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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0023 POLITICIAN

Volker Beck (politician)

Born 1960

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0038 SCREENWRITER

Robert Schwentke

Born 1968

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0042 WRITER

Greg Iles

Born 1960

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0049 ACTOR

Natalia Wörner

Born 1967

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0065 ENTREPRENEUR

Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Born 1960

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0074 ARCHITECT

Jürgen Mayer

Born 1965

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0080 ACTOR

Oliver Masucci

Born 1968

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0115 ACTOR

Karoline Eichhorn

Born 1965

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0151 HANDBALL

Martin Schwalb

Born 1963

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0165 SINGER

Mat Sinner

Born 1963

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0180 WRITER

Michael Maar

Born 1960

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0187 CINEMA

Judith Kaufmann

Born 1962

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0189 FOOTBALL

Marco Kurz

Born 1969

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0202 FOOTBALL

Andreas Müller (footballer)

Born 1962

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0222 PRESENTER

Denis Scheck

Born 1964

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0228 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Bernhard Schölkopf

Born 1968

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0251 ACTOR

Alex Jolig

Born 1963

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0259 LAWYER

Eric Hilgendorf

Born 1960

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0269 POLITICIAN

Tobias Pflüger

Born 1965

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0271 ACTOR

Franziska Traub

Born 1962

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0272 FILM

Franziska Buch

Born 1960

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0315 MUSIC

Michi Beck

Born 1967

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0333 FILM

Valentin Thurn

Born 1963

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0343 ACTOR

Ulrike Frank

Born 1969

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0344 ATHLETIC

Dietmar Haaf

Born 1967

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0394 ACTOR

Claudia Neidig

Born 1960

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0398 BANK

Sabine Lautenschläger

Born 1964

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0399 MENTAL CALCULATOR

Gert Mittring

Born 1966

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0401 POLITICIAN

Stefan Kaufmann (politician)

Born 1969

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0410 SKATER

Christina Riegel

Born 1965

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0419 PIANIST

Gregor Huebner

Born 1967

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0421 THERAPIST

Peter Selg

Born 1963

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0422 AUTHOR

Ulf Stolterfoht

Born 1963

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0426 PHOTOGRAPHER

Elger Esser

Born 1967

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0431 ATHLETIC

Jürgen Evers

Born 1965

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0443 BIOLOGIST

Patrick Cramer

Born 1969

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0448 FILM

Marcus Vetter

Born 1967

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0450 CINEMA

Lutz Reitemeier

Born 1963

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0454 MUSIC

Stefan-Peter Greiner

Born 1966

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0461 BOXER

Vincenzo Nardiello

Born 1966

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0463 ARCHITECT

Steffen Lehmann

Born 1963

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0467 ECONOMIST

Lucia A. Reisch

Born 1964

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0476 ACADEMIC

Patrizia Nanz

Born 1965

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0480 JUDO

Marc Meiling

Born 1962

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0492 ACADEMIC

Oliver Günther

Born 1961

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0507 COMPOSER

Christoph H. Müller

Born 1967

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0512 MATHEMATICIAN

Moritz Epple

Born 1960

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0517 FILM

Christoph Schrewe

Born 1964

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0521 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Christof Ebert

Born 1964

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0524 SKATER

Heiko Fischer

1960 - 1989

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0528 FOOTBALL

Michael Spies

Born 1965

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0538 POLITICIAN

Christoph Palmer

Born 1962

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0546 FOOTBALL

Dimitrios Moutas

Born 1968

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0556 FOOTBALL

Mark Adickes

Born 1961

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0560 FOOTBALL

Thomas Stickroth

Born 1965

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0564 PSYCHIATRIST

Andreas Heinz (psychotherapist)

Born 1960

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0570 POLITICIAN

Sven Morlok

Born 1962

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0577 BODYBUILDER

Nasser El Sonbaty

1965 - 2013

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0579 JOURNALIST

Mark Landler

Born 1965

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0594 GYMNAST

Jürgen Brümmer

1964 - 2014

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0620 MANAGER

Christoph Mohn

Born 1965

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0622 CONDUCTOR

Achim Fiedler

Born 1965

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0623 POLITICIAN

Uwe Hück

Born 1962

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0651 SOCIOLOGIST

Bernhard Ebbinghaus

Born 1961

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0664 POLO

Thomas Huber (water polo)

Born 1963

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0668 ART HISTORIAN

Hans Höger

Born 1960

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0674 MUSIC

Andreas Weller

Born 1969

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0685 STUDIES

Ferdinand Oliver Porsche

Born 1961

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0692 PLAYER

Beate Reinstadler

Born 1967

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0710 ACADEMIC

Cornelia Ulrich

Born 1967

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0722 BODYBUILDER

Anja Langer

Born 1965

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0723 SINGER

Rainer Trost

Born 1966

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0734 MANAGEMENT

Michael Macht

Born 1960

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0737 ORGANIST

Michael Matthes

Born 1966

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0746 PLAYER

Beate Bühler

Born 1964

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0749 COMPOSER

Rue Protzer

Born 1966

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0750 LAWYER

Martin Nettesheim

Born 1964

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0758 ZOOLOGIST

Ulf Hohmann

Born 1963

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0768 PHOTOGRAPHER

Sandra Hastenteufel

Born 1966

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0772 PHYSICIST

Martin Gruebele

Born 1964

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0782 FILM

Ralf Schmerberg

Born 1965

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0795 CLARINET

Alexander Bader

Born 1965

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0815 ATHLETIC

Edith Oker

Born 1961

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0817 POLITICIAN

Pilar Cancela

Born 1967

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0820 ACADEMIC

Bernd Heinrich (Rechtswissenschaftler)

Born 1962

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0828 HISTORIAN

Ralf Zerback

Born 1961

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0833 COMPOSER

Klaus Schedl

Born 1966

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0846 SOCIOLOGIST

Stephan Lessenich

Born 1965

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0852 ACTOR

Thomas Balou Martin

Born 1962

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0862 ACADEMIC

Markus G. Manz

Born 1967

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0872 MUSIC

Johannes Matthias Michel

Born 1962

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0903 ACTOR

Ingo Hülsmann

Born 1963

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0924 ACTOR

Jürgen Hartmann (Schauspieler)

Born 1965

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0937 SCULPTOR

Angela Laich

Born 1963

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0955 POLITICIAN

Heike Hänsel

Born 1966

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0960 ACTOR

Sandra Nedeleff

Born 1968

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0961 BUSINESS

Martin Brudermüller

Born 1961

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0968 PAINTER

Andrea Neumann

1969 - 2020

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0971 HÄMATOLOGE

Heinrich Fiechtner

Born 1960

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0973 ARCHITECT

Regine Leibinger

Born 1963

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0976 BUSINESS

Brigitte Mohn

Born 1964

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0977 PAINTER

Erik Parker

Born 1968

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0983 THEOLOGIAN

Volker Gäckle

Born 1964

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1006 AUTHOR

Jürgen Seibold

Born 1960

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1011 THEATRE

Jan Bosse

Born 1969

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1014 PHYSICIAN

Herbert Renz-Polster

Born 1960

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1025 PLAYER

Oliver Oetke

Born 1968

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1029 ART HISTORIAN

Petra Olschowski

Born 1965

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1032 HOCKEY

Hella Roth

Born 1963

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1049 ACTOR

Ralph Palka

Born 1963

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1051 AUTHOR

Anne Maar

Born 1965

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1055 SKATER

Anuschka Gläser

Born 1969

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1058 SCREENWRITER

Ted Gaier

Born 1964

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1069 ART HISTORIAN

Claudia Emmert

Born 1965

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1073 ACTOR

Hans Piesbergen

Born 1961

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1074 FILM

Frieder Schlaich

Born 1961

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1077 MATHEMATICIAN

Mara Neusel

1964 - 2014

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1081 OFFICER

Michael Berger (Offizier)

Born 1964

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1091 PROFESSOR

Beate Jessel

Born 1962

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1098 AUTHOR

Martin Schleske

Born 1965

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1099 MYCOLOGIST

Andreas Gminder

Born 1964

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1100 SONGWRITER

Udo Schöbel

Born 1961

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1101 POLITICIAN

Saskia Esken

Born 1961

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1103 PSYCHOLOGIST

Klaus Kießling

Born 1962

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1110 FOOTBALL

Klaus Mirwald

Born 1968

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1120 JOURNALIST

Tobias Kniebe

Born 1968

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1132 JOURNALIST

Hans-Ulrich Kopp

Born 1962

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1133 SONGWRITER

Julian Feifel

Born 1966

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1137 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jörg Bofinger (Archäologe)

Born 1967

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1139 AUTHOR

Robert von Rimscha

Born 1964

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1140 PROFESSOR

Andrea Römmele

Born 1967

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1141 JOURNALIST

Gisa Klönne

Born 1964

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1145 POLITICIAN

Karin Maag

Born 1962

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1151 FOOTBALL

John Alt

Born 1962

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1159 SCREENWRITER

Jürgen Werner (Autor)

Born 1963

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1164 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Christoph Kopke

Born 1967

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1165 JOURNALIST

Barbara Junge (Journalistin)

Born 1968

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1169 JOURNALIST

Rüdiger Vaas

Born 1966

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1175 CONDUCTOR

Stefan Weiler

Born 1960

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1184 PLAYER

Renate Riek

Born 1960

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1187 FILM

Ulli Baumann

Born 1962

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1195 BASSIST

Mini Schulz

Born 1966

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1201 ILLUSTRATOR

Mari Otberg

Born 1969

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1204 WRITER

Gecko Keck

Born 1967

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1205 ACTOR

Karla Trippel

Born 1964

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1212 SCULPTOR

Markus Wolf (Bildhauer)

Born 1963

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1222 COMPOSER

Guido Henkel

Born 1964

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1228 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Blau

Born 1967

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1245 FOOTBALL

Rainer Kraft

Born 1962

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1247 POLICE

Klaus Kandt

Born 1960

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1248 FILM

Axel Sand

Born 1961

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1251 AUTHOR

Werner Winkler (Autor)

Born 1964

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1257 WRITER

Olivia Kleinknecht

Born 1960

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1259 MATHEMATICIAN

Steffen König

Born 1961

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1263 AUTHOR

Annett Zinsmeister

Born 1967

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1265 MUSIC

Armin Sabol

Born 1960

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1278 WRITER

Daniel F. Pinnow

Born 1962

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1279 POLITICIAN

Gunter Czisch

Born 1963

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1283 ACADEMIC

Uwe Muegge

Born 1960

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1302 COMPOSER

Klaus Miehling

Born 1963

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1309 ACADEMIC

Christoph Keller (Verleger)

Born 1969

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1313 JOURNALIST

Reinhard Veser

Born 1968

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1315 ACADEMIC

Klaus Krämer (Priester)

Born 1964

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1317 THEOLOGIAN

Thomas Schlag

Born 1965

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1321 ARCHITECT

Axel Müller-Schöll

Born 1960

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1330 COACH

Axel Gottlob

Born 1960

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1331 COMPOSER

Veit Hübner

Born 1968

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1332 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marcus Kaiser

Born 1966

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1342 SAXOPHONIST

Jason Seizer

Born 1964

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1347 ACTIVIST

Ise Bosch

Born 1964

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1348 FOOTBALL

Michael Feichtenbeiner

Born 1960

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1351 JOURNALIST

Manuel Karasek

Born 1967

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1353 AUTHOR

Ulrich Renz (Schriftsteller)

Born 1960

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1356 ACADEMIC

Joachim Häcker

Born 1968

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1373 PHILOSOPHER

Friedrich Glauner

Born 1960

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1374 ECONOMIST

Christoph Alexander Müller

Born 1968

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1388 PAINTER

Markus Amm

Born 1969

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1389 PROFESSOR

Dorothee Kimmich

Born 1961

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1392 SINGER

Gabriele Rossmanith

Born 1961

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1396 SINGER

Anke Sieloff

Born 1965

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1400 PRESENTER

Markus Brock

Born 1963

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1416 DRAMA

Juliane Votteler

Born 1960

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1421 ARTIST

Ulf Aminde

Born 1969

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1428 JOURNALIST

Tessa Szyszkowitz

Born 1967

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1433 WRITER

Susanne Geiger

Born 1964

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1439 MUSIC

Martin Lorber

Born 1967

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1446 ACADEMIC

Susanne Hagemann

Born 1961

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1454 ART HISTORIAN

Moritz Wullen

Born 1966

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1461 SPORT

Cordula Möller

Born 1968

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1484 ACTOR

Jele Brückner

Born 1966

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1485 CINEMA

Benjamin Dernbecher

Born 1969

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1500 ECONOMIST

Utz Schäffer

Born 1966

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1501 POLITICIAN

Thaddäus Kunzmann

Born 1964

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1507 MANAGER

Andreas von Zitzewitz

Born 1960

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1516 SCULPTOR

Uli Gsell

Born 1967

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1517 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Steinbach

Born 1968

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1523 HISTORIAN

Daniel Schäfer (Medizinhistoriker)

Born 1964

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1526 ART HISTORIAN

Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen

Born 1961

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1536 ACADEMIC

Christoph Neuberger

Born 1964

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1542 DRUMMER

Niko Schäuble

Born 1966

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1543 FOOTBALL

Niels Schlotterbeck

Born 1967

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1544 ARTIST

Heike Aumüller

Born 1969

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1548 ACADEMIC

Jan Bergmann

Born 1966

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1550 POLITICIAN

Frank Nopper

Born 1961

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1552 AUTHOR

Norbert Zähringer

Born 1967

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1555 NOTARY

Ulrich Schellenberg

Born 1960

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1564 ACADEMIC

Karim Khakzar

Born 1960

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1570 GUITAR

Andreas Wahl

Born 1965

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1571 ACADEMIC

Nicole Saam

Born 1964

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1581 ACADEMIC

Christian Berger (Jurist)

Born 1960

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1590 FILM

Stephan Krumbiegel

Born 1964

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1605 JOURNALIST

Konrad Badenheuer

Born 1966

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1609 MEDIEVALIST

Achim Thomas Hack

Born 1967

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1611 ACTOR

Matthias Kress

Born 1969

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1619 ART HISTORIAN

Moritz Woelk

Born 1963

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1622 ACADEMIC

Fritz Mitthof

Born 1964

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1625 MERCHANT

Daniel von Borries

Born 1965

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1630 RESEARCH

Rafael Arnold

Born 1968

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1647 THEATRE

Günter Maurer

Born 1965

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1664 ACTOR

Wolfram Teufel

Born 1961

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1665 AUTHOR

Thomas Weiss (Schriftsteller)

Born 1964

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1667 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Oliver Scholl

Born 1964

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1672 OFFICER

Richard D. Clarke

Born 1962

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1673 AUTHOR

Sibylle Luise Binder

1960 - 2020

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1674 SCREENWRITER

Alexander M. Rümelin

Born 1968

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1685 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Martin Rupps

Born 1964

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1692 ECONOMIST

Michael-Jörg Oesterle

Born 1960

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1700 THEOLOGIAN

Cornelius Roth

Born 1968

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1716 ECONOMIST

Andreas Otterbach

Born 1965

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1717 ECONOMIST

Micha Bloching

Born 1968

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1725 LINGUIST

Markus Steinbach

Born 1967

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1739 WRITER

OA Krimmel

Born 1967

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1745 HISTORIAN

Jörg Ulrich

Born 1960

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1752 EDITOR

Heike Munder

Born 1969

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1755 OPERA

Thomas Laske

Born 1969

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1768 ACADEMIC

Cora Dietl

Born 1967

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1769 ECONOMIST

Peter Winker

Born 1965

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1770 PRESENTER

Ingolf Baur

Born 1964

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1781 ACADEMIC

Axel Buchner

Born 1961

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1832 ACADEMIC

Katja Langenbucher

Born 1968

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1834 PIANIST

Tilman Jäger

Born 1961

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1838 WRITER

Gerdt Fehrle

Born 1961

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1851 ORGANIST

Samuel Kummer

Born 1968

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1866 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Agnes Schwarzmaier

Born 1962

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1872 POLITICIAN

Paul-Stefan Mauz

Born 1960

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1877 THEOLOGIAN

Christof Mandry

Born 1968

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1899 ARTIST

Florian Zeyfang

Born 1965

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1902 POLITICIAN

Patrick Rapp

Born 1969

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1920 ARCHITECT

Juliane Zach

Born 1960

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1943 ACADEMIC

Martin Heger

Born 1968

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1946 ACADEMIC

Jörg H. Gleiter

Born 1960

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1949 ARCHITECT

Ute Margarete Meyer

Born 1963

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1952 COMPOSER

Michael Beil

Born 1963

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1955 ACTOR

Silke Haupt

Born 1968

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1956 ACADEMIC

Mathias Niendorf

Born 1961

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1958 THEOLOGIAN

Martin Erdmann (Theologe, 1962)

Born 1962

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1968 PAINTER

Beatrix Giebel

Born 1961

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1976 PROFESSOR

Thorsten Bohl

Born 1967

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1985 MUSIC

Armin Jans

Born 1965

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2000 SAXOPHONIST

Rainer Heute

Born 1962

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2002 JOURNALIST

Michael Ohnewald

Born 1964

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2003 RESEARCH

Ulrich Schwarz (Physiker)

Born 1966

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2007 DRIVER

Christian Zugel

Born 1960

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2008 PHOTOGRAPHER

Klaus Mellenthin

Born 1969

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2013 COOK

Michael Fell

Born 1963

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2020 PHYSICIST

Christian Pfleiderer

Born 1965

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2023 SAXOPHONIST

Andi Maile

Born 1964

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2024 LIBRARIAN

Frank Scholze

Born 1968

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2036 CONDUCTOR

Klaus Breuninger

Born 1961

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2037 AUTHOR

Artur P. Schmidt

Born 1961

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2041 SINGER

Christian Tschelebiew

Born 1966

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2044 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marc Volk

Born 1967

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2056 HISTORIAN

Ulrich Werz

Born 1964

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2066 ARCHITECT

Alexander Vohl

Born 1961

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2069 PHOTOGRAPHER

Albrecht Schäfer

Born 1967

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2074 ECONOMIST

Tomás Bayón

Born 1965

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2075 WRITER

Katrin Zipse

Born 1964

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2081 FILM

Uwe Greiner (Regisseur)

Born 1969

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2082 ACADEMIC

Stefan J. Geibel

Born 1968

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2084 ARTIST

Michael Hofstetter (Künstler)

Born 1961

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2085 DRAMA

Bodo Busse

Born 1969

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2088 ACADEMIC

Mark Dominik Alscher

Born 1963

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2092 ACTOR

Ecco Mylla

Born 1968

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2096 AUTHOR

Peter Beck (Autor)

Born 1965

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2123 AUTHOR

Susanne Berkenheger

Born 1963

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2137 SCULPTOR

Dieter Kränzlein

Born 1962

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2139 PHOTOGRAPHER

Florian Monheim

Born 1963

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2141 WRITER

Sibylle Thelen

Born 1962

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2145 WRITER

Ines Witka

Born 1960

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2147 CONDUCTOR

Christian Fitzner

Born 1962

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2170 ACADEMIC

Carsten Reinhardt

Born 1966

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2172 SCULPTOR

Daniel Milohnić

Born 1969

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2178 PUBLISHER

Joachim Polzer

Born 1962

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2180 AUTHOR

Tim Brümmendorf

Born 1966

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2188 WRITER

Georg Lehmacher

Born 1962

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2195 COACH

Alexander Waibl

Born 1968

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2197 COSTUME DESIGNER

Falk Bauer

Born 1967

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2206 ATHLETIC

Franziska Lilienfein

Born 1968

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2211 ARTIST

Ragani Haas

Born 1969

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2219 GUITAR

Irina Kircher

Born 1966

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