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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

0301 WRITER

Klauspeter Bungert

Born 1954

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0302 HISTORIAN

Martin Cüppers

Born 1966

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0303 DRUMMER

Yonga Sun

Born 1977

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0304 ACADEMIC

Ernst Kasper

1935 - 2008

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0305 POLITICIAN

Anton Joseph Recking

1743 - 1817

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0306 SINGER

Dietmar Cordan

Born 1941

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0307 RADIO

Michael Begasse

Born 1966

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0308 FOOTBALL

Herbert Herres

Born 1959

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0309 ENGINEER

Hermann Rumschöttel (Eisenbahningenieur)

1844 - 1918

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0310 POLITICIAN

Andreas Hoevel

1900 - 1942

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0311 MUSIC

Bettina Scheer

Born 1969

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0312 INVENTOR

Guinter Kahn

1934 - 2014

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0313 MANAGER

Martin Litsch

Born 1957

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0314 ACADEMIC

Stefan Krätke

Born 1952

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0315 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Rautenstrauch

1862 - 1947

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0316 WRITER

Maria Krug

1855 - 1929

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0317 MUSIC

Lars Michael Stransky

Born 1966

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0318 ART HISTORIAN

Hermann Loeb

1897 - 1963

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0319 ACTOR

Loni Michelis

1908 - 1966

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0320 ECONOMIST

Wolfgang Scherf

Born 1956

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0321 ORGANBUILDER

Nicolaus Manderscheidt

1580 - 1662

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0322 LITERARY

Franz Faßbinder

1886 - 1960

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0323 HISTORIAN

Hansgeorg Molitor

Born 1939

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0324 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Rudolf M. Kloos

1926 - 1982

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0325 MISSING

Anna Weißebach

1811 - 1841

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0326 SOCIOLOGIST

Paul Trappe

1931 - 2005

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0327 ARCHITECT

Julius Wirtz

1875 - 1952

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0328 POLITICIAN

Josef Peter Mertes

Born 1946

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0329 WRITER

Viktorine Endler

1853 - 1932

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0330 KATHOLISCHER

Edmund von Kesselstatt

1765 - 1840

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0331 PRESENTER

Marie-Elisabeth Denzer

Born 1963

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0332 POLITICIAN

Albert Urmes

1910 - 1985

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0333 POLITICIAN

Fred Konrad

Born 1961

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0334 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Büchel

1920 - 1990

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0335 WRITER

Reinhold Rapp

Born 1961

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0336 JOURNALIST

Peter Christoph Sternberg

1823 - 1864

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0337 TEACHER

Thomas Simon (Pädagoge)

1794 - 1869

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0338 MUSIC

Rudolf Ewerhart

Born 1928

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0339 FOOTBALL

Alexander Adrian

Born 1984

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0340 THEATRE

Alexander May (Regisseur, 1970)

Born 1970

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0341 LAWYER

Roland Brauweiler

1879 - 1935

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0342 PAINTER

Marie-Françoise de L'Espinay

Born 1927

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0343 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Lörscher

Born 1952

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0344 ACADEMIC

Joachim Hill

Born 1953

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0345 HISTORIAN

Emil Zenz

1912 - 1994

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0346 HISTORIAN

Franz Rudolf Zankl

1937 - 2016

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0347 WEIGHTLIFTER

Oswald Junkes

1921 - 1993

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0348 ACTOR

Petra Feilen

Born 1978

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0349 MANAGER

Jost Prüm

1930 - 2017

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0350 WRITER

Marco Ringel

Born 1977

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0351 WRITER

Manfred Moßmann

Born 1955

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0352 WRITER

Walter Liederschmitt

1949 - 2013

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0353 AUTHOR

Frank Jöricke

Born 1967

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0354 ACADEMIC

Irene Krämer

Born 1957

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0355 LAWYER

Johann Baptist Birck

1804 - 1869

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0356 LANDRAT

Adolf Varain

1888 - 1967

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0357 POLITICIAN

Arnold Schmitt

Born 1954

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0358 POLITICIAN

Franz Peter Basten

Born 1944

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0359 PAINTER

Edgar Ehses

1894 - 1964

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0360 GEOLOGIST

Theo Seifer

1883 - 1946

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0361 MATHEMATICIAN

Nikolaus Druckenmüller

1806 - 1883

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0362 ARCHITECT

Marie-Theres Deutsch

Born 1955

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0363 ACADEMIC

Dirk Hübner

Born 1976

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0364 POLITICIAN

Franz Perrot

1835 - 1891

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0365 ACADEMIC

Walter Jakoby

Born 1958

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0366 WRITER

Michael Kernbach

Born 1965

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0367 MATHEMATICIAN

Manfred Breuer

1929 - 2011

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0368 POLITICIAN

Martha Brach

1899 - 1990

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0369 PAINTER

Theodor Sternberg

1891 - 1963

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0370 POLITICIAN

Alfred Fögen

Born 1936

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0371 FOOTBALL

Marco Toppmöller

Born 1978

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0372 WRITER

Georg Joachim Schmitt

Born 1963

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0373 VORSITZENDER

Johann von Eck

Died 1524

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0374 PAINTER

Nikolaus Baur

1816 - 1879

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0375 ACADEMIC

Karl J. Thomé-Kozmiensky

1936 - 2016

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0376 POLITICIAN

Peter Jacobs

1906 - 1967

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0377 PAINTER

Hans Griepentrog (Maler)

1910 - 1984

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0378 FOOTBALL

Thomas Vasov

Born 1972

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0379 AUTHOR

Wilfried Reinehr

Born 1936

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0380 ACADEMIC

Matthias Spaetgens

Born 1973

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0381 PAINTER

Franz Amling

1853 - 1894

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0382 AUTHOR

Mischa Martini

Born 1956

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0383 PIANIST

Johannes Kersthold

Born 1965

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0384 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Henter

Born 1958

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0385 MATHEMATICIAN

Roland Schwänzl

1952 - 2004

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0386 PLAYER

Stefan Ambrosius

Born 1976

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0387 PUBLISHER

Nikolaus Koch (Verleger, 1908)

1908 - 1982

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0388 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Rudolf Weynand

1875 - 1952

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0389 CHEMIST

Friedrich Eiden

1925 - 2017

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0390 ACTOR

Michael Jacques Lieb

Born 1956

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0391 ECONOMIST

Peter Heinrich Schmidt (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler

1870 - 1954

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0392 ARCHITECT

Friedrich Kutzbach

1873 - 1942

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0393 VERSICHERUNG

Karl von Hülsen

1824 - 1888

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0394 ANAESTHETIST

Werner Sauerwein

Born 1921

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0395 ACADEMIC

Nicolaus Reifart

Born 1949

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0396 PRESENTER

Petra van Oyen

Born 1961

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0397 ENTREPRENEUR

Heinrich Neuerburg

1883 - 1956

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0398 POLITICIAN

Herbert Jullien

Born 1949

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0399 ORGANIST

Paul Schuh (Kirchenmusiker)

1910 - 1969

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0400 MATHEMATICIAN

Ulrich Güntzer

Born 1941

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0401 ART HISTORIAN

Nikolaus Irsch

1872 - 1956

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0402 ACTOR

Natalie Hünig

Born 1974

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0403 PRIEST

Lothar Friedrich von Nalbach

1691 - 1748

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0404 SPORT

Helmut Opschruf

1909 - 1992

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0405 WRITER

Günter Mick

Born 1941

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0406 LAWYER

Wilhelm Steinlein

1901 - 1974

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0407 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Engel (homme politique)

1854 - 1918

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0408 POLITICIAN

Hans-Günther Heinz

Born 1933

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0409 JUDGE

Wilhelm Gadow

1875 - 1945

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0410 MATHEMATICIAN

Peter Wilhelm Stein

1795 - 1831

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0411 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Lambert

Born 1936

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0412 PHYSICIAN

Heinrich Palmaz von Leveling

1742 - 1798

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0413 FILM

Carl Stueber

1893 - 1984

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0414 ACADEMIC

Albrecht von Wrochem

1880 - 1944

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0415 ACADEMIC

Andreas Krebs

Born 1976

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0416 TEACHER

Heinrich Milz

1830 - 1909

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0417 AUTHOR

Peter Suska-Zerbes

Born 1954

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0418 LANDRAT

Friedrich von Nell

1816 - 1857

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0419 DENTIST

Werner Hahn (Kieferchirurg)

1912 - 2011

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0420 PSYCHIATRIST

Bruno Görgen

1777 - 1842

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0421 CINEMA

Armin Franzen

Born 1976

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0422 AUTHOR

Peter Numagen

1450 - 1515

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0423 DIPLOMAT

Friedrich Otto Boltze

1898 - 1983

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0424 POLITICIAN

Kurt Matthias Linicus

1921 - 2018

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0425 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Anita Büttner

Born 1924

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0426 PUBLISHER

Eduard Lintz

1818 - 1878

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0427 ART HISTORIAN

Friedrich von Lorentz

1902 - 1968

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0428 ARCHITECT

Johann Christoph Sebastiani

1640 - 1704

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0429 WRITER

Guido Gin Koster

Born 1962

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0430 LIBRARIAN

Gisela Brach

1926 - 2017

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0431 ARTILLERIE

Friedrich Grach

1812 - 1854

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0432 POLITICIAN

Helmut Gestrich

1931 - 2009

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0433 PAINTER

Alexander König (Künstler)

Born 1976

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0434 SCREENWRITER

Renate Görgen

Born 1952

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0435 POLITICIAN

Lothar Rommelfanger

Born 1957

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0436 ACADEMIC

Albin Proppe

1907 - 1990

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0437 POLITICIAN

Manfred Nink

Born 1950

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0438 CIVIL SERVICE

Leopold Tobias

1837 - 1894

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0439 AUTHOR

Helga Maria Niessen

Born 1954

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0440 SCREENWRITER

Annette Schäffler

Born 1966

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0441 MERCHANT

Otto Loeb

1898 - 1974

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0442 DIPLOMAT

Erich Boltze

1891 - 1981

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0443 LIBRARIAN

Michael Embach

Born 1956

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0444 ECONOMIST

Joseph Eßlen

1879 - 1935

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0445 ACTOR

Roland Wolf

Born 1978

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0446 PRIEST

Reinhard Helbing

1933 - 2013

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0447 MUSIC

Uwe Maibaum

Born 1962

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0448 LAWYER

Friedrich Joseph Zell

1814 - 1881

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0449 JUDGE

Georg Schmidt (Jurist)

Born 1957

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0450 LINGUIST

Bernd Kielhöfer

1938 - 2018

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0451 ACTOR

Simone Henn

Born 1977

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0452 PRESENTER

Gaby Dietzen

Born 1951

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0453 MARTYR

Celse de Milan

Died 304

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0454 POLITICIAN

Peter Ludwig Mohr

1790 - 1872

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0455 POLITICIAN

Ulrich Rommelfanger

Born 1955

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0456 SPORT

Sebastian Junk

Born 1983

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0457 LANDRAT

Jakob Staadt

1764 - 1818

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0458 WRITER

Sandra Ost

Born 1973

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0459 FOOTBALL

John Nesser

1876 - 1931

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0460 ACTOR

Florian Rummel

Born 1980

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0461 GENERALMAJOR

Helmut Neubauer (General)

Born 1943

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0462 PUBLISHER

Nikolaus Koch (Verleger, 1847)

1847 - 1918

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0463 POLITICIAN

Fritz Hoffmann (Politiker)

1908 - 2000

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0464 POLITICIAN

Maria Unger

Born 1952

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0465 POLITICIAN

Peter Paul Jost

1925 - 1974

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0466 FOOTBALL

Phil Nesser

1880 - 1959

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0467 LANDRAT

Edmund Joseph Aldringen

1826 - 1884

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0468 BOTANIST

Ralf Hand

Born 1964

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0469 COMPOSER

Christian Dieck

Born 1982

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0470 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Stark

1926 - 2001

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0471 NEUROLOGIST

Heinz Penin

1924 - 2020

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0472 ENTREPRENEUR

Leo Gräff

1836 - 1889

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0473 HISTORIAN

Peter Borscheid

Born 1943

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0474 PRIEST

Theodoric (cardinal)

Died 1118

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0475 POLITICIAN

Johannes Berg (Politiker)

1958 - 2001

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0476 POLITICIAN

Julius Bellinger

Born 1831

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0477 POLITICIAN

Günther Wollscheid

1926 - 2006

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0478 POLITICIAN

Jakob Thanisch

1837 - 1894

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0479 POLITICIAN

Karl Hans Albrecht (Politiker)

1919 - 1965

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0480 AUTHOR

Albert Reinig

1950 - 2003

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0481 PRODUCER

Phat Crispy

Born 1981

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0482 WRITER

Harry Schraemli

1904 - 1995

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0483 PHILOSOPHER

Johannes Hoff

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0484 POLITICIAN

August Wacker

1902 - 1963

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0485 BUSINESS

Valentin Rautenstrauch

1832 - 1884

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0486 THEOLOGIN

Renate Brandscheidt

Born 1952

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0487 ACTOR

Jan Walter

Born 1984

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0488 ENGINEER

August Druckenmüller

1840 - 1896

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0489 ENGINEER

Joseph Schlink

1831 - 1893

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0490 PAINTER

Bertha von Hillern

Born 1857

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0491 FIGHTER

Carl Seber

1883 - 1945

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0492 POLIZEI

August Korreng

1878 - 1945

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0493 COOK

Wolfgang Becker (Koch)

Born 1968

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0494 COMPOSER

Michael Brettner

Born 1975

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0495 ACADEMIC

Wolfram Zillig

1925 - 2005

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0496 MATHEMATICIAN

Karlheinz Schüffler

Born 1947

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0497 GUITAR

Dany Schwickerath

Born 1969

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0498 BASEBALL

Heiko Schumacher

Born 1982

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0499 BRIGADEGENERAL

Rudolf Maus (Offizier)

Born 1958

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0500 PRESENTER

Sascha Becker

Born 1975

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0501 LANDRAT

Hans Storck (Landrat)

1899 - 1954

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0502 METALLURGIST

Philipp Fischer (Metallurg)

1846 - 1927

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0503 FOOTBALL

Markus Koster

Born 1972

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0504 POLITICIAN

Josef Berthold

1895 - 1986

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0505 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Mainzer

1882 - 1977

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0506 RACER

Guillaume Dietrich

Born 1983

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0507 COMPOSER

Marcus Dahm

Born 1977

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0508 FILM

Carsten Jaeger

Born 1978

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0509 POLITICIAN

Reinhold Otto (Politiker)

Born 1932

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0510 SCULPTOR

Peter Concorz

1605 - 1658

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0511 OFFICER

Wilhelm Boffer

1908 - 1970

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0512 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Jaeger (Politiker, 1946)

Born 1946

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0513 OBERST

Harald Momm

1899 - 1979

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0514 POLITICIAN

Jürgen Gnauck

Born 1958

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0515 ARCHITECT

Julius Emmerich

1834 - 1917

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0516 JOURNALIST

René Bayer

1904 - 1982

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0517 SINGER

Thomas Kiessling

Born 1962

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0518 BASKET

Helge Patzak

Born 1974

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0519 ROWER

Achim Krause-Wichmann

1930 - 2000

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0520 POLITICIAN

Horst Steffny

Born 1945

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0521 POLITICIAN

Philipp Zimmer

1905 - 1975

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0522 POLITICIAN

Franz Herrig

1906 - 1961

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0523 SINGER

Josef Alken

1860 - 1932

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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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0527 PRIEST

Gerhard Schwetje

1936 - 2020

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0528 MISSING

Heinrich Tunnat

1913 - 1999

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0529 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Becker (Fußballspieler)

Born 1985

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0530 EXÉRCITO

João Schwalbach

1774 - 1874

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0531 DIPLOMAT

Harald Klein

Born 1955

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0532 COMEDIAN

Kevin Ray

Born 1990

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0533 POLITICIAN

Karl-Heinz Frieden

Born 1957

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0534 PRIEST

Franz Donat Werner

1761 - 1836

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0535 INFANTERIE

Heinrich von Igel

1839 - 1918

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0536 FOOTBALL

Tad DeLorm

Born 1955

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0537 POLITICIAN

Ida Schillen

Born 1956

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0538 KAMPF

Stephan Peitz

Born 1966

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0539 BOXER

Hans-Peter Mehling

Born 1934

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0540 NUN

Adolphine von Rohr

1855 - 1923

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0541 ASSESSOR

Matthias Eberhard (Landrat)

1871 - 1944

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0542 ACTOR

Esther Agricola

Born 1989

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0543 KOCH

Thomas Schanz

Born 1980

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0544 SINGER

Lothar Friedrich Mohr von Wald

1659 - 1713

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0545 INFANTERIE

Barthold von Ditfurth

1826 - 1902

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0546 PRODUCER

Cymo

Born 1990

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0547 PRESENTER

Marion Neises

Born 1967

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0548 PAINTER

Hans Günter König

1925 - 2007

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0549 FOOTBALL

Horst Brand

Born 1946

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0550 ABT

Reiner Biewer

1560 - 1613

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0551 SENATOR

Ferdinand Lelièvre

1799 - 1886

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0552 ART HISTORIAN

Michael Berens

Born 1946

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0553 GENERALMAJOR

August Dieckmann (Generalmajor)

1832 - 1908

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0554 BOTANIST

Wilhelm Christoph Bochkoltz

1810 - 1877

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0555 POLITICIAN

Karl Heinrich Rumschöttel

1818 - 1871

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0556 PARSON

Johann Matthias Deutsch

1797 - 1858

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0557 ARCHITECT

Carl Sittel

1871 - 1955

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0558 GENERALMAJOR

August Brunsig von Brun

1824 - 1905

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0559 MANUFACTURER

Ernst Wagner (Glasfabrikant)

1836 - 1902

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0560 WRITER

Rosemarie Schmitt

Born 1960

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0561 POLITICIAN

Friedrich Beuel

1929 - 2008

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0562 BUSINESS

Christoph Carl von Beulwitz

1827 - 1909

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0563 KATHOLISCHER

Jakob Neureuter

1830 - 1908

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0564 DIPLOMAT

Carl Stein (Diplomat)

1908 - 2003

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0565 BASKET

Andreas Büchert

Born 1986

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0566 SINGER

Elisabeth Hau

Born 1959

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0567 DOZENT

Walter Fritsch (Ingenieur)

1899 - 1987

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0568 JUDGE

Heidi Stengelhofen

Born 1966

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0569 ACTOR

Clara Hübner

1841 - 1876

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0570 GEHEIMRAT

Karl Hermann Rumschöttel

1820 - 1885

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0571 POLITICIAN

Anita Girst

Born 1944

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0572 POLITICIAN

Karl Schoenfeld

1868 - 1951

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0573 SINGER

Sandra Klinkhammer

Born 1976

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0574 BASKET

Christian Hubor

Born 1990

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0575 BASKET

Rupert Hennen

Born 1997

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0576 POLITICIAN

Carl Kalt

1793 - 1869

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0577 BASKET

Simon Casel

Born 1981

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0578 POLITICIAN

Frank Edgar Portz

Born 1943

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0579 JUDGE

Gustav Theodor Friedrich Derscheid

1827 - 1890

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0580 SWIMMER

Fred Fries

Born 1938

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0581 PAINTER

Otto von Groote

1883 - 1943

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0582 STONEMASON

Michel Fröschl

1500 - 1528

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