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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 41 of 323 notable people

0014 ECONOMIST

Claudia Maria Buch

Born 1966

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0022 FOOTBALL

Günter Kutowski

Born 1965

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0023 MUSIC

Rüdiger Hoffmann

Born 1964

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0038 FOOTBALL

Andreas Fischer (footballer)

Born 1964

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0045 HISTORIAN

Jörg Ernesti

Born 1966

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0053 JOURNALIST

Patrick Bahners

Born 1967

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0066 SCREENWRITER

Ralf Kabelka

Born 1964

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0069 DRAMA

Oliver Reese

Born 1964

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0074 POLITICIAN

Michael Dreier

Born 1962

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0080 ACADEMIC

Christian Waldhoff

Born 1965

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0090 ACTOR

Sascha Korf

Born 1968

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0106 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Peter Liggesmeyer

Born 1963

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0108 SOCIOLOGIST

Christa Müller (Publizistin)

Born 1960

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0112 ACADEMIC

Fabian Wittreck

Born 1968

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0116 ACADEMIC

Martin Middeke

Born 1963

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0123 AUTHOR

Paulus Vennebusch

Born 1968

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0132 SAXOPHONIST

Peter Bolte

Born 1967

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0147 ACADEMIC

Ulrich W. Thonemann

Born 1965

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0148 MITARBEITER

Ulrike Lubek

Born 1963

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0207 PRIEST

Andreas Kurte

Born 1964

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0211 AUTHOR

Karina Odenthal

Born 1961

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0225 WRITER

Gerhard Gemke

Born 1962

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0235 POLITICIAN

Volker Jung (Politiker, 1968)

1968 - 2015

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0238 THEOLOGE

Joachim Negel

Born 1962

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0244 WRITER

Stefanie Brennholt

Born 1966

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0245 TEACHER

Claudia Vorst

Born 1963

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0253 POLITICIAN

Frank Scholtysek

Born 1967

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0262 WRITER

Achim Elfers

Born 1965

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0265 POLITICIAN

Matthias Goeken

Born 1964

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0268 POLITICIAN

Ludger Weskamp

Born 1966

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0269 MERCHANT

Ralf Schnitzmeier

Born 1965

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0270 BASKET

Manfred Winter (Basketballspieler)

Born 1963

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0272 PLAYER

Antonius Kass

Born 1963

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0273 POLITICIAN

Rainer Heller

Born 1961

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0275 POLITICIAN

Burkhard Schwuchow

Born 1966

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0285 POLITICIAN

Cornelia Tausch

Born 1966

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0286 COOK

Elmar Simon

Born 1963

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0300 BASKET

Peter Kortmann

Born 1961

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0304 ATHLETIC

Mechthild Kluth

Born 1965

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0311 BASKET

Dirk Happe

Born 1966

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0323 MISSING

Petra Wesseler

Born 1963

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