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DUSSELDORF

Most Famous People Born in Dusseldorf, Germany

Notable people
2,294
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1936
Most distinctive
Painter 3.9×

A Rhenish art academy city whose bench is thick with painters — more than ten per cent of all notables, a share matched by very few cities in the dataset. Düsseldorf's distinctive shelves beyond that are authors, academics, sculptors, economists, and historians, and its most famous son is Heinrich Heine. The Kunstakademie is the engine that produced Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter (who taught there), and a generation of photographers; Jürgen Habermas and Wim Wenders grew up here too.

Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Dusseldorf Is Known For

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Painter is Dusseldorf's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (234).

Dusseldorf over-indexes on painter3.9× the global rate.

Dusseldorf under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Painter234
  2. Actor189
  3. Politician176
  4. Football110
  5. Writer98
  6. Academic81
  7. Author74
  8. Lawyer51
  1. Painter2343.9×
  2. Author743.7×
  3. Academic813.5×
  4. Sculptor453.0×
  5. Economist242.5×
  6. Historian502.1×
  7. Architect402.0×
  8. Artist431.8×
  1. Football1100.4×
  2. Singer290.6×
  3. Politician1760.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 176 of 2,294 notable people

0010 SINGER

Heino

Born 1938

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0046 MATHEMATICIAN

Volker Strassen

Born 1936

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0047 SCULPTOR

Ulrich Rückriem

Born 1938

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0049 COMPOSER

Conrad Schnitzler

1937 - 2011

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0082 MUSICOLOGIST

Simha Arom

Born 1930

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0086 SECRETARY

Jürgen Trumpf

Born 1931

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0088 PAINTER

Konrad Klapheck

Born 1935

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0092 PROSTITUTE

Rosemarie Nitribitt

1933 - 1957

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0127 POLITICIAN

Carl-Ludwig Wagner

1930 - 2012

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0130 POET

Adolf Endler

1930 - 2009

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0134 PHILOSOPHER

Jürgen Mittelstraß

Born 1936

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0207 FILM

Hugo Niebeling

1931 - 2016

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0256 PHILOSOPHER

Klaus Held

Born 1936

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0287 ACTOR

Sonny Grosso

1933 - 2020

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0323 ACTOR

Eva Kotthaus

1932 - 2020

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0326 POLITICIAN

Vera Katz

1933 - 2017

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0329 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Lukas Hottinger

1933 - 2011

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0341 ROWER

Horst Effertz

Born 1938

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0355 FOOTBALL

Fritz Ewert

1937 - 1990

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0366 JUDGE

Carl-August Fleischhauer

1930 - 2005

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0371 ROWER

Gerd Cintl

1938 - 2017

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0372 WRITER

Dieter Forte

1935 - 2019

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0381 BOXER

Manfred Homberg

1933 - 2010

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0403 KAYAK

Fritz Briel

1934 - 2017

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0404 COMPOSER

Bernd Wiesemann

1938 - 2015

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0406 LIEDERMACHER

Dieter Süverkrüp

Born 1934

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0432 ARTIST

Dieter Kalenbach

Born 1937

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0446 PHILOLOGIST

Heinz Rölleke

Born 1936

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0449 PAINTER

Jürgen Waller

Born 1939

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0456 FOOTBALL

Hans Neuschäfer

1931 - 2020

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0482 DRIVER

Peter Lindner

1930 - 1964

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0487 PAINTER

Konrad Fischer (Maler)

1939 - 1996

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0499 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Schulhoff

1939 - 2014

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0506 AUTHOR

Theodor Weißenborn

Born 1933

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0508 WRITER

Rolf Haufs

1935 - 2013

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0540 SCULPTOR

Bert Gerresheim

Born 1935

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0541 LAWYER

Jürgen Meyer (Politiker)

Born 1936

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0543 HISTORIAN

Hans Kloft

Born 1939

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0552 TELEVISION

Jean-Pierre Spiero

1937 - 2012

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0553 ARTIST

Gabriele Henkel

1932 - 2017

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0570 ECONOMIST

Adolf G. Coenenberg

Born 1938

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0597 ROWER

Claus Heß

1933 - 2018

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0621 HISTORIAN

Ambrosius Eßer

1933 - 2010

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0624 MATHEMATICIAN

Horst F. Niemeyer

1931 - 2007

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0628 ECONOMIST

Malte Michael Faber

Born 1938

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0632 HISTORIAN

Norbert Trippen

1936 - 2017

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0635 VICAR

Norbert Feldhoff

Born 1939

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0642 BALLET

Rosemarie Lindt

Born 1939

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0649 ACTOR

Stephan Orlac

Born 1931

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0651 LAWYER

Horst Waffenschmidt

1933 - 2002

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0658 ACTOR

Bruno Dietrich

Born 1939

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0663 SOCIOLOGIST

Manfred Hermanns

Born 1936

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0677 POLITICIAN

Hans Daniels

Born 1934

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0699 ECONOMIST

Walther Müller-Jentsch

Born 1935

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0712 ACTOR

Gustl Halenke

Born 1930

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0745 LINGUIST

Heinz Jürgen Wolf

1936 - 2016

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0747 WRITER

Dirk Alvermann (Fotograf)

1937 - 2013

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0748 POLITICIAN

Achim Rohde

Born 1936

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0758 ACADEMIC

Helmut Kirchmeyer

Born 1930

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0770 ACTOR

Jean Thomé

1933 - 1980

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0774 THEOLOGIAN

Yorick Spiegel

1935 - 2010

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0782 ACTOR

Hannelore Cremer

Born 1936

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0791 ACTOR

Karl-Friedrich Gerster

1932 - 2013

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0797 POLITICIAN

Klaus Peter Rauen

1935 - 2018

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0813 SCENOGRAPHER

Pit Fischer

1937 - 2010

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0814 ACTOR

Marianne Lutz

1939 - 2018

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0816 AUTHOR

Michael Jungblut

1937 - 2020

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0841 HISTORIAN

Kurt Düwell

Born 1937

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0867 PHILOLOGIST

Horst Dieter Schlosser

Born 1937

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0868 JOURNALIST

Klaus-Henning Rosen

Born 1938

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0875 SCHOLAR

Klaus Otto Nass

1931 - 2017

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0882 PHOTOGRAPHER

Walter Vogel (Fotograf)

Born 1932

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0921 EDUCATION

Meinulf Barbers

Born 1937

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0933 COLLECTOR

Karl-Heinrich Müller

1936 - 2007

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0941 SCREENWRITER

Karlhans Frank

1937 - 2007

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0945 FOOTBALL

Albert Görtz

Born 1933

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0969 ACTOR

Tebbe Harms Kleen

1932 - 2016

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0981 AUTHOR

Bernd Wunder

Born 1938

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0985 LAWYER

Gottfried Arnold (Politiker)

1933 - 2015

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1024 ACADEMIC

Dieter Henrich (Jurist)

Born 1930

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1039 HISTORIAN

Dietrich Claude

1933 - 1999

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1046 JOURNALIST

Dieter Balkhausen

1937 - 2018

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1048 ACTOR

Manfred Spies (Schauspieler)

Born 1938

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1050 JUDGE

Friedrich Voss

1931 - 2012

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1054 FOOTBALL

Karl Hoffmann (footballer)

1935 - 2020

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1057 PAINTER

Jochem Poensgen

Born 1931

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1060 ECONOMIST

Ulrich Briefs

1939 - 2005

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1061 PRESENTER

Wolfram Esser

1934 - 1993

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1069 PHILOLOGIST

Klaus Strunk

1930 - 2018

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1071 THEATER

Heiner Bruns

1935 - 2019

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1072 PHARMACOLOGIST

Harald Reuter

Born 1934

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1083 HOCKEY

Sepp Reif

Born 1937

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1084 ROMANIST

Jürgen Grimm

1934 - 2009

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1097 SCULPTOR

Paul Brandenburg

Born 1930

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1104 HISTORIAN

Elisabeth Fehrenbach

Born 1937

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1111 JOURNALIST

Klaus C. Engelen

Born 1936

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1116 ILLUSTRATOR

Winfried Opgenoorth

Born 1939

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1125 FENCER

Fritz Zimmermann

Born 1931

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1144 THEOLOGIAN

Werner Licharz

1938 - 2015

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1156 SOCIOLOGIST

Theodor Hanf

Born 1936

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1208 WRITER

Harald K. Hülsmann

1934 - 2015

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1221 HISTORIAN

Dieter Wunder

Born 1936

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1224 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Karthaus

Born 1935

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1246 POLITICIAN

Marie-Luise Smeets

Born 1936

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1274 PAINTER

Waltraud Markmann Kawinski

1931 - 2012

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1276 PHYSICIST

Michael Drieschner

Born 1939

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1286 LITHOGRAPHER

Paul Effert

Born 1931

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1288 EDUCATION

Max Liedtke (Pädagoge)

Born 1931

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1299 SCULPTOR

Helmut Sundhaußen

1935 - 2018

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1300 PROFESSOR

Franz Tinnefeld

Born 1937

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1340 ACTOR

Margret Neuhaus

Born 1930

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1345 JUDGE

Wolfgang Römer

Born 1936

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1346 ARTIST

Karl Krüll

Born 1936

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1352 ACADEMIC

Renate Böschenstein-Schäfer

1933 - 2003

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1370 HISTORIAN

Rolf Winau

1937 - 2006

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1373 PROFESSOR

Walter Gerhardt

Born 1934

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1374 FILM

Gert Koshofer

Born 1936

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1392 LAWYER

Hans Lisken

1931 - 2004

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1412 ACADEMIC

Kurt Leschonski

1930 - 2002

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1435 PAINTER

Gunther Keusen

Born 1939

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1441 THEOLOGIAN

Franz-Josef Hungs

1932 - 2007

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1474 LITERARY

Klaus L. Berghahn

1937 - 2019

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1496 ACADEMIC

Udo Schagen

Born 1939

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1506 NEPHROLOGIST

Bernd Grabensee

1939 - 2017

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1509 PRELATE

Herbert Michel

1934 - 2002

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1526 ECONOMIST

Horst Seelbach

Born 1938

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1536 ENTREPRENEUR

Klaus Brankamp

1939 - 2007

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1543 CHEMIST

Karl Cammann

Born 1939

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1544 JOURNALIST

Werner Butter

1932 - 2009

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1545 FOOTBALL

Manfred Krafft (Fußballtrainer)

Born 1937

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1557 ACTOR

Renate Zillessen

1931 - 1992

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1566 TEACHER

Gisela Thome

Born 1938

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1579 JOURNALIST

Franz Everschor

Born 1934

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1587 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Werner Hilgers

Born 1939

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1619 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Meyer (Kardiologe)

Born 1939

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1643 FLAUTIST

Karl-Bernhard Sebon

1935 - 1994

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1649 PAINTER

Friedhelm Riegel

Born 1935

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1664 WRITER

Günter Lanser

Born 1932

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1678 JUDGE

Karl-Bernhard Schmitz

Born 1936

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1693 MANAGER

Dietrich Meyer (Manager)

Born 1939

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1714 ECONOMIST

Eckart Zwicker

Born 1939

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1737 POLITICIAN

Rose Pauly (politician)

Born 1938

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1759 LUTENIST

Maritta Kersting

1935 - 2009

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1791 LAWYER

Jochen Thiel

Born 1938

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1793 POLITICIAN

Heinz Hardt

Born 1936

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1806 PLAYER

Hans Wilhelm Gäb

Born 1936

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1827 JUDGE

Rüdiger Rogge

Born 1936

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1837 ARCHITECT

Robert Ingenhoven

1934 - 2005

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1846 ART HISTORIAN

Hildegard Reitz

1930 - 2019

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1859 ACADEMIC

Dieter Lenoir

Born 1935

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1862 POLITICIAN

Günter Langen

Born 1935

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1863 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Schult (Fußballspieler)

Born 1939

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1887 WRITER

Winfried Hönes

1934 - 1996

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1888 ACTOR

Carola von Kayser

Born 1939

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1892 POLITICIAN

Heide Degen

Born 1937

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1912 LAWYER

Albrecht Menke

1934 - 2017

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1931 POLITICIAN

Klaus Weinmann

Born 1931

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1938 WRITER

Herbert Asbeck

1936 - 2019

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1955 BUSINESS

Albrecht Woeste

Born 1935

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1965 AUTHOR

Horst Landau

Born 1937

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1970 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Roß

1935 - 1994

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1971 ACADEMIC

Dietmar Hennecke

Born 1939

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1996 ROWER

Manfred Kluth

Born 1936

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2016 PRESENTER

Oskar Wark

1934 - 2009

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2052 POLITICIAN

Peter Ihle

Born 1937

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2059 LAWYER

Klaus Leckebusch

1930 - 2013

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2080 ART HISTORIAN

Hanno-Walter Kruft

1938 - 1993

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2094 ROWER

Helmut Sauermilch

Born 1933

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2102 POLITICIAN

Hans Schwenke (Politiker)

Born 1934

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2172 ATHLETIC

Karl-Ernst Schottes

Born 1935

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2222 HOCKEY

Hans Werner Münstermann

Born 1931

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2231 POLITICIAN

Walter Rempe

1934 - 1993

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2266 JOURNALIST

Werner Hamerski

1933 - 2006

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2268 POLITICIAN

Hans Dieter Morgenstern

1935 - 2001

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2271 GEODESIST

Johannes Uthoff

1930 - 2018

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2290 LITERARY

Gerhard Höhn

Born 1939

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