51.2310° N, 6.7725° E

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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2,294 notable people

0301 PAINTER

Olof Jernberg

1855 - 1935

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0302 HISTORIAN

Wilhelm Baum

Born 1948

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0303 POLITICIAN

Thomas Jarzombek

Born 1973

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0304 ACTOR

Inge Langen

1924 - 2007

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0305 PAINTER

Heinrich Hermanns

1862 - 1942

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0306 PAINTER

Max Volkhart

1848 - 1924

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0307 AUTHOR

Jana Frey

Born 1969

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0308 ACTOR

Mr. Lee Grant

Born 1945

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0309 ATHLETIC

Anna Battke

Born 1985

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0310 RUNNER

Christa Vahlensieck

Born 1949

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0311 LAWYER

Gunnar Beck

Born 1966

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0312 AUTHOR

Martin Baltscheit

Born 1965

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0313 HISTORIAN

Annette Leo

Born 1948

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0314 ACTOR

Marianne Wischmann

1921 - 2009

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0315 AUTHOR

Sabine Klewe

Born 1966

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0316 HISTORIAN

Leni Yahil

1912 - 2007

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0317 ACTOR

Elena Uhlig

Born 1975

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0318 WRITER

Viola Herms Drath

1920 - 2011

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0319 HOCKEY

Mathias Niederberger

Born 1992

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0320 FILM

Jan Bonny

Born 1979

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0321 PAINTER

Nils Gude

1859 - 1908

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0322 ARTIST

Ferdinand Kriwet

1942 - 2018

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0323 ACTOR

Eva Kotthaus

1932 - 2020

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0324 ÉDITEUR

Hans Wehberg

1885 - 1962

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0325 PHYSICIAN

Norbert Vollertsen

Born 1958

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0326 POLITICIAN

Vera Katz

1933 - 2017

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0327 FOOTBALL

Güven Yalçın

Born 1999

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0328 POLITICIAN

Dirk Elbers

Born 1959

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0329 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Lukas Hottinger

1933 - 2011

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0330 MUSIC

Tommi Stumpff

Born 1958

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0331 HOCKEY

Günther Sabetzki

1915 - 2000

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0332 WRITER

Norbert Mappes-Niediek

Born 1953

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0333 MATHEMATICIAN

Friedrich Karl Schmidt

1901 - 1977

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0334 LITHOGRAPHER

Willy Spatz

1861 - 1931

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0335 FOOTBALL

Heribert Bruchhagen

Born 1948

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0336 POLITICIAN

Eduard von Schenk

1788 - 1841

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0337 ARCHITECT

Manuel Herz

Born 1969

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0338 ACTOR

Mirco Reseg

Born 1972

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0339 FOOTBALL

Michael Blum (footballer)

Born 1988

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0340 MANAGER

René Obermann

Born 1963

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0341 ROWER

Horst Effertz

Born 1938

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0342 PAINTER

Eduard Wilhelm Pose

1812 - 1878

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0343 ACTOR

Mirjam Wiesemann

Born 1964

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0344 POLITICIAN

Josef Angenfort

1924 - 2010

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0345 FOOTBALL

Josef Rasselnberg

1912 - 2005

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0346 ACTOR

Olga Limburg

1881 - 1970

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0347 FOOTBALL

Karl-Heinz Heddergott

Born 1926

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0348 POLITICIAN

Daniel Zimmermann

Born 1982

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0349 PAINTER

Marta Hegemann

1894 - 1970

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0350 ARCHITECT

Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer

1839 - 1922

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0351 FOOTBALL

Jakob Bender

1910 - 1981

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0352 AUTHOR

Kai Ivo Baulitz

Born 1971

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0353 WRITER

Michael Kühntopf

Born 1957

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0354 ACTOR

Patrik Fichte

Born 1965

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0355 FOOTBALL

Fritz Ewert

1937 - 1990

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0356 BUSINESS

Helene Bechstein

1876 - 1951

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0357 PHYSICIAN

Kurt Lingens

1912 - 1966

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0358 PAINTER

Carl Strathmann

1866 - 1939

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0359 FOOTBALL

Dennis Dowidat

Born 1990

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0360 WRITER

Alexander Spoerl

1917 - 1978

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0361 OFFICER

Ludwig Gehre

1895 - 1945

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0362 ACTOR

Emily Wood

Born 1978

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0363 PAINTER

Wilhelm Hambüchen

1869 - 1939

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0364 PAINTER

Otto von Wätjen

1881 - 1942

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0365 PAINTER

Alfred Sohn-Rethel (peintre)

1875 - 1958

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0366 JUDGE

Carl-August Fleischhauer

1930 - 2005

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0367 ROWER

Colin von Ettingshausen

Born 1971

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0368 NOBLE

Alexandra Zhukovskaya

1842 - 1912

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0369 SWIMMER

Gudrun Beckmann

Born 1955

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0370 BUSINESS

Simone Bagel-Trah

Born 1969

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0371 ROWER

Gerd Cintl

1938 - 2017

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0372 WRITER

Dieter Forte

1935 - 2019

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0373 AUTHOR

Max Bewer

1861 - 1921

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0374 LITHOGRAPHER

Karl Hess (painter)

1801 - 1874

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0375 FOOTBALL

Christian Knappmann

Born 1981

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0376 FOOTBALL

Sören Seidel

Born 1972

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0377 ACTOR

Suzy Falk

1922 - 2015

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0378 HOCKEY

Christopher Rühr

Born 1993

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0379 WRITER

Herbert Wendt

1914 - 1979

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0380 MEDIEVALIST

Karl Leyser

1920 - 1992

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0381 BOXER

Manfred Homberg

1933 - 2010

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0382 GERMANIST

Guido Rings

Born 1964

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0383 HISTORIAN

Walter H. Pehle

Born 1941

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0384 ARTIST

Reinhard Mucha

Born 1950

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0385 PAINTER

Johannes Spilberg

1619 - 1690

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0386 FOOTBALL

Alon Abelski

Born 1989

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0387 ACTOR

Hilarius Gilges

1909 - 1933

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0388 ANNOUNCER

Kyoko Uchida (announcer)

Born 1976

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0389 POET

Hans Müller-Schlösser

1884 - 1956

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0390 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Daniel Karrenberg

Born 1959

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0391 TEACHER

Ludwig Schopen

1799 - 1867

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0392 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ulrich Hensel

Born 1946

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0393 ATHLETIC

Wolf-Hendrik Beyer

Born 1972

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0394 HOCKEY

Christina Schütze

Born 1983

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0395 PIANIST

Eugenie Schumann

1851 - 1938

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0396 DEVELOPER

Werner Koch

Born 1961

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0397 MUSIC

Bettina Hoffmann (Musikerin)

Born 1959

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0398 ACTOR

Marcel Saibert

Born 1977

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0399 ACTOR

Claudelle Deckert

Born 1974

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0400 PAINTER

Johann Gerhard Huck

1759 - 1811

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0401 ATHLETIC

Bo Kanda Lita Baehre

Born 1999

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0402 PAINTER

Albert Arnz

1832 - 1914

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0403 KAYAK

Fritz Briel

1934 - 2017

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0404 COMPOSER

Bernd Wiesemann

1938 - 2015

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0405 PROFESSOR

Jakob Erbar

1878 - 1935

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0406 LIEDERMACHER

Dieter Süverkrüp

Born 1934

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0407 PHILOSOPHER

Annemarie Pieper

Born 1941

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0408 FOOTBALL

Hans-Joachim Abel

Born 1952

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0409 FOOTBALL

Walter Risse

1893 - 1969

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0410 PHYSICIAN

Hans Müller (physician)

1915 - 1994

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0411 PLAYER

Anna Földényi

Born 1974

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0412 ECONOMIST

Joachim Weimann

Born 1956

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0413 PRIEST

Anton Joseph Binterim

1779 - 1855

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0414 FOOTBALL

Kai Schwertfeger

Born 1988

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0415 FOOTBALL

Mohammed Lartey

Born 1986

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0416 SCULPTOR

Jacques Tilly

Born 1963

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0417 WRITER

Eberhard Horst

1924 - 2012

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0418 PLAYER

Tom Johnson (rugby union)

Born 1982

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0419 ART HISTORIAN

Sebastian Schütze

Born 1961

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0420 LITHOGRAPHER

Fritz Reiss

1857 - 1915

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0421 ENGINEER

Willy Rampf

Born 1953

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0422 SCULPTOR

Adolf Bierbrauer

1915 - 2012

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0423 PAINTER

Ketty Gilsoul-Hoppe

1868 - 1939

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0424 HISTORIAN

Karina Urbach

Born 1968

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0425 MUSIC

Lutz Templin

1901 - 1973

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0426 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Pisano

Born 1988

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0427 ILLUSTRATOR

Godefroy Durand

1832 - 1896

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0428 SCREENWRITER

Stefanie Kremser

Born 1967

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0429 WORLD WAR

Wilhelm Reinhard (pilot)

1891 - 1918

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0430 GOLF

Maximilian Kieffer

Born 1990

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0431 WRITER

Karl Wesseler

1929 - 2010

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0432 ARTIST

Dieter Kalenbach

Born 1937

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0433 AUTHOR

Steffen Jacobs

Born 1968

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0434 PAINTER

Max Hünten

1869 - 1936

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0435 POLITICIAN

Barbara Weiler

Born 1946

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0436 MILITANT

Johann Burianek

1913 - 1952

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0437 ACADEMIC

Lorenz Engell

Born 1959

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0438 PAINTER

Andrea Lehmann

Born 1975

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0439 HISTORIAN

Marietta Horster

Born 1961

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0440 PAINTER

Michael Jäger (artist)

Born 1956

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0441 PAINTER

Arnold Forstmann

1842 - 1914

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0442 HOCKEY

Lisa Schütze

Born 1996

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0443 MUSIC

Ralf Dörper

Born 1960

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0444 FOOTBALL

Yannic Thiel

Born 1989

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0445 FOOTBALL

Kurt Borkenhagen

1919 - 2012

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0446 PHILOLOGIST

Heinz Rölleke

Born 1936

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0447 PAINTER

Ulrich Leman

1885 - 1988

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0448 PAINTER

Carl Adloff

1819 - 1863

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0449 PAINTER

Jürgen Waller

Born 1939

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0450 HISTORIAN

Gregor Schöllgen

Born 1952

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0451 HISTORIAN

Hans Jürgen Teuteberg

1929 - 2015

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0452 DRIVER

Toni Ulmen

1906 - 1976

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0453 PAINTER

Robert von Langer

1783 - 1846

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0454 MUSIC

Thomas Beckmann

Born 1957

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0455 POLITICIAN

Gustav Koenigs

1882 - 1945

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0456 FOOTBALL

Hans Neuschäfer

1931 - 2020

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0457 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Höfken

Born 1955

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0458 WEIGHTLIFTER

Heinrich Rondi

1877 - 1948

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0459 FOOTBALL

Jeron Al-Hazaimeh

Born 1992

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0460 HOCKEY

George Kink

Born 1982

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0461 ACTOR

Andreas Thiel (Filmschaffender)

1957 - 2006

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0462 PAINTER

Franz Müller (peintre)

1843 - 1929

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0463 SCHOLAR

Franz Philip Kaulen

1827 - 1907

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0464 PHOTOGRAPHER

Robert Visser

1860 - 1937

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0465 WRITER

Alexander Gorkow

Born 1966

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0466 FILM

Andreas Coerper

Born 1955

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0467 ACADEMIC

Hilde Léon

Born 1953

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0468 PAINTER

Karl Mücke

1847 - 1923

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0469 THEOLOGIAN

Hans Barion

1899 - 1973

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0470 BASKET

Jason Detrick

Born 1980

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0471 PIANIST

Florian Uhlig

Born 1974

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0472 ATHLETE

Janine Kohlmann

Born 1990

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0473 POLITICIAN

Birgitt Bender

Born 1956

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0474 OPERA

Markus Marquardt

Born 1970

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0475 FOOTBALL

Marcel Hofrath

Born 1993

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0476 FOOTBALL

Theo Breuer (footballer)

1909 - 1980

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0477 HOCKEY

Nikolaus Mondt

Born 1978

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0478 PAINTER

Curt Lahs

1893 - 1958

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0479 ACADEMIC

Adam Wrede

1875 - 1960

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0480 PROFESSOR

Alexander Raake

Born 1971

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0481 EDITOR

Jean-Pierre Wilhelm

1912 - 1968

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0482 DRIVER

Peter Lindner

1930 - 1964

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0483 SCULPTOR

Conrad Kiesel

1846 - 1921

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0484 SCULPTOR

Peter Schwickerath

Born 1942

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0485 SCULPTOR

Axel Lieber

Born 1960

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0486 ARCHITECT

Aloys Odenthal

1912 - 2003

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0487 PAINTER

Konrad Fischer (Maler)

1939 - 1996

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0488 PAINTER

Eduard Euler

1867 - 1931

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0489 ACADEMIC

Dittmar Dahlmann

Born 1949

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0490 FOOTBALL

Roger Prinzen

Born 1969

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0491 THEOLOGIAN

Hermann von der Goltz

1835 - 1906

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0492 PAINTER

Ludwig Egidius Ronig

1885 - 1959

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0493 ACTOR

Karl Heiland

1876 - 1932

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0494 ATHLETIC

Peter Bouschen

Born 1960

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0495 DRIVER

Josef Peters (racing driver)

1914 - 2001

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0496 PLAYER

Julia Babilon

Born 1984

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0497 SCULPTOR

Ernst Gottschalk (Bildhauer)

1877 - 1942

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0498 CRIMINAL

Thomas Wolf (criminal)

Born 1953

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0499 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Schulhoff

1939 - 2014

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0500 POLITICIAN

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

Born 1958

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0501 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Doris Fuchs (scientist)

Born 1966

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0502 ATHLETIC

Ralf Jaros

Born 1965

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0503 POLITICIAN

Pit Clausen

Born 1962

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0504 ENGINEER

Karl Gehlen

1883 - 1933

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0505 WRITER

Peter Philipp

1971 - 2014

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0506 AUTHOR

Theodor Weißenborn

Born 1933

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0507 WRITER

Richard Oehring

1891 - 1940

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0508 WRITER

Rolf Haufs

1935 - 2013

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0509 PAINTER

Markus Vater

Born 1970

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0510 FOOTBALL

Sarah Abu-Sabbah

Born 1999

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0511 SCREENWRITER

Moshe Kahn

Born 1945

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0512 KÖNIGLICH

Benno von Achenbach

1861 - 1936

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0513 MUSIC

Adolf Lohmann

1907 - 1983

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0514 JOURNALIST

Wolfgang Langewiesche

1907 - 2002

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0515 ACTOR

Martin Armknecht

Born 1962

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0516 POLITICIAN

Torsten Lemmer

Born 1970

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0517 TRADE UNION

Hermann Knüfken

1893 - 1976

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0518 ENTREPRENEUR

Jost Stollmann

Born 1955

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0519 ARTIST

Jonny Star

Born 1964

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0520 ACTOR

Emil Rohde

1839 - 1913

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0521 FOOTBALL

Niklas Dams

Born 1990

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0522 JOURNALIST

Matthias Horx

Born 1955

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0523 FOOTBALL

Sven Kreyer

Born 1991

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0524 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Rainer Springhorn

Born 1948

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0525 ACTOR

Tanja Schmitz

Born 1973

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0526 RAPPER

NMZS

1984 - 2013

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0527 AUTHOR

Hendrik Jackson

Born 1971

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0528 FOOTBALL

Hans Heibach

1918 - 1970

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0529 OFFICER

Georg Albano von Jacobi

1805 - 1874

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0530 ACTOR

Corinna Kirchhoff

Born 1958

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0531 LAWYER

Theodor Kordt

1893 - 1962

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0532 PAINTER

Albert Herzfeld

1865 - 1943

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0533 ACTOR

Julia Beerhold

Born 1970

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0534 ACTOR

Kerstin Gähte

1958 - 2017

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0535 PAINTER

Wilhelm-Joseph Heine

1813 - 1839

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0536 ACTOR

Ulrike Bliefert

Born 1951

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0537 PAINTER

Winfred Gaul

1928 - 2003

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0538 FOOTBALL

Felix Zwolanowski

1912 - 1998

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0539 WRITER

Tim van Beveren

Born 1961

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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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0542 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ralf Brück

Born 1966

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0543 HISTORIAN

Hans Kloft

Born 1939

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0544 PRESENTER

Carmen Thomas

Born 1946

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0545 CANOE

Lutz Liwowski

Born 1967

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0546 WRITER

Gerhard August von Witzleben

1808 - 1880

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0547 ACTOR

Tina Bordihn

Born 1973

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0548 MATHEMATICIAN

Peter Rentrop

Born 1948

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0549 PAINTER

Willy Reetz

1892 - 1963

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0550 COMPOSER

Ulla van Daelen

Born 1962

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0551 ACTOR

Claire Oelkers

Born 1985

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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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0554 ACTOR

Dagi Bee

Born 1994

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0555 PHYSICIAN

Heike John

Born 1960

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0556 POLITICIAN

Sylvia Pantel

Born 1961

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0557 ATHLETIC

Marc Reuther

Born 1996

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0558 FOOTBALL

Christina Bellinghoven

Born 1988

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0559 ACTOR

Xenia Prinzessin von Sachsen

Born 1986

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0560 COMEDIAN

Hans Verner

Born 1924

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0561 FOOTBALL

Marinko Miletić

Born 1980

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0562 PAINTER

Jacobus Leisten

1844 - 1918

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0563 POLITICIAN

Maria Deku

1901 - 1983

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0564 ENTREPRENEUR

Christine Englerth

1767 - 1838

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0565 ACTOR

Nina Kristin

Born 1982

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0566 FOOTBALL

Willi Wigold

1909 - 1944

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0567 ACTOR

Dustin Semmelrogge

Born 1980

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0568 ACADEMIC

Mischa Kuball

Born 1959

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0569 STAGE

Kurt Horres

Born 1923

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0570 ECONOMIST

Adolf G. Coenenberg

Born 1938

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0571 ACTOR

Ilse Rodenberg

1906 - 2006

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0572 ATHLETIC

Helma Notte

1911 - 1997

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0573 PRIEST

Manfred Deselaers

Born 1955

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0574 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Plate

Born 1979

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0575 BADMINTON

Raphael Beck (badminton)

Born 1992

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0576 RUNNER

Stevie Kremer

Born 1982

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0577 PUBLICIST

Heinrich Mertens

1906 - 1968

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0578 RAPPER

Al-Gear

Born 1984

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0579 CHEMIST

Hans Hübner

1837 - 1884

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0580 WRITER

Daniela Thiele

Born 1959

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0581 SOCIOLOGIST

Jost Reinecke

Born 1957

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0582 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Hünnekens

Born 1958

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0583 ARTIST

Lilla von Puttkamer

Born 1973

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0584 PUBLISHER

Bernward Malaka

Born 1962

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0585 WRITER

Carmen Korn

Born 1952

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0586 HEIR

Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1886–1964)

1886 - 1964

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0587 WRITER

Hajo Düchting

1949 - 2017

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0588 ACTOR

Jupp Hussels

1901 - 1985

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0589 ETHNOLOGIST

Gottfried Korff

Born 1942

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0590 CERAMIST

Beate Kuhn

1927 - 2015

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0591 SCREENWRITER

Heide Keller

Born 1941

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0592 FOOTBALL

Cagatay Kader

Born 1997

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0593 SOCIOLOGIST

Wilhelm Emil Mühlmann

1904 - 1988

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0594 CURATOR

Martin Leyer-Pritzkow

Born 1957

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0595 ACADEMIC

Kaspar Maase

Born 1946

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0596 PAINTER

Bernhard Gobiet

1892 - 1945

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0597 ROWER

Claus Heß

1933 - 2018

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0598 PAINTER

Gerhard Morgenstjerne Munthe

1875 - 1927

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0599 ENTREPRENEUR

Ernst Poensgen

1871 - 1949

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0600 ARCHITECT

Christoph Ingenhoven

Born 1960

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