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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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0002 MILITAR

Walter Schellenberg

1910 - 1952

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0004 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Schröder (CDU)

1910 - 1989

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0013 POLITICIAN

Fritz Hellwig

1912 - 2017

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0014 PHOTOGRAPHER

Otto Steinert

1915 - 1978

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0103 LAWYER

Antonio Truyol y Serra

1913 - 2003

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0107 MILITAR

Wilhelm Zander

1911 - 1974

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0133 FOOTBALL

Wilhelm Sold

1911 - 1995

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0160 POLICE

Rudolf Kerner

1910 - 1998

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0250 LIBÉRATION

Louis Andlauer

1919 - 1999

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0260 DESIGNER

Kurt Craemer

1912 - 1961

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0278 MODEL

Élisabeth Pitz

Born 1913

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0322 WRITER

Karl Heinz Bolay

1914 - 1993

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0331 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Bollinger

1916 - 1990

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0377 ENTOMOLOGIST

Eduard W. Diehl

1917 - 2003

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0379 ART HISTORIAN

Rudolf Bornschein

1912 - 1988

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0398 PHOTOGRAPHER

Walter Barbian

1919 - 2005

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0407 VIOLIN

Ulrich Grehling

1917 - 1977

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0427 JOURNALIST

Anneliese Knorr

1918 - 2003

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0431 POLITICIAN

Käthe Kirschmann

1915 - 2002

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0444 POLITICIAN

Nikolaus Schreiner

1914 - 2007

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0449 PHYSICIAN

Herbert Micka

1917 - 2002

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0476 PILOTO

Franz Barten

1912 - 1944

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0488 POLITICIAN

Alfons Paulus

1918 - 1987

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0521 POLITICIAN

Willi Erkel

1913 - 2002

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0530 CHEMIST

Wilhelm Bollinger

1919 - 1975

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0559 POLITICIAN

Käthe Limbach

1915 - 2003

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0608 LAWYER

Marie Louise Stern-Loridan

Born 1911

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0620 POLITICIAN

Ernst Schäfer (Politiker, 1915)

1915 - 1973

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