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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.

Standouts

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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Christiane F.

Born 1961

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Emmy Göring

1893 - 1973

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Susanne Lothar

1960 - 2012

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Karin Schubert

Born 1944

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0051 ACTOR

Renée Adorée

1897 - 1933

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0058 ACTOR

Hannah Herzsprung

Born 1981

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0064 ACTOR

Kostja Ullmann

Born 1984

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0069 ACTOR

Evelyn Hamann

1942 - 2007

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Toni Garrn

Born 1992

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Sig Ruman

1884 - 1967

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Brigitte Mira

1910 - 2005

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Raimund Harmstorf

1939 - 1998

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Holger Meins

1941 - 1974

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0092 ACTOR

Heidi Kabel

1914 - 2010

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Eva Habermann

Born 1976

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Harry Meyen

1924 - 1979

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Hans Nielsen (actor)

1911 - 1965

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Hannelore Hoger

Born 1942

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Caroline Beil

Born 1966

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Adam Bousdoukos

Born 1974

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Collien Ulmen-Fernandes

Born 1981

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Harry Rowohlt

1945 - 2015

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Nina Bott

Born 1978

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Johanna Gastdorf

Born 1959

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Dolly Haas

1910 - 1994

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Jannik Schümann

Born 1992

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0167 ACTOR

Ursula Thiess

1924 - 2010

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Doris Kunstmann

Born 1944

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0175 ACTOR

Sig Arno

1895 - 1975

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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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Agnes Windeck

1888 - 1975

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0188 ACTOR

Patrick Bach

Born 1968

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0191 ACTOR

Jürgen Roland

1925 - 2007

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0194 ACTOR

Vijessna Ferkic

Born 1987

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0195 ACTOR

Wanja Mues

Born 1973

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Camilla Spira

1906 - 1997

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Christiane Krüger

Born 1945

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Marek Erhardt

Born 1969

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Ingrid Andree

Born 1931

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Jenny Gröllmann

1947 - 2006

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Boy Gobert

1925 - 1986

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Marquard Bohm

1941 - 2006

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Maren Eggert

Born 1974

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Sandra Nettelbeck

Born 1966

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Michael Maertens

Born 1963

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Sophie Schütt

Born 1974

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Carolyn Genzkow

Born 1992

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Susan Sideropoulos

Born 1980

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Anja Schüte

Born 1964

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Laya Raki

1927 - 2018

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Karin Hardt

1910 - 1992

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Anna Bederke

Born 1981

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Pheline Roggan

Born 1981

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Matthias Schloo

Born 1977

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Lotte Flack

Born 1994

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Bernd Herzsprung

Born 1942

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Harald Philipp

1921 - 1999

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Angela Roy

Born 1957

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Jan Fedder

1955 - 2019

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Sophie Charlotte (actress)

Born 1989

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Moritz Jahn (actor)

Born 1995

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Maly Delschaft

1898 - 1995

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0377 ACTOR

Hans Werner Meyer

Born 1964

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0380 ACTOR

Konrad Ekhof

1720 - 1778

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Anja Knauer

Born 1979

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Katrin Schaake

Born 1931

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Fahri Yardım

Born 1980

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Karl-Heinz von Hassel

1939 - 2016

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Klaus Höhne

1927 - 2006

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Nele Mueller-Stöfen

Born 1967

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Eva Maria Bauer

1923 - 2006

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0420 ACTOR

Leonie Benesch

Born 1991

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Marc Hosemann

Born 1970

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0427 ACTOR

Nikola Kastner

Born 1983

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0431 ACTOR

Tatjana Clasing

Born 1964

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Arnd Klawitter

Born 1968

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Marek Harloff

Born 1971

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0466 ACTOR

Alicia Endemann

Born 1988

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0484 ACTOR

Albert Bessler

1905 - 1975

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0488 ACTOR

Rudolf Lettinger

1865 - 1937

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0491 ACTOR

Singa Gätgens

Born 1975

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Fabian Hinrichs

Born 1974

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Xenia Georgia Assenza

Born 1990

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Sebastian Droste

1898 - 1927

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Anja Juliette Laval

Born 1981

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0505 ACTOR

Hans Peter Korff

Born 1942

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Anton von Lucke

Born 1989

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Mona Mur

Born 1960

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Peggy Parnass

Born 1934

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0562 ACTOR

Jophi Ries

Born 1959

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Friedhelm Ptok

Born 1933

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0567 ACTOR

Aglaja Brix

Born 1990

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Erna Sellmer

1905 - 1983

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Frederick Valk

1895 - 1956

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Werner Bruhns

1928 - 1977

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Karin Anselm

Born 1940

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Gustav Püttjer

1886 - 1959

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Thomas Sarbacher

Born 1961

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Hans Joachim Schaufuß

1918 - 1941

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Susanne Beck

Born 1947

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Henning Schlüter

1927 - 2000

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0649 ACTOR

Richard Ohnsorg

1876 - 1947

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Adolph L’Arronge

1838 - 1908

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Nicolas König

Born 1968

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Hannelore Bollmann

Born 1925

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Carl Jaffe

1902 - 1974

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Till Demtrøder

Born 1967

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Theresa Underberg

Born 1985

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Ingrid von Bothmer

1918 - 2003

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Milka Loff Fernandes

Born 1980

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Steffen Zacharias

1927 - 1989

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Ferry Sikla

1865 - 1932

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Carsten Spengemann

Born 1972

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Mary Kid

1901 - 1988

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Edgar Bessen

1933 - 2012

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Kurt Hübner (Schauspieler)

1916 - 2007

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Dary Holm

1897 - 1960

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Martin Lüttge

1943 - 2017

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0741 ACTOR

Gerard Heinz

1904 - 1972

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Eva Kryll

Born 1953

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0756 ACTOR

Laura Samojłowicz

Born 1985

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0761 ACTOR

Sabina Beganović

Born 1974

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Johanna Liebeneiner

Born 1945

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0765 ACTOR

Margarete Lanner

1896 - 1981

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0775 ACTOR

Paul Edwin Roth

1918 - 1985

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Carl Voscherau

1900 - 1963

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0785 ACTOR

Manon von Gerkan

Born 1972

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0786 ACTOR

Hans Hessling

1903 - 1995

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Lucie Pohl

Born 1983

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Nina Hoger

Born 1961

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Michael Prelle

Born 1951

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Michael Abendroth

Born 1948

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0829 ACTOR

Fabian Harloff

Born 1970

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Peter Lühr

1906 - 1988

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0839 ACTOR

Meike Gottschalk

Born 1970

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0840 ACTOR

Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum

1915 - 2002

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0854 ACTOR

Katharina Mayberg

1925 - 2007

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0855 ACTOR

Jens Scheiblich

1942 - 2010

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0858 ACTOR

Hendrik Martz

Born 1968

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0878 ACTOR

Daniel Welbat

Born 1989

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0885 ACTOR

Maria Brockerhoff

Born 1942

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0891 ACTOR

Fritz Benscher

1906 - 1970

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0896 ACTOR

Marianne Kehlau

1925 - 2002

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0908 ACTOR

Levin Liam

Born 1999

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0909 ACTOR

Pamela Knaack

Born 1963

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0917 ACTOR

Julia Dahmen

Born 1977

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0929 ACTOR

Heidi Mahler

Born 1944

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Carla Hagen

Born 1931

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Manfred Steffen

1916 - 2009

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0956 ACTOR

Timur Işık

Born 1980

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0965 ACTOR

Arthur Schröder

1892 - 1986

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0983 ACTOR

Anna Katharina Schwabroh

Born 1979

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0991 ACTOR

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

Born 1942

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0992 ACTOR

William Irving (actor)

1893 - 1943

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0993 ACTOR

Henry Arnold

Born 1961

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Dirk Bielefeldt

Born 1957

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Peter Petersen (acteur)

1876 - 1956

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1016 ACTOR

Annika Bruhns

Born 1966

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Pamela Großer

Born 1977

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1029 ACTOR

Anna Führing

1866 - 1929

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1057 ACTOR

Marjan Shaki

Born 1980

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1076 ACTOR

Claudia Rieschel

Born 1950

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1080 ACTOR

Jessica Stockmann

Born 1967

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1082 ACTOR

Nathalie Thiede

Born 1987

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1083 ACTOR

Daniel Lommatzsch

Born 1977

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1086 ACTOR

Anna-Elena Herzog

Born 1987

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1093 ACTOR

Jerry Hoffmann

Born 1989

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1097 ACTOR

Nino Fernandez

Born 1984

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1117 ACTOR

Johanna Christine Gehlen

Born 1970

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Hein Riess

1913 - 1993

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1136 ACTOR

Hilde Sicks

1920 - 2007

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1140 ACTOR

Walter Scherau

1903 - 1962

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1148 ACTOR

Karin Eckhold

1938 - 2018

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1170 ACTOR

Änne Bruck

1907 - 1978

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1181 ACTOR

Hans-Günter Martens

1930 - 2001

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1187 ACTOR

Marlen Kruse

Born 1990

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1248 ACTOR

Johannes Arpe

1897 - 1962

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1255 ACTOR

Valerie Boothby

1906 - 1982

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1258 ACTOR

Christian Rode

1936 - 2018

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1266 ACTOR

Klaus Büchner (Musiker)

Born 1948

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1267 ACTOR

Bjarne Mädel

Born 1968

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1274 ACTOR

Heini Kaufeld

1920 - 1996

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1283 ACTOR

Michael Schumacher (Schauspieler)

Born 1982

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1295 ACTOR

Anna Dammann

1912 - 1993

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1299 ACTOR

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

1893 - 1958

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Alexander Haugg

Born 1968

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Alfred Maack

1882 - 1961

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1309 ACTOR

Mita von Ahlefeldt

1891 - 1966

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1315 ACTOR

Gustav Burmester (Regisseur)

1904 - 1978

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1331 ACTOR

Käte Alving

1896 - 1974

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1338 ACTOR

Antonia Holfelder

Born 1971

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1358 ACTOR

Shantia Ullmann

Born 1983

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1374 ACTOR

Betty Roose

1778 - 1808

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1379 ACTOR

Lisa Riecken

Born 1949

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1392 ACTOR

Mick Werup

1958 - 2011

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1394 ACTOR

Anneliese Kaplan

1933 - 2020

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1407 ACTOR

Annika Pages

Born 1968

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1415 ACTOR

Marcel Glauche

Born 1990

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1418 ACTOR

Gisela Wessel

Born 1926

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1426 ACTOR

Michael Lott

Born 1964

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1432 ACTOR

Otto Lüthje

1902 - 1977

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1433 ACTOR

Tim Knauer

Born 1981

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1441 ACTOR

Maria Loja

1890 - 1953

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1455 ACTOR

Kyra Mladeck

Born 1935

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1457 ACTOR

Marit Nissen

Born 1966

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1460 ACTOR

Buddy Ogün

Born 1984

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1461 ACTOR

Stephen Dürr

Born 1974

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1464 ACTOR

Yasemin Ergene

Born 1985

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1475 ACTOR

Andreas von der Meden

1943 - 2017

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1481 ACTOR

Wilhelm Kunst

1799 - 1859

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1489 ACTOR

Dennis Mojen

Born 1993

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1491 ACTOR

Katja Studt

Born 1973

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1492 ACTOR

Bernd Simon

1946 - 2017

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1502 ACTOR

Henny Trayles

Born 1937

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1506 ACTOR

Christin Marquitan

Born 1967

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1507 ACTOR

Eva Nürnberg

Born 1994

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1512 ACTOR

Tim Küchler

Born 1986

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1547 ACTOR

Janek Rieke

Born 1971

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1549 ACTOR

Gottfried Kramer

1925 - 1994

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1550 ACTOR

Mia Diekow

Born 1986

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1561 ACTOR

Patrick Abozen

Born 1985

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1563 ACTOR

Aline Bußmann

1889 - 1968

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1565 ACTOR

Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen

Born 1984

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1566 ACTOR

Eva Freese

Born 1963

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1568 ACTOR

Tim Tiedemann

Born 1994

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1569 ACTOR

Klaus Peeck

Born 1947

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1572 ACTOR

Felix Martin Poenichen

Born 1964

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1587 ACTOR

Chin Meyer

Born 1959

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1588 ACTOR

Gregor Törzs

Born 1970

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1589 ACTOR

Jens Rachut

Born 1954

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1594 ACTOR

Frigga Braut

1889 - 1975

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David Schütter

Born 1991

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Kai Maertens

Born 1958

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Sven Gielnik

Born 1994

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1617 ACTOR

Franciska Friede

Born 1988

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Werner Riepel

1922 - 2012

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1633 ACTOR

Wilfried Dziallas

Born 1944

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1639 ACTOR

Jona Mues

Born 1981

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1644 ACTOR

Johannes Klaußner

Born 1985

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1645 ACTOR

Hans-Peter Bögel

Born 1941

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1652 ACTOR

Günther Dockerill

1924 - 1988

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Elsa Grube-Deister

1926 - 2001

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Klaus Knuth

1935 - 2012

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Maria Hartmann (Schauspielerin)

Born 1958

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Gro Swantje Kohlhof

Born 1994

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Nina Tenge

Born 1974

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Louis Klamroth

Born 1989

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Michael Benthin

Born 1958

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Moritz Grove

Born 1982

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Dietrich Kuhlbrodt

Born 1932

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Friedrich-Karl Praetorius

Born 1952

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Gerhard Garbers

Born 1942

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Tonio von der Meden

Born 1936

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Bertold Reissig

1877 - 1960

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Henrike Fehrs

Born 1984

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Thomas Karallus

Born 1958

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Wolfgang Kaven

Born 1940

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Julian Sengelmann

Born 1982

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Benjamin Morik

Born 1968

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Torsten Buchsteiner

Born 1964

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Karl-Ulrich Meves

Born 1928

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Tim Egloff

Born 1974

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Robert Meyn

1894 - 1972

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Undine von Medvey

1926 - 2004

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Andreas Brucker

Born 1966

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Rudi Bach

Born 1886

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Leonie Landa

Born 1994

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Philipp Baltus

Born 1978

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Kailas Mahadevan

Born 1978

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Janna Striebeck

Born 1971

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Hans Epskamp

1903 - 1992

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Thomas Naumann

Born 1951

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Christiane König

Born 1932

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Marion Breckwoldt

Born 1957

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Martha Novelly

1889 - 1972

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Michael Deffert

Born 1968

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Sophie Steiner

Born 1981

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1845 ACTOR

Lana Cooper

Born 1981

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Ole Eisfeld

Born 1973

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Thomas Born

1951 - 2015

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Milena Tscharntke

Born 1996

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Martin Reinke

Born 1956

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1867 ACTOR

Inge Stolten

1921 - 1993

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1869 ACTOR

Enno Hesse

Born 1982

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1876 ACTOR

Walter von Allwörden

1890 - 1962

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1878 ACTOR

Julia Heinemann

Born 1968

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1881 ACTOR

Julie Rettich

1809 - 1866

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1887 ACTOR

Michel Ruge

Born 1969

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1892 ACTOR

Wanda Badwal

Born 1985

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1894 ACTOR

Silva Gonzalez

Born 1979

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1898 ACTOR

Rolf Nagel

Born 1929

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1901 ACTOR

Lasse Myhr

Born 1980

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1907 ACTOR

Kirsten Dene

Born 1943

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Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen

Born 1984

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1914 ACTOR

Wolfgang Stumpf

1909 - 1983

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Celine Fontanges

Born 1977

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1921 ACTOR

Jana Voosen

Born 1976

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Jessika Cardinahl

Born 1965

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Melanie Kretschmann

Born 1975

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