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MARBURG AN DER LAHN

Most Famous People Born in Marburg an der Lahn, Germany

Notable people
510
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1938
Most distinctive
Art Historian 15.5×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Marburg an der Lahn during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Marburg an der Lahn Is Known For

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Politician is Marburg an der Lahn's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (46).

Marburg an der Lahn over-indexes on art historian15.5× the global rate.

Marburg an der Lahn under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician46
  2. Academic42
  3. Actor24
  4. Lawyer19
  5. Writer19
  6. Historian17
  7. Theologian16
  8. Art Historian15
  1. Art Historian1515.5×
  2. Philologist812.0×
  3. Theologian168.7×
  4. Academic428.1×
  5. Archaeologist57.5×
  6. Judge114.6×
  7. Physician154.3×
  8. Author153.4×
  1. Football140.3×
  2. Painter80.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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510 notable people

0301 ACADEMIC

Helfrich Ulrich Hunnius

1583 - 1636

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0302 ART HISTORIAN

Maja Sprenger

1944 - 1976

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0303 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Wolfgang M. Werner

Born 1946

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0304 ACADEMIC

Aemilius Ludwig Hombergk zu Vach

1720 - 1783

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0305 POLITICIAN

Karl Wilhelm von Kopp

1770 - 1844

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0306 PSYCHOLOGIST

Marcus Roth

Born 1968

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0307 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Schiedermair

1906 - 1986

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0308 PHYSICIAN

Johann David Busch

1755 - 1833

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0309 ACTOR

Paula-Marie Bugla

Born 1993

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0310 AUTHOR

Helmut Ludwig

1930 - 1999

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0311 PHYSICIST

Nicolaus Braun

1558 - 1639

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0312 DESIGNER

Werner Schneider (Kalligraf)

Born 1935

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0313 ATHLETIC

Uwe Schmitt

1961 - 1995

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0314 ARCHITECT

Eduard Fürstenau

1862 - 1938

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0315 JUDGE

Valentin Wilhelm Forster

1574 - 1620

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0316 ECONOMIST

Anja Lüthy

Born 1962

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0317 PRIEST

Hans-Gernot Jung

1930 - 1991

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0318 PAINTER

Stefan S. Schmidt

Born 1958

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0319 ARCHIVIST

Hans-Enno Korn

1934 - 1985

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0320 ACTOR

Mathias Riedel

Born 1966

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0321 POLITICIAN

Kirsten Fründt

Born 1967

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0322 PASTOR

Balthasar Gerhard Hanneken (Geistlicher, 1641) –

1641 - 1706

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0323 LAWYER

Wilhelm Eckhardt

1871 - 1934

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0324 ACADEMIC

Hans Gerhard Schwick

1928 - 2015

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0325 PHYSICIAN

Otto Nasse

1839 - 1903

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0326 FOOTBALL

Karl August Tripp

Born 1944

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0327 SPORT

Tina Tremmel

Born 1981

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0328 THEOLOGIAN

Reinhard Christoph Ungewitter

1715 - 1784

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0329 JOURNALIST

Suzan Şekerci

Born 1976

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0330 CLARINET

Thomas Cremer (Jazzmusiker)

Born 1948

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0331 ACTOR

Benjamin Pauquet

Born 1984

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0332 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Johann Otto König

1748 - 1820

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0333 PHILOLOGIST

Gustav Linker

1827 - 1881

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0334 POLITICIAN

Otto von Gehren

1817 - 1896

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0335 WRITER

Sven Kühbauch

Born 1976

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0336 CIVIL SERVICE

Heinrich Lersner

1506 - 1576

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0337 DIPLOMAT

Jürgen Kleiner

Born 1933

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0338 ARTIST

Harald Häuser

Born 1957

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0339 WRITER

Thomas Elbel (Dichterjurist)

Born 1968

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0340 JUDGE

Carl Heinrici

1876 - 1944

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0341 SPORT

Peter Becker (Radsportler)

Born 1955

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0342 LAWYER

Richard Strahl

1884 - 1957

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0343 PHARMACOLOGIST

Carl Philipp Falck

1816 - 1880

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0344 FILM

Caroline Elias

Born 1965

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0345 MUSIC

Philipp Amelung

Born 1973

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0346 WORKER

Ursula Grille

1942 - 2002

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0347 PAINTER

Matthias Hickel

Born 1947

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0348 PHYSICIAN

Leopold Eichelberg

1804 - 1879

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0349 PHYSICIST

Erich Becker (Physiker)

Born 1961

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0350 LAWYER

Johannes Vultejus

1605 - 1684

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0351 LAWYER

Johann Ludwig Conradi

1730 - 1785

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0352 NOVELIST

Monika Goetsch

Born 1967

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0353 LAWYER

Johann Hartmann Kornmann

1624 - 1673

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0354 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Harald Schulze

Born 1963

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0355 SCULPTOR

Jochem Pechau

1929 - 1989

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0356 POLITICIAN

Carl Oskar Klipp

Born 1898

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0357 AUTHOR

Jens Wetterau

Born 1976

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0358 ASSESSOR

Reinhard Scheffer der Jüngere

1561 - 1623

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0359 MATHEMATICIAN

Wolfram Luther

Born 1947

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0360 HISTORIAN

Dietfrid Krause-Vilmar

Born 1939

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0361 DIPLOMAT

Wilhelm Schönfelder

Born 1940

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0362 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Nikolaus Seip

1724 - 1789

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0363 SPORT

Ulrich Eifler

Born 1961

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0364 CHAPLAIN

Gerhard Eobanus Geldenhauer

1537 - 1614

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0365 DIPLOMAT

Franz Hugo Hesse

1804 - 1861

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0366 PAINTER

Gustav Eggena

1850 - 1915

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0367 POLITICIAN

Franz Hugo Rieß von Scheurnschloß

1781 - 1857

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0368 ACTOR

Christian Buse

Born 1959

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0369 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Scheffer der Jüngste

1590 - 1656

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0370 LAWYER

Ernst Schäfer (Jurist)

1882 - 1945

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0371 PAINTER

Theodor Matthei

1857 - 1920

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0372 PHYSICIAN

Philipp Matthäus (Mediziner, 1621)

1621 - 1700

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0373 PHYSICIAN

Conrad Theodor Linker

1622 - 1660

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0374 AUTHOR

Justus Christoph Krafft

1732 - 1795

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0375 JUDGE

Ernst Wachler

1803 - 1888

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0376 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Kaiser

Born 1954

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0377 EDITOR

Johann Christoph Rudolph

1723 - 1792

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0378 MEDIA

Thomas Rösser

Born 1973

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0379 ACADEMIC

Johann Friedrich Hombergk zu Vach

1673 - 1748

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0380 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Lein

Born 1944

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0381 JUDGE

Fritz Dörffler

1888 - 1945

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0382 POLITICIAN

Karl von Riepenhausen

1852 - 1929

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0383 FOOTBALL

Dirk Wolf (Fußballspieler)

Born 1972

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0384 ACADEMIC

Philipp Matthäus (Rechtswissenschaftler)

1554 - 1603

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0385 PHARMACOLOGIST

Fritz Külz

1887 - 1949

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0386 POLITICIAN

Jakob Schaefer

1890 - 1971

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0387 ACADEMIC

Victor Hüter

1832 - 1897

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0388 JOURNALIST

Stephan Volke

Born 1961

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0389 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Löbsack

1908 - 1959

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0390 ACADEMIC

Klaus-Peter Rödig

Born 1938

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0391 THEOLOGIAN

Johann Otto Henckel

1636 - 1682

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0392 ART HISTORIAN

Frank T. Zumbach

Born 1953

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0393 JUDGE

Kurt Brackmann

1912 - 1992

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0394 PROFESSOR

Harro de Wet Jensen

1901 - 1994

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0395 WRITER

Lorenz Rollhäuser

Born 1953

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0396 FOOTBALL

Judith Affeld

Born 1978

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0397 JOURNALIST

Elena Geus

Born 1964

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0398 JUDGE

Wilhelm Scheffer (Politiker)

1844 - 1898

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0399 LAWYER

Wilhelm Friedrich Hombergk zu Vach

1713 - 1784

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0400 PHYSICIAN

Johann Jakob Busch

1727 - 1786

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0401 GEOLOGIST

Volker Jacobshagen

1931 - 2014

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0402 TEACHER

Albert Ruppersberg

1854 - 1930

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0403 AUTHOR

Heinz H. Teitge

Born 1940

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0404 ARTIST

Hiawatha Seiffert

Born 1973

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0405 ACADEMIC

Hans Jahrmärker

1921 - 2001

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0406 BIOCHEMIST

Kurt Wallenfels

1910 - 1995

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0407 CINEMA

Ulle Hadding

Born 1977

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0408 PHYSICIAN

Nikolaus Hanneken

1639 - 1708

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0409 JAZZ

Klaus Pehl

Born 1944

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0410 LAWYER

Jörg Luther

1959 - 2020

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0411 ACADEMIC

Hermann Lersner

1535 - 1613

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0412 PHYSICIAN

Johann Daniel Dorsten

1643 - 1706

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0413 HISTORIAN

Hermann Mirbt

1891 - 1968

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0414 BÜRGERMEISTER

Julius Wolff (Jurist)

1828 - 1897

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0415 PAINTER

Johann von der Leyten

1460 - 1530

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0416 DENTIST

Joachim von Reckow

1898 - 1976

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0417 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Kreyling

Born 1978

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0418 SINGER

Ludwig Hess

1877 - 1944

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0419 HOCKEY

Ömer Çetin

Born 1990

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0420 POLITICIAN

Hermann Bauer (Politiker, 1897)

1897 - 1986

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0421 WRITER

Johann Michael Hoffmann (Mediziner)

1741 - 1799

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0422 TRANSLATOR

Ludwig Christof Schefer

1669 - 1731

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0423 SCREENWRITER

Benjamin Biehn

Born 1979

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0424 CHEMIST

Carl Kolbe (Chemiker)

1855 - 1909

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0425 JUDGE

Christian Wiederhold

1775 - 1832

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0426 ACADEMIC

Hieronymus Conrad Virdung von Hartung

1640 - 1708

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0427 VERURTEILT

Peter Pompetzki

1970 - 1993

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0428 ENTOMOLOGIST

Julius Wilhelmi

1880 - 1937

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0429 PSYCHOLOGIST

Alfred von Sybel

1885 - 1945

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0430 LAWYER

Ludwig Büff

1811 - 1869

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0431 HISTORIAN

Georg Robert (Jurist)

1765 - 1833

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0432 SINGER

Credibil

Born 1994

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0433 JUDGE

Bernhard Christian Duysing

1755 - 1823

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0434 PHYSICIAN

Karl Justi (Mediziner)

1873 - 1949

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0435 THEOLOGE

Winfried Glade

1941 - 2015

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0436 VERURTEILT

Fritz Schwalm

Born 1910

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0437 LIBRARIAN

Gerhard Schlitt (Bibliothekar)

Born 1933

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0438 POLITICIAN

Christiane Uhlhorn

1927 - 2016

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0439 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Carl Endemann

1833 - 1909

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0440 ACTOR

Andrea Gerhard

Born 1983

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0441 MANAGER

Eberhart Schindewolf

1925 - 2011

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0442 LAWYER

Heinrich Weyer

1928 - 1993

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0443 PIANIST

Rick von Bracken

Born 1964

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0444 PHYSICIAN

Johann Wolff (Mediziner)

1537 - 1616

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0445 POLITICIAN

Marianne Klappert

1943 - 2008

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0446 DIPLOMAT

Douglas Graf von Saurma-Jeltsch

Born 1966

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0447 THEATRE

Berthold Schneider (Dramaturg)

Born 1965

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0448 JOURNALIST

Sina Mainitz

Born 1977

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0449 RADIO

Tim Koschwitz

Born 1984

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0450 POLITICIAN

Frank Gotthardt

Born 1970

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0451 CIVIL SERVICE

Nikolaus Wilhelm Goddaeus

1646 - 1719

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0452 PHOTOGRAPHER

Dagmar Weiss

Born 1978

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0453 MINISTER

Hermann Bickell

1844 - 1897

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0454 CHEMIST

Werner A. Bingel

1922 - 2011

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0455 KUNST

Karl-Otto von der Malsburg

1790 - 1855

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0456 POLITICIAN

Walter Junker (Politiker)

1905 - 1986

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0457 ACTOR

Dominique Macri

Born 1981

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0458 PFARRER

Franz von Roques (Geistlicher)

1826 - 1887

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0459 POLITICIAN

Friedrich von Heydwolff

1747 - 1824

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0460 POLITICIAN

Werner Kluth

1924 - 2015

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0461 POLITICIAN

Norbert Mann

Born 1943

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0462 MOTO

Karl Lottes

1912 - 1997

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0463 FOOTBALL

Günter Keifler

Born 1948

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0464 DENTIST

Wolfgang Barth (Zahnmediziner)

Born 1956

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0465 SINGER

Franziska Gottwald

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0466 BASKET

Finja Schaake

Born 1992

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0467 BASKET

Jenny Unger

Born 1983

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0468 ACADEMIC

Catherina Becker

Born 1964

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0469 OFFICER

Michael von Fröhlich

1740 - 1814

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0470 ENTREPRENEUR

Andreas Pohl

Born 1964

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0471 GUITAR

Kai-Olaf Stehrenberg

Born 1980

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0472 CONDUCTOR

Eckart Manke

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0473 MUSIC

Oliver Ganz

Born 1963

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0474 PREACHER

Hartmann Ibach

1487 - 1533

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0475 BOXER

Wolfgang Penzler

Born 1943

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0476 POLITICIAN

Fritz Schlegel (Politiker)

1900 - 1934

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0477 MILITAR

Heinz Georg Wagner (General)

Born 1951

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0478 GENERALMAJOR

Karl Ferdinand von Langen

1762 - 1820

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0479 POLITICIAN

Winfried Becker (Politiker)

Born 1960

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0480 MARINE

Rudolf Lahs

1880 - 1954

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0481 CIVIL SERVICE

Ludwig Otto August Klingelhöfer

Born 1788

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0482 FOOTBALL

Hermann Marchl

Born 1942

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0483 BASKET

Natascha Heuser

Born 1982

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0484 WRITER

Malte C. Lachmann

Born 1989

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0485 JUDGE

Otto von Porbeck

1764 - 1841

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0486 BASKET

Magdalena von Geyr

Born 1984

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0487 JOURNALIST

Rainer Hasters

Born 1947

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0488 ARCHITECT

Walter Freiwald (Architekt)

1907 - 1997

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0489 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Trott zu Sol

1794 - 1855

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0490 ARTIST

Elfriede Luise Vogel

Born 1922

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0491 POLITICIAN

Hans Wissebach

1919 - 1983

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0492 LAWYER

Carl Götz

1818 - 1879

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0493 LEUTNANT

Edmund von Hanstein

1808 - 1887

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0494 SOLDIER

Willi Dietrich

1909 - 1945

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0495 THEOLOGIAN

Elias Christoph Krafft

1748 - 1798

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0496 POLITICIAN

Mathias Henkel

Born 1947

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0497 JUDGE

Georg von Porbeck

1766 - 1837

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0498 HISTORIAN

Christoph Matthäus

1608 - 1647

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0499 SOLDIER

Erich Fischer

Born 1922

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0500 FILM

Thomas Zeipelt

Born 1969

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0501 GEHEIMRAT

Carl Wilhelm Althaus

1822 - 1907

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0502 WRITER

Artur Schütz

1915 - 2001

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0503 COOKING EXPERT

Maja Nett

Born 1984

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0504 LAWYER

Friedrich Rahardt

1920 - 1996

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0505 LANDRAT

Wilhelm Schnee

1908 - 1978

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0506 MERCHANT

Gysbert Wigand Michelbecker

1636 - 1692

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0507 POLITICIAN

Viktor Voit

1888 - 1948

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0508 PAINTER

Helfrich Dern

1891 - 1918

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0509 POLITICIAN

Dirk Bamberger

Born 1972

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0510 ARZT

Otto Heß (Mediziner)

1875 - 1955

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