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TRIER

Most Famous People Born in Trier, Germany

Notable people
582
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1932
Most distinctive
Presenter 5.3×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Trier during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 81 notable births.

What Trier Is Known For

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Politician is Trier's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (71).

Trier over-indexes on presenter5.3× the global rate.

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

  1. Politician71
  2. Painter31
  3. Academic28
  4. Football26
  5. Writer25
  6. Actor25
  7. Author17
  8. Priest16
  1. Presenter75.3×
  2. Academic284.8×
  3. Author173.4×
  4. Economist83.3×
  5. Mathematician72.4×
  6. Officer92.4×
  7. Historian142.3×
  8. Judge62.2×
  1. Football260.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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582 notable people

0001 ECONOMIST

Karl Marx

1818 - 1883

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0002 BISHOP

Ambrose

340 - 397

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0003 EMPEROR

Valentinian II

371 - 392

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0004 SINGER

Guildo Horn

Born 1963

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0005 WRITER

Salvian

405 - 451

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0006 PRIEST

Ludwig Kaas

1881 - 1952

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0007 FOOTBALL

Dominik Kohr

Born 1994

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0008 FOOTBALL

Josephine Henning

Born 1989

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0009 PHYSICIST

August Beer

1825 - 1863

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0010 PAINTER

Hans am Ende

1864 - 1918

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0011 PHILOSOPHER

Michael Schmidt-Salomon

Born 1967

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0012 WRITER

Clara Viebig

1860 - 1952

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0013 THEOLOGIAN

Caspar Olevian

1536 - 1587

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0014 ECONOMIST

Oswald von Nell-Breuning

1890 - 1991

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0015 ACTOR

Udo Samel

Born 1953

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0016 HISTORIAN

Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim

1701 - 1790

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0017 POET

Ursula Krechel

Born 1947

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0018 DAUGHTER

Saint Marcellina

327 - 397

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0019 PLAYER

Eric Jelen

Born 1965

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0020 ACTOR

Gitta Lind

1925 - 1974

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0021 PRIEST

Honoratus

365 - 429

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0022 PRODUCER

Onra

Born 1981

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0023 NUN

Irmina of Oeren

Died 716

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0024 POLITICIAN

Nils Schmid

Born 1973

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0025 EMPEROR

Flavia Julia Constantia

293 - 330

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0026 GRAND MAÎTRE

Karl von Trier

1265 - 1324

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0027 PAINTER

Christian Ruben

1805 - 1875

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0028 CHESS

Georg Meier (chess player)

Born 1987

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0029 ROWER

Richard Schmidt (rower)

Born 1987

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0030 POLITICAL

Helga Zepp-LaRouche

Born 1948

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0031 SOLDIER

Wolf Graf von Baudissin

1907 - 1993

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0032 RUNNER

Herbert Steffny

Born 1953

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0033 CLARINET

Karl-Heinz Steffens

Born 1961

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0034 RABBI

Joseph David Sinzheim

1745 - 1812

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0035 MODEL

Jordan Carver

Born 1986

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0036 FOOTBALL

Jan Hochscheidt

Born 1987

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0037 ATHLETIC

Heinz Weis

Born 1963

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0038 FOOTBALL

Günther Herrmann (footballer)

Born 1939

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0039 FOOTBALL

Isabell Bachor

Born 1983

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0040 SPORT

Reimund Dietzen

Born 1959

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0041 SINGER

Franz Grundheber

Born 1937

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0042 MATHEMATICIAN

Peter Thullen

1907 - 1996

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0043 ART HISTORIAN

Franz Xaver Kraus

1840 - 1901

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0044 AUTHOR

Thomas Girst

Born 1971

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0045 CONDUCTOR

Alexander Lonquich

Born 1960

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0046 PRIEST

Gregory of Utrecht

700 - 780

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0047 OFFICER

Günther Smend

1912 - 1944

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0048 PSYCHOLOGIST

Jean-Charles Gille

1924 - 1995

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0049 PRIEST

Milo (bishop of Trier)

Died 753

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0050 LITHOGRAPHER

Johann Anton Ramboux

1790 - 1866

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0051 DAUGHTER

Anne de Gaulle

1928 - 1948

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0052 PRIEST

Karl Kaspar von der Leyen

1618 - 1676

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0053 PAINTER

Fritz Quant

1888 - 1933

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0054 COMPOSER

Ernst Ulrich Deuker

Born 1954

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0055 OFFICER

Alexander Edler von Daniels

1891 - 1960

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0056 ZOOLOGIST

Hubert Jacob Ludwig

1852 - 1913

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0057 POLITICIAN

Doris Ahnen

Born 1964

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0058 PRIEST

Emygdius

273 - 303

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0059 OPERA

Anna Bochkoltz

1815 - 1879

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0060 POLITICIAN

Edgar von Westphalen

1819 - 1890

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0061 PRIEST

Damian Hartard von der Leyen-Hohengeroldseck

1624 - 1678

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0062 ACADEMIC

Sybille Krämer

Born 1951

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0063 POLITICIAN

Hermann Pünder

1888 - 1976

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0064 ATHLETIC

Günther Steines

1928 - 1982

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0065 PHOTOGRAPHER

Rut Blees Luxemburg

Born 1967

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0066 PHILOSOPHER

Robert Zimmer (philosopher)

Born 1953

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0067 COMPOSER

Christian Jost

Born 1963

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0068 MUSIC

Peter Wagner (Musikwissenschaftler)

1865 - 1931

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0069 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Dorothea Wagner

Born 1957

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0070 GARDENER

Peter Lambert (rosarian)

1859 - 1939

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0071 PIANIST

François Weigel

Born 1964

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0072 FOOTBALL

Paul Linz

Born 1956

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0073 ORGANIST

Georges Schmitt

1821 - 1900

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0074 ACTOR

Frank Geney

1979 - 2013

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0075 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Pelzer

Born 1980

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0076 BASKET

Johannes Thiemann

Born 1994

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0077 PRESENTER

Ernst Huberty

Born 1927

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0078 POLITICIAN

Birgit Collin-Langen

Born 1956

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0079 POLITICIAN

Jacques Colombier

Born 1952

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0080 ACTOR

Frank Christian Marx

Born 1978

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0081 HISTORIAN

Lutz Klinkhammer

Born 1960

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0082 ABBOT

Germanus of Granfelden

612 - 675

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0083 LAWYER

Dietrich Flade

1534 - 1589

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0084 MILITAR

Xavier Bout de Marnhac

Born 1951

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0085 PHILOLOGIST

Ferdinand Sommer

1875 - 1962

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0086 POLITICIAN

Frederick A. Schroeder

1833 - 1899

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0087 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Kaster

Born 1957

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0088 PRIEST

Matthias Eberhard

1815 - 1876

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0089 WRITER

Louis Adrien Huart

1813 - 1865

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0090 PSYCHOLOGIST

Bernhard Sabel

Born 1957

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0091 PSYCHIATRIST

Karl Heinz Brisch

Born 1955

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0092 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Wolfgang Decker

1941 - 2020

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0093 PRIEST

Johann Ludwig von Hagen

1492 - 1547

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0094 RELIGIOUS

Ramwod

900 - 1000

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0095 POET

Frank Findeiß

Born 1971

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0096 ARTIST

Ursula Reuter Christiansen

Born 1943

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0097 PIANIST

Patrick Bebelaar

Born 1971

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0098 POLITICIAN

Regina Görner

Born 1950

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0099 ACADEMIC

Stascha Rohmer

Born 1966

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0100 ATHLETIC

Manfred Steffny

Born 1941

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0101 PROFESSOR

Otmar Seul

Born 1943

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0102 GROCER

Mathias Joseph Fischer

1822 - 1879

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0103 ARTIST

Auguste Migette

1802 - 1884

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0104 ATHLETIC

Edwin Klein

Born 1948

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0105 OFFICER

Max von Bock und Polach

1842 - 1915

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0106 FOOTBALL

Jakob Dallevedove

Born 1987

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0107 ATHLETIC

Bert Steines

1929 - 1998

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0108 ILLUSTRATOR

Herbert Holzing

1931 - 2000

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0109 FOOTBALL

Michael Probst

Born 1962

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0110 PRIEST

Magnerich of Trier

522 - 596

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0111 THEOLOGE

Josef Sudbrack

1925 - 2010

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0112 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Heinz Cüppers

1929 - 2005

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0113 PRIEST

Johann Michael Josef von Pidoll

1734 - 1819

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0114 PAINTER

Reinhard Heß (Maler)

1904 - 1998

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0115 OFFICER

Theodor von Hassel

1868 - 1935

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0116 SANTO

Satyrus of Milan

339 - 378

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0117 POLITICIAN

Mathias Thesen

1891 - 1944

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0118 BASKET

James Marsh (Basketballspieler)

Born 1970

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0119 FOOTBALL

Harald Kohr

Born 1962

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0120 JUDGE

Hans Müller (politician)

1884 - 1961

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0121 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Beucler

1923 - 1999

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0122 HISTORIAN

Johann Baptist Keune

1858 - 1937

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0123 AUTHOR

Hans Wachenhusen

1827 - 1898

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0124 MUSIC

Michael Hermesdorff

1833 - 1885

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0125 THÉOLOGIEN

Matthias Laros

1882 - 1965

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0126 WRITER

Werner Köhler (Autor)

Born 1956

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0127 OFFICER

Theodor Groppe

1882 - 1973

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0128 HANDBALL

Stéphane Joulin

Born 1971

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0129 PHYSICIST

Georg Maret

Born 1949

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0130 BOTANIST

Heinrich Rosbach

1814 - 1879

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0131 HOCKEY

Noureddine Bettahar

Born 1994

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0132 FOOTBALL

Lothar Leiendecker

Born 1953

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0133 SCIENTIST

Thomas Kremer (Theologe)

Born 1971

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0134 ACTOR

Cristin König

Born 1965

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0135 SINGER

Jan Sievers (Musiker)

Born 1977

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0136 PHILOSOPHER

Christian Bermes

Born 1968

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0137 MUSIC

Michael Schulze (Künstler)

Born 1952

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0138 POLITICIAN

Joachim Mertes

1949 - 2017

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0139 ATHLETIC

Niklas Zender

Born 1990

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0140 ACTOR

Sebastian Fräsdorf

Born 1986

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0141 AUTHOR

Maria Regina Kaiser

Born 1952

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0142 JOURNALIST

Mia Ceran

Born 1986

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0143 ACTOR

Franck Borde

Born 1979

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0144 AUTHOR

Johannes Kram

Born 1967

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0145 ACTOR

Reimar Johannes Baur

Born 1928

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0146 AUTHOR

Guido Steinberg

Born 1968

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0147 ARTIST

Jean-Michel Thiriet

Born 1958

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0148 ACTOR

Marius Jung

Born 1965

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0149 WRITER

Dagmar von Gersdorff

Born 1938

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0150 BANK

Hieronymus Jaegen

1841 - 1919

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0151 PIANIST

Chris Beier

Born 1953

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0152 HISTORIAN

Michael Meyer

Born 1959

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0153 AUTHOR

Kuno Füssel

Born 1941

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0154 DIPLOMAT

Laurent Bili

Born 1961

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0155 BASKET

Martina Weber (Basketballspielerin)

Born 1982

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0156 BUSINESS

Ernest Backes

Born 1946

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0157 MUSIC

Joseph Mainzer

1801 - 1851

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0158 PAINTER

Peter Philippi

1866 - 1945

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0159 ACADEMIC

Karl Kutzbach

1875 - 1942

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0160 PAINTER

Friedrich Anton Wyttenbach

1812 - 1845

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0161 CONDUCTOR

Carl Kuntze

1817 - 1883

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0162 COMPOSER

Heinz Heckmann (Komponist)

Born 1932

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0163 SISTER

Louise Juta

1821 - 1893

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0164 PAINTER

Peter Schmid (Pädagoge)

1769 - 1853

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0165 MILITAR

Eugen König

1896 - 1985

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0166 POLITICIAN

Michael Billen

Born 1955

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0167 COMPOSER

Heinz Martin Lonquich

1937 - 2014

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0168 AUTHOR

Lothar Kittstein

Born 1970

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0169 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hans Georg Berger

Born 1951

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0170 HISTORIAN

Johann Matthias Watterich

1826 - 1904

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0171 PROFESSOR

Klara Marie Faßbinder

1890 - 1974

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0172 MEDIA

Stephan Weichert

Born 1973

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0173 PHYSICIAN

Bruno Weber (doctor)

1915 - 1956

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0174 MUSIC

Helmut Leiendecker

Born 1952

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0175 GUITAR

Ferdinand Pelzer

1801 - 1861

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0176 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Eckhard Walker

Born 1952

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0177 ACADEMIC

Diethelm Klippel

Born 1943

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0178 PAINTER

Ernst Brand (Maler)

1898 - 1983

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0179 SOCIOLOGIST

Jo Reichertz

Born 1949

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0180 WRITER

Hanns Maria Lux

1900 - 1967

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0181 LIBRARIAN

Barbara Schneider-Kempf

Born 1954

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0182 LINGUIST

Elmar Ternes

1941 - 2020

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0183 OFFICER

Wilhelm von Woyna (General, 1819)

1819 - 1896

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0184 FOOTBALL

Olivier Roussey

Born 1958

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0185 LAWYER

Georg F. Thoma

Born 1944

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0186 COMPOSER

Vincent Lee

Born 1983

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0187 ACTOR

Léonie Thelen

Born 1959

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0188 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Zimmer

Born 1982

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0189 ECONOMIST

Hardy Bouillon

Born 1960

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0190 WRITER

Gerty Spies

1897 - 1997

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0191 WRITER

Elmar Bartel

Born 1953

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0192 HISTORIAN

Patrick Wagner

Born 1961

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0193 PHILOSOPHER

Joseph Hontheim

1858 - 1929

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0194 PAINTER

Franz von Kesselstatt

1753 - 1841

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0195 TRANSLATOR

Erwin Köstler (Übersetzer)

Born 1964

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0196 PAINTER

Erich Kraemer

1930 - 1994

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0197 ARCHITECT

Edmund Spohr (Architekt)

Born 1943

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0198 ACTOR

Christof Düro

Born 1963

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0199 PAINTER

Bernhard Gauer

1882 - 1955

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0200 BASKET

Jörn Patzak

Born 1971

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0201 MILITAR

Franz Gall (general)

1884 - 1944

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0202 LAWYER

Johann Hahlen

Born 1942

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0203 ARCHITECT

Carl Rüdell

1855 - 1939

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0204 PRESENTER

Olli Briesch

Born 1975

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0205 SINGER

Axel Herrig

Born 1963

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0206 WRITER

Tania Witte

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0207 HISTORIAN

Klaus Gotto

1943 - 2017

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0208 ACADEMIC

Adolf Matthias

1882 - 1961

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0209 LEPIDOPTERIST

Gustav Wellenstein

1906 - 1997

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0210 COMPOSER

Simon Rummel

Born 1978

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0211 POLITICIAN

Norbert Brinkmann (Politiker)

1912 - 1997

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0212 ARCHITECT

Peter Marx (Architekt)

1871 - 1958

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0213 POLITICIAN

Bernward Löwenberg

Born 1937

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0214 ACADEMIC

Otto C. A. zur Nedden

1902 - 1994

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0215 MERCHANT

Franz Weißebach

1860 - 1919

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0216 ACADEMIC

Gerhard Troost

1906 - 1999

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0217 INFANTERIE

Ludwig von Sobbe

1835 - 1918

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0218 AUTHOR

Heribert Klar

1933 - 1992

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0219 PAINTER

Willi Laschet

1920 - 2010

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0220 ACADEMIC

Stephan Weth

Born 1956

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0221 DRIVER

Thomas Mutsch

Born 1979

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0222 TRANSLATOR

Roswitha Matwin-Buschmann

Born 1939

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0223 ACADEMIC

Karsten Thorn

Born 1963

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0224 RABBI

Jehuda Löb Aach

1750 - 1820

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0225 FOOTBALL

Rudi Thömmes

Born 1968

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0226 ARCHIVIST

Hartmut Müller

Born 1938

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0227 JOURNALIST

Winfried Göpfert

Born 1943

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0228 SINGER

AnniKa von Trier

Born 1970

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0229 ACTOR

Sebastian Baumgart

Born 1986

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0230 POLITICIAN

Ulrike Gote

Born 1965

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0231 WRITER

Eduard Jost

1837 - 1902

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0232 GEOLOGIST

Oscar Walter Oelsner

1902 - 1963

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0233 BASSIST

Dieter Manderscheid

Born 1956

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0234 TEACHER

Jacob Schneider

1818 - 1898

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0235 ORIENTALIST

Hans Robert Roemer

1915 - 1997

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0236 PAINTER

Martin Mendgen

1893 - 1970

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0237 INTERNIST

Karl Hansen (Mediziner)

1893 - 1962

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0238 ACTOR

Arthur Binder

1919 - 1976

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0239 OPERA

Reinhold Bartel

1926 - 1996

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0240 NOTARY

Hermann Isay

1873 - 1938

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0241 WRITER

Hans Scherer (Journalist)

1938 - 1998

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0242 THEATRE

Markus Trabusch

Born 1962

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0243 THEOLOGIAN

Ernst Haag

1932 - 2017

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0244 PAINTER

Max Lazarus

1892 - 1961

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0245 OFFICER

Roderich von Schoeler

1862 - 1935

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0246 ACTOR

Günter Geiermann

1938 - 2013

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0247 GEOGRAPHER

Sebastian Lentz

Born 1957

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0248 SCHWESTER

Emilie Conradi

1822 - 1888

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0249 ROMANIST

Stefan Barme

Born 1966

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0250 BASKET

Heike Roth

Born 1968

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0251 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Isay

1886 - 1956

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0252 LITHOGRAPHER

Christoph Hawich

1782 - 1848

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0253 JOURNALIST

Ludwig Ring-Eifel

Born 1960

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0254 JOURNALIST

Dieter Lintz

1959 - 2014

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0255 PAINTER

Josefine Schalk

1850 - 1919

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0256 PAINTER

Wilhelm Buddenberg (Maler)

1890 - 1967

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0257 LAWYER

Werner Pünder

1885 - 1973

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0258 FOOTBALL

Karoline Kohr

Born 1996

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0259 SCULPTOR

David D. Lauer

1939 - 2014

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0260 COMPOSER

Franz-Leo Andries

1912 - 1979

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0261 PAINTER

Werner Persy

1924 - 2017

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0262 ARCHITECT

Johann Georg Wolff

1789 - 1861

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0263 KLOSTER

Johannes Rode (Abt)

1358 - 1439

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0264 OFFICER

Walter Enneccerus

1911 - 1971

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0265 ARCHIVIST

Ulrich Nieß

Born 1960

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0266 POLITICIAN

Karl Josef Denzer

1925 - 2011

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0267 HISTORIAN

Johannes Grohe

Born 1954

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0268 SCREENWRITER

Steffen Schäffler

Born 1968

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0269 JUDGE

Ernst Isay

1880 - 1943

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0270 ECONOMIST

Stephan Klasen

Born 1966

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0271 ACTOR

Frank Michelis

1905 - 1975

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0272 GERMANIST

Hans Richard Brittnacher

Born 1951

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0273 PAINTER

Ferdinand Chevalier

1835 - 1876

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0274 TEACHER

Michael Frisch

Born 1957

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0275 AUTHOR

Karl Busch (Schriftsteller)

1899 - 1942

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0276 HISTORIAN

Philipp Schmitt (Pfarrer)

1805 - 1856

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0277 CARICATURIST

Pelle Igel

1905 - 1981

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0278 PAINTER

Philippe Rondé

1815 - 1883

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0279 SCHOLAR

Annette Haller

1958 - 2017

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0280 SCULPTOR

Albert Müller (Bildhauer)

1941 - 2004

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0281 POLITICIAN

Hans Eiden

1901 - 1950

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0282 VICAR

Johann Heinrich von Anethan

1628 - 1693

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0283 PAINTER

Paul Nicolaus

1904 - 1945

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0284 POLITICIAN

Gordon Schnieder

Born 1975

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0285 ENTREPRENEUR

Hanns-Ferdinand Müller

Born 1965

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0286 SCREENWRITER

Heinz-Peter Baecker

1945 - 2015

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0287 MUSIC

Peter Arnold (Musiker)

Born 1952

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0288 ACADEMIC

Rudolf Weber-Fas

Born 1933

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0289 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Strecker

1904 - 1983

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0290 ARCHITECT

Alexander Rüdell

1852 - 1920

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0291 ACADEMIC

Peter Ludes

Born 1950

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0292 CORRESPONDENT

Johannes Heinrich Braach

1887 - 1940

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0293 PAINTER

Bartholomäus Sarburgh

1590 - 1651

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0294 SCULPTOR

Wolfgang Luy

Born 1949

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0295 ACADEMIC

Klaus Trouet

1932 - 2012

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0296 POLITICIAN

Andreas Steier

Born 1972

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0297 FOOTBALL

Michael Fleck

Born 1981

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0298 ECONOMIST

Bernd Frick (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)

Born 1959

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0299 SINGER

Anja Kaesmacher

Born 1974

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0300 AUTHOR

Manfred Hammes

Born 1950

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