52.1311° N, 11.6394° E

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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1930s with 110 notable births.

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.

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Showing 194 of 1,379 notable people

0010 POLITICIAN

Franz Seldte

1882 - 1947

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0012 POLITICIAN

Erich Ollenhauer

1901 - 1963

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0044 POLITICIAN

Helmut Knochen

1910 - 2003

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0071 POLITICIAN

Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein

1714 - 1800

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0095 POLITICIAN

Georg Gradnauer

1866 - 1946

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0149 POLITICIAN

Burkhard Hirsch

1930 - 2020

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0153 POLITICIAN

Willi Kreikemeyer

1894 - 1950

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0190 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Anton von Klewitz

1760 - 1838

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0192 POLITICIAN

Werner Bruschke

1898 - 1995

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0202 POLITICIAN

Paul Markowski (East German politician)

1929 - 1978

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0207 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Schröder (politician)

Born 1940

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0245 POLITICIAN

Manfred Behrens

Born 1956

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0259 POLITICIAN

Jens Ackermann

Born 1975

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0293 POLITICIAN

Frederick Tuckman

1922 - 2017

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0294 POLITICIAN

Ernst Böhme (Politiker)

1892 - 1968

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0339 POLITICIAN

Peter Kauffold

1937 - 2014

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0343 POLITICIAN

Mario Mieruch

Born 1975

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0347 POLITICIAN

Otto Meier (Politiker)

1889 - 1962

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0350 POLITICIAN

Marlies Deneke

Born 1953

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0357 POLITICIAN

Willi Brundert

1912 - 1970

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0359 POLITICIAN

Manfred Flegel

1927 - 2018

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0367 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Hedler

1899 - 1986

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0368 POLITICIAN

Katrin Budde

Born 1965

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0369 POLITICIAN

Eduard von Alvensleben

1787 - 1876

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0370 POLITICIAN

Count Karl Leopold von Schlieben

1723 - 1788

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0391 POLITICIAN

Karl Raddatz

1904 - 1970

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0518 POLITICIAN

Johann Philipp von Ladenberg

1769 - 1847

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0541 POLITICIAN

Ernst Brandt

1896 - 1956

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0558 POLITICIAN

Ronald Weckesser

Born 1948

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0577 POLITICIAN

Kristian Ronneburg

Born 1986

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0609 POLITICIAN

Werner Fischer-Defoy

1880 - 1955

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0615 POLITICIAN

Otto Francke

1823 - 1886

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0618 POLITICIAN

Ernst Henning

1892 - 1931

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0628 POLITICIAN

Frank Pasemann

Born 1960

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0641 POLITICIAN

Erika Emmerich

Born 1934

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0653 POLITICIAN

Hans Engel (Staatssekretär)

1887 - 1945

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0667 POLITICIAN

Hans-Jürgen Döring

1951 - 2017

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0668 POLITICIAN

Detlef Girrmann

1929 - 2011

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0686 POLITICIAN

Alfred Grünberg

1901 - 1942

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0699 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Burgstaller

1894 - 1935

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0707 POLITICIAN

Gustav Winter (Politiker)

1882 - 1936

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0714 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Pohl (Politiker)

Born 1964

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0715 POLITICIAN

Oliver Kirchner

Born 1966

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0720 POLITICIAN

Ernst Lehmann (Widerstandskämpfer)

1908 - 1945

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0740 POLITICIAN

Hildegard Ollenhauer

1902 - 1995

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0782 POLITICIAN

Jan Wenzel Schmidt

Born 1991

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0789 POLITICIAN

Franz West (Politiker)

1909 - 1984

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0807 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Eberhard (Politiker, 1891)

1891 - 1965

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0820 POLITICIAN

Hermann Schierig

1921 - 1999

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0829 POLITICIAN

Ludolph von Angern

1757 - 1826

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0831 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Michaelis

1902 - 1945

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0836 POLITICIAN

Otto Duvigneau

1828 - 1899

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0838 POLITICIAN

Uwe Kamann

Born 1958

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0849 POLITICIAN

Hans P. H. Schuster

1928 - 2010

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0851 POLITICIAN

Ernst August Rudloff

1712 - 1775

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0854 POLITICIAN

August Friedrich von Boden

1682 - 1762

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0858 POLITICIAN

Joachim Tappe

1942 - 2012

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0859 POLITICIAN

Günter Frede

1901 - 1967

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0866 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Klees

1841 - 1922

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0876 POLITICIAN

Falko Grube

Born 1977

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0879 POLITICIAN

Werner Fritze

1836 - 1925

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0881 POLITICIAN

Uwe Küster

1945 - 2014

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0884 POLITICIAN

Ernst Ebeling (Politiker)

1859 - 1932

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0891 POLITICIAN

Ralf Donner

Born 1959

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0892 POLITICIAN

Felix Jacke

1897 - 1954

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0896 POLITICIAN

Andreas Geverdes

Died 1477

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0899 POLITICIAN

Udo Grosse

1896 - 1946

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0903 POLITICIAN

Kurt von Borries

1885 - 1968

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0904 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Seidel

Born 1954

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0911 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Hecht (Politiker)

1934 - 2009

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0921 POLITICIAN

Gertrud Krüger

1904 - 1996

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0932 POLITICIAN

Andreas Cramer (Politiker, † 1679)

1620 - 1679

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0934 POLITICIAN

Franz Hessenland

1798 - 1866

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0938 POLITICIAN

Karl Ludwig von Weitzel

1821 - 1894

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0940 POLITICIAN

Kurt Kräft

Born 1907

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0941 POLITICIAN

Else Meier

1901 - 1933

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0943 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Kobelt (Politiker)

1865 - 1927

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0955 POLITICIAN

Richard Lohmann

1881 - 1935

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0958 POLITICIAN

Johannes Scheyring (Jurist)

1505 - 1555

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0977 POLITICIAN

Alfred Ferdinand Baldamus

1820 - 1886

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0978 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Krause (Politiker, 1894)

1894 - 1945

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0983 POLITICIAN

Otto Rüdiger (Politiker)

1885 - 1976

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0990 POLITICIAN

Michael Arndt (Politiker, 1941)

Born 1941

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0993 POLITICIAN

Hagen Kohl

Born 1969

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0994 POLITICIAN

Manfred Ludwig Mayer

1934 - 2020

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0996 POLITICIAN

Sebastian Gercken

1656 - 1710

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1000 POLITICIAN

Otto Stavenhagen

1831 - 1874

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1002 POLITICIAN

Johann Kaspar Coqui

1747 - 1824

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1013 POLITICIAN

Hans-Peter Goetz

Born 1961

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1014 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Germer (Politiker)

1900 - 1952

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1016 POLITICIAN

Florian Philipp

Born 1980

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1018 POLITICIAN

Hermann Immermann (Politiker)

1807 - 1868

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1021 POLITICIAN

Otto Schade

1910 - 1973

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1023 POLITICIAN

Moritz Nobbe

1834 - 1910

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1028 POLITICIAN

Hans-Gerhard Willing

1913 - 1990

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1030 POLITICIAN

Otto Lehmann (Widerstandskämpfer)

1900 - 1936

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1031 POLITICIAN

Andy Knape

Born 1986

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1035 POLITICIAN

Erich Bruschke

1893 - 1961

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1042 POLITICIAN

Katja Mitteldorf

Born 1985

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1045 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Thierkopf

1860 - 1938

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1055 POLITICIAN

Jochen Kühl

Born 1943

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1060 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Bötticher

1826 - 1895

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1061 POLITICIAN

Hans Liebig (Politiker)

1878 - 1968

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1067 POLITICIAN

Otto Schumann (Politiker, 1888)

1888 - 1945

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1070 POLITICIAN

Tobias Krull

Born 1977

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1073 POLITICIAN

Udo Zempel

1925 - 2012

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1074 POLITICIAN

Heike Lorenz

Born 1961

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1076 POLITICIAN

Heidrun Heidecke

1954 - 2015

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1077 POLITICIAN

Ingeborg Seitz

1924 - 2006

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1080 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Birthler

Born 1947

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1082 POLITICIAN

Theodor Weise

1890 - 1945

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1093 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Süß (Politiker, 1940)

Born 1940

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1094 POLITICIAN

Michael Geisler

Born 1960

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1096 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Czogalla

Born 1942

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1101 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Braun (Politiker)

1939 - 2016

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1105 POLITICIAN

Ralf Drescher

Born 1956

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1111 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Reck

Born 1949

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1112 POLITICIAN

Erich Sichting

1896 - 1946

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1118 POLITICIAN

Sören Herbst

Born 1980

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1119 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Steinig

1913 - 1937

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1120 POLITICIAN

Karl Baier (Politiker)

1887 - 1973

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1123 POLITICIAN

Werner Steffens

1937 - 2018

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1129 POLITICIAN

Walter Röber

1894 - 1964

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1132 POLITICIAN

Erich Kreutz

1884 - 1943

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1135 POLITICIAN

Guido Heuer

Born 1966

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1136 POLITICIAN

Georg Zehle

1882 - 1945

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1139 POLITICIAN

Paul Hach

1893 - 1976

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1142 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Ludwig Conrad Listemann

1832 - 1893

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1148 POLITICIAN

Kay Barthel

Born 1971

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1162 POLITICIAN

Paul Karl Julius Hahn

1893 - 1960

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1163 POLITICIAN

Hermann Prübenau

1901 - 1979

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1164 POLITICIAN

Hermann Paul Reichardt

1885 - 1962

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1167 POLITICIAN

Hans Hagemann

1901 - 1948

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1168 POLITICIAN

Otto Gerloff

1876 - 1956

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1175 POLITICIAN

Wigbert Schwenke

Born 1960

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1180 POLITICIAN

Herbert Fiering

1912 - 2000

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1181 POLITICIAN

Bruno Lösche

1898 - 1963

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1187 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Rabe

Born 1941

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1189 POLITICIAN

Steffen Burchhardt

Born 1981

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1194 POLITICIAN

Heinz Golombeck

Born 1948

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1196 POLITICIAN

Michael Weber (Politiker, 1959)

Born 1959

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1200 POLITICIAN

Karl Nohr

1905 - 1973

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1201 POLITICIAN

Peter Meyer (Politiker, 1935)

1935 - 2015

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1211 POLITICIAN

Alfred Finke

1888 - 1971

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1215 POLITICIAN

Susan Ella-Mittrenga

Born 1967

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1220 POLITICIAN

Hans Gorzynski

Born 1908

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1221 POLITICIAN

Harry Baschleben

1922 - 2012

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1222 POLITICIAN

Veronika Brandt

Born 1957

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1225 POLITICIAN

Madeleine-Rita Mittendorf

Born 1950

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1229 POLITICIAN

Gerda Holzmacher

1915 - 1980

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1231 POLITICIAN

Klaus Rauber

1940 - 2017

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1238 POLITICIAN

Heinrich von Witzleben-Alt-Doebern

1854 - 1933

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1245 POLITICIAN

Joachim Schöne

1906 - 1967

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1253 POLITICIAN

Georg Philipp Dohlhoff

1734 - 1794

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1258 POLITICIAN

Fritz Räcke

1882 - 1952

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1260 POLITICIAN

Michael Waldhelm

Born 1943

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1261 POLITICIAN

Martin Heße

Born 1933

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1265 POLITICIAN

Georg Heidler

1891 - 1950

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1266 POLITICIAN

Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm von Kemnitz

1826 - 1900

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1267 POLITICIAN

Hans-Georg Gerling

Born 1943

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1269 POLITICIAN

Theodor Thiele

1906 - 1974

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1278 POLITICIAN

Martina Bendler

Born 1957

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1279 POLITICIAN

Hans Degel

1907 - 1984

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1281 POLITICIAN

Hans-Jörg Schuster

Born 1953

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1288 POLITICIAN

Kathleen Behnke

Born 1965

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1291 POLITICIAN

Eva Wybrands

Born 1951

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1294 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Spors

Born 1938

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1298 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Wachtel

1897 - 1965

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1299 POLITICIAN

Christel Dettmann

Born 1943

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1302 POLITICIAN

Max Kleineberg

1906 - 1987

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1305 POLITICIAN

Klaus Soukup

Born 1936

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1307 POLITICIAN

Bernd Reisener

Born 1950

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1310 POLITICIAN

Hermann Schiering

1884 - 1944

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1313 POLITICIAN

Verena Wicke-Scheil

Born 1956

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1314 POLITICIAN

Willi Trinne

1884 - 1973

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1316 POLITICIAN

Oskar Wischeropp

1882 - 1956

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1319 POLITICIAN

Dorothee Berthold

Born 1954

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1324 POLITICIAN

Ingrid Siebke

Born 1948

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1327 POLITICIAN

Erna Wenk

1893 - 1973

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1331 POLITICIAN

Willi Kutz

1904 - 1945

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1341 POLITICIAN

Britta Ferchland

Born 1967

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1343 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Neukranz

1924 - 1969

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1347 POLITICIAN

Regina Frömert

Born 1945

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1349 POLITICIAN

Hugo Schulz (Politiker)

1898 - 1968

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1351 POLITICIAN

Günter Otterpohl

Born 1932

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1356 POLITICIAN

Gertrud Klühs

1893 - 1976

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1357 POLITICIAN

Sonja Mewald

Born 1945

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1360 POLITICIAN

Franz Otto Müller

1883 - 1961

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1363 POLITICIAN

Max Schwieger

1884 - 1945

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1365 POLITICIAN

Max Ethe

1873 - 1956

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1374 POLITICIAN

Gustav Grabau

1888 - 1977

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1375 POLITICIAN

Ernst Voges (Politiker)

1892 - 1966

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1376 POLITICIAN

Alfred Wilke (Politiker)

1902 - 1993

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1377 POLITICIAN

Erich Krüger (Politiker, 1891)

1891 - 1946

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