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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 academic6.1× 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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Showing 78 of 565 notable people

0010 POLITICIAN

Helene Lange

1848 - 1930

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0016 POLITICIAN

Otto Suhr

1894 - 1957

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0032 POLITICIAN

Bernd Lange

Born 1955

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0036 POLITICIAN

Bernd Althusmann

Born 1966

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0056 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Heinze

1865 - 1928

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0065 POLITICIAN

Karl von Wedel

1842 - 1919

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0069 POLITICIAN

Kirsten Lühmann

Born 1964

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0113 POLITICIAN

Emil Klein (Politiker)

1905 - 2010

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0135 POLITICIAN

Svenja Stadler

Born 1976

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0144 POLITICIAN

Dennis Rohde

Born 1986

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0176 POLITICIAN

Lutz Stratmann

Born 1960

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0182 POLITICIAN

Peter Caesar

1939 - 1999

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0183 POLITICIAN

Emil Lueken

1879 - 1961

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0192 POLITICIAN

Ulf Prange

Born 1975

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0215 POLITICIAN

Peter Meiwald

Born 1966

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0218 POLITICIAN

Corinna Miazga

Born 1983

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0222 POLITICIAN

Jens Nacke

Born 1971

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0235 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Lohmüller

1891 - 1952

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0243 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Kammann

1922 - 1980

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0248 POLITICIAN

Carl Wilhelm August Weber

1871 - 1957

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0250 POLITICIAN

Kurt Edler

Born 1950

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0256 POLITICIAN

Bertha Ramsauer

1884 - 1947

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0260 POLITICIAN

Dietmar Schütz

Born 1943

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0283 POLITICIAN

Friedrich von Lindelof

1794 - 1882

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0285 POLITICIAN

Peter Friedrich Ludwig von Rössing

1805 - 1874

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0297 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Freiherr von Schorlemer

1888 - 1965

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0299 POLITICIAN

Fritz Cropp

1887 - 1984

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0304 POLITICIAN

Erich Küpker

1933 - 2012

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0319 POLITICIAN

Gerold Dieke

Born 1943

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0325 POLITICIAN

Riekje Weber

Born 1963

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0335 POLITICIAN

Theodor Elster

Born 1948

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0337 POLITICIAN

Helmut Göttke-Krogmann

1919 - 2008

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0340 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Rabeling

1890 - 1956

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0341 POLITICIAN

Günther Jansen (Politiker, 1831)

1831 - 1914

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0347 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Wulf

Born 1951

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0349 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Krahnstöver

1883 - 1966

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0370 POLITICIAN

Max tom Dieck

1869 - 1951

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0371 POLITICIAN

Peter Todeskino

Born 1958

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0374 POLITICIAN

Karl Tappenbeck

1858 - 1941

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0375 POLITICIAN

Johann Gerdes (Politiker)

1896 - 1933

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0390 POLITICIAN

Dirk Stamer

Born 1980

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0397 POLITICIAN

Sigrid Rakow

Born 1951

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0398 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Julius Heinrich Ruhstrat

1854 - 1916

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0423 POLITICIAN

Esther Niewerth-Baumann

Born 1968

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0424 POLITICIAN

Rico Mecklenburg

Born 1949

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0431 POLITICIAN

Margarethe Gramberg

1895 - 1968

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0438 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Freese

1879 - 1963

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0440 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Königer

1879 - 1954

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0444 POLITICIAN

Johann Wöbcken

1802 - 1878

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0446 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Haubold

Born 1950

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0447 POLITICIAN

Willy Steinhauer

1898 - 1970

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0448 POLITICIAN

Günther Onken

1901 - 1970

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0450 POLITICIAN

Werner Arend

1919 - 2006

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0457 POLITICIAN

Friedrich von Heimburg

1859 - 1935

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0458 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Willers

1881 - 1941

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0460 POLITICIAN

Georg Struthoff

1894 - 1975

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0464 POLITICIAN

Mathilde Drees

1862 - 1938

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0466 POLITICIAN

Dorothea Wolf

Born 1951

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0467 POLITICIAN

Ernst Rodiek

1902 - 1980

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0469 POLITICIAN

Karl Hoopts

1873 - 1951

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0470 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Döpke

1898 - 1966

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0477 POLITICIAN

Georg Propping

1837 - 1920

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0484 POLITICIAN

Franz Heinrich Alexander Bucholtz

1846 - 1905

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0485 POLITICIAN

Johannes Thole

1880 - 1952

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0487 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Behrens

1847 - 1931

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0489 POLITICIAN

Thorsten Prenzler

Born 1971

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0494 POLITICIAN

Rudolf von Busch

1900 - 1956

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0498 POLITICIAN

Günther Sante

1920 - 1993

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0505 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Albers

1881 - 1936

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0511 POLITICIAN

Dieter von Essen

Born 1962

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0516 POLITICIAN

Inse-Marie Ortgies

Born 1944

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0528 POLITICIAN

Karin Kauertz

Born 1953

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0532 POLITICIAN

Albert Tönjes

1920 - 1980

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0535 POLITICIAN

Hermann Engel

1899 - 1975

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0541 POLITICIAN

Birgit Stegmeier

Born 1949

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0546 POLITICIAN

Hermann Nappe

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0550 POLITICIAN

Ingeborg Simon

Born 1939

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0565 POLITICIAN

Helmut Thielke

1927 - 2006

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