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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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2,767 notable people

0301 CHEMIST

Fritz Laves

1906 - 1978

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0302 ARISTOCRAT

Duchess Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1671 - 1710

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0303 SPORT

Willy Arend

1876 - 1964

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0304 ACTOR

Kathrin Kühnel

Born 1977

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0305 CINEMA

Jürgen Jürges

Born 1940

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0306 COMPOSER

Felix Wolfes

1892 - 1971

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0307 POLITICIAN

Adolf Wermuth

1855 - 1927

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0308 BUSINESS

Björn Westerlund

1912 - 2009

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0309 ACTOR

Edgar Hoppe

Born 1937

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0310 DENTIST

Willi Schatz

1905 - 1985

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0311 ACTOR

Daniel Axt

Born 1991

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0312 AUTHOR

Bernhard Roetzel

Born 1966

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0313 FOOTBALL

Niko Gießelmann

Born 1991

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0314 WRESTLER

Murat Bosporus

Born 1979

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0315 PHYSICIAN

Heiko von der Leyen

Born 1955

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0316 ATHLETIC

Erika Fisch

Born 1934

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0317 MUSIC

Liselotte Malkowsky

1913 - 1965

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0318 HISTORIAN

Peter Gumpel

Born 1923

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0319 LINGUIST

Rainer Rochlitz

1946 - 2002

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0320 ACTOR

Marcel Werner

1952 - 1986

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0321 ACADEMIC

Christian von Bar

Born 1952

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0322 THEOLOGIAN

Ulrich Duchrow

Born 1935

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0323 ACTOR

Gisa Zach

Born 1974

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0324 SINGER

Sarah Brendel

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0325 SCULPTOR

Eva de Maizière

1915 - 2003

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0326 COLLECTOR

Bernhard Sprengel

1899 - 1985

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0327 SWIMMER

Bernhard Baier

1912 - 2003

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0328 POLITICIAN

Fritz Heine

1904 - 2002

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0329 HISTORIAN

Ismar Schorsch

Born 1935

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0330 CONVICT

Christine Schürrer

Born 1976

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0331 SPORT

Werner Potzernheim

1927 - 2014

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0332 CARICATURIST

Klaus Peter Cadsky

1937 - 2011

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0333 JOURNALIST

Georg Blume

Born 1963

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0334 MILITAR

Hermann Flörke

1893 - 1979

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0335 ECONOMIST

Gerhard Scherhorn

1930 - 2018

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0336 COMPOSER

Georg Alois Schmitt

1827 - 1902

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0337 FOOTBALL

Henrik Ernst

Born 1986

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0338 POLITICIAN

August Wilhelm Rehberg

1757 - 1836

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0339 ATHLETE

Julia Gajer

Born 1982

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0340 PAINTER

Claus Meyer

1856 - 1919

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0341 POLITICIAN

Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop

Born 1945

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0342 ROWER

Wolfgang Hottenrott

Born 1940

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0343 PHYSICIAN

Hans Alfred Nieper

1928 - 1998

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0344 POLITICIAN

Helge Limburg

Born 1982

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0345 PLAYER

Paul Ackford

Born 1958

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0346 LINGUIST

Elisabeth Piirainen

1943 - 2017

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0347 ENGINEER

Wilhelm Runge

1895 - 1987

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0348 POLITICIAN

Dianne Hayter

Born 1949

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0349 FILM

Fritz Kirchhoff

1901 - 1953

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0350 ACADEMIC

Theodor Schmalz

1760 - 1831

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0351 SINGER

Gerd Nienstedt

1932 - 1993

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0352 PRESENTER

Marc Bator

Born 1972

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0353 THEOLOGIAN

Friedrich Brunstäd

1883 - 1944

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0354 SPORT

Erich Möller

1905 - 1964

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0355 PAINTER

Karl Jakob Hirsch

1892 - 1952

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0356 ACTOR

Carola Toelle

1892 - 1958

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0357 ACTOR

Herbert Mensching

1928 - 1981

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0358 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Gerd Koch

1922 - 2005

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0359 ASTRONOMER

Heinrich Siedentopf

1906 - 1963

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0360 DRIVER

Dirk Werner

Born 1981

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0361 ACTOR

Gerta Ital

1904 - 1988

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0362 PAINTER

Frederick Dielman

1847 - 1935

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0363 PLAYER

Robert Mohr (rugby)

Born 1978

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0364 PAINTER

William Unger

1837 - 1932

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0365 POLITICIAN

Wera Hobhouse

Born 1960

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0366 PHOTOGRAPHER

John Karl Hillers

1843 - 1925

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0367 BASKET

Andrej Mangold

Born 1987

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0368 LAWYER

Ernst Brandes

1758 - 1810

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0369 WRITER

Dietmar Grieser

Born 1934

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0370 HOCKEY

Julia Zwehl

Born 1976

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0371 SWIMMER

Chris-Carol Bremer

Born 1971

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0372 POLITICIAN

Herbert Schmalstieg

Born 1943

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0373 ATHLETIC

Carl Dohmann

Born 1990

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0374 CHEMIST

Leo Ubbelohde

1877 - 1964

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0375 ROWER

Frank Richter (rower)

Born 1964

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0376 PRIEST

August Marahrens

1875 - 1950

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0377 FILM

Jobst Oetzmann

Born 1961

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0378 TATTOOIST

Christian Warlich

1890 - 1964

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0379 COMMANDER

Hans-Lothar Domröse

Born 1952

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0380 PIANIST

Frank Woeste

Born 1976

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0381 SWIMMER

Werner Lampe

Born 1952

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0382 FOOTBALL

Emmanuel Krontiris

Born 1983

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0383 PRESENTER

Katharina Kuhlmann

Born 1977

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0384 PAINTER

Andreas Schulze (artist)

Born 1955

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0385 ACTOR

Max Devrient

1857 - 1929

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0386 AUTHOR

Hansjörg Göritz

Born 1959

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0387 FOOTBALL

Niklas Feierabend

1997 - 2016

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0388 NUMISMATIST

Hermann Grote (Numismatiker)

1802 - 1895

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0389 FOOTBALL

Ferhat Bıkmaz

Born 1988

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0390 SWIMMER

Oliver Lampe

Born 1974

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0391 POET

Berthold Wulf

1926 - 2012

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0392 OFFICER

Georg Baring

1773 - 1848

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0393 WRITER

Wolfgang Gust

Born 1935

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0394 JOURNALIST

Käthe Vordtriede

1891 - 1964

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0395 PROFESSOR

Eberhard Grisebach

1880 - 1945

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0396 AMBASSADOR

Hans Mühlenfeld

1901 - 1969

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0397 GUITAR

Guy Chadwick

Born 1956

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0398 PHYSICIST

Markus Greiner

Born 1973

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0399 PARLIAMENT

George Philipp Ludolf von Beckedorff

1778 - 1858

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0400 FOOTBALL

Ricarda Walkling

Born 1997

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0401 ORNITHOLOGIST

Paul Leverkühn

1867 - 1905

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0402 NURSE

Schwester Selma

1884 - 1984

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0403 BOTANIST

George Heinrich Adolf Scheele

1808 - 1864

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0404 CHEMIST

Heinrich Bütefisch

1894 - 1969

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0405 POLITICIAN

Christoph Meineke

Born 1979

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0406 PROFESSOR

Erich Barke

Born 1946

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0407 OFFICER

Walter Scheller

1892 - 1944

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0408 CINEMA

Karl Hasselmann

1883 - 1966

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0409 LAWYER

Johann Hermann Detmold

1807 - 1856

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0410 FOOTBALL

Christof Babatz

Born 1974

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0411 ACADEMIC

Sitta von Reden

Born 1962

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0412 WRITER

Gretha von Jeinsen

1906 - 1960

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0413 SCULPTOR

Kurt Harald Isenstein

1898 - 1980

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0414 ATHLETE

Britta Martin

Born 1978

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0415 SCENOGRAPHER

Sigfrido Burmann

1891 - 1980

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0416 SOCIOLOGIST

Joachim Fischer (sociologist)

Born 1951

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0417 ARCHAEOLOGIST

George Niemann

1841 - 1912

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0418 ART HISTORIAN

Herbert Ricke

1901 - 1976

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0419 BIOLOGIST

Peter Beyer

Born 1952

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0420 CONDUCTOR

Berthold Damcke

1812 - 1875

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0421 FOOTBALL

Mohammad Baghdadi

Born 1996

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0422 MUSIC

Christian Vater

1679 - 1756

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0423 BUSINESS

Jens Odewald

Born 1940

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0424 PHYSICIAN

Adolf Mühry

1810 - 1888

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0425 SPORT

Leo Appelt

Born 1997

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0426 FENCER

Erk Sens-Gorius

Born 1946

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0427 PROFESSOR

Gundolf S. Freyermuth

Born 1955

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0428 INVENTOR

Wilhelm Brenneke

1865 - 1951

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0429 FILM

Reiner E. Moritz

Born 1938

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0430 ATHLETIC

Wolfgang Klein

1941 - 2017

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0431 PAINTER

Martel Schwichtenberg

1896 - 1945

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0432 ATHLETE

Jan Wüstenfeld

Born 1975

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0433 FOOTBALL

Dennis Weiland

Born 1974

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0434 COMPOSER

Adele aus der Ohe

1861 - 1937

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0435 INDOLOGIST

Oskar von Hinüber

Born 1939

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0436 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Walter-Herwig Schuchhardt

1900 - 1976

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0437 HANDBALL

Klaus Wöller

Born 1956

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0438 ACTOR

Hans Meyer-Hanno

1906 - 1945

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0439 BANDE DESSINÉE

Eckart Sackmann

Born 1951

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0440 TEACHER

Alfred Gercke

1860 - 1922

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0441 EDUCATION

Thomas Ziehe

Born 1947

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0442 PROFESSOR

Ekhard Salje

Born 1946

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0443 FILM

Marc Schölermann

Born 1971

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0444 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Wiepking-Jürgensmann

1891 - 1973

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0445 PAINTER

John Höxter

1884 - 1938

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0446 PHILOSOPHER

Eugen Kühnemann

1868 - 1946

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0447 POLITICIAN

Sven-Christian Kindler

Born 1985

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0448 ACTOR

Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt (Schauspieler, 1772) –

1772 - 1841

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0449 CLARINET

Sebastian Manz

Born 1986

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0450 PHYSICIAN

Hermann Klencke

1813 - 1881

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0451 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Kohlrausch

1888 - 1980

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0452 CONDUCTOR

Christian Grube

Born 1934

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0453 POLO

Helmuth Schwenn

1913 - 1983

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0454 PAINTER

Friedrich Rehberg

1758 - 1835

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0455 ACTOR

Esther Carena

1898 - 1972

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0456 OFFICER

Friedrich Heinrich Prinz von Preußen

1874 - 1940

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0457 ACTOR

Hanne Brinkmann

1895 - 1984

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0458 RAPPER

Falk Schacht

Born 1974

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0459 AUTHOR

Ingo Siegner

Born 1965

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0460 ENTREPRENEUR

Hermann Bahlsen

1859 - 1919

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0461 PROFESSOR

Terence Hines

Born 1951

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0462 THEOLOGIAN

Friedrich Diedrich

1935 - 2015

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0463 JOURNALIST

Hermann Rockmann

1917 - 1997

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0464 LIEUTENANT

Armand-Octave-Marie d’Allonville

1809 - 1867

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0465 BOTANIST

Joachim W. Kadereit

Born 1956

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0466 PHYSICIAN

Robert Meyer (pathologist)

1864 - 1947

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0467 WRITER

Will Randall

Born 1966

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0468 AUTHOR

Stefan Erdmann

Born 1966

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0469 FOOTBALL

Markus Krösche

Born 1980

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0470 FOOTBALL

Fatih Yılmaz

Born 1989

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0471 JOURNALIST

William Davis (journalist)

1933 - 2019

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0472 CONDUCTOR

Harold Byrns

1903 - 1977

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0473 ECONOMIST

Georg Rusche

1900 - 1950

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0474 HISTORIAN

Hans Ehelolf

1881 - 1939

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0475 FOOTBALL

Saliou Sané

Born 1992

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0476 SCHOLAR

Wilhelm Theodor Schiefler

1828 - 1884

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0477 ACTOR

Barbara Kowa

Born 1973

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0478 AUTHOR

August Wilhelm Otto Niemann

1839 - 1919

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0479 WRITER

Thilo Thielke

Born 1968

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0480 SPORT

Karl Köther (cyclist, born 1905)

1905 - 1986

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0481 ANATOMIST

Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause

1797 - 1868

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0482 SOCIOLOGIST

Kurt Albert Gerlach

1886 - 1922

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0483 CHEMIST

Gottfried Wagener

1831 - 1892

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0484 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Handke

Born 1954

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0485 WRITER

Wilhelm Blumenhagen

1781 - 1839

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0486 MATHEMATICIAN

Georg Prange

1885 - 1941

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0487 MILITAR

Hans Ferdinand Geisler

1891 - 1966

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0488 ATHLETE

Jan Raphael

Born 1980

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0489 ASTRONOMER

Richard Prager

1883 - 1945

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0490 POLITICIAN

John Lewis Gervais

1741 - 1798

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0491 POLITICIAN

Dirk Hillbrecht

Born 1972

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0492 CRIMINOLOGIST

Peter-Alexis Albrecht

Born 1946

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0493 JUDGE

Evelyn Haas

Born 1949

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0494 WRITER

Georg von Ompteda

1863 - 1931

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0495 ENTREPRENEUR

Cornelius Boersch

Born 1968

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0496 ART CRITIC

Günter Meißner

1936 - 2015

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0497 OFFICER

Horst von Mellenthin

1898 - 1977

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0498 ENGINEER

Alexander Siemens

1847 - 1928

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0499 ART HISTORIAN

Gerhard Vinken

Born 1961

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0500 PHILOSOPHER

Georg Mehlis

1878 - 1942

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0501 FOOTBALL

Hendrik Großöhmichen

Born 1985

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0502 ENGINEER

Johann Culemeyer

1883 - 1951

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0503 POLITICIAN

Martina Krogmann

Born 1964

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0504 ACTOR

Stephan Bissmeier

Born 1956

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0505 MITARBEITER

Philipp von Westphalen

1723 - 1792

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0506 SWIMMER

Stephan Kunzelmann

Born 1978

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0507 HOCKEY

Pia-Sophie Oldhafer

Born 1992

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0508 SINGEN

Caroline von Linsingen

1768 - 1815

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0509 HOCKEY

Bettina Evers

Born 1981

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0510 BANDLEADER

Corny Ostermann

1911 - 1945

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0511 FOOTBALL

Onur Capin

Born 1996

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0512 MEDIEVALIST

Karl Zeumer

1849 - 1914

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0513 SCREENWRITER

Derek Meister

Born 1973

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0514 OPERA

Erika Wedekind

1868 - 1944

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0515 GEOLOGIST

Otto Mügge

1858 - 1932

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0516 FOOTBALL

Maximilian Heidenreich

Born 1967

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0517 POLITICIAN

Grigorios Aggelidis

Born 1965

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0518 SCIENTIST

Samuel Salzborn

Born 1977

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0519 THEOLOGIAN

Ernst Sommerlath

1889 - 1983

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0520 HISTORIAN

Ferdinand Frensdorff

1833 - 1931

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0521 POLITICIAN

Hans Louis Ferdinand von Löwenstein zu Löwenstein

1874 - 1959

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0522 ACTOR

Kai Peterson

Born 1962

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0523 MILITAR

Friedrich Fangohr

1899 - 1956

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0524 BASKET

David Arigbabu

Born 1975

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0525 ACTOR

Erich Gerberding

1921 - 1986

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0526 SWIMMER

Christiane Pielke

Born 1963

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0527 HOCKEY

Andy Reiss

Born 1986

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0528 FOOTBALL

Edmund Malecki

1914 - 2001

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0529 TEACHER

Manfred Berliner

1853 - 1931

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0530 PAINTER

Willy Hanft

1888 - 1987

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0531 OFICIAL

Otto Ernst Meyer

1897 - 1966

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0532 FOOTBALL

Willi Fricke

1913 - 1963

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0533 JOURNALIST

Hermann Frank Meyer

1940 - 2009

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0534 SWIMMER

Karl Bähre

1899 - 1960

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0535 ACTOR

Herbert Bötticher

1928 - 2008

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0536 ACADEMIC

Clement Schrader

1820 - 1875

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0537 OFFICER

Arnold Freiherr von Biegeleben

1883 - 1940

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0538 ENGINEER

Christian Edward Detmold

1810 - 1887

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0539 PHYSICIST

Karl Eugen Guthe

1866 - 1915

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0540 PAINTER

Harold Bengen

1879 - 1962

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0541 PHILOLOGIST

Klaus Bartels

1936 - 2020

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0542 ART DEALER

Herbert von Garvens-Garvensburg

1883 - 1957

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0543 PUBLISHER

Dietmar Munier

Born 1954

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0544 AUTHOR

Alexa Hennig von Lange

Born 1973

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0545 PIANIST

Günter Platzek

1930 - 1990

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0546 ACADEMIC

Monika Gronke

Born 1952

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0547 WORLD WAR

Johann Mohr

1916 - 1943

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0548 ACTOR

Elke Jeinsen

Born 1966

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0549 CHEMIST

Geerd Diercksen

Born 1936

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0550 TRAINER

Horst Wein

1941 - 2016

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0551 ACTOR

Marcel Chandrawinata

Born 1987

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0552 FOOTBALL

Sven Hoffmeister

Born 1970

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0553 FOOTBALL

Fabian Montabell

Born 1985

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0554 JOCKEY

Mario Lopez (Musiker)

Born 1969

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0555 FOOTBALL

Niclas Weiland

Born 1972

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0556 FOOTBALL

Sören Halfar

Born 1987

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0557 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Küster

1870 - 1956

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0558 ENTREPRENEUR

Georg Egestorff

1802 - 1868

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0559 ACTOR

Holger Stockhaus

Born 1973

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0560 FOOTBALL

Michael Habryka

Born 1982

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0561 CINEMA

Harry Fischbeck

1879 - 1968

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0562 PAINTER

Eduard Frederich

1811 - 1864

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0563 ATHLETIC

Renate Meyer

Born 1938

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0564 FOOTBALL

Bernd Helmschrot

Born 1947

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0565 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Charles Wachsmuth

1829 - 1896

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0566 PAINTER

Theodor Kotsch

1818 - 1884

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0567 PAINTER

Julius E. F. Gipkens

1883 - 1968

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0568 DIPLOMAT

Gustav von Blome

1829 - 1906

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0569 ACADEMIC

Barbara Vinken

Born 1960

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0570 DIPLOMAT

Felix Benzler

1891 - 1977

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0571 PHYSICIST

Walter Selke

Born 1947

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0572 SINGER

Özlem Özdil

Born 1979

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0573 HOCKEY

Kurt Haverbeck

1899 - 1988

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0574 LAWYER

Tilo von Wilmowsky

1878 - 1966

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0575 LINGUIST

Johann Heinrich Justus Köppen

1755 - 1791

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0576 HISTORIAN

Adolf Schaumann

1809 - 1882

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0577 OFFICER

Christoph August von Wangenheim

1741 - 1830

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0578 THEOLOGIAN

Ludwig Adolf Petri

1803 - 1873

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0579 POLITICIAN

Otto Brenner

1907 - 1972

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0580 ROWER

Kathrin Thiem

Born 1988

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0581 POLITICIAN

Adolph Leonhardt

1815 - 1880

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0582 AUTHOR

Wilhelm August Wohlbrück

1795 - 1848

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0583 ACADEMIC

Gustav Mensching

1901 - 1978

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0584 HISTORIAN

Thomas Bohn (Historiker)

Born 1963

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0585 FOOTBALL

Hans-Dieter Schmidt

Born 1948

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0586 MODERATOR

Malte Arkona

Born 1978

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0587 WRITER

Christoph Rehage

Born 1981

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0588 WRITER

Ilka Stitz

Born 1960

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0589 ATHLETIC

Herbert Dill

1908 - 1944

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0590 ACTOR

Daniele Rizzo

Born 1984

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0591 MEDIEVALIST

Steffen Patzold

Born 1972

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0592 ACTOR

Heinz Quermann

1921 - 2003

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0593 PHILOLOGIST

Eckard Lefèvre

Born 1935

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0594 MUSIC

Peter Panka

1948 - 2007

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0595 PAINTER

Marie von Malachowski-Nauen

1880 - 1943

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0596 MATHEMATICIAN

Friedrich Tölke

1901 - 1992

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0597 SINGER

Annemarie Warnkross

Born 1977

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0598 MUSIK

Kurt von Behr

1890 - 1945

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0599 HISTORIAN

Hans-Thorald Michaelis

1925 - 2004

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0600 THEOLOGIAN

Kurt Schmidt-Clausen

1920 - 1993

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