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FRANKFURT AM MAIN

Most Famous People Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Notable people
3,568
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1924
Most distinctive
Bank 10.2×

A banking city with a medieval skeleton and an Enlightenment conscience. Frankfurt's most distinctive profession is banker at more than ten times the global rate — the Rothschild and Bundesbank shadow — alongside an unusually thick column of art historians, chemists, authors, and academics, the legacy of both the city's free imperial-city scholarly tradition and IG Farben. Goethe was born here in 1749, Anne Frank in 1929, and the 18th century already carries a surprisingly heavy share of the bench.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Frankfurt am Main during each.

What Frankfurt am Main Is Known For

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Politician is Frankfurt am Main's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (374).

Frankfurt am Main over-indexes on bank10.2× the global rate.

Frankfurt am Main under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician374
  2. Actor215
  3. Painter160
  4. Football154
  5. Writer139
  6. Author128
  7. Academic125
  8. Journalist80
  1. Bank5910.2×
  2. Art Historian385.6×
  3. Chemist564.5×
  4. Author1284.2×
  5. Academic1253.5×
  6. Physicist412.8×
  7. Economist382.6×
  8. Historian752.0×
  1. Football1540.4×
  2. Singer510.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
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Showing 183 of 3,568 notable people

0033 PHYSICIST

Gerd Binnig

Born 1947

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0034 ACTOR

Susan Blakely

Born 1948

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0057 SKATER

Marika Kilius

Born 1943

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0060 PRODUCER

Wolfgang Flür

Born 1947

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0077 JOURNALIST

Jürgen Roth

1945 - 2017

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0086 PHYSICIST

Horst Ludwig Störmer

Born 1949

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0114 FILM

Ernst Klee

1942 - 2013

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0140 POLITICIAN

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Born 1942

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0194 MILITANT

Hans-Joachim Klein

Born 1947

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0275 FILM

Bernhard Sinkel

Born 1940

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0277 OPERA

Peter Konwitschny

Born 1945

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0415 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Werner Zorn

Born 1942

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0440 POLITICIAN

Brigitte Heinrich

1941 - 1987

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0448 ACTOR

Jochen Senf

1942 - 2018

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0452 PROFESSOR

Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu

Born 1946

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0468 PHOTOGRAPHER

Heiko Bleher

Born 1944

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0477 COMPOSER

Jean Frankfurter

Born 1948

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0484 THEATRE

Klaus Zehelein

Born 1940

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0485 BIOCHEMIST

Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker

Born 1941

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0519 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Frank Deppe

Born 1941

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0530 SKATER

Margot Glockshuber

Born 1949

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0543 JOURNALIST

Dietrich Hahn

Born 1946

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0569 ART HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Kemp

Born 1946

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0588 COMPOSER

Mathias Spahlinger

Born 1944

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0618 MATHEMATICIAN

Thomas Royen

Born 1947

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0649 OFFICER

Claudia J. Kennedy

Born 1947

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0655 ACTOR

Sandy Helberg

1949 - 2009

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0659 ACTOR

Dieter Wedel

Born 1941

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0680 ACTOR

Margit Sponheimer

Born 1943

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0768 THEOLOGIAN

Peter Steinacker

1943 - 2015

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0787 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Solz

1940 - 2017

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0817 ART HISTORIAN

Volker Michael Strocka

Born 1940

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0824 FOOTBALL

Gerhard Welz

Born 1945

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0839 FOOTBALL

Walter Bechtold

Born 1947

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0840 ACTOR

Hans-Werner Bussinger

1941 - 2009

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0879 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Kalb

Born 1948

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0897 FOOTBALL

Gert Trinklein

1949 - 2017

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0917 HOCKEY

Horst Dröse

Born 1949

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0929 ACTOR

Michael Schwarzmaier

Born 1940

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0932 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Erhart Graefe

Born 1943

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0956 JOURNALIST

Fritz Erik Hoevels

Born 1948

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0975 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Harald Müller (Politikwissenschaftler)

Born 1949

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0996 FOOTBALL

Tody Smith

1948 - 1999

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0997 MUSIC

Marek Lieberberg

Born 1946

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1007 ACTOR

Miriam Goldschmidt

1947 - 2017

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1081 AUTHOR

Paul Andrew Hutton

Born 1949

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1090 COXSWAIN

Rainer Borkowsky

Born 1942

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1115 ZOOLOGIST

Klaus Peter Sauer

Born 1941

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1123 ACTOR

Cornelia Schmaus

Born 1946

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1140 LINGUIST

Jürgen Trabant

Born 1942

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1143 FILM

Stephan Meyer (Regisseur)

Born 1947

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1172 ACADEMIC

Carmen Stadelhofer

Born 1947

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1190 AUTHOR

Arno Widmann

Born 1946

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1208 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Wolfgang Coy

Born 1947

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1222 HISTORIAN

Andreas Schminck

1947 - 2015

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1231 ATHLETIC

Joachim Bender

Born 1942

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1237 CARICATURIST

Klaus Stuttmann

Born 1949

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1242 POLITICIAN

Rolf Soiron

Born 1945

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1248 SINGER

Ruthild Engert-Ely

1940 - 2013

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1263 DIPLOMAT

Barbara Ischinger

Born 1949

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1264 CHEMIST

Axel Kleemann

Born 1940

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1267 AUTHOR

Norbert Grob

Born 1949

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1270 HISTORIAN

Sabine G. MacCormack

1941 - 2014

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1272 PASTOR

Manfred Fischer (Pfarrer, 1948)

1948 - 2013

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1290 AUTHOR

Ulrike Heider

Born 1947

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1310 AUTHOR

Jochen Jung

Born 1942

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1333 PHOTOGRAPHER

Abe Frajndlich

Born 1946

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1346 PSYCHOLOGIST

Klaus Ottomeyer

Born 1949

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1359 SOCIOLOGIST

Stefan Müller-Doohm

Born 1942

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1363 WRITER

Cornelia-Katrin von Plottnitz

Born 1943

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1372 LITERARY

Klaus Binder

Born 1946

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1381 ROWER

Wolfgang Glock (rower)

Born 1944

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1418 HISTORIAN

Anton Schindling

1947 - 2020

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1422 FOOTBALL

Rolf Birkhölzer

Born 1949

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1435 STELLVERTRETER

Cilly Kugelmann

Born 1947

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1440 ACADEMIC

Michael Türkay

1948 - 2015

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1458 ARCHITECT

Michael A. Landes

Born 1948

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1464 ECONOMIST

Wolfgang Ballwieser

Born 1948

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1483 ACTOR

Jochen Nix

Born 1943

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1487 CERAMIST

Horst Kerstan

1941 - 2005

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1494 JOURNALIST

Gerhard Kromschröder

Born 1941

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1501 JOURNALIST

Petra Lejeune

Born 1948

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1505 AUTHOR

Adelheid Ohlig

Born 1945

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1509 PROFESSOR

Karsten Witte

1944 - 1995

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1538 ACADEMIC

Peter Schauer

Born 1943

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1539 ACADEMIC

Hans-Richard Reuter

Born 1947

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1540 TEACHER

Hans-Joachim Glücklich

Born 1941

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1556 AUTHOR

Peter Faulstich

1946 - 2016

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1565 ARTIST

Nachume Miller

1949 - 1998

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1576 HISTORIAN

Christoph Schminck-Gustavus

Born 1942

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1578 PHILOSOPHER

Günter Wohlfart

Born 1943

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1602 AUTHOR

Marieluise Ritter

Born 1946

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1645 AUTHOR

Norbert Ehry

Born 1948

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1684 WRITER

Gerd Brudermüller

1949 - 2019

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1713 PHILOSOPH

Volker Spierling

Born 1947

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1729 PHILOSOPHER

Ulrich Ruschig

Born 1948

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1754 ARTIST

Norbert Thomas

Born 1947

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1767 ARTIST

Klaus Geldmacher

Born 1940

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1771 ARTIST

Chalda Maloff

Born 1946

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1778 PHYSICIST

Wolfram Weise

Born 1946

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1792 ACADEMIC

Hartmut Scheible

1942 - 2018

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1823 JUDGE

Günter Paul

Born 1941

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1833 ECONOMIST

Diethelm Sack

Born 1948

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1844 BIOLOGIST

Dietrich Mebs

Born 1942

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1849 AUTHOR

Horst Schwebel

Born 1940

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1861 PUPPETEER

Werner Knoedgen

Born 1947

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1863 CHEMIST

Hans Wolfgang Spiess

Born 1942

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1879 ZOOLOGIST

Franz Robiller

Born 1940

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1887 PHILOSOPHER

Tilman Borsche

Born 1947

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1900 ECONOMIST

Dieter Wagner (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)

Born 1947

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1914 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Bauer (Autor)

Born 1940

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1922 THEOLOGIAN

Hans-Ludwig Ollig

Born 1943

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1950 THEOLOGIAN

Reiner Marquard

Born 1949

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1951 TRUMPET

Herbert Christ (Musiker)

Born 1942

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1967 PHYSICIST

Albrecht Winnacker

Born 1942

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1981 BUSINESS

Rudolf L. Schreiber

Born 1940

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1998 ACADEMIC

Edgar Biemer

Born 1940

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1999 GEOGRAPHER

Eike W. Schamp

1941 - 2019

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2016 PROFESSOR

Peter Jurczek

1949 - 2010

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2026 VERKÄUFER

Horst Fuchs

Born 1946

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2037 ORGANIST

Klaus Göbel

Born 1942

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2039 ART HISTORIAN

Klaus Güthlein

Born 1942

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2043 LAWYER

Rainer Hess (Jurist)

Born 1940

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2048 JUDGE

Klaus Bepler

Born 1947

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2051 HISTORIAN

Klaus Gerteis

Born 1940

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2076 FOOTBALL

Karlheinz Volz

Born 1947

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2077 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Geisthövel

Born 1940

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2092 HISTORIAN

Hans-Otto Schembs

Born 1942

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2103 FENCER

Sigrid Chatel

Born 1940

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2147 PHYSICIST

Joachim Maruhn

Born 1949

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2157 MATHEMATICIAN

Volker Weispfenning

Born 1944

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2169 PHILOLOGIST

Hans-Wolfgang Krautz

1948 - 2003

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2188 POLITICIAN

Christoph Grimm (Politiker, 1943)

Born 1943

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2220 ACADEMIC

Erich Schanze

Born 1942

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2227 CHEMIST

Erhard Meyer-Galow

Born 1942

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2233 ART HISTORIAN

Detlef Zinke

Born 1947

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2235 DESIGNER

Horst Hahne

Born 1940

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2237 INTERNIST

Friedrich Hagenmüller

Born 1948

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2238 DIPLOMAT

Peter Gottwald (Diplomat)

Born 1948

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2240 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Wendt

Born 1949

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2285 MINISTERIUM

Ursula G. T. Müller

Born 1944

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2304 THEOLOGIAN

Bernhard Jendorff

Born 1940

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2344 ACTOR

Dieter Schwanda

Born 1949

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2366 WRITER

Jürgen Haug (Schriftsteller)

1940 - 2012

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2393 JUDGE

Thomas Aumüller (Richter)

Born 1949

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2396 CIVIL SERVICE

Karoline Beck-Krämer

1941 - 2015

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2494 PAINTER

Brigitte Friesz

Born 1944

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2495 HISTORIAN

Siegfried Rumbler

1941 - 1997

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2534 ACADEMIC

Gerd Freidhof

Born 1942

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2562 ACTOR

Sibylle Schindler

Born 1942

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2585 JOURNALIST

Gerhard Götze

Born 1948

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2591 JOURNALIST

Karin Storch

Born 1947

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2613 POLITICIAN

Harald Noack (Politiker, 1949)

Born 1949

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2625 POLITICIAN

Herbert Hirschler (Politiker)

Born 1948

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2698 BASKET

Michael Breitbach

Born 1947

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2771 POLITICIAN

Eberhard Weghorn

Born 1947

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2781 JOURNALIST

Heinz Gerlach (Publizist)

1945 - 2010

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2798 MISSING

Monika Haas

Born 1948

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2810 BASSIST

Jani Lehmann

Born 1948

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2873 PRESENTER

Roger Horné

1946 - 2015

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2874 BOTANIST

Karl Peter Buttler

1942 - 2018

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2933 POLITICIAN

Rüdiger Hermanns

Born 1940

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2947 SURGEON

Ingrid Hasselblatt-Diedrich

Born 1940

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2964 TEACHER

Volker Huwendiek

Born 1943

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3016 ENTREPRENEUR

Rolf-Jürgen Otto

1940 - 2016

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3032 CHEMIST

Rolf-Eberhard Streeck

1940 - 2007

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3155 POLITICIAN

Martin Fochler

Born 1946

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3182 JUDGE

Hannelore Kohl (Richterin)

Born 1948

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3187 JOURNALIST

Wolfgang Kaden (Journalist)

Born 1940

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3217 THEOLOGIAN

Helga Trösken

1942 - 2019

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3229 POLITICIAN

Michael Kessler (Politiker)

Born 1949

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3285 SPORT

Hubert Riesner

Born 1946

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3289 PLAYER

Manfred Emmel

Born 1945

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3297 MISSING

Frank Albrecht

Born 1943

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3303 MERCENARY

Gerhard Merz (Söldner)

1947 - 2004

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3322 PRODUCER

Dieter Nentwig

Born 1946

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3326 LAWYER

Bernd Vetter

Born 1948

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3349 ZEITSCHRIFT

Wolfgang Huss

Born 1940

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3385 SPORT

Robert Lange (Radsporttrainer)

1947 - 2000

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3391 COACH

Ute Wenzel

Born 1942

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3427 MOTO

Carl Döring

Born 1940

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3430 MOTO

Edmund Czihak

Born 1944

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3473 LAWYER

Harald Graef

Born 1942

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