50.9794° N, 11.0275° E

ERFURT

Most Famous People Born in Erfurt, Germany

Notable people
835
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1925
Most distinctive
Skater 8.0×

Luther took his vows in the Augustinian monastery here, which helps explain a Theologian bench sitting next to a Composer line thick with Johann Gottfried Walther and a Bach or two. What nobody predicts is the Skater count — Thuringia's DDR-era speed and figure skating programs, still the town's loudest contemporary export alongside Clueso.

Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 73 notable births.

What Erfurt Is Known For

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Politician is Erfurt's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (85).

Erfurt over-indexes on skater8.0× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician85
  2. Actor47
  3. Writer33
  4. Painter31
  5. Author28
  6. Football26
  7. Sport26
  8. Composer25
  1. Skater168.0×
  2. Theologian124.0×
  3. Author283.9×
  4. Botanist123.6×
  5. Chemist93.1×
  6. Judge92.3×
  7. Composer252.3×
  8. Historian202.3×
  1. Football260.3×
  2. Singer110.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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835 notable people

0601 LAWYER

Rudolf von Kehler

1827 - 1919

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0602 PHARMACOLOGIST

Ute Quast

Born 1934

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0603 ENTREPRENEUR

Ferdinand Pleßner

1824 - 1895

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0604 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Christoph Pfeiffer

1705 - 1768

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0605 PRESENTER

Steffen Quasebarth

Born 1970

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0606 COMPOSER

Johann Philipp Eisel

1698 - 1763

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0607 MITARBEITER

Rudolf Ruscheweyh

1905 - 1954

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0608 MATHEMATICIAN

Nikolaus Neodomus

1535 - 1578

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0609 MUSIC

Andreas Gleich

1625 - 1693

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0610 MATHEMATICIAN

Torsten Fritzlar

Born 1973

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0611 ACTOR

Renate Serwotke

Born 1949

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0612 PRINTMAKER

Johanna Bartl

Born 1956

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0613 LAWYER

Christian Matthias Schlaga

Born 1953

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0614 REGISSEUR

Julia Walter

Born 1984

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0615 PLAYER

Katja Wühler

Born 1979

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0616 ACTOR

Pascal Kleßen

Born 1992

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0617 POLITICIAN

Peter Metz (Politiker)

Born 1984

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0618 MUSIC

Paul Hahnemann

1853 - 1933

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0619 JOURNALIST

Hermann Hofmann (Journalist)

1850 - 1915

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0620 ACTOR

Marie Dalldorf

1866 - 1938

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0621 ACADEMIC

Michèle Mattusch

Born 1958

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0622 ENGINEER

William Scholz

1884 - 1967

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0623 SCULPTOR

Karl Lüdecke

1896 - 1977

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0624 LEUTNANT

Oswald von Loebell

1823 - 1898

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0625 AUTHOR

Maternus Steyndorffer

1517 - 1547

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0626 POLITICIAN

Kurt Huhnholz

1906 - 1987

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0627 POLITICIAN

Clara Mende

1869 - 1947

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0628 ACADEMIC

Eberhard Kernchen

Born 1935

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0629 WRITER

Ulrich Walluhn

Born 1959

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0630 COACH

Tim Zühlke

Born 1979

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0631 THEATRE

Willy Becker (Intendant)

1881 - 1956

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0632 WRITER

Robert Linderer

1824 - 1886

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0633 SCENIC DESIGNER

Reinhart Zimmermann

1936 - 2011

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0634 PROFESSOR

Wilhelm Möller

1827 - 1902

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0635 SCULPTOR

Reinhard Buch

Born 1954

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0636 PHYSICIAN

Ernst Tiedemann

1919 - 2007

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0637 ARTIST

Wieland Payer

Born 1981

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0638 COMPOSER

Bruno Droste

1918 - 1969

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0639 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Weiss

1919 - 1986

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0640 LAWYER

Ernst Bail

1871 - 1951

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0641 ART HISTORIAN

Magdalene Rudolph

1901 - 1992

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0642 ADVOCATE

Louise Plessner Pollock

1833 - 1901

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0643 SPORT

Lisa Fischer (Radsportlerin)

Born 1993

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0644 GENERALMAJOR

Franz von Steinfeld

1828 - 1875

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0645 MISSING

Georg Silberschlag der Jüngere

1563 - 1635

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0646 POLITICIAN

Carl Wendemuth

1885 - 1964

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0647 SKATER

René Taubenrauch

Born 1974

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0648 SCHOLAR

Christian Samuel Schier

1791 - 1824

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0649 FOOTBALL

Fred Steinborn

Born 1962

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0650 CYCLIST

Richard Aßmus

Born 1994

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0651 PAINTER

Dieter Hennig (Künstler)

Born 1943

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0652 SINGER

Norman Keil

Born 1980

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0653 ARCHITECT

Adolf Schmitt (Landschaftsarchitekt)

1923 - 2014

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0654 OFFICER

Hermann Reinicke

1870 - 1945

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0655 ART HISTORIAN

Alfred Hagelstange

1874 - 1914

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0656 DESIGNER

Olaf Gropp

1943 - 2012

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0657 ORIENTALIST

Johann Christoph Adlung

1648 - 1681

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0658 ACADEMIC

Rainer Kind

Born 1943

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0659 PHYSICIAN

Johann Jakob Wittig

1634 - 1663

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0660 POLITICIAN

Artur Breitfeld

1899 - 1967

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0661 JOURNALIST

Waldemar Pose

1920 - 1994

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0662 POLITICIAN

Walter Nischwitz

1889 - 1969

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0663 ENGINEER

Horst Gundlach (Bauingenieur)

Born 1934

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0664 AUTHOR

Andreas In der Au

Born 1983

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0665 ARCHITECT

Godehard Schwethelm

1899 - 1992

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0666 MERCHANT

Hugo John

1858 - 1911

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0667 POLITICIAN

Johannes Jacobskötter

1839 - 1911

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0668 MUSIC

Jörg Hindemith

Born 1956

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0669 PLAYER

Paula Reinisch

Born 1998

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0670 POLITICIAN

Johannes Schröter (Politiker)

1896 - 1963

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0671 LAWYER

Dieter Eckert

1926 - 2013

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0672 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Knoblauch

1874 - 1939

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0673 COMPOSER

Gottfried Eusebius Nauert

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0674 PRESS

Henrik Curio

1630 - 1691

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0675 LAWYER

Herbord von der Marthen

1480 - 1529

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0676 PHILOLOGIST

Friedrich Geiger (Altphilologe)

1890 - 1914

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0677 WRITER

Franz Hillmann

1881 - 1954

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0678 WRITER

Jona Mondlicht

Born 1969

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0679 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Marcel Helbig

Born 1980

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0680 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Christoph Krampe

Born 1943

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0681 MERCHANT

Franz Anton Christoph van der Linden

1804 - 1877

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0682 POLITICIAN

Manfred Eckstein

Born 1936

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0683 JUDGE

August Zacke

1811 - 1883

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0684 ORGANIST

Johann Christoph Böttner

1731 - 1800

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0685 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Peter Murawski

Born 1950

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0686 JUDGE

Johannes Meinhardt

1922 - 2013

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0687 LAWYER

Adolph Hoffmann (Richter)

1835 - 1899

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0688 VORSITZENDER

Raphael Scharf-Katz

1917 - 1994

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0689 DRUMMER

Patrick W. Engel

Born 1974

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0690 JUDGE

Bernhard Schaffeld

1851 - 1924

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0691 POLITICIAN

Michael Panse

Born 1966

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0692 POLITICIAN

Otto Graf Beissel von Gymnich

1851 - 1931

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0693 POLITICIAN

Karin Schubert (Politikerin)

Born 1944

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0694 POLITICIAN

Max Lotz

1919 - 1992

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0695 POLITICIAN

Matthias Bärwolff

Born 1985

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0696 AUTHOR

Robert Schmidt (Autor)

Born 1964

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0697 JUDGE

Gustav Kaufmann (Jurist)

1842 - 1919

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0698 THEOLOGE

Georg Silberschlag der Ältere

1535 - 1572

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0699 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Stephan (Politiker, 1822)

1822 - 1904

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0700 SCULPTOR

Alfred Zschorsch

1887 - 1956

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0701 MISSING

Daniel Gärtner

Born 1975

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0702 FOOTBALL

Eduard Francke (Fußballspieler)

1918 - 2010

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0703 PUBLISHER

Christian Heise

Born 1936

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0704 WRITER

Sophie Jacot des Combes

1879 - 1941

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0705 INVENTOR

Heinz Ullrich

1908 - 1978

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0706 PLAYER

Werner Rautenberg

Born 1935

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0707 INQUISITOR

Walter Kerlinger

1345 - 1373

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0708 GEOLOGE

Albert Reichardt

1871 - 1932

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0709 POLICE

Hermann Lutz (Polizist)

Born 1938

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0710 ACTOR

Edzard Ehrle

Born 1995

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0711 PAINTER

Gero Künzel

Born 1962

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0712 BEAMTE

Ernst von Münchhausen

1847 - 1921

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0713 PHYSICIAN

Wilhelm Kries

1887 - 1953

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0714 OFFICER

Wilhelm von Beczwarzowski

1862 - 1932

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0715 GENERALMAJOR

Hieronymus von Brückner

1730 - 1806

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0716 JOCKEY

Louis Garcia

Born 1971

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0717 AUTHOR

Johann Michael Langguth

1682 - 1739

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0718 PLAYER

Hella Riede

Born 1938

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0719 DIPLOMAT

Paul Roh

1870 - 1958

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0720 SINGER

Kerstin Radtke Buchfelner

Born 1965

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0721 ARTIST

Marc Jung (Künstler)

Born 1985

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0722 POLITICIAN

Hermann Stölting

1837 - 1883

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0723 ENGINEER

Friedrich Standfuß

1935 - 2017

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0724 MILITANT

Hans Römer (Täufer)

Died 1535

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0725 MUSIC

Karl Henkel (Instrumentenbauer)

1883 - 1949

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0726 POLITICIAN

Richard Eyermann

1898 - 1971

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0727 CARTOGRAPHER

Johann Georg Schleenstein

1650 - 1732

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0728 AUTHOR

Heloise Margarete von Beaulieu

1870 - 1944

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0729 DIPLOMAT

Kurt Schneidewind

1912 - 1983

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0730 SPORT

Katja Klepp

Born 1967

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0731 POLITICIAN

Klaus Schmotz

Born 1952

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0732 DIPLOMAT

Manfred Schmidt (Diplomat)

Born 1930

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0733 SCHWIMMER

Jana Haas (Schwimmerin)

Born 1975

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0734 POLITICIAN

Karl Klein (Parteifunktionär)

1886 - 1960

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0735 ORGANBUILDER

Wolfgang Nußbücker

Born 1936

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0736 LAWYER

Marlis Grotheer-Hüneke

Born 1951

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0737 POLITICIAN

Ines Feierabend

Born 1965

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0738 GUNSMITH

Henry Deringer (Senior)

1756 - 1833

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0739 BANK

Max Stürcke

1876 - 1947

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0740 POLITICIAN

Harald Henning

Born 1957

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0741 PRELATE

Heinrich Hopfgarten

Died 1460

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0742 SWIMMER

Ingeborg Renner

Born 1946

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0743 KIRCHLICH

Aloys Nordmann

1921 - 1944

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0744 JOURNALIST

Klaus-Peter Kaschke

Born 1961

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0745 BASKET

Mischa Zlotowski

Born 1982

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0746 MERCHANT

Walter von Nathusius

1873 - 1943

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0747 POLITICIAN

Heinz-Jürgen Kronberg

Born 1959

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0748 BOBSLED

Wolfgang Kummer (bobsledder)

1914 - 1988

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0749 SINGER

Reiner Hartmut Luber

1949 - 2011

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0750 PLAYER

Karl Herzog (Volleyballspieler)

Born 1941

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0751 FOOTBALL

Karl Trautmann (Fußballspieler)

Born 1932

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0752 GENERALMAJOR

Julius Friedrich von Gilsa

1827 - 1902

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0753 TRADE UNION

Theodor Glocke

1859 - 1933

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0754 FOOTBALL

Walter Heintz

Born 1948

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0755 POLITICIAN

Daniel Tietze

Born 1974

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0756 LAWYER

Herbert Reischauer

1909 - 1945

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0757 ATHLETIC

Günter Schaumburg

Born 1943

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0758 KOCH

Johannes Wallner

Born 1988

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0759 OFFICER

Alfred Dahl

1916 - 2011

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0760 ENTREPRENEUR

Lothar Walther

1899 - 1983

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0761 ARBEITER

Margarete Junk

1898 - 1979

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0762 EISSCHNELLLAUF

Anke Blöchl

Born 1980

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0763 BREEDER

Fritz Schmidt (Zoologe)

1892 - 1986

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0764 SPORT

Petra Heiduk

Born 1943

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0765 ARCHITECT

Karl Meinhardt

1885 - 1951

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0766 POLITICIAN

Hermann Rudolf Marx

1924 - 2017

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0767 PHARMACIST

Ernst Schubert (Apotheker)

Born 1937

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0768 HORNIST

Johann Michael Friedrich Hirschfeld

1776 - 1841

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0769 SINGER

Bernd der Ritter

1943 - 2014

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0770 JOURNALIST

Torsten Creutzburg

Born 1979

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0771 LAWYER

Hermann Sitz

Born 1949

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0772 HANDBALL

Dirk Schnell

Born 1959

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0773 MISSING

Jacob Naffzer

1529 - 1586

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0774 COMPOSER

Hannelore Graubner

1924 - 1982

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0775 SCULPTOR

Georg Kugel

1848 - 1930

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0776 ACADEMIC

Johannes Rudloff

1848 - 1934

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0777 POLITICIAN

Dietmar Volk

Born 1962

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0778 LAWYER

Hartmut Krausser

Born 1950

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0779 FOOTBALL

Stefan Meixner (Fußballspieler)

Born 1962

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0780 POLITICIAN

Norbert Otto (Politiker)

Born 1943

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0781 POLITICIAN

Siegfried Trommsdorff

1902 - 1975

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0782 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Bühling

1926 - 2012

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0783 HOCKEY

Maximilian Dimitrovici

Born 1989

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0784 POLITICIAN

Heidi Kosche

Born 1949

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0785 LEUTNANT

Otto von Tettau

1868 - 1946

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0786 SOLDIER

Hans-Helmut Anschütz

Born 1923

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0787 PLAYER

Hans Cipowicz

Born 1989

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0788 POLITICIAN

Bruno Thalmann

1919 - 1975

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0789 POLITICIAN

Erich Honstein

1904 - 1934

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0790 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Kalmring

Born 1919

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0791 POLITICIAN

Petra Faderl

1952 - 2007

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0792 POLITICIAN

Gerda Wachowius

1908 - 1981

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0793 JUDGE

Hans Meyer (Richter)

1897 - 1963

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0794 HISTORIAN

Aymon de Crousaz

1835 - 1909

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0795 SECRETARY

Karl Bräuning

1886 - 1962

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0796 SCULPTOR

Rudolf Triebel

1910 - 1995

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0797 PRIEST

Francis Werner Hunold

1912 - 2004

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0798 ACADEMIC

Doris Kreiß

1945 - 2007

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0799 WIDERSTAND

Kurt Weiland

1910 - 1944

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0800 HOCKEY

Oliver Kämmerer

Born 1988

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0801 JUDGE

Erich Stier

1895 - 1968

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0802 SOLDIER

Wolfgang Breithaupt

1906 - 1942

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0803 SURGEON

Heinz-Jürgen Schröder

Born 1939

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0804 POLITICIAN

Christoph Koch (Politiker)

Born 1954

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0805 REGIERUNG

Christian August Geutebrück

1759 - 1817

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0806 ORCHESTER

Ernst Fink (Musiker)

1896 - 1945

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0807 BUSINESS

Max Windesheim

1868 - 1925

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0808 VERURTEILT

Richard Felix Kaszemeik

1914 - 1944

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0809 DIPLOMAT

Eberhard Schuppius

Born 1947

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0810 POLITICIAN

Antje Ehrlich-Strathausen

Born 1970

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0811 TRAINER

Horst Planert

1927 - 2012

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0812 POLITISCH

Adolf Mans

1901 - 1972

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0813 POLITICIAN

Käthe Knobloch

1904 - 2002

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0814 OBERST

Heinrich Siegmund von Vippach und Mark-Vippach –

1712 - 1755

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0815 GENERALMAJOR

Julius von Rekowski

1804 - 1869

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0816 MANAGER

Georg Blanchart

1874 - 1940

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0817 POLITICIAN

Hans Schmidt (Politiker, 1915)

1915 - 1995

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0818 POLITICIAN

Olaf Thees

Born 1958

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0819 REDAKTEUR

Rolf Schablinski

1932 - 2009

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0820 PALAEONTOLOGIST

August Possecker

1860 - 1936

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0821 SPORT

Andreas Behr (Eisschnellläufer)

Born 1975

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0822 SENATOR

Johann Ehrenfried Freund

1834 - 1903

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0823 OBERST

Heinrich Ludwig von Gotter

Died 1782

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0824 POLITICIAN

Reinhilde Schildhauer-Gaffrey

1947 - 2003

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0825 PHYSICIAN

Christopher Bautzmann

Born 1590

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0826 PHOTOGRAPHER

Eduard von Spoenla

1835 - 1882

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0827 SPORT

Heinz Rothmund

1928 - 2009

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0828 RINGER

Günter Krombholz

Born 1952

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0829 POLITICIAN

Gero Luckow

1928 - 2016

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0830 POLITICIAN

Paul Füllsack

1893 - 1957

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0831 POLITICIAN

Otto Stegmann

1878 - 1935

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0832 AUTHOR

Roger Nastoll

1944 - 1990

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0833 BUSINESS

Heinrich Schneider (Manager)

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0834 RICHTER

Dominicus Predari

1818 - 1880

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0835 BÜRGERMEISTER

Emil Schrecker

1823 - 1905

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