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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

0301 PAINTER

Karl Hartmann (Maler, 1861)

1861 - 1927

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0302 WRITER

Hans Kinkel

1909 - 1991

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0303 METEOROLOGIST

Paul Götz (Geophysiker)

1891 - 1954

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0304 SCREENWRITER

Alexander Löwe

Born 1967

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0305 POLITICIAN

Erwin Fuchs

1914 - 2006

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0306 ARCHITECT

Johann August Bruckmann

1776 - 1835

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0307 LITHOGRAPHER

Emil Orth

1814 - 1876

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0308 PAINTER

George Nikolaus Ritter

1748 - 1809

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0309 HOCKEY

Axel Hackert

Born 1984

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0310 AUTHOR

Ulrike Rieder

Born 1949

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0311 AUTHOR

Margaret Heckel

Born 1966

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0312 ART HISTORIAN

Theodor Demmler

1879 - 1944

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0313 POLITICIAN

Georg Christoph Kornacher

1725 - 1803

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0314 ACTOR

Reinhold Köstlin

1876 - 1967

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0315 MITARBEITER

Julie Eyth

1816 - 1904

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0316 POLITICIAN

Friedrich von Rauch

1823 - 1890

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0317 DESIGNER

Hermann Fauser

1874 - 1947

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0318 CHESS

Hans Karl (Schachspieler)

Born 1935

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0319 POLITICIAN

Philipp Orth

1534 - 1603

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0320 POLITICIAN

Karl Gustav Rümelin

1814 - 1896

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0321 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Eduard Mayer

1809 - 1875

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0322 AUTHOR

Jan Michaelis (Autor)

Born 1968

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0323 POLITICIAN

Paul Hug (Politiker, 1857)

1857 - 1934

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0324 HISTORIAN

Moriz von Rauch (Historiker)

1868 - 1928

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0325 POLITICIAN

Otto Haag

1906 - 1991

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0326 HISTORIAN

Sabine Kuder

Born 1962

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0327 ACADEMIC

Dieter Leuze

Born 1933

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0328 POLITICIAN

Adolf Feyerabend

1842 - 1891

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0329 AUTHOR

Armin Rößler

Born 1972

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0330 SCULPTOR

Marc C. Woehr

Born 1973

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0331 TEACHER

Adolf Haakh

1815 - 1881

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0332 ART HISTORIAN

Manfred Tripps

1925 - 2010

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0333 PHYSICIAN

Carl Robert Frühsorger

1915 - 2006

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0334 POLITICIAN

Louis Hentges

1818 - 1891

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0335 BUSINESS

Gustav Hauck (Unternehmer)

1837 - 1911

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0336 POLITICIAN

Carl Betz (Politiker)

1852 - 1914

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0337 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Rechkemmer

Born 1951

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0338 CARICATURIST

Wolfgang Horsch

Born 1960

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0339 POLITICIAN

Joachim Veyhelmann

Born 1953

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0340 CERAMIST

Maria Fitzen-Wohnsiedler

1908 - 1989

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0341 WRITER

Alexander Bertsch

Born 1940

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0342 JOURNALIST

Albert Oeser

1878 - 1959

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0343 FOOTBALL

Martina Tufeković

Born 1994

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0344 SCULPTOR

Hermann Brellochs

1899 - 1979

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0345 ENTREPRENEUR

Dietrich Bruckmann

1896 - 1967

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0346 POLITICIAN

Gustav Fuchs (Verleger)

1857 - 1929

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0347 CHEMIST

Peter Strasser (Chemiker)

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0348 PIANO

Christoph Friedrich Schmahl

1739 - 1814

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0349 POLITICIAN

Dora Flinner

Born 1940

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0350 OFFICER

Conrad Heuss

1914 - 1945

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0351 POLITICIAN

Hermann Schneider (Winzer)

1879 - 1955

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0352 POLITICIAN

Christian Ludwig Schübler

1754 - 1820

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0353 ART HISTORIAN

Susanne Ehrenfried

Born 1961

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0354 WRITER

Georg Albrecht Stübner

1680 - 1723

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0355 REVOLUTIONÄR

Gustav Mayer (Revolutionär)

1810 - 1852

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0356 PAINTER

Albert Hammel (Maler)

1883 - 1958

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0357 ARTIST

Ingeborg Schäffler-Wolf

1928 - 2015

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0358 WRITER

Werner Altpeter

1902 - 1985

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0359 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Dengler

Born 1967

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0360 SPORT

Günther Gebhardt

Born 1953

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0361 FOOTBALL

Dieter Ungewitter

Born 1951

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0362 AUTHOR

Karl Otto Horch

1887 - 1965

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0363 PAINTER

Klaus Rilling

1955 - 1987

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0364 MUSIC

Henriette Faißt

1831 - 1902

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0365 SCHREIBER

Gregorius Kugler

1505 - 1575

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0366 OFFICER

Viktor von Sprösser

1853 - 1925

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0367 ACADEMIC

Adolf Cluss (Agrarchemiker)

1862 - 1930

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0368 AUTHOR

Els Daniel-Stroh

1895 - 1990

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0369 CHEMIST

Gustav Keppeler

1876 - 1952

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0370 MERCHANT

Karl Renner (Feuerwehrkommandant)

1833 - 1913

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0371 RATSMITGLIED

Gustav Binder

1854 - 1935

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0372 ACTOR

Lothar Kern

1920 - 1996

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0373 PHYSICIAN

Johann Christoph Eisenmenger der Ältere

1592 - 1663

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0374 ENTREPRENEUR

Moriz von Rauch (Papierfabrikant)

1794 - 1849

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0375 MUSIC

Robert Giegling

Born 1983

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0376 WRITER

Hans Christoph Schöll

1888 - 1958

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0377 CHEMIST

Gerhard Pfleiderer

1921 - 2008

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0378 STEINMETZ

Balthasar Wolff

Died 1564

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0379 ENTREPRENEUR

Gustav Adolf Pfleiderer

1845 - 1896

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0380 BUSINESS

Herbert Pfleiderer

1912 - 1982

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0381 LAWYER

Karl von Stieler

1864 - 1960

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0382 POLITICIAN

Harry Mergel

Born 1956

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0383 HOCKEY

Alexander Schuster

Born 1975

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0384 POLITICIAN

Hellmut Riegraf

1909 - 1988

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0385 WRITER

Sibylle Mottl-Link

Born 1971

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0386 JUDGE

Friedrich Schiller (Ministerialbeamter)

1895 - 1990

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0387 POLITICIAN

Georg Heinrich Orth

1698 - 1769

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0388 LAWYER

Hermann Niethammer (Politiker)

1835 - 1876

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0389 MISSING

Valentin von Schübler

1794 - 1862

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0390 JUDGE

Hermann Steidle (Jurist)

1878 - 1962

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0391 WRITER

Fritz Springer (Heimatdichter)

1906 - 1981

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0392 ACADEMIC

Kuno Rechkemmer

Born 1951

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0393 SCHREIBER

Gregor von Nallingen

1500 - 1561

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0394 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Georg Hüngerlin

1551 - 1629

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0395 BUSINESS

Adolf Pfleiderer

1877 - 1957

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0396 ARTIST

Theodor Rausche

1807 - 1849

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0397 ENGINEER

Carl Emanuel Knorr

1881 - 1952

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0398 LAWYER

Erhard Lazi

1923 - 1997

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0399 ARTIST

Katrin Herbel

Born 1972

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0400 VIOLIN

Christoph Seybold

Born 1978

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0401 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Haag

1879 - 1947

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0402 POLITICIAN

Eberhard Ludwig Becht

1732 - 1803

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0403 POLITICIAN

Otto Vollmer

1894 - 1978

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0404 FABRIKANT

Ernst Wilhelm Flammer

1872 - 1940

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0405 JAZZ

Matthias Erlewein

Born 1965

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0406 WRITER

Maximilian Rott

1903 - 1957

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0407 BUSINESS

Richard Altvater

1923 - 2001

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0408 COOPER

Wilhelm Herold (Unternehmer)

1874 - 1945

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0409 BUSINESS

Karl Schäuffelen

1853 - 1917

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0410 RADIO

Stephanie Haiber

Born 1973

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0411 WRITER

Ingeborg Pilgram-Brückner

1924 - 2013

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0412 POLITICIAN

Gottlob Moriz Christian von Wacks

1720 - 1807

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0413 SCULPTOR

Dieter E. Klumpp

Born 1955

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0414 ARCHITECT

Georg Pfleiderer

1892 - 1973

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0415 LAWYER

Carl Bauer (Verwaltungsjurist)

1876 - 1947

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0416 PHYSICIAN

Sven Hammer

Born 1969

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0417 CERAMIST

Ruth Koppenhöfer

1922 - 1994

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0418 POLITICIAN

Johann Bernhard Orth

1677 - 1734

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0419 ORNITHOLOGIST

Frank E. Rheindt

Born 1977

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0420 PUBLISHER

Eugen Salzer

1866 - 1938

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0421 CHEMIST

Hans Gerhard Maier

Born 1932

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0422 EINZELHÄNDLER

Rolf Palm (Kaufmann)

1914 - 1996

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0423 PHILOLOGIST

Frank Bezner

Born 1971

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0424 MERCHANT

Rudolf Sperling

1888 - 1914

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0425 SKATER

Katharina Rumpus

Born 1993

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0426 ARCHITECT

Alfred Hummel

1891 - 1973

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0427 TEACHER

Alfred Finkbeiner

1923 - 1992

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0428 POLITICIAN

Johann Wolff (Bürgermeister)

1595 - 1635

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0429 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Gültig

1898 - 1963

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0430 POLITICIAN

Fritz Geißler (Politiker, 1889)

1889 - 1971

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0431 POLITICIAN

Georg Becht

1548 - 1606

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0432 POLITICIAN

Klaus Frietsch

Born 1939

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0433 POLITICIAN

Martin Haag (Politiker, 1826)

1826 - 1899

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0434 POLITICIAN

Franz Wieser (Politiker, 1941)

Born 1941

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0435 HISTORIAN

Walter Marx

1926 - 2013

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0436 MATHEMATICIAN

Thomas Pitz

Born 1968

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0437 MANAGER

Heinrich Eyth (Manager)

1882 - 1964

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0438 LAWYER

Bodo von Trott zu Solz

1879 - 1934

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0439 POLITICIAN

Georg Heinrich Feyerabend

1640 - 1685

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0440 ART HISTORIAN

Beate Fricke

Born 1974

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0441 POLITICIAN

Johann Clemens Bruckmann

1768 - 1835

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0442 CHAMBERLAIN

Karl August von Gemmingen (1716–1785)

1716 - 1785

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0443 LAWYER

Heinrich August Kübel

1799 - 1855

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0444 BRUDER

Keckhans von Gemmingen

1431 - 1487

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0445 HISTORIAN

Karl Weingärtner

1932 - 2019

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0446 POLITICIAN

Mark Rackles

Born 1966

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0447 EDUCATOR

Karl Gmelich

1875 - 1955

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0448 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Haag (Politiker, 1851)

1851 - 1926

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0449 ROWER

Klaus Hahn

1925 - 2019

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0450 ENTOMOLOGIST

Wolf Dieter Englert

Born 1942

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0451 PLATZ

Karl Kuhn (Kellner)

1897 - 1923

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0452 FOOTBALL

Timo Dörflinger

Born 1978

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0453 GEOLOGIST

Wilhelm Pfeiffer (Geologe)

1888 - 1939

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0454 FOOTBALL

Emile Buhrer

Born 1908

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0455 POLITICIAN

Achim Brötel

Born 1963

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0456 GYMNAST

Ralph Kern

Born 1967

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0457 TEACHER

Gustav Oertle

1892 - 1986

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0458 DRIVER

Patrick Assenheimer

Born 1992

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0459 BANK

Hugo von Rümelin

1851 - 1932

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0460 CHEMIST

Wolf-Dieter Lehmann

Born 1948

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0461 ACTOR

Joana Fee Würz

Born 1983

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0462 MISSING

Wilhelm Friedle

1889 - 1935

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0463 DIPLOMAT

Georg von Snoilsky

Died 1672

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0464 ROWER

Heidrun Barth

Born 1961

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0465 COOK

Steffen Mezger

Born 1978

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0466 OFFICER

Richard Dinkelmann

1868 - 1942

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0467 BASKET

Michael Nachreiner

Born 1974

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0468 DRIVER

Wilhelm Werner

1874 - 1947

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0469 BUSINESS

Ludwig Hauck

1870 - 1939

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0470 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Nickel

1794 - 1879

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0471 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Otto Müller (Computerpionier)

Born 1934

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0472 AUTHOR

Otto Schopf

1870 - 1913

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0473 ARCHITECT

Karl Tscherning

1875 - 1952

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0474 FOOTBALL

Martin Kübler

Born 1947

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0475 JOURNALIST

Martin Hägele (Journalist)

Born 1951

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0476 POLITICIAN

Thilo Michler

Born 1972

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0477 SWIMMER

Patricia Siewert

Born 1956

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0478 LAWYER

Siegfried Aram

1891 - 1978

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0479 ARTIST

Wolfgang Franke (Künstler)

1908 - 1982

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0480 POLITICIAN

Steffen Hertwig

Born 1969

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0481 KUNST

Wilhelm Klagholz

1905 - 1984

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0482 BUSINESS

Oskar Herrmann

1906 - 1999

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0483 COACH

Benjamin Matschke

Born 1982

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0484 POLITICIAN

Andrea Krueger

Born 1957

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0485 ARTISAN

Klaus Hackert

Born 1938

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0486 POLITICIAN

Michael Makurath

Born 1959

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0487 ACTOR

Matthias Bulling

Born 1978

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0488 SCULPTOR

Robert Carle

1892 - 1952

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0489 KUNST

Wilhelm Rieth

1897 - 1987

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0490 SOLDIER

Heinz Baum

Born 1912

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0491 MISSING

Moriz von Gemmingen

1817 - 1883

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0492 POLITICIAN

Raimund Vogler

1528 - 1588

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0493 COOK

Philipp Kovacs

Born 1982

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0494 POLITICIAN

Hans Erer der Jüngere

Died 1480

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0495 POLITICIAN

Eberhard Finsterlohn

Died 1469

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0496 POLITICIAN

Georg Christian Franz Kübel

1757 - 1834

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0497 ACTOR

Anke Stedingk

Born 1979

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0498 PAINTER

Heinke Jenkins

Born 1937

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0499 LAWYER

Hermann Sihler

1883 - 1968

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0500 FOOTBALL

Karl Minor

Born 1948

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0501 HANDBALL

Leon Pabst

Born 1991

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0502 POLITICIAN

Kaspar Mettelbach

Died 1484

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0503 POLITICIAN

Conrad Erer

1453 - 1539

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0504 POLITICIAN

Johann Simon Weinmann der Jüngere

1583 - 1638

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0505 POLITICIAN

August Schreiber (Kaufmann)

1768 - 1847

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0506 POLITICIAN

Georg Heinrich von Pancug

1717 - 1783

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0507 CHAMBERLAIN

Karl Friedrich von Gemmingen (1779–1871)

1779 - 1871

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0508 MISSING

Eberhard von Gemmingen (1883–1952)

1883 - 1952

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0509 SINGER

Frank U. Augustin

Born 1954

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0510 POLITICIAN

Karl Hehn

Born 1940

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0511 TRADE UNION

Emil Gerlach

1902 - 1979

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0512 ARZT

Ludwig Essinger

1881 - 1942

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0513 POLITICIAN

Albert Hagenbuch

1913 - 1997

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0514 POLITICIAN

Johann Georg Becht

1661 - 1733

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0515 JUDGE

Robert Held

1875 - 1938

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0516 POLITICIAN

Hermann Schelle

1904 - 1977

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0517 POLITICIAN

Philipp Orth der Jüngere

1567 - 1622

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0518 POLITICIAN

Kunz Leder der Jüngere

1392 - 1413

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0519 POLITICIAN

Markart Merklin

Died 1461

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0520 POLITICIAN

Hans Erer der Ältere

Died 1428

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0521 KATHOLISCH

Philipp Erer

1490 - 1562

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0522 PHOTOGRAPHER

Irmgard Pozorski

Born 1953

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0523 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Reichert

1824 - 1907

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0524 LEUTNANT

Georg August Heinrich von Kinckel

1741 - 1827

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0525 POLITICIAN

Johann Ludwig Kübel

1684 - 1753

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0526 POLITICIAN

Kunz Niere

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0527 POLITICIAN

Johann Georg Geiling

1657 - 1729

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0528 ARCHITECT

August Mogler

1845 - 1910

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0529 POLITICIAN

Franz Leonhard Roth

1706 - 1769

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0530 ARCHITECT

Karl Mogler

1896 - 1990

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0531 GEHEIMRAT

Gottlieb Jonathan Winter

1810 - 1886

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0532 MISSING

Karl Rein

1853 - 1913

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0533 POLITICIAN

Otto Fink (Politiker, 1887)

1887 - 1973

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0534 POLITICIAN

Johann Erer

Died 1503

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0535 MISSING

Gottlob Friedrich Bernhard von Schippert

1820 - 1893

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0536 POLITICIAN

Kunz Lutfried

-

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0537 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Nenninger

Died 1451

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0538 PAINTER

August Lutz

-

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0539 POLITICIAN

Georg Philipp Mylius

1696 - 1781

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0540 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Harsch

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0541 PRINTER

Wilhelm Daniel

Born 1825

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0542 POLITICIAN

Gustav Drautz

1887 - 1957

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0543 ARCHITECT

Hermann Rudolf Gauss

1835 - 1868

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0544 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Karl Philibert Orth

1733 - 1795

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0545 POLITICIAN

Johann Conrad Spölin

1615 - 1680

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0546 POLITICIAN

Conrad Neipperg

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0547 FOOTBALL

Achim Späth

Born 1953

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0548 ERZIEHER

Sigismund Stier

1500 - 1551

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0549 POLITICIAN

Gottfried Schenkel

Died 1493

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0550 POLITICIAN

Sebastian Calw

1600 - 1673

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0551 DARTS PLAYER

Tobias Müller (darts player)

Born 1989

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0552 ARTISAN

Karl Ludwig Gayde

1844 - 1928

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0553 POLITICIAN

Benz Steffalter

-

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0554 CHAMBERLAIN

Ludwig von Gemmingen (1793–1858)

1793 - 1858

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0555 POLITICIAN

Johann Georg Rollwag

1579 - 1647

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0556 ACADEMIC

Klaus Roosen

Born 1944

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0557 POLITICIAN

Hans Erlewin

-

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0558 POLITICIAN

Erhart Nenninger

Died 1492

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0559 POLITICIAN

Karl Haag (Politiker, 1819)

1819 - 1901

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0560 POLITICIAN

Michael Jesslin

1597 - 1677

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0561 JUDGE

Emil Kreß

1860 - 1922

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0562 POLITICIAN

Michael Hüngerlin

Died 1495

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0563 POLITICIAN

Johann Philipp Orth (Politiker, 1582)

1582 - 1635

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0564 POLITICIAN

Paul Burger (Politiker)

1887 - 1947

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