54.7820° N, 9.4366° E

FLENSBURG

Most Famous People Born in Flensburg, Germany

Notable people
436
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1934
Most distinctive
Pastor 19.0×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Flensburg during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 56 notable births.

What Flensburg Is Known For

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Politician is Flensburg's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (49).

Flensburg over-indexes on pastor19.0× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician49
  2. Actor35
  3. Writer20
  4. Painter19
  5. Academic19
  6. Handball15
  7. Football14
  8. Author13
  1. Pastor519.0×
  2. Soldier911.6×
  3. Handball1511.0×
  4. Art Historian56.0×
  5. Theologian85.1×
  6. Academic194.3×
  7. Author133.5×
  8. Officer72.4×
  1. Football140.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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436 notable people

0001 KING

Christian V of Denmark

1646 - 1699

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0002 ENTREPRENEUR

Hugo Eckener

1868 - 1954

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0003 ARISTOCRAT

Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

1526 - 1586

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0004 STAGE

Elvira Madigan

1867 - 1889

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0005 POET

Emmy Hennings

1885 - 1948

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0006 SINGER

Dieter Thomas Heck

1937 - 2018

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0007 KING

Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark

1647 - 1717

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0008 SINGER

Dorothea Röschmann

Born 1967

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0009 FOOTBALL

Max Christiansen

Born 1996

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0010 MILITAR

Hans von Luck

1911 - 1997

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0011 PAINTER

Melchior Lorck

1527 - 1583

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0012 MATHEMATICIAN

Thomas Fincke

1561 - 1656

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0013 HISTORIAN

Georg Waitz

1813 - 1886

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0014 COMMANDER

Joachim Schepke

1912 - 1941

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0015 PAINTER

Carl Locher

1851 - 1915

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0016 THEOLOGIAN

Hans Lassen Martensen

1808 - 1884

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0017 ACTOR

Carl Lange (actor)

1909 - 1999

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0018 ACTOR

Aribert Wäscher

1895 - 1961

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0019 PAINTER

Hans Christiansen (artist)

1866 - 1945

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0020 POLITICIAN

Jörg Asmussen

Born 1966

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0021 ACTOR

Jutta Lampe

1937 - 2020

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0022 BOTANIST

Jakob Emanuel Lange

1864 - 1941

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0023 SCULPTOR

Caius Gabriel Cibber

1630 - 1700

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0024 THEOLOGIAN

Hans Asmussen

1898 - 1968

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0025 POLITICIAN

Bärbel Höhn

Born 1952

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0026 STATESMAN

Hans Nansen

1598 - 1667

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0027 RIDER

Peter Thomsen

Born 1961

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0028 CONDUCTOR

Andreas Delfs

Born 1959

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0029 OFFICER

Friedrich von Scholtz

1851 - 1927

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0030 MUSIC

DJ Koze

Born 1972

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0031 OFFICER

Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen

1867 - 1942

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0032 CARICATURIST

Hermann Vogel (French illustrator)

1856 - 1918

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0033 SURGEON

Niels Thorkild Rovsing

1862 - 1927

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0034 POLITICIAN

Magnus von Levetzow

1871 - 1939

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0035 PRINCESS

Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

1925 - 1980

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0036 ACTOR

Wilhelm von Brincken

1881 - 1946

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0037 ACTOR

Julian Paeth

Born 1987

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0038 ACTOR

Kim Frank

Born 1982

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0039 PAINTER

Hendrick Krock

1671 - 1738

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0040 AUTHOR

Cay Rademacher

Born 1965

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0041 FOOTBALL

Kolja Afriyie

Born 1982

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0042 WRITER

Johannes Moller

1661 - 1725

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0043 SINGER

Frank Dostal

1945 - 2017

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0044 RACING

Kristian Poulsen

Born 1975

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0045 ACTOR

Renate Delfs

1925 - 2018

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0046 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Börnsen

Born 1942

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0047 OPERA

Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Born 1950

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0048 POLITICIAN

Ingbert Liebing

Born 1963

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0049 SPORT

Charles Meyer (cyclist)

1868 - 1931

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0050 AUTHOR

Heinrich Harries

1762 - 1802

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0051 JUDGE

Kay Nehm

Born 1941

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0052 ACTOR

Hans Timmermann

1926 - 2005

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0053 THEATRE

Peter Lund

Born 1965

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0054 PAINTER

Käte Lassen

1880 - 1956

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0055 WRITER

Harald Parigger

Born 1953

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0056 ORGANBUILDER

Detlef Kleuker

1922 - 1988

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0057 HISTORIAN

Hartwin Brandt

Born 1959

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0058 ACTOR

Pippa Steel

1948 - 1992

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0059 WRITER

Alice Pantermüller

Born 1968

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0060 ACTOR

Gerty Molzen

1906 - 1990

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0061 MUSIC

Marion Maerz

Born 1943

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0062 POET

Adolf Strodtmann

1829 - 1879

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0063 FOOTBALL

Nico Neidhart

Born 1994

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0064 POLICE

Jürgen Storbeck

Born 1946

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0065 JOURNALIST

Özlem Topçu

Born 1977

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0066 LAWYER

Malte Müller-Wrede

Born 1964

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0067 PAINTER

Jacob Nöbbe

1850 - 1919

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0068 PHYSICIAN

Theodor von Jürgensen

1840 - 1907

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0069 THEOLOGIAN

Joachim Ringleben

Born 1945

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0070 FOOTBALL

Pierre Becken

Born 1987

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0071 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Lund

1638 - 1686

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0072 POLITICIAN

Simon Faber

Born 1968

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0073 SCREENWRITER

Christian Theede

Born 1972

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0074 BIOLOGIST

Uwe Kils

Born 1951

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0075 EDUCATION

Philipp Gonon

Born 1955

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0076 COMPOSER

Hans Matthison-Hansen

1807 - 1890

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0077 PHOTOGRAPHER

Christian Hedemann

1852 - 1932

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0078 MUSIC

Kommissar Hjuler

Born 1967

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0079 ACTOR

Rolf Boysen

1920 - 2014

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0080 HANDBALL

Jan Holpert

Born 1968

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0081 SINGER

Carla Spletter

1911 - 1953

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0082 FOOTBALL

Niels Hansen (footballer)

Born 1983

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0083 POLITICIAN

Christian Paulsen

1798 - 1854

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0084 WRITER

Maren Sell

Born 1945

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0085 PAINTER

Heinrich Jansen

1625 - 1667

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0086 PAINTER

Alexander Eckener

1870 - 1944

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0087 JOURNALIST

Mark Spörrle

Born 1967

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0088 MATHEMATICIAN

Andreas Voigt (Ökonom)

1860 - 1941

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0089 WRITER

Christian Broecking

Born 1957

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0090 ILLUSTRATOR

Kim Schmidt

Born 1965

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0091 OFFICER

Nikolai Asmus Clausen

1911 - 1943

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0092 AUTHOR

Johann Peter Lyser

1804 - 1870

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0093 PAINTER

Herbert Marxen

1900 - 1954

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0094 COMPOSER

Johan Lorentz der Jüngere

1610 - 1689

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0095 ACTOR

Uta Stammer

1948 - 2018

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0096 PAINTER

Ella Heide

1871 - 1956

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0097 ACTOR

Peter Heinrich Brix

Born 1955

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0098 CHEMIST

Emil von Wolff

1818 - 1896

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0099 CIVIL SERVICE

Frederik Krag

1655 - 1728

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0100 FOOTBALL

Utku Sen

Born 1998

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0101 MEDIEVALIST

Ernst Steindorff

1839 - 1895

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0102 ACTOR

Mathias Harrebye-Brandt

Born 1974

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0103 FOOTBALL

Ulf Kliche

Born 1969

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0104 WORKER

Herdis Möllehave

1936 - 2001

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0105 PSYCHIATRIST

Peter Willers Jessen (Psychiater)

1793 - 1875

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0106 PHYSICIAN

Jochen A. Werner

Born 1958

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0107 FILM

Till Franzen

Born 1973

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0108 ACTOR

Jens Exler

1914 - 1987

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0109 FOOTBALL

Christian Jürgensen

Born 1985

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0110 PHILOLOGIST

Theodor Struve

1816 - 1886

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0111 JOURNALIST

Hans Hansen

1926 - 2007

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0112 ACTOR

Erna Raupach-Petersen

1904 - 1997

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0113 FOOTBALL

Simon Bloch Jørgensen

Born 1992

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0114 AUDITOR

Jürgen Harksen

Born 1960

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0115 POLITICIAN

Svend Johannsen

1903 - 1978

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0116 GEOLOGIST

Paul Woldstedt

1888 - 1973

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0117 ACTOR

Ole Lagerpusch

Born 1981

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0118 MILITAR

Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld

1885 - 1946

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0119 THEOLOGIAN

Peter Godzik

Born 1946

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0120 HANDBALL

Boris Schnuchel

Born 1975

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0121 EXPLORER

J. A. D. Jensen

1849 - 1936

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0122 PAINTER

Elsa Haensgen-Dingkuhn

1898 - 1991

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0123 FOOTBALL

Sascha Görres

Born 1980

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0124 FILM

Dieter Köster

Born 1947

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0125 JOURNALIST

Siegfried Matlok

Born 1945

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0126 GYMNAST

Harry Sørensen (gymnast)

1892 - 1963

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0127 ACTOR

Peter Kaempfe

Born 1955

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0128 AUTHOR

Rüdiger Voigt

Born 1941

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0129 WRITER

Sünje Lewejohann

Born 1972

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0130 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Dirk Meier (Prähistoriker)

Born 1959

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0131 HANDBALL

Fynn Holpert

Born 1967

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0132 HANDBALL

Wolfgang Schwenke (Handballspieler)

Born 1968

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0133 ACADEMIC

Bernd Henningsen

Born 1945

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0134 HISTORIAN

Henning Börm

Born 1974

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0135 PRESENTER

Daniel Budiman

Born 1983

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0136 ACTOR

Lorenz Claussen

Born 1955

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0137 OPERA

Ulf Bästlein

Born 1959

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0138 ACTOR

Willy Bartelsen

1929 - 2001

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0139 THEOLOGIAN

Heinrich Lysius

1670 - 1731

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0140 SPORT

Melanie Späth

Born 1981

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0141 COMMANDER

Peter Voss

1897 - 1976

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0142 PAINTER

Emma Eleonore Meyer

1859 - 1921

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0143 HANDBALL

Lukas Blohme

Born 1994

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0144 PAINTER

Johann Jürgen Sickert

1803 - 1864

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0145 MILITAR

Friedrich von Ahlefeldt (Gutsherr, 1662)

1662 - 1708

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0146 ACTOR

Marcus Bluhm

Born 1966

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0147 PHYSICIAN

Margrit Herbst

Born 1940

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0148 ACTOR

Broder B. Hendrix

Born 1966

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0149 PASTOR

Hans Nicolai Andreas Jensen

1802 - 1850

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0150 HISTORIAN

Kurt Jürgensen

1929 - 1999

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0151 HISTORIAN

Asmus Petersen

1900 - 1962

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0152 ACADEMIC

Hans-Joachim Mähl

1923 - 2001

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0153 BASSIST

Alex Grube

Born 1983

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0154 COMPOSER

Hans Uldall

1903 - 1983

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0155 ACTOR

Roland Kieber

Born 1969

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0156 ACTOR

Jannik Paeth

Born 1990

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0157 CLARINET

Annette Maye

Born 1974

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0158 ACADEMIC

Hans-Uwe Erichsen

Born 1934

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0159 MUSIC

Florian Sump

Born 1981

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0160 FILM

Kai Christiansen

Born 1968

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0161 ARTIST

Johannes Hau

1771 - 1838

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0162 AUTHOR

Manfred Jurgensen

Born 1940

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0163 BOTANIST

Pierre Ibisch

Born 1967

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0164 THEOLOGIAN

Volkmar Herntrich

1908 - 1958

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0165 ROWER

Günter Schroers

Born 1939

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0166 WRITER

Jens Rehn

1918 - 1983

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0167 HISTORIAN

Frank Meier

Born 1959

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0168 JOURNALIST

Torsten Rossmann (Journalist)

Born 1963

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0169 ART HISTORIAN

Karen van den Berg

Born 1963

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0170 PRODUCER

DJ Rabauke

Born 1972

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0171 SCULPTOR

Ulrich Beier

1928 - 1981

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0172 ACTOR

Benno Hattesen

1906 - 1993

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0173 WRITER

Günther Klein

Born 1956

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0174 ART HISTORIAN

Lars Blunck

Born 1970

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0175 FOOTBALL

Jan Schindelmeiser

Born 1963

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0176 PHYSICIAN

Otto Werner

1879 - 1936

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0177 AUTHOR

Karin Johannsen-Bojsen

Born 1936

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0178 WRITER

Frank-Peter Hansen

Born 1956

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0179 OPERA

Emmi Leisner

1885 - 1958

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0180 WRITER

Jan Christophersen

Born 1974

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0181 ACTOR

Hans Daniel (Schauspieler)

1922 - 2008

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0182 JUDGE

Jakob Guido Theodor Gülich

1801 - 1877

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0183 SPORT

Otto Schlenzka

1919 - 2015

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0184 CHAMBERLAIN

Ulrich Adolph Graf von Holstein

1731 - 1789

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0185 ECONOMIST

Andreas Paulsen

1899 - 1977

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0186 AUTHOR

Christian Fuhrmeister

Born 1963

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0187 PAINTER

Carl Schlichting-Carlsen

1852 - 1903

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0188 MUSIC

Axel Stosberg

Born 1967

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0189 ACADEMIC

Coordt von Mannstein

Born 1937

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0190 PHILOSOPHER

Klaus Christian Köhnke

1953 - 2013

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0191 ART HISTORIAN

Dorothee Hansen

Born 1963

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0192 PIANIST

Lars Duppler

Born 1975

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0193 BISCHOF

Gothart Magaard

Born 1955

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0194 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Mommsen

1818 - 1892

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0195 LAWYER

Jochen Trebesch

Born 1944

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0196 WRITER

Anna Cäcilie Fabricius

1749 - 1820

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0197 INTERNIST

Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen

Born 1946

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0198 ACADEMIC

Dirk Ehlers

Born 1945

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0199 OFFICER

Andreas Nielsen (Offizier)

1899 - 1957

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0200 OFFICER

Claus Freiherr von Rosen

Born 1943

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0201 PIANIST

Ed Kröger

Born 1943

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0202 HANDBALL

Randy Bülau

Born 1981

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0203 PIANIST

Michael Theede

Born 1975

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0204 SCULPTOR

Heinrich Sauermann

1842 - 1904

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0205 HISTORIAN

Erich Hoffmann (Historiker)

1926 - 2005

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0206 ACTOR

Mark Eins

Born 1956

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0207 HISTORIAN

Burkhard Meißner

Born 1959

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0208 PROFESSOR

Mathias Schmoeckel

Born 1963

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0209 PAINTER

Holger Hattesen

1937 - 1993

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0210 AUTHOR

Stefan Appelius

Born 1963

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0211 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Maass

1927 - 2016

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0212 SCULPTOR

Walther Schmarje

1872 - 1921

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0213 ECONOMIST

Kai Carstensen

Born 1971

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0214 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Stephan Westphalen

Born 1961

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0215 PHYSIOLOGIST

Birgit Liss

Born 1971

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0216 COMPOSER

Dieter Schütz

1955 - 1991

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0217 WRITER

Hans A. Baensch

1941 - 2016

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0218 BAUCHREDNER

Jörg Jará

Born 1959

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0219 DIPLOMAT

Christian von Lente

1649 - 1725

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0220 AUTHOR

Josias Lorck

1723 - 1785

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0221 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Ludwig Christiansen

1920 - 2011

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0222 PHILOSOPHER

Karl Steffensen

1816 - 1888

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0223 BOTANIST

Jürgen Feder

Born 1960

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0224 HISTORIAN

Jan Schlürmann

Born 1974

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0225 FOOTBALL

Heiko Petersen (Fußballspieler)

Born 1980

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0226 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Nicolaisen

1901 - 1973

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0227 HISTORIAN

Erwin Nöbbe

1883 - 1948

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0228 COMPOSER

Martin Torp

Born 1957

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0229 WRITER

Corinna Gieseler

Born 1962

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0230 TRADE UNION

Gerhard Beier (Historiker)

1937 - 2000

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0231 ART HISTORIAN

Michael Brix

Born 1948

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0232 SCREENWRITER

Rainer Berg (Filmhistoriker)

Born 1952

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0233 SCULPTOR

Hubert Nietsch

1893 - 1965

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0234 ARTIST

Erich Mansen

1929 - 2012

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0235 WRITER

Wilfried Brennecke

1926 - 2012

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0236 PAINTER

Max Hagen

1862 - 1914

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0237 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Flügel (Architekt)

1849 - 1930

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0238 ACADEMIC

Hermann Funke (Ingenieur)

1884 - 1970

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0239 ACTOR

Fritz Wempner

1910 - 1994

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0240 ACADEMIC

Kai Bussmann

Born 1955

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0241 WRITER

Gyde Callesen

Born 1975

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0242 ARTIST

Anne Nissen

Born 1966

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0243 EDUCATION

Jendrik Petersen

Born 1959

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0244 POLITICIAN

Karl Mannzen

1903 - 1980

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0245 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Lassen

1864 - 1953

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0246 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Dietrich Sürenhagen

Born 1945

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0247 CHAMPION

Marquardt Petersen

Born 1996

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0248 ASTRONOMER

Norbert Ehring

Born 1937

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0249 CHOREOGRAPHER

Renate Schottelius

1921 - 1998

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0250 FORESTER

Carl Emeis

1831 - 1911

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0251 SOLDIER

Sophus Baagoe

1915 - 1941

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0252 PSYCHOANALYST

Franziska Henningsen

1948 - 2015

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0253 ACTOR

Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen

Born 1981

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0254 GERMANIST

Jürgen Peters (Germanist)

1940 - 2013

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0255 THEOLOGIE

Dieter Emeis

Born 1933

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0256 ART HISTORIAN

Ernst Sauermann

1880 - 1956

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0257 COMPOSER

Tim Ovens

Born 1960

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0258 GUITAR

Gustl Lütjens

1952 - 2017

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0259 CHESS

Ingo Firnhaber

Born 1942

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0260 PASTOR

Niels Hasselmann

Born 1936

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0261 POLITICIAN

Fritz Jaeckel

Born 1963

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0262 JOURNALIST

Georg Conrad Meyer

1774 - 1816

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0263 JOURNALIST

Norbert Loh

Born 1952

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0264 JUDGE

Carl Torp

1855 - 1929

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0265 COMPOSER

Martin Wind

Born 1968

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0266 HANDBALL

Lasse Kohnagel

Born 1987

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0267 PROFESSOR

Martin Pries

Born 1957

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0268 POLITICIAN

Peter Hass

1903 - 1975

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0269 ACADEMIC

Detlev Kraack

Born 1967

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0270 POLITICIAN

Peter Christian Hansen

1853 - 1935

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0271 MERCHANT

Christian Rønnenkamp

1785 - 1867

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0272 MUSIC

Markus Karas

Born 1961

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0273 ACTOR

Leif Stawski

Born 1968

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0274 ACADEMIC

Peter Ehlers (Verwaltungsjurist)

Born 1943

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0275 ACTOR

Katharina Pütter

Born 1984

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0276 LANDRAT

Burchard von Ahlefeldt

1634 - 1695

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0277 ACADEMIC

Björn Hansen (Slavist)

Born 1964

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0278 ACADEMIC

Lutz Hoffmann (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)

1934 - 2019

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0279 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Carstensen Jensen

1789 - 1860

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0280 ACADEMIC

Hieronymus Nitz

1928 - 2020

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0281 POLITICIAN

Franz Skorzak

Born 1929

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0282 EDUCATION

Rudolf Borch

1891 - 1949

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0283 JOURNALIST

Andreas Wolfers

Born 1958

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0284 PLAYER

Finn Dittelbach

Born 1990

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0285 WRITER

Jürgen Westphalen (Volkswirt)

Born 1930

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0286 PHYSICIAN

Paul Moth

1600 - 1670

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0287 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Clermont

1934 - 2011

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0288 PHOTOGRAPHER

Thomas Backens

1859 - 1925

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0289 WIDERSTAND

Theodor Pinn

1898 - 1989

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0290 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Weimar

1922 - 1993

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0291 WRITER

Alexander Rossa

Born 1967

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0292 WRITER

Peter Ingwersen (Autor)

1885 - 1958

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0293 PAINTER

Lorenz Petersen (Maler)

1803 - 1870

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0294 ACADEMIC

Johannes Hansen (Agrarwissenschaftler)

1863 - 1938

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0295 ACTOR

Karl Otto Ragotzky

1928 - 1986

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0296 BUSINESS

Helmut Winkler

1900 - 1983

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0297 SEPARATIST

Otto Lorentzen Strandiger

1650 - 1724

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0298 LIBRARIAN

Nicolaus Theophilus

1541 - 1604

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0299 ACADEMIC

Stephan Albrecht (Kunsthistoriker)

Born 1963

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0300 SURGEON

Günther Brassel

Born 1945

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