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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 author — 3.7× 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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0170 AUTHOR

Albrecht Haushofer

1903 - 1945

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0246 AUTHOR

Konrad Heiden

1901 - 1966

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0328 AUTHOR

Stefan Klein

Born 1965

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0423 AUTHOR

Ulrike Draesner

Born 1962

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0582 AUTHOR

Princess Anna of Bavaria

Born 1978

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0721 AUTHOR

Ali Mitgutsch

Born 1935

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0887 AUTHOR

Kurt Wilhelm (Regisseur)

1923 - 2009

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0896 AUTHOR

Vera F. Birkenbihl

1946 - 2011

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0941 AUTHOR

Karl August von Heigel

1835 - 1905

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Christina Voormann

Born 1946

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1017 AUTHOR

Otto Ballerstedt

1887 - 1934

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1034 AUTHOR

Arthur Seidl

1863 - 1928

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1080 AUTHOR

Werner Tiki Küstenmacher

Born 1953

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1153 AUTHOR

Sabrina Fox

Born 1958

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1224 AUTHOR

Leopold Feldmann

1802 - 1882

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1249 AUTHOR

Rudolph Chimelli

1928 - 2016

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1274 AUTHOR

Philipp Riederle

Born 1994

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1316 AUTHOR

Friedrich Stieve

1884 - 1966

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1328 AUTHOR

Sybille Krafft

Born 1958

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1348 AUTHOR

Konrad Seitz

Born 1934

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Josef Ruederer

1861 - 1915

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1448 AUTHOR

Ursula Isbel

Born 1942

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1455 AUTHOR

Sigmund Salminger

1500 - 1554

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1548 AUTHOR

Nikolai Vogel

Born 1971

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1560 AUTHOR

Friedrich Ulmer

1877 - 1952

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1621 AUTHOR

Joseph August von Toerring

1753 - 1826

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1676 AUTHOR

Bernhard Setzwein

Born 1960

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1702 AUTHOR

Franz Xaver Hacker

1836 - 1894

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1720 AUTHOR

Eduard Schlagintweit

1831 - 1866

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1761 AUTHOR

Richard C. Schneider

Born 1957

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1798 AUTHOR

Vazrik Bazil

Born 1966

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1814 AUTHOR

Leonie Mann

1916 - 1986

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1829 AUTHOR

Walter Brandorff

1943 - 1996

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Airen (Autor)

Born 1981

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1854 AUTHOR

Andreas Dominikus Zaupser

1746 - 1795

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1873 AUTHOR

İpek İpekçioğlu

Born 1972

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1887 AUTHOR

Moses Wolff

Born 1969

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1888 AUTHOR

Michael Althen

1962 - 2011

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1972 AUTHOR

Arnfrid Astel

1933 - 2018

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1975 AUTHOR

Till Bastian

Born 1949

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1990 AUTHOR

Alexander Liegl

Born 1964

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2024 AUTHOR

Stephanie von Pfuel

Born 1961

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2038 AUTHOR

Rudolf Kloiber

1899 - 1973

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2109 AUTHOR

Maximilian Steinbeis

Born 1970

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2126 AUTHOR

Ilse Essers

1898 - 1994

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2171 AUTHOR

Andreas Nickl

Born 1967

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2183 AUTHOR

Adolf Heinzlmeier

Born 1936

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2209 AUTHOR

Tilmann Waldthaler

Born 1942

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2211 AUTHOR

Richard Kiliani

1861 - 1927

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2235 AUTHOR

Andre Eckardt

1884 - 1974

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2250 AUTHOR

Isabella Nadolny

1917 - 2004

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2256 AUTHOR

Thomas Junker

Born 1957

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2267 AUTHOR

Rebekka Reinhard

Born 1972

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2301 AUTHOR

Reimar Lenz (Publizist)

1931 - 2014

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2335 AUTHOR

Julia Fischer (Biologin)

Born 1966

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2336 AUTHOR

Bernd Regenauer

Born 1956

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2352 AUTHOR

Helmut Zöpfl

Born 1937

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2404 AUTHOR

Thomas Willmann

Born 1968

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2442 AUTHOR

Hermine Cloeter

1879 - 1970

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2449 AUTHOR

Annika Reich

Born 1973

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2471 AUTHOR

Robert Fischer (Schriftsteller)

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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2566 AUTHOR

Paula Lambert

Born 1974

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2576 AUTHOR

Tatjana Gräfin Dönhoff

Born 1959

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2597 AUTHOR

Hermann Lismann

1878 - 1943

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2599 AUTHOR

Albi Rosenthal

1914 - 2004

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2607 AUTHOR

Rolf Honold

1919 - 1979

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2633 AUTHOR

Peter Peter

Born 1956

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2634 AUTHOR

Stefan Wimmer

Born 1969

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2681 AUTHOR

Max Scharnigg

Born 1980

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2728 AUTHOR

Peter Becher

Born 1952

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2749 AUTHOR

Paul Beinhofer

Born 1953

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2762 AUTHOR

Peter Nickl

Born 1958

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2785 AUTHOR

Ralf Palandt

Born 1965

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2797 AUTHOR

Ludwig Steinherr

Born 1962

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2806 AUTHOR

Bernhard Horstmann

1919 - 2008

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2820 AUTHOR

Paul Schallweg

1914 - 1998

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2939 AUTHOR

Thilo Henrik Schrödel

Born 1973

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2945 AUTHOR

Sven Lager

Born 1965

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2946 AUTHOR

Günter D. Roth

1931 - 2016

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2974 AUTHOR

Annette Roeder

Born 1968

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2977 AUTHOR

Leonhard Florian Seidl

Born 1976

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2978 AUTHOR

Reinhard Falter

Born 1960

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3045 AUTHOR

Beate Maxian

Born 1967

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3081 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Döbereiner

1928 - 2014

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3086 AUTHOR

Leo Maduschka

1908 - 1932

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3101 AUTHOR

Petra Hartlieb

Born 1967

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3115 AUTHOR

Meike Feßmann

Born 1961

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3120 AUTHOR

Robert Amper

Born 1960

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3122 AUTHOR

Kurt Seelmann (Pädagoge)

1900 - 1987

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3146 AUTHOR

Katharina von der Leyen

Born 1964

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3203 AUTHOR

Ponkie

Born 1926

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3204 AUTHOR

Udo Scheer

Born 1951

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3219 AUTHOR

Monica von Rosen Nestler

Born 1943

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3233 AUTHOR

Mathias Etenhueber

1722 - 1782

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3253 AUTHOR

Franz Taut

1908 - 1985

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3259 AUTHOR

Franziska Sperr

Born 1949

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3282 AUTHOR

Werner Schlierf

1936 - 2007

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Bertha Leverton

Born 1923

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3341 AUTHOR

Fritz Fenzl

Born 1952

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Heinz Thomas (Jurist)

1920 - 2002

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3363 AUTHOR

Isabelle von Neumann-Cosel

Born 1951

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3369 AUTHOR

Claus Hansmann

Born 1918

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3380 AUTHOR

Thomas Niederreuther

1909 - 1990

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3410 AUTHOR

Rudolf Hartung (Schriftsteller)

1914 - 1985

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3419 AUTHOR

Artur Müller

1909 - 1987

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3424 AUTHOR

Heiner Link

1960 - 2002

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3425 AUTHOR

Kurt Kreiler

Born 1950

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3432 AUTHOR

Marco Sonnleitner

Born 1965

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3485 AUTHOR

Konrad Heidkamp (Journalist)

1947 - 2009

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3494 AUTHOR

Kurt Singer (Pädagoge)

1929 - 2009

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3522 AUTHOR

Anton Noder

1864 - 1936

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3532 AUTHOR

Roger Rankel

Born 1971

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3534 AUTHOR

Ambros Waibel

Born 1968

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3536 AUTHOR

Ludwig Maria Beck

1905 - 1983

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3537 AUTHOR

Anton Dörfler

1890 - 1981

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3550 AUTHOR

Alfred Neumeyer (Kunsthistoriker)

1901 - 1973

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3552 AUTHOR

Julius Beck (Schriftsteller)

1852 - 1920

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3616 AUTHOR

Till Briegleb

Born 1962

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3628 AUTHOR

Elisabeth Raith-Paula

Born 1955

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3657 AUTHOR

Horst Höfler

1948 - 2012

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3659 AUTHOR

Josef S. Viera

1890 - 1970

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3715 AUTHOR

Dominik Wagner

Born 1985

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3745 AUTHOR

Rotraut Hinderks-Kutscher

1908 - 1986

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3755 AUTHOR

Albert J. Rädler

1933 - 2012

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3758 AUTHOR

Otto Spatz

1900 - 1989

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3781 AUTHOR

Karl Günther Hufnagel

1928 - 2004

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3800 AUTHOR

Kiu Eckstein

Born 1927

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3809 AUTHOR

Martina Rosenberg

Born 1963

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3819 AUTHOR

Ko Bylanzky

Born 1972

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3847 AUTHOR

Maria Arndts

1823 - 1882

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3877 AUTHOR

Armin-Gerd Kuckhoff

1912 - 2002

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3893 AUTHOR

Reinhold Reitberger

Born 1946

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3905 AUTHOR

Kristin Rübesamen

Born 1973

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3916 AUTHOR

Robert Biegert

Born 1962

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3961 AUTHOR

Susanne Bach

1909 - 1997

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3964 AUTHOR

Judith Macheiner

Born 1939

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3984 AUTHOR

Ulrich Johannes Beil

Born 1957

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3997 AUTHOR

Bernd Litti

Born 1952

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4009 AUTHOR

Anette Göttlicher

Born 1975

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4011 AUTHOR

Mirko Hecktor

Born 1974

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4022 AUTHOR

Robert Griesbeck

1950 - 2011

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4023 AUTHOR

Arno Makowsky

Born 1961

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4037 AUTHOR

Anton Weste

Born 1979

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4075 AUTHOR

Boris von Poser

Born 1967

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4076 AUTHOR

Wolfgang J. Ruf

Born 1943

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4079 AUTHOR

Sven Kemmler

Born 1968

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4085 AUTHOR

Helmut Holzapfel (Theologe)

1951 - 1984

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4090 AUTHOR

Thomas Wiedling

Born 1962

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4092 AUTHOR

Herbert Andreas Löhlein

1900 - 1987

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4190 AUTHOR

Michael Bregel

Born 1971

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4237 AUTHOR

Hermann Wilhelm (Heimatforscher)

Born 1949

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4275 AUTHOR

Sebastian Stojetz

Born 1989

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4303 AUTHOR

Nadja Sennewald

Born 1971

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Rainer Stadler (Journalist, 1967)

Born 1967

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4321 AUTHOR

Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen

Born 1949

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4326 AUTHOR

Bernhard Ziegler (Journalist)

Born 1964

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4333 AUTHOR

Karl von Bomhard

1866 - 1938

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4336 AUTHOR

Oskar Gluth

1887 - 1955

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4365 AUTHOR

Rodja Weigand

Born 1945

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4389 AUTHOR

Lina von Berlepsch

1829 - 1899

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4476 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Därr

Born 1948

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4571 AUTHOR

Richard Zierl

Born 1948

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4603 AUTHOR

Michael Krimmer

Born 1974

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4607 AUTHOR

Johann Freudenreich

1923 - 2007

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4641 AUTHOR

Herbert Schindler (Kunsthistoriker)

1923 - 2007

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4657 AUTHOR

Viktor von Kohlenegg

1872 - 1940

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4694 AUTHOR

Hedwig Stieve

1889 - 1978

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Karla Weigand

Born 1944

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4712 AUTHOR

Alexander Lohmann

Born 1968

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4716 AUTHOR

Maria Zierer-Steinmüller

1895 - 1979

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4732 AUTHOR

Wilhelm Urban (Schauspieler)

1795 - 1833

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4789 AUTHOR

Irmgard von Faber du Faur

1894 - 1955

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4846 AUTHOR

Paul Danzer

Born 1879

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4918 AUTHOR

Berta Thiersch

1888 - 1984

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4933 AUTHOR

Max Grad

1863 - 1927

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5008 AUTHOR

Jovana Reisinger

Born 1989

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5020 AUTHOR

Natalie von Milde

1850 - 1906

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5027 AUTHOR

Maximilian Blaimhofer

1759 - 1835

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5069 AUTHOR

Anne Freytag

Born 1982

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5077 AUTHOR

Ada Kretzer-Hartl

1897 - 1963

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5080 AUTHOR

Horst Pointner

1939 - 2014

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Christoph Marx (Historiker, 1971)

Born 1971

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5151 AUTHOR

Adam Merschbacher

Born 1953

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5159 AUTHOR

Michael Ehbauer

1949 - 2011

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5168 AUTHOR

Hildegunde Fritzi Anders

1904 - 1944

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5205 AUTHOR

Janka Ptacek

Born 1972

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5285 AUTHOR

Julius Kreis

1891 - 1933

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5288 AUTHOR

Helmut Horn

Born 1955

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Philomene Hartl-Mitius

1852 - 1928

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5304 AUTHOR

Adriana Popescu

Born 1980

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5392 AUTHOR

Theo Herrlein

Born 1939

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5397 AUTHOR

Ernst Kammerer

1908 - 1941

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5404 AUTHOR

Leonhard Seidl

Born 1949

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5427 AUTHOR

Friedrich Karl Möhl

1875 - 1957

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5601 AUTHOR

Peter Penzoldt

1925 - 1969

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5933 AUTHOR

Roman Pletter

Born 1980

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5952 AUTHOR

Robert Schotter

Born 1960

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Rudi Prexler

Born 1928

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