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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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  • Science
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Music
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Showing 39 of 582 notable people

0017 POET

Ursula Krechel

Born 1947

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0030 POLITICAL

Helga Zepp-LaRouche

Born 1948

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0092 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Wolfgang Decker

1941 - 2020

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0096 ARTIST

Ursula Reuter Christiansen

Born 1943

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0100 ATHLETIC

Manfred Steffny

Born 1941

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0101 PROFESSOR

Otmar Seul

Born 1943

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0104 ATHLETIC

Edwin Klein

Born 1948

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0129 PHYSICIST

Georg Maret

Born 1949

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0138 POLITICIAN

Joachim Mertes

1949 - 2017

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0153 AUTHOR

Kuno Füssel

Born 1941

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0156 BUSINESS

Ernest Backes

Born 1946

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0177 ACADEMIC

Diethelm Klippel

Born 1943

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0179 SOCIOLOGIST

Jo Reichertz

Born 1949

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0182 LINGUIST

Elmar Ternes

1941 - 2020

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0185 LAWYER

Georg F. Thoma

Born 1944

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0197 ARCHITECT

Edmund Spohr (Architekt)

Born 1943

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0202 LAWYER

Johann Hahlen

Born 1942

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0207 HISTORIAN

Klaus Gotto

1943 - 2017

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0227 JOURNALIST

Winfried Göpfert

Born 1943

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0280 SCULPTOR

Albert Müller (Bildhauer)

1941 - 2004

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0286 SCREENWRITER

Heinz-Peter Baecker

1945 - 2015

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0294 SCULPTOR

Wolfgang Luy

Born 1949

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0306 SINGER

Dietmar Cordan

Born 1941

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0328 POLITICIAN

Josef Peter Mertes

Born 1946

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0352 WRITER

Walter Liederschmitt

1949 - 2013

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0358 POLITICIAN

Franz Peter Basten

Born 1944

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0395 ACADEMIC

Nicolaus Reifart

Born 1949

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0398 POLITICIAN

Herbert Jullien

Born 1949

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0400 MATHEMATICIAN

Ulrich Güntzer

Born 1941

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0405 WRITER

Günter Mick

Born 1941

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0461 GENERALMAJOR

Helmut Neubauer (General)

Born 1943

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0473 HISTORIAN

Peter Borscheid

Born 1943

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0496 MATHEMATICIAN

Karlheinz Schüffler

Born 1947

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0512 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Jaeger (Politiker, 1946)

Born 1946

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0520 POLITICIAN

Horst Steffny

Born 1945

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0549 FOOTBALL

Horst Brand

Born 1946

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0552 ART HISTORIAN

Michael Berens

Born 1946

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0571 POLITICIAN

Anita Girst

Born 1944

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0578 POLITICIAN

Frank Edgar Portz

Born 1943

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