48.7774° N, 9.1800° E

STUTTGART

Most Famous People Born in Stuttgart, Germany

Notable people
3,171
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1934
Most distinctive
Theologian 5.6×

A Württemberg court city turned industrial capital. Stuttgart's distinctive professions are theologians, academics, authors, and architects — the offices of the old Swabian-Lutheran bureaucracy that produced Hegel and Schiller — alongside an unusually heavy economist and judge column from the postwar capital of Baden-Württemberg. Hegel is the most famous son, with Weizsäckers and Daimlers and Porsches a few shelves further down, and the 19th-century bench reads more like a university seminar than a baroque court.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Stuttgart during each.

What Stuttgart Is Known For

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Politician is Stuttgart's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (281).

Stuttgart over-indexes on theologian5.6× the global rate.

Stuttgart under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician281
  2. Actor171
  3. Academic161
  4. Football132
  5. Painter125
  6. Writer109
  7. Author105
  8. Architect76
  1. Theologian645.6×
  2. Academic1615.0×
  3. Author1053.8×
  4. Architect762.7×
  5. Physicist352.6×
  6. Sculptor542.6×
  7. Economist342.6×
  8. Judge322.1×
  1. Football1320.4×
  2. Singer450.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Stuttgart's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 276 of 3,171 notable people

0028 BIOLOGIST

Bert Sakmann

Born 1942

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0040 COMPOSER

Eberhard Weber

Born 1940

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0062 HISTORIAN

Rolf Peter Sieferle

1949 - 2016

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0070 FOOTBALL

Horst Köppel

Born 1948

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0120 FILM

Jerry Zaks

Born 1946

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0122 ILLUSTRATOR

Rotraut Susanne Berner

Born 1948

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0124 JUDGE

Rosalie Abella

Born 1946

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0150 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Kramer

Born 1942

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0166 ARCHITECT

Mahmoud Bodo Rasch

Born 1943

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0175 SCREENWRITER

Anna Thomas

Born 1948

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0200 MUSIC

Klaus Röder

Born 1948

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0206 REVOLUTIONARY

Wilfried Böse

1949 - 1976

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0214 BUSINESS

Wolfgang Porsche

Born 1943

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0283 ACTIVIST

Irmela Mensah-Schramm

Born 1945

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0292 ILLUSTRATOR

Aiga Rasch

1941 - 2009

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0307 FILM

Rolf Schübel

Born 1942

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0312 ACTOR

Andrea Rau

Born 1947

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0317 PHYSICIST

Knut Urban

Born 1941

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0318 ACTOR

Elke Neidhardt

1941 - 2013

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0349 POLITICIAN

Kurt Joachim Lauk

Born 1946

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0373 SPORT

Hans Lutz

Born 1949

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0374 ACTOR

Anita Höfer

Born 1944

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0384 POLITICIAN

Dieter Spöri

Born 1943

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0400 ART HISTORIAN

Götz Adriani

Born 1940

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0413 ACADEMIC

Hans-Jörg Bullinger

Born 1944

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0424 PHILOSOPHER

Ingolf U. Dalferth

Born 1948

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0428 HISTORIAN

Gerhard Raff

Born 1946

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0434 ACTOR

Veronika Bayer

1940 - 2008

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0437 JOURNALIST

Eike Geisel

1945 - 1997

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0439 PRODUCER

Thomas M. Stein

Born 1949

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0455 ECONOMIST

Hartmut Elsenhans

Born 1941

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0468 SCHOLAR

Karl Erich Grözinger

Born 1942

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0493 ACTOR

Jörg Pleva

1942 - 2013

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0495 POLITICIAN

Hans-Gerhart Schmierer

Born 1942

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0503 RESTAURATEUR

Friedman Paul Erhardt

1943 - 2007

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0508 ECONOMIST

Jürgen Wolters

1940 - 2015

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0518 HISTORIAN

Samuel Kassow

Born 1946

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0533 PHILOLOGIST

Helmut Glück

Born 1949

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0536 ACTOR

Frank Strecker

1941 - 2000

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0540 ACTOR

Helmut Ruge

1940 - 2014

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0551 HISTORIAN

Christof Dipper

Born 1943

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0562 LAWYER

Ulrich Maurer (Politiker)

Born 1948

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0583 ENTREPRENEUR

Andy Rihs

1942 - 2018

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0595 ECONOMIST

Christoph Deutschmann

Born 1946

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0597 ATHLETIC

Elfgard Schittenhelm

Born 1947

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0605 HISTORIAN

Wolfgang Stürner

Born 1940

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0632 ARTIST

Marianne Pitzen

Born 1948

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0643 PROSECUTOR

Kurt Schrimm

Born 1949

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0654 COMPOSER

Wolfgang Schmid (Musiker)

Born 1948

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0655 PUBLISHER

Dieter von Holtzbrinck

Born 1941

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0659 ATHLETIC

Karin Reichert-Frisch

Born 1941

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0671 ECONOMIST

Eva Lang

Born 1947

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0675 JUDGE

Constance Grewe

Born 1946

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0681 ROWER

Jochen Meißner

Born 1943

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0687 FOOTBALL

Dieter Schwemmle

Born 1949

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0691 ACADEMIC

Jürgen Hesselbach

Born 1949

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0708 SPORT

Peter Glemser

Born 1940

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0713 ACTOR

Christoph Hofrichter

Born 1946

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0721 DESIGNER

Richard Ulrich

Born 1942

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0735 ACADEMIC

Hans-Dieter Mutschler

Born 1946

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0767 AUTHOR

John Thorn

Born 1947

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0775 ACTOR

Sabine Wackernagel

Born 1947

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0777 POLITICIAN

Rolf Linkohr

1941 - 2017

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0808 ACTOR

Reinhold Ohngemach

Born 1943

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0819 MATHEMATICIAN

Manfred Wagner

Born 1948

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0834 PHILOLOGIST

Hartmut Katz

1943 - 1996

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0838 ACTOR

Eva-Maria Kurz

Born 1944

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0840 MATHEMATICIAN

Volker Nollau

1941 - 2017

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0849 ACADEMIC

Arno Lederer

Born 1947

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0857 FILM

Hans-Peter Cloos

Born 1949

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0867 PAINTER

Uwe Lausen

1941 - 1970

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0880 PAINTER

Kuno Schiefer

1948 - 1992

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0893 FOOTBALL

Horst Haug

Born 1946

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0914 SOCIOLOGIST

Klaus Wahl

Born 1944

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0940 LAWYER

Wolfgang Zeh

Born 1942

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0948 SINGER

Roland W.

1941 - 2009

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0957 SCULPTOR

Karl Ulrich Nuss

Born 1943

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0963 WRITER

Peter Lauster

Born 1940

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0979 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Lieb

Born 1944

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0985 MEDIEVALIST

Wilfried Hartmann (Historiker)

Born 1942

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0991 ACADEMIC

Hans G. Hönig

1941 - 2004

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1000 PUBLISHER

Hansjörg Mayer

Born 1943

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1001 WRITER

Gerhard Schweizer

Born 1940

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1018 HISTORIAN

Klaus Bergdolt

Born 1947

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1030 CANOE

Jochen Schneider

Born 1942

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1036 POLITICIAN

Rainer Prewo

Born 1945

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1043 SAILOR

Jörg Schmall

Born 1943

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1050 THEOLOGIAN

Bernhard Lang (Theologe)

Born 1946

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1057 ACTOR

Olli Maier

1945 - 2011

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1059 ART HISTORIAN

Ingrid Mössinger

Born 1940

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1062 ORIENTALIST

Hans Daiber

Born 1942

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1063 ACADEMIC

Albrecht Riethmüller

Born 1947

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1075 ART HISTORIAN

Rainer Beck (Kunsthistoriker)

Born 1947

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1084 JUDGE

Siegfried Broß

Born 1946

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1087 LAWYER

Klaus Pflieger

Born 1947

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1093 AUTHOR

Martina Meuth

Born 1948

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1095 FOOTBALL

Hans Eisele (footballer)

1940 - 2002

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1108 THERAPIST

Michael Dieterich

Born 1942

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1118 ACADEMIC

Hans Eberspächer

1943 - 2014

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1129 ENTREPRENEUR

Helmut Nanz

1943 - 2020

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1131 JUDGE

Rolf Stürner

Born 1943

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1143 FOOTBALL

Reinhold Zech

Born 1948

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1148 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Vinnai

Born 1940

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1153 ENTREPRENEUR

Peter Schaufler

1940 - 2015

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1171 SWIMMER

Gerhard Schiller

Born 1949

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1192 PHYSICIST

Ekbert Hering

Born 1943

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1193 BUSINESS

Uwe Holy

Born 1940

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1206 POLITICIAN

Brigitte Baumeister

Born 1946

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1215 WRITER

Gottfried Knapp

Born 1942

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1221 WRITER

Joachim Kalka

Born 1948

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1224 SCIENTIST

Wolf Schluchter

1944 - 2018

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1234 SPORT

Wolfgang Renner (Radsportler)

Born 1947

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1249 COMPOSER

Manfred Morgan

1948 - 2015

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1256 PAINTER

Ise Schwartz

Born 1942

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1258 JUDGE

Peter Derleder

1940 - 2018

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1281 ACADEMIC

Sigrid Poser

1941 - 2004

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1285 ENTREPRENEUR

Markus Liebherr

1948 - 2010

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1292 WRITER

Waltraud Schade

Born 1946

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1355 ORIENTALIST

Ulrich Haarmann

1942 - 1999

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1365 ACTOR

Joerg Adae

Born 1943

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1378 PHYSICIST

Ulrich Gösele

1949 - 2009

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1385 JOURNALIST

Dirk Cornelsen

Born 1940

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1386 EDUCATION

Helga Breuninger

Born 1947

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1397 LAWYER

Victor Pfaff

Born 1941

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1411 PAINTER

Helmut Schweizer

Born 1946

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1425 BIOCHEMIST

Hansotto Reiber

Born 1940

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1441 AUTHOR

Peter Schlack (Dichter)

Born 1943

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1444 ACADEMIC

Helga Baumgarten

Born 1947

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1460 AUTHOR

Albrecht Gralle

Born 1949

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1462 AUTHOR

Ulrich Gollmer

Born 1949

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1467 WRITER

Hans Beller

Born 1947

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1470 ACADEMIC

Martin-Christoph Wanner

Born 1948

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1472 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Weng

Born 1942

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1479 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Bernhard Blanke

1941 - 2014

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1480 ACADEMIC

Bernhard E. Bürdek

Born 1947

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1487 PAEDIATRICIAN

Michaela Glöckler

Born 1946

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1499 MUSIC

Hans-Jürgen Bareiss

Born 1942

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1502 THEOLOGIAN

Walter Fürst (Theologe)

Born 1940

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1511 DIPLOMAT

Klaus-Peter Klaiber

Born 1940

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1518 ACTOR

Peter Jochen Kemmer

Born 1941

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1519 PHILOSOPHER

Eberhard Braun

1941 - 2006

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1524 LITERARY

Benjamin Henrichs (Kritiker)

Born 1946

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1545 BIOLOGIST

Raimund Apfelbach

Born 1943

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1586 AUTHOR

Siegfried Schmalzriedt

1941 - 2008

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1587 THEATRE

Christof Nel

Born 1944

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1594 CONDUCTOR

Frank Stähle

1942 - 2015

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1617 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Ulrich Widmaier (Politikwissenschaftler)

1944 - 2008

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1623 JOURNALIST

Rudi Kost

Born 1949

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1643 PUBLISHER

Jürgen Harrer

Born 1942

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1645 MOUNTAINEER

Wilhelm Schloz (Bergsteiger)

Born 1940

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1659 ART HISTORIAN

Hans Dieter Mück

Born 1947

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1660 ECONOMIST

Roland Eisen

Born 1941

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1679 PRESENTER

Albrecht Metzger

Born 1945

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1693 ECONOMIST

Eberhard Schaich

Born 1940

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1702 ACADEMIC

Uwe Lohrer

Born 1940

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1705 ART HISTORIAN

Bettina von Freytag genannt Löringhoff

Born 1943

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1707 PUBLISHER

Hansjörg Weitbrecht (Verleger)

Born 1943

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1710 AUTHOR

Joachim Röhm (Übersetzer)

Born 1947

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1727 ARTIST

René Straub

Born 1947

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1743 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Reuling

1942 - 2000

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1754 ACADEMIC

Hannelore Grimm (Psychologin)

Born 1940

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1763 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Goll

Born 1942

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1767 PAINTER

Wolfgang Lämmle

1941 - 2019

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1771 ECONOMIST

Elmar Wolfstetter

Born 1945

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1790 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Brinkel

Born 1946

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1795 LAWYER

Alexander von Maravić

Born 1949

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1801 OPERA

Karl-Friedrich Dürr

Born 1949

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1806 PSYCHIATRIST

Konrad Stauss

1943 - 2016

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1807 ACADEMIC

Klaus Mahler

1940 - 2011

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1825 COMPOSER

Thomas Eichenbrenner

Born 1948

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1831 WRITER

Ruth Eder

Born 1947

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1841 AUTHOR

Roman Ritter

Born 1943

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1850 BIOLOGIST

Holk Cruse

Born 1942

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1852 HISTORIAN

Andreas Birken

1942 - 2019

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1859 HISTORIAN

Hans Ulrich Rudolf

Born 1943

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1861 LAWYER

Bernd Reichert

Born 1941

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1862 SOCIOLOGIST

Ditmar Brock

1947 - 2020

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1864 HISTORIAN

Konrad Krimm

Born 1946

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1865 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Klaus F. Geiger

Born 1940

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1879 ECONOMIST

Albert Martin

Born 1949

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1886 WRITER

Dieter Klumpp (Publizist)

Born 1949

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1898 COMPOSER

Martin Supper

Born 1947

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1929 PRIEST

Christoph Keller (Theologe)

1940 - 2015

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1931 AUTHOR

Ulrich Viehöver

Born 1947

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1940 MUSIC

Volker Lutz

1941 - 2020

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1957 ACADEMIC

Dieter H. Scheuing

Born 1941

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1999 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Müller-Funk

Born 1947

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2010 THEOLOGIAN

Helga Weippert

1943 - 2019

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2012 JOURNALIST

Uli Franz

Born 1949

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2015 MEDIA

Irmbert Schenk

Born 1941

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2022 ACADEMIC

Rolf Dieter Schraft

Born 1942

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2033 PHYSICIST

Siegfried Dais

Born 1948

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2048 WRITER

Michael Spohn

1942 - 1985

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2050 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Köpf

Born 1941

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2070 ACADEMIC

Walter Lorenz (Sozialwissenschaftler)

Born 1947

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2083 PIANIST

Werner Lener

Born 1941

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2086 LAWYER

Konrad Weckerle

Born 1941

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2090 ATHLETIC

Andreas Gloerfeld

Born 1948

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2091 POLITICIAN

Winfried Hecht

Born 1941

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2129 ARTIST

Eckard Hauser

Born 1940

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2138 ECONOMIST

Alfons Madeja

Born 1949

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2150 POLITICIAN

Klaus Letzgus

Born 1940

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2165 PHYSICIST

Hans Gutbrod (Physiker)

Born 1942

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2173 THEATRE

Michael Tschernow

Born 1948

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2189 ACADEMIC

Axel Schenzle

1943 - 2016

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2203 MUSIC

Uwe Schweikert

Born 1941

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2208 HOCHSCHULLEHRER

Hans-Konrad Selbmann

Born 1941

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2216 GERMANIST

Wolfgang Trautwein (Literaturwissenschaftler) –

Born 1949

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2229 POLITICIAN

Martin Dolde

Born 1942

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2232 AUTHOR

Roland Haug

Born 1940

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2244 ORGANIST

Friedrich Fröschle

Born 1944

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2249 NUMISMATIST

Ulrich Klein

Born 1942

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2259 ACTOR

Karin Feddersen

Born 1942

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2265 CHEMIST

Alfred Mueck

Born 1945

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2267 MUSIC

Gudrun Endress

Born 1941

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2268 THEOLOGIAN

Irmgard Weth

Born 1943

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2269 LITERARY

Jürgen Arne Bach

Born 1942

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2293 POLITICIAN

Heiderose Berroth

Born 1947

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2299 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Gert Schäfer (Politikwissenschaftler)

1941 - 2012

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2325 ACTOR

Manoel Ponto

1949 - 1996

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2333 JOURNALIST

Günter Haaf

Born 1946

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2373 ARTIST

Rotraud Harling

Born 1941

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2386 COOK

Hans-Paul Steiner

Born 1942

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2389 ACADEMIC

Ursula Pixa-Kettner

1948 - 2013

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2392 PAINTER

Horst Peter Schlotter

Born 1949

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2409 POLITICIAN

Edgar Wais

Born 1940

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2412 ARTIST

Rotraud von der Heide

Born 1942

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2431 PAINTER

Roland Wesner

1940 - 1987

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2446 JOURNALIST

Jürgen Offenbach

Born 1942

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2463 POLITICIAN

Christel Haeck

Born 1948

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2464 FOOTBALL

Roland Weidle

Born 1949

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2483 JUDGE

Hans Gottlob Rühle

Born 1949

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2490 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Pfeifle

Born 1942

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2507 POLITICIAN

Roland Ströbele

Born 1943

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2564 ART CRITIC

Hans-Joachim Müller (Kunstkritiker)

Born 1947

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2573 PAINTER

Nikolaus von Georgi

Born 1940

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2579 HOCKEY

Marlinde Massa

1944 - 2014

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2596 GEOLOGIST

Volker Schweizer

Born 1940

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2600 GHOSTWRITER

Stefan Esser (Journalist)

Born 1947

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2615 ART HISTORIAN

Petra Bopp

Born 1943

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2621 JOURNALIST

Dieter Kapff

1941 - 2011

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2627 WRITER

Bernt Kling

Born 1947

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2650 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Rolf Sauerwein

1942 - 2014

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2672 CHESS

Werner Metz

Born 1944

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2685 EGYPTOLOGIST

Dieter Kessler

Born 1948

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2698 LITERARY

Helmut Bachmaier

Born 1946

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2707 WRITER

Gunhild Wilms

Born 1940

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2714 BISCHOF

Helmut Millauer

1941 - 2014

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2723 BUSINESS

Jochen Holy

1942 - 2020

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2740 PSYCHOLOGE

Hartmut Gabler

Born 1940

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2741 LAWYER

Ulrich Schwab

Born 1941

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2760 WRITER

Sebastian Goy

Born 1943

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2762 JUDGE

Ulrich Widmaier (Jurist)

Born 1943

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2787 PRESENTER

Rainer Nitschke

Born 1947

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2809 POLITICIAN

Dieter Auch

Born 1941

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2826 MUSIC

Conny Veit

Born 1949

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2830 PUBLISHER

Nicholas Mailänder

Born 1949

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2868 PHYSICIST

Peter C. Hägele

Born 1941

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2905 ACADEMIC

Gunter Huppenbauer

Born 1942

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2911 ARTIST

Jutta Barth

Born 1949

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2914 PARSON

Jutta Dahl

Born 1943

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2917 POLITICIAN

Eugen Fleischmann

1941 - 2017

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2956 PAINTER

Peter Mühldorfer

Born 1946

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2958 ASSYRIOLOGIST

Karlheinz Kessler

Born 1948

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2976 THEATER

Wolfgang Herbort

Born 1941

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2977 POLITICIAN

Hans H. Pfeifer

Born 1948

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2983 BUNDESANWALT

Ekkehard Kohlhaas

1944 - 2017

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3009 KARATE

Roland Hantzsche

Born 1941

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3023 DIPLOMAT

Hans-Werner Bussmann

Born 1949

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3057 JUDGE

Wolfgang Sailer

Born 1947

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3072 JOURNALIST

Ulrich Brenner

Born 1946

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3078 POLITICIAN

Beate Fauser

Born 1949

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3087 POLITICIAN

Doris Natusch

1946 - 2016

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3102 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Maier (Politiker)

Born 1943

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3103 DIPLOMAT

Hartmut Scheer

Born 1941

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3139 PHOTOGRAPHER

Paul G. Deker

1943 - 2011

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