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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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0010 ANIMATOR

Frédéric Back

1924 - 2013

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0020 COMPOSER

Tzvi Avni

Born 1927

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0029 BIOCHEMIST

Frederic Vester

1925 - 2003

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0050 TRUMPET

Roger Guérin

1926 - 2010

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0058 FOOTBALL

Waldemar Philippi

1929 - 1990

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0061 ACTOR

Yves Massard

1923 - 1996

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0089 HISTORIAN

Michel Antoine

1925 - 2015

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0119 ARTIST

Paul Schneider (artiste)

Born 1927

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0136 SCULPTOR

Gertrude Reum

1926 - 2015

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0151 DERMATOLOGIST

Otto Braun-Falco

1922 - 2018

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0170 HISTORIAN

Roger-Henri Guerrand

1923 - 2006

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0177 PSYCHIATRIST

Louis Bertagna

1920 - 2006

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0196 LINGUIST

Edith Braun

1921 - 2016

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0223 PIANIST

Heinrich Bender (Dirigent)

1925 - 2016

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0226 HISTORIAN

Karl August Schleiden

1928 - 2009

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0237 PHILOSOPHER

Joachim Kopper

1925 - 2013

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0239 FOOTBALL

Karl Berg (footballer)

1921 - 2007

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0242 SCULPTOR

Willi Hahn (Bildhauer, 1920)

1920 - 1995

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0263 PHILOSOPHER

Frank Werner Veauthier

1927 - 2003

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0283 PAINTER

Otto Lackenmacher

1927 - 1988

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0288 OFFICER

Jean Mialet

1920 - 2006

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0294 POLITICIAN

Marianne Schultz-Hector

Born 1929

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0304 DESIGNER

Roland Stigulinszky

Born 1926

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0315 ECOLOGIST

Lutwin Beck

Born 1927

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0319 LAWYER

Günther Jahr

1923 - 2007

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0320 PAINTER

Volkmar Gross

1927 - 1992

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0335 ATHLETIC

Ursel Finger

Born 1929

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0339 POLITICIAN

Walter Henn (Politiker)

1927 - 2004

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0370 JOURNALIST

Hans Stiff

1927 - 2016

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0371 PSYCHOLOGIST

Günther Reinert

1928 - 1979

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0374 PHILOLOGIST

Gerhard Bauer (Sprachwissenschaftler)

Born 1929

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0381 REGISSEUR

Otto Düben

1928 - 2018

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0385 WRITER

Werner Reinert

1922 - 1987

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0392 PROFESSOR

Rudolf Arens

1926 - 1991

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0402 EDITOR

Esther Betz

Born 1924

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0424 PHYSICIST

Erich Oberhausen

1927 - 1997

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0442 CANOE

Kurt Zimmer

1924 - 2008

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0451 CANOE

Heinrich Hess (canoeist)

1928 - 1993

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0453 POLITICIAN

Marianne Fritzen

1924 - 2016

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0458 POLITICIAN

Alwin Kulawig

1926 - 2003

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0475 OTOLARYNGOLOGIST

Walter Schätzle

1927 - 2007

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0495 ROWER

Werner Biel

1927 - 2006

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0503 POLITICIAN

Kurt Thürk

1926 - 2002

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0538 MUSIC

Herbert Diehl

1929 - 2003

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0540 SPRINT

Inge Glashörster

1927 - 2015

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0556 PAINTER

Manfred Güthler

Born 1927

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0571 SOLDIER

Hans Diederich Duis

Born 1922

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0588 PHYSICIAN

Walter Groth (Veterinärmediziner)

1921 - 1989

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0602 POLITICIAN

Karl Wolfskeil

1921 - 2000

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0618 POLITICIAN

Josef Holl

1921 - 1993

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