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KONSTANZ

Most Famous People Born in Konstanz, Germany

Notable people
340
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1922
Most distinctive
Philologist 11.3×
Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Konstanz Is Known For

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Politician is Konstanz's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (31).

Konstanz over-indexes on philologist11.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician31
  2. Painter20
  3. Actor16
  4. Writer13
  5. Academic13
  6. Author10
  7. Lawyer8
  8. Sculptor8
  1. Philologist511.3×
  2. Art Historian57.8×
  3. Economist85.7×
  4. Academic133.8×
  5. Sculptor83.6×
  6. Author103.4×
  7. Engineer62.8×
  8. Architect82.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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340 notable people

0001 INVENTOR

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

1838 - 1917

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0002 FRIAR

Henry Suso

1295 - 1366

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0003 ENGINEER

Guillaume Henri Dufour

1787 - 1875

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0004 PHILOSOPHER

Eugen Fink

1905 - 1975

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0005 ACTOR

Barbara Auer

Born 1959

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0006 ENGINEER

Ian Murdock

1973 - 2015

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0007 PHYSICIST

Otto Lehmann (physicist)

1855 - 1922

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0008 PHILOSOPHER

Werner Maihofer

1918 - 2009

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0009 BIOLOGIST

Hubert von Luschka

1820 - 1875

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0010 LAWYER

Franz Böhm

1895 - 1977

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0011 FILM

Ulrike Ottinger

Born 1942

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0012 LAWYER

Ulrich Zasius

1461 - 1535

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0013 ACTOR

Anna Schudt

Born 1974

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0014 PAINTER

Marie Ellenrieder

1791 - 1863

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0015 THEOLOGIAN

Ambrosius Blarer

1492 - 1564

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0016 COUNT

Sonja Bernadotte

1944 - 2008

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0017 PHYSICIAN

Siegfried Handloser

1885 - 1954

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0018 PHYSICIST

Stefan Rahmstorf

Born 1960

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0019 HERALDIST

Ulrich of Richenthal

1360 - 1437

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0020 WRITER

Gabriele Kuby

Born 1944

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0021 SCULPTOR

François Stahly

1911 - 2006

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0022 BOTANIST

Karl Julius Perleb

1794 - 1845

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0023 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Paul Zanker

Born 1937

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0024 ACTOR

Tabea Blumenschein

1952 - 2020

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0025 JOURNALIST

Theo Sommer

Born 1930

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0026 ORIENTALIST

Carl Anton Baumstark

1872 - 1948

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0027 POLITICIAN

Conrad Grünenberg

1442 - 1494

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0028 ACTOR

Oliver Wnuk

Born 1976

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0029 AUTHOR

Johannes Zwick

1496 - 1542

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0030 COMPOSER

Martin Gotthard Schneider

1930 - 2017

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0031 POLITICIAN

Rolf Böhme

1934 - 2019

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0032 MUSIC

Heinz-Klaus Metzger

1932 - 2009

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0033 MILITAR

Siegfried Haenicke

1878 - 1946

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0034 LAWYER

Ulrich Molitor

1442 - 1507

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0035 LITHOGRAPHER

Friedrich Pecht

1814 - 1903

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0036 OFFICER

Bruno Cuche

Born 1948

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0037 SCULPTOR

Paul Schatz

1898 - 1979

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0038 PAINTER

Tobias Pock

1609 - 1683

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0039 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Leonhard Hug

1765 - 1846

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0040 PAINTER

Fritz Mühlenweg

1898 - 1961

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0041 ECONOMIST

Ulrich Brand

Born 1967

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0042 BOTANIST

Ernst Stizenberger

1827 - 1895

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0043 POLITICIAN

Gerda Bormann

1909 - 1946

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0044 ROWER

Peter Berger (rower)

Born 1949

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0045 ENTREPRENEUR

Ernst Sachs (Unternehmer)

1867 - 1932

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0046 PRIEST

Joseph Konrad von Schroffenberg-Mös

1743 - 1803

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0047 ARCHITECT

Karl Gruber (architecte)

1885 - 1966

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0048 ECONOMIST

Friedrich Schneider (Ökonom)

Born 1949

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0049 ACTOR

Otto Reinwald

1899 - 1968

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0050 GYMNAST

Willi Stadel

1912 - 1999

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0051 PAINTER

Friedrich Mosbrugger

1804 - 1830

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0052 PRIEST

Rainer Klug

Born 1938

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0053 COMMANDER

Egon Mayer

1917 - 1944

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0054 HISTORIAN

Fritz Sturm

1929 - 2015

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0055 FOOTBALL

Achim Stocker

1935 - 2009

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0056 ENGINEER

Franz Schneider (engineer)

1871 - 1941

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0057 MUSIC

Uli Trepte

1941 - 2009

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0058 STAGE

Larissa Vassilian

Born 1976

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0059 JOURNALIST

Joseph Fickler

1808 - 1865

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0060 SOCIOLOGIST

Stephan Moebius

Born 1973

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0061 ECONOMIST

Günther Schmid

Born 1942

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0062 ACTOR

Lu Synd

1886 - 1978

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0063 POLITICIAN

Herbert Linden

1899 - 1945

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0064 MUSIC

Michael Hornstein

Born 1962

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0065 ARCHITECT

Florian Beigel

1941 - 2018

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0066 LAWYER

Wacker von Wackenfels

1550 - 1619

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0067 PRINTER

Pablo Hurus

Died 1505

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0068 COMPOSER

Benedictus Ducis

1490 - 1544

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0069 WRITER

Godehard Schramm

Born 1943

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0070 KNIGHT

Marquard Rudolf von Rodt

1644 - 1704

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0071 ROWER

Niko Ott

Born 1945

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0072 FOOTBALL

Jürgen Seeberger

Born 1965

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0073 PAINTER

Jeronimus Spengler

1589 - 1635

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0074 PHYSICIST

Martin Beneke

Born 1966

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0075 PAINTER

Johann Christoph Storer

1620 - 1671

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0076 PRINTER

Ernst Vögelin

1529 - 1589

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0077 ARCHITECT

Johann Romano von Ringe

1818 - 1882

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0078 ROWER

Michael Schwan

Born 1939

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0079 CURATOR

Axel Lapp

Born 1966

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0080 HOCKEY

René Back

Born 1982

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0081 FOOTBALL

Manuel Gerardo Corona

Born 1983

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0082 PAINTER

Karl Rauber

1866 - 1909

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0083 ACADEMIC

Joachim Drevs

Born 1966

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0084 SCULPTOR

Hans Baur (sculptor)

1829 - 1897

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0085 JOURNALIST

Michael Haller (Medienwissenschaftler)

Born 1945

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0086 WRITER

Rosemarie Banholzer

Born 1925

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0087 CHEMIST

Jürgen Gauß

Born 1960

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0088 ARCHITECT

Matthias Sauerbruch

Born 1955

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0089 ACADEMIC

Hieronymus von Croaria

1463 - 1527

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0090 WRITER

Michel Guénaire

Born 1956

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0091 PRIEST

Johann Baptist von Thurn und Taxis

1706 - 1762

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0092 FOOTBALL

Andreas Kaufmann

Born 1973

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0093 ACTOR

Corinna Genest

Born 1938

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0094 ART HISTORIAN

Hans Maria Wingler

1920 - 1984

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0095 HISTORIAN

Karl August Fink

1904 - 1983

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0096 POLITICIAN

Hans-Peter Repnik

Born 1947

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0097 COMPOSER

Frieder Butzmann

Born 1954

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0098 ACTOR

Eva Blum

Born 1967

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0099 HOCKEY

Marc Gautschi

Born 1982

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0100 PHILOLOGIST

Bernhard Zimmermann

Born 1955

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0101 ACTOR

Anna Blomeier

Born 1978

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0102 ARTIST

Franz Xaver von Riedmüller

1829 - 1901

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0103 PHOTOGRAPHER

Anne Winterer

1894 - 1938

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0104 SNOWBOARD

Bernd Kroschewski

Born 1970

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0105 ARCHITECT

Jana Revedin

Born 1965

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0106 ART HISTORIAN

Philipp Demandt

Born 1971

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0107 SCULPTOR

Johann Jacob Pock

1604 - 1651

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0108 ATHLETIC

Alina Kenzel

Born 1997

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0109 JOURNALIST

Andreas Schreitmüller

Born 1956

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0110 DIPLOMAT

Klaus Werner Grewlich

1943 - 2012

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0111 MUSIC

Christoph Koncz

Born 1987

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0112 WRITER

Jakob Ruf

1505 - 1558

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0113 IMPRESOR

Jorge Coci

Died 1546

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0114 WRITER

Daniel Robert

Born 1947

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0115 ACTOR

René Harder

Born 1971

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0116 HISTORIAN

Dieter Krüger (Historiker)

Born 1953

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0117 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Michael Ley

Born 1955

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0118 PHILOLOGIST

Joachim Fugmann

Born 1956

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0119 DIAKON

Margarete Blarer

1494 - 1541

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0120 ECONOMIST

Gebhard Kirchgässner

1948 - 2017

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0121 ENTREPRENEUR

Hanno Girke

Born 1972

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0122 POLITICIAN

Max Honsell

1843 - 1910

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0123 PHILOLOGIST

Gustav Adolf Gerhard

1878 - 1918

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0124 ACADEMIC

Carola Zwick

Born 1966

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0125 MUSIC

Michael de la Fontaine

Born 1945

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0126 LIEDERMACHER

Rüdiger Bierhorst

Born 1963

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0127 WRESTLER

Eduard Giray

1949 - 2014

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0128 PAINTER

Johannes Dörflinger (Künstler)

Born 1941

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0129 MILITAR

Helmut Willmann

Born 1940

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0130 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Volker Mosbrugger

Born 1953

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0131 SKATER

Antonia Becherer

Born 1963

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0132 SCULPTOR

Gilles Roussi

Born 1947

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0133 PAINTER

Hans Breinlinger

1888 - 1963

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0134 ARCHITECT

Gesine Weinmiller

Born 1963

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0135 AUTHOR

Johannes Brassicanus

1470 - 1514

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0136 COMPOSER

Anton Stingl

1908 - 2000

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0137 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Wolfgang Kimmig

1910 - 2001

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0138 POLITICIAN

Werner Wölfle

Born 1953

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0139 HISTORIAN

Franz Beyerle

1885 - 1977

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0140 ACTOR

Michael Epp (Schauspieler)

Born 1983

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0141 PAINTER

Karl Einhart

1884 - 1967

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0142 SCULPTOR

Joseph Franz Baumeister

1857 - 1933

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0143 POLITICIAN

Werner Berger

1901 - 1964

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0144 JOURNALIST

Tanit Koch

Born 1977

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0145 MUSIC

Guz (Musiker)

Died 2020

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0146 SKATER

Ferdinand Becherer

Born 1963

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0147 FILM

Kurt Joachim Fischer

1911 - 1979

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0148 POLITICIAN

Fritz Arnold (Politiker)

1883 - 1950

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0149 PHILOLOGIST

Thomas Paulsen

Born 1959

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0150 PSYCHOLOGIST

Thomas Gebauer (Psychologe)

Born 1955

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0151 ART HISTORIAN

Fritz Hirsch (Bauhistoriker)

1871 - 1938

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0152 WRITER

Erich Bloch (Schriftsteller)

1897 - 1994

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0153 LIBRARIAN

Ferdinand Rieser

1874 - 1944

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0154 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ludwig Leiner

1830 - 1901

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0155 ACTOR

Karoline Bär

Born 1984

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0156 BIOLOGIST

Herbert Jäckle

Born 1949

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0157 FILM

Felix Blum

Born 1970

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0158 LAWYER

Helmut Debatin

1926 - 2011

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0159 ABBOT

Gerwig Blarer

1495 - 1567

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0160 ACADEMIC

Harald Derschka

Born 1969

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0161 SCULPTOR

Christoph Daniel Schenck

1633 - 1691

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0162 PHILOLOGIST

Joachim Heinzle

Born 1945

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0163 PAINTER

Joseph Moosbrugger

1810 - 1869

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0164 PAINTER

Johann Georg Schaedler

1777 - 1866

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0165 AUTHOR

Lilly Braumann-Honsell

1876 - 1954

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0166 WRITER

Franz von Heufeld

1731 - 1795

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0167 HISTORIAN

Karl Alois Fickler

1809 - 1871

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0168 ACTOR

Konradin Leiner

1965 - 1996

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0169 ECONOMIST

Karl Born (Manager)

Born 1943

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0170 LIBRARIAN

Albert Boeckler

1892 - 1957

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0171 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Burchardt

Born 1971

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0172 ART DEALER

Alex Vömel

1897 - 1985

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0173 LAWYER

Horst Frank (Politiker)

Born 1949

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0174 CINEMA

Matthias Schellenberg

Born 1967

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0175 PRIEST

Peter Browe

1876 - 1949

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0176 AUTHOR

Thomas Blarer

1499 - 1567

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0177 POLITICIAN

Karl Schiess

1914 - 1999

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0178 JOURNALIST

Reiner Burger

Born 1969

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0179 PLAYWRIGHT

Beate Fassnacht

Born 1962

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0180 ACADEMIC

Regula Rapp

Born 1961

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0181 ACTOR

Eleonore Schroth

1928 - 2000

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0182 WRITER

Christian von Faber-Castell

Born 1950

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0183 HISTORIAN

Reinhold Reith

Born 1955

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0184 PHYSICIAN

Johann Nepomuk Isfordink

1776 - 1841

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0185 PRIEST

Franz Xaver Lender

1830 - 1913

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0186 AUTHOR

Wolfram Dufner

Born 1926

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0187 POLITICIAN

Friedhelm Repnik

Born 1949

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0188 GENETICIST

Ekkehard Bautz

Born 1933

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0189 PAINTER

Sepp Biehler

1907 - 1973

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0190 ACTOR

Inka Pabst

Born 1972

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0191 ACADEMIC

Günter Reiner

Born 1963

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0192 WRITER

Julia Sørensen

Born 1979

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0193 ART HISTORIAN

Konrad Hecht

1918 - 1980

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0194 POLITICIAN

Hermann Biechele

1918 - 1999

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0195 PHYSIOLOGIST

Klaus Hierholzer

1929 - 2007

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0196 ECONOMIST

Theodor Sproll

Born 1957

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0197 WRITER

Jakob Funkelin

1522 - 1565

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0198 ECONOMIST

Ernst Mohr (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)

Born 1955

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0199 SCULPTOR

Julius Seidler

1867 - 1936

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0200 WRITER

Dennis Patrick Riehle

Born 1985

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0201 THERAPIST

Grete Leutz

Born 1930

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0202 AUTHOR

Max Übelhör

1881 - 1963

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0203 ART HISTORIAN

Gebhard Spahr

1913 - 1986

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0204 ARCHIVIST

Paul Zinsmaier

1905 - 1986

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0205 PAINTER

Amalie Vanotti

1853 - 1936

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0206 MUSIC

Santrra Oxyd

Born 1961

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0207 ZOOLOGIST

Ulrich Einsle

1935 - 1996

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0208 PAINTER

Dieter Wagner (Künstler)

Born 1943

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0209 LAWYER

Gebhard Ziller

Born 1932

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0210 ARCHIVIST

Adolf Poinsignon

1836 - 1900

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0211 HISTORIAN

Michael Autengruber

Born 1961

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0212 TEACHER

Jürgen Lang

Born 1943

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0213 MISSING

Clas Neumann

Born 1967

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0214 POLITICIAN

Hermann Vogler (Politiker)

Born 1944

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0215 AUTHOR

Willy Keller (Theaterregisseur)

1900 - 1979

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0216 PHILOSOPHER

Johann Christoph Raßler

1654 - 1723

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0217 POLITICIAN

Karl Hüetlin

1806 - 1861

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0218 BADEN

Maria Franziska von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg –

1633 - 1702

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0219 HUMANIST

Heinrich Gundelfingen

1440 - 1490

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0220 AUTHOR

Alfred Kraus

1899 - 1979

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0221 LIBRARIAN

Gerhard Römer

1928 - 2015

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0222 PAINTER

Helmut Vakily

Born 1938

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0223 MERCHANT

Heinrich Ehinger

1484 - 1537

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0224 HISTORIAN

Elmar Bund

1930 - 2008

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0225 POLITICIAN

Karlheinz Bentele

Born 1947

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0226 PLAYER

Luise Mauersberger

Born 1990

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0227 KARATE

Hanskarl Rotzinger

1940 - 2017

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0228 ENGINEER

Ernst Schlegel

1882 - 1976

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0229 MEDIA

Daniela Kloock

Born 1958

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0230 LIBRARIAN

Matthias Schenck

1517 - 1571

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0231 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Sebastian Pfauser

1520 - 1569

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0232 ACADEMIC

Wolfram Müller-Freienfels

1916 - 2007

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0233 SENAT

Julius Federer

1911 - 1984

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0234 AUTHOR

Andreas Fecker

Born 1950

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0235 SNOWBOARD

Petra Müssig

Born 1965

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0236 PHYSIOLOGIST

Wolfgang Trautwein (Physiologe)

1922 - 2011

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0237 MISSING

Alarich Seidler

1897 - 1979

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0238 PAINTER

Erich Keller (Maler)

1919 - 2010

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0239 ACADEMIC

Angelika Hauser-Dellefant

Born 1957

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0240 POLITICIAN

Hermann Dürr

1925 - 2003

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0241 PRIEST

Wolfgang Gottfried Buchmüller

Born 1964

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0242 BIOCHEMIST

Karl Fromherz

1797 - 1854

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0243 RELIGIOUS

Albrecht Blarer

Died 1441

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0244 FOTOGRAF

Friedrich Würthle

1820 - 1902

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0245 RELIGIOUS

Johann Windlock

Died 1356

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0246 TEACHER

Heinz Munding

1923 - 2004

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0247 VORSITZENDER

Heinrich Frommknecht

1932 - 2018

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0248 ACADEMIC

Christoph Raßler

1615 - 1675

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0249 PHYSICIAN

Edwin Blos

1873 - 1943

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0250 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Carl von Schwerzenbach

1850 - 1926

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0251 JUDGE

Elvira Hettler

Born 1965

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0252 AGRONOMIST

Ludwig-Wilhelm Ries

1891 - 1974

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0253 ACADEMIC

Dirk Niepelt

Born 1969

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0254 POLITICIAN

Maria Beyerle

1882 - 1968

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0255 HOVMAN

Robert Douglas (1880–1955)

1880 - 1955

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0256 MUSIC

Michael Dickreiter

Born 1942

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0257 ENGINEER

Karl Delisle

1827 - 1909

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0258 WRITER

Donata Rigg

Born 1976

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0259 ACADEMIC

Bruno Welleschik

1944 - 2011

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0260 JOURNALIST

Hans-Joachim Nimtz

1928 - 2010

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0261 PHARMACIST

Bruno Leiner

1890 - 1954

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0262 ENGINEER

Hans Kleiner

1907 - 1981

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0263 MATHEMATICIAN

Leopold Moosbrugger

1796 - 1864

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0264 BUSINESS

Cyriac Roeding

Born 1973

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0265 KARATE

Roland Lowinger

Born 1948

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0266 ARCHITECT

August Moosbrugger

1802 - 1858

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0267 ILLUSTRATOR

Erich Hofmann (Grafiker)

1925 - 2016

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0268 TRADE UNION

Berthold Keller

1927 - 2012

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0269 KATHOLISCHER

Konrad Martin (Pfarrer)

1765 - 1844

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0270 PHOTOGRAPHER

Eugen Wolf (Fotograf)

1865 - 1939

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0271 ECONOMIST

Margarita Schwarz-Gagg

1899 - 1989

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0272 PLAYER

Benjamin Baier (Poolbillardspieler)

Born 1986

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0273 ABBOT

Augustin Gimmi

1631 - 1696

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0274 ABT

Eglolf Blarer

Died 1442

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0275 POLITICIAN

Johann Ludwig Anderwert

1802 - 1876

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0276 TRUMPET

Wolfgang Trattner

1941 - 1999

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0277 AUTHOR

Konrat Boppert

1750 - 1811

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0278 CHEMIST

August Wingler

1898 - 1960

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0279 ABT

Michael Eggenstorfer

1465 - 1552

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0280 ARTIST

Boris Petrovsky

Born 1967

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0281 TEACHER

Wolfgang Zündelin

1538 - 1614

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0282 PAINTER

Nikolaus Hug

1771 - 1852

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0283 PSYCHOLOGIST

Winfried Neun

Born 1962

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0284 JUDGE

Wilhelm Martens (Richter)

1889 - 1974

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0285 ACADEMIC

Martin Thren

Born 1953

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0286 ARZT

Johann Marmor

1804 - 1879

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0287 ARZT

Theodor Lachmann

1835 - 1918

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0288 PAINTER

Kurt Bildstein

Born 1928

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0289 JOURNALIST

Fritz Harzendorf

1889 - 1964

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0290 MANAGER

Klaus Draeger

Born 1956

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0291 ACADEMIC

Johannes Kreuzlinger

1459 - 1507

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0292 OFFICER

Wilhelm Winterer

1879 - 1969

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0293 OPERA

Karl Speichler

1838 - 1889

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0294 ORGANBUILDER

Reinalt Johannes Klein

Born 1958

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0295 POLITICIAN

Karl Felder

1879 - 1962

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0296 POLITICIAN

Hermann Viellieber

1917 - 1993

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0297 JUDGE

Heinrich Bachelin

1900 - 1989

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0298 BUSINESS

Emanuel Herosé

1813 - 1895

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0299 ACTOR

Antonius Hermlin

Born 1979

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0300 POLITICIAN

Hermann Schneider (Politiker, 1896)

1896 - 1980

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