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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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3571 FILM

Christina Seeland

Born 1973

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3581 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Tim Dinter

Born 1971

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3627 PERCUSSIONIST

Martin Röttger

Born 1970

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3636 PIANIST

Markus Bellheim

Born 1973

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3661 REGISSEUR

Florian Fiedler

Born 1977

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3676 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Jan Peters (Informatiker)

Born 1976

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3692 ACTOR

Saskia Bellahn

Born 1975

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3704 OPERA

Burkhard Fritz

Born 1970

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3733 ACTOR

Antje Otterson

Born 1979

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3765 PUBLISHER

Jonathan Landgrebe

Born 1977

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3769 SOCIALITE

Sabia Boulahrouz

Born 1978

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3787 MUSIC

Sven Kacirek

Born 1975

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3815 JOCKEY

Ascii.Disko

Born 1975

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3822 ACTOR

Ute Hannig

Born 1972

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3836 ACTOR

Gunnar Haberland

Born 1978

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3864 PAINTER

Henning Kles

Born 1970

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3886 WRITER

Sigrid Behrens

Born 1976

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3894 WRITER

Cem Gülay

Born 1970

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3901 POLITICIAN

Christoph de Vries

Born 1974

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3924 COOK

Dirk Luther

Born 1970

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3938 ACTOR

Marie Amière

Born 1976

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3949 FILM

Tina Freitag

Born 1970

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3982 ARTIST

Bernd Behr

Born 1976

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3985 LITERARY

Silke Horstkotte

Born 1972

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4011 REGISSEUR

Sophie Heldman

Born 1973

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4051 ACADEMIC

Boris Otto

Born 1971

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4060 SOCIOLOGIST

Tanja Bogusz

Born 1970

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4062 MODERATOR

Aline von Drateln

Born 1976

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4066 AUTHOR

Henriette Kuhrt

Born 1977

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4076 BIOLOGIST

Ann-Kathrin Tranziska

Born 1974

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4078 ACTOR

Maria Kowalsky

Born 1974

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4089 ILLUSTRATOR

Dorthe Landschulz

Born 1976

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4098 PLAYER

Oliver Alke

Born 1970

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4102 CLARINET

Tim Rodig

Born 1970

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4105 ACTOR

Torben Karstens

Born 1979

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4108 PIANIST

Max Doehlemann

Born 1970

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4110 PASTOR

Astrid Kleist

Born 1971

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4122 FOOTBALL

Matthias Reincke

Born 1971

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4144 FOOTBALL

Jens Matthies

Born 1977

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4145 JOURNALIST

Sönke Iwersen

Born 1971

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4147 AUTHOR

Sonja Rüther

Born 1975

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4154 FOOTBALL

Oliver Schweißing

Born 1971

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4205 POLITICIAN

Tim Stoberock

Born 1977

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4213 ECONOMIST

Jan Lies

Born 1970

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4218 PRESENTER

Sandra Eckardt

Born 1975

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4279 ACTOR

Valentin Stilu

Born 1975

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4285 ACADEMIC

Florian Jacoby

Born 1971

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4300 CINEMA

Maximilian Lips

Born 1972

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4334 ENTREPRENEUR

Claudia Gülzow

Born 1970

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4345 FOOTBALL

Norbert Grudzinski

Born 1977

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4362 ANNOUNCER

Dominik Pöll

Born 1971

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4381 ACTOR

Benita Brunnert

Born 1976

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4413 POLITICIAN

Tobias Koch (Politiker)

Born 1973

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4424 FILM

Timo Großpietsch

Born 1977

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4425 FILM

Johanna Straub (Autorin)

Born 1970

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4436 THEATRE

Philine Velhagen

Born 1972

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4447 FOOTBALL

Daniel Sager

Born 1979

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4453 ACADEMIC

Nikolaus Maler

Born 1972

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4477 DRAMA

Arved Schultze

Born 1973

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4479 FILM

Olav F. Wehling

Born 1978

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4484 FOOTBALL

Stefan Siedschlag

Born 1977

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4494 POLITICIAN

Jens Wolf

Born 1971

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4515 ARTIST

Till Lenecke

Born 1972

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4555 REGISSEUR

Elena Tzavara

Born 1977

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4577 PRESENTER

Leonard Diepenbrock

Born 1972

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4578 PRESENTER

Patrick Esume

Born 1974

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4613 PRESENTER

Petra Neftel

Born 1974

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4628 NOVELIST

Amelia Ellis

Born 1977

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4651 PRINTMAKER

Jan Kowalsky

Born 1976

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4665 POLITICIAN

Marc Schemmel

Born 1975

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4680 ECONOMIST

Nils Hafner

Born 1973

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4684 PRODUCER

Kay Siering

Born 1976

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4689 COMPOSER

Andre Matthias

Born 1974

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4721 AUTHOR

Arne Möller

Born 1979

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4731 COMPOSER

Carl Christian Bettendorf

Born 1973

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4740 ACADEMIC

Alexander von Hoffmann

Born 1974

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4750 POLITICIAN

Thorsten Kausch

Born 1973

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4779 ACTOR

Kai Maahs

Born 1970

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4781 MATHEMATICIAN

Jochen Heinloth

Born 1973

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4782 PAINTER

Peter Nikolaus Heikenwälder

Born 1972

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4789 ENTERTAINER

Don Francis (Entertainer)

Born 1974

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4817 ACADEMIC

Sönke Gerhold

Born 1979

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4825 WRITER

Katrin Burseg

Born 1971

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4834 PHYSICIST

Martin Zwierlein

Born 1977

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4836 MUSIC

Ian O’Brien-Docker

Born 1977

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4879 POLITICIAN

Natalie Hochheim

Born 1974

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4890 ACTOR

Fabian Monasterios

Born 1977

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4897 HOCKEY

Philippa Suxdorf

Born 1971

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4912 COACH

Jörn Ilper

Born 1974

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4924 REGISSEUR

Wolfgang Seesko

Born 1970

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4932 FILM

Jörn Kux

Born 1970

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4963 AUTHOR

Maike Hallmann

Born 1979

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4987 ACTOR

Markus Prinz

Born 1976

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5001 OFFICER

Helge Boes

1970 - 2003

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5074 BUSINESS

Catharina Bruns

Born 1979

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5108 CONDUCTOR

Michael Schmidtsdorff

Born 1970

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5128 AUTHOR

Bele Freudenberg

Born 1978

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5131 POLITICIAN

Martin Habersaat

Born 1977

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5168 JOURNALIST

Dagny Lüdemann

Born 1975

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5192 PROFESSOR

Kai-Christian Bruhn

Born 1970

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5226 ACTOR

Sali Landricina

Born 1971

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5228 POLITICIAN

Kristina Böhlke

Born 1972

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5229 JOURNALIST

Nina Bovensiepen

Born 1972

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5230 ACADEMIC

Lars Rüpke

Born 1975

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5241 POLITICIAN

Bülent Çiftlik

Born 1972

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5254 FILM

Nahuel Lopez

Born 1978

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5257 ILLUSTRATOR

Minou Zaribaf

Born 1970

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5307 BASKET

Arne Malsch

Born 1972

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5316 HOCKEY

Friederike Barth

Born 1975

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5320 ACTOR

Alexandra Reimer

Born 1972

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5331 POLITICIAN

Jan Norberger

Born 1975

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5386 REGISSEUR

Jan Braband

Born 1972

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5393 POLITICIAN

Ksenija Bekeris

Born 1978

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5395 LAWYER

Johan-Michel Menke

Born 1977

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5396 AUTHOR

Jan Müller-Michaelis

Born 1977

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5405 JOURNALIST

Annette Leiterer

Born 1973

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5423 WRITER

Dimitri Ladischensky

Born 1972

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5426 JOURNALIST

Anne Klesse

Born 1977

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5439 POLITICIAN

Ole Thorben Buschhüter

Born 1976

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5494 FILM

Stephan Gade

Born 1970

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5517 ACTOR

Miriam Stahlke

Born 1977

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5518 POLITICIAN

Birgit Stöver

Born 1970

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5548 ACTOR

Teymur Mokhtari

Born 1973

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5549 ART HISTORIAN

Anna Duque y González de Durana

Born 1976

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5557 TRAINER

Marcus Weiß

Born 1974

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5568 SINGER

Kristoffer Hünecke

Born 1978

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5582 HISTORIAN

Johannes Meyer-Hamme

Born 1975

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5609 HISTORIAN

Thorsten Logge

Born 1974

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5610 FOOTBALL

Tibor Nadj

Born 1973

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5615 ACTOR

Nele Savita Woydt

Born 1971

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5621 ENTREPRENEUR

Oke Göttlich

Born 1975

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5624 HANDBALL

Marlies Kamleitner

Born 1970

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5638 POLITICIAN

Jan Balcke

Born 1973

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5675 METALLURG

Ines Kolmsee

Born 1970

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5686 POLITICIAN

Deniz Celik (Politiker)

Born 1978

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5695 ACTOR

Felix von Sassen

Born 1979

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5698 POLITICIAN

Sören Schumacher

Born 1976

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5723 AUTHOR

Axel Schmiegelow

Born 1972

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5758 BUSINESS

Nina Öger

Born 1974

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5759 ACTOR

Tim Porath

Born 1975

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5760 PRESENTER

Julia Josten

Born 1978

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5761 PRODUCER

Boris Hilbert

Born 1976

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5762 JOURNALIST

Ariane Reimers

Born 1973

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5787 CINEMA

Kristian Leschner

Born 1973

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5791 FILM

Florian Deyle

Born 1973

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5807 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Schmidt (Politiker, 1970)

Born 1970

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5828 POLITICIAN

Matthias Czech

Born 1975

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5842 BASKET

Hamed Attarbashi

Born 1976

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5859 POLITICIAN

Murat Gözay

Born 1972

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5881 SCENIC DESIGNER

David Hohmann

Born 1976

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5896 POLITICIAN

Richard Seelmaecker

Born 1973

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5897 ACADEMIC

Malte Refardt

Born 1974

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5902 ROWER

Roland Opfer

Born 1974

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5925 POLITICIAN

Milan Pein

Born 1974

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5926 POLITICIAN

Lars Pochnicht

Born 1975

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5934 BUSINESS

Benjamin Otto

Born 1975

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5936 SINGER

Ole Feddersen

Born 1974

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5948 LAWYER

Christian Thieme

Born 1972

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5968 POLITICIAN

Heiko Hecht

Born 1977

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5976 POLITICIAN

Thorsten Fürter

Born 1970

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5987 ACTOR

Madeleine Sanders

Born 1977

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5988 PRESENTER

Uli Pingel

Born 1977

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5996 POLITICIAN

Robert Heinemann

Born 1974

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6005 FILM

Patrick Becker

Born 1970

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6009 WRITER

Timo Lokoschat

Born 1979

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6028 PRESENTER

Arne Jessen

Born 1972

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6049 PHYSICIST

Kornelius Nielsch

Born 1973

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6065 BASKET

Alexander Seggelke

Born 1979

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6075 POLITICIAN

Juliane Timmermann

Born 1976

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6085 MUSIC

Shelvis

Born 1975

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6087 ACTOR

Solveig Krebs

Born 1971

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6098 SINGER

Laila Lamoh

Born 1973

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6120 ROWER

Tobias Rose

Born 1974

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6130 MANAGER

Till Wahnbaeck

Born 1971

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6131 POLITICIAN

Michael Weinreich

Born 1973

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6145 POLITICIAN

Thilo Kleibauer

Born 1971

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6146 ACTOR

Maximilian Nowka

Born 1978

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6152 POLITICIAN

Alexander Morlang

Born 1974

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6165 RAPPER

Bacapon

Born 1979

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6171 BASKET

André Bade

Born 1973

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6174 RADIO

Nina Zimmermann

Born 1977

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6176 POLITICIAN

Stephan Gamm

Born 1971

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6206 ACTOR

Luisa Taraz

Born 1978

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6210 MISSING

Julia Mestern

Born 1976

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6212 MATHEMATICIAN

Moritz Diehl

Born 1971

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6214 THEATRE

Gesche Piening

Born 1978

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6217 PHILOSOPHER

Inga Claudia Römer

Born 1978

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6237 ACTOR

Lucius Wolter

Born 1979

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6244 FOOTBALL

Oliver Lüttkenhaus

Born 1971

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6249 BASKET

Andrea Boeykens

Born 1978

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6250 POLITICIAN

Martina Friederichs

Born 1977

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6258 PRESENTER

Michael Kolz

Born 1970

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6263 FOOTBALL

Andreas Timm

Born 1974

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6264 SPORT

Florian Spalteholz

Born 1977

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6271 BASKET

Jef Tomesch

Born 1976

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6279 MANAGER

Zeljko Karajica

Born 1970

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6295 ECONOMIST

Dennis Paschke

Born 1975

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6307 POLITICIAN

Matthias Albrecht (Politiker)

Born 1973

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6320 JOURNALIST

Jerome Cholet

Born 1979

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6344 PRESENTER

Natascha Zuraw

Born 1977

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6364 WRITER

Christian Benedict

Born 1976

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6394 POLITICIAN

Andreas Ernst (Politiker)

Born 1971

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6405 DESIGNER

Christian von der Heide

Born 1979

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6414 POLITICIAN

Henning Finck

Born 1975

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6438 POLITICIAN

Carola Thimm

Born 1974

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6445 BERATER

Dirk Staudinger

Born 1973

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6453 POLITICIAN

Christian Maaß

Born 1972

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6469 BASKET

Robin Grey

Born 1976

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6485 POLITICIAN

Sven Stückelschweiger

Born 1977

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6506 ACTOR

Torben Miehle

Born 1973

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6510 POLITICIAN

Lars Holster

Born 1972

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6526 JOURNALIST

Kai Küstner

Born 1971

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6549 MISSING

Christopher Winter

Born 1971

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6577 FOOTBALL

Tanja Vreden

Born 1977

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6582 SINGER

Nesrin Ulusu

Born 1974

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6605 POLITICIAN

Finn-Ole Ritter

Born 1978

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6610 CONDUCTOR

Philip A. Draganov

Born 1978

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6632 FILM

Markus Fiedler (Regisseur)

Born 1972

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6639 MISSING

Hendrik Lange (Hockeyspieler)

Born 1974

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6640 POLITICIAN

Julia Koppke

Born 1972

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6667 POLITICIAN

Christian Brandes (Politiker)

Born 1971

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6748 POLITICIAN

Stefan Kraxner

Born 1971

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6767 WRITER

Julius Jensen (Regisseur)

Born 1975

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6772 FOOTBALL

Björn Rädel

Born 1974

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6775 REGISSEUR

Nina Claassen (Regisseurin)

Born 1970

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6829 COSTUME DESIGNER

Susanne Hiller

Born 1979

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6871 POLITICIAN

Tanja Bestmann

Born 1970

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6874 POLITICIAN

Sebastian Basedow

Born 1974

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6899 POLITICIAN

Simone Kerlin

Born 1972

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6935 BASKET

Marcus Engelke

Born 1972

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6947 JAZZ

Susanne Weidinger

Born 1977

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6949 POLITICIAN

Andreas Jannusch

Born 1970

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