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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 41 of 621 notable people

0006 DRUMMER

Herman Rarebell

Born 1948

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0037 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Alfred Werner Maurer

Born 1945

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0049 DIPLOMAT

Joachim Bitterlich

Born 1948

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0063 SINGER

Trudeliese Schmidt

1941 - 2004

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0088 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Brosius

Born 1948

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0115 ZOOLOGIST

François de Sarre

Born 1947

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0132 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alex Jordan (graphiste)

Born 1947

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0140 RIDER

Margit Otto-Crépin

1945 - 2020

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0180 PHILOLOGIST

Wolfgang Haubrichs

Born 1942

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0186 ACTOR

Rüdiger Weigang

Born 1942

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0199 ACADEMIC

Klaus Ahlheim

1942 - 2020

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0203 FOOTBALL

Gerd Peehs

Born 1942

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0207 POLITICIAN

Werner Schreiber

Born 1941

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0236 AUTHOR

Ulrike Kolb

Born 1942

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0244 ARTIST

Max Neumann (Maler)

Born 1949

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0248 POLITICIAN

Ursula Seiler-Albring

Born 1943

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0253 HISTORIAN

Hubert Seiwert

Born 1949

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0258 PAINTER

Lukas Kramer

Born 1941

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0269 FILM

Norbert Schaeffer

1949 - 2020

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0272 LAWYER

Franz Ruland (Jurist)

Born 1942

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0277 ACADEMIC

Karl-Ludwig Kunz

Born 1947

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0298 FILM

Gisela Zick

Born 1944

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0310 WRITER

Waltraud Schiffels

Born 1944

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0323 WRITER

Georg Fox

Born 1949

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0326 LAWYER

Norbert Holzer

1948 - 2020

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0333 SCIENTIST

Hendrik Fassmann

Born 1949

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0352 WRITER

Jürgen August Alt

Born 1949

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0360 ENGINEER

Rainer Jung

Born 1943

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0368 WRITER

Till Neu

Born 1943

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0380 ECONOMIST

Martin-Peter Büch

Born 1940

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0405 SURGEON

Jürgen Dick

Born 1949

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0415 ARTIST

Martin R. Becker

Born 1949

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0486 CINEMA

Otmar Herges

Born 1944

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0543 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Schmidt (Jurist)

Born 1941

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0545 PROSTITUTE

Liliane von Rönn

Born 1949

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0546 SINGER

Charly Marks

Born 1949

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0548 DIPLOMAT

Horst Oskar Siffrin

Born 1947

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0557 ARCHITECT

Kurt Ziehmer

1944 - 2002

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0569 POLITICIAN

Lothar Schnitzler

Born 1947

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0581 WRESTLER

Erwin Trouvain

1940 - 1982

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0615 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Rischar

Born 1944

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