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MAGDEBURG

Most Famous People Born in Magdeburg, Germany

Notable people
1,379
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1902
Most distinctive
Generalmajor 26.4×

A Prussian garrison town turned East German industrial city, and both halves show up in the bench. Magdeburg's distinctive professions are Generalmajoren, handball players, canoeists, teachers, entrepreneurs, authors, academics, and theologians — the trades of an officer class, a GDR sport school, and a rebuilt postwar university. Otto von Guericke was born here (he of the Magdeburg hemispheres), Telemann was kapellmeister here, and the 10th-century bench reaches back to Otto I, who used the city as his imperial base.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Magdeburg Is Known For

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Politician is Magdeburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (194).

Magdeburg over-indexes on generalmajor26.4× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician194
  2. Actor78
  3. Academic50
  4. Football44
  5. Author43
  6. Writer40
  7. Painter40
  8. Lawyer35
  1. Generalmajor2126.4×
  2. Handball276.3×
  3. Canoe145.6×
  4. Teacher144.3×
  5. Entrepreneur173.6×
  6. Author433.6×
  7. Academic503.6×
  8. Theologian153.0×
  1. Football440.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

1500155016001650170017501800185019001950
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Showing 92 of 1,379 notable people

0018 PIANIST

Menahem Pressler

Born 1923

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0043 COMPOSER

Gottfried Michael Koenig

Born 1926

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0048 ACTOR

Rolf Herricht

1927 - 1981

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0057 SCREENWRITER

Wolfgang Schreyer

1927 - 2017

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0076 SON

Heinz Hitler

1920 - 1942

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0088 FOOTBALL

Horst Buhtz

1923 - 2015

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0092 MATHEMATICIAN

Horst Sachs

1927 - 2016

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0093 ACTOR

Gerd Michael Henneberg

1922 - 2011

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0097 ARTIST

Helga Goetze

1922 - 2008

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0110 ACTOR

Margot Ebert

1926 - 2009

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0115 CONDUCTOR

Reinhard Peters

1926 - 2008

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0194 POET

Marguerite Andersen

Born 1924

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0202 POLITICIAN

Paul Markowski (East German politician)

1929 - 1978

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0238 WRITER

Karl-Heinz Tuschel

1928 - 2005

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0239 PRIEST

Leo Nowak

Born 1929

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0243 HISTORIAN

Rigobert Günther

1928 - 2000

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0254 FILM

Heinz Thiel

1920 - 2003

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0260 PHILOLOGIST

Robert Weimann

1928 - 2019

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0281 WRITER

Johanna Braun

1929 - 2008

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0293 POLITICIAN

Frederick Tuckman

1922 - 2017

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0296 IMMUNOLOGIST

Hans J. Müller-Eberhard

1927 - 1998

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0328 PHARMACOLOGIST

Fritz Markwardt

1924 - 2011

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0342 ARCHITECT

Stefan Wewerka

1928 - 2013

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0355 FILM

Hans Joachim Hildebrandt (Regisseur)

1929 - 2020

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0359 POLITICIAN

Manfred Flegel

1927 - 2018

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0383 ACADEMIC

Hans-Joachim Arndt (Politikwissenschaftler) – Wi

1923 - 2004

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0417 PHYSICIST

Erwin Willy Becker

1920 - 2011

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0430 ARCHITECT

Rose-Marie Wörner

1927 - 2015

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0445 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Schumann (Historiker)

1925 - 1991

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0474 HISTORIAN

Bernhard Diestelkamp

Born 1929

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0482 WRITER

Günther Wirth (Kunstkritiker)

1923 - 2015

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0491 SCREENWRITER

Konrad Reich

1928 - 2010

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0502 CHESS

Alfred Seppelt

1929 - 2015

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0512 MISSING

Elisabeth Adler

1926 - 1997

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0526 ACTOR

Georg Hartmann (Schauspieler)

Born 1926

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0528 GEOLOGIST

Stephen Moorbath

1929 - 2016

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0530 WRITER

Henner Berzau

1921 - 2008

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0545 DOUBLE AGENT

Horst Hesse

1922 - 2006

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0557 BOTANIST

Wilhelm Nultsch

1927 - 2011

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0564 SCIENTIST

Helmut Träbert

1920 - 1974

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0568 SCREENWRITER

Inge Meyer

1929 - 2009

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0569 PAINTER

Egon Neubauer

1920 - 1991

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0590 ARCHITECT

Christian Farenholtz

Born 1923

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0604 AUTHOR

Wolf D. Brennecke

1922 - 2002

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0605 ARCHIVIST

Joachim Wächter

1926 - 2017

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0629 CHEMIST

Heinz Cassebaum

1925 - 2000

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0668 POLITICIAN

Detlef Girrmann

1929 - 2011

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0678 PRODUCER

Henry Lewy

1926 - 2006

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0698 TRANSLATOR

Marianne Lange-Weinert

1921 - 2005

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0703 WRITER

Heinz Glade

1922 - 1996

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0719 AUTHOR

Walter Basan

1920 - 1999

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0722 ACTOR

Wolfgang Thal

1924 - 2006

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0726 EDUCATION

Rolf Borrmann

1928 - 2007

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0746 FOOTBALL

Ernst Kümmel

Born 1925

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0760 JOURNALIST

Reinhart Hoffmeister

1923 - 2016

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0770 ECONOMIST

Hans Blohm (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)

1920 - 2005

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0820 POLITICIAN

Hermann Schierig

1921 - 1999

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0823 ACTOR

Karl-Heinz Weiß

1920 - 2007

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0830 KOMMUNIST

Ottomar Rothmann

1921 - 2018

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0845 TEACHER

Kurt Fehringer

1920 - 1983

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0849 POLITICIAN

Hans P. H. Schuster

1928 - 2010

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0857 ACADEMIC

Hans Lutter

1928 - 2009

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0860 SPORT

Heinz Zoll

Born 1926

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0868 MUSIC

Günter Metz

1925 - 1988

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0935 VORSITZENDE

Johanne Büchting

1924 - 2019

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0972 MUSIC

Horst Irrgang

1929 - 1997

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0988 GENERALMAJOR

Fritz Clement

1926 - 2004

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1004 JUDGE

Erwin Brocke

1921 - 2004

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1006 PRESERVATIONIST

Heinz Gerling

1922 - 2001

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1025 ACTOR

Karl Liecke

1922 - 1982

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1037 ACTOR

Sylva Schüler

Born 1926

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1062 MILITAR

Horst Günther

1920 - 1944

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1073 POLITICIAN

Udo Zempel

1925 - 2012

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1077 POLITICIAN

Ingeborg Seitz

1924 - 2006

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1126 ARCHITECT

Georg Lippsmeier

Born 1923

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1134 SPORT

Elfriede Vey

1922 - 1997

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1141 POLIZIST

Gerhard Händler (Polizist)

1928 - 1953

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1156 ENGINEER

Hans Standhardt

1928 - 2017

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1186 ACTOR

Karl-Heinz König

1920 - 1979

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1188 PAINTER

Werner Kunkel

1922 - 2017

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1202 HANDBALL

Hans-Jürgen Wende

1926 - 2012

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1204 SOLDIER

Fritz Albrecht

1920 - 1986

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1218 DIPLOMAT

Ronald Böttcher

1928 - 2014

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1221 POLITICIAN

Harry Baschleben

1922 - 2012

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1259 FOOTBALL

Kurt Holke

Born 1922

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1274 ARCHITECT

Günter Benecke

Born 1923

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1277 SOLDIER

Horst Günther

Born 1922

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1289 ACTOR

Gerda von Rüxleben

Born 1921

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1311 SOLDIER

Jürgen von Gaza

Born 1920

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1343 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Neukranz

1924 - 1969

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1367 ARCHITECT

Helmut Dettmer (Architekt)

Born 1920

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1378 MANAGER

Georg Voß (Manager)

Born 1920

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