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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 41 of 436 notable people

0043 SINGER

Frank Dostal

1945 - 2017

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0046 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Börnsen

Born 1942

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0051 JUDGE

Kay Nehm

Born 1941

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0058 ACTOR

Pippa Steel

1948 - 1992

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0061 MUSIC

Marion Maerz

Born 1943

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0064 POLICE

Jürgen Storbeck

Born 1946

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0069 THEOLOGIAN

Joachim Ringleben

Born 1945

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0084 WRITER

Maren Sell

Born 1945

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0095 ACTOR

Uta Stammer

1948 - 2018

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0119 THEOLOGIAN

Peter Godzik

Born 1946

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0124 FILM

Dieter Köster

Born 1947

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0125 JOURNALIST

Siegfried Matlok

Born 1945

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0128 AUTHOR

Rüdiger Voigt

Born 1941

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0133 ACADEMIC

Bernd Henningsen

Born 1945

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0147 PHYSICIAN

Margrit Herbst

Born 1940

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0162 AUTHOR

Manfred Jurgensen

Born 1940

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0195 LAWYER

Jochen Trebesch

Born 1944

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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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0200 OFFICER

Claus Freiherr von Rosen

Born 1943

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0201 PIANIST

Ed Kröger

Born 1943

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0217 WRITER

Hans A. Baensch

1941 - 2016

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0231 ART HISTORIAN

Michael Brix

Born 1948

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0246 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Dietrich Sürenhagen

Born 1945

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0252 PSYCHOANALYST

Franziska Henningsen

1948 - 2015

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0254 GERMANIST

Jürgen Peters (Germanist)

1940 - 2013

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0259 CHESS

Ingo Firnhaber

Born 1942

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0274 ACADEMIC

Peter Ehlers (Verwaltungsjurist)

Born 1943

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0300 SURGEON

Günther Brassel

Born 1945

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0328 HANDBALL

Gerd Welz

Born 1944

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0340 JOURNALIST

Dieter Jepsen-Föge

Born 1944

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0388 POLITICIAN

Bodo Richter

1941 - 2019

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0394 MOUNTAINEER

Alice von Hobe

Born 1940

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0403 POLITICIAN

Frauke Martin

Born 1944

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0404 FARMER

Peter Iver Johannsen

Born 1943

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0405 POLITICIAN

Holger Astrup

Born 1948

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0413 POLITICIAN

Gyde Köster

Born 1945

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0416 POLITICIAN

Rolf-Dieter Klooß

Born 1945

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0422 POLITICIAN

Margrit Schlankardt

Born 1943

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0429 DIPLOMAT

Hans-Dietrich Bernhard

Born 1945

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0432 POLITICIAN

Irmlind Heiser

Born 1940

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