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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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436 notable people

0301 PHYSICIST

Heinrich Jaeger (Physiker)

Born 1957

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0302 ARCHITECT

Stefan Beese

Born 1969

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0303 HANDBALL

Florian Wisotzki

Born 1981

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0304 DIPLOMAT

Andreas Lorck

1530 - 1584

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0305 THEATER

Maike Plath

Born 1970

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0306 MUSIC

Walter Zielke

Born 1963

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0307 AUTHOR

Theodor von Zeska

1894 - 1965

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0308 PASTOR

Heinrich Kasch

1889 - 1941

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0309 OFFICER

Joachim Bruhn (General)

1921 - 2012

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0310 POLITICIAN

Helmuth Christensen

1918 - 2008

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0311 THEOLOGIAN

Christian August Valentiner

1798 - 1864

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0312 POLITICIAN

Richard Schenck

1900 - 1979

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0313 ACADEMIC

August Nicolaus Herrmannsen

1807 - 1854

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0314 SINGER

Marni Schwonberg

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0315 POLITICIAN

Martin Thorsen Schmidt

1806 - 1883

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0316 SOLDIER

Kai Bräundle-Schmidt

1917 - 1991

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0317 LAWYER

Marius Molsen

1899 - 1971

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0318 COOK

Boris Benecke

Born 1976

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0319 HANDBALL

Carl Boysen (Handballspieler)

1912 - 2009

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0320 JUDGE

Johann Paul Höpp

1782 - 1847

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0321 FOOTBALL

Michael Frech

Born 1976

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0322 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ernst König (Chemiker)

1869 - 1924

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0323 PROFESSOR

Michael Clasen

Born 1971

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0324 WRITER

Waldemar Krause (Schriftsteller)

1926 - 2006

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0325 HANDBALL

Maximilian Lipp

Born 1992

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0326 BIOLOGIST

Walther Emeis

1891 - 1973

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0327 ACADEMIC

Ludwig Mester

1902 - 1975

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0328 HANDBALL

Gerd Welz

Born 1944

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0329 MERCHANT

Andreas Peter Andresen

1771 - 1832

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0330 ACTOR

Mathias Sanders

Born 1973

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0331 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Gross

Born 1924

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0332 LAWYER

Werner Kraus (Beamter)

1818 - 1900

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0333 MISSING

Bernhard Mejer

1570 - 1634

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0334 TEACHER

Richard Brodersen (Philologe)

1793 - 1830

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0335 WEIGHTLIFTER

Uwe Kliche

Born 1938

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0336 DRAMA

Michael Wempner

Born 1962

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0337 HANDBALL

Lars Bastian

Born 1986

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0338 SURGEON

Carl Mau

1890 - 1958

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0339 AUTHOR

Britta Bendixen

Born 1968

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0340 JOURNALIST

Dieter Jepsen-Föge

Born 1944

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0341 POLITICIAN

Hanno Schmidt

1893 - 1972

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0342 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Davidsen

1891 - 1963

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0343 ECONOMIST

Dirk Meyer-Scharenberg

Born 1954

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0344 POLITICIAN

Franz Christoph Reimers

1818 - 1905

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0345 SOLDIER

Georg Böhnk

1919 - 1972

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0346 POLITICIAN

Uwe Gunnesson

Born 1935

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0347 CARTOGRAPHER

Johann Wittemak

1608 - 1676

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0348 LAWYER

Hans Jürgen Wildberg

Born 1950

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0349 PASTOR

Johannes Berndes (der Jüngere)

1528 - 1596

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0350 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Fischer (Konsumgenossenschafter)

1885 - 1970

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0351 LAWYER

Silke Hinrichsen

1957 - 2012

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0352 LEHRER

Johannes Moth

1575 - 1642

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0353 BUSINESS

Georg Cantieny

1883 - 1971

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0354 SOLDIER

Georg Christiansen

1914 - 1997

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0355 POLITICIAN

Julius Lorenzen

1897 - 1965

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0356 ORGANIST

Thomas Schattenberg

1580 - 1622

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0357 AUTHOR

Marc Freund

Born 1972

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0358 THEATRE

Lars Helmer

Born 1969

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0359 OFFICER

Karl von Freyburg

1889 - 1914

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0360 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Richard Grune

1903 - 1983

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0361 HANDBALL

Kaja Schmäschke

Born 1988

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0362 ENTREPRENEUR

Jens Junge

Born 1964

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0363 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Inge Hansen-Schaberg

Born 1954

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0364 SINGER

Jörg Streng

Born 1965

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0365 MERCHANT

Hilmar Meincke

1710 - 1771

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0366 ORGEL

Johan Niclas Cahman

Died 1737

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0367 LAWYER

Wolfgang Böning

Born 1927

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0368 POLITICIAN

Samuel Münchow

1893 - 1976

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0369 PRESENTER

Gerrit Derkowski

Born 1969

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0370 LAWYER

Leon Jensen (Politiker)

1904 - 1990

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0371 POLITICIAN

Egon Schübeler

Born 1927

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0372 ACTOR

Marius Thomsen

Born 1981

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0373 POLITICIAN

Carl Jensen (Plön)

1906 - 1987

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0374 ACTOR

David Simon (Schauspieler)

Born 1986

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0375 ANATOMIST

Andreas Wree

Born 1952

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0376 HANDBALL

Kira Schnack

Born 1994

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0377 PSYCHOLOGIST

Frank Bodendorf

Born 1959

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0378 POLITICIAN

Jörg Hansen

Born 1964

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0379 PASTOR

Peter Friedrich Petersen

1856 - 1930

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0380 MATHEMATICIAN

Johannes Jacobus Dodt van Flensburg

1800 - 1847

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0381 LAWYER

Johannes Block (Jurist)

1881 - 1945

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0382 POLITICIAN

Klaus Teichert

Born 1954

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0383 HANDBALL

Volker Schneller

Born 1938

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0384 JESUIT

Heinrich Mandixen

1536 - 1581

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0385 POLITICIAN

Hermann Olson

1893 - 1958

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0386 JOURNALIST

Johannes Matthiesen

Born 1910

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0387 POLITICIAN

Walter Suck

1912 - 1983

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0388 POLITICIAN

Bodo Richter

1941 - 2019

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0389 MILITAR

Fritz Köhn

1901 - 1981

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0390 SWIMMER

Regina Nissen

Born 1961

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0391 NOVELIST

Massi Bruhn

1846 - 1895

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0392 PUBLISHER

Günter Cornett

Born 1960

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0393 ENGINEER

Ernst Nicol

Born 1923

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0394 MOUNTAINEER

Alice von Hobe

Born 1940

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0395 MISSING

Johannes Berndes (der Ältere)

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0396 POLITICIAN

Frieda Koenen

1890 - 1968

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0397 DIPLOMAT

Anders Lorichs

Died 1584

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0398 SOLDIER

Adolf Graef

Born 1916

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0399 POLITICIAN

Stefan Raetz

Born 1959

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0400 PARATROOPER

Carsten Volquardsen

1902 - 1941

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0401 AUTHOR

Bernd Schlenkrich

Born 1972

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0402 WRITER

Walther Kegel

1907 - 1945

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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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0406 PAINTER

Carl Lambrecht

1878 - 1941

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0407 SOLDIER

Uwe Christiansen

1920 - 2007

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0408 MODERATOR

Ingelis Gnutzmann

Born 1953

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0409 ARCHITECT

Gotthard Flensborg

1723 - 1803

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0410 COACH

Ingrid Schilk

Born 1959

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0411 FOOTBALL

Heiko Nickel

Born 1962

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0412 ARTIST

Ulrike Schüchler

Born 1962

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0413 POLITICIAN

Gyde Köster

Born 1945

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0414 GUITAR

Sven Kerschek

Born 1973

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0415 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Dame

1895 - 1966

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0416 POLITICIAN

Rolf-Dieter Klooß

Born 1945

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0417 POLITICIAN

Julius Jürgensen

1896 - 1957

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0418 SOLDIER

August-Wilhelm Claussen

1919 - 1944

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0419 SOLDIER

Emil Claussen

1917 - 1943

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0420 SOLDIER

Richard Böttcher

1906 - 1973

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0421 LANDRAT

Johann von Ahlefeldt

1584 - 1635

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0422 POLITICIAN

Margrit Schlankardt

Born 1943

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0423 POLITICIAN

Thomas Jepsen

Born 1973

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0424 ENGINEER

Hermann Bruhn

1872 - 1943

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0425 POLITICIAN

Ranka Prante

Born 1973

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0426 JUDGE

Claus Harms (Jurist)

1903 - 1974

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0427 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Klaus

1887 - 1964

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0428 POLITICIAN

Herbert Nonnsen

1914 - 1993

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0429 DIPLOMAT

Hans-Dietrich Bernhard

Born 1945

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0430 BUSINESS

Emil Nissen

1861 - 1929

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0431 TRADE UNION

Marius Tofte

1894 - 1969

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0432 POLITICIAN

Irmlind Heiser

Born 1940

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0433 ORGANBUILDER

Nicolai Hinrichsen Angel

1767 - 1842

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0434 LAWYER

Hans Nikolai Frenssen

1798 - 1833

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0435 PAINTER

Carl Stelzner

1805 - 1894

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0436 ORGEL

Hans Henrik Cahman den yngre

1680 - 1746

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