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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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0018 FOOTBALL

Stefan Effenberg

Born 1968

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0024 ACTOR

Christiane F.

Born 1961

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0027 FOOTBALL

Andreas Brehme

Born 1960

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0029 SCREENWRITER

Jürgen Vogel

Born 1968

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0035 ACTOR

Susanne Lothar

1960 - 2012

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0054 GUITAR

Kai Hansen

Born 1963

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0068 MODEL

Tatjana Patitz

Born 1966

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0075 SINGER

Michael Kiske

Born 1968

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0102 PRODUCER

Alex Christensen

Born 1967

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0117 POET

May Ayim

1960 - 1996

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0119 SINGER

Lian Ross

Born 1962

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0122 ACTOR

Caroline Beil

Born 1966

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0124 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Herrndorf

1965 - 2013

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0136 MUSIC

Frank Peterson

Born 1963

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0148 VIOLIN

Christian Tetzlaff

Born 1966

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0152 DRUMMER

Ingo Schwichtenberg

1965 - 1995

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0159 POLITICIAN

Aydan Özoğuz

Born 1967

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0160 WRITER

Karen Duve

Born 1961

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0163 SINGER

Peter Heppner

Born 1967

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0173 AUTHOR

John Lanchester

Born 1962

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0177 ACTOR

Nina Petri

Born 1963

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0181 ACTOR

Christoph M. Ohrt

Born 1960

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0185 HISTORIAN

Sönke Neitzel

Born 1968

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0188 ACTOR

Patrick Bach

Born 1968

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0197 PRESENTER

Jörg Pilawa

Born 1965

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0209 MUSIC

Michael Weikath

Born 1962

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0212 BASSIST

Markus Grosskopf

Born 1965

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0216 PLAYWRIGHT

Falk Richter

Born 1969

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0222 ACTOR

Marek Erhardt

Born 1969

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0229 FILM

Andreas Schnaas

Born 1968

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0230 SINGER

Nadja Abd el Farrag

Born 1965

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0245 ACTOR

Sandra Nettelbeck

Born 1966

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0249 ACTOR

Michael Maertens

Born 1963

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0254 SINGER

Frl. Menke

Born 1960

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0258 PROFESSOR

Andreas Schleicher

Born 1964

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0267 COMPOSER

Moritz von Oswald

Born 1962

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0277 SINGER

Sascha Konietzko

Born 1961

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0281 FOOTBALL

Holger Stanislawski

Born 1969

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0292 PLAYER

Michael Westphal

1965 - 1991

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0302 ACTOR

Anja Schüte

Born 1964

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0307 PRESENTER

Kristiane Backer

Born 1965

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0329 PRODUCER

Boris Dlugosch

Born 1968

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0338 FOOTBALL

Frank Neubarth

Born 1962

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0347 MUSIC

Henjo Richter

Born 1963

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0359 JOURNALIST

Bettina Röhl

Born 1962

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0364 CINEMA

Frank Griebe

Born 1964

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0374 SINGER

Rolf Kasparek

Born 1961

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0377 ACTOR

Hans Werner Meyer

Born 1964

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0388 COMPOSER

Detlev Glanert

Born 1960

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0396 PHILOSOPHER

Michael Bordt

Born 1960

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0401 FILM

Matthias Glasner

Born 1965

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0402 BANK

Lael Brainard

Born 1962

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0407 ACTOR

Nele Mueller-Stöfen

Born 1967

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0418 ACADEMIC

Sven Kalisch

Born 1966

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0423 MUSIC

Piet Sielck

Born 1964

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0431 ACTOR

Tatjana Clasing

Born 1964

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0435 ACTOR

Arnd Klawitter

Born 1968

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0455 WRITER

Heinz Strunk

Born 1962

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0457 HORSE TRAINER

Andreas Dibowski

Born 1966

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0476 JOURNALIST

Jakob Augstein

Born 1967

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0482 COMEDIAN

Karen Friesicke

1962 - 2015

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0511 ART HISTORIAN

Till-Holger Borchert

Born 1967

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0520 ROWER

Bahne Rabe

1963 - 2001

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0528 JOCKEY

Gary D.

1964 - 2016

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0538 FOOTBALL

Thomas Wolter

Born 1963

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0541 ACTOR

Mona Mur

Born 1960

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0552 CHESS

Matthias Wahls

Born 1968

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0556 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Grindel

Born 1961

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0565 BUSINESS

Frank Appel

Born 1961

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0572 POLITICIAN

Rüdiger Kruse

Born 1961

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0582 MUSIC

Lotto King Karl

Born 1967

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0585 MATHEMATICIAN

Kai Behrend

Born 1961

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0600 COMPOSER

Joja Wendt

Born 1964

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0601 FILM

Axel Brauns

Born 1963

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0606 POLITICIAN

Eveline Lemke

Born 1964

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0609 FILM

Nicolas Stemann

Born 1968

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0616 ACTOR

Thomas Sarbacher

Born 1961

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0617 BIOLOGIST

Andreas Weber (writer)

Born 1967

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0619 OLYMPIC

Hinrich Romeike

Born 1963

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0623 PRESENTER

Oliver Geissen

Born 1969

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0629 POET

Caroline Bergvall

Born 1962

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0642 PLAYER

Tore Meinecke

Born 1967

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0653 ACTOR

Nicolas König

Born 1968

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0662 SONGWRITER

Nils Koppruch

1965 - 2012

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0666 AUTHOR

Jan-Philipp Sendker

Born 1960

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0675 ACTOR

Till Demtrøder

Born 1967

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0677 JOURNALIST

Ulrike Herrmann

Born 1964

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0683 CARTOONIST

Isabel Kreitz

Born 1967

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0685 SINGER

Carolin Fortenbacher

Born 1963

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0687 PLAYER

Ricki Osterthun

Born 1964

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0727 MUSIC

Felix Kubin

Born 1969

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0737 SINGER

Kevin Russell (musician)

Born 1964

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0738 POLITICIAN

Marcus Weinberg

Born 1967

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0772 ART HISTORIAN

Hartwig Fischer

Born 1962

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0776 PASTOR

Ralf Meister

Born 1962

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0783 FILM

Kai Wessel (director)

Born 1961

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0797 PHYSICIST

Detlef Lohse

Born 1963

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0811 PRESENTER

Tita von Hardenberg

Born 1968

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0815 ACTOR

Nina Hoger

Born 1961

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0817 WRITER

Ina Hartwig

Born 1963

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0831 COMPOSER

Chris Walden

Born 1966

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0843 PHILOSOPHER

Susanne Bobzien

Born 1960

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0858 ACTOR

Hendrik Martz

Born 1968

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0861 SCREENWRITER

Daniel Nocke

Born 1968

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0880 SWIMMER

Stefan Pfeiffer

Born 1965

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0897 ACADEMIC

Frank Trentmann

Born 1965

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0901 FOOTBALL

Marcus Marin

Born 1966

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0902 HOCKEY

Christian Blunck

Born 1968

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0903 ACADEMIC

Stefanie Schüler-Springorum

Born 1962

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0909 ACTOR

Pamela Knaack

Born 1963

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0931 JOURNALIST

Andreas Krause Landt

Born 1963

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0933 HISTORIAN

Jörg Baten

Born 1965

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0946 HISTORIAN

Burghart Schmidt (historian)

Born 1962

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0963 MUSIC

Timo Blunck

Born 1962

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0966 COMPOSER

Jan Müller-Wieland

Born 1966

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0977 SINGER

Alexis (singer)

Born 1968

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0979 POLITICIAN

Kerstin Westphal

Born 1962

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0988 WRITER

Susanne Fülscher

Born 1961

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0993 ACTOR

Henry Arnold

Born 1961

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0999 SINGER

Kai Wessel (countertenor)

Born 1964

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1000 CANOE

Mario Von Appen

Born 1965

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1004 SPORT

Michael Marx (cyclist)

Born 1960

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1016 ACTOR

Annika Bruhns

Born 1966

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1031 SINGER

Lenny Wolf

Born 1962

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1039 HISTORIAN

Johannes Hürter

Born 1963

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1047 ENTREPRENEUR

Ludwig Merckle

Born 1965

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1050 HISTORIAN

Ulrich Pfeil

Born 1966

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1073 PLAYER

Katja Thater

Born 1966

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1079 POLITICIAN

Dirk Niebel

Born 1963

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1080 ACTOR

Jessica Stockmann

Born 1967

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1081 CURLER

John Jahr

Born 1965

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1103 NOVELIST

Stephen Henighan

Born 1960

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1120 POLITICIAN

Arne Gericke

Born 1964

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1124 BLOGGER

Inge Hannemann

Born 1968

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1139 ARTIST

Heiko Müller

Born 1968

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1163 SOCIOLOGIST

Stefan Kühl

Born 1966

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1178 FOOTBALL

André Golke

Born 1964

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1193 FOOTBALL

Marc Fascher

Born 1968

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1209 POLITICIAN

Dietrich Wersich

Born 1964

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1212 RIDER

Marina Köhncke

Born 1968

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1215 FOOTBALL

André Trulsen

Born 1965

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1225 POLITICIAN

Nicolaus Fest

Born 1962

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1239 HISTORIAN

Birgit Aschmann

Born 1967

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1244 CURLER

Sven Goldemann

Born 1969

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1245 SCULPTOR

Olav Westphalen

Born 1963

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1267 ACTOR

Bjarne Mädel

Born 1968

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1268 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Degen

Born 1967

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1272 ENTREPRENEUR

Philipp Daniel Merckle

Born 1966

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1284 DERMATOLOGIST

Torsten Zuberbier

Born 1962

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1286 FOOTBALL

Marinus Bester

Born 1969

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1289 FOOTBALL

Dirk Zander

Born 1965

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1293 POLITICIAN

Ties Rabe

Born 1960

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1302 ACTOR

Alexander Haugg

Born 1968

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1342 SINGER

Dirk Darmstaedter

Born 1965

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1356 PIANIST

Wolf Harden

Born 1962

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1395 FOOTBALL

Holger Aden

Born 1965

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1401 FILM

Frank Papenbroock

Born 1963

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1407 ACTOR

Annika Pages

Born 1968

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1421 JOURNALIST

Mathias Müller von Blumencron

Born 1960

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1423 THEOLOGIAN

Marco Frenschkowski

Born 1960

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1424 LOBBYIST

Arne Schönbohm

Born 1969

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1426 ACTOR

Michael Lott

Born 1964

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1444 FILM

Elmar Hess

Born 1966

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1454 ECONOMIST

Insa Sjurts

Born 1963

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1457 ACTOR

Marit Nissen

Born 1966

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1474 WRITER

Eva Almstädt

Born 1965

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1476 FOOTBALL

Jörn Großkopf

Born 1966

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1479 ARTIST

Andreas Michalke

Born 1966

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1484 MUSIC

Axel Mackenrott

Born 1969

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1506 ACTOR

Christin Marquitan

Born 1967

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1513 POLITICIAN

Kay Gottschalk

Born 1965

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1526 JOURNALIST

Franziska Augstein

Born 1964

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1541 SCREENWRITER

Holger Karsten Schmidt

Born 1965

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1553 PRESENTER

Joachim Steinhöfel

Born 1962

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1556 HISTORIAN

Andrea Strübind

Born 1963

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1566 ACTOR

Eva Freese

Born 1963

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1570 LITERARY

Bettina Abarbanell

Born 1961

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1572 ACTOR

Felix Martin Poenichen

Born 1964

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1574 FILM

Oliver Goetzl

Born 1968

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1599 WRITER

Martin Dreyer (Schriftsteller)

Born 1965

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1635 ROWER

Iris Völkner

Born 1960

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1669 MUSIC

Jens Peter Maintz

Born 1967

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1685 CINEMA

Thomas Behrend

Born 1964

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1687 MUSIC

Jan-Sören Eckert

Born 1965

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1702 PLAYER

Peter Ballauff

Born 1963

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1704 POLITICIAN

Marc Jan Eumann

Born 1966

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1716 HISTORIAN

Karsten Brüggemann

Born 1965

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1718 COSTUME DESIGNER

Florence von Gerkan

Born 1960

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1739 PAINTER

Marc Schmitz

Born 1963

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1771 PHOTOGRAPHER

Daniel Josefsohn

1961 - 2016

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1781 ACTOR

Benjamin Morik

Born 1968

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1785 ACTOR

Torsten Buchsteiner

Born 1964

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1790 WRITER

Christian Dabeler

Born 1965

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1806 ACTOR

Andreas Brucker

Born 1966

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1810 JOURNALIST

Oliver Flesch

Born 1969

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1836 GAME

Mac Gerdts

Born 1962

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1838 ACTOR

Michael Deffert

Born 1968

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1849 POLITICIAN

Metin Hakverdi

Born 1969

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1854 HISTORIAN

Rainer Nicolaysen

Born 1961

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1877 AUTHOR

Johann Hinrich Claussen

Born 1964

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1878 ACTOR

Julia Heinemann

Born 1968

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1883 SONGWRITER

Niels Frevert

Born 1967

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1887 ACTOR

Michel Ruge

Born 1969

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1893 ECONOMIST

Stefan Voigt

Born 1962

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1902 WRITER

Maja Nielsen

Born 1964

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1915 MUSIC

Thorsten Wingenfelder

Born 1966

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1928 ACTOR

Jessika Cardinahl

Born 1965

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1934 ARCHITECT

Yasmine Mahmoudieh

Born 1961

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1937 ACTOR

Kai Lentrodt

Born 1969

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1944 ACTOR

Marion Elskis

Born 1966

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1947 SCREENWRITER

Kai Hensel

Born 1965

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1957 JOURNALIST

Silke Burmester

Born 1966

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1965 PRESENTER

Maria Gresz

Born 1967

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1966 PRESENTER

Susanne Holst

Born 1961

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1967 EDUCATION

Beatrix Palt

Born 1968

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1970 AUTHOR

Sven Tode

Born 1964

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1971 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gabriele Oestreich

Born 1961

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1973 ACTOR

Friederike Wagner

Born 1962

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1978 POLITICIAN

Swen Schulz

Born 1968

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1984 WRITER

Tania Schlie

Born 1961

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1989 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Gronau

Born 1962

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2004 FILM

Philine von Sell

Born 1963

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2029 PUBLISHER

Elisabeth Ruge

Born 1960

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2031 MUSIC

Sascha Panknin

Born 1967

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2034 WRITER

Marcus Jensen

Born 1967

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2037 JOURNALIST

Tamara Dietl

Born 1964

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2052 FOOTBALL

Thorsten Schlumberger

Born 1960

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2053 FOOTBALL

Carsten Dethlefsen

Born 1969

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2057 WRITER

Jens Mecklenburg

Born 1960

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2077 ACTOR

Carmen Molinar

Born 1965

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2083 COMPOSER

Oliver Korte

Born 1969

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2085 ACTOR

Michael Ehnert

Born 1967

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2088 ART HISTORIAN

Tom Holert

Born 1962

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2102 AUTHOR

Sebastian Schnoy

Born 1969

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2121 ROWER

Christian Dahlke

Born 1969

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2122 ACTOR

Joana Schümer

Born 1969

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2142 ACTOR

Oliver Hermann

Born 1960

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2150 AUTHOR

Rolf-Bernhard Essig

Born 1963

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2154 JOURNALIST

Christiane Hoffmann (Journalistin)

Born 1967

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2167 ACTOR

Erkki Hopf

Born 1964

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2175 ECONOMIST

Jetta Frost

Born 1968

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2179 FILM

Christian Concilio

Born 1965

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2182 HOCKEY

Gabriela Schöwe

Born 1964

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2199 FILM

Ramon Kramer

Born 1964

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2210 CANOE

Oliver Seack

Born 1962

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2222 ECONOMIST

Dorothea Alewell

Born 1964

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2224 AUTHOR

André Thiele

Born 1968

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2228 ILLUSTRATOR

Edda Skibbe

Born 1965

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2235 SAXOPHONIST

Peter Weniger

Born 1964

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2253 ACTOR

Burkhard Schmeer

Born 1964

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2258 ACTOR

Christiane Zeiske

Born 1961

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2266 ACTOR

Margret Völker

Born 1966

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2270 CANOE

Matthais Seack

Born 1962

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2271 WRITER

Friedrich Dönhoff

Born 1967

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2280 SINGER

Michaela Kaune

Born 1968

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2281 MANAGER

Alexander Otto (Unternehmer)

Born 1967

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2285 WRITER

Gernot Gricksch

Born 1964

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2286 POLITICIAN

Jens Kerstan

Born 1966

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2293 JUMPER

Jörg Münzner

Born 1960

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2294 FOOTBALL

Peer Posipal

Born 1962

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2297 POLITICIAN

Britta Ernst

Born 1961

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2298 ACTOR

Christian Stark

Born 1968

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2314 ILLUSTRATOR

Regina Kehn

Born 1962

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2323 POLITICIAN

Cornelia Möhring

Born 1960

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2328 ACTOR

Susa Meyer

Born 1966

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2332 WRITER

Susanne Brandt

Born 1964

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2339 FOOTBALL

Kai Steffen

Born 1961

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2342 PLAYER

Christian Geyer

Born 1964

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2346 AUTHOR

Ulf Blanck

Born 1962

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2355 COMPOSER

Hans Lüdemann

Born 1961

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2361 PSYCHIATRIST

Georg Northoff

Born 1963

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2362 MUSIC

Christina Scheppelmann

Born 1965

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2365 ACTOR

Freya Trampert

Born 1968

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2370 PRESENTER

Susann Atwell

Born 1967

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2378 PRODUCER

Ralf Goldkind

Born 1963

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2379 ACTOR

Ulrich Drewes

Born 1966

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2390 SCREENWRITER

Sebastian Andrae

Born 1968

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2405 ILLUSTRATOR

Tina Uebel

Born 1969

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2408 HISTORIAN

Dieter H. Kollmer

Born 1964

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2417 AUTHOR

Michael Thiel

Born 1960

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2423 COMPOSER

Johannes Harneit

Born 1963

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2437 ACTOR

Clemens von Ramin

Born 1967

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2447 ACTOR

Jens Schäfer

Born 1963

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2448 AUTHOR

Ole Lehmann

Born 1969

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2450 ENTREPRENEUR

Alexander Falk (Unternehmer, 1969)

Born 1969

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2455 ACTOR

Frank Voß

Born 1962

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2457 ACTOR

Constance Wetzel

Born 1965

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2458 JOURNALIST

Vera Cordes

Born 1961

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2463 SCREENWRITER

Sönke Lars Neuwöhner

Born 1964

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2472 FILM

Philip Voges

Born 1966

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2480 AUTHOR

Matthias Asche

Born 1969

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2481 HISTORIAN

Michael von Prollius

Born 1969

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2487 DESIGNER

Juli Gudehus

Born 1968

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2494 ARCHITECT

Andreas Hild

Born 1961

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2495 ART HISTORIAN

Dorothea von Hantelmann

Born 1969

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2500 SINGER

Hans Christoph Begemann

Born 1962

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2506 SONGWRITER

Jens Böttcher

Born 1966

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2509 FILM

Sebastian Grobler

Born 1968

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2512 MUSIC

Steffen Voss

Born 1969

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2520 ACTOR

Ernest Allan Hausmann

Born 1968

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