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PADERBORN

Most Famous People Born in Paderborn, Germany

Notable people
323
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1946
Most distinctive
Teacher 6.6×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Paderborn during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Paderborn Is Known For

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Politician is Paderborn's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (46).

Paderborn over-indexes on teacher6.6× the global rate.

Paderborn under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician46
  2. Football25
  3. Historian14
  4. Academic14
  5. Writer14
  6. Author10
  7. Journalist9
  8. Basket9
  1. Teacher56.6×
  2. Judge74.6×
  3. Academic144.3×
  4. Historian144.1×
  5. Sculptor83.8×
  6. Author103.6×
  7. Basket92.2×
  8. Architect62.1×
  1. Actor80.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 34 of 323 notable people

0009 FILM

Hermine Huntgeburth

Born 1957

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0010 BISHOP

Franz-Josef Hermann Bode

Born 1951

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0044 THEOLOGIAN

Heinrich Wilhelm Schäfer

Born 1955

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0052 ACADEMIC

Michael Hartmann (Soziologe)

Born 1952

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0062 PAEDIATRICIAN

Gerhard Jorch

Born 1951

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0086 FOOTBALL

Winfried Stradt

Born 1956

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0094 SOCIOLOGIST

Ulrich Bröckling

Born 1959

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0098 AUTHOR

Martin Textor

Born 1954

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0105 JOURNALIST

Michael Mönninger

Born 1958

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0117 MEDIEVALIST

Cordula Nolte

Born 1958

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0129 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Kuhoff

Born 1951

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0135 MUSIC

Josef Kloppenburg

Born 1954

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0140 THEOLOGIAN

Georg Steins

Born 1959

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0144 MUSIC

Pinguin Moschner

Born 1956

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0152 AUTHOR

Karlheinz Barwasser

Born 1950

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0153 PROFESSOR

Burkhard Freitag

Born 1953

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0161 TRADE UNION

Ulrich Thöne

Born 1951

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0163 POLITICIAN

Michael Sagurna

Born 1955

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0165 SAXOPHONIST

Martin Classen

Born 1957

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0169 WRITER

Rolf Schönlau

Born 1950

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0170 MANAGER

Volker Heuer

Born 1953

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0171 ACTOR

Ulrich Günther (Schauspieler)

Born 1954

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0172 ACADEMIC

Heiner Gembris

Born 1954

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0187 WRITER

Christoph Wurm

Born 1955

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0190 POLITICIAN

Thomas Marquardt

Born 1957

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0201 EDUCATION

Bernward Hoffmann (Erziehungswissenschaftler) –

Born 1955

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0210 FILM

Raimond Goebel

Born 1957

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0228 OFFICER

Markus Bentler

Born 1953

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0239 MAYOR

Hans-Joachim Grote

Born 1955

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0241 POLITICIAN

Sigrid Beer

Born 1956

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0249 POLITICIAN

Georg Fortmeier

Born 1955

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0260 WRITER

Peter Kinne

Born 1955

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0277 POLITICIAN

Rüdiger Hütte

Born 1959

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0287 POLITICIAN

Harald Pohlmann

Born 1955

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