51.6553° N, 7.8132° E

HAMM

Most Famous People Born in Hamm, Germany

Notable people
334
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1938
Most distinctive
Merchant 17.1×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Hamm during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Hamm Is Known For

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Politician is Hamm's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (42).

Hamm over-indexes on merchant17.1× the global rate.

  1. Politician42
  2. Football30
  3. Actor15
  4. Author15
  5. Academic14
  6. Painter12
  7. Journalist11
  8. Lawyer10
  1. Merchant517.1×
  2. Author155.2×
  3. Academic144.1×
  4. Officer52.3×
  5. Journalist112.1×
  6. Lawyer101.7×
  7. Film71.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Hamm's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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334 notable people

0001 MAYOR

Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen

1818 - 1888

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0002 FOOTBALL

Mike Hanke

Born 1983

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0003 FOOTBALL

Horst Hrubesch

Born 1951

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0004 MATHEMATICIAN

Friedrich Hirzebruch

1927 - 2012

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0005 ACTOR

Selma Ergeç

Born 1978

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0006 ATHLETIC

Gina Lückenkemper

Born 1996

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0007 ACTOR

Klaus J. Behrendt

Born 1960

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0008 FOOTBALL

Bernard Dietz

Born 1948

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0009 FILM

Joachim Masannek

Born 1960

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0010 ASTRONOMER

Ludwig Biermann

1907 - 1986

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0011 FOOTBALL

Dženis Burnić

Born 1998

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0012 PHYSICIAN

Hubertus Strughold

1898 - 1986

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0013 JOURNALIST

Gerd Bucerius

1906 - 1995

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0014 FOOTBALL

Ogün Temizkanoğlu

Born 1969

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0015 ACTOR

Leonard Lansink

Born 1956

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0016 FOOTBALL

Cihan Özkara

Born 1991

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0017 JESUIT

Theodor Wulf

1868 - 1946

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0018 ACTOR

Uwe Kröger

Born 1964

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0019 ACTOR

İsmail YK

Born 1978

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0020 HISTORIAN

Karl Hopf

1832 - 1873

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0021 PRESENTER

Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

1927 - 1995

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0022 AUTHOR

Friedrich Kapp

1824 - 1884

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0023 POLITICIAN

Walter Arendt

1925 - 2005

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0024 MATHEMATICIAN

Karl Stein (mathematician)

1913 - 2000

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0025 GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Fons Hickmann

Born 1966

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0026 FOOTBALL

Fabian Holthaus

Born 1995

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0027 FOOTBALL

Bahattin Köse

Born 1990

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0028 WRITER

Hans Siemsen

1891 - 1969

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0029 POLITICIAN

Karl von Bodelschwingh-Velmede

1800 - 1873

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0030 COMPOSER

Wilhelm Middelschulte

1863 - 1943

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0031 COMPOSER

Jean Berger

1909 - 2002

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0032 POLITICIAN

Anna Siemsen

1882 - 1951

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0033 LAWYER

Werner Brinkmann

Born 1946

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0034 SOLDIER

Günther Josten

1921 - 2004

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0035 FOOTBALL

Klaus Ackermann

Born 1946

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0036 FOOTBALL

Josef Kaczor

Born 1953

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0037 FOOTBALL

Johannes Focher

Born 1990

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0038 CANOE

Jonas Ems

Born 1986

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0039 PHILOSOPHER

Thorsten J. Pattberg

Born 1977

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0040 SWIMMER

Jutta Weber

Born 1954

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0041 FOOTBALL

Jonas Acquistapace

Born 1989

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0042 SCULPTOR

Erwin Wortelkamp

Born 1938

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0043 DRIVER

Kevin Mirocha

Born 1991

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0044 FOOTBALL

Ferhat Çerçi

Born 1981

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0045 CURATOR

Marcus Graf

Born 1974

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0046 SCULPTOR

Ursula Neugebauer

Born 1960

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0047 FOOTBALL

Bertul Kocabaş

Born 1992

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0048 AUTHOR

Johann Gottfried Rademacher

1772 - 1850

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0049 ACADEMIC

Hermann-Josef Blanke

Born 1957

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0050 PLAYER

Christian Vinck

Born 1975

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0051 THEOLOGIAN

Rulemann Friedrich Eylert

1770 - 1852

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0052 PAINTER

Andreas Siekmann

Born 1961

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0053 FOOTBALL

Tim Gorschlüter

Born 1983

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0054 PLAYER

Torben Wosik

Born 1973

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0055 POLO

Jürgen Schröder (water polo)

Born 1960

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0056 AUTHOR

Werner Giesa

1954 - 2008

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0057 OFFICER

Herbert Osterkamp

1894 - 1970

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0058 LAWYER

Everard Otto

1685 - 1756

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0059 POLITICIAN

Günter Rinsche

1930 - 2019

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0060 LITERARY

Karl Otto Conrady

1926 - 2020

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0061 AUTHOR

Walter Frevert

1897 - 1962

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0062 ACTOR

Walter Supper

1887 - 1943

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0063 KAYAK

Sebastian Schubert

Born 1988

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0064 ACADEMIC

Abraham Wieling

1693 - 1746

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0065 ACTOR

Birte Hanusrichter

Born 1979

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0066 ECONOMIST

Ulrich van Suntum

Born 1954

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0067 PAINTER

Theodor Brün

1885 - 1981

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0068 FOOTBALL

Michael Lusch

Born 1964

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0069 EDITOR

Hermann Hoppe

1836 - 1885

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0070 FOOTBALL

Marc Schnier

Born 1991

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0071 WORLD WAR

Kurt Lottner

1899 - 1957

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0072 SCULPTOR

Almuth Lütkenhaus

1930 - 1996

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0073 ENTREPRENEUR

Julius Vorster

1809 - 1876

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0074 ACADEMIC

Leonard Offerhaus

1699 - 1779

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0075 AUTHOR

Peter Hertel (Journalist)

Born 1937

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0076 FOOTBALL

Anna Bornhoff

Born 1981

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0077 PRIEST

Johann Karl Theodor von Brabeck

1738 - 1794

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0078 ACTOR

Martin Ontrop

Born 1963

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0079 FOOTBALL

Rouven Meschede

Born 1991

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0080 SCULPTOR

Wolfgang Lamché

Born 1947

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0081 PROFESSOR

Andreas Schulte (Forstwissenschaftler)

Born 1958

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0082 ACTOR

Ilse Strambowski

Born 1931

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0083 PHOTOGRAPHER

Brigitte Kraemer

Born 1954

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0084 THEOLOGE

Karl Wilhelm Moritz Snethlage

1792 - 1871

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0085 POLITICIAN

Otto van Volxem

1913 - 1994

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0086 ATHLETIC

Sofia Schulte

Born 1976

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0087 POLO

Dirk Theismann

Born 1963

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0088 WRITER

Clara Ratzka

1871 - 1928

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0089 ECONOMIST

Richard Klophaus

Born 1965

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0090 EDUCATION

Marian Heitger

1927 - 2012

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0091 MUSIC

Till Hoheneder

Born 1965

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0092 BOTANIST

Lore Steubing

1922 - 2012

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0093 COMPOSER

Ludger Edelkötter

Born 1940

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0094 FILM

Holger Haase

Born 1975

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0095 WRITER

Jan Skudlarek

Born 1986

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0096 AUTHOR

Ulrich Schödlbauer

Born 1951

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0097 PUBLISHER

Martin Schmitz

Born 1956

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0098 POLITICIAN

Karl Haedenkamp

1889 - 1955

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0099 JOURNALIST

Paul Sahner

1944 - 2015

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0100 ASTROPHYSICIST

Wolfgang Baumjohann

Born 1950

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0101 LOBBYIST

Marie-Christine Ostermann

Born 1978

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0102 WRITER

Christoph Wenzel

Born 1979

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0103 FOOTBALL

Hermann Hummels

Born 1959

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0104 THEOLOGIAN

Georg Langenhorst

Born 1962

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0105 COMPOSER

Albertus Groneman

1710 - 1778

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0106 MATHEMATICIAN

Dirk Werner (Mathematiker)

Born 1955

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0107 POLITICIAN

Heiko Hessenkemper

Born 1956

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0108 PHYSICIST

Karlheinz Langanke

Born 1951

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0109 PRIEST

Wilhelm Schamoni

1905 - 1991

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0110 PAINTER

Erwin Hilbert

Born 1951

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0111 ENTREPRENEUR

Willy Korf

1929 - 1990

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0112 PRESENTER

Auwa Thiemann

1950 - 2014

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0113 MUSIC

Klaus Fiehe

Born 1957

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0114 COMEDIAN

Andreas Obering

Born 1964

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0115 PROFESSOR

Michael Bamberg

Born 1947

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0116 LIEUTENANT

Friedrich von Hassel

1833 - 1890

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0117 PIANIST

Martin Sasse (Pianist)

Born 1968

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0118 SINGER

illute

Born 1979

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0119 POLITICIAN

Martin Gorholt

Born 1956

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0120 LAWYER

Joachim von Elbe

1902 - 2000

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0121 JOURNALIST

Sandra Petersmann

Born 1972

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0122 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Thomas Maria Weber

Born 1953

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0123 RADIO

Hans Blomberg

Born 1977

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0124 AUTHOR

Tobi Katze

Born 1981

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0125 POLITICIAN

August Siemsen

1884 - 1958

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0126 PHYSICIST

Heinrich Bonnenberg

Born 1938

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0127 PRIEST

Rolf Lohmann

Born 1963

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0128 AUTHOR

Marion Gay

Born 1968

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0129 PAINTER

Wilhelm Geißler (Künstler)

1895 - 1977

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0130 PAINTER

Markus Fräger

1959 - 2020

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0131 ACTOR

Norbert Ulfig

1959 - 2015

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0132 JOURNALIST

Birgit Schönau

Born 1966

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0133 POLITICIAN

August Lentze

1860 - 1945

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0134 POLITICIAN

Ludwig von Bodelschwingh

1811 - 1879

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0135 AUTHOR

Norbert Ohler

Born 1935

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0136 SCHOLAR

Martin Schulte

Born 1959

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0137 HANDBALL

Kay Rothenpieler

Born 1971

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0138 PHILOLOGIST

Meinolf Vielberg

Born 1958

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0139 PAINTER

Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt

1747 - 1797

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0140 ATHLETIC

Erika Pollmann

Born 1944

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0141 PRIEST

Bernd Hagenkord

Born 1968

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0142 MUSIC

Eugen Wolff (Musiker)

1901 - 1961

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0143 WRITER

Ilse Bintig

1924 - 2014

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0144 FILM

Victor Schamoni

1901 - 1942

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0145 ACADEMIC

Hermann Avenarius

Born 1938

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0146 ACADEMIC

Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld

Born 1924

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0147 MERCHANT

Anschel Hertz

1730 - 1811

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0148 DRIVER

Gina-Maria Adenauer

Born 1985

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0149 MUSIC

Bene Aperdannier

Born 1974

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0150 ACADEMIC

Rainer Helmig

Born 1957

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0151 AUTHOR

Bianca Stücker

Born 1976

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0152 SOCIOLOGIST

Gerhard Schmidtchen

Born 1925

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0153 FENCER

Günter Stratmann

Born 1931

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0154 SINGER

Jörn W. Wilsing

1940 - 2010

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0155 BOOKSELLER

Heinrich Cobet

1904 - 1994

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0156 JOURNALIST

Barbara Hans

Born 1981

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0157 AUTHOR

Martin Baucks

Born 1961

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0158 JOURNALIST

Werner Adam

1935 - 2009

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0159 ECONOMIST

Herbert Paschen (Wissenschaftler)

Born 1933

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0160 AUTHOR

Karlhermann Bergner

1922 - 1996

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0161 LAWYER

Hans Bernhard Beus

Born 1949

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0162 WRITER

Margarete Windthorst

1884 - 1958

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0163 LAWYER

Till Zech

Born 1966

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0164 BOXER

Ewald Wichert

Born 1940

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0165 GERMANIST

Ekkehart Mittelberg

Born 1938

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0166 OFFICER

Julius Beckmann

1910 - 1944

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0167 PHOTOGRAPHER

Erich Angenendt

1894 - 1962

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0168 BIOLOGIST

Karl Bartmann

1920 - 2008

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0169 PAINTER

Hermann Bruse

1904 - 1953

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0170 POLITICIAN

Hermann Freytag

1900 - 1962

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0171 ACADEMIC

Irmgard Bock

Born 1937

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0172 JOURNALIST

Heinz Ungureit

Born 1931

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0173 PHILOLOGIST

Wilhelm Heraeus (Philologe)

1862 - 1938

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0174 PHYSICIST

Hartmut Löwen

Born 1963

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0175 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hendrik Zeitler

Born 1975

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0176 LEPIDOPTERIST

Hubert Roer

1926 - 2002

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0177 PÄDAGOGE

Matthäus Tympius

1566 - 1616

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0178 JOURNALIST

Werner Giers

1928 - 2016

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0179 PHILOLOGIST

Walter A. Koch (Semiotiker)

Born 1934

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0180 LEUTNANT

Diedrich Goswin von Bockum-Dolffs

1732 - 1805

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0181 FOOTBALL

Hans-Jürgen Sperlich

Born 1948

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0182 PRIEST

Bruno Kresing

1929 - 2020

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0183 ENGINEER

Hanns-Joachim Riedel

1910 - 1976

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0184 FOOTBALL

Stephan Kuhlow

Born 1967

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0185 JOURNALIST

Beate Schmeichel-Falkenberg

1930 - 2017

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0186 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Werner (Theologe)

Born 1948

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0187 ACTOR

Helga Zülch

1920 - 1949

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0188 PAINTER

Albert Schamoni

1906 - 1945

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0189 ACADEMIC

Karl Isenbeck

1904 - 1945

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0190 POLITICIAN

Ute Pape

Born 1949

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0191 KATHOLISCHER

Heinrich Portmann

1905 - 1961

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0192 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Pelzer

1835 - 1915

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0193 PHARMACIST

Wilhelm von der Marck (Apotheker)

1815 - 1900

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0194 MERCHANT

Heinrich Horstmann (Kaufmann)

1874 - 1945

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0195 NOTARY

Victor Niemeyer

1863 - 1949

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0196 ENTREPRENEUR

Hildegard Braukmann

1912 - 2001

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0197 LEICHTATHLETIK

Ulrich Jonath

Born 1926

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0198 FOLKLORIST

Fritz Harkort

1927 - 1972

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0199 ACADEMIC

Christine Reents

Born 1934

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0200 JOURNALIST

Dietmar Holland

Born 1949

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0201 LAWYER

Lukas Siebenkotten

Born 1957

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0202 TEACHER

August Jaspert

1871 - 1941

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0203 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Kessler (Historiker)

Born 1946

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0204 LAWYER

Eduard Oberg

1858 - 1917

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0205 FILM

Frank Kaminski

Born 1972

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0206 POLITICIAN

Manfred Schulte

1930 - 1998

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0207 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Riebniger

1943 - 2018

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0208 LAWYER

Julius Wiethaus

1806 - 1863

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0209 LEUTNANT

Alexander von Ledebur

1774 - 1850

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0210 FOOTBALL

Harry Garstecki

1934 - 2017

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0211 MODEL

Mirjana Bogojevic

Born 1979

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0212 COLLECTOR

Gustav Lübcke

1868 - 1925

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0213 ACADEMIC

Christian Schulze (Medizinhistoriker)

Born 1970

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0214 POLITICIAN

Manfred Such

Born 1942

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0215 ENGINEER

Robert Zimmermann (Schiffbauingenieur)

1851 - 1912

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0216 CHEMIST

Helge Willner

Born 1947

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0217 FOOTBALL

Osman Köse

Born 1988

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0218 BOXING

Helmut Ranze

Born 1948

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0219 ACADEMIC

Friedrich Romberg (Ingenieur, 1871)

1871 - 1956

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0220 GENERALMAJOR

Friedrich Ludwig Engels

1790 - 1855

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0221 POLITICIAN

Robert Stein

Born 1979

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0222 MILITAR

Erich Steinbrinck

1891 - 1916

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0223 LAWYER

Ulrich Brocker

Born 1943

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0224 POLITICIAN

August Hallermann

1896 - 1966

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0225 LEUTNANT

Ludwig Ernst Philipp von Toll

1775 - 1851

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0226 AUTHOR

Burkhard Voß

Born 1963

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0227 ARTIST

Tina Oelker

Born 1973

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0228 BOXER

Heinz Kohlhaas

1912 - 1993

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0229 POLITICIAN

Sascha Krolzig

Born 1987

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0230 FILM

Enes Hakan Tokyay

Born 1975

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0231 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Schulze-Steinen

1827 - 1921

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0232 JUDGE

Ingo Kraft

Born 1961

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0233 POLITICIAN

Karl Siemsen

1887 - 1968

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0234 WRITER

Sabine Schulze Gronover

Born 1969

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0235 TEACHER

Christian Gerhard Offerhaus

1674 - 1758

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0236 POLITICIAN

Louis Wilhelm Uhlendorff

1824 - 1905

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0237 SONGWRITER

Maik Timmermann

Born 1974

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0238 POLITICIAN

Otto Keller (Politiker, 1830)

1830 - 1907

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0239 KAVALLERIE

August Ludwig von Ledebur

1776 - 1852

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0240 ECONOMIST

Christian Nienhaus (Medienmanager)

Born 1960

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0241 EDUCATION

Hans Hilbk

1925 - 2013

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0242 SCREENWRITER

Christian Schumacher (Regisseur)

Born 1964

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0243 LAWYER

August Uedinck

1811 - 1868

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0244 JOURNALIST

Kevin Gerwin

Born 1987

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0245 ACTOR

Dogan Padar

Born 1988

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0246 AERONAUTICO

Heinrich Oelerich

1877 - 1953

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0247 ACTOR

Henrike Richters

Born 1983

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0248 LIBRARIAN

Rudolf Prinz (Altphilologe)

1847 - 1890

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0249 ACADEMIC

Wilhelm Fix

Born 1948

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0250 JUDGE

Karl von Bernuth

1774 - 1843

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0251 FOOTBALL

Helmut Reiners

Born 1951

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0252 POLITICIAN

Birgit Beisheim

Born 1962

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0253 ACTOR

Friedrich Wilhelm Timpe

Born 1938

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0254 POLITICIAN

Hanns Theis

Born 1921

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0255 JUDGE

Carl Wiethaus

1809 - 1865

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0256 MINISTER

Hermann von Detten

1879 - 1954

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0257 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Krampe

1891 - 1980

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0258 LANDRAT

August Wendt

1861 - 1927

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0259 FILM

Christoph Oertel

Born 1960

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0260 HANDBALL

Renate Wolf

Born 1957

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0261 POLITICIAN

Brita Schmitz-Hübsch

Born 1942

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0262 PRESENTER

Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel

Born 1941

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0263 FILM

Daniel Kaiser (Komponist)

Born 1976

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0264 FOOTBALL

Heinz Michallik

Born 1947

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0265 POLITICIAN

Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann

Born 1953

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0266 FOOTBALL

Manfred Fallisch

Born 1935

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0267 PLAYER

Ralf Wosik

Born 1958

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0268 AUTHOR

Oğuzhan Çelik

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0269 PROFESSOR

Gerhard Otte

Born 1935

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0270 PROFESSOR

Heinrich Gerhard Schumacher

1695 - 1766

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0271 ARTIST

Serdar Thenk Yildiz

Born 1975

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0272 PAINTER

Bruno Wittenstein

1876 - 1968

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0273 AUTHOR

Maria Roppertz

Born 1936

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0274 ARTIST

Kirsten Kaiser

Born 1961

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0275 POLITICIAN

Manfred Hemmer

Born 1937

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0276 RABBINER

Otto Kaiser (Prediger)

1880 - 1925

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0277 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Iserlohe

Born 1946

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0278 MERCHANT

Carlo Jacob Koch

1895 - 1975

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0279 POLITICIAN

Knulp Goeke

1929 - 2005

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0280 RADIO

Anke Genius

Born 1964

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0281 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Welp (Fußballspieler)

Born 1959

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0282 PAINTER

Josef Hegemann

1910 - 1996

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0283 SWIMMER

Edeltraud Koch

Born 1954

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0284 CHEMIST

Wolfgang Dähne

1932 - 2010

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0285 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Nellessen

Born 1952

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0286 OFFICER

Wilhelm von Rappard

1788 - 1827

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0287 ARCHITECT

Wilhelm Stricker (Baumeister)

1874 - 1927

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0288 MISSING

Oğuz Üçüncü

Born 1969

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0289 AIKIDO

Rolf Brand

Born 1932

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0290 MANUFACTURER

Adolf von Griesheim

1820 - 1894

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0291 SPORT

Aaron Grosser

Born 1996

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0292 OBERST

Karl von Paschwitz (Offizier)

1793 - 1872

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0293 SPORT

Hans Kaupmannsennecke

Born 1937

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0294 WASSERBALLSPIELER

Hans Schepers (Wasserballspieler)

1930 - 2012

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0295 CHAMBERLAIN

Udo von Bodelschwingh

1840 - 1921

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0296 GENERALMAJOR

Paul Stern (Generalmajor)

1844 - 1912

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0297 JUDGE

Julius Goerdeler

1844 - 1928

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0298 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Reuter (Politiker, 1964)

Born 1964

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0299 SAXOPHONIST

Florian Walter

Born 1987

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0300 ACTOR

Tillmann Schnieders

Born 1977

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