49.2334° N, 6.9998° E
SAARBRUCKEN
Most Famous People Born in Saarbrucken, Germany
- Notable people
- 621
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1939
- Most distinctive
- Count 25.4×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Saarbrucken during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Saarbrucken Is Known For
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Politician is Saarbrucken's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (118).
Saarbrucken over-indexes on count — 25.4× the global rate.
Saarbrucken under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
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.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Science
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Other
Sandra (singer)
Born 1962
Walter Schellenberg
1910 - 1952
Max Ophüls
1902 - 1957
Gerhard Schröder (CDU)
1910 - 1989
Wolfgang Staudte
1906 - 1984
Herman Rarebell
Born 1948
Nicole (German singer)
Born 1964
Jonas Hector
Born 1990
Ingrid Caven
Born 1938
Frédéric Back
1924 - 2013
Louis Théodore Gouvy
1819 - 1898
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Born 1963
Fritz Hellwig
1912 - 2017
Otto Steinert
1915 - 1978
Saskia Vester
Born 1959
Peter Altmeier
1899 - 1977
Mike Frantz
Born 1986
Carl Röchling
1855 - 1920
Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1704 - 1774
Tzvi Avni
Born 1927
Christian Welzel
Born 1964
Willy Schäfer (actor)
1933 - 2011
Gustav Simon
1900 - 1945
Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1663 - 1713
John, Count of Nassau-Idstein
1603 - 1677
Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg
1594 - 1662
Fedor Holz
Born 1993
Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1745 - 1794
Frederic Vester
1925 - 2003
Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1632 - 1677
Edmond Pottier
1855 - 1934
Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
1607 - 1655
Hermann Otto Sleumer
1906 - 1993
Wolfgang Wahlster
Born 1953
Georg Keßler
Born 1932
Joachim Deckarm
Born 1954
Alfred Werner Maurer
Born 1945
Johannes Wurtz
Born 1992
John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1472 - 1545
Yannick Kakoko
Born 1990
Henry Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1768 - 1797
Franz Hofer (director)
1882 - 1945
Thomas Blug
Born 1966
Heinrich von Achenbach
1829 - 1899
Christian Weber (footballer)
Born 1983
Marie-Luise Scherer
Born 1938
Louis Vogel
Born 1954
Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg
1836 - 1901
Joachim Bitterlich
Born 1948
Roger Guérin
1926 - 2010
John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler
1625 - 1690
Lars Feld
Born 1966
Charles Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1665 - 1723
Werner Jeanrond
Born 1955
Hiltrud Breyer
Born 1957
Susanne Baer
Born 1964
Lisa Klein (cyclist)
Born 1996
Waldemar Philippi
1929 - 1990
Rut Rex
Born 1937
Manfred Trenz
Born 1965
Yves Massard
1923 - 1996
Thorsten Havener
Born 1972
Trudeliese Schmidt
1941 - 2004
Walther Poppelreuter
1886 - 1939
Nathalie Weinzierl
Born 1994
Marcus Hammerschmitt
Born 1967
Sascha Ley
Born 1967
Gregor Weber (Schauspieler)
Born 1968
Yvonne Ploetz
Born 1984
Oliver Luksic
Born 1979
Christiaan Tonnis
Born 1956
Bianca Hein
Born 1975
Fritz Neumeyer
1900 - 1983
Michael Klinkert
Born 1968
Horst Fantazzini
1939 - 2001
Rolf Riehm
Born 1937
Audrey Hannah
Born 1982
Johann Friedrich Dryander
1756 - 1812
Calogero Rizzuto
Born 1992
Stephan Mathieu
Born 1967
Bausa (rapper)
Born 1989
Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch
1868 - 1955
Florian Ballas
Born 1993
Carlo Weber
1934 - 2014
Hans Schröder
1930 - 2010
Margot Benary-Isbert
1889 - 1979
Ferri Abolhassan
Born 1964
Jürgen Brosius
Born 1948
Michel Antoine
1925 - 2015
Frank Sieren
Born 1967
Erhard Roy Wiehn
Born 1937
Andreas Waschburger
Born 1987
Marco Dittgen
Born 1974
Helga Hoffmann
Born 1937
Edgar Jené
1904 - 1984
Friedrich Schmitz
1850 - 1895
Stephan Toscani
Born 1967
Gesine Manuwald
Born 1974
Benjamin Baltes
Born 1984
Helga Mees
1937 - 2014
Tobias Franzmann
Born 1990
Philip II, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1509 - 1554
Antonio Truyol y Serra
1913 - 2003
Siegfried Kessler
1935 - 2007
Ernst Alt
1935 - 2013
Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh
Born 1980
Wilhelm Zander
1911 - 1974
Adolph, Count of Ottweiler
1789 - 1812
Ellen Marx (artist)
Born 1939
Susan Ebrahimi
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Harry von Wright
1859 - 1925
Daniel Fünffrock
Born 1978
Jan Degenhardt
Born 1962
Eberhard Zorn
Born 1960
François de Sarre
Born 1947
John III, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1511 - 1574
Sebastian Jacob
Born 1993
Sascha Weber
Born 1988
Paul Schneider (artiste)
Born 1927
Egbert Baqué
Born 1952
Juergen Hescheler
Born 1959
Matthias Steinmetz
Born 1966
Jan Fischer (Ringer)
Born 1986
August Merges
1870 - 1945
Alfred Philippi
1903 - 1994
Albert Keck
1930 - 1990
Martin Siewert
Born 1972
Liesel Jakobi
Born 1939
Hans-Ulrich Back
1896 - 1976
Günter Herrmann
1934 - 2012
Sebastian Piotrowski
Born 1990
Alex Jordan (graphiste)
Born 1947
Wilhelm Sold
1911 - 1995
Daniel Braun
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Peter Jacoby
Born 1951
Gertrude Reum
1926 - 2015
Karl-Heinz Paqué
Born 1956
Jörg Reeb
Born 1972
Jörg Michael Peters
Born 1960
Margit Otto-Crépin
1945 - 2020
Rolf Lacour
1937 - 2018
Claudia Nicoleitzik
Born 1989
Claus Dieter Clausnitzer
Born 1939
Tim Stegerer
Born 1988
Riad Michael
Born 1974
Nico Weißmann
Born 1980
Frederick Kyereh
Born 1993
Egon Reinert
1908 - 1959
Ernst Cloos
1898 - 1974
Jasmin Maurer
Born 1989
Otto Braun-Falco
1922 - 2018
Frank Nimsgern
Born 1969
Gerd Boder
1933 - 1992
Lukas Kohler
Born 1987
Felix Dausend
Born 1988
Nils Minkmar
Born 1966
Florian Opitz
Born 1973
Walter Schmidt (Journalist)
1965 - 2016
Nyze
Born 1981
Rudolf Kerner
1910 - 1998
Stephan Straub
Born 1971
Markus Osthoff
Born 1968
Claus Vogel
1933 - 2012
Ernst Kanter
1895 - 1979
Carl Röchling (Industrieller)
1827 - 1910
Gerhard Podskalsky
1937 - 2013
Julius Lips
1895 - 1950
Andreas Doub
Born 1968
Fritz Ries
1907 - 1977
Roger-Henri Guerrand
1923 - 2006
Karen Böhne
Born 1963
Daniel Gottschalk
Born 1972
Markus Vinzent
Born 1959
Alex Beyrodt
Born 1964
Florian Boesch
Born 1971
Romina Holz
Born 1988
Louis Bertagna
1920 - 2006
Christopher Ecker
Born 1967
Ernst Adolf Sagorski
1847 - 1929
Wolfgang Haubrichs
Born 1942
Ilona Christen
1951 - 2009
Gustav Bruch
1822 - 1899
Klaus Michael Heinz
Born 1961
Helmut Eisel
Born 1955
Gero Gemballa
1961 - 2002
Rüdiger Weigang
Born 1942
Manfred Kirchheimer
Born 1931
Daniel Sträßer
Born 1987
Gisela Fischer (Medizinerin)
Born 1938
Vanessa Calcagno
Born 1985
Georg Schneider
1909 - 1970
Pablo Ben-Yakov
Born 1986
Gert Selle
Born 1933
Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1621 - 1642
Meinrad Maria Grewenig
Born 1954
Edith Braun
1921 - 2016
Heinrich Held (Theologe)
1897 - 1957
Sascha Berger
Born 1976
Klaus Ahlheim
1942 - 2020
Roland Fischer (Fotograf)
Born 1958
Bernhard Kempen (Jurist)
Born 1960
Friedrich Feld (Wirtschaftspädagoge)
1887 - 1945
Gerd Peehs
Born 1942
Karl Lohmeyer
1878 - 1957
Alfred Sturm
1888 - 1962
Lars Albert
Born 1982
Werner Schreiber
Born 1941
Martin Lang (canoeist)
Born 1968
Paul Brandt (Philologe)
1861 - 1932
Ingrid Biedenkopf
Born 1931
Alexandra von Lieven
Born 1974
Christoph Hubig
Born 1952
Jörg Alt
Born 1961
Jan-Pieter Barbian
Born 1958
Arno Krause
1930 - 2018
Gralf-Peter Calliess
Born 1967
Hans Peter Hoffmann
Born 1957
Susanne Specht
Born 1958
Margarethe von Rodemachern
1426 - 1490
Joachim Conrad (Theologe, 1961)
Born 1961
Johannes Thome
Born 1967
Klaus Richter (Rechtswissenschaftler)
Born 1965
Heinrich Bender (Dirigent)
1925 - 2016
Andrea Breder
Born 1964
Heinrich Schneider (Politiker, 1907)
1907 - 1974
Karl August Schleiden
1928 - 2009
Anja Clementi
Born 1971
Ulrich C. Baer
Born 1966
Hildegard Werth
Born 1950
Michael Seewald
Born 1987
Mélanie Fouché
Born 1977
Olga Schwind
1887 - 1979
Hans Wagner (general)
1896 - 1967
Anna Therese Rawengel
1878 - 1932
Philipp Daub
1896 - 1976
Ulrike Kolb
Born 1942
Joachim Kopper
1925 - 2013
Patrick Khatami
Born 1977
Karl Berg (footballer)
1921 - 2007
Guido Karcher
1844 - 1905
Éléonore de Nassau-Sarrebruck
1707 - 1769
Willi Hahn (Bildhauer, 1920)
1920 - 1995
Markus Zahnhausen
Born 1965
Max Neumann (Maler)
Born 1949
Volker Lehnert
Born 1956
Dieter Heinz
1930 - 2017
Michael Kunzler
1951 - 2014
Ursula Seiler-Albring
Born 1943
Christian Barthen
Born 1984
Louis Andlauer
1919 - 1999
Kilian Breier
1931 - 2011
Karl Stephan (Verfahrenstechniker)
Born 1930
Hubert Seiwert
Born 1949
Michael Friemel
Born 1974
Michael Schulien
1888 - 1968
Manuel Krass
Born 1988
Jessica Libbertz
Born 1974
Lukas Kramer
Born 1941
Klaus Ries
Born 1957
Kurt Craemer
1912 - 1961
Marta Kuhn-Weber
1903 - 1990
Karl Raabe
1879 - 1953
Frank Werner Veauthier
1927 - 2003
Philipp Humm
Born 1959
Ludwig Burgemeister
1863 - 1932
Jens Dittmar
Born 1950
Klaus Erfort
Born 1972
Dirk Schmidt (Motivationstrainer)
Born 1966
Norbert Schaeffer
1949 - 2020
Daniel Koppelkamm
Born 1959
Hans Jürgen Drumm
1937 - 2018
Franz Ruland (Jurist)
Born 1942
Maximiliane Ackers
1896 - 1982
Gerhard Stuby
1934 - 2020
Richard Becker (Politiker)
1884 - 1969
Verena Kiefer
Born 1964
Karl-Ludwig Kunz
Born 1947
Élisabeth Pitz
Born 1913
Alke Brinkmann
Born 1967
Johann Friedrich Köllner
1764 - 1853
Tatjana Tönsmeyer
Born 1968
Oliver Strauch
Born 1966
Otto Lackenmacher
1927 - 1988
Horst Hübsch
1952 - 2001
Alois Peitz
Born 1932
Günther Büch
1932 - 1977
Josephine Ortleb
Born 1986
Jean Mialet
1920 - 2006
Ingo Tomi
Born 1976
Karl Schneidt
1854 - 1945
Reso
Born 1975
Tilman Repgen
Born 1964
Ansgar Kreutzer
Born 1973
Marianne Schultz-Hector
Born 1929
Ulrich Herb
Born 1970
Ralf Regitz
1964 - 2011
Hans-Wolf Jäger
Born 1936
Gisela Zick
Born 1944
Johann Andreae (Registrator)
1570 - 1645
Nina Azizi
Born 1974