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SAARBRUCKEN

Most Famous People Born in Saarbrucken, Germany

Notable people
621
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1939
Most distinctive
Count 25.4×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 93 notable births.

What Saarbrucken Is Known For

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Politician is Saarbrucken's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (118).

Saarbrucken over-indexes on count25.4× the global rate.

Saarbrucken under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician118
  2. Football31
  3. Actor26
  4. Academic26
  5. Writer22
  6. Painter16
  7. Composer15
  8. Author13
  1. Count625.4×
  2. Art Historian75.9×
  3. Presenter64.2×
  4. Academic264.1×
  5. Pianist63.6×
  6. Photographer93.0×
  7. Rower62.6×
  8. Author132.4×
  1. Football310.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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621 notable people

0001 SINGER

Sandra (singer)

Born 1962

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0002 MILITAR

Walter Schellenberg

1910 - 1952

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0003 FILM

Max Ophüls

1902 - 1957

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0004 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Schröder (CDU)

1910 - 1989

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0005 FILM

Wolfgang Staudte

1906 - 1984

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0006 DRUMMER

Herman Rarebell

Born 1948

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0007 SINGER

Nicole (German singer)

Born 1964

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0008 FOOTBALL

Jonas Hector

Born 1990

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0009 ACTOR

Ingrid Caven

Born 1938

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0010 ANIMATOR

Frédéric Back

1924 - 2013

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0011 COMPOSER

Louis Théodore Gouvy

1819 - 1898

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0012 PLAYER

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

Born 1963

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0013 POLITICIAN

Fritz Hellwig

1912 - 2017

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0014 PHOTOGRAPHER

Otto Steinert

1915 - 1978

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0015 ACTOR

Saskia Vester

Born 1959

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0016 POLITICIAN

Peter Altmeier

1899 - 1977

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0017 FOOTBALL

Mike Frantz

Born 1986

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0018 PAINTER

Carl Röchling

1855 - 1920

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0019 REGENT

Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1704 - 1774

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0020 COMPOSER

Tzvi Avni

Born 1927

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0021 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Christian Welzel

Born 1964

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0022 ACTOR

Willy Schäfer (actor)

1933 - 2011

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0023 POLITICIAN

Gustav Simon

1900 - 1945

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0024 COUNT

Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1663 - 1713

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0025 REGENT

John, Count of Nassau-Idstein

1603 - 1677

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0026 PRINCE

Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

1594 - 1662

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0027 PLAYER

Fedor Holz

Born 1993

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0028 POLITICIAN

Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1745 - 1794

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0029 BIOCHEMIST

Frederic Vester

1925 - 2003

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0030 COUNT

Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1632 - 1677

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0031 ART HISTORIAN

Edmond Pottier

1855 - 1934

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0032 ARISTOCRAT

Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

1607 - 1655

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0033 BOTANIST

Hermann Otto Sleumer

1906 - 1993

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0034 PROFESSOR

Wolfgang Wahlster

Born 1953

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0035 FOOTBALL

Georg Keßler

Born 1932

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0036 HANDBALL

Joachim Deckarm

Born 1954

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0037 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Alfred Werner Maurer

Born 1945

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0038 FOOTBALL

Johannes Wurtz

Born 1992

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0039 COUNT

John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1472 - 1545

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0040 FOOTBALL

Yannick Kakoko

Born 1990

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0041 MILITAR

Henry Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1768 - 1797

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0042 FILM

Franz Hofer (director)

1882 - 1945

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0043 COMPOSER

Thomas Blug

Born 1966

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0044 POLITICIAN

Heinrich von Achenbach

1829 - 1899

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0045 FOOTBALL

Christian Weber (footballer)

Born 1983

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0046 WRITER

Marie-Luise Scherer

Born 1938

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0047 LAWYER

Louis Vogel

Born 1954

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0048 POLITICIAN

Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg

1836 - 1901

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0049 DIPLOMAT

Joachim Bitterlich

Born 1948

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0050 TRUMPET

Roger Guérin

1926 - 2010

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0051 REGENT

John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler

1625 - 1690

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0052 ECONOMIST

Lars Feld

Born 1966

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0053 COUNT

Charles Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1665 - 1723

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0054 THEOLOGIAN

Werner Jeanrond

Born 1955

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0055 POLITICIAN

Hiltrud Breyer

Born 1957

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0056 SCHOLAR

Susanne Baer

Born 1964

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0057 SPORT

Lisa Klein (cyclist)

Born 1996

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0058 FOOTBALL

Waldemar Philippi

1929 - 1990

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0059 ACTOR

Rut Rex

Born 1937

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0060 PROGRAMMER

Manfred Trenz

Born 1965

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0061 ACTOR

Yves Massard

1923 - 1996

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0062 WRITER

Thorsten Havener

Born 1972

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0063 SINGER

Trudeliese Schmidt

1941 - 2004

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0064 PSYCHOLOGIST

Walther Poppelreuter

1886 - 1939

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0065 SKATER

Nathalie Weinzierl

Born 1994

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0066 WRITER

Marcus Hammerschmitt

Born 1967

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0067 SINGER

Sascha Ley

Born 1967

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0068 ACTOR

Gregor Weber (Schauspieler)

Born 1968

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0069 POLITICIAN

Yvonne Ploetz

Born 1984

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0070 POLITICIAN

Oliver Luksic

Born 1979

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0071 PAINTER

Christiaan Tonnis

Born 1956

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0072 ACTOR

Bianca Hein

Born 1975

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0073 COMPOSER

Fritz Neumeyer

1900 - 1983

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0074 FOOTBALL

Michael Klinkert

Born 1968

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0075 WRITER

Horst Fantazzini

1939 - 2001

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0076 COMPOSER

Rolf Riehm

Born 1937

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0077 SINGER

Audrey Hannah

Born 1982

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0078 PAINTER

Johann Friedrich Dryander

1756 - 1812

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0079 FOOTBALL

Calogero Rizzuto

Born 1992

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0080 MUSIC

Stephan Mathieu

Born 1967

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0081 RAPPER

Bausa (rapper)

Born 1989

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0082 ANATOMIST

Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch

1868 - 1955

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0083 FOOTBALL

Florian Ballas

Born 1993

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0084 ARCHITECT

Carlo Weber

1934 - 2014

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0085 SCULPTOR

Hans Schröder

1930 - 2010

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0086 WRITER

Margot Benary-Isbert

1889 - 1979

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0087 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ferri Abolhassan

Born 1964

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0088 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Brosius

Born 1948

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0089 HISTORIAN

Michel Antoine

1925 - 2015

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0090 JOURNALIST

Frank Sieren

Born 1967

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0091 SCIENTIST

Erhard Roy Wiehn

Born 1937

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0092 SWIMMER

Andreas Waschburger

Born 1987

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0093 FOOTBALL

Marco Dittgen

Born 1974

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0094 ATHLETIC

Helga Hoffmann

Born 1937

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0095 PAINTER

Edgar Jené

1904 - 1984

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0096 BOTANIST

Friedrich Schmitz

1850 - 1895

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0097 POLITICIAN

Stephan Toscani

Born 1967

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0098 PHILOLOGIST

Gesine Manuwald

Born 1974

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0099 FOOTBALL

Benjamin Baltes

Born 1984

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0100 FENCER

Helga Mees

1937 - 2014

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0101 ROWER

Tobias Franzmann

Born 1990

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0102 COUNT

Philip II, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1509 - 1554

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0103 LAWYER

Antonio Truyol y Serra

1913 - 2003

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0104 MUSIC

Siegfried Kessler

1935 - 2007

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0105 SCULPTOR

Ernst Alt

1935 - 2013

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0106 PLAYER

Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh

Born 1980

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0107 MILITAR

Wilhelm Zander

1911 - 1974

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0108 PRINCE

Adolph, Count of Ottweiler

1789 - 1812

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0109 ARTIST

Ellen Marx (artist)

Born 1939

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0110 SINGER

Susan Ebrahimi

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0111 OFFICER

Harry von Wright

1859 - 1925

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0112 ACTOR

Daniel Fünffrock

Born 1978

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0113 SINGER

Jan Degenhardt

Born 1962

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0114 OFFICER

Eberhard Zorn

Born 1960

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0115 ZOOLOGIST

François de Sarre

Born 1947

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0116 REGENT

John III, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1511 - 1574

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0117 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Jacob

Born 1993

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0118 SPORT

Sascha Weber

Born 1988

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0119 ARTIST

Paul Schneider (artiste)

Born 1927

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0120 AUTHOR

Egbert Baqué

Born 1952

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0121 PHYSICIAN

Juergen Hescheler

Born 1959

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0122 ASTRONOMER

Matthias Steinmetz

Born 1966

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0123 WRESTLER

Jan Fischer (Ringer)

Born 1986

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0124 POLITICIAN

August Merges

1870 - 1945

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0125 WORLD WAR

Alfred Philippi

1903 - 1994

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0126 FOOTBALL

Albert Keck

1930 - 1990

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0127 MUSIC

Martin Siewert

Born 1972

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0128 ATHLETIC

Liesel Jakobi

Born 1939

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0129 MILITAR

Hans-Ulrich Back

1896 - 1976

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0130 FOOTBALL

Günter Herrmann

1934 - 2012

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0131 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Piotrowski

Born 1990

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0132 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alex Jordan (graphiste)

Born 1947

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0133 FOOTBALL

Wilhelm Sold

1911 - 1995

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0134 AUTHOR

Daniel Braun

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0135 POLITICIAN

Peter Jacoby

Born 1951

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0136 SCULPTOR

Gertrude Reum

1926 - 2015

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0137 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Paqué

Born 1956

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0138 FOOTBALL

Jörg Reeb

Born 1972

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0139 PRIEST

Jörg Michael Peters

Born 1960

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0140 RIDER

Margit Otto-Crépin

1945 - 2020

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0141 WRESTLER

Rolf Lacour

1937 - 2018

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0142 ATHLETIC

Claudia Nicoleitzik

Born 1989

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0143 ACTOR

Claus Dieter Clausnitzer

Born 1939

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0144 FOOTBALL

Tim Stegerer

Born 1988

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0145 MUSIC

Riad Michael

Born 1974

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0146 FOOTBALL

Nico Weißmann

Born 1980

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0147 FOOTBALL

Frederick Kyereh

Born 1993

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0148 POLITICIAN

Egon Reinert

1908 - 1959

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0149 GEOLOGIST

Ernst Cloos

1898 - 1974

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0150 POLITICIAN

Jasmin Maurer

Born 1989

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0151 DERMATOLOGIST

Otto Braun-Falco

1922 - 2018

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0152 COMPOSER

Frank Nimsgern

Born 1969

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0153 COMPOSER

Gerd Boder

1933 - 1992

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0154 FOOTBALL

Lukas Kohler

Born 1987

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0155 FOOTBALL

Felix Dausend

Born 1988

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0156 AUTHOR

Nils Minkmar

Born 1966

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0157 SCREENWRITER

Florian Opitz

Born 1973

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0158 WRITER

Walter Schmidt (Journalist)

1965 - 2016

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0159 RAPPER

Nyze

Born 1981

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0160 POLICE

Rudolf Kerner

1910 - 1998

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0161 FOOTBALL

Stephan Straub

Born 1971

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0162 FOOTBALL

Markus Osthoff

Born 1968

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0163 INDOLOGIST

Claus Vogel

1933 - 2012

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0164 JUDGE

Ernst Kanter

1895 - 1979

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0165 MANUFACTURER

Carl Röchling (Industrieller)

1827 - 1910

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0166 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Podskalsky

1937 - 2013

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0167 ETHNOLOGIST

Julius Lips

1895 - 1950

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0168 CINEMA

Andreas Doub

Born 1968

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0169 MANUFACTURER

Fritz Ries

1907 - 1977

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0170 HISTORIAN

Roger-Henri Guerrand

1923 - 2006

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0171 ACTOR

Karen Böhne

Born 1963

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0172 CINEMA

Daniel Gottschalk

Born 1972

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0173 HISTORIAN

Markus Vinzent

Born 1959

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0174 MUSIC

Alex Beyrodt

Born 1964

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0175 OPERA

Florian Boesch

Born 1971

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0176 FOOTBALL

Romina Holz

Born 1988

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0177 PSYCHIATRIST

Louis Bertagna

1920 - 2006

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0178 LITERARY

Christopher Ecker

Born 1967

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0179 BOTANIST

Ernst Adolf Sagorski

1847 - 1929

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0180 PHILOLOGIST

Wolfgang Haubrichs

Born 1942

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0181 PRESENTER

Ilona Christen

1951 - 2009

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0182 POLITICIAN

Gustav Bruch

1822 - 1899

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0183 AUTHOR

Klaus Michael Heinz

Born 1961

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0184 COMPOSER

Helmut Eisel

Born 1955

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0185 JOURNALIST

Gero Gemballa

1961 - 2002

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0186 ACTOR

Rüdiger Weigang

Born 1942

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0187 FILM

Manfred Kirchheimer

Born 1931

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0188 ACTOR

Daniel Sträßer

Born 1987

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0189 ACADEMIC

Gisela Fischer (Medizinerin)

Born 1938

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0190 SINGER

Vanessa Calcagno

Born 1985

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0191 BIOLOGIST

Georg Schneider

1909 - 1970

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0192 ACTOR

Pablo Ben-Yakov

Born 1986

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0193 EDUCATION

Gert Selle

Born 1933

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0194 ARISTOCRAT

Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1621 - 1642

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0195 ART HISTORIAN

Meinrad Maria Grewenig

Born 1954

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0196 LINGUIST

Edith Braun

1921 - 2016

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0197 THEOLOGIAN

Heinrich Held (Theologe)

1897 - 1957

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0198 SINGER

Sascha Berger

Born 1976

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0199 ACADEMIC

Klaus Ahlheim

1942 - 2020

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0200 PHOTOGRAPHER

Roland Fischer (Fotograf)

Born 1958

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0201 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Kempen (Jurist)

Born 1960

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0202 TEACHER

Friedrich Feld (Wirtschaftspädagoge)

1887 - 1945

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0203 FOOTBALL

Gerd Peehs

Born 1942

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0204 ART HISTORIAN

Karl Lohmeyer

1878 - 1957

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0205 PARATROOPER

Alfred Sturm

1888 - 1962

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0206 ATHLETIC

Lars Albert

Born 1982

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0207 POLITICIAN

Werner Schreiber

Born 1941

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0208 CANOE

Martin Lang (canoeist)

Born 1968

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0209 PHILOLOGIST

Paul Brandt (Philologe)

1861 - 1932

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0210 MINISTER

Ingrid Biedenkopf

Born 1931

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0211 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Alexandra von Lieven

Born 1974

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0212 SOCIOLOGIST

Christoph Hubig

Born 1952

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0213 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Jörg Alt

Born 1961

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0214 HISTORIAN

Jan-Pieter Barbian

Born 1958

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0215 EXECUTIVE

Arno Krause

1930 - 2018

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0216 ACADEMIC

Gralf-Peter Calliess

Born 1967

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0217 WRITER

Hans Peter Hoffmann

Born 1957

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0218 SCULPTOR

Susanne Specht

Born 1958

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0219 TOCHTER

Margarethe von Rodemachern

1426 - 1490

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0220 ACADEMIC

Joachim Conrad (Theologe, 1961)

Born 1961

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0221 PSYCHIATRIST

Johannes Thome

Born 1967

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0222 HISTORIAN

Klaus Richter (Rechtswissenschaftler)

Born 1965

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0223 PIANIST

Heinrich Bender (Dirigent)

1925 - 2016

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0224 ATHLETIC

Andrea Breder

Born 1964

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0225 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Schneider (Politiker, 1907)

1907 - 1974

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0226 HISTORIAN

Karl August Schleiden

1928 - 2009

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0227 ACTOR

Anja Clementi

Born 1971

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0228 AUTHOR

Ulrich C. Baer

Born 1966

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0229 PRESENTER

Hildegard Werth

Born 1950

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0230 ACADEMIC

Michael Seewald

Born 1987

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0231 ACTOR

Mélanie Fouché

Born 1977

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0232 MUSIC

Olga Schwind

1887 - 1979

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0233 WORLD WAR

Hans Wagner (general)

1896 - 1967

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0234 POLITICIAN

Anna Therese Rawengel

1878 - 1932

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0235 POLITICIAN

Philipp Daub

1896 - 1976

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0236 AUTHOR

Ulrike Kolb

Born 1942

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0237 PHILOSOPHER

Joachim Kopper

1925 - 2013

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0238 ACTOR

Patrick Khatami

Born 1977

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0239 FOOTBALL

Karl Berg (footballer)

1921 - 2007

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0240 MARINE

Guido Karcher

1844 - 1905

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0241 COMTE

Éléonore de Nassau-Sarrebruck

1707 - 1769

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0242 SCULPTOR

Willi Hahn (Bildhauer, 1920)

1920 - 1995

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0243 COMPOSER

Markus Zahnhausen

Born 1965

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0244 ARTIST

Max Neumann (Maler)

Born 1949

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0245 PAINTER

Volker Lehnert

Born 1956

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0246 ARCHITECT

Dieter Heinz

1930 - 2017

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0247 ACADEMIC

Michael Kunzler

1951 - 2014

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0248 POLITICIAN

Ursula Seiler-Albring

Born 1943

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0249 PIANIST

Christian Barthen

Born 1984

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0250 LIBÉRATION

Louis Andlauer

1919 - 1999

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0251 PHOTOGRAPHER

Kilian Breier

1931 - 2011

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0252 ACADEMIC

Karl Stephan (Verfahrenstechniker)

Born 1930

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0253 HISTORIAN

Hubert Seiwert

Born 1949

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0254 MODERATOR

Michael Friemel

Born 1974

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0255 PRIEST

Michael Schulien

1888 - 1968

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0256 PIANIST

Manuel Krass

Born 1988

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0257 SPORT

Jessica Libbertz

Born 1974

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0258 PAINTER

Lukas Kramer

Born 1941

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0259 ACADEMIC

Klaus Ries

Born 1957

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0260 DESIGNER

Kurt Craemer

1912 - 1961

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0261 PAINTER

Marta Kuhn-Weber

1903 - 1990

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0262 ENGINEER

Karl Raabe

1879 - 1953

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0263 PHILOSOPHER

Frank Werner Veauthier

1927 - 2003

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0264 BUSINESS

Philipp Humm

Born 1959

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0265 ARCHITECT

Ludwig Burgemeister

1863 - 1932

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0266 WRITER

Jens Dittmar

Born 1950

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0267 COOK

Klaus Erfort

Born 1972

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0268 WRITER

Dirk Schmidt (Motivationstrainer)

Born 1966

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0269 FILM

Norbert Schaeffer

1949 - 2020

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0270 CINEMA

Daniel Koppelkamm

Born 1959

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0271 ECONOMIST

Hans Jürgen Drumm

1937 - 2018

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0272 LAWYER

Franz Ruland (Jurist)

Born 1942

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0273 ACTOR

Maximiliane Ackers

1896 - 1982

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0274 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Stuby

1934 - 2020

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0275 POLITICIAN

Richard Becker (Politiker)

1884 - 1969

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0276 TRANSLATOR

Verena Kiefer

Born 1964

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0277 ACADEMIC

Karl-Ludwig Kunz

Born 1947

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0278 MODEL

Élisabeth Pitz

Born 1913

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0279 PAINTER

Alke Brinkmann

Born 1967

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0280 HISTORIAN

Johann Friedrich Köllner

1764 - 1853

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0281 PROFESSOR

Tatjana Tönsmeyer

Born 1968

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0282 DRUMMER

Oliver Strauch

Born 1966

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0283 PAINTER

Otto Lackenmacher

1927 - 1988

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0284 ARTIST

Horst Hübsch

1952 - 2001

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0285 ARCHITECT

Alois Peitz

Born 1932

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0286 ACTOR

Günther Büch

1932 - 1977

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0287 POLITICIAN

Josephine Ortleb

Born 1986

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0288 OFFICER

Jean Mialet

1920 - 2006

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0289 ACTOR

Ingo Tomi

Born 1976

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0290 WRITER

Karl Schneidt

1854 - 1945

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0291 PAINTER

Reso

Born 1975

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0292 HISTORIAN

Tilman Repgen

Born 1964

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0293 ACADEMIC

Ansgar Kreutzer

Born 1973

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0294 POLITICIAN

Marianne Schultz-Hector

Born 1929

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0295 SOZIOLOGE

Ulrich Herb

Born 1970

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0296 BUSINESS

Ralf Regitz

1964 - 2011

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0297 ACADEMIC

Hans-Wolf Jäger

Born 1936

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0298 FILM

Gisela Zick

Born 1944

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0299 ARCHIVIST

Johann Andreae (Registrator)

1570 - 1645

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0300 ACTOR

Nina Azizi

Born 1974

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