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HANNOVER

Most Famous People Born in Hannover, Germany

Notable people
2,767
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1908
Most distinctive
Author 4.5×

A Lower Saxon court city whose most famous descendants sat on the British throne. Hannover's distinctive professions are authors, theologians, academics, and chemists — the trades of an old Welf residence and a Lutheran university town — and its most famous daughter is Hannah Arendt. George I and George II were both born here, and the 18th-century bench still carries the courtly shape of the personal union with Britain.

Through the Decades

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

What Hannover Is Known For

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Politician is Hannover's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (320).

Hannover over-indexes on author4.5× the global rate.

Hannover under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician320
  2. Actor150
  3. Painter129
  4. Writer109
  5. Author106
  6. Academic98
  7. Football87
  8. Lawyer80
  1. Author1064.5×
  2. Theologian373.7×
  3. Academic983.5×
  4. Chemist313.2×
  5. Architect552.2×
  6. Sculptor402.2×
  7. Engineer321.9×
  8. Painter1291.8×
  1. Football870.3×
  2. Singer400.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 168 of 2,767 notable people

0001 PHILOSOPHER

Hannah Arendt

1906 - 1975

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0022 PHYSICIST

Pascual Jordan

1902 - 1980

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0025 FILM

Theo Lingen

1903 - 1978

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0031 FILM

Gustav Fröhlich

1902 - 1987

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0044 WRITER

Elly Beinhorn

1907 - 2007

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0054 SINGER

Grethe Weiser

1903 - 1970

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0062 ACTOR

Dieter Borsche

1909 - 1982

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0120 MILITAR

Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort

1909 - 1944

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0127 AUTHOR

Ilse Hess

1900 - 1995

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0134 FILM

Rudolf Jugert

1907 - 1979

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0141 CERAMIST

Hedwig Bollhagen

1907 - 2001

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0144 PHYSICIST

Walther Müller

1905 - 1979

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0156 COMPOSER

Hans-Otto Borgmann

1901 - 1977

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0167 ACTOR

Hilde Wagener

1904 - 1992

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0169 WORLD WAR

Werner Kreipe

1904 - 1967

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0176 ECONOMIST

Fritz Neumark

1900 - 1991

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0189 WORLD WAR

Horst Niemack

1909 - 1992

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0191 RIDER

Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim

1909 - 1953

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0203 POLITICIAN

Rolf Dahlgrün

1908 - 1969

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0205 SINGER

Gerhard Hüsch

1901 - 1984

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0213 FILM

Jürgen von Alten

1903 - 1994

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0232 COMPOSER

Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling

1904 - 1985

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0251 HISTORIAN

Hans Rosenberg

1904 - 1988

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0288 SWIMMER

Fritz Gunst

1908 - 1992

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0289 CHOREOGRAPHER

Bessie Schonberg

1906 - 1997

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0301 CHEMIST

Fritz Laves

1906 - 1978

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0310 DENTIST

Willi Schatz

1905 - 1985

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0328 POLITICIAN

Fritz Heine

1904 - 2002

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0349 FILM

Fritz Kirchhoff

1901 - 1953

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0354 SPORT

Erich Möller

1905 - 1964

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0359 ASTRONOMER

Heinrich Siedentopf

1906 - 1963

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0361 ACTOR

Gerta Ital

1904 - 1988

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0396 AMBASSADOR

Hans Mühlenfeld

1901 - 1969

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0412 WRITER

Gretha von Jeinsen

1906 - 1960

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0418 ART HISTORIAN

Herbert Ricke

1901 - 1976

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0436 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Walter-Herwig Schuchhardt

1900 - 1976

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0438 ACTOR

Hans Meyer-Hanno

1906 - 1945

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0472 CONDUCTOR

Harold Byrns

1903 - 1977

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0473 ECONOMIST

Georg Rusche

1900 - 1950

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0480 SPORT

Karl Köther (cyclist, born 1905)

1905 - 1986

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0579 POLITICIAN

Otto Brenner

1907 - 1972

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0583 ACADEMIC

Gustav Mensching

1901 - 1978

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0589 ATHLETIC

Herbert Dill

1908 - 1944

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0596 MATHEMATICIAN

Friedrich Tölke

1901 - 1992

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0609 PHYSICIAN

Georg Wildführ

1904 - 1984

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0617 HOCKEY

Heinz Wöltje

1902 - 1968

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0662 PAINTER

Julius Klingebiel

1904 - 1965

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0669 FOOTBALL

Eduard Wolpers

1900 - 1976

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0687 POLITICIAN

Karl Kleinschmidt

1902 - 1978

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0696 GEOLOGIST

Julius Hesemann

1901 - 1980

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0727 GEOGRAPHER

Hans Poser (Geograph)

1907 - 1998

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0790 OFFICER

Willi Seibert

1908 - 1976

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0810 KAUFMAN

Klaus Bahlsen

1908 - 1991

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0848 ZOOLOGIST

Walter Greite

1907 - 1984

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0857 MERCHANT

Werner Bahlsen

1904 - 1985

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0891 ETHNOLOGIST

Hans Rhotert

1900 - 1991

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0895 PHILOSOPHER

Balduin Schwarz

1902 - 1993

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0907 WRITER

Gustav Schenk

1905 - 1969

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0923 PRIEST

Adolf Bolte

1901 - 1974

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0942 HISTORIAN

Eberhard Kessel

1907 - 1986

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0946 DESIGNER

Hans Martin Freyer

1909 - 1975

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0952 PHOTOGRAPHER

Fritz Brill

1904 - 1997

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0964 POLITICIAN

Elisabeth Vietje

1902 - 1963

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0971 ENTREPRENEUR

Hans Bahlsen

1901 - 1959

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1006 PAINTER

Ernst Wolfhagen

1907 - 1992

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1008 PHOTOGRAPHER

Kurt Julius

1909 - 1986

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1010 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Wilhelm Gieseler

1900 - 1976

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1014 PROFESSOR

Arthur Hanau

1902 - 1985

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1025 ENGINEER

Friedrich Witte (Ingenieur)

1900 - 1977

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1059 POLITICIAN

Walter Funkat

1906 - 2006

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1066 PHYSICIST

Karl Hecht (Physiker)

1903 - 1994

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1076 ACADEMIC

Werner Sarstedt

1909 - 1985

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1140 JOURNALIST

Winfried Martini

1905 - 1991

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1171 ACADEMIC

Paul Bockelmann

1908 - 1987

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1231 POLITICIAN

August Holweg

1905 - 1989

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1234 SCULPTOR

Ellen Bernkopf-Catzenstein

1904 - 1992

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1241 POLITICIAN

Hans Döring (Politiker)

1901 - 1970

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1243 PHILOLOGIST

Erich Koestermann

1901 - 1973

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1249 POLITICIAN

Elise Ewert

1907 - 1940

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1272 DIPLOMAT

Hans Carl Graf von Hardenberg

1909 - 1996

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1278 POLITICIAN

Franz Hermann Woweries

1908 - 1948

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1292 ECONOMIST

Hermann Böhrs

1905 - 1983

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1305 COMPOSER

Fritz Ihlau

1909 - 1995

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1323 LAWYER

Gerda Krüger

1900 - 1979

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1363 WRITER

Rudolf Harms

1901 - 1984

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1387 POLITICIAN

Jenny Matern

1904 - 1960

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1396 WRITER

Hans Joachim Toll

1900 - 1978

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1403 WRITER

Werner Meyer (Historiker, 1909)

1909 - 1989

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1410 HISTORIAN

Adolf Diestelkamp

1900 - 1955

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1413 COMPOSER

Erwin Grosse

1904 - 1982

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1427 ARTISAN

Wilhelm Hahn junior

1904 - 1975

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1470 AUTHOR

Kurt Rossmann

1909 - 1980

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1489 MEDIEVALIST

Otto Vehse

1901 - 1943

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1538 EDUCATION

Paul Dohrmann

1900 - 1957

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1542 ENTREPRENEUR

Max Müller (Unternehmer)

1904 - 1987

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1550 MUSIC

Felix-Eberhard von Cube

1903 - 1988

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1558 POLITICIAN

Hans-Joachim Fricke

1904 - 1974

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1582 RUNNER

Paul Gerhardt (athlete)

1901 - 1956

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1587 ACADEMIC

Carl Wehmer (Bibliothekar)

1903 - 1978

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1652 PAINTER

Hans Mertens (Maler)

1906 - 1944

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1682 AUTHOR

Herbert Seggelke

1905 - 1990

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1696 SPORT

Walter Wülfing

1901 - 1986

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1704 WRITER

Herbert Röhrig

1903 - 1977

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1706 WRITER

Friedrich Lüddecke

1905 - 1967

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1762 PAINTER

Hans Nitzschke

1903 - 1944

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1766 ARTIST

Karl Rüter

1902 - 1986

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1771 WRITER

Gustav Greiffenhagen

1902 - 1968

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1776 HISTORIAN

Eberhard Klügel

1901 - 1966

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1777 EDITOR

Franz Thiemann

1906 - 2000

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1794 FOOTBALL

Karl Laue

1906 - 1968

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1811 ACTOR

Wilhelm Rüter

1903 - 1982

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1813 INTERNIST

Eitel-Friedrich Rissmann

1906 - 1986

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1829 ARCHITECT

Carl Bauer (Architekt, 1909)

1909 - 1999

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1833 POLITICIAN

Heinz Lücke

1903 - 1977

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1834 FILM

Adolf Elling

1901 - 1996

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1836 POLITICIAN

Grete Hoell

1909 - 1986

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1850 POLITICIAN

Reinhold Roth (Politiker)

1900 - 1985

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1864 PAINTER

Paul Rademacher (Grafiker)

1901 - 1989

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1875 POLITICIAN

Willy Wendt

1906 - 1967

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1879 POLITICIAN

Karl Nasemann

1908 - 2000

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1913 ART HISTORIAN

Friedrich Thöne

1907 - 1975

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1956 CHEMIST

Elmar Profft

1905 - 1978

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1984 POLITICIAN

Adolf Krome

1900 - 1979

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1990 PRIEST

Bernhard Ketzlick

1907 - 1951

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2005 LAWYER

Gerhard Berting

1900 - 1963

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2008 JOINER

Hermann Beermann

1903 - 1973

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2026 POLITICIAN

August Baumgarte

1904 - 1980

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2033 BANDLEADER

Georg Nettelmann

1902 - 1988

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2065 OPERA

Greta Hofer

1900 - 1995

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2094 POLITICIAN

Fritz Söhlmann

1905 - 1977

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2121 VERURTEILT

Alexander Riesle

Born 1908

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2130 POLITICIAN

Karl Jungbluth

1903 - 1945

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2140 PHYSICIAN

Kurt Ehlers

1908 - 1972

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2183 AUTHOR

Adolf Georg Bartels

1904 - 1978

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2186 VORSITZENDER

Hermann Abtmeyer

1907 - 1970

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2201 OPFER

Wilhelm Fahlbusch (NS-Opfer)

1907 - 1933

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2218 AUTHOR

Margarethe Jockusch

1908 - 1994

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2235 RESTORER

Christian Buhmann (Bildhauer)

1906 - 1990

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2247 POLITICIAN

Richard Leinert

1903 - 1962

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2278 POLITICIAN

Peter Schneider (Politiker, 1909)

1909 - 1984

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2288 POLITICIAN

Axel Bruhn

1904 - 1983

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2302 POLITICIAN

Hans Striefler

1907 - 1998

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2303 TECHNIKER

Heinrich Keilholz

1908 - 1981

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2322 LITERARY

Claus Harms (Dramaturg)

1908 - 1996

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2335 ARCHITECT

Kurt Piepenschneider

1901 - 1956

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2357 LAWYER

Walther Sundermeyer

1900 - 1977

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2368 POLITICIAN

Elfriede Döler

1909 - 1994

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2386 POLITICIAN

Johannes Stuke

1904 - 1978

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2394 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Wilke (Politiker, 1906)

1906 - 1984

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2439 SPORT

Alex Fricke

1905 - 1955

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2469 ENGINEER

Rudolf Barbré

1907 - 1997

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2483 AUTHOR

Kurt Scherrer

1904 - 1985

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2489 POLITICIAN

Conrad Beckmann (Politiker)

1900 - 1950

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2499 ARCHITECT

Karl-Heinz Lorey

1908 - 2001

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2509 POLITICIAN

Wilma Conradi

1905 - 1992

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2532 PUBLISHER

Heinz Heise (Verleger)

1902 - 1974

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2562 PAINTER

Heia

1904 - 1956

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2564 TAILOR

Margarete Hofmann (Politikerin)

1906 - 1998

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2646 ILLUSTRATOR

Irmhild Warweg

1905 - 1983

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2663 PHOTOGRAPHER

Will Burgdorf

1905 - 1944

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2667 PAINTER

Otto Kurbadt

Born 1905

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2680 ILLUSTRATOR

Fred Rodewald

1905 - 1955

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2687 OPERA

Hugo Eigendorff

1901 - 1980

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2694 SINGER

Emmi Wöbbeking

1900 - 1965

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2702 POLITICIAN

Carl Uelze

1901 - 1985

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2728 POLITICIAN

Alfred Schulze (Politiker)

1904 - 1934

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2731 VORSITZENDER

Siegmund Fischel

1909 - 1972

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2749 TRADE UNION

Johann Friedrich Bund

1903 - 1974

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