53.5500° N, 10.0000° E

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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0033 WRITER

Uwe Timm

Born 1940

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0041 ACTOR

Karin Schubert

Born 1944

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0052 POLITICIAN

Peer Steinbrück

Born 1947

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0069 ACTOR

Evelyn Hamann

1942 - 2007

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0086 ACTOR

Holger Meins

1941 - 1974

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0095 POLITICIAN

Hans-Olaf Henkel

Born 1940

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0096 SINGER

Joachim Witt

Born 1949

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0120 ACTOR

Hannelore Hoger

Born 1942

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0134 BUSINESS

John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley

Born 1948

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0142 ACTOR

Harry Rowohlt

1945 - 2015

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0162 POLITICIAN

Volker Rühe

Born 1942

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0169 ACTOR

Doris Kunstmann

Born 1944

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0184 SCREENWRITER

Bodo Kirchhoff

Born 1948

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0196 MUSIC

Oliver Shanti

Born 1948

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0213 ACTOR

Christiane Krüger

Born 1945

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0220 SONGWRITER

Rolf Zuckowski

Born 1947

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0221 WRITER

Peter Pohl

Born 1940

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0226 ACTOR

Jenny Gröllmann

1947 - 2006

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0236 SINGER

Hanna Schwarz

Born 1943

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0242 ACTOR

Marquard Bohm

1941 - 2006

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0300 MEDIEVALIST

Gerd Althoff

Born 1943

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0315 POLITICIAN

Henning Voscherau

1941 - 2016

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0317 MEDIEVALIST

Johannes Fried

Born 1942

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0321 PROSTITUTE

Domenica Niehoff

1945 - 2009

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0337 ACTOR

Bernd Herzsprung

Born 1942

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0391 JOURNALIST

Dirk Sager

1940 - 2014

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0395 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Peter J. Katzenstein

Born 1945

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0437 BASKET

Walter Szczerbiak

Born 1949

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0445 MATHEMATICIAN

Wilfried Schmid

Born 1943

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0460 WRITER

Brigitte Blobel

Born 1942

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0492 PHILOSOPHER

Ansgar Beckermann

Born 1945

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0505 ACTOR

Hans Peter Korff

Born 1942

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0517 COMPOSER

Asmus Tietchens

Born 1947

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0527 FOOTBALL

Bernd Dörfel

Born 1944

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0535 JAPANOLOGIST

Florian Coulmas

Born 1949

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0549 ROWER

Horst Meyer

1941 - 2020

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0611 ACTOR

Karin Anselm

Born 1940

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0630 ACTOR

Susanne Beck

Born 1947

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0650 SINGER

Wilken F. Dincklage

1942 - 1994

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0661 INDOLOGIST

Axel Michaels

Born 1949

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0678 CHEMIST

Bernd Giese

Born 1940

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0681 POLITICIAN

Ernst Uhrlau

Born 1946

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0692 COMPOSER

Carsten Bohn

Born 1948

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0693 PHOTOGRAPHER

Peter Leibing

1941 - 2008

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0695 CHEMIST

Walter Kaminsky

Born 1941

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0726 ACTOR

Martin Lüttge

1943 - 2017

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0730 BOTANIST

Jan-Peter Frahm

1945 - 2014

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0758 ACADEMIC

Holger Herwig

Born 1941

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0762 ACTOR

Johanna Liebeneiner

Born 1945

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0764 CONDUCTOR

Christof Perick

Born 1946

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0779 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Elisabeth Vrba

Born 1942

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0828 ACTOR

Michael Abendroth

Born 1948

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0833 POLITICIAN

Gunnar Uldall

1940 - 2017

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0847 JOURNALIST

André Dominé

Born 1946

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0851 PRESENTER

Klaus-Peter Siegloch

Born 1946

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0855 ACTOR

Jens Scheiblich

1942 - 2010

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0875 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Wähling

Born 1940

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0885 ACTOR

Maria Brockerhoff

Born 1942

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0914 FILM

Christian Görlitz

Born 1944

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0927 AUTHOR

Heidi Hassenmüller

Born 1941

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0929 ACTOR

Heidi Mahler

Born 1944

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0945 MATHEMATICIAN

Walter Borho

Born 1945

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0973 PHILOSOPHER

Arno Ros

Born 1942

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0991 ACTOR

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

Born 1942

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0997 AUTHOR

Volker Hage

Born 1949

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1001 JOURNALIST

Sven Simon

1941 - 1980

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1006 POLITICIAN

Werner Hackmann

1947 - 2007

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1019 BYZANTINIST

Ralph-Johannes Lilie

Born 1947

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1022 JUDGE

Brun-Otto Bryde

Born 1943

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1027 WRITER

Viola Roggenkamp

Born 1948

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1030 JOURNALISM

Christa Cowrie

Born 1949

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1052 ATHLETIC

Inge Bödding

Born 1947

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1058 SOCIOLOGIST

Gerhard Stapelfeldt

Born 1947

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1067 PHOTOGRAPHER

Volker Hinz

1947 - 2019

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1091 POLITICIAN

Johannes Ludewig

Born 1945

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1126 BUSINESS

Georg Winter (manager)

Born 1941

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1135 POLITICIAN

Birgit Schnieber-Jastram

Born 1946

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1167 WRITER

Farhad Vladi

Born 1945

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1168 PHOTOGRAPHER

Roswitha Hecke

Born 1944

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1202 SAILOR

Peter Naumann

Born 1941

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1203 VIOLIN

Wilhelm Melcher

1940 - 2005

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1226 BASKET

Manfred Bock

1941 - 2010

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1227 PROFESSOR

Mariusz Ziółko

Born 1946

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1252 MUSIC

Clemens Kühn

Born 1945

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1266 ACTOR

Klaus Büchner (Musiker)

Born 1948

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1281 EDUCATION

Rolf Schulmeister

Born 1943

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1291 LAWYER

Wolfgang Curilla

Born 1942

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1316 WRITER

Wolf-Ulrich Cropp

Born 1941

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1340 AUTHOR

Monika Beisner

Born 1942

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1345 EDUCATION

Kersten Reich

Born 1948

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1363 BIOLOGIST

Wolfgang Ritter

Born 1948

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1369 PROFESSOR

Monika Krohwinkel

Born 1941

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1372 CONDUCTOR

Joshard Daus

Born 1947

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1376 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Klimke

Born 1948

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1379 ACTOR

Lisa Riecken

Born 1949

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1384 COMPOSER

Tony (Sänger)

Born 1944

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1416 HOCKEY

Eckart Suhl

Born 1943

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1442 MUSIC

Matthias Kaul

1949 - 2020

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1447 WRITER

Petra Oelker

Born 1947

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1469 POLITISCH

Werner Pinzner

1947 - 1986

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1475 ACTOR

Andreas von der Meden

1943 - 2017

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1477 THEOLOGIAN

Christa Mulack

Born 1943

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1483 CONDUCTOR

Eberhard Kloke

Born 1948

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1490 TEACHER

Timothy O'Shea

Born 1949

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1492 ACTOR

Bernd Simon

1946 - 2017

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1525 ECONOMIST

Henning Behrens

Born 1940

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1530 ACADEMIC

Erika Fischer-Lichte

Born 1943

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1536 HISTORIAN

Günter Prinzing

Born 1943

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1540 WRITER

Katrin Rohde

Born 1948

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1543 MUSIC

Heidi Bachert

1944 - 2019

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1545 ACADEMIC

Peter Hommelhoff

Born 1942

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1558 SPORT

Uwe Sauer

Born 1943

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1562 WRITER

Uwe Reimer

1948 - 2004

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1569 ACTOR

Klaus Peeck

Born 1947

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1571 PHOTOGRAPHER

Wolfgang Peter Geller

Born 1945

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1597 SINGER

Inga Rumpf

Born 1946

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1604 JOURNALIST

Peter Voß (Journalist)

Born 1941

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1621 ACADEMIC

Dietrich Murswiek

Born 1948

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1633 ACTOR

Wilfried Dziallas

Born 1944

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1645 ACTOR

Hans-Peter Bögel

Born 1941

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1658 FOOTBALL

Bernd Lorenz

1947 - 2005

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1686 MUSIC

Cisco Berndt

1942 - 2014

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1691 POLITICIAN

Rolf Wernstedt

Born 1940

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1692 WRITER

Ronald Kay

1941 - 2017

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1731 MATHEMATICIAN

Ina Kersten

Born 1946

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1734 ACTOR

Gerhard Garbers

Born 1942

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1760 JUDO

Rainer Fischer

Born 1949

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1769 ACTOR

Wolfgang Kaven

Born 1940

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1788 PIANIST

Gottfried Böttger

1949 - 2017

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1847 MODERATOR

Pit Weyrich

Born 1948

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1858 ACADEMIC

Silke Leopold

Born 1948

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1863 FOOTBALL

Helmut Sandmann

Born 1944

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1870 FOOTBALL

Hans-Jürgen Ripp

Born 1946

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1904 SCREENWRITER

Rolf Basedow

Born 1947

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1907 ACTOR

Kirsten Dene

Born 1943

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1926 BALLET

Hanni Vanhaiden

Born 1942

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1929 MUSIC

Pat Simon

Born 1949

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1951 DRIVER

Jochi Kleint

Born 1948

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1955 ACTOR

Marlies Engel

Born 1943

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1996 ACTOR

Jasper Vogt

Born 1945

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2022 PRODUCER

Thomas Kukuck

Born 1948

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2027 ART HISTORIAN

Antje von Graevenitz

Born 1940

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2038 PRODUCER

Katharina Trebitsch

Born 1949

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2041 WRITER

Dirk C. Fleck

Born 1943

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2055 AUTHOR

Joachim Wagner (Journalist)

Born 1943

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2060 ACADEMIC

Detlev Claussen

Born 1948

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2063 ART HISTORIAN

Rainer Crone

1942 - 2016

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2067 AUTHOR

Heidi Beutin

Born 1945

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2071 COMPOSER

Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz

Born 1948

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2087 JOURNALIST

Manuela Hoelterhoff

Born 1949

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2096 MUSIC

Reinhard Tarrach

Born 1944

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2140 ACTOR

Claus-Dieter Reents

1943 - 1996

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2161 BUSINESS

Eggert Voscherau

Born 1943

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2169 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Peiner

Born 1943

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2188 COMPOSER

Jens-Peter Ostendorf

1944 - 2006

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2189 AUTHOR

Herbert Schuldt

Born 1941

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2192 ACTOR

Mascha Rabben

Born 1949

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2197 FOOTBALL

Gert Wieczorkowski

Born 1948

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2244 LITERARY

Klaus Behnken

1944 - 2016

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2247 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Michael Th. Greven

1947 - 2012

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2250 AUTHOR

Wolf Serno

Born 1944

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2256 JOURNALIST

Kurt Scheel

1948 - 2018

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2276 CLARINET

Reimer von Essen

Born 1940

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2282 ECONOMIST

Burkhard Wehner

Born 1946

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2292 ACTOR

Reinhilt Schneider

Born 1946

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2300 PHILOLOGUE

Anna Elissa Radke

Born 1940

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2317 ACTOR

Frauke Sinjen

1940 - 2003

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2320 ACADEMIC

Erich Samson

1940 - 2014

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2334 HISTORIAN

Claus-Dieter Krohn

1941 - 2019

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2340 AUTHOR

Peter Wippermann

Born 1949

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2348 POLITICIAN

Knut Nevermann

Born 1944

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2356 AUTHOR

Monika Held

Born 1943

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2367 WRITER

Hannes Nygaard

Born 1949

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2399 POLITICIAN

Rainer Wiegard

Born 1949

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2400 CEO

Hartmut Schwesinger

Born 1949

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2422 ETHNOLOGIST

Claus Deimel

Born 1948

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2425 EDUCATION

Peter Struck (Erziehungswissenschaftler)

Born 1942

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2430 JOURNALIST

Susanne Schmidt (Journalistin)

Born 1947

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2446 PUBLISHER

Margrit Osterwold

Born 1944

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2451 ACTOR

Brigitte Rohkohl

Born 1946

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2486 EDUCATION

Bernhard Claußen

Born 1948

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2498 POLITICIAN

Rolf Lange

Born 1942

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2504 ACADEMIC

Sabine Hering

Born 1947

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2511 AUTHOR

Birgit Lahann

Born 1940

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2513 POLITICIAN

Bruno Hollnagel

Born 1948

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2517 AUTHOR

Rainer Köthe

Born 1948

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2535 ART HISTORIAN

Detlef Hoffmann

1940 - 2013

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2537 FILM

Gisela Stelly

Born 1942

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2539 AUTHOR

Marianne Gronemeyer

Born 1941

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2545 PSYCHOLOGIST

Wolfgang Mertens

Born 1946

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2605 ECONOMIST

Wolf Schäfer (Ökonom)

1941 - 2020

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2608 SOCIOLOGIST

Gero Jenner

Born 1942

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2609 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Basedow

Born 1949

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2630 PRODUCER

Jörn Klamroth

1944 - 2011

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2631 POLITICIAN

Hartmut Wegener

Born 1946

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2633 SINGER

Grit van Jüten

Born 1944

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2657 SKATER

Inge Paul

Born 1946

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2668 ECOLOGIST

Walter Jonat

Born 1949

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2671 ACADEMIC

Hanko Bommert

Born 1941

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2707 ACTOR

Jens Weisser

Born 1946

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2711 ACTOR

Heidrun von Goessel

Born 1945

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2713 ARCHIVIST

Niklot Klüßendorf

Born 1944

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2718 MUSIC

Niels Frédéric Hoffmann

Born 1943

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2719 POLITICIAN

Elke Steinhöfel

Born 1940

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2720 GEOGRAPHER

Albrecht Jebens

Born 1946

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2729 COMPOSER

Bernhard Wulff

Born 1948

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2735 FILM

Thomas Struck

Born 1943

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2737 TRANSLATOR

Maralde Meyer-Minnemann

Born 1943

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2760 WISSENSCHAFTLICH

Gert Kähler

Born 1942

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2766 HISTORIAN

Stephan Merl

Born 1947

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2780 ACTOR

Herta Fahrenkrog

Born 1942

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2782 AUTHOR

Jürgen Ehlers (Geograph)

Born 1948

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2793 AUTHOR

Jobst Knigge

Born 1944

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2807 ACADEMIC

Erika Schuchardt

Born 1940

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2817 ART HISTORIAN

Wolfram Martini

1941 - 2017

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2825 PAINTER

Gustav Kluge

Born 1947

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2832 LAWYER

Bernhard Gertz

Born 1945

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2838 WRITER

Daniel Dubbe

Born 1942

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2867 ECONOMIST

Bernd Stauss

Born 1947

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2874 ACTOR

Uwe Hacker

1940 - 1995

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2880 ARMEE

Angela Luther

Born 1940

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2883 SINGER

Rüdiger Wohlers

Born 1943

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2885 PROFESSOR

Anne Jensen (Theologin)

1941 - 2008

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2893 HISTORIAN

Ina S. Lorenz

Born 1940

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2907 ACTOR

Bernd Kuschmann

Born 1941

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2926 PSYCHOLOGIST

Diether Gebert

1940 - 2018

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2927 ATHLETIC

Christa Striezel

Born 1949

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2933 PATHOLOGIST

Manfred Dietel

Born 1948

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2942 NEUROLOGE

Wolfgang H. Zangemeister

Born 1945

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2945 WRITER

Andreas Hopf

1940 - 2000

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2955 PAINTER

Thomas Hornemann

Born 1943

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2959 PRESENTER

Gabriele von Arnim

Born 1946

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2965 ARTIST

Peter W. Schatt

Born 1948

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2970 ACTOR

Stefan Haar

Born 1940

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2985 AUTHOR

Angelika Aliti

Born 1946

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2992 SOCIOLOGIST

Angelika Wetterer

Born 1949

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2995 ACADEMIC

Klaus Weimar

Born 1941

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2998 WRITER

Rainer Haak

Born 1947

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3001 ACADEMIC

Johann Behrens (Pflegewissenschaftler)

Born 1949

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3005 PAINTER

Nikolaus Störtenbecker

Born 1940

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3007 FILM

Christian Bau (Regisseur)

Born 1942

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3026 EDUCATION

Wilfried Hartmann (Erziehungswissenschaftler) –

Born 1941

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3028 ACTOR

Victoria Voncampe

Born 1941

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3034 ACTOR

Bernd Upnmoor

Born 1940

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3069 LAWYER

Claus Harmsen

Born 1947

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3075 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Sander (Journalist)

Born 1941

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3078 ARCHITECT

Niels Gutschow

Born 1941

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3080 AUTHOR

Regina Rusch

Born 1945

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3088 ACTOR

Axel Olsson (Schauspieler)

Born 1947

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3092 ART HISTORIAN

Klaus Schrenk

Born 1949

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3102 THEOLOGIAN

Hans-Joachim Kiderlen

Born 1943

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3164 SOCIOLOGIST

Lars Lambrecht

Born 1944

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3174 THERAPIST

Clemens Cording

Born 1945

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3185 ACTOR

Reinhard von Hacht

Born 1943

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3190 SOCIOLOGIST

Wolfgang Krohn

Born 1941

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3192 ACTOR

Inge Sievers

1941 - 2018

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3205 PSYCHOLOGIST

Gerhard Stemmler

Born 1949

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3236 LAWYER

Ingrid Nümann-Seidewinkel

Born 1943

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3257 PASTOR

Rainer Ehlers

Born 1941

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3261 FILM

Bernd Burgemeister

1945 - 2008

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3281 ARTIST

Bernd Minnich

1941 - 1993

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3332 PROFESSOR

Christel Hopf

1942 - 2008

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3334 THEOLOGIAN

Walter Simonis

1940 - 2012

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3341 WRITER

Firouz Vladi

Born 1948

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3347 WRITER

Gisela von Radowitz

Born 1941

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3353 CHEMIST

Ernst Schaumann (Chemiker)

Born 1943

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3358 MUSIC

Reinhart Firchow

Born 1943

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3369 POLITICIAN

Christel Weißig

Born 1945

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3392 TEACHER

Harry Bergeest

Born 1944

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3397 ENTREPRENEUR

Jens Ehrhardt

Born 1942

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3435 ARTIST

Holger Matthies

Born 1940

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3439 PHILOLOGIST

Widu-Wolfgang Ehlers

Born 1941

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3441 FOOTBALL

Klaus Fock

Born 1947

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3458 ACADEMIC

Sieglind Ellger-Rüttgardt

Born 1941

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3467 POLITICIAN

Irton Marx

Born 1947

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3504 HISTORIAN

Barbara Vogel (Historikerin)

Born 1940

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3512 WRITER

Gerrit Bekker

Born 1943

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3514 ILLUSTRATOR

Hilke Raddatz

Born 1941

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3515 WRITER

Elke Vesper

Born 1949

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3516 PAINTER

Wolfgang Behrend

1944 - 2015

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3539 JAPANOLOGIST

Manfred Pohl (Japanologe)

1943 - 2015

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3543 POLITICIAN

Rosely Schweizer

Born 1940

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3553 KATHOLISCHER

Raban Tilmann

1940 - 2017

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3567 AUTHOR

Klaus Voswinckel

Born 1943

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3573 SOCIOLOGIST

Karl-Heinz Reuband

Born 1946

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3574 JOURNALIST

Emanuel Eckardt

Born 1942

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3576 VORSITZENDER

Roland Reime

1945 - 2017

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3579 HISTORIAN

Joachim Niemeyer

Born 1940

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3587 BACTERIOLOGIST

Erko Stackebrandt

Born 1944

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3590 ACTOR

Jörg Pfennigwerth

1945 - 2008

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3605 LAWYER

Harro Semmler

Born 1947

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3611 POLITICIAN

Hinnerk Fock

Born 1943

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3618 CARTOONIST

Papan

Born 1943

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3637 AUTHOR

Ingo Sax

1940 - 2019

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3644 TRANSLATOR

Sylvia List

Born 1941

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3650 AUTHOR

Rolf Speckner

Born 1949

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3655 JOURNALIST

Rainer Wulff

Born 1943

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3678 SAILOR

Uwe Mares

Born 1942

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3688 PHILOLOGIST

Wilt Aden Schröder

Born 1942

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3698 ETHNOLOGIST

Ulf Matthiesen

Born 1943

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