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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 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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Showing 58 of 621 notable people

0009 ACTOR

Ingrid Caven

Born 1938

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0022 ACTOR

Willy Schäfer (actor)

1933 - 2011

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0035 FOOTBALL

Georg Keßler

Born 1932

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0046 WRITER

Marie-Luise Scherer

Born 1938

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0059 ACTOR

Rut Rex

Born 1937

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0075 WRITER

Horst Fantazzini

1939 - 2001

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0076 COMPOSER

Rolf Riehm

Born 1937

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0084 ARCHITECT

Carlo Weber

1934 - 2014

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0085 SCULPTOR

Hans Schröder

1930 - 2010

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0091 SCIENTIST

Erhard Roy Wiehn

Born 1937

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0094 ATHLETIC

Helga Hoffmann

Born 1937

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0100 FENCER

Helga Mees

1937 - 2014

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0104 MUSIC

Siegfried Kessler

1935 - 2007

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0105 SCULPTOR

Ernst Alt

1935 - 2013

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0109 ARTIST

Ellen Marx (artist)

Born 1939

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0126 FOOTBALL

Albert Keck

1930 - 1990

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0128 ATHLETIC

Liesel Jakobi

Born 1939

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0130 FOOTBALL

Günter Herrmann

1934 - 2012

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0141 WRESTLER

Rolf Lacour

1937 - 2018

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0143 ACTOR

Claus Dieter Clausnitzer

Born 1939

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0153 COMPOSER

Gerd Boder

1933 - 1992

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0163 INDOLOGIST

Claus Vogel

1933 - 2012

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0166 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Podskalsky

1937 - 2013

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0187 FILM

Manfred Kirchheimer

Born 1931

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0189 ACADEMIC

Gisela Fischer (Medizinerin)

Born 1938

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0193 EDUCATION

Gert Selle

Born 1933

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0210 MINISTER

Ingrid Biedenkopf

Born 1931

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0215 EXECUTIVE

Arno Krause

1930 - 2018

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0246 ARCHITECT

Dieter Heinz

1930 - 2017

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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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0271 ECONOMIST

Hans Jürgen Drumm

1937 - 2018

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0274 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Stuby

1934 - 2020

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0285 ARCHITECT

Alois Peitz

Born 1932

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0286 ACTOR

Günther Büch

1932 - 1977

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0297 ACADEMIC

Hans-Wolf Jäger

Born 1936

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0302 PHYSICIST

Hans Paus

1937 - 2011

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0311 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ferdi Hartung

1931 - 2014

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0330 ACADEMIC

Hans-Ludwig Jessberger

1932 - 2001

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0340 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ursula Seidl

Born 1939

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0345 ACADEMIC

Peter Jan Pahl

Born 1937

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0373 PHYSICIAN

Rudolf Arthur Pfeiffer

1931 - 2012

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0416 ACADEMIC

Günther Metz

Born 1937

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0450 PHYSICIAN

Horst Franz Kern

Born 1938

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0456 POLITICIAN

Georg Adolf Schnarr

1936 - 2010

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0457 PAINTER

Fritz Arend

1937 - 1998

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0492 MATHEMATICIAN

Klaus-Dieter Becker

Born 1935

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0506 POLITICIAN

Peter Haberer

1935 - 2004

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0513 ROWER

Hanns Peters

1930 - 2015

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0524 SWIMMER

Georg Mascetti

1930 - 1982

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0534 PLAYER

Eva Graf

1936 - 2001

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0541 CHESS

Gerhard Löh

Born 1936

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0542 WINDSURFEN

Fred Ostermann

1934 - 2012

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0577 JUDGE

Wolfgang Gerber

Born 1938

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0586 POLITICIAN

Werner Klinnert

1938 - 2006

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0600 WRESTLER

Werner Hoppe (Ringer)

1934 - 2010

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0606 ACADEMIC

Diethard Adt

Born 1939

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0609 POLITICIAN

Ursula Kugler

Born 1939

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