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GOERLITZ

Most Famous People Born in Goerlitz, Germany

Notable people
341
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1923
Most distinctive
Soldier 8.2×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Goerlitz Is Known For

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Politician is Goerlitz's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (49).

Goerlitz over-indexes on soldier — 8.2× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician49
  2. Actor25
  3. Lawyer12
  4. Author11
  5. Football10
  6. Writer10
  7. Painter10
  8. Historian10
  1. Soldier58.2×
  2. Theologian64.8×
  3. Author113.7×
  4. Sculptor73.1×
  5. Mathematician52.9×
  6. Academic102.9×
  7. Historian102.8×
  8. Diplomat52.5×
  1. Football100.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0026 SCULPTOR

Maria Nordman

Born 1943

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0044 THEOLOGIAN

Christian Möller (Theologe)

Born 1940

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0046 MATHEMATICIAN

Eberhard Knobloch

Born 1943

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0054 FILM

Gunther Scholz

Born 1944

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0070 WRITER

Ulrich Strunz

Born 1943

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0072 ACTOR

Wolfgang Winkler (Schauspieler)

1943 - 2019

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0084 ASTROPHYSICIST

Hanna von Hoerner

1942 - 2014

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0090 PHOTOGRAPHER

Wolfgang Jöhling

Born 1944

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0092 DIPLOMAT

Mark-Ulrich von Schweinitz

1940 - 2009

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0095 ACTOR

Friederike Aust

Born 1943

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0097 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gotthart A. Eichhorn

Born 1941

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0102 PROFESSOR

Klaus Trumpf

Born 1940

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0112 ARTIST

Christa-Louise Riedel

Born 1943

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0118 ACTOR

Heidemarie Schneider

Born 1944

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0121 CHEMIST

Michael Veith (Chemiker)

Born 1944

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0126 LAWYER

Wolf-Ruthart Born

Born 1944

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0131 FILM

Evelyn Schmidt (Regisseurin)

Born 1949

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0138 SOCIOLOGIST

Gert Schmidt

Born 1943

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0139 ECONOMIST

Harald Herrmann

Born 1944

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0140 AUTHOR

Gottfried Niedhart

Born 1940

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0144 THEOLOGIAN

Axel Noack (Theologe)

Born 1949

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0155 HISTORIAN

Ronny Kabus

Born 1947

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0163 POLITICIAN

Gerlinde Kuppe

Born 1945

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0167 ARTIST

Axel Vater

1949 - 2014

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0169 ACTOR

Wolfram Weniger

Born 1940

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0175 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Häußler

Born 1944

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0178 LINGUIST

Wolfgang Siegfried Herrmann

Born 1944

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0180 AUTHOR

Ursula Naumann

Born 1945

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0192 ECONOMIST

Axel Bänsch

Born 1941

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0193 ACTOR

Gösta Knothe

Born 1948

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0217 PHYSICIAN

Hanns-Kristian Rjosk

1943 - 2007

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0219 PIANIST

Reinhard Walter

Born 1940

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0253 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Siegfried Besser

Born 1941

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0256 POLITICIAN

Rolf Karbaum

Born 1940

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0265 POLITICIAN

Walter Fiedler (Politiker)

Born 1944

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0288 POLITICIAN

Christian Müller (Politiker, 1947)

Born 1947

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0290 HOCKEY

Uli Rudel

Born 1943

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0296 HOCKEY

Ulrich Noack

Born 1942

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0308 VIROLOGIST

Nikolaus Müller-Lantzsch

1943 - 2017

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0323 POLITICIAN

Dörte Martini zum Berge

Born 1944

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0324 POLITICIAN

Hans-Jürgen Kaesler

Born 1942

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0327 JUDGE

Hannes Schönfelder

Born 1945

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0329 FENCER

Klaus Schenkel (Fechter)

Born 1940

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0330 MISSING

Friedhart Vogel

Born 1941

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0336 POLITICIAN

Peter Heiter

1943 - 2020

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