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KREFELD

Most Famous People Born in Krefeld, Germany

Notable people
606
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1930
Most distinctive
Art Historian 5.2×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 73 notable births.

What Krefeld Is Known For

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Politician is Krefeld's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (69).

Krefeld over-indexes on art historian5.2× the global rate.

Krefeld under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician69
  2. Painter42
  3. Hockey25
  4. Actor23
  5. Historian22
  6. Author22
  7. Academic20
  8. Sculptor19
  1. Art Historian65.2×
  2. Entrepreneur104.9×
  3. Sculptor194.8×
  4. Economist124.8×
  5. Author224.2×
  6. Hockey253.5×
  7. Historian223.4×
  8. Academic203.3×
  1. Football160.2×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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606 notable people

0001 SCULPTOR

Joseph Beuys

1921 - 1986

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0002 PAINTER

Heinrich Campendonk

1889 - 1957

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0003 MUSIC

Ralf Hütter

Born 1946

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0004 SINGER

Andrea Berg

Born 1966

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0005 ECONOMIST

Rudi Dornbusch

1942 - 2002

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0006 ACTOR

Jannis Niewöhner

Born 1992

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0007 PAINTER

Albert Oehlen

Born 1954

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0008 HISTORIAN

Peter Longerich

Born 1955

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0009 POLITICIAN

Karl Kaufmann

1900 - 1969

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0010 JOURNALIST

Marta Hillers

1911 - 2001

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0011 FILM

Walter Janssen

1887 - 1976

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0012 BIOLOGIST

Charlotte Auerbach

1899 - 1994

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0013 WRITER

Bernhard Hennen

Born 1966

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0014 PLAYER

Barbara Rittner

Born 1973

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0015 WORLD WAR

Werner Voss

1897 - 1917

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0016 MATHEMATICIAN

Max August Zorn

1906 - 1993

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0017 ARTIST

Markus Oehlen

Born 1956

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0018 MUSIC

Thomen Stauch

Born 1970

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0019 SKATER

Ina Bauer (figure skater)

1941 - 2014

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0020 CYCLIST

Philip Hindes

Born 1992

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0021 MATHEMATICIAN

Leopold Löwenheim

1878 - 1957

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0022 WRITER

Ulrich Peltzer

Born 1956

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0023 FOOTBALL

Olaf Janßen

Born 1966

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0024 MATHEMATICIAN

Kurt Mahler

1903 - 1988

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0025 PAINTER

Heinrich Nauen

1880 - 1940

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0026 CHEMIST

Fritz ter Meer

1884 - 1967

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0027 GUITAR

Marcus Siepen

Born 1968

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0028 PAINTER

Herbert Zangs

1924 - 2003

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0029 EXPLORER

Eduard Vogel

1829 - 1856

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0030 WRITER

Hans Neuenfels

Born 1941

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0031 FILM

Christian Becker

Born 1972

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0032 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ernst Meumann

1862 - 1915

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0033 WRESTLER

Aline Focken

Born 1991

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0034 SONGWRITER

Kurt Feltz

1910 - 1982

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0035 CONDUCTOR

Heinz Bongartz

1894 - 1978

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0036 HISTORIAN

Friedrich Wolters

1876 - 1930

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0037 OPERA

Gerd Grochowski

1956 - 2017

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0038 SOLDIER

Hermann Giskes

1896 - 1977

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0039 BADMINTON

Juliane Schenk

Born 1982

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0040 FOOTBALL

Ahmet Cebe

Born 1983

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0041 JUDGE

Kirsten Heisig

1961 - 2010

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0042 ROWER

Lisa Schmidla

Born 1991

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0043 DRIVER

Jochen Neerpasch

Born 1939

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0044 ARCHITECT

Helmut Hentrich

1905 - 2001

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0045 HOCKEY

Martin Hyun

Born 1979

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0046 SINGER

Albert Dohmen

Born 1956

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0047 FOOTBALL

Horst Steffen

Born 1969

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0048 ACTOR

Ruth Niehaus

1925 - 1994

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0049 POLITICIAN

Hermann von Beckerath

1801 - 1870

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0050 JOURNALIST

Elke Schmitter

Born 1961

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0051 PAINTER

Helmuth Macke

1891 - 1936

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0052 PAINTER

Wilhelm Gause

1853 - 1916

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0053 PRESENTER

Margarethe Schreinemakers

Born 1958

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0054 COMPOSER

Saki Kaskas

1971 - 2016

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0055 LAWYER

Narcisse Leven

1833 - 1915

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0056 ENGINEER

Felix Kracht

1912 - 2002

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0057 ASTRONOMER

Carl Wilhelm Wirtz

1876 - 1939

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0058 HOCKEY

Daniel Pietta

Born 1986

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0059 SWIMMER

Martha Genenger

1911 - 1995

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0060 COMPOSER

Rudolf Mengelberg

1892 - 1959

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0061 LINGUIST

Franz Nikolaus Finck

1867 - 1910

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0062 POLITICIAN

Ernst Schneppenhorst

1881 - 1945

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0063 COMPOSER

Carola Bauckholt

Born 1959

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0064 FOOTBALL

Barış Örücü

Born 1992

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0065 SWIMMER

Anne Poleska

Born 1980

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0066 ATHLETIC

Brigitte Holzapfel

Born 1958

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0067 SINGER

Carl Jöken

1893 - 1972

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0068 SPORT

Lothar Claesges

Born 1942

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0069 CHEMIST

Edmund ter Meer

1852 - 1931

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0070 PAINTER

Wilhelm von Abbema

1812 - 1889

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0071 PHOTOGRAPHER

Fritz Pölking

1936 - 2007

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0072 PRESENTER

Bodo Hauser

1946 - 2004

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0073 ACTOR

Hans Noever

Born 1928

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0074 ACTOR

Hermann Speelmans

1902 - 1960

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0075 LINGUIST

Johann Jakob Christian Donner

1799 - 1875

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0076 MUSIC

Heinrich Band

1821 - 1860

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0077 PRODUCER

Kosmonova

Born 1970

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0078 FOOTBALL

Koray Kacinoglu

Born 1994

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0079 PHYSICIST

Arthur König

1856 - 1901

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0080 PAINTER

Ernst Bosch

1834 - 1917

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0081 POLITICIAN

Otto Fricke (Politiker, 1965)

Born 1965

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0082 JOURNALIST

Johannes Cladders

1924 - 2009

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0083 HOCKEY

Selin Oruz

Born 1997

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0084 WRITER

Herbert Genzmer

Born 1952

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0085 MATHEMATICIAN

Rudolf Halin

1934 - 2014

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0086 POLITICIAN

Norbert Walter-Borjans

Born 1952

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0087 HOCKEY

Timur Oruz

Born 1994

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0088 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Hans N. Weiler

Born 1934

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0089 PLAYER

Philipp Gruissem

Born 1987

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0090 PAINTER

Clara Vogedes

1892 - 1983

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0091 HISTORIAN

Erich Weise

1895 - 1972

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0092 MATHEMATICIAN

Konrad Jörgens

1926 - 1974

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0093 SWIMMER

Wiltrud Urselmann

Born 1942

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0094 FLYING ACE

Karl Emil Schäfer

1891 - 1917

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0095 SCULPTOR

Jean-Jacques Flatters

1786 - 1845

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0096 ACTOR

Peter Ahrweiler

1915 - 2004

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0097 SPORT

Ehrenfried Rudolph

Born 1935

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0098 HOCKEY

Niklas Wellen

Born 1994

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0099 LINGUIST

Hans Marchand

1907 - 1978

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0100 HOCKEY

Caroline Casaretto

Born 1978

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0101 MANAGER

Werner Baumann

Born 1962

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0102 SCULPTOR

Gustav Adolf Bredow

1875 - 1953

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0103 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Max Kaase

Born 1935

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0104 ROWER

Fritz Bartholomae

1886 - 1915

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0105 ENTREPRENEUR

Wilhelm Karmann

1871 - 1922

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0106 AUTHOR

Otto Brües

1897 - 1967

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0107 SCREENWRITER

Heiko Pinkowski

Born 1966

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0108 SCULPTOR

Jürgen Paas

Born 1958

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0109 JESUIT

Ferdinand Theissen

1877 - 1919

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0110 BOTANIST

Georg Scheu

1879 - 1949

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0111 POLITICIAN

Kuno Kamphausen

1900 - 1934

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0112 HOCKEY

Philip Riefers

Born 1990

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0113 ACTOR

Ingo Lenßen

Born 1961

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0114 PRODUCER

Nic Chagall

Born 1972

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0115 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ingeborg Scheibler

Born 1929

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0116 ACTOR

Heinrich Giskes

Born 1946

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0117 ACTOR

Mira Bartuschek

Born 1978

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0118 CHEMIST

August Bernthsen

1855 - 1931

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0119 ART HISTORIAN

Horst Blanck

1936 - 2010

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0120 ACTOR

Eric "Big Daddy" Nord

1920 - 1989

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0121 MEDIEVALIST

Carl Arnold Willemsen

1902 - 1986

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0122 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Elfes

1884 - 1969

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0123 PAINTER

Alfred Holler

1888 - 1954

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0124 ENTREPRENEUR

Hans Gustav Röhr

1895 - 1937

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0125 ROWER

Jochen Urban

Born 1983

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0126 ACADEMIC

Franz Wilhelm Jerusalem

1883 - 1970

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0127 MUSIC

Stefan Maria Schneider

Born 1980

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0128 LEPIDOPTERIST

Sigbert Wagener

1919 - 2004

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0129 ROWER

Willi Bartholomae

Born 1885

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0130 BROTHER

Abraham op den Graeff

1649 - 1731

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0131 MANAGER

Manfred Köhnlechner

1925 - 2002

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0132 MINERALOGIST

Adolf Remelé

1839 - 1915

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0133 COMPOSER

Ernst Hermann Seyffardt

1859 - 1942

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0134 FOOTBALL

Bernd Lehmann

Born 1947

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0135 SCULPTOR

Theo Akkermann

1907 - 1982

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0136 ARCHITECT

Heinz Bienefeld

1926 - 1995

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0137 FOOTBALL

Marcel Benger

Born 1998

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0138 ACTOR

Isy Orén

Born 1946

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0139 HOCKEY

Lothar Kremershof

1953 - 2003

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0140 ATHLETIC

Dennis Leyckes

Born 1982

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0141 ACADEMIC

Herbert Krüger

1905 - 1989

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0142 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Rudolf van Hüllen

Born 1957

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0143 ACTOR

Alice Franz

1912 - 2011

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0144 JOURNALIST

Christoph Biermann

Born 1960

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0145 PHILOSOPHER

Michael Pauen

Born 1956

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0146 POINTAGE

Theodor Heinrich Bongartz

1902 - 1945

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0147 FOOTBALL

Franz-Josef Wolfframm

1934 - 2015

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0148 SKATER

Christian Breuer (Eisschnellläufer)

Born 1976

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0149 PAINTER

Klaus Jürgen-Fischer

1930 - 2017

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0150 SCULPTOR

Adolf Luther

1912 - 1990

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0151 PAINTER

Johannes Driesch

1901 - 1930

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0152 ACADEMIC

Heinz Maus

1911 - 1978

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0153 SINGER

Ruth-Margret Pütz

1931 - 2019

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0154 ACADEMIC

Käthe Bauer-Mengelberg

1894 - 1968

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0155 SPORT

Klemens Grossimlinghaus

1941 - 1991

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0156 HISTORIAN

Karl Heinz Burmeister

1936 - 2014

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0157 ENTREPRENEUR

Cornelius de Greiff

1781 - 1863

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0158 JOURNALIST

Hans Ebeling (Publizist)

1897 - 1968

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0159 ACTOR

Oliver Hörner

Born 1967

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0160 ACADEMIC

Detlef Horster

Born 1942

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0161 BERATUNG

Kai-Uwe Ricke

Born 1961

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0162 AUTHOR

Rudolf Hirsch (Schriftsteller)

1907 - 1998

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0163 PAINTER

Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer

1792 - 1867

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0164 SOCIOLOGIST

Hans Peter Thurn

Born 1943

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0165 COMPOSER

Hans Ailbout

1879 - 1957

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0166 AUTHOR

Achim Konejung

Born 1957

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0167 BUSINESS

Thierry Hermès

1801 - 1878

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0168 ART DEALER

Raimund Thomas

Born 1938

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0169 MILITAR

Alfred Becker

1899 - 1981

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0170 HISTORIAN

Christina von Hodenberg

Born 1965

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0171 HOCKEY

Marc Schaub

Born 1992

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0172 SPORT

Erich Arndt

1911 - 1961

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0173 AUTHOR

Ulrich F. Opfermann

Born 1945

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0174 JUDGE

Heinrich Kipp

1910 - 1993

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0175 WRITER

Christian Krumm

Born 1977

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0176 ARCHITECT

Karl Buschhüter

1872 - 1956

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0177 HOCKEY

Ulli Jansen

1931 - 2006

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0178 ENTREPRENEUR

Michael Cromer

1939 - 2007

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0179 ACTOR

Gisela Keiner

Born 1941

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0180 HISTORIAN

Anselm Doering-Manteuffel

Born 1949

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0181 POLITICIAN

Helmut Linssen

Born 1942

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0182 ACTOR

Tina Seydel

Born 1978

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0183 SWIMMER

Monika Kruszona

Born 1985

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0184 AUTHOR

Ulrich Klever

1922 - 1990

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0185 JOURNALIST

Inge von Bönninghausen

Born 1938

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0186 ECONOMIST

Erwin von Beckerath

1889 - 1964

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0187 ACTOR

Pinar Erincin

Born 1983

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0188 ARTIST

Tata Ronkholz

1940 - 1997

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0189 HISTORIAN

Armin Heinen

Born 1952

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0190 HISTORIAN

Hermann Keussen

1862 - 1943

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0191 LUGE

Frank Mattern

Born 1961

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0192 AUTHOR

Victor Otto Stomps

1897 - 1970

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0193 PAINTER

Willy von Beckerath

1868 - 1938

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0194 AUTHOR

Stefanie Lieb

Born 1966

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0195 AUTHOR

Reinhard Schmitz-Scherzer

1938 - 2016

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0196 ENTOMOLOGIST

Wilhelm Mink

1807 - 1883

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0197 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Gisbert Poensgen

1923 - 2011

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0198 ECONOMIST

Walter Emmerich

1895 - 1967

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0199 ACADEMIC

Uwe Kiessler

Born 1937

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0200 THEOLOGIAN

Georg Fohrer

1915 - 2002

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0201 MATHEMATICIAN

Marlis Hochbruck

Born 1964

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0202 HISTORIAN

Michael Klein (Wissenschaftsmanager)

Born 1965

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0203 THEOLOGIAN

Eberhard Bons

Born 1958

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0204 WRITER

Iris Kammerer

Born 1963

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0205 SCULPTOR

Rolf Nolden

Born 1954

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0206 ECONOMIST

Dieter Mertens (Volkswirt)

1931 - 1989

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0207 LIBRARIAN

Ernst Loewy

1920 - 2002

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0208 COMMENTATOR

Dennis Gehlen

Born 1986

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0209 HISTORIAN

Bernward Dörner

Born 1956

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0210 HISTORIAN

Karl-Heinz Leven

Born 1959

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0211 ARCHITECT

Walter von Lom

Born 1938

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0212 AUTHOR

Werner Ross

1912 - 2002

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0213 ARCHITECT

Adam Franz Friedrich Leydel

1783 - 1838

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0214 ACADEMIC

Irene Gerlach

Born 1955

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0215 PAINTER

Bettina van Haaren

Born 1961

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0216 POLITICIAN

Toni Matarrelli

Born 1975

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0217 POLITICIAN

Hansheinz Hauser

1922 - 2020

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0218 SCREENWRITER

Jochen Bludau

Born 1941

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0219 PHYSICIAN

Max Versé

1877 - 1947

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0220 ECONOMIST

Werner Pepels

Born 1952

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0221 LAWYER

Ulrich Weber (Manager)

Born 1950

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0222 THEOLOGIAN

Adam Weyer

1928 - 1995

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0223 ACTOR

Maria Madlen Madsen

1905 - 1990

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0224 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Hahnen

1952 - 2016

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0225 ART HISTORIAN

Julian Heynen

Born 1951

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0226 ARTIST

Ignacio Uriarte

Born 1972

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0227 JOURNALIST

Richard Kämmerlings

Born 1969

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0228 HOCKEY

Christof Kreutzer

Born 1967

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0229 SKATER

Katharina Gierok

Born 1992

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0230 BASSIST

Sigi Busch

Born 1943

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0231 GEOLOGIST

Hermann Stremme

1879 - 1961

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0232 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Hanns Jürgen Küsters

Born 1952

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0233 SCULPTOR

Michael Schwarze

Born 1939

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0234 HANDBALL

Stefan Hecker

1959 - 2019

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0235 ACTOR

Michael Neupert

Born 1986

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0236 ACADEMIC

Klaus Luig

Born 1935

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0237 MUSIC

Matthias Fontheim

Born 1956

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0238 POLITICIAN

Bert Even

1925 - 2016

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0239 FILM

Samira Radsi

Born 1968

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0240 HISTORIAN

Thomas Michels

1892 - 1979

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0241 PAINTER

Heinrich Kamps

1896 - 1954

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0242 PSYCHIATRIST

Fred Dubitscher

1905 - 1978

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0243 GRAMMARIAN

Hans-Wilhelm Klein

1911 - 1992

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0244 PRIEST

Edmund Erlemann

1935 - 2015

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0245 ARCHITECT

Nikolaus Goetze

Born 1958

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0246 ACADEMIC

Günter Vogelsang

1920 - 2015

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0247 ACADEMIC

Ingrid Galster

1944 - 2015

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0248 ENTREPRENEUR

Paul Kleinewefers

1905 - 2001

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0249 AUTHOR

Thomas Hoeps

Born 1966

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0250 ECONOMIST

Thomas Apolte

Born 1960

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0251 AUTHOR

Wilhelm Cremer (Schriftsteller)

1874 - 1932

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0252 PAINTER

Adolf Höninghaus

1811 - 1882

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0253 PHYSICIST

Ernst Bamberg

Born 1940

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0254 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Peter Bruns

1913 - 2011

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0255 ACADEMIC

Michael Beurskens

Born 1977

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0256 POLICE

Eberhard Herf

1887 - 1946

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0257 AUTHOR

Peter Terrid

1949 - 1998

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0258 FOOTBALL

Nicole Anyomi

Born 2000

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0259 HANDBALL

Bastian Roscheck

Born 1991

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0260 ART HISTORIAN

Peter Joch

Born 1962

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0261 MANAGER

Gert Lothar Haberland

1928 - 2014

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0262 ART HISTORIAN

Herta Wescher

1899 - 1971

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0263 SCREENWRITER

Hans Hubberten

1929 - 1988

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0264 ECONOMIST

Horst Zimmermann (Finanzwissenschaftler)

Born 1934

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0265 ECONOMIST

Carl Föhl

1901 - 1973

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0266 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Heinrich von Friedrich von der Leyen –

1769 - 1825

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0267 WRITER

Andrea Claßen

Born 1955

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0268 MUSIC

Christoph Dohr

Born 1964

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0269 HISTORIAN

Eduard Jacobs

1833 - 1919

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0270 AUTHOR

Birgit Klausmann

Born 1956

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0271 LAWYER

Alexander Mühlen

Born 1942

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0272 ATHLETIC

Paul Angenvoorth

Born 1948

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0273 WRITER

Christian Jenssen

1905 - 1996

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0274 PAINTER

Moritz von Beckerath

1838 - 1896

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0275 TRUMPET

Markus Türk

Born 1962

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0276 PAINTER

Gerd Rohling

Born 1946

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0277 POLITICIAN

Dieter Pützhofen

Born 1942

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0278 TEACHER

Hermann Altgelt

1795 - 1871

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0279 ACTOR

Max Wilmsen

1885 - 1953

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0280 AUTHOR

Bodo Witzke

Born 1955

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0281 POLITICIAN

Johannes Blum

1857 - 1946

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0282 FOOTBALL

Manfred Kubik

Born 1967

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0283 LAWYER

Klaus Evertz (Politiker)

1944 - 2016

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0284 HISTORIAN

Ulrich Crämer

1907 - 1992

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0285 COMPOSER

Hans Georg Koch (Musiker)

1941 - 2005

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0286 WRITER

Gunild Feigenwinter

Born 1940

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0287 ACADEMIC

Werner Heinrichs

Born 1947

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0288 ARCHITECT

Adolf Heyden

1838 - 1902

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0289 SINGER

Günter Papendell

Born 1975

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0290 LAW

Erich von Rath

1881 - 1948

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0291 CIVIL SERVICE

Carl Ludwig Paul Trüb

1894 - 1981

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0292 WRITER

Hans Queling

1903 - 1984

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0293 POLITICIAN

Christian Sterzing

Born 1949

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0294 ACADEMIC

Jan Hubert Pinand

1888 - 1958

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0295 CHEMIST

Kurt Hess

1888 - 1961

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0296 CINEMA

Arthur W. Ahrweiler

Born 1951

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0297 ENTREPRENEUR

Franz Heinrich von Rigal

1785 - 1852

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0298 SWIMMER

Beate Jasch

Born 1959

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0299 JUDGE

August Wimmer

1899 - 1988

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0300 AUTHOR

Theodor Pelster

Born 1937

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