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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 93 notable births.

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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621 notable people

0301 ACADEMIC

Michael Weyrich

Born 1967

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0302 PHYSICIST

Hans Paus

1937 - 2011

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0303 ARCHITECT

Balthasar Wilhelm Stengel

1748 - 1824

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0304 DESIGNER

Roland Stigulinszky

Born 1926

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0305 AUTHOR

Peter Klassen (Diplomat)

1903 - 1989

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0306 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Schmeer

1905 - 1966

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0307 COMPOSER

Daniel N. Seel

Born 1970

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0308 ACTOR

Atischeh Hannah Braun

Born 1977

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0309 AUTHOR

Joachim Kramp

1956 - 2011

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0310 WRITER

Waltraud Schiffels

Born 1944

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0311 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ferdi Hartung

1931 - 2014

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0312 ARTIST

Jürgen Albers

Born 1951

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0313 AGRONOMIST

Ernst-Ludwig Loewel

1906 - 1997

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0314 LAWYER

Stephan Ory

Born 1958

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0315 ECOLOGIST

Lutwin Beck

Born 1927

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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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0319 LAWYER

Günther Jahr

1923 - 2007

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0320 PAINTER

Volkmar Gross

1927 - 1992

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0321 AUTHOR

August Karl Wilhelm Weissenbruch

1744 - 1826

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0322 WRITER

Karl Heinz Bolay

1914 - 1993

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0323 WRITER

Georg Fox

Born 1949

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0324 PHOTOGRAPHER

Joachim Schumacher (Fotograf)

Born 1950

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0325 ARCHITECT

Johann Friedrich Stengel

1746 - 1830

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0326 LAWYER

Norbert Holzer

1948 - 2020

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0327 RADIO

Thomas Rosch

Born 1967

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0328 ECONOMIST

Mathias Kifmann

Born 1970

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0329 ACADEMIC

Hans Weil

1898 - 1972

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0330 ACADEMIC

Hans-Ludwig Jessberger

1932 - 2001

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0331 ACADEMIC

Heinrich Bollinger

1916 - 1990

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0332 POLITICIAN

Dieter Burgard

Born 1954

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0333 SCIENTIST

Hendrik Fassmann

Born 1949

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0334 ACADEMIC

Edward Shang

Born 1965

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0335 ATHLETIC

Ursel Finger

Born 1929

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0336 JOURNALIST

Michael Best

Born 1956

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0337 PRESENTER

Ellen Arnhold

Born 1961

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0338 ACTOR

Tilla Hohmann

1898 - 1991

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0339 POLITICIAN

Walter Henn (Politiker)

1927 - 2004

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0340 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ursula Seidl

Born 1939

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0341 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Bernd Kissel

Born 1978

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0342 WRITER

Elke Schwab

Born 1994

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0343 ART HISTORIAN

Franziska Lang (Archäologin)

Born 1959

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0344 PHILOLOGIST

Samuel Brandt

1848 - 1938

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0345 ACADEMIC

Peter Jan Pahl

Born 1937

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0346 HISTORIAN

Wilhelm de Vries

1904 - 1997

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0347 COUNT

Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

1526 - 1559

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0348 POLITICIAN

Susanne Reichrath

Born 1961

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0349 ACTOR

Thomas Engel (Schauspieler)

Born 1962

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0350 CHEMIST

Bernhard Breit

Born 1966

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0351 WRITER

Kerstin Höckel

Born 1972

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0352 WRITER

Jürgen August Alt

Born 1949

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0353 PAINTER

Markus Gramer

Born 1963

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0354 SINGER

Petra Lamy

Born 1961

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0355 BEAMTE

Adolf Achenbach

1825 - 1903

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0356 JUDGE

Claus Seibert

1902 - 1977

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0357 URBAN PLANNER

Rena Wandel-Hoefer

Born 1959

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0358 POLITICIAN

Peter Strobel

Born 1970

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0359 ACTOR

Alfred Ibach

1902 - 1948

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0360 ENGINEER

Rainer Jung

Born 1943

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0361 FILM

Jörn Michaely

Born 1994

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0362 POLITICIAN

Pascal Meiser

Born 1975

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0363 POLITICIAN

Dennis Lander

Born 1993

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0364 COMPOSER

Michio Woirgardt

Born 1971

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0365 PAINTER

Hanns Altmeier

1906 - 1979

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0366 POLITICIAN

Johann Jacob Haßlacher

1869 - 1940

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0367 WRITER

Paul Georg Ehrhardt

1889 - 1961

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0368 WRITER

Till Neu

Born 1943

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0369 POLITICIAN

Pierre Adt

1820 - 1900

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0370 JOURNALIST

Hans Stiff

1927 - 2016

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0371 PSYCHOLOGIST

Günther Reinert

1928 - 1979

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0372 FILM

Philipp Knauss

Born 1974

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0373 PHYSICIAN

Rudolf Arthur Pfeiffer

1931 - 2012

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0374 PHILOLOGIST

Gerhard Bauer (Sprachwissenschaftler)

Born 1929

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0375 WRITER

Stefan Hertzig

Born 1966

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0376 DRAMA

Volker Mattern

Born 1956

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0377 ENTOMOLOGIST

Eduard W. Diehl

1917 - 2003

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0378 ENTREPRENEUR

Ernst Heckel

1861 - 1949

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0379 ART HISTORIAN

Rudolf Bornschein

1912 - 1988

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0380 ECONOMIST

Martin-Peter Büch

Born 1940

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0381 REGISSEUR

Otto Düben

1928 - 2018

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0382 GENETIKER

Wolfram Henn

Born 1961

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0383 AUTHOR

Mathias Ludwig Schroeder

1904 - 1950

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0384 ART HISTORIAN

Claus Reisinger

1950 - 2017

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0385 WRITER

Werner Reinert

1922 - 1987

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0386 ECONOMIST

Markus Glaser (Ökonom)

Born 1976

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0387 ACADEMIC

Andreas Wernet

Born 1960

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0388 ACADEMIC

Udo Fink (Jurist)

Born 1957

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0389 BASSIST

David Andres

Born 1984

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0390 POLITICIAN

Paul Simon (Politiker, 1908)

1908 - 1947

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0391 ENTREPRENEUR

Heinrich Wagner (Manager)

1899 - 1953

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0392 PROFESSOR

Rudolf Arens

1926 - 1991

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0393 COMPOSER

Robert Carl

1902 - 1987

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0394 PAINTER

Johannes Lotz

Born 1975

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0395 DIPLOMAT

Heinrich Thomas von Karcher

1773 - 1824

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0396 POLITICIAN

Gerd Bauer (Politiker, 1950)

Born 1950

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0397 FOOTBALL

Norbert Rolshausen

Born 1962

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0398 PHOTOGRAPHER

Walter Barbian

1919 - 2005

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0399 COMTE

Louise-Henriette de Nassau-Sarrebruck

1705 - 1766

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0400 ACTOR

Wolfgang Zarnack (Schauspieler)

Born 1978

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0401 ARISTOCRAT

Sophie-Amélie de Nassau-Sarrebruck

1666 - 1736

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0402 EDITOR

Esther Betz

Born 1924

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0403 POLITICIAN

Karl Brück (Gauleiter)

1895 - 1964

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0404 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Reppert

1881 - 1968

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0405 SURGEON

Jürgen Dick

Born 1949

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0406 LAWYER

Erich Lawall

1899 - 1973

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0407 VIOLIN

Ulrich Grehling

1917 - 1977

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0408 POLITICIAN

Bernd Wegner (Politiker)

Born 1957

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0409 ACADEMIC

Hans-Peter Folz

Born 1963

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0410 KIRCHE

Julius Becker (Amokläufer)

Born 1853

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0411 TRUMPET

Matthias Harig

Born 1960

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0412 WRITER

Curt Seibert

1898 - 1975

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0413 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alexander Schmoll

1880 - 1943

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0414 OPERA

Georg Heckel (Intendant)

Born 1967

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0415 ARTIST

Martin R. Becker

Born 1949

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0416 ACADEMIC

Günther Metz

Born 1937

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0417 JOURNALIST

Bernd Harder

Born 1966

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0418 COMPOSER

Chris Weinheimer

Born 1964

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0419 PRESENTER

Alexandra Jansen

Born 1970

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0420 POLITICIAN

Johann Carl Schmidtborn

1794 - 1877

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0421 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Hao Li

Born 1981

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0422 OFFICER

Ludwig von Günderrode

1763 - 1841

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0423 PIANIST

Christoph Mudrich

1960 - 2019

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0424 PHYSICIST

Erich Oberhausen

1927 - 1997

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0425 SURGEON

Alois Memmesheimer

1894 - 1973

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0426 WRITER

Friedrich Ludwig von Botzheim

1730 - 1802

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0427 JOURNALIST

Anneliese Knorr

1918 - 2003

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0428 METALLURGIST

Heinrich Kraemer der Jüngere

1789 - 1867

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0429 LAWYER

Oscar Mügel

1858 - 1947

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0430 CONDUCTOR

Alexander Mayer (Dirigent)

Born 1973

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0431 POLITICIAN

Käthe Kirschmann

1915 - 2002

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0432 POLITICIAN

Marold Wosnitza

Born 1964

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0433 BUSINESS

Eduard Karcher

1818 - 1895

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0434 JUDGE

Markus Gehrlein

Born 1957

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0435 MISSING

Wilhelm Heinrich Kewenig

1818 - 1889

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0436 JOURNALIST

Johannes Ehrmann

Born 1983

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0437 POLITICIAN

Christine Streichert-Clivot

Born 1980

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0438 BIOLOGIST

Barbara König (Biologin)

Born 1955

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0439 POLITICIAN

August Windeck

1853 - 1933

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0440 SINGER

Guido Born

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0441 MANUFACTURER

Paul Karcher

1846 - 1912

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0442 CANOE

Kurt Zimmer

1924 - 2008

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0443 ENGINEER

Sarah Gillen

Born 1983

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0444 POLITICIAN

Nikolaus Schreiner

1914 - 2007

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0445 RAPPER

EstA

Born 1988

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0446 MILITAR

Paul Adam (major)

1892 - 1969

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0447 POLITICIAN

Axel Spies

Born 1952

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0448 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Welter (Politiker)

1898 - 1966

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0449 PHYSICIAN

Herbert Micka

1917 - 2002

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0450 PHYSICIAN

Horst Franz Kern

Born 1938

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0451 CANOE

Heinrich Hess (canoeist)

1928 - 1993

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0452 POLITICIAN

Georg Adolf Schwinn

1815 - 1892

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0453 POLITICIAN

Marianne Fritzen

1924 - 2016

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0454 POLITICIAN

Karl Karcher

1818 - 1868

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0455 POLITICIAN

Ludwig Lautz

1830 - 1884

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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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0458 POLITICIAN

Alwin Kulawig

1926 - 2003

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0459 LIBRARIAN

Philipp Zimmermann

1796 - 1850

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0460 FOOTBALL

Kristijan Tucaković

Born 1975

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0461 KIRCHE

Werner Straub (Geistlicher)

1901 - 1945

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0462 AUTHOR

Annette John

Born 1951

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0463 ART HISTORIAN

Hermann Gombert

1909 - 2001

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0464 RADIO

Susanka Bersin

Born 1980

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0465 CONDUCTOR

Robert Laugs

1875 - 1942

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0466 THEATRE

Caro Thum

Born 1977

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0467 POLITICIAN

Peter Clemens

1905 - 1981

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0468 VORSITZENDER

Wolf-Henning Scheider

Born 1962

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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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0471 AUTHOR

Holger Willi Montag

Born 1970

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0472 POLITICIAN

Guido Dahm

Born 1955

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0473 ENGINEER

Walter Dürrfeld

1899 - 1967

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0474 POLITICIAN

Johann Sebastian Bruch

1759 - 1828

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0475 OTOLARYNGOLOGIST

Walter Schätzle

1927 - 2007

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0476 PILOTO

Franz Barten

1912 - 1944

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0477 JOCKEY

Micar

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0478 PROFESSOR

Andrea Wandel

Born 1963

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0479 PIANIST

Marlo Thinnes

Born 1976

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0480 ACTOR

Markus Oberhauser

Born 1964

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0481 AUTHOR

Holger Höcke

Born 1962

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0482 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Barke

Born 1962

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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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0485 JOURNALIST

Peter Neumann (Medienmanager)

Born 1967

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0486 CINEMA

Otmar Herges

Born 1944

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0487 CLIMATOLOGIST

Kirsten Zickfeld

Born 1971

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0488 POLITICIAN

Alfons Paulus

1918 - 1987

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0489 POLITICIAN

Hanns Schloß

1903 - 1986

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0490 PLAYER

Eldin Demirović

Born 1992

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0491 ECOLOGIST

Günther Huwer

1899 - 1992

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0492 MATHEMATICIAN

Klaus-Dieter Becker

Born 1935

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0493 BEAMTE

Franz von Guérard

1867 - 1951

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0494 ROWER

Eva Dick

Born 1956

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0495 ROWER

Werner Biel

1927 - 2006

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0496 PSYCHOLOGIST

Tobias Geißner

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0497 POLITICIAN

Petra Fretter

Born 1959

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0498 JOURNALIST

Andrea Maurer (Journalistin)

Born 1982

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0499 ROWER

Angelika Beblo

Born 1961

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0500 ROWER

Heike Neu

Born 1965

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0501 FOOTBALL

Daniel Schommer

Born 1981

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0502 MANAGER

Christof E. Ehrhart

Born 1966

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0503 POLITICIAN

Kurt Thürk

1926 - 2002

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0504 POLITICIAN

Valentin Schaefer (Politiker)

1887 - 1952

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0505 POLITICIAN

Albert Schmidt (Politiker, 1877)

1877 - 1933

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0506 POLITICIAN

Peter Haberer

1935 - 2004

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0507 POLITICIAN

Carl Wilhelm von Günderrode

1765 - 1823

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0508 SPORT

Michael Hümbert

Born 1990

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0509 GAME

Andreas Escher

Born 1966

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0510 LAWYER

Mathilde Koller

Born 1950

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0511 MANUFACTURER

Franz Emil Anton Haldy

1826 - 1901

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0512 POLITICIAN

Robert Helm

1879 - 1955

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0513 ROWER

Hanns Peters

1930 - 2015

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0514 POLITICIAN

Claudia Willger

Born 1961

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0515 PRESENTER

Michael Karr

Born 1953

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0516 POLITICIAN

Thomas Schmitt (Politiker)

Born 1973

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0517 BUSINESS

Marcus T. R. Schmidt

Born 1967

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0518 POLITICIAN

Andrea Becker

Born 1970

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0519 FÜRSTEN

Johann Eberhard zu Eltz

1594 - 1655

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0520 JUDGE

Franz Ruland (Politiker)

1901 - 1964

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0521 POLITICIAN

Willi Erkel

1913 - 2002

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0522 POLITICIAN

Horst Hinschberger

Born 1950

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0523 POLITICIAN

Ralf Latz

Born 1959

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0524 SWIMMER

Georg Mascetti

1930 - 1982

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0525 JOURNALIST

Annette Milz

Born 1961

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0526 PLAYER

Thassilo Haun

Born 1973

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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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0529 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Barth (Politiker)

1895 - 1949

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0530 CHEMIST

Wilhelm Bollinger

1919 - 1975

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0531 EISENBAHN

Jakob Johannes

1877 - 1919

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0532 PRODUCER

Klaus Hoffmann (Produzent)

Born 1963

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0533 POLITICIAN

Andreas Augustin

Born 1979

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0534 PLAYER

Eva Graf

1936 - 2001

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0535 PRESENTER

Peter Kuttler

Born 1964

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0536 POLITICIAN

Uwe Conradt

Born 1977

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0537 POLITICIAN

Else Merkel

1905 - 1990

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0538 MUSIC

Herbert Diehl

1929 - 2003

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0539 MILITAR

Julien Charles Louis Rheinwald

1760 - 1810

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0540 SPRINT

Inge Glashörster

1927 - 2015

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0541 CHESS

Gerhard Löh

Born 1936

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0542 WINDSURFEN

Fred Ostermann

1934 - 2012

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0543 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Schmidt (Jurist)

Born 1941

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0544 POLITICIAN

Johann Jacob Röchling

1746 - 1822

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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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0547 JUDGE

Stephan Körner (Richter)

Born 1964

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0548 DIPLOMAT

Horst Oskar Siffrin

Born 1947

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0549 DRAMA

Kira Kirsch

Born 1972

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0550 POLITICIAN

Julius Kiefer

1820 - 1899

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0551 COMPOSER

Ralf Cetto

Born 1965

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0552 POLITICIAN

Jutta Krüger-Jacob

Born 1963

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0553 POLITICIAN

August Carl Klein

1847 - 1920

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0554 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Wahlster

1892 - 1968

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0555 POLITICIAN

Erika Ober

Born 1950

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0556 PAINTER

Manfred Güthler

Born 1927

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0557 ARCHITECT

Kurt Ziehmer

1944 - 2002

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0558 BUSINESS

Camille Metenett

1835 - 1899

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0559 POLITICIAN

Käthe Limbach

1915 - 2003

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0560 KUNST

Rolf Kayser (Kunstgießer)

Born 1960

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0561 POLITICIAN

Alfred Pontius

1907 - 1948

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0562 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Carl Bentz

1799 - 1864

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0563 JOURNALIST

Peter August Stern

1907 - 1947

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0564 POLITICIAN

Hans Ruppersberg

1889 - 1963

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0565 FILM

Peter Dinges

Born 1961

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0566 MISSING

Paul Lonsdorfer

Born 1907

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0567 OFFICER

Eduard von Kehler

1843 - 1910

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0568 MANAGER

Ronald Schild

Born 1970

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0569 POLITICIAN

Lothar Schnitzler

Born 1947

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0570 POLITICIAN

August Ludwig Reuther

1780 - 1855

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0571 SOLDIER

Hans Diederich Duis

Born 1922

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0572 POLITICIAN

Christian Heinrich Quien der Ältere

1750 - 1831

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0573 POLITICIAN

Margriet Zieder-Ripplinger

Born 1961

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0574 JOURNALIST

Christina Teuthorn-Mohr

Born 1975

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0575 COMPOSER

Bernhard Wittmann

Born 1964

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0576 POLITICIAN

Karl Elgas

1900 - 1985

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0577 JUDGE

Wolfgang Gerber

Born 1938

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0578 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Trapp (Widerstandskämpfer)

1906 - 1974

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0579 POLITICIAN

Johann Ludwig Schmidtborn

1754 - 1804

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0580 ARCHITECT

August Josef Peter

1906 - 1963

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0581 WRESTLER

Erwin Trouvain

1940 - 1982

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0582 POLITICIAN

Sabine Hennrich

Born 1962

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0583 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Nikodemus

1901 - 1975

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0584 POLITICIAN

Volker Schneider (Politiker)

Born 1955

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0585 SECRETARY

Ernst Braun (Politiker)

1909 - 1994

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0586 POLITICIAN

Werner Klinnert

1938 - 2006

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0587 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Jakob Haldy

1788 - 1844

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0588 PHYSICIAN

Walter Groth (Veterinärmediziner)

1921 - 1989

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0589 MINISTERIUM

Dieter Grünewald

Born 1957

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0590 POLITICIAN

Christina Diggance

Born 1966

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0591 KOMMUNIST

Heinrich Matz

1908 - 1945

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0592 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Güth

1858 - 1918

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0593 THEOLOGIAN

Nikolaus Beuck

1523 - 1572

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0594 POLITICIAN

August Kromayer

1803 - 1866

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0595 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Detjen

1899 - 1968

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0596 POLITICIAN

Eduard Welter

1900 - 1979

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0597 POLITICIAN

Karl Steinhauer

1902 - 1981

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0598 POLITICIAN

Hans Pink

1906 - 1974

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0599 POLITICIAN

Karl Lauckhard

1776 - 1839

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0600 WRESTLER

Werner Hoppe (Ringer)

1934 - 2010

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