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MUNICH

Most Famous People Born in Munich, Germany

Notable people
6,340
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1937
Most distinctive
Author 3.7×

Bavaria's salon, with a long academic and curatorial streak. Munich's distinctive professions are authors, academics, sculptors, painters, and film directors — the trades of a city where the Akademie, the Residenz library, and the Bavaria Film studios all share the same payroll. Painters dominate the 19th-century half, when the Munich Academy was one of the most important art schools in Europe, and the actor share is among the highest in the German-speaking world.

Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 842 notable births.

What Munich Is Known For

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Actor is Munich's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (853).

Munich over-indexes on author3.7× the global rate.

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

  1. Actor853
  2. Politician475
  3. Painter377
  4. Writer269
  5. Football239
  6. Academic208
  7. Author200
  8. Film166
  1. Author2003.7×
  2. Academic2083.2×
  3. Actor8532.5×
  4. Sculptor942.3×
  5. Painter3772.3×
  6. Film1662.1×
  7. Composer1291.5×
  8. Architect851.5×
  1. Football2390.3×
  2. Politician4750.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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2304 WRITER

Christine Wunnicke

Born 1966

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2317 JOURNALIST

Alex Rühle

Born 1969

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2320 COMPOSER

Alexander Bubenheim

Born 1962

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2325 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Dirnagl

Born 1960

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2335 AUTHOR

Julia Fischer (Biologin)

Born 1966

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2341 FILM

Michael Coldewey

Born 1962

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2347 CONDUCTOR

Frank Strobel

Born 1966

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2354 HISTORIAN

Angela Berlis

Born 1962

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2366 MUSIC

Gert Wilden junior

Born 1960

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2381 POLITICIAN

Stefan Fassbinder

Born 1966

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2387 MUSIC

Mulo Francel

Born 1967

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2390 THEATRE

Anselm Weber

Born 1963

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2393 FILM

Thomas Peter Friedl

Born 1967

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2404 AUTHOR

Thomas Willmann

Born 1968

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2405 LAWYER

Walter Scheuerl

Born 1961

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2407 COMPOSER

Christian Prommer

Born 1969

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2410 ECONOMIST

Alexander Kritikos

Born 1965

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2426 HISTORIAN

Tanja Scheer

Born 1964

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2434 WRITER

Cora Frost

Born 1963

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2435 ART HISTORIAN

Christian Demand

Born 1960

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2440 PHILOLOGIST

Katharina Volk

Born 1969

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2443 FILM

Ralf Westhoff

Born 1969

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2448 WRITER

Christian Moser (Comiczeichner)

1966 - 2013

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2467 ACTOR

Ursula Gottwald

Born 1968

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2471 AUTHOR

Robert Fischer (Schriftsteller)

Born 1960

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2480 ACTOR

Carolin Ohrner

Born 1961

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2484 JOURNALIST

Stephan Lebert

Born 1961

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2499 PHYSICIST

Stefan Bauberger

Born 1960

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2501 ACTOR

Christoph Zrenner

Born 1960

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2504 AUTHOR

Stefan Weigl

Born 1962

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2505 AUTHOR

Andreas Rüttenauer

Born 1968

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2513 FILM

Anatol Nitschke

Born 1960

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2522 REGISSEUR

Thomas Birkmeir

Born 1964

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2524 PROFESSOR

Sascha Spoun

Born 1969

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2528 ACTOR

Anne von Linstow

Born 1968

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2530 MUSIC

Ernst Ströer

Born 1963

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2533 PUBLISHER

Susanne Schüssler

Born 1962

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2538 WRITER

Christoph Neumann

Born 1967

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2545 ACTOR

Viola von der Burg

Born 1965

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2548 CINEMA

Christian Reitz (Kameramann)

Born 1960

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2552 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Kahl (Jurist)

Born 1965

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2561 KAYAK

Richard Weiss

1963 - 1997

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2562 SCREENWRITER

Alice Agneskirchner

Born 1966

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2567 JOURNALIST

Johannes Hano

Born 1963

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2571 ACTOR

Gerry Hungbauer

Born 1961

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2574 ARTIST

Michael Kunze (Maler)

Born 1961

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2578 FILM

Anja Pohl

Born 1967

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2595 PIANIST

Cornelius Claudio Kreusch

Born 1968

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2598 RADIO

Susanne Rohrer

Born 1966

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2601 CHEMIST

Stephen K. Hashmi

Born 1963

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2602 ACTOR

David Baalcke

Born 1966

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2611 SOHN

Franz Georg Strauß

Born 1961

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2626 DIPLOMAT

Géza Andreas von Geyr

Born 1962

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2629 PHOTOGRAPHER

Veronika Kellndorfer

Born 1962

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2630 CANOE

Bernd Hessel

Born 1961

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2632 ACADEMIC

Thomas Lobinger

Born 1966

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2634 AUTHOR

Stefan Wimmer

Born 1969

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2635 PHOTOGRAPHER

Matthias Herrmann (Fotograf)

Born 1963

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2644 RADIO

Tommy Wosch

Born 1968

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2653 ILLUSTRATOR

Jan Birck

Born 1963

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2659 COMPOSER

Harald Reitinger

Born 1969

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2662 RESEARCH

Claudia Bausewein

Born 1965

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2667 HISTORIAN

Manfred Heim

Born 1961

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2677 WRITER

Gabriella Engelmann

Born 1966

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2692 THEOLOGIAN

Martin Wallraff

Born 1966

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2701 ACTOR

Ariane Erdelt

Born 1963

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2711 ACTOR

Silke Heise

Born 1969

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2721 JOURNALIST

Franz Kotteder

Born 1963

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2722 SINGER

Petra Scheeser

Born 1966

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2724 FILM

Martin Probst

Born 1967

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2727 SWIMMER

Marion Zoller

Born 1968

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2732 ACADEMIC

Andreas Bernard (Autor)

Born 1969

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2739 POLITICIAN

Florian Streibl

Born 1963

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2742 ACTOR

Michael Seyfried

Born 1964

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2745 ACTOR

Christine Stichler

Born 1966

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2752 WRITER

Lorenz Schröter

Born 1960

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2763 HISTORIAN

Ursula Kampmann

Born 1964

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2777 PIANIST

Christian Willisohn

Born 1962

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2780 FILM

Isabelle Stever

Born 1963

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2785 AUTHOR

Ralf Palandt

Born 1965

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2789 WRITER

Daniela Drescher

Born 1966

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2792 MUSIC

Martin Schmitt (Musiker)

Born 1968

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2793 BUSINESS

August François von Finck

Born 1968

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2797 AUTHOR

Ludwig Steinherr

Born 1962

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2801 WRITER

Marcus Woelfle

Born 1964

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2817 RACER

Georg Plasa

1960 - 2011

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2821 LAWYER

Josef Schmid (Politiker, 1969)

Born 1969

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2830 ATHLETIC

Susi Riermeier

Born 1960

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2839 JOURNALIST

Andrea Böhm

Born 1961

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2852 CHEMIST

Thisbe Lindhorst

Born 1962

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2855 CINEMA

Bernd Fischer (Kameramann)

Born 1964

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2856 ACTOR

Sebastian Fischer (Schauspieler, 1966)

Born 1966

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2860 FILM

Henriette Kaiser

Born 1961

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2867 CHEMIST

Uwe Bunz

Born 1963

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2875 POLITICIAN

Susanna Tausendfreund

Born 1963

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2879 POLITICIAN

Christine Strobl (Politikerin)

Born 1961

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2890 MUSIC

Christoph Metzger

Born 1962

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2891 WRITER

Norbert Kron

Born 1965

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2897 SCREENWRITER

Nika von Altenstadt

Born 1965

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2910 ACADEMIC

Robert Stockhammer

Born 1960

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2923 WRITER

Susanne Brantl

Born 1967

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2927 ACTOR

Michaela Geuer

Born 1963

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2931 POLITISCH

Tina Leisch

Born 1964

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2932 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Michael Koch (Informatiker)

Born 1968

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2945 AUTHOR

Sven Lager

Born 1965

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2949 POLITICIAN

Mechthilde Wittmann

Born 1967

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2955 FILM

Mischa Hofmann

Born 1967

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2957 PHILOLOGIST

Anton Bierl

Born 1960

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2960 SCREENWRITER

Andrian Kreye

Born 1962

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2963 ACTOR

Thomas C. Zinke

Born 1967

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2969 PHOTOGRAPHER

Christopher Thomas

Born 1961

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2974 AUTHOR

Annette Roeder

Born 1968

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2978 AUTHOR

Reinhard Falter

Born 1960

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2980 COMPOSER

Fredrik Schwenk

Born 1960

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2983 BUSINESS

Cornelius Baur

Born 1962

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2996 FILM

Jan Fehse

Born 1968

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2999 FILM

Andreas Wodraschke

Born 1969

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3001 ACADEMIC

Elke Hartmann

Born 1969

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3006 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Christian Wacker

Born 1966

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3014 JOURNALIST

Michael Borchard

Born 1967

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3016 PHOTOGRAPHER

Martin Fengel

Born 1964

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3017 ACTOR

Peter Steiner junior

1960 - 2016

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3030 HISTORIAN

Christof Dejung

Born 1968

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3032 PRESENTER

Anouschka Horn

Born 1967

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3034 ACADEMIC

Andreas Feldtkeller (Theologe)

Born 1961

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3045 AUTHOR

Beate Maxian

Born 1967

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3056 TRUMPET

Annette Neuffer

Born 1966

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3058 ACADEMIC

Judith Glück

Born 1969

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3083 WRITER

Gita Tost

1965 - 2000

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3088 WRITER

Fortunato (Autor)

Born 1966

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3093 WRITER

Antje Heimsoeth

Born 1964

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3097 ACTOR

Judith Al Bakri

Born 1969

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3101 AUTHOR

Petra Hartlieb

Born 1967

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3115 AUTHOR

Meike Feßmann

Born 1961

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3116 ACTOR

Ferdinand Dörfler (Schauspieler)

Born 1969

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3119 ACADEMIC

Muck Petzet

Born 1964

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3120 AUTHOR

Robert Amper

Born 1960

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3121 ACTOR

Matthias Kostya

Born 1964

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3125 ECONOMIST

Michael H. Breitner

Born 1963

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3132 SCENIC DESIGNER

Annette Murschetz

Born 1967

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3140 WRITER

Marc Ritter

Born 1967

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3144 PHOTOGRAPHER

Zoltán Jókay

Born 1960

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3145 HISTORIAN

Joachim von Puttkamer

Born 1964

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3146 AUTHOR

Katharina von der Leyen

Born 1964

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3154 WRITER

Inge Kloepfer

Born 1964

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3162 ORIENTALIST

Wolbert G.C. Smidt

Born 1966

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3167 FILM

Beatrice Babin

Born 1964

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3178 FILM

Jörg Schneider (Regisseur)

Born 1961

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3179 SCREENWRITER

Judith Adlhoch

Born 1967

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3186 ACADEMIC

Conny Restle

Born 1960

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3197 TRUMPET

Claus Reichstaller

Born 1963

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3209 POLITICIAN

Florian von Brunn

Born 1969

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3223 SINGER

Charlie Glass

Born 1967

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3225 ACADEMIC

Andreas M. Rauch

Born 1961

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3229 PIANIST

Ludwig Seuss

Born 1964

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3230 ACADEMIC

Stefan Jakob Wimmer

Born 1963

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3234 ACTOR

Andreas Zimmermann (Schauspieler)

Born 1966

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3237 DESIGNER

Florian Wieder

Born 1968

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3244 WRITER

Kerstin Plehwe

Born 1967

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3255 POLITICIAN

Alex Dorow

Born 1964

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3264 PHYSICIAN

Martin Trepel

Born 1967

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3269 PLAYER

Alex Stepanek

Born 1963

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3271 ACADEMIC

Dierk Spreen

Born 1965

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3284 ARTIST

Sylvia Hansmann

Born 1962

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3296 ARTIST

Regina Möller

Born 1962

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3298 SONGWRITER

Andrea Pancur

Born 1969

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3303 WRITER

Helmut Kuhn (Journalist)

Born 1962

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3306 WRITER

Stefan Lindl

Born 1969

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3311 ACADEMIC

Wolfram Ressel

Born 1960

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3312 ARTIST

Rainer Junghanns

Born 1963

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3321 WRITER

Carola von Kessel

Born 1969

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3322 POLITICIAN

Robert Brannekämper

Born 1965

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3325 FILM

Peter Heilrath

Born 1969

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3330 FOOTBALL

Rainer Berg (Fußballspieler)

Born 1965

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3334 COMPOSER

Markus Schmitt (Komponist)

Born 1965

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3335 PHYSICIST

Patrick Illinger

Born 1965

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3337 HISTORIAN

Josef Johannes Schmid

Born 1966

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3338 PHILOLOGIST

Thomas Schirren

Born 1965

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3340 GOLF

Fred Wadsworth

Born 1962

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3342 BUSINESS

Clemens Graf von Waldburg-Zeil

Born 1960

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3352 ACTOR

Hürdem Riethmüller

Born 1962

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3358 SCULPTOR

Josef Alexander Henselmann

Born 1963

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3365 BUSINESS

Martin Goetzeler

Born 1962

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3370 BIOLOGIST

Carl-Philipp Heisenberg

Born 1968

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3392 DESIGNER

Anna von Griesheim

Born 1966

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3393 ENTREPRENEUR

Christian Freiherr von Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolshe

Born 1960

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3403 SCREENWRITER

Norbert Lechner

Born 1961

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3407 THEOLOGIAN

Birgitta Kleinschwärzer-Meister

Born 1969

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3416 ACTOR

Alexandra Ludwig (Synchronsprecherin)

Born 1965

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3418 RADIO

Stefan Schneider (Moderator)

Born 1962

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3424 AUTHOR

Heiner Link

1960 - 2002

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3426 FILM

Stephan Schesch

Born 1967

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3432 AUTHOR

Marco Sonnleitner

Born 1965

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3439 ACTOR

Gerrit Grass

Born 1969

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3441 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Regina Frey

Born 1966

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3446 BIOLOGIST

Michael Wagner (Biologe)

Born 1965

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3454 FILM

Benjamin Hembus

Born 1968

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3462 ACTOR

Ludo Vici

Born 1967

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3465 ACTOR

Thomas M. Meinhardt

Born 1966

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3467 COMPOSER

Thilo Kreitmeier

Born 1967

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3470 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Kellner (Fußballspieler, 1963)

Born 1963

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3476 ECONOMIST

Bernd Heesen

Born 1964

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3477 ACTOR

Oliver Lentz

Born 1962

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3479 COMPOSER

Barbara Lexa

Born 1967

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3480 ACADEMIC

Susanne Kinnebrock

Born 1966

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3484 GUITAR

Peter Wölpl

Born 1962

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3487 ACTOR

Christine Klein

Born 1968

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3491 SINGER

Bernhard Hirtreiter

Born 1966

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3497 HISTORIAN

Karl Pinggéra

Born 1967

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3509 ACTOR

Michael Schmitter

Born 1960

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3510 SCULPTOR

Kai Richter

Born 1969

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3511 DRIVER

Hubert Haupt

Born 1969

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3524 ARTIST

Caro Jost

Born 1965

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3526 THEATRE

Marcus Everding

Born 1964

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3534 AUTHOR

Ambros Waibel

Born 1968

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3538 ACADEMIC

Christian Kreiß

Born 1962

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3546 SCULPTOR

Martin Schmidt (Bildhauer)

Born 1963

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3551 ACTOR

Felix Moeller

Born 1965

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3564 MEDIEVALIST

Stephanie Haarländer

Born 1961

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3576 WRITER

Claus Gigl

Born 1960

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3579 MUSIC

Stefan Grasse

Born 1962

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3607 HOCHSCHULLEHRER

Charlotte Gaitanides

Born 1965

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3612 ACADEMIC

Rupert Gebhard

Born 1961

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3616 AUTHOR

Till Briegleb

Born 1962

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3625 ECONOMIST

Dietmar Vahs

Born 1961

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3631 PHOTOGRAPHER

Bastienne Schmidt

Born 1961

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3632 ARTIST

Yvonne Pouget

Born 1967

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3641 WRITER

Michael Saur

Born 1967

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3645 COMPOSER

Winfried Grabe

Born 1963

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3662 PIANIST

Adrian Baianu

Born 1966

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3664 WRITER

Janet Clark

Born 1967

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3673 ACTOR

Julia Wieninger

Born 1968

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3680 MUSIC

Peter Crow C.

Born 1967

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3695 MUSIC

Dave Kaufmann

Born 1969

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3696 SCREENWRITER

Elena Alvarez Lutz

Born 1964

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3708 ARTIST

Veronika Veit (Künstlerin)

Born 1968

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3710 PHYSICIST

Ulrich Schollwöck

Born 1967

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3712 POLITICIAN

Ruth Müller (Politikerin)

Born 1967

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3718 PHILOLOGIST

Jan-Wilhelm Beck

Born 1963

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3720 SCREENWRITER

Philipp Weinges

Born 1960

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3726 PHOTOGRAPHER

Stefanie Zoche

Born 1965

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3732 POLITICIAN

Ernst Weidenbusch

Born 1963

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3733 ECONOMIST

Alfons J. Weichenrieder

Born 1964

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3738 LAWYER

Markus Schollmeyer

Born 1969

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3741 PHOTOGRAPHER

Lorenz Kienzle (Fotograf)

Born 1967

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3750 FILM

Joachim Jung (Regisseur)

Born 1962

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3753 WRITER

Matthias Sachau

Born 1969

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3756 WRITER

Ralf Sartori

Born 1962

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3773 ECONOMIST

Norbert Geiger

Born 1962

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3808 COMPOSER

Christoph Staude

Born 1965

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3809 AUTHOR

Martina Rosenberg

Born 1963

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3813 PUPPETEER

Robert Rebele

Born 1969

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3822 WRITER

Sabine Schwind von Egelstein

Born 1964

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3823 LAWYER

Andreas J. Geipel

Born 1966

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3841 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Jenewein

Born 1969

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3848 HISTORIAN

David von Mayenburg

Born 1968

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3852 FILM

Ulrich Zrenner

Born 1962

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3853 WRITER

Susanne Koelbl

Born 1965

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3855 SCREENWRITER

Alexandra Pohlmeier

Born 1960

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3872 FOOTBALL

Michael Korb

Born 1963

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3873 ACADEMIC

Marion Eggert

Born 1962

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3894 ACADEMIC

Benedikt Grothe

Born 1960

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3900 ILLUSTRATOR

Frank Schmolke

Born 1967

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3908 LAWYER

Sophia A. Nelson

Born 1967

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3912 ACADEMIC

Christian Jäger (Rechtswissenschaftler)

Born 1965

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3916 AUTHOR

Robert Biegert

Born 1962

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3920 JEWELLER

Thomas Käfer

Born 1961

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3921 PHYSICIAN

Klaus Linde

Born 1960

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3932 PRODUCER

Otto Steiner (Produzent)

Born 1963

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3936 SPORT

Andrea Eisenhut

Born 1961

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3940 PHYSICIAN

Veronika Rampold

Born 1964

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3989 ACADEMIC

Tanja Diezmann

Born 1969

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3990 ACTOR

Kristin Fiedler

Born 1964

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3998 WRITER

Stella Bettermann

Born 1963

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4023 AUTHOR

Arno Makowsky

Born 1961

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4031 BYZANTINIST

Andreas E. Müller

Born 1966

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4040 FILM

Thomas Wöbke

Born 1962

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4050 THEOLOGIAN

Christian Schaller

Born 1967

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4057 ECONOMIST

Franz Vallée

Born 1964

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4075 AUTHOR

Boris von Poser

Born 1967

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4079 AUTHOR

Sven Kemmler

Born 1968

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4090 AUTHOR

Thomas Wiedling

Born 1962

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4094 PHOTOGRAPHER

Thomas Weinberger

Born 1964

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4099 MUSIC

Wolfgang Grünbauer

Born 1965

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4102 PHOTOGRAPHER

Beatrice Minda

Born 1968

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4123 PAINTER

Felix Weber (artist)

Born 1965

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4125 ACTOR

Michi Marchner

Born 1966

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4127 ACADEMIC

Monika Ehling-Schulz

Born 1968

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4144 FILM

Alexander van Dülmen

Born 1968

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4149 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Bettina Kreuzer

Born 1960

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4157 PRESENTER

Sandra Maahn

Born 1968

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4182 ACADEMIC

Claudius Lazzeroni

Born 1965

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4193 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Thasler

Born 1967

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4196 ENTREPRENEUR

Rupert Voß

Born 1965

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4198 HOCKEY

Markus Flemming

Born 1968

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4199 JOURNALIST

Valerie Weber

Born 1965

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4200 WRITER

Florian Seidel

Born 1966

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4206 LAWYER

Gero Himmelsbach

Born 1965

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4213 SCREENWRITER

Jakob Hilpert

Born 1966

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4217 ILLUSTRATOR

Florian Mitgutsch

Born 1964

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