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HAMBURG

Most Famous People Born in Hamburg, Germany

Notable people
7,049
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1927
Most distinctive
Merchant 13.2×

A merchant republic in everything but name. Hamburg's most distinctive profession is merchant at more than thirteen times the global rate — the officers of a Hanseatic free port that governed itself through its own Senate until the 19th century — alongside an unusually thick column of authors, theologians, judges, and academics. Politicians still account for almost a sixth of all notable births here, more than in any other German city, and the 1800s are unusually heavy.

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What Hamburg Is Known For

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Politician is Hamburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (979).

Hamburg over-indexes on merchant 13.2× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician 979 1.2×
  2. Actor 725 1.9×
  3. Painter 335 1.8×
  4. Writer 277 1.2×
  5. Author 250 4.1×
  6. Football 241 0.3×
  7. Academic 239 3.4×
  8. Lawyer 170 1.4×
  1. Merchant 81 13.2×
  2. Author 250 4.1×
  3. Theologian 94 3.7×
  4. Academic 239 3.4×
  5. Judge 74 2.2×
  6. Actor 725 1.9×
  7. Painter 335 1.8×
  1. Football 241 0.3×
  2. Singer 101 0.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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4335 SINGER

Joe Luga

1920 - 2002

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4336 AUTHOR

Elga Koch

1928 - 2014

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4358 AUTHOR

Ingo Harden

Born 1928

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4382 JUDGE

Günther Schroeder-Printzen

1924 - 2011

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4398 RÅDGIVARE

Inge Hegeler

1927 - 1996

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4420 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Peter Schmid (Archäologe)

Born 1926

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4449 FOOTBALL

Reinhold Jackstell

1923 - 2004

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4451 THEOLOGE

Wolfgang Grell

1924 - 2010

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4456 ACADEMIC

Dietrich Sahrhage

1926 - 2009

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4483 ACTOR

Gertrud Prey

Born 1920

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4502 WRITER

Helmut Ries

1920 - 2009

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4507 DRAMA

Uwe Storjohann

Born 1925

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4523 BOTANIST

Helmut Rehder

Born 1927

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4534 CHEMIST

Hans Paulsen

Born 1922

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4538 ARCHITECT

Horst Sandtmann

1923 - 1994

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4553 CHEMIST

Hans-Jürgen Bersch

1925 - 2016

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4561 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Seeler

Born 1928

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4571 CHEMIST

E. Ulrich Franck

1920 - 2004

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4579 PHYSICIST

Egbert Kankeleit

Born 1929

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4585 PRESENTER

Hans Gresmann

1928 - 2006

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4592 FOOTBALL

Rolf Valtin

1925 - 2018

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4598 GENETICIST

Gerd Kobabe

Born 1929

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4616 ORNITHOLOGIST

Wolfgang de Grahl

1922 - 1992

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4650 CINEMA

Helmut Meewes

Born 1929

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4654 PAINTER

Heinz Glüsing

1920 - 2013

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4669 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Orgaß

1927 - 2012

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4672 MUSIC

Hans Erik Deckert

Born 1927

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4674 ART DEALER

Peter Hagenah (Galerist)

1927 - 2017

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4695 PAEDIATRICIAN

Otto Herbert Wolff

1920 - 2010

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4718 AUTHOR

Heinz Brüdigam

1929 - 2003

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4719 AUTHOR

Frank Wagner (Verleger)

1929 - 1997

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4735 MILITAR

Richard Schröder

Born 1921

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4736 JUDGE

Dietrich Katzenstein

1923 - 2008

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4737 WIDERSTAND

Heinz Priess (Widerstandskämpfer)

1920 - 1945

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4759 JOURNALIST

Hartwig von Mouillard

1920 - 1991

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4767 PHYSICIAN

Silvestre Frenk

Born 1923

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4783 WRITER

Ursula Randt

1929 - 2007

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4791 ACTOR

Ralf Bregazzi

1925 - 1984

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4843 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Philipp

1925 - 1988

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4863 ORGANIST

Maximilian Skiba

1922 - 2019

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4864 PRESENTER

Helmut Hansen

1920 - 2011

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4876 TEACHER

Werner Moritz

1928 - 1967

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4906 POLITICIAN

Waldemar Dudda

1925 - 2015

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4908 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Gyptner

1923 - 1944

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4915 PUBLISHER

Ernst Naumann (Verleger)

1921 - 2004

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4927 FOOTBALL

Heinz Tonn

1921 - 2003

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4931 PAINTER

Theodor Gerkens

1924 - 2013

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4953 PROFESSOR

Werner Gaede

1926 - 2014

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4991 JOURNALIST

Uwe Boldt

1928 - 2012

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5010 PSYCHOLOGIST

Lothar Michel

1929 - 1993

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5015 THEOLOGE

Henry Fischer (Theologe)

1928 - 1997

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5031 POLITICIAN

Inge Kazamel

Born 1928

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5081 POLITICIAN

Lieselotte Wollny

1926 - 2019

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5101 HANDBALL

Jürgen Isberg

Born 1928

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5126 POLITICIAN

Gundolf Dehner

1928 - 1984

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5129 PRESERVATIONIST

Josef Schewe

1921 - 1978

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5196 ACTOR

Harald Eggers (Schauspieler)

1927 - 1993

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5200 AUTHOR

Heinrich Christian Graf zu Rantzau

1922 - 2001

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5311 PHILOLOGIST

Johannes Holthusen (Slawist)

1924 - 1985

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5333 LAWYER

Hajo Wandschneider

1925 - 2017

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5347 JOURNALIST

Bernhard Wördehoff

Born 1929

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5418 RABBI

Shlomo Carlebach (scholar)

Born 1925

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5473 ACTOR

Edmund Saussen

1927 - 1975

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5485 ACTOR

Karl-Heinz Fiege

Born 1928

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5522 ACTOR

Rolf E. Schenker

Born 1927

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5524 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Rätzmann

1927 - 2013

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5536 POLITICIAN

Sibylle Engel

1920 - 2011

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5547 PHYSIOLOGIST

Hans Baruch

1925 - 2013

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5560 POLITICIAN

Kurt Becker (Journalist)

1920 - 1987

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5641 VORSITZENDER

Peter Mählmann

1923 - 2010

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5661 JOURNALIST

Wolfgang Jäger (Journalist)

1920 - 2012

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5683 POLITICIAN

Peter Petersen (Politiker, 1926)

1926 - 2005

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5706 PAINTER

Carlo Kriete

1924 - 1989

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5712 ACADEMIC

Hedwig Wallis

1921 - 1997

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5715 CHEMIST

Randolph Riemschneider

Born 1920

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5727 POLITICIAN

Paul Haarmeyer

Born 1928

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5728 POLITICIAN

Lars Fischer-Zernin

1923 - 2009

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5778 EDUCATOR

Martin Franz

1928 - 2016

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5803 HORTICULTURIST

Gerhard Bünemann

1926 - 2015

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5815 POLITICIAN

Doris Altewischer

1929 - 2019

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5845 POLITICIAN

Klaus Happersberger

Born 1926

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5882 ARCHITECT

Heinz Meyer-Bruck

1927 - 1997

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5886 PARSON

Harald Bertheau

1924 - 2004

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5889 ACTOR

Egon Reimers

1928 - 1989

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5907 ACADEMIC

Hans-Harald Schumacher

1920 - 2008

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5918 VIOLIN

Franz Benteler

1925 - 2010

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5954 POLITICIAN

Hans Saalfeld

1928 - 2019

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5970 GERMANIST

Joachim Hartig

1928 - 1999

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5999 WRITER

Ilse Ibach

1921 - 2002

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6000 ARCHITECT

Erwin Laage

1920 - 1997

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6018 FOOTBALL

Herbert Wojtkowiak

1922 - 1990

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6029 POLITICIAN

Max Reimer (Politiker)

1921 - 1988

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6030 ACTOR

Jürgen Wulf

1923 - 1987

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6048 BOXER

Ferdinand Raeschke

1920 - 1987

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6103 COMMANDER

Karl-Heinz Meltzer

1922 - 1943

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6141 AUTHOR

Hermann Klamfoth

1920 - 1970

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6193 VIOLIN

Max Ellen

1926 - 2014

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6202 OFFICER

Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding

1922 - 1943

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6208 WIDERSTAND

Albert Suhr

1920 - 1996

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6265 SURGEON

Horst Buck-Gramcko

Born 1929

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6269 MISSING

Eric O. Stork

1927 - 2014

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6280 NATIONALSOZIALISMUS

Bruno Himpkamp

1925 - 2008

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6281 FOOTBALL

Horst Herden

1928 - 2005

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6292 JUDGE

Erwin Marcus

1925 - 2010

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6338 ACTOR

Horst Dieter Sievers

Born 1928

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6349 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Eckström

1921 - 1994

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6362 CRICKET

Gunther Goldman

Born 1924

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6371 SOLDIER

Heinz Baumann

Born 1922

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6384 PHILOSOPHER

Sister Vajirā

1928 - 1991

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6420 PHILOSOPHER

Kurt Mueller-Vollmer

1928 - 2019

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6465 COMPOSER

Günther Bollhagen

1927 - 2014

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6493 PAINTER

Gerhard Dancker

1925 - 2006

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6500 POLITICIAN

Cäsar Meister

1927 - 2017

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6509 TERRORIST

Hans Eckhardt (Polizist)

1921 - 1972

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6536 JUDGE

Hans Joachim Berker

1924 - 1992

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6556 PUPPENSPIELER

Heinz Krause (Puppenspieler)

1924 - 2008

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6578 DIPLOMAT

Jens Petersen (Diplomat)

Born 1923

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6612 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Jantzen

1921 - 2007

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6619 POLITICIAN

Irmgard Neumann

1925 - 1989

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6621 SINGER

Gerd Morell

1928 - 1973

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6655 FOOTBALL

Albert Felgenhauer

1922 - 2002

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6659 POLITICIAN

Irene Knickrehm

1925 - 2019

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6668 MUSIC

Irmgard Waßmann

Born 1926

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6702 SOLDIER

Karl-Heinz Fritz

1921 - 1944

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6782 SOLDIER

Hans Falke (U-992)

Born 1920

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6792 MODERATOR

Helga Boddin

1926 - 2006

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6837 SOLDIER

Matthias Brünig

Born 1920

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6851 PAINTER

Hans Herbert Hartwieg

1922 - 2019

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6852 DANCER

Otti Tenzel-Koniarsky

1923 - 2015

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6893 POLITICIAN

Harro Matthiesen

Born 1925

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6916 TRADE UNION

Joachim Gragert

1920 - 1973

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6917 POLITICIAN

Werner Karotka

Born 1927

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6928 POLITICIAN

Waldemar Christiansen

1920 - 1997

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6934 PAINTER

Kurt Schulz (Maler)

1927 - 1999

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6984 POLITICIAN

Reinhardt Hinze

Born 1929

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6989 POLITICIAN

Adolf Feldtmann

1928 - 1990

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6990 POLITICIAN

Hermann Heberlein (Politiker)

1922 - 1999

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6993 POLITICIAN

Karlheinz Sanders

1924 - 2003

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7016 MANAGER

Herbert Gienow

Born 1926

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7021 JOURNALIST

Claus Kühn

1924 - 2016

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