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OLDENBURG

Most Famous People Born in Oldenburg, Germany

Notable people
565
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1906
Most distinctive
Academic 6.1×
Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Oldenburg Is Known For

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Politician is Oldenburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (78).

Oldenburg over-indexes on academic — 6.1× the global rate.

Oldenburg under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician78
  2. Academic35
  3. Painter26
  4. Actor25
  5. Lawyer24
  6. Writer19
  7. Author16
  8. Journalist12
  1. Academic356.1×
  2. Judge124.5×
  3. Handball63.4×
  4. Author163.3×
  5. Chemist63.1×
  6. Officer113.0×
  7. Theologian62.9×
  8. Lawyer242.5×
  1. Football100.2×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0007 ACADEMIC

Robert Alexy

Born 1945

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0021 ACTOR

Walter Kreye

Born 1942

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0058 SCREENWRITER

Bernd Eilert

Born 1949

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0079 WRITER

Anne Duden

Born 1942

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0081 ACADEMIC

Günter Meyer

Born 1946

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0087 SWIMMER

Uta Frommater

Born 1948

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0096 COMPOSER

Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski

1949 - 2013

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0106 MUSIC

Su Kramer

Born 1946

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0116 ACADEMIC

Hartmut Wolff

1941 - 2012

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0148 ACADEMIC

Ralf Schnell

Born 1943

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0159 JUDGE

Brigitte Boehme

Born 1940

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0173 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Ramsauer

Born 1948

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0180 THEOLOGIAN

Eilert Herms

Born 1940

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0189 PHARMACOLOGIST

Karsten Schrör

Born 1942

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0190 AUTHOR

Insa Bauer

Born 1948

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0193 SOCIOLOGIST

Rainer Paris

Born 1948

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0200 JUDGE

Marion Eckertz-Höfer

Born 1948

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0202 AUTHOR

Heide Braukmüller

1940 - 2017

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0205 PHILOSOPHER

Enno Rudolph

Born 1945

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0207 ANATOMIST

Klaus Addicks

Born 1948

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0211 MANAGER

Dietrich Garlichs

Born 1947

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0238 PROFESSOR

Joachim Molthagen

Born 1941

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0247 PAINTER

Jub Mönster

Born 1949

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0252 SPORT

Lorenz Peiffer

Born 1947

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0255 AUTHOR

Ingeborg Middendorf

Born 1946

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0260 POLITICIAN

Dietmar Schütz

Born 1943

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0274 ATHLETE

Gerhard Werner (pentathlete)

Born 1947

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0280 ACADEMIC

Uwe Kiencke

Born 1943

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0291 CHEMIST

Jürgen Rullkötter

Born 1948

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0295 HISTORIAN

Werner Vahlenkamp

Born 1944

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0296 JOURNALIST

Jens Brüning (Journalist)

1946 - 2011

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0317 ACADEMIC

Hartwig Isernhagen

Born 1940

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0319 POLITICIAN

Gerold Dieke

Born 1943

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0322 AUTHOR

Werner Meiners

Born 1946

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0331 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Fastenrath

Born 1949

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0335 POLITICIAN

Theodor Elster

Born 1948

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0342 ACADEMIC

Burkhard Grashorn

1940 - 2017

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0381 SCULPTOR

Eckart Grenzer

1943 - 2017

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0385 WRITER

Christiane Gibiec

Born 1949

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0402 DERMATOLOGIST

Harald Gollnick

Born 1948

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0424 POLITICIAN

Rico Mecklenburg

Born 1949

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0492 EGYPTOLOGIST

Horst Beinlich

Born 1947

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0496 MANAGER

Bernd Schiphorst

Born 1943

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0516 POLITICIAN

Inse-Marie Ortgies

Born 1944

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0536 SCREENWRITER

Jürgen Schober

Born 1948

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0541 POLITICIAN

Birgit Stegmeier

Born 1949

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