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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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Showing 81 of 582 notable people

0015 ACTOR

Udo Samel

Born 1953

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0032 RUNNER

Herbert Steffny

Born 1953

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0040 SPORT

Reimund Dietzen

Born 1959

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0054 COMPOSER

Ernst Ulrich Deuker

Born 1954

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0062 ACADEMIC

Sybille Krämer

Born 1951

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0066 PHILOSOPHER

Robert Zimmer (philosopher)

Born 1953

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0069 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Dorothea Wagner

Born 1957

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0072 FOOTBALL

Paul Linz

Born 1956

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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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0084 MILITAR

Xavier Bout de Marnhac

Born 1951

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0087 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Kaster

Born 1957

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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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0098 POLITICIAN

Regina Görner

Born 1950

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0126 WRITER

Werner Köhler (Autor)

Born 1956

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0132 FOOTBALL

Lothar Leiendecker

Born 1953

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0137 MUSIC

Michael Schulze (Künstler)

Born 1952

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0141 AUTHOR

Maria Regina Kaiser

Born 1952

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0147 ARTIST

Jean-Michel Thiriet

Born 1958

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0151 PIANIST

Chris Beier

Born 1953

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0152 HISTORIAN

Michael Meyer

Born 1959

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0166 POLITICIAN

Michael Billen

Born 1955

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0169 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hans Georg Berger

Born 1951

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0174 MUSIC

Helmut Leiendecker

Born 1952

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0176 POLITICIAN

Klaus-Eckhard Walker

Born 1952

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0181 LIBRARIAN

Barbara Schneider-Kempf

Born 1954

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0184 FOOTBALL

Olivier Roussey

Born 1958

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0187 ACTOR

Léonie Thelen

Born 1959

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0191 WRITER

Elmar Bartel

Born 1953

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0220 ACADEMIC

Stephan Weth

Born 1956

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0233 BASSIST

Dieter Manderscheid

Born 1956

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0247 GEOGRAPHER

Sebastian Lentz

Born 1957

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0254 JOURNALIST

Dieter Lintz

1959 - 2014

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0267 HISTORIAN

Johannes Grohe

Born 1954

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0272 GERMANIST

Hans Richard Brittnacher

Born 1951

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0274 TEACHER

Michael Frisch

Born 1957

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0279 SCHOLAR

Annette Haller

1958 - 2017

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0287 MUSIC

Peter Arnold (Musiker)

Born 1952

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0291 ACADEMIC

Peter Ludes

Born 1950

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0298 ECONOMIST

Bernd Frick (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)

Born 1959

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0300 AUTHOR

Manfred Hammes

Born 1950

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0301 WRITER

Klauspeter Bungert

Born 1954

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0308 FOOTBALL

Herbert Herres

Born 1959

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0313 MANAGER

Martin Litsch

Born 1957

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0314 ACADEMIC

Stefan Krätke

Born 1952

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0320 ECONOMIST

Wolfgang Scherf

Born 1956

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0343 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Lörscher

Born 1952

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0344 ACADEMIC

Joachim Hill

Born 1953

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0351 WRITER

Manfred Moßmann

Born 1955

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0354 ACADEMIC

Irene Krämer

Born 1957

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0357 POLITICIAN

Arnold Schmitt

Born 1954

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0362 ARCHITECT

Marie-Theres Deutsch

Born 1955

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0365 ACADEMIC

Walter Jakoby

Born 1958

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0382 AUTHOR

Mischa Martini

Born 1956

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0384 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Henter

Born 1958

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0385 MATHEMATICIAN

Roland Schwänzl

1952 - 2004

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0390 ACTOR

Michael Jacques Lieb

Born 1956

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0417 AUTHOR

Peter Suska-Zerbes

Born 1954

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0434 SCREENWRITER

Renate Görgen

Born 1952

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0435 POLITICIAN

Lothar Rommelfanger

Born 1957

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0437 POLITICIAN

Manfred Nink

Born 1950

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0439 AUTHOR

Helga Maria Niessen

Born 1954

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0443 LIBRARIAN

Michael Embach

Born 1956

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0449 JUDGE

Georg Schmidt (Jurist)

Born 1957

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0452 PRESENTER

Gaby Dietzen

Born 1951

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0455 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Rommelfanger

Born 1955

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0464 POLITICIAN

Maria Unger

Born 1952

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0475 POLITICIAN

Johannes Berg (Politiker)

1958 - 2001

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0480 AUTHOR

Albert Reinig

1950 - 2003

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0486 THEOLOGIN

Renate Brandscheidt

Born 1952

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0499 BRIGADEGENERAL

Rudolf Maus (Offizier)

Born 1958

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0514 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Gnauck

Born 1958

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0524 ENTREPRENEUR

Albert Gschwendner

1954 - 2010

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0525 BRIGADEGENERAL

Rainer Keller

Born 1954

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0526 LAWYER

Jürgen Häfner

Born 1959

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0531 DIPLOMAT

Harald Klein

Born 1955

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0533 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Frieden

Born 1957

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0536 FOOTBALL

Tad DeLorm

Born 1955

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0537 POLITICIAN

Ida Schillen

Born 1956

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0566 SINGER

Elisabeth Hau

Born 1959

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