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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.

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3,568 notable people

1201 ACADEMIC

Eva Horn

Born 1965

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1202 ACTOR

Nicole Hansen

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1203 ARTIST

Thom Kubli

Born 1969

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1204 AUTHOR

Ingeborg Bayer

1927 - 2017

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1205 WRITER

Eberhard J. Wormer

Born 1951

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1206 SPORT

Walter Löber

1909 - 1939

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1207 ACTOR

Josefine Klee-Helmdach

1903 - 1994

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1208 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Wolfgang Coy

Born 1947

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1209 FOOTBALL

Markus Hofmeier

Born 1993

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1210 SCREENWRITER

Michael Proehl

Born 1975

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1211 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Beinert (Grafiker)

Born 1960

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1212 WRITER

Anke Kuhl

Born 1970

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1213 HISTORIAN

Dieter Groh

1932 - 2012

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1214 JOURNALIST

Paul August Schmitz

1903 - 1948

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1215 MANUFACTURER

Robert von Hirsch

1883 - 1977

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1216 HISTORIAN

Anton Kirchner

1779 - 1834

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1217 HISTORIAN

Alfred Doren

1869 - 1934

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1218 FILM

Jakob Claussen

Born 1961

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1219 JOURNALIST

Jan Kromschröder

Born 1962

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1220 SPY

Rita Arnould

1914 - 1943

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1221 FOOTBALL

Günter Stephan (Fußballspieler)

1912 - 1995

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1222 HISTORIAN

Andreas Schminck

1947 - 2015

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1223 SAXOPHONIST

Detlev Lais

1911 - 1978

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1224 ARCHITECT

Philipp Oswalt

Born 1964

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1225 AUTHOR

Heinrich Pfeifer

1905 - 1949

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1226 FENCER

Heinrich Moos

1895 - 1976

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1227 BASKET

Matthias Strauss

Born 1956

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1228 SCREENWRITER

Jens Oliver Haas

Born 1967

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1229 ACADEMIC

Helmut Schanze

Born 1939

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1230 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Wolfgang Sander (Erziehungswissenschaftler, 1953)

Born 1953

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1231 ATHLETIC

Joachim Bender

Born 1942

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1232 JOURNALIST

Pierre Boom

Born 1957

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1233 JOURNALIST

Kai Gniffke

Born 1960

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1234 ACTOR

Sabine Haupt

Born 1966

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1235 PHILOSOPHER

Reiner Wiehl

1929 - 2010

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1236 THEATRE

Hans-Ulrich Becker

Born 1956

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1237 CARICATURIST

Klaus Stuttmann

Born 1949

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1238 FILM

Andrea Thilo

Born 1966

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1239 SAXOPHONIST

Kurt Wege (Musiker)

1911 - 1964

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1240 PAINTER

Bertha Bagge

1859 - 1939

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1241 ECONOMIST

Adolf Moxter

1929 - 2018

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1242 POLITICIAN

Rolf Soiron

Born 1945

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1243 ACTOR

Hot-Lydia

Born 1976

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1244 POLITICIAN

Clemens August von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg –

1805 - 1885

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1245 ACTOR

Franziska Sontag

1788 - 1865

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1246 ACTOR

Antje Ruge

1921 - 2006

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1247 PAINTER

Fritz Rumpf

1856 - 1927

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1248 SINGER

Ruthild Engert-Ely

1940 - 2013

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1249 AUTHOR

Andrea Kutsch

Born 1967

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1250 MERCHANT

Karl Kotzenberg

1866 - 1940

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1251 FOOTBALL

Izzy Tandir

Born 1995

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1252 MANAGER

Frank Stieler

Born 1958

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1253 TEACHER

Eduard Bornemann

1894 - 1976

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1254 HISTORIAN

Peter Hoeres

Born 1971

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1255 ACTOR

Ute Cremer

Born 1952

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1256 WRITER

Rudolf Fischer (Puppenspieler)

1920 - 1998

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1257 MERCHANT

Edgar Weil

1908 - 1941

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1258 POLITICIAN

Sarah Sorge

Born 1969

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1259 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Walter Sage

1930 - 2017

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1260 HISTORIAN

Hans-Ulrich Wiemer

Born 1961

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1261 PAINTER

Alexander Calvelli

Born 1963

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1262 ECONOMIST

Johann Graf Lambsdorff

Born 1965

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1263 DIPLOMAT

Barbara Ischinger

Born 1949

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1264 CHEMIST

Axel Kleemann

Born 1940

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1265 ACTOR

Else Knott

1909 - 1975

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1266 NOVELIST

Jenn Bennett

Born 1950

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1267 AUTHOR

Norbert Grob

Born 1949

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1268 LAWYER

Kristine Lefebvre

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1269 ACTOR

Nadine Germann

Born 1980

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1270 HISTORIAN

Sabine G. MacCormack

1941 - 2014

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1271 PHOTOGRAPHER

Dieter Klar

Born 1937

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1272 PASTOR

Manfred Fischer (Pfarrer, 1948)

1948 - 2013

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1273 ACTOR

Jennifer Steffens

Born 1972

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1274 HISTORIAN

Karin Orth

Born 1963

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1275 THEOLOGIAN

Christoph Schwöbel

Born 1955

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1276 PHILOSOPHER

Gerd Brand (Philosoph)

1921 - 1979

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1277 HISTORIAN

Bernd Heidenreich

Born 1955

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1278 POLITICIAN

Patrick Breyer

Born 1977

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1279 WRITER

Peter Spork

Born 1965

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1280 AUTHOR

Richard Herzinger

Born 1955

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1281 HISTORIAN

Erich Neuß

1899 - 1982

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1282 PAINTER

Léo Maillet

1902 - 1990

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1283 LAWYER

Johann Fichard

1512 - 1580

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1284 SKI

Ernie Blake

1913 - 1989

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1285 AUTHOR

Johann Isaak von Gerning

1767 - 1837

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1286 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Morabet

Born 1998

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1287 SINGER

Leon Taylor (Sänger)

Born 1983

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1288 COMPOSER

Philipp Christoph Kayser

1755 - 1823

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1289 POLITICIAN

Charles Tascher de La Pagerie

1811 - 1869

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1290 AUTHOR

Ulrike Heider

Born 1947

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1291 PHYSICIST

Cornelia Denz

Born 1963

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1292 PROFESSOR

Jutta Ströter-Bender

Born 1953

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1293 FILM

Martin Enlen

Born 1960

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1294 ECONOMIST

Andreas Oehler

Born 1960

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1295 FILM

Florian Gottschick

Born 1984

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1296 PAINTER

Peter Schermuly

1927 - 2007

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1297 ART HISTORIAN

Sabine Schulze

Born 1954

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1298 FILM

Cyril Tuschi

Born 1969

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1299 WRITER

Hans Frick (Schriftsteller)

1930 - 2003

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1300 SCULPTOR

Klaus Schultze

Born 1927

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1301 HOCKEY

Beate Deininger

Born 1964

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1302 AUTHOR

Christian Setzepfandt

Born 1957

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1303 PLAYWRIGHT

Thorsten Wszolek

Born 1975

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1304 ENTREPRENEUR

Else Kröner

1925 - 1988

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1305 POLITICIAN

Beate Müller-Gemmeke

Born 1960

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1306 MANAGER

Walter Hesselbach

1915 - 1993

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1307 ARTIST

Lina von Schauroth

1874 - 1970

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1308 PUBLISHER

Karl Höchberg

1853 - 1885

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1309 FILM

Wolfgang Hoffmann-Harnisch

1893 - 1965

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1310 AUTHOR

Jochen Jung

Born 1942

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1311 AUTHOR

Johann Philipp von Bethmann

1924 - 2007

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1312 LAWYER

Friedrich Karl Vialon

1905 - 1990

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1313 INTERNIST

Hans Grebe

1913 - 1999

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1314 POLITICIAN

Oliver Junk

Born 1976

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1315 CHEMIST

Hellmut Bredereck

1904 - 1981

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1316 ACTOR

Marian Kindermann

Born 1986

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1317 MUSIC

Can Oral

Born 1965

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1318 AUTHOR

Wolfram Schütte

Born 1939

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1319 POLITICIAN

Willi Richter

1894 - 1972

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1320 SCREENWRITER

David Ungureit

Born 1964

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1321 HISTORIAN

Peter Scholz (Althistoriker)

Born 1965

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1322 PHYSICIAN

Hans Flesch

Born 1896

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1323 ACTOR

Elena Garcia Gerlach

Born 1985

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1324 BUSINESS

Fritz Mouson

1884 - 1926

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1325 MUSIC

Winson

Born 1975

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1326 FOOTBALL

Mike Sellers

Born 1975

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1327 PRODUCER

Roey Marquis II.

Born 1971

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1328 PAINTER

Paul Haefliger

1914 - 1982

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1329 ACADEMIC

Sonja Buckel

Born 1969

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1330 JOURNALIST

Burkhard Müller-Ullrich

Born 1956

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1331 BANK

Simon Moritz von Bethmann

1768 - 1826

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1332 POLITICIAN

Elke Breitenbach

Born 1961

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1333 PHOTOGRAPHER

Abe Frajndlich

Born 1946

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1334 PAINTER

Florian Köhler

1935 - 2013

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1335 BUSINESS

Alexandra Schörghuber

Born 1958

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1336 ART HISTORIAN

Wolfram Hagspiel

Born 1952

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1337 POLITICIAN

Anna Beyer

1909 - 1991

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1338 ART HISTORIAN

Hans Rose (Kunsthistoriker)

1888 - 1945

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1339 NATURALIST

Christian Ernst Neeff

1782 - 1849

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1340 HISTORIAN

Albrecht Wirth

1866 - 1936

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1341 HOCKEY

John Slade (field hockey)

1908 - 2005

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1342 ECONOMIST

Jens Ludwig (economist)

Born 1968

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1343 PHYSICIAN

David Groneberg

Born 1973

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1344 MUSIC

Malte Burba

Born 1957

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1345 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Hansjörg Küster

Born 1956

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1346 PSYCHOLOGIST

Klaus Ottomeyer

Born 1949

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1347 WRITER

Erna Pinner

1890 - 1987

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1348 AUTHOR

Ruth Rosenfeld

1920 - 1991

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1349 HISTORIAN

Andreas Fahrmeir

Born 1969

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1350 ACTOR

Oliver Reinhard

Born 1964

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1351 BANK

Georg Speyer

1835 - 1902

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1352 FLYING ACE

Rudolf Müller (pilot)

1920 - 1943

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1353 JUDGE

Harald Dörig

Born 1953

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1354 COMEDIAN

Robert Treutel

Born 1957

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1355 LITERARY

Linus Hauser

Born 1950

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1356 ARCHITECT

Bernhard Freudenberg

1850 - 1925

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1357 HOCKEY

Patricia Ott

Born 1960

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1358 BODYBUILDER

Alexander Dargatz

Born 1977

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1359 SOCIOLOGIST

Stefan Müller-Doohm

Born 1942

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1360 PAINTER

Lino Salini

1889 - 1944

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1361 WRITER

Linus Volkmann

Born 1973

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1362 PAINTER

Mark Stock

1951 - 2014

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1363 WRITER

Cornelia-Katrin von Plottnitz

Born 1943

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1364 WRITER

Johann Konrad Friederich

1789 - 1858

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1365 ACTOR

Gaby Reichardt

Born 1938

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1366 MEDIA

Stephan Ruß-Mohl

Born 1950

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1367 PHILOSOPHER

Thomas Schramme

Born 1969

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1368 PRESENTER

Jennifer Knäble

Born 1980

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1369 PAINTER

Johann Friedrich Morgenstern

1777 - 1844

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1370 ENTREPRENEUR

Arthur Pfungst

1864 - 1912

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1371 ART HISTORIAN

Georg Weise

1888 - 1978

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1372 LITERARY

Klaus Binder

Born 1946

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1373 ACADEMIC

Barbara Holland-Cunz

Born 1957

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1374 ACTOR

Leoni Kristin Oeffinger

Born 1983

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1375 FOOTBALL

Alexander Conrad

Born 1966

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1376 JOURNALIST

Christian Bommarius

Born 1958

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1377 SEXOLOGIST

Felix Abraham

1901 - 1937

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1378 ACADEMIC

Hans-Peter Schuster

Born 1937

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1379 ART HISTORIAN

Fred Bachrach

1914 - 2009

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1380 OFFICER

Eugen von Kessel

1890 - 1934

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1381 ROWER

Wolfgang Glock (rower)

Born 1944

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1382 REAL ESTATE

Aby Rosen

Born 1960

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1383 PAINTER

Alfred Oppenheim (artist)

1873 - 1952

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1384 PROFESSOR

Hans-Ulrich Deppe

Born 1939

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1385 MUSIC

Sebastian Schwab

Born 1977

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1386 SINGER

Harry Steier

1878 - 1936

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1387 ARTIST

Christian Moeller

Born 1959

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1388 PAINTER

Otto Greis

1913 - 2001

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1389 PIANIST

Louis Freichel

1921 - 1997

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1390 JOURNALIST

Andreas Kilb

Born 1961

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1391 BUSINESS

Erwin Braun (Industrieller)

1921 - 1992

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1392 AUTHOR

Karl Enslin

1819 - 1875

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1393 FILM

Willi Baer

Born 1951

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1394 ACTOR

Ivo Veit

1910 - 1984

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1395 LAWYER

Manfred Schmidt (Beamter)

Born 1959

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1396 JUDGE

Thomas Pfeiffer (Jurist)

Born 1961

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1397 ATHLETIC

Bernd Naumann (Journalist)

1922 - 1971

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1398 MUSIC

Siegfried Eberhardt

1883 - 1960

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1399 THEOLOGIAN

Sigurd Rink

Born 1960

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1400 CURATOR

Markus Heinzelmann (Kurator)

Born 1965

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1401 FOOTBALL

Kavika Pittman

Born 1974

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1402 POLITICIAN

Jakob Riesser

1853 - 1932

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1403 ACADEMIC

Eduard Wahl

1903 - 1985

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1404 PAINTER

Kurt Scheele

1905 - 1944

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1405 JOURNALIST

Karl-Heinz Wellmann

Born 1954

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1406 TORTURER

Anna Klein (camp warden)

1900 - 2004

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1407 PIANIST

Roland Schneider

1937 - 2015

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1408 PAINTER

Nikolaus Alexander Nessler

Born 1958

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1409 PRESENTER

Sabrina Staubitz

Born 1968

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1410 PRINCE

Andreas, Prince of Leiningen

Born 1955

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1411 SINGER

Andreas Geremia

Born 1967

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1412 PHILOSOPHER

Jörg Tremmel

Born 1970

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1413 ACADEMIC

Caja Thimm

Born 1958

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1414 ILLUSTRATOR

Felix Scheinberger

Born 1969

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1415 MUSIC

Friedrich Nicolas Manskopf

1869 - 1928

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1416 PROFESSOR

Bettina Beer

Born 1966

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1417 MALACOLOGIST

Adolf Schmidt (Zoologe)

1806 - 1889

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1418 HISTORIAN

Anton Schindling

1947 - 2020

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1419 AUTHOR

Karl Oppel

1816 - 1903

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1420 ACTOR

Eike Schweikhardt

Born 1972

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1421 JOURNALIST

Holger Steltzner

Born 1962

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1422 FOOTBALL

Rolf Birkhölzer

Born 1949

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1423 CHESS

Irmgard Kärner

1927 - 2014

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1424 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Maximilian Terhalle

Born 1974

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1425 HISTORIAN

Max Steinmetz (Historiker)

1912 - 1990

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1426 AUTHOR

Rüdiger Altmann

1922 - 2000

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1427 AUTHOR

Heinz Jung

1935 - 1996

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1428 ACADEMIC

Armin Engländer

Born 1969

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1429 CHEMIST

Franz Varrentrapp

1815 - 1877

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1430 FILM

Bernd Kammermeier

Born 1957

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1431 FILM

Doron Wisotzky

Born 1980

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1432 HISTORIAN

Fritz Reuter (Historiker)

Born 1929

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1433 ENTREPRENEUR

Marie Eleonore Pfungst

1862 - 1943

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1434 PSYCHOLOGIST

Rolf Haubl

Born 1951

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1435 STELLVERTRETER

Cilly Kugelmann

Born 1947

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1436 GERMANIST

Richard Karl Ullmann

1904 - 1963

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1437 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Joseph Maran

Born 1957

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1438 WRITER

Herbert Sulzbach

1894 - 1985

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1439 HISTORIAN

Bernward Josef Gottlieb

1910 - 2008

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1440 ACADEMIC

Michael Türkay

1948 - 2015

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1441 POLITICIAN

Walter Seubert

Born 1974

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1442 INTENDANT

Bernd Loebe

Born 1952

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1443 PAINTER

Eugen Klimsch

1839 - 1896

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1444 ATHLETIC

Gustav Rau (athlete)

Born 1878

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1445 ACTOR

Ellinor Jensen

Born 1929

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1446 PAINTER

Thitz

Born 1962

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1447 MEDIEVALIST

Werner Goez

1929 - 2003

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1448 LAWYER

Karl Flesch

1853 - 1915

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1449 COMEDIAN

Faisal Kawusi

Born 1991

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1450 SCULPTOR

Reinhard Dachlauer

1922 - 1995

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1451 AUTHOR

Tilman Birr

Born 1980

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1452 ARTIST

Ines von Ketelhodt

Born 1961

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1453 PIANIST

Erich Becht

1926 - 2017

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1454 ECONOMIST

Volker Caspari

Born 1953

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1455 DESIGNER

Ruth Adler Schnee

Born 1923

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1456 POLITICIAN

Felix Schwenke

Born 1979

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1457 CHEMIST

Rainer Jaenicke

1930 - 2016

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1458 ARCHITECT

Michael A. Landes

Born 1948

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1459 BOOKSELLER

Peter Ugelheimer

1439 - 1488

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1460 AUTHOR

Paul Grosser

1880 - 1934

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1461 RAPPER

Dú Maroc

Born 1985

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1462 ART HISTORIAN

Georg Piltz

1925 - 2011

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1463 ACTOR

Joachim Schweighöfer

Born 1936

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1464 ECONOMIST

Wolfgang Ballwieser

Born 1948

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1465 ACTOR

Alexander Wüst (Schauspieler)

Born 1973

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1466 PIANIST

John Schröder

Born 1964

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1467 PHILOLOGIST

Julius Ziehen

1864 - 1925

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1468 PLAYER

Maximilian Abel

Born 1982

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1469 POLITICIAN

Hermann Kleinstück

1933 - 2017

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1470 WRITER

Eva Moldenhauer

1934 - 2019

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1471 CINEMA

M.A. Littler

Born 1979

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1472 WRITER

Karl Ettlinger

1882 - 1946

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1473 JUDGE

Helmut Fünfsinn

Born 1954

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1474 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Kilian (Jurist)

Born 1939

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1475 CHEMIST

Leo Gans

1843 - 1935

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1476 SWIMMER

Helga Wagner

Born 1956

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1477 PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Adolf Katzenmeier

1934 - 2016

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1478 BOBSLED

Walther von Mumm

1887 - 1959

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1479 ACTOR

Marcus Calvin

Born 1965

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1480 SOCIOLOGIST

Jürgen Ritsert

Born 1935

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1481 POLITICIAN

Johann Erasmus von Senckenberg

1717 - 1795

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1482 MUSIC

Gerry Hayes

Born 1934

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1483 ACTOR

Jochen Nix

Born 1943

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1484 AUTHOR

Angelica Bäumer

Born 1932

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1485 ARTIST

Rolf Kissel

Born 1929

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1486 MISSIONARY

Peter Boehler

1712 - 1775

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1487 CERAMIST

Horst Kerstan

1941 - 2005

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1488 POLITICIAN

Eva Gümbel

Born 1964

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1489 PROFESSOR

Robert Huttenback

1928 - 2012

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1490 LIBRARIAN

Jochen Bepler

1951 - 2015

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1491 ACADEMIC

Klaus Siblewski

Born 1950

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1492 PHILOSOPHER

Mathias Gutmann

Born 1966

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1493 BASKET

Joachim Linnemann

Born 1951

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1494 JOURNALIST

Gerhard Kromschröder

Born 1941

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1495 FOOTBALL

Adolf Bechtold

1926 - 2012

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1496 CASTING DIRECTOR

Werner Hess

1914 - 2003

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1497 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Siegfried Jenkner

1930 - 2018

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1498 AUTHOR

Petra Fietzek

Born 1955

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1499 WRITER

Martin Maria Schwarz

Born 1963

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1500 PUBLISHER

Karlheinz Braun

Born 1932

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