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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

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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.

  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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0003 FILM

Max Ophüls

1902 - 1957

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0005 FILM

Wolfgang Staudte

1906 - 1984

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0023 POLITICIAN

Gustav Simon

1900 - 1945

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0033 BOTANIST

Hermann Otto Sleumer

1906 - 1993

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0073 COMPOSER

Fritz Neumeyer

1900 - 1983

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0095 PAINTER

Edgar Jené

1904 - 1984

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0125 WORLD WAR

Alfred Philippi

1903 - 1994

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0148 POLITICIAN

Egon Reinert

1908 - 1959

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0169 MANUFACTURER

Fritz Ries

1907 - 1977

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0191 BIOLOGIST

Georg Schneider

1909 - 1970

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0225 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Schneider (Politiker, 1907)

1907 - 1974

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0261 PAINTER

Marta Kuhn-Weber

1903 - 1990

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0305 AUTHOR

Peter Klassen (Diplomat)

1903 - 1989

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0306 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Schmeer

1905 - 1966

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0313 AGRONOMIST

Ernst-Ludwig Loewel

1906 - 1997

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0346 HISTORIAN

Wilhelm de Vries

1904 - 1997

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0356 JUDGE

Claus Seibert

1902 - 1977

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0359 ACTOR

Alfred Ibach

1902 - 1948

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0365 PAINTER

Hanns Altmeier

1906 - 1979

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0383 AUTHOR

Mathias Ludwig Schroeder

1904 - 1950

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0390 POLITICIAN

Paul Simon (Politiker, 1908)

1908 - 1947

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0393 COMPOSER

Robert Carl

1902 - 1987

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0461 KIRCHE

Werner Straub (Geistlicher)

1901 - 1945

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0463 ART HISTORIAN

Hermann Gombert

1909 - 2001

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0467 POLITICIAN

Peter Clemens

1905 - 1981

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0489 POLITICIAN

Hanns Schloß

1903 - 1986

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0520 JUDGE

Franz Ruland (Politiker)

1901 - 1964

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0537 POLITICIAN

Else Merkel

1905 - 1990

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0561 POLITICIAN

Alfred Pontius

1907 - 1948

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0563 JOURNALIST

Peter August Stern

1907 - 1947

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0566 MISSING

Paul Lonsdorfer

Born 1907

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0576 POLITICIAN

Karl Elgas

1900 - 1985

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0578 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Trapp (Widerstandskämpfer)

1906 - 1974

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0580 ARCHITECT

August Josef Peter

1906 - 1963

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0583 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Nikodemus

1901 - 1975

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0585 SECRETARY

Ernst Braun (Politiker)

1909 - 1994

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0591 KOMMUNIST

Heinrich Matz

1908 - 1945

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0596 POLITICIAN

Eduard Welter

1900 - 1979

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0597 POLITICIAN

Karl Steinhauer

1902 - 1981

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0598 POLITICIAN

Hans Pink

1906 - 1974

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0611 LIBRARIAN

Willi Dansauer

1907 - 1937

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0617 POLITICIAN

Maria Loersch

1900 - 1986

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