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HEILBRONN

Most Famous People Born in Heilbronn, Germany

Notable people
564
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1911
Most distinctive
Art Historian 7.5×
Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Heilbronn during each.

What Heilbronn Is Known For

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Politician is Heilbronn's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (120).

Heilbronn over-indexes on art historian7.5× the global rate.

Heilbronn under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician120
  2. Football28
  3. Painter22
  4. Writer22
  5. Actor19
  6. Academic17
  7. Author15
  8. Lawyer14
  1. Art Historian87.5×
  2. Entrepreneur115.7×
  3. Chemist73.6×
  4. Author153.1×
  5. Academic173.0×
  6. Theologian62.9×
  7. Architect122.4×
  8. Missing92.4×
  1. Football280.5×
  2. Actor190.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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564 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Sibel Kekilli

Born 1980

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0002 PHYSICIST

Julius von Mayer

1814 - 1878

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0003 ACTOR

Andrzej Seweryn

Born 1946

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0004 ENGINEER

Wilhelm Maybach

1846 - 1929

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0005 ECONOMIST

Gustav von Schmoller

1838 - 1917

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0006 PAINTER

Heinrich Füger

1751 - 1818

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0007 FILM

Walter Frentz

1907 - 2004

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0008 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Otto Kirchheimer

1905 - 1965

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0009 ACTOR

Pierre Franckh

Born 1953

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0010 FOOTBALL

Tomislav Marić

Born 1973

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0011 POET

Wilhelm Waiblinger

1804 - 1830

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0012 ARCHITECT

Adolf Cluss

1825 - 1905

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0013 MATHEMATICIAN

Paul Finsler

1894 - 1970

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0014 BUSINESS

Dieter Schwarz

Born 1939

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0015 POLITICIAN

Thomas Strobl

Born 1960

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0016 THEOLOGIAN

Erhard Schnepf

1495 - 1558

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0017 POET

Ludwig Pfau

1821 - 1894

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0018 ROWER

Carina Bär

Born 1990

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0019 WRITER

Oliver Maria Schmitt

Born 1966

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0020 SINGER

Freddy Sahin-Scholl

Born 1953

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0021 POLITICIAN

Michael Georg Link

Born 1963

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0022 FOOTBALL

Marijo Marić

Born 1977

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0023 SOLDIER

Walther Buhle

1894 - 1959

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0024 HISTORIAN

Heinz A. Richter

Born 1939

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0025 PIANIST

Hartmut Höll

Born 1952

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0026 FOOTBALL

Rüdiger Rehm

Born 1978

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0027 THEOLOGIAN

Ernst Fuchs (theologian)

1903 - 1983

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0028 BOTANIST

Gustav Schübler

1787 - 1834

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0029 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Karl Schefold

1905 - 1999

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0030 OPERA

Falk Struckmann

Born 1958

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0031 ENGINEER

Hellmuth Hirth

1886 - 1938

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0032 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hans Finsler

1891 - 1972

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0033 VIOLIN

Hugo Heermann

1844 - 1935

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0034 AUTHOR

Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornberg

1755 - 1836

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0035 PRESENTER

Thomas Roth (journalist)

Born 1951

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0036 ACTOR

Angelika Bartsch

Born 1959

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0037 FOOTBALL

Marc Schnatterer

Born 1985

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0038 POLITICIAN

Richard Drauz

1894 - 1946

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0039 PREACHER

Johann Faber of Heilbronn

1504 - 1558

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0040 DESIGNER

Walter Kreiser

1898 - 1959

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0041 AEROSPACE

Alexander Baumann (aeronautical engineer)

1875 - 1928

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0042 SCREENWRITER

Victoria Wolff

1903 - 1992

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0043 SCIENTIST

Joachim Schlör

Born 1960

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0044 ACTOR

Fritz Wagner (actor)

1899 - 1979

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0045 THEOLOGIAN

Wilfried Härle

Born 1941

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0046 LAWYER

Siegfried Gumbel

1874 - 1942

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0047 LAWYER

Kurt Rebmann

1924 - 2005

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0048 FOOTBALL

Martin Hess

Born 1987

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0049 CHEMIST

Friedrich Stolz

1860 - 1936

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0050 BODYBUILDER

Jusup Wilkosz

1948 - 2019

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0051 JOURNALIST

Jürgen Schreiber (journalist)

Born 1947

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0052 ENGINEER

Karl-Eugen Kurrer

Born 1952

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0053 JOURNALIST

Kristin Helberg

Born 1973

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0054 DRIVER

Markus Pommer

Born 1991

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0055 POLITICIAN

Heide Rühle

Born 1948

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0056 RABBI

Joseph Asher

1921 - 1990

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0057 PLAYWRIGHT

Herbert Asmodi

1923 - 2007

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0058 PROFESSOR

Frank Allgöwer

Born 1962

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0059 WRITER

Carl Lang (écrivain)

1766 - 1822

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0060 PSYCHIATRIST

Albert Zeller

1804 - 1877

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0061 FOOTBALL

Vincenzo Palumbo

Born 1974

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0062 ENTREPRENEUR

Erwin Sick

1909 - 1988

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0063 ART HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Lotz (art historian)

1912 - 1981

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0064 INTERNIST

Hermann Strauss

1868 - 1944

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0065 PAINTER

Paul Thalheimer

1884 - 1948

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0066 MANAGER

Carsten Kengeter

Born 1967

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0067 PAINTER

German von Bohn

1812 - 1899

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0068 DRIVER

Rolf Wütherich

1927 - 1981

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0069 FOOTBALL

Kevin Kunz

Born 1992

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0070 MATHEMATICIAN

Guido Hauck

1845 - 1905

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0071 CHESS

Fabian Döttling

Born 1980

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0072 POLITICIAN

William Pfaender

1826 - 1905

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0073 HOCKEY

Daniel Fischbuch

Born 1993

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0074 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Alfred Schliz

1849 - 1915

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0075 FOOTBALL

Matthias Lust

Born 1970

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0076 PAINTER

Fritz Dähn

1908 - 1980

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0077 FOOTBALL

Nico Klotz

Born 1986

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0078 COMPOSER

Rio Gebhardt

1907 - 1944

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0079 WRITER

Otto Rombach

1904 - 1984

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0080 TRADE UNION

Klaus Zwickel

Born 1939

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0081 HOCKEY

Corey Mapes

Born 1992

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0082 ACTOR

Sybille J. Schedwill

Born 1963

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0083 MARINE

Hendrik August van Kinckel

1747 - 1821

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0084 FOOTBALL

Jeremias Lorch

Born 1995

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0085 SCREENWRITER

Werner Wollenberger

1927 - 1982

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0086 FOOTBALL

Robin Neupert

Born 1991

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0087 HOCKEY

Michael Hackert

Born 1981

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0088 FOOTBALL

Marcel Busch

Born 1982

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0089 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Szimayer

Born 1990

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0090 MUSIC

Karl Eulenstein (Musiker)

1802 - 1890

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0091 ACADEMIC

Erwin Rosenthal

1904 - 1991

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0092 HOCKEY

Maritta Becker

Born 1981

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0093 AUTHOR

Lutz Hübner

Born 1964

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0094 ACTOR

Trudel Wulle

Born 1925

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0095 FOOTBALL

Ralf Vollmer

Born 1962

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0096 FOOTBALL

Michael Geiger

Born 1960

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0097 DIPLOMAT

Christof Weil

Born 1954

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0098 FOOTBALL

Martin Schmidt (footballer)

Born 1983

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0099 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Klaus Hornung

1927 - 2017

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0100 POLITICIAN

Nicolette Kressl

Born 1958

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0101 FOOTBALL

Karl Alber

Born 1948

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0102 FARMER

Joachim Rukwied

Born 1961

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0103 RAPPER

Dexter (Musiker)

Born 1983

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0104 MAGIC

Emanuel Bronner

1908 - 1997

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0105 STELLVERTRETER

Georg Christian Kessler

1787 - 1842

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0106 THERAPIST

Jörg M. Fegert

Born 1956

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0107 DESIGNER

Heinrich Löffelhardt

1901 - 1979

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0108 POLITICIAN

Johannes Lichdi

Born 1964

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0109 DEACON

Johann Christian Storr

1712 - 1773

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0110 ACTOR

Joachim Raaf

Born 1960

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0111 AUTHOR

Rainer Moritz

Born 1958

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0112 SOCIOLOGIST

Ulrich Oevermann (Soziologe)

Born 1940

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0113 ORGANBUILDER

Georg Friedrich Schmahl

1700 - 1773

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0114 FILM

Dagmar Knöpfel

Born 1956

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0115 SPORT

Ulrich Lind

Born 1942

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0116 ARCHITECT

Emil Beutinger

1875 - 1957

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0117 SCULPTOR

Bernd Hennig

Born 1952

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0118 PAINTER

Jules Wengel

1865 - 1934

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0119 PHYSICIST

Erwin Schopper

1909 - 2009

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0120 SINGER

Benne (Musiker)

Born 1989

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0121 ARCHITECT

Theodor Sandel (Architekt)

1845 - 1902

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0122 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Rudolf Schlegel

1729 - 1790

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0123 WRITER

Frida Schuhmacher

1892 - 1964

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0124 ACADEMIC

Christian Mann

Born 1971

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0125 ACADEMIC

Emil Högg

1867 - 1954

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0126 COMPOSER

Friedrich August Weber

1753 - 1806

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0127 ACADEMIC

Georg Schwarzenberger (Völkerrechtler)

1908 - 1991

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0128 MODERATOR

Hermann Hoffmann (Hörfunkmoderator)

1928 - 1997

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0129 CIRCUS

Ernst Renz

1815 - 1892

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0130 POLITICIAN

Inge Wettig-Danielmeier

Born 1936

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0131 FILM

Helmut Jedele

1920 - 2012

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0132 ZOOLOGIST

Alexander Haas (Biologe)

Born 1964

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0133 SOCIOLOGIST

Dieter Hermann

Born 1951

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0134 SCULPTOR

Karl Gimmi

1870 - 1955

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0135 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Claus Böhmler

1939 - 2017

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0136 MUSIC

Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold

1810 - 1864

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0137 MISSING

Schwarze Hofmännin

1475 - 1535

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0138 REVOLUTIONÄR

Carl Heinrich Pfänder

1819 - 1876

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0139 PAINTER

Hannelore Köhler

1929 - 2019

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0140 HISTORIAN

Achim Landwehr

Born 1968

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0141 ARCHITECT

Carl Wilhelm Christian von Doderer

1825 - 1900

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0142 POLITICIAN

Nese Erikli

Born 1981

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0143 ACTOR

Christian Nickel

Born 1969

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0144 BUSINESS

Adolf von Rauch (1798-1882)

1798 - 1882

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0145 MUSIC

Daniel Koschitzki

Born 1978

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0146 PRESENTER

Gideon Bachmann

1927 - 2016

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0147 SPORT

Markwart Herzog

Born 1958

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0148 LITHOGRAPHER

Peter Emil Recher

1879 - 1948

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0149 WRITER

Michael Kibler

Born 1963

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0150 POLITICIAN

Alexander Throm

Born 1968

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0151 WRITER

Jörg Sommer

Born 1963

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0152 PSYCHOLOGIST

Martin Hautzinger

Born 1950

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0153 MISSING

Carl Künzel

1808 - 1877

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0154 PHOTOGRAPHER

Frank Paul Kistner

Born 1959

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0155 SINGER

Joško Čagalj Jole

Born 1972

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0156 HISTORIAN

Eberhard Birk

Born 1967

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0157 POLITICIAN

Hermann Reischle

1898 - 1983

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0158 ART HISTORIAN

Petra Maisak

Born 1950

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0159 ART HISTORIAN

Michael Viktor Schwarz

Born 1956

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0160 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ralph Hertwig

Born 1963

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0161 FOOTBALL

Michael Wenczel

Born 1977

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0162 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Lachmann

1491 - 1538

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0163 FILM

Felix Hassenfratz

Born 1981

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0164 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Karl Dietrich Adam

1921 - 2012

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0165 ARTISTE

EVOL (artiste)

Born 1970

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0166 POLITICIAN

Werner Plappert

1903 - 1970

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0167 MARINE

Karl Bartenbach

1881 - 1949

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0168 POLITICIAN

Alfred Dagenbach

Born 1947

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0169 MATHEMATICIAN

Karl Heinrich Hofmann

Born 1932

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0170 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Hans Karl Rupp

Born 1940

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0171 WRITER

Friedrich Löchner

1915 - 2013

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0172 POLITICIAN

Carola Wolle

Born 1963

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0173 POLITICIAN

Peter Bruckmann

1865 - 1937

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0174 MUSIC

Michael Koschorreck

Born 1962

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0175 PAINTER

Peter Riek

Born 1960

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0176 WRITER

Gundi Feyrer

Born 1956

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0177 HISTORIAN

Liselotte Jünger

1917 - 2010

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0178 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Lasotta

1969 - 2019

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0179 COMPOSER

Eberhard Friedrich von Gemmingen

1726 - 1791

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0180 ACTOR

Barbara Rath

Born 1941

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0181 SCHLOSSER

Johann Jakob Widmann

1799 - 1876

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0182 MEDIEVALIST

Andreas Bihrer

Born 1970

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0183 MISSING

Friedrich Schwend

1906 - 1980

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0184 JOURNALIST

Will Schaber

1905 - 1996

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0185 WRITER

Ulrich Finckh

1927 - 2019

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0186 ACTOR

Shirli Volk

Born 1983

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0187 POLITICIAN

Otto Gönnenwein

1896 - 1963

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0188 WRITER

Ulrich Fick

1923 - 2019

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0189 POLITICIAN

Manfred Weinmann

1934 - 2013

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0190 PAINTER

Hedwig Pfizenmayer

1890 - 1967

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0191 HISTORIAN

Michael Diefenbacher

Born 1956

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0192 ARCHITECT

Theodor von Landauer

1816 - 1894

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0193 FOOTBALL

Mattia Trianni

Born 1993

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0194 WRITER

Eduard Eyth

1809 - 1889

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0195 LINGUIST

Karlheinz Jakob

Born 1953

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0196 JUNGE

Charlotte Elisabethe Zobel

1774 - 1806

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0197 PIANIST

Joe Kienemann

Born 1938

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0198 POLITICIAN

Rainer Hinderer

Born 1962

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0199 PAINTER

Walter Maisak

1912 - 2002

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0200 FOOTBALL

Michelle Wörner

Born 1994

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0201 MUSIC

Michael Wittmann (Musikwissenschaftler)

Born 1956

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0202 AUTHOR

Britta Habekost

Born 1982

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0203 ACADEMIC

Rainer Wahl

Born 1941

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0204 PAINTER

Raphael Seitz

1957 - 2015

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0205 ACTOR

Christina Geiße

Born 1976

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0206 PHILOSOPHER

Andrea Kern

Born 1968

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0207 ARTIST

4000 (Künstler)

Born 1963

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0208 ENTOMOLOGIST

Fabian Haas

Born 1967

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0209 BUSINESS

Walter Albert Bauer

1901 - 1968

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0210 PAINTER

Helga Schuhr

Born 1944

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0211 PHARMACIST

Adolph Majer

1821 - 1868

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0212 ENTREPRENEUR

Gustav Schaeuffelen

1798 - 1848

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0213 PRINTER

Franz Renner

Died 1483

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0214 PAINTER

Karl Kämpf (Maler)

1902 - 1987

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0215 SWIMMER

Klaus Dockhorn

Born 1953

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0216 POLITICIAN

Ingo Rust

Born 1978

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0217 GEOLOGIST

Gerhard H. Bachmann

Born 1943

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0218 JOURNALIST

Sandro Mattioli

Born 1975

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0219 WRITER

Stefan Frey (Theaterwissenschaftler)

Born 1962

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0220 ACTOR

Thamara Barth

Born 1974

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0221 ENTREPRENEUR

Helmuth Flammer

1911 - 1980

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0222 AUTHOR

Renate Schmidgall

Born 1955

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0223 CHESS

Wolf Böhringer

1930 - 2011

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0224 SNOWBOARD

Michael Layer

Born 1978

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0225 ATHLETIC

Denise Krebs

Born 1987

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0226 HOCKEY

Marco Müller (Eishockeyspieler, 1990)

Born 1990

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0227 ARTIST

Stefanie Bürkle (Künstlerin)

Born 1966

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0228 POLITICIAN

Hans Riesser

1490 - 1553

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0229 BÜRGERMEISTER

Lisette Kornacher

1773 - 1858

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0230 POLITICIAN

Georg Heinrich von Roßkampff

1720 - 1794

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0231 ENTREPRENEUR

Georg Peter Bruckmann

1778 - 1850

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0232 KUNST

Carolus Vocke

1899 - 1979

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0233 DOCENT

Horst von Rom

1909 - 1991

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0234 GERMANIST

Kurt May

1892 - 1959

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0235 ACTOR

Sonja Beißwenger

Born 1980

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0236 POLITICIAN

Christof Bolay

Born 1968

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0237 ACADEMIC

Charlotte Helfrich-Förster

Born 1957

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0238 ENTREPRENEUR

Carl Heinrich Eduard Knorr

1843 - 1921

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0239 PAINTER

Gertraud Ellinger-Binder

Born 1938

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0240 PUBLISHER

Johannes Santritter

1460 - 1498

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0241 PAINTER

Rolf Friederichs

1937 - 2011

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0242 ACADEMIC

Stefan Mecheels

Born 1960

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0243 ENTREPRENEUR

Richard Winkler

1898 - 1972

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0244 POLITICIAN

Erhard Klotz

Born 1938

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0245 ACADEMIC

Hans-Jürgen Seelos

1953 - 2013

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0246 ARTIST

Wilhelm Schäffer (Künstler)

1891 - 1976

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0247 PAINTER

Robert Stieler (Maler)

1847 - 1908

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0248 PUBLISHER

Hans Fuchs (Verleger)

1892 - 1945

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0249 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Titot

1796 - 1871

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0250 POLITICIAN

Johann David Feyerabend

1643 - 1716

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0251 HISTORIAN

Rosemarie Haag Bletter

Born 1939

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0252 ARTIST

Joachim Lambrecht

Born 1958

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0253 PAINTER

Friedrich Salzer

1827 - 1876

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0254 POLITICIAN

Adolf von Goppelt

1800 - 1875

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0255 LAWYER

Hugo Faißt

1862 - 1914

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0256 BIBLIOGRAPHER

Werner Schweikert

1933 - 2005

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0257 THERAPEUT

Ernestine von Trott zu Solz

1889 - 1982

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0258 LAWYER

Karl Nägele (Jurist)

1911 - 1979

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0259 TEACHER

Otto Rauth (Maler)

1862 - 1922

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0260 ACADEMIC

Horst Ehmann

Born 1935

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0261 ENTREPRENEUR

Alexander Knorr (Unternehmer)

1889 - 1978

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0262 AUTHOR

Felix Beilharz

Born 1982

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0263 POLITICIAN

Nico Weinmann

Born 1972

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0264 ILLUSTRATOR

Larissa Bertonasco

Born 1972

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0265 POET

Hermann Able

1930 - 2013

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0266 JUDGE

Dagobert Moericke

1885 - 1961

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0267 AUTHOR

Hermann Rombach

1890 - 1970

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0268 PSYCHOLOGIST

Manfred Prior

Born 1954

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0269 POLITICIAN

Hans Cramer (SA-Mitglied)

1904 - 1945

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0270 PROFESSOR

Jurgen M. Meisel

Born 1944

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0271 PRESENTER

Ellen Frauenknecht

Born 1978

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0272 POLITICIAN

Richard Drautz

1953 - 2014

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0273 POLITICIAN

Georg Härle

1821 - 1894

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0274 ENTREPRENEUR

Alfred Knorr

1846 - 1895

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0275 WRITER

Gustav Braunbeck

1866 - 1928

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0276 PHILOLOGIST

Peter Krafft

Born 1938

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0277 ACADEMIC

Walter Dörr

1925 - 2013

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0278 PHYSICIAN

Karl Lempp

1881 - 1960

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0279 LAWYER

Ruth Leuze

Born 1936

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0280 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Hofmann (Politiker)

1917 - 1995

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0281 PHYSICIAN

Walter Müller (SS-Mitglied)

1901 - 1933

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0282 PHYSICIAN

Philipp Sicherer

1803 - 1861

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0283 MATHEMATICIAN

Johannes Vögelin

1500 - 1549

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0284 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Beatrix Pfleiderer

1941 - 2011

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0285 POLITICIAN

Karl Wüst

1840 - 1884

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0286 HISTORIAN

Gustav E. Lang

1866 - 1951

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0287 CHEMIST

Leopold Rosenthaler

1875 - 1962

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0288 CERAMIST

Lee Babel

Born 1940

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0289 POLITICIAN

Gustav Kittler

1849 - 1929

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0290 ACADEMIC

Dietrich Ungerer

1933 - 2013

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0291 LAWYER

Rudolf Kraemer (Blindenaktivist)

1885 - 1945

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0292 MANAGER

Wolfgang Weber (Manager)

Born 1935

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0293 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Alber (Journalist)

Born 1948

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0294 FOOTBALL

Dirk Prediger

Born 1987

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0295 ART HISTORIAN

Joachim Hennze

Born 1957

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0296 PSYCHOANALYST

Eva Landauer

1917 - 2004

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0297 PROFESSOR

Gerhard Rheinheimer

1927 - 2015

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0298 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Losch

1942 - 2012

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0299 POLITICIAN

Rainer Kallmann

Born 1941

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0300 COMPOSER

Robert Edler

1912 - 1986

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