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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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0015 ACTOR

Saskia Vester

Born 1959

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0034 PROFESSOR

Wolfgang Wahlster

Born 1953

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0036 HANDBALL

Joachim Deckarm

Born 1954

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0047 LAWYER

Louis Vogel

Born 1954

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0054 THEOLOGIAN

Werner Jeanrond

Born 1955

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0055 POLITICIAN

Hiltrud Breyer

Born 1957

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0071 PAINTER

Christiaan Tonnis

Born 1956

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0120 AUTHOR

Egbert Baqué

Born 1952

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0121 PHYSICIAN

Juergen Hescheler

Born 1959

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0135 POLITICIAN

Peter Jacoby

Born 1951

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0137 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Paqué

Born 1956

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0173 HISTORIAN

Markus Vinzent

Born 1959

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0181 PRESENTER

Ilona Christen

1951 - 2009

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0184 COMPOSER

Helmut Eisel

Born 1955

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0195 ART HISTORIAN

Meinrad Maria Grewenig

Born 1954

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0200 PHOTOGRAPHER

Roland Fischer (Fotograf)

Born 1958

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0212 SOCIOLOGIST

Christoph Hubig

Born 1952

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0214 HISTORIAN

Jan-Pieter Barbian

Born 1958

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0217 WRITER

Hans Peter Hoffmann

Born 1957

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0218 SCULPTOR

Susanne Specht

Born 1958

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0229 PRESENTER

Hildegard Werth

Born 1950

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0245 PAINTER

Volker Lehnert

Born 1956

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0247 ACADEMIC

Michael Kunzler

1951 - 2014

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0259 ACADEMIC

Klaus Ries

Born 1957

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0264 BUSINESS

Philipp Humm

Born 1959

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0266 WRITER

Jens Dittmar

Born 1950

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0270 CINEMA

Daniel Koppelkamm

Born 1959

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0284 ARTIST

Horst Hübsch

1952 - 2001

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0309 AUTHOR

Joachim Kramp

1956 - 2011

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0312 ARTIST

Jürgen Albers

Born 1951

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0314 LAWYER

Stephan Ory

Born 1958

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0316 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Gill

Born 1958

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0317 POLITICIAN

Astrid Schramm

Born 1956

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0318 PHOTOGRAPHER

Stefan Koppelkamm

Born 1952

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0324 PHOTOGRAPHER

Joachim Schumacher (Fotograf)

Born 1950

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0332 POLITICIAN

Dieter Burgard

Born 1954

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0336 JOURNALIST

Michael Best

Born 1956

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0343 ART HISTORIAN

Franziska Lang (Archäologin)

Born 1959

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0357 URBAN PLANNER

Rena Wandel-Hoefer

Born 1959

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0376 DRAMA

Volker Mattern

Born 1956

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0384 ART HISTORIAN

Claus Reisinger

1950 - 2017

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0388 ACADEMIC

Udo Fink (Jurist)

Born 1957

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0396 POLITICIAN

Gerd Bauer (Politiker, 1950)

Born 1950

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0408 POLITICIAN

Bernd Wegner (Politiker)

Born 1957

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0434 JUDGE

Markus Gehrlein

Born 1957

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0438 BIOLOGIST

Barbara König (Biologin)

Born 1955

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0447 POLITICIAN

Axel Spies

Born 1952

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0462 AUTHOR

Annette John

Born 1951

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0469 PIANIST

Uwe Brandt (Musiker)

Born 1957

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0470 POLITICIAN

Rainer Grün

1950 - 2010

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0472 POLITICIAN

Guido Dahm

Born 1955

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0483 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Dobusch

Born 1958

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0484 DIPLOMAT

Hans-Peter Annen

Born 1950

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0494 ROWER

Eva Dick

Born 1956

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0497 POLITICIAN

Petra Fretter

Born 1959

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0510 LAWYER

Mathilde Koller

Born 1950

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0515 PRESENTER

Michael Karr

Born 1953

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0522 POLITICIAN

Horst Hinschberger

Born 1950

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0523 POLITICIAN

Ralf Latz

Born 1959

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0527 POLITICIAN

Volker Schmidt (Politiker)

Born 1957

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0528 MANAGER

Jörg Schumacher

Born 1959

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0555 POLITICIAN

Erika Ober

Born 1950

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0584 POLITICIAN

Volker Schneider (Politiker)

Born 1955

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0589 MINISTERIUM

Dieter Grünewald

Born 1957

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