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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 soldier8.2× 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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Showing 49 of 341 notable people

0010 POLITICIAN

Benno von Arent

1898 - 1956

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0011 POLITICIAN

Hildegard Burjan

1883 - 1933

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0016 POLITICIAN

Michael Kretschmer

Born 1975

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0038 POLITICIAN

Helma Orosz

Born 1953

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0057 POLITICIAN

Kurt Eimann

1899 - 1980

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0064 POLITICIAN

Thomas Jurk

Born 1962

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0106 POLITICIAN

Ernst Ruge

1878 - 1953

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0108 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Marcus

1927 - 2016

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0127 POLITICIAN

Udo Nagel

Born 1951

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0152 POLITICIAN

Holger Szymanski

Born 1972

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0159 POLITICIAN

Hanns-Gero von Lindeiner

1912 - 1984

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0160 POLITICIAN

Michaela Lindner

Born 1958

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0163 POLITICIAN

Gerlinde Kuppe

Born 1945

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0175 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Häußler

Born 1944

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0183 POLITICIAN

Sebastian Wippel

Born 1982

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0191 POLITICIAN

Fritz Geisler

1890 - 1945

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0203 POLITICIAN

Herbert Mochalski

1910 - 1992

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0212 POLITICIAN

Uta-Verena Meiwald

Born 1966

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0218 POLITICIAN

Otto Theuner

1900 - 1980

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0221 POLITICIAN

Arthur Ullrich

1894 - 1969

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0229 POLITICIAN

Gustav Adolph Rösler

1818 - 1855

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0237 POLITICIAN

Samuel August Sohr

1751 - 1838

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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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0268 POLITICIAN

Maria Karch

1877 - 1958

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0269 POLITICIAN

Doris Herrmann

Born 1938

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0272 POLITICIAN

Horst Lenz

1913 - 1985

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0278 POLITICIAN

Samuel Traugott Neumann

1759 - 1831

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0280 POLITICIAN

Volker Bandmann

Born 1951

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0282 POLITICIAN

Mirko Schultze

Born 1974

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0284 POLITICIAN

Georg Elsner

1887 - 1949

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0288 POLITICIAN

Christian Müller (Politiker, 1947)

Born 1947

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0291 POLITICIAN

Gustav Hartmann (Politiker, 1861)

1861 - 1940

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0292 POLITICIAN

Olaf Raschke

Born 1963

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0294 POLITICIAN

Frank Türkowsky

Born 1959

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0295 POLITICIAN

Joachim Paulick

Born 1958

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0299 POLITICIAN

Erich Flatau

1879 - 1946

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0310 POLITICIAN

Irene Müller (Politikerin)

1955 - 2016

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0313 POLITICIAN

Bernd Lange (Politiker, 1956)

Born 1956

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0314 POLITICIAN

Stephan Loge

Born 1959

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0315 POLITICIAN

Alfred Fehler

1879 - 1945

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0316 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Senftleben

1905 - 1992

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0321 POLITICIAN

Manfred Krüttner

1909 - 1992

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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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0325 POLITICIAN

Herbert Hoffmann (Politiker, 1912)

1912 - 1992

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0333 POLITICIAN

Selma Lohse

1883 - 1937

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0336 POLITICIAN

Peter Heiter

1943 - 2020

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0340 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Müller (Politiker, 1910)

1910 - 1961

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