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GIESSEN

Most Famous People Born in Giessen, Germany

Notable people
517
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1934
Most distinctive
Chemist 7.2×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Giessen during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Giessen Is Known For

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Politician is Giessen's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (72).

Giessen over-indexes on chemist — 7.2× the global rate.

Giessen under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician72
  2. Academic31
  3. Actor24
  4. Basket22
  5. Football20
  6. Painter16
  7. Chemist13
  8. Lawyer13
  1. Chemist137.2×
  2. Handball116.8×
  3. Academic315.9×
  4. Psychologist55.2×
  5. Art Historian55.1×
  6. Basket223.4×
  7. Physician123.4×
  8. Physicist73.3×
  1. Football200.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0007 PHILOSOPHER

Harald Lesch

Born 1960

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0026 MUSIC

Chris Liebing

Born 1968

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0069 MUSIC

Justus Köhncke

Born 1966

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0085 FILM

Henner Winckler

Born 1969

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0086 THEATRE

Stefan Pucher

Born 1965

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0087 POLITICIAN

Lucia Puttrich

Born 1961

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0088 GEOLOGIST

Dirk Schulze-Makuch

Born 1964

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0091 ATHLETIC

Birgit Clarius

Born 1965

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0106 PRESENTER

Andreas Türck

Born 1968

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0110 AUTHOR

Michael Kegler

Born 1967

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0121 MUSIC

Gunnar Geisse

Born 1964

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0150 PAINTER

Jan Schüler

Born 1963

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0154 MUSIC

Martin Stock (Komponist)

Born 1961

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0159 ACADEMIC

Joachim Vogel (Jurist)

1963 - 2013

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0162 ROWER

Ruth Kaps

Born 1968

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0165 AUTHOR

Veronika Peters

Born 1966

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0169 THEATER

Alexander E. L. Schulin

Born 1965

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0176 HISTORIAN

Heike Knortz

Born 1962

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0181 THEATRE

Philip Tiedemann

Born 1969

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0188 WRITER

Oliver Buslau

Born 1962

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0196 PSYCHOLOGIST

Michael Utsch

Born 1960

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0205 FOOTBALL

Harald Gärtner

Born 1968

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0208 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Marcus Reuter

Born 1966

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0216 ACADEMIC

Jörg Ennuschat

Born 1965

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0233 ACADEMIC

Matthias Ruffert

Born 1966

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0235 PHYSICIAN

Heike Groos

1960 - 2017

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0237 WRITER

Sabine Trinkaus

Born 1969

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0250 ARTIST

Dietrich Faber

Born 1969

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0253 FORESTER

Carsten Wilke (Forstmann)

Born 1960

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0261 PSYCHOLOGIST

Arvid Kappas

Born 1962

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0265 FOOTBALL

Peter Radojewski

Born 1968

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0267 ACTOR

Henning Kober (Schauspieler)

Born 1968

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0278 AUTHOR

Stefanie Menzinger

Born 1965

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0279 LINGUIST

Elisabeth Rieken

Born 1965

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0287 FOOTBALL

Jörg Kaessmann

Born 1968

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0293 CORRESPONDENT

Yacin Hehrlein

Born 1964

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0299 WRITER

Daniel Grolle

Born 1963

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0302 PAINTER

Andreas Orosz

Born 1960

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0314 POLITICIAN

Matthias Büger

Born 1969

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0320 CHEMIST

Simone Techert

Born 1968

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0334 FOOTBALL

Kai-Uwe Schnell

Born 1967

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0345 PHYSICIST

Roger Erb

Born 1961

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0358 PAINTER

Saskia Schüler

Born 1964

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0360 WRITER

Uwe Buß

Born 1967

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0393 FOOTBALL

Volker Münn

Born 1960

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0406 MANAGER

Peter Gerber (Manager)

Born 1964

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0413 POLITICIAN

Uwe Schulz (Politiker)

Born 1961

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0437 MODERATOR

Andreas Karczewski

Born 1965

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0441 POLITICIAN

Jutta Paulus

Born 1967

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0472 OPERA

Ralf Willershäuser

Born 1964

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0478 SINGER

Andreas Czerney

Born 1967

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0480 HANDBALL

Uwe Inderthal

Born 1967

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0485 HANDBALL

Ralf Inderthal

Born 1967

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0487 POLITICIAN

Dietmar Weihrich

Born 1964

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0516 POLITICIAN

Arno Enners

Born 1964

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