

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2374 ACTOR

Sylvester Schmidt

1921 - 1989

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2383 ACTOR

Jürgen Polzin

Born 1949

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2397 ACTOR

Friedrich Wilhelm Haffner

1760 - 1828

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2445 ACTOR

Joachim Boldt (Schauspieler)

1914 - 1996

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2471 ACTOR

Élisabeth Ercy

Born 1944

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2477 ACTOR

Walther Falkenstein

1862 - 1940

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2488 ACTOR

Ilian Simeonow

Born 1980

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2493 ACTOR

Thomas Mehlhorn (Schauspieler)

Born 1969

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2509 ACTOR

Andreas Müller (Synchronsprecher)

Born 1952

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2516 ACTOR

Eduard Reimann

1833 - 1898

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2581 ACTOR

Julius E. Herrmann

1883 - 1944

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2609 ACTOR

Fritz Meister (Schauspieler)

1856 - 1927

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2658 ACTOR

Karl-Artur Petraschk

1901 - 1976

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2736 ACTOR

Hanns Fischer (Schauspieler)

1862 - 1952

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2740 ACTOR

Wolfram A. Guenther

1929 - 2020

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2750 ACTOR

Louis Dulondel

1728 - 1793

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2793 ACTOR

Renate Luderer

Born 1931

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2809 ACTOR

Julius Fritsche

1844 - 1907

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2818 ACTOR

Alfred Schreiber (Schauspieler, 1871)

1871 - 1927

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2825 ACTOR

Günter Schimann

1925 - 1975

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2834 ACTOR

Hermann Schöne (Schauspieler)

1836 - 1902

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2839 ACTOR

Karl Schill (Schauspieler)

1908 - 1973

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2845 ACTOR

Eduard Pochmann

1839 - 1903

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2853 ACTOR

Ferdinand Pochmann

1841 - 1905

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2860 ACTOR

Margarethe Flössel

1865 - 1888

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2893 ACTOR

Helena Trommsdorff

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2916 ACTOR

René Böttcher

Born 1979

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2935 ACTOR

Heiko Seidel

Born 1966

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2952 ACTOR

Leopold Saar

1875 - 1902

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2999 ACTOR

Karoline Krüger (Schauspielerin)

1753 - 1831

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3000 ACTOR

Ingeborg Grunewald

1919 - 2000

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3008 ACTOR

Marie Bergmann

1820 - 1878

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3015 ACTOR

Johannes Quester

Born 1981

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3021 ACTOR

Cilli Jürgensen

1866 - 1907

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3043 ACTOR

Katharina Heberlein

1868 - 1902

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3067 ACTOR

Sarah Bonitz

Born 1988

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3154 ACTOR

Ron Zimmering

Born 1984

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3182 ACTOR

Hans Pitra

1915 - 1977

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3260 ACTOR

Agnes Eppert

1819 - 1900

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3269 ACTOR

Marie Schmidt (Schauspielerin, 1853)

1853 - 1901

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3294 ACTOR

Toni Kaden

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3318 ACTOR

Bernhard Helbig

1854 - 1900

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3348 ACTOR

Heiko Schnurpel

Born 1967

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