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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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4814 ACADEMIC

Malte Braack

Born 1966

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4861 ILLUSTRATOR

Birgit Schössow

Born 1963

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4880 THEATER

Thorsten Weckherlin

Born 1963

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4911 ARTIST

Jan-Holger Mauss

Born 1963

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4917 AUTHOR

Jan Winter

Born 1961

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4921 WRITER

Michael Götschenberg

Born 1969

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4926 MINISTER

Dorit Stenke

Born 1960

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4948 GRAFIKDESIGNER

Tania Prill

Born 1969

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4950 ACADEMIC

Gesine Dreyer

Born 1969

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4951 LAWYER

Thomas-Sönke Kluth

Born 1960

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4967 COMPOSER

Thilo Jaques

Born 1967

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4977 BIOCHEMIST

Carsten Carlberg

Born 1963

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5005 ACTOR

Tilman Madaus

Born 1962

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5027 DRAMA

Sonja Anders

Born 1965

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5050 THEATRE

Thomas Aye

Born 1964

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5052 ECOLOGIST

Kai Joachim Bühling

Born 1968

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5077 REGISSEUR

Elias Perrig

Born 1965

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5106 JUDGE

Jörn Feddersen

Born 1968

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5150 POLITICIAN

Dirk Kienscherf

Born 1965

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5165 FILM

Jan Kruse (Filmproduzent)

Born 1969

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5172 PHYSICIAN

Wolf-Dietrich Beecken

Born 1964

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5195 POLITICIAN

Andreas Kühn (Politiker)

Born 1968

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5210 AUTHOR

Anja Marschall

Born 1962

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5218 FILM

Julia von Frihling

Born 1968

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5219 ACADEMIC

Jesús Adrián Escudero

Born 1964

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5223 POLITICIAN

Karsten Behr

Born 1964

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5227 JOURNALIST

Lars Cohrs

Born 1967

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5304 JOURNALIST

Alexander Segert

Born 1963

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5328 ECONOMIST

Stefan Baldi

Born 1965

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5329 ARTIST

Stefan Thater

Born 1968

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5332 SOCIOLOGIST

Maren Lehky

Born 1962

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5340 CLOWN

Marcus Jeroch

Born 1964

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5345 ACADEMIC

Frank Hatje

Born 1962

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5369 WRITER

Thomas Rückerl

Born 1964

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5381 FOOTBALL

Andreas Jeschke

Born 1966

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5384 POLITICIAN

Jan Quast (Politiker)

Born 1966

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5385 COMPOSER

Detlef Oels

Born 1965

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5400 FILM

Thorsten Wien

Born 1969

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5412 AUDIO

Marlen Krause

Born 1967

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5425 NOVELIST

Andréas Becker

Born 1962

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5457 ENTREPRENEUR

Marcus Wolter

Born 1968

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5461 DESIGNER

Klaus Bischoff (Designer)

Born 1961

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5492 POLITICIAN

Andrea Oelschlaeger

Born 1965

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5496 MUSIC

Cornelia Bartsch

Born 1960

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5503 POLITICIAN

Martina Koeppen

Born 1967

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5537 AUTHOR

Heiner Lünstedt

Born 1960

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5564 LIBRETTIST

Marec Béla Steffens

Born 1964

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5567 AUTHOR

Jean Boué

Born 1961

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5588 POLITICIAN

Detlef Ehlebracht

Born 1962

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5590 WRITER

Borris Brandt

Born 1961

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5593 AUTHOR

Tunç Denizer

Born 1967

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5601 PSYCHOLOGIST

Tim Rohrmann

Born 1963

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5626 POLITICIAN

Christiane Blömeke

Born 1960

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5630 CHEMIST

Florian Müller-Plathe

Born 1960

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5673 MILITAR

Klaus von Heimendahl (General, 1960)

Born 1960

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5685 ECONOMIST

Michael Schefczyk (Wirtschaftsingenieur)

Born 1967

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5690 ACTOR

Tanja Rübcke

Born 1969

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5694 FILM

Tobias Krause

1965 - 2005

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5711 MISSING

Roland Kießling

Born 1962

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5717 ACADEMIC

Tobias Hoffmann (Philosoph)

Born 1967

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5733 ARTIST

Thees Carstens

Born 1967

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5734 POLITICIAN

Thomas Hölck

Born 1962

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5738 COACH

Claudia Effenberg (Softballspielerin)

Born 1965

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5743 HOCKEY

Alan Brahmst

Born 1965

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5744 AUTHOR

Stefan Menck

Born 1962

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5749 PRESENTER

Ilka Brecht

Born 1965

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5799 LAWYER

Erol Özkaraca

Born 1963

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5801 AUTHOR

Lars Wernecke

Born 1966

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5802 BUSINESS

Frederik Braun

Born 1967

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5823 HOCKEY

Thomas Rapsilber

1966 - 2002

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5843 SCIENTIST

Manfred Finckh

Born 1963

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5847 OFFICER

Peter Mirow

Born 1968

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5848 ACTOR

Kerstin Hilbig

Born 1961

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5852 VERBRECHER

Jan Zocha

Born 1967

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5861 HANDBALL

Kay Germann

Born 1966

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5868 CHEMIST

Michael Maskos

Born 1967

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5878 BRIGADEGENERAL

Hartmut Renk

Born 1962

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5885 LAWYER

Katrin Just

Born 1967

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5891 POLITICIAN

Ekkehard Wysocki

Born 1962

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5935 ENTREPRENEUR

Arthur Ernesto Darboven

Born 1964

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5952 FOOTBALL

Bernd Bressem

Born 1965

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5956 POLITICIAN

Peter Wenzel (Staatsrat)

Born 1963

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5960 ILLUSTRATOR

Stefanie Scharnberg

Born 1967

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5969 SPORT

Jens Kroker

Born 1969

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5979 CURLER

Sabine Belkofer

Born 1967

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5995 ACTOR

Kirsten Nehberg

Born 1969

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6021 MUSIC

Carl Fornia

Born 1968

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6034 POLITICIAN

Olaf Steinbiß

Born 1966

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6036 ARTIST

Ralf Weißleder

Born 1962

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6039 POLITICIAN

Hjalmar Stemmann

Born 1963

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6050 BUSINESS

Stephan Hertz

Born 1967

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6062 MANAGER

Marc Oliver Sommer

Born 1962

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6068 AUTHOR

Ulrike Reiche

Born 1965

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6069 MANAGER

Ariane Reinhart

Born 1969

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6071 POLITICIAN

Ralf Niedmers

Born 1967

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6091 HANDBALL

Olaf Zehe

Born 1966

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6108 HOCKEY

Andreas Arntzen

Born 1967

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6122 PHILOSOPH

Anselm Ramelow

Born 1964

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6177 RADIO

Jan Bastick

Born 1968

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6188 ARTIST

Manuel Muerte

Born 1968

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6191 POLITICIAN

Gert Kekstadt

Born 1963

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6195 HOCKEY

Christian Langer (Eishockeyspieler)

Born 1969

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6234 PAINTER

Frank Rosenzweig

Born 1962

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6240 BIOLOGIST

Thomas Kölpin

Born 1968

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6241 POLITICIAN

Kai Voet van Vormizeele

Born 1962

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6242 FOOTBALL

Jens Duve

Born 1962

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6248 POLITICIAN

Lars Dietrich

Born 1968

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6254 FILM

Marc Oliver Dreher

Born 1964

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6255 DESIGNER

Thomas Reimer (Videodesigner)

Born 1967

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6262 POLITICIAN

Peer Knöfler

Born 1968

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6276 SPORT

Andre Pollehn

Born 1969

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6286 DRUMMER

Hein Altenbroxter

Born 1961

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6288 ACADEMIC

Christian Decker (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler) –

Born 1966

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6293 POLITICIAN

Jan-Hendrik Röhse

Born 1964

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6294 POLITICIAN

Stefan Weber (Politiker)

Born 1963

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6299 REEDER

Nikolaus H. Schües

Born 1965

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6302 SEGLER

Jörg Riechers

Born 1968

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6303 POLITICIAN

Michael Pollmann

Born 1961

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6312 LAWYER

Leif Schrader

Born 1969

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6317 SCREENWRITER

Rainer Hillebrecht

Born 1966

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6318 MUSIC

Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck

Born 1965

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6325 POLITICIAN

Silke Mackenthun

Born 1962

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6327 PRESENTER

Kathrin Lehmann (Journalistin)

Born 1963

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6331 POLITICIAN

Susanne Schütz (Politikerin)

Born 1966

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6333 RACER

Sibylle Powarzynski

Born 1968

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6351 JUDGE

Manfred Jäger (Politiker)

Born 1965

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6358 PLAYER

Leif Andersson (Volleyballspieler)

Born 1963

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6365 REPRESENTATIVE

Kai Sauer

Born 1967

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6370 FOOTBALL

Jens Kraemer

Born 1963

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6380 POLITICIAN

Egbert von Frankenberg

Born 1967

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6383 CONDUCTOR

Kerstin Behnke

Born 1969

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6385 POLITICIAN

Stefan Bauer (Bürgermeister)

Born 1969

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6390 FOOTBALL

Ralf Jester

Born 1968

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6391 JOURNALIST

Ines Trams

Born 1967

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6404 POLICE

Bernd Krösser

Born 1964

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6408 ACADEMIC

Philipp Kamps

Born 1966

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6446 FOOTBALL

Ralf Brunnecker

Born 1963

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6450 MODERATOR

Stephan Hensel

Born 1965

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6454 BASKET

Per-Olaf Fründt

Born 1968

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6455 POLITICIAN

Karina Weber

Born 1962

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6464 POLITICIAN

Thies Goldberg

Born 1962

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6466 DIPLOMAT

Holger Mahnicke

Born 1960

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6467 BASKET

Marc Köpp

Born 1968

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6476 REGISSEUR

Christian Böge

Born 1967

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6480 MUSIC

Kord Michaelis

Born 1966

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6484 POLITICIAN

Martina Kaesbach

Born 1964

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6489 POLITICIAN

Jörg Nickel

Born 1967

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6501 BERATER

Ralf Strehlau

Born 1965

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6505 BASKET

Olaf Möller (Basketballspieler)

Born 1968

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6512 LAWYER

Wolfgang Müller-Kallweit

Born 1967

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6516 PRESENTER

Marco Heinsohn

1969 - 2019

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6517 PRESENTER

Thorsten Schaubrenner

Born 1968

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6527 POLITICIAN

Andreas Waldowsky

Born 1967

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6529 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Warmke-Rose

Born 1961

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6540 JOURNALIST

Martin Ganslmeier

Born 1967

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6546 POLITICIAN

Stephan Santelmann

Born 1965

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6555 MANAGER

Jürgen Ahlert

Born 1960

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6566 THEATRE

Katja Czellnik

Born 1966

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6570 PLAYER

Oliver Heitmann

Born 1969

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6583 MODEL

Kirsten Waschkau

Born 1961

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6588 PRESENTER

Hansjürgen Piel

Born 1962

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6589 POLITICIAN

Michael Albers

Born 1966

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6598 MUSIC

Felix Maria Roehl

Born 1963

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6603 POLITICIAN

Rolf Reincke

Born 1964

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6607 POLITICIAN

Jörg Lühmann

Born 1962

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6608 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Cramer (Geologe)

Born 1965

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6617 POLITICIAN

Bettina Machaczek

Born 1962

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6624 POLITICIAN

Stephan Müller (Politiker)

Born 1964

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6625 PLAYER

Andrea Marunde

Born 1964

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6629 POLITICIAN

Madeleine Göhring

Born 1965

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6644 COACH

Mathias Ahrens

Born 1963

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6654 POLITICIAN

Gunnar Eisold

Born 1965

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6665 REFEREE

Jan-Jochen Rommel

Born 1969

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6682 VOLLEYBALL

Söhnke Hinz

Born 1969

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6685 POLITICIAN

Gunnar Butenschön

Born 1960

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6701 POLITICIAN

Jörn Frommann

Born 1967

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6703 PLAYER

Helmut von Soosten

Born 1964

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6712 POLITICIAN

Robin Schenk

Born 1967

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6730 ACTOR

Markus Krüger

Born 1965

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6761 POLITICIAN

Christian Bölckow

Born 1966

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6763 POLITICIAN

Nikolaus Karsten

Born 1969

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6768 LAWYER

Detlef Gottschalck

Born 1963

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6799 POLITICIAN

Bettina Bliebenich

Born 1960

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6801 JUDGE

Olaf Rademacker

Born 1963

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6804 POLITICIAN

Jan Peter Riecken

Born 1966

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6818 PRODUCER

Christian Kellersmann

Born 1960

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6821 BASKET

Frank Meinertshagen

Born 1968

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6834 POLITICIAN

Susanne Kilgast

Born 1961

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6835 POLITICIAN

Martina Gregersen

Born 1966

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6847 MISSING

Hajo Libor

Born 1962

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6856 POLITICIAN

Daniel Gritz

Born 1969

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6858 POLITICIAN

Jens Grapengeter

Born 1967

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6860 BUSINESS

Arne Kahlke

Born 1969

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6862 POLITICIAN

Niels Böttcher

1962 - 2020

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6867 COMPOSER

Thomas Stamnitz

Born 1961

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6868 POLITICIAN

Heike Niggemeyer

Born 1961

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6876 POLITICIAN

Dittmar Lemke

Born 1964

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6881 POLITICIAN

Claudia Folkers

Born 1960

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6902 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Drews (Politiker)

Born 1966

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6904 POLITICIAN

Brigitta Martens

Born 1961

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6907 POLITICIAN

Andre Gonska

Born 1966

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6932 POLITICIAN

Gesine Dräger

Born 1968

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6939 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Dasse

Born 1960

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6951 POLITICIAN

Thomas Felskowsky

Born 1960

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