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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

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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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Showing 28 of 436 notable people

0035 PRINCESS

Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

1925 - 1980

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0045 ACTOR

Renate Delfs

1925 - 2018

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0052 ACTOR

Hans Timmermann

1926 - 2005

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0056 ORGANBUILDER

Detlef Kleuker

1922 - 1988

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0079 ACTOR

Rolf Boysen

1920 - 2014

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0111 JOURNALIST

Hans Hansen

1926 - 2007

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0138 ACTOR

Willy Bartelsen

1929 - 2001

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0150 HISTORIAN

Kurt Jürgensen

1929 - 1999

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0152 ACADEMIC

Hans-Joachim Mähl

1923 - 2001

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0171 SCULPTOR

Ulrich Beier

1928 - 1981

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0181 ACTOR

Hans Daniel (Schauspieler)

1922 - 2008

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0205 HISTORIAN

Erich Hoffmann (Historiker)

1926 - 2005

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0211 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Maass

1927 - 2016

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0221 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Ludwig Christiansen

1920 - 2011

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0234 ARTIST

Erich Mansen

1929 - 2012

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0235 WRITER

Wilfried Brennecke

1926 - 2012

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0249 CHOREOGRAPHER

Renate Schottelius

1921 - 1998

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0280 ACADEMIC

Hieronymus Nitz

1928 - 2020

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0281 POLITICIAN

Franz Skorzak

Born 1929

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0290 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Weimar

1922 - 1993

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0295 ACTOR

Karl Otto Ragotzky

1928 - 1986

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0309 OFFICER

Joachim Bruhn (General)

1921 - 2012

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0324 WRITER

Waldemar Krause (Schriftsteller)

1926 - 2006

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0331 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Gross

Born 1924

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0367 LAWYER

Wolfgang Böning

Born 1927

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0371 POLITICIAN

Egon Schübeler

Born 1927

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0393 ENGINEER

Ernst Nicol

Born 1923

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0407 SOLDIER

Uwe Christiansen

1920 - 2007

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