54.3232° N, 10.1396° E

KIEL

Most Famous People Born in Kiel, Germany

Notable people
1,158
Peak decade
1900s
Median birth year
1925
Most distinctive
Soldier 13.1×

The roster carries the Imperial Navy in its bones: a Soldier bench at better than thirteen times the global baseline, rooted in the Kaiser's main Baltic base and the 1918 sailors' mutiny that kicked off the German Revolution. The Handball depth is the THW Kiel dynasty that still defines the city's sports identity, and the Economist and Art Historian signals come from the Christian-Albrechts university and its postwar Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1900s with 124 notable births.

What Kiel Is Known For

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Politician is Kiel's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (148).

Kiel over-indexes on soldier13.1× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician148
  2. Actor58
  3. Academic54
  4. Painter45
  5. Writer41
  6. Football41
  7. Author34
  8. Soldier27
  1. Soldier2713.1×
  2. Art Historian156.8×
  3. Theologian215.0×
  4. Handball174.7×
  5. Academic544.6×
  6. Economist194.0×
  7. Author343.4×
  8. Judge173.1×
  1. Football410.3×
  2. Player150.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 148 of 1,158 notable people

0013 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Stoltenberg

1928 - 2001

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0051 POLITICIAN

Lauritz Lauritzen

1910 - 1980

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0057 POLITICIAN

Angelika Beer

Born 1957

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0060 POLITICIAN

Helmut Lemke

1907 - 1990

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0070 POLITICIAN

Daniel Günther

Born 1973

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0095 POLITICIAN

Elyakim Haetzni

Born 1926

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0107 POLITICIAN

Bruno Diekmann

1897 - 1982

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0115 POLITICIAN

Karl Twesten

1820 - 1870

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0144 POLITICIAN

Karin Jöns

Born 1953

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0148 POLITICIAN

Daniela De Ridder

Born 1962

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0171 POLITICIAN

Ekkehard Klug

Born 1956

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0174 POLITICIAN

Philipp Murmann

Born 1964

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0181 POLITICIAN

Karl von Moltke

1798 - 1866

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0193 POLITICIAN

Uwe Ronneburger

1920 - 2007

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0195 POLITICIAN

Geert Mackenroth

Born 1950

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0223 POLITICIAN

Karl Meitmann

1891 - 1971

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0224 POLITICIAN

Eduard Wald

1905 - 1978

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0237 POLITICIAN

Miriam Staudte

Born 1975

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0255 POLITICIAN

Hermann Luppe

1874 - 1945

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0260 POLITICIAN

Jochen Steffen

1922 - 1987

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0269 POLITICIAN

Bettina Hagedorn

Born 1955

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0270 POLITICIAN

Andreas Gayk

1893 - 1954

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0278 POLITICIAN

Gustav Gundelach

1888 - 1962

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0279 POLITICIAN

Bettina Jürgensen

Born 1954

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0280 POLITICIAN

Norbert Gansel

Born 1940

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0296 POLITICIAN

Erich Hahn (Philosoph)

Born 1930

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0298 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Pepper

1910 - 1997

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0301 POLITICIAN

Andreas Breitner

Born 1967

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0306 POLITICIAN

Kurt von Reibnitz

1877 - 1937

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0343 POLITICIAN

Martin Dolzer

Born 1966

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0359 POLITICIAN

Jörn Klimant

Born 1958

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0379 POLITICIAN

Trutz Graf Kerssenbrock

Born 1954

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0380 POLITICIAN

Hans-Hellmuth Qualen

1907 - 1993

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0387 POLITICIAN

Käte Frankenthal

1889 - 1976

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0396 POLITICIAN

Otto Eggerstedt

1886 - 1933

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0404 POLITICIAN

Jörn Biel

Born 1949

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0405 POLITICIAN

Martin Pörksen

1903 - 2002

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0465 POLITICIAN

Walter Alnor

1892 - 1972

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0485 POLITICIAN

Clemens Nieting

Born 1965

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0505 POLITICIAN

Hauke Ritz

Born 1975

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0519 POLITICIAN

Friederike Föcking

Born 1964

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0525 POLITICIAN

Maren Brandenburger

Born 1968

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0540 POLITICIAN

Serpil Midyatli

Born 1975

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0556 POLITICIAN

Anton Schifferer

1871 - 1943

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0559 POLITICIAN

Peter Finger (Politiker)

Born 1941

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0580 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Reese (Architekt)

1843 - 1919

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0582 POLITICIAN

Robert Knüppel

Born 1931

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0628 POLITICIAN

Hans-Carl Rüdel

1906 - 1976

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0631 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Kuklinski

1892 - 1963

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0642 POLITICIAN

Kreszentia Flauger

Born 1966

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0645 POLITICIAN

Frank Zimmermann (Politiker)

Born 1957

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0660 POLITICIAN

Arnold Nöldeke (Politiker)

1865 - 1945

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0673 POLITICIAN

Hermann Andersen

1901 - 1989

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0687 POLITICIAN

Mathias Stein

Born 1970

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0694 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Buschmann (Politiker)

Born 1960

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0696 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Jentzsch

1910 - 1989

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0708 POLITICIAN

Cay Süberkrüb

Born 1954

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0722 POLITICIAN

Max Sell

1893 - 1950

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0746 POLITICIAN

Egon Wilhelm Ramms

1909 - 1993

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0757 POLITICIAN

Helmut Hass

Born 1919

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0788 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Frenzel

1922 - 1986

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0795 POLITICIAN

Silke Reyer

1940 - 2011

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0809 POLITICIAN

Werner Blunck

1901 - 1988

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0816 POLITICIAN

Ludwig von Reventlow (1864–1906)

1864 - 1906

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0818 POLITICIAN

Kurt Frey (Verwaltungsjurist)

1913 - 1993

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0819 POLITICIAN

Peter Matthiessen (Politiker)

1907 - 1995

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0820 POLITICIAN

Richard Hansen (Politiker)

1887 - 1976

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0822 POLITICIAN

Werner Pohle

1925 - 2012

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0823 POLITICIAN

Bernd Heinemann

Born 1952

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0826 POLITICIAN

Otto Preßler

1895 - 1981

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0829 POLITICIAN

Paul Husfeldt

1909 - 1972

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0831 POLITICIAN

Anni Krahnstöver

1904 - 1961

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0832 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Sievers (Politiker, 1896)

1896 - 1966

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0834 POLITICIAN

Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt

1889 - 1975

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0844 POLITICIAN

Walter Troeltsch (Politiker)

Born 1928

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0849 POLITICIAN

Walther Lehmkuhl

1905 - 1970

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0868 POLITICIAN

Emil Brockstedt

Born 1957

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0874 POLITICIAN

Michael Selk

Born 1943

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0892 POLITICIAN

Anna Brodersen

1903 - 1971

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0894 POLITICIAN

Kunigunde Bachl

1919 - 1994

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0900 POLITICIAN

Johann Peperkorn

1890 - 1967

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0907 POLITICIAN

Walter Langebeck

1910 - 1998

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0909 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Hinsche

1914 - 1998

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0914 POLITICIAN

Irma Tübler

1922 - 1992

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0918 POLITICIAN

Silke Striezel

Born 1949

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0919 POLITICIAN

Dieter Bechtold

Born 1934

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0926 POLITICIAN

Gerd Lausen

1928 - 1993

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0936 POLITICIAN

Günter Matthes (Politiker)

1936 - 2019

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0937 POLITICIAN

Bruno Verdieck

1902 - 1969

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0946 POLITICIAN

Helga von Kügelgen

1929 - 2013

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0947 POLITICIAN

Hans Kersig

1902 - 1973

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0950 POLITICIAN

Karl Ratz

1897 - 1961

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0955 POLITICIAN

Richard Graupner

Born 1963

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0960 POLITICIAN

Gerda Schlayer-von Puttkamer

1901 - 1953

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0963 POLITICIAN

Julius Bredenbeck

1907 - 1990

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0969 POLITICIAN

Karl Panitzki

1881 - 1970

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0970 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Fischer (Politiker, 1909)

1909 - 1983

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0979 POLITICIAN

Jens Ruge

1938 - 2015

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0980 POLITICIAN

Arthur Schwinkowski

1908 - 1994

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0983 POLITICIAN

Max Wachtel

1896 - 1963

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0986 POLITICIAN

Frank Schischefsky

Born 1967

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0992 POLITICIAN

Gunter Armonat

Born 1945

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0995 POLITICIAN

Hermann Köster (Politiker)

1911 - 1978

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1011 POLITICIAN

Hanns-Jørg Rohwedder

Born 1957

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1012 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Fink (Politiker)

1902 - 1981

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1013 POLITICIAN

Antje Jansen

Born 1950

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1018 POLITICIAN

Hans Schröder (Politiker)

1902 - 1971

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1027 POLITICIAN

Sven Krumbeck

Born 1989

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1030 POLITICIAN

Theodor Scherk

1836 - 1923

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1040 POLITICIAN

Rüdiger Möller

1962 - 2020

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1041 POLITICIAN

Björn Thoroe

Born 1984

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1043 POLITICIAN

Karl Langowski

1905 - 1965

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1046 POLITICIAN

Marion Herdan

Born 1958

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1048 POLITICIAN

Dirk Manzewski

Born 1960

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1052 POLITICIAN

Manfred Lucas

Born 1943

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1055 POLITICIAN

Christina Musculus-Stahnke

Born 1962

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1057 POLITICIAN

Kurt Petersen

1904 - 1971

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1058 POLITICIAN

Marie-Luise Apostel

Born 1945

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1066 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Peter Güttler

Born 1949

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1069 POLITICIAN

Max Schümann

1909 - 1945

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1072 POLITICIAN

Bernd Schröder (Politiker)

1950 - 2013

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1074 POLITICIAN

Johannes Hass (Politiker)

1873 - 1945

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1075 POLITICIAN

Cornelia Conrad

Born 1956

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1076 POLITICIAN

Karsten Wiebke

1938 - 2020

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1080 POLITICIAN

Anni Trapp

1901 - 1994

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1082 POLITICIAN

Jutta Schümann

Born 1949

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1084 POLITICIAN

Monika Schwalm

1946 - 2008

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1086 POLITICIAN

Willi Lausen

1901 - 1972

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1089 POLITICIAN

Frieda Hackhe-Döbel

1911 - 1977

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1090 POLITICIAN

Kirstin Funke

Born 1973

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1095 POLITICIAN

Hans-Uwe Emeis

1931 - 1996

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1117 POLITICIAN

Hans Gerhard Ramler

Born 1928

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1119 POLITICIAN

Leonhard Langmann

1920 - 2001

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1124 POLITICIAN

Walter Tiemann (Politiker)

1926 - 1986

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1125 POLITICIAN

Heinz Kock

1904 - 1972

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1129 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Mehlfeldt

Born 1941

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1134 POLITICIAN

Katharina Klingelhöfer

1889 - 1977

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1139 POLITICIAN

Gert Boysen

Born 1938

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1140 POLITICIAN

Rolf Schroedter

Born 1947

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1142 POLITICIAN

Günter Schlichting-von Rönn

1914 - 1976

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1143 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Müller (Politiker, 1889)

1889 - 1965

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1144 POLITICIAN

Hannelore Sievers

1925 - 1998

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1148 POLITICIAN

Dietmar Bachmann (Politiker, 1962)

Born 1962

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1149 POLITICIAN

Klaus Hansen (Politiker)

1939 - 1982

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1151 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Salomon (Politiker)

1875 - 1945

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1152 POLITICIAN

Albert Böttcher

1889 - 1965

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1153 POLITICIAN

Max Schmidt (Politiker, 1895)

1895 - 1955

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1155 POLITICIAN

Kurt Ohff

1906 - 1969

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