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ULM

Most Famous People Born in Ulm, Germany

Notable people
579
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1919
Most distinctive
Publisher 8.3×
Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Ulm during each.

What Ulm Is Known For

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Politician is Ulm's biggest profession — 7% of all notables (43).

Ulm over-indexes on publisher8.3× the global rate.

Ulm under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician43
  2. Academic34
  3. Football31
  4. Actor29
  5. Writer26
  6. Author20
  7. Painter19
  8. Composer15
  1. Publisher68.3×
  2. Academic345.8×
  3. Theologian104.8×
  4. Author204.0×
  5. Sculptor133.4×
  6. Officer123.1×
  7. Chemist63.0×
  8. Mathematician82.8×
  1. Football310.5×
  2. Politician430.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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579 notable people

0301 ACADEMIC

Eberhard Eichenhofer

Born 1950

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0302 MUSIC

Dieter Kraus

Born 1972

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0303 PAINTER

Jonathan Sauter

1549 - 1612

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0304 POLITICIAN

Eugen Brehm

1909 - 1995

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0305 PUBLISHER

Philipp Ludwig Adam

1813 - 1893

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0306 PHYSICIAN

Agatha Streicher

1520 - 1581

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0307 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Wolfgang Durner

Born 1967

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0308 LIBRARIAN

Herbert Wiegandt

1914 - 2003

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0309 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Florian Grotz

Born 1971

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0310 MUSIC

Christoph Ulrich Meier

Born 1968

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0311 PIANO

Johann Matthäus Schmahl

1734 - 1793

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0312 THEOLOGIAN

Kaspar Kratzer

1545 - 1585

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0313 WRITER

Christina Griebel

Born 1973

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0314 ARTIST

Michael Gerngroß

Born 1977

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0315 ORIENTALIST

Philipp Wolff

1810 - 1894

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0316 THEOLOGIAN

Thomas Broch

Born 1947

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0317 ACTOR

Carolin Conrad

Born 1976

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0318 AUTHOR

Katrin Hummel

Born 1968

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0319 ARCHITECT

Bernhard Denkinger

Born 1956

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0320 PRESENTER

Jan Henkel

Born 1973

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0321 ECONOMIST

Johannes Mährlen

1803 - 1871

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0322 PSYCHOLOGIST

Hans Hörmann (Psychologe)

1924 - 1983

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0323 JOURNALIST

Joachim Frank (Journalist)

Born 1965

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0324 CHEMIST

Wilhelm Schuler

1914 - 2010

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0325 ACTOR

Albert Bozenhard

1860 - 1939

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0326 BASKET

Jan Villwock

Born 1966

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0327 POLITICIAN

Gustav von Lerchenfeld

1806 - 1866

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0328 FILM

Norbert Keil

Born 1972

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0329 ACADEMIC

Christine Haug

Born 1962

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0330 SCULPTOR

Michael Kössler

1670 - 1734

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0331 AUTHOR

Gert Sautermeister

Born 1940

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0332 SCULPTOR

Robert Knorr

1865 - 1957

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0333 MISSING

Georg Gienger von Rotteneck

1500 - 1577

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0334 THEOLOGIAN

Dionysius Melander

1486 - 1561

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0335 LAWYER

Udo Andriof

Born 1942

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0336 OFFICER

Karl Joseph von Urach

1865 - 1925

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0337 AUTHOR

Fee Katrin Kanzler

Born 1981

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0338 MATHEMATICIAN

Fritz Nestle

1930 - 2015

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0339 BUSINESS

Ruth Merckle

1937 - 2018

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0340 JOURNALIST

Eugen Mündler

1889 - 1981

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0341 ACADEMIC

Roland Baumhauer

Born 1956

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0342 BUSINESS

Michael Strauss (industrialist)

1934 - 2020

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0343 OFFICER

Heinrich von Maur

1863 - 1947

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0344 SAXOPHONIST

Henriette Müller (Komponistin)

Born 1961

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0345 SCULPTOR

Marcus Conrad Dietze

1658 - 1704

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0346 PRIEST

Matthias Scheit

1440 - 1512

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0347 THEOLOGIAN

Elias Veiel

1635 - 1706

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0348 HISTORIAN

Franz Dominikus Häberlin

1720 - 1787

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0349 ART HISTORIAN

Rosemarie Stratmann-Döhler

Born 1934

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0350 WRITER

Friedrich Hitzer

1935 - 2007

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0351 OFFICER

Rudolf Ganßer

1866 - 1904

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0352 DIPLOMAT

Roland Michael Wegener

Born 1947

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0353 PHYSICIAN

Eberhard Gockel

1636 - 1703

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0354 PUBLISHER

Ernst Bauer (Widerstandskämpfer)

1916 - 1991

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0355 ATHLETIC

Miriam Alonso

Born 1970

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0356 ACADEMIC

Johannes Riede

1916 - 1997

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0357 PUBLISHER

Jakob Ferdinand Schreiber

1809 - 1867

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0358 WRITER

Wilhelm Kutter

1905 - 1980

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0359 POLITICIAN

Emil von Rümelin

1846 - 1899

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0360 WRITER

Alf Poss

1936 - 2003

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0361 SPORT

Nina Gäßler

Born 1975

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0362 JOCKEY

Chris Montana

Born 1974

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0363 TRADE UNION

Maria Burgi

1912 - 2017

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0364 EHE

Karl von Linden

1838 - 1910

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0365 CHEMIST

Gustav Ernst Leube

1808 - 1881

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0366 SCENOGRAPHER

Hans-Ulrich Schmückle

1916 - 1993

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0367 EDUCATION

Gerhard Glück (Erziehungswissenschaftler)

1941 - 2015

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0368 PHILOLOGIST

Georg Litzel

1694 - 1761

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0369 BELLFOUNDER

Wolfgang Neidhardt

1575 - 1632

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0370 JOURNALIST

Ines Kappert

Born 1970

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0371 PHYSICIAN

Johann Remmelin

1583 - 1632

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0372 DIPLOMAT

Marc Otto

1600 - 1674

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0373 INDOLOGIST

Günther-Dietz Sontheimer

1934 - 1992

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0374 LAWYER

Richard Häußler

Born 1962

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0375 PHYSICIAN

Friedrich Prinzing

1859 - 1938

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0376 ACADEMIC

Michael Kellner (Mediziner)

Born 1962

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0377 JOURNALIST

Carolin Matzko

Born 1979

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0378 MATHEMATICIAN

Ulrich Junius

1670 - 1726

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0379 ACADEMIC

Bernhard Bischoff (Kunstpädagoge)

1932 - 2008

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0380 ACTOR

Olga Nasfeter

Born 1981

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0381 ENTREPRENEUR

Karl Kässbohrer (Unternehmer)

1901 - 1973

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0382 WRITER

Meinrad Braun

Born 1953

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0383 PHILOSOPHER

Johann Jakob Wagner

1775 - 1841

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0384 WRITER

Ralf B. Korte

Born 1963

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0385 JUDGE

Hans-Peter Greiner

Born 1943

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0386 HERPETOLOGIST

Jochen Hölzinger

1942 - 2015

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0387 ENTREPRENEUR

Carl Schwenk

1852 - 1942

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0388 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Emma Pressmar

1909 - 2000

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0389 GEHEIMRAT

Daniel Mauch (Domherr)

1504 - 1567

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0390 AUTHOR

Hermann Grees

1925 - 2009

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0391 PHYSICIAN

Johannes Palm (Chirurg)

1794 - 1851

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0392 ACADEMIC

Josef Knoll

1899 - 1976

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0393 MATHEMATICIAN

Christoph Erhard Faulhaber

1708 - 1781

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0394 PAINTER

Carl Pflüger

1905 - 1998

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0395 ENTREPRENEUR

Karl Höhn

1880 - 1942

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0396 ACADEMIC

Manfred Miller (Verwaltungswissenschaftler) – Wi

Born 1956

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0397 TEACHER

Richard Meier (Pädagoge)

Born 1937

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0398 ACADEMIC

Nikolaus Bosch

Born 1965

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0399 PUBLISHER

Michael Meder

1614 - 1690

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0400 COMPOSER

Jürgen Grözinger

Born 1963

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0401 SCULPTOR

Hans Amann

1555 - 1626

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0402 PAINTER

Hermann Geyer (Maler)

1934 - 2016

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0403 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Röhm

1912 - 1999

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0404 AUTHOR

Elvira Lauscher

Born 1965

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0405 WRITER

Ulrich Schaal

Born 1964

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0406 COMPOSER

Georg Zoller

1852 - 1941

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0407 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Rembold

Born 1944

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0408 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Dominik Henrich

Born 1965

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0409 COMPOSER

Kuno Stierlin

1886 - 1967

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0410 LITERARY

Sofie Schieker-Ebe

1892 - 1970

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0411 ACADEMIC

Olaf Rank

Born 1971

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0412 POLITICIAN

Theodor von Haßler

1828 - 1901

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0413 MANUFACTURER

Ernst Wendler

1890 - 1986

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0414 DOCTOR

Gregor Horst

1626 - 1661

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0415 MISSING

Sebastian Aitinger

1508 - 1547

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0416 SCULPTOR

Karl Federlin

1854 - 1939

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0417 ACTOR

Eberhard Storz

Born 1941

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0418 PRIEST

Michael Broch

Born 1943

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0419 ARCHITECT

Gideon Bacher

1565 - 1619

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0420 INFANTERIE

Wilhelm von Woelckern

1829 - 1905

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0421 WRITER

Verena von Asten

Born 1932

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0422 FOOTBALL

Oliver Unsöld

Born 1973

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0423 PAINTER

Werner von Houwald

1901 - 1974

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0424 HOCKEY

Christopher Oravec

Born 1981

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0425 POLITICIAN

Eugen Wirsching

1891 - 1983

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0426 PAINTER

Lucas Conrad Pfandzelt

1716 - 1786

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0427 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Ernst Zipperer

1888 - 1982

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0428 PHYSICIST

Günter Wolf (Physiker)

Born 1937

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0429 ACADEMIC

Theodor Butterfaß

1926 - 2015

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0430 ACADEMIC

Lutz Schall

1894 - 1978

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0431 FOOTBALL

Anton Unseld

1894 - 1932

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0432 BEAMTE

Eduard Schott von Schottenstein

1822 - 1897

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0433 KATHOLISCHER

Gebhard Luiz

1913 - 2013

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0434 ARCHITECT

Hannes Mayer (Architekt)

1896 - 1992

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0435 PROFESSOR

Georg Schmidt (Elektrotechniker)

1871 - 1955

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0436 PHYSICIAN

Wilhelm Leube

1799 - 1881

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0437 GEOLOGIST

Hermann Jerz

Born 1935

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0438 HISTORIAN

Johann Matthäus von Faulhaber

1670 - 1742

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0439 ACADEMIC

Ulrich Gröner

Born 1957

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0440 ACTOR

Paula Pfluger

1909 - 1990

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0441 POLITICIAN

Julius Schuster (Politiker)

1817 - 1863

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0442 AUTHOR

Johann Herkules Haid

1738 - 1788

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0443 MERCHANT

Sebastian Neidhart

1496 - 1554

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0444 PHOTOJOURNALIST

Paul Botzenhardt

1914 - 2000

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0445 PHYSICIAN

Gerhard Andreas Müller

1718 - 1762

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0446 ARCHITECT

Johann Matthäus von Mauch

1792 - 1856

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0447 POLITICIAN

Philipp Wieland

1863 - 1949

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0448 TEACHER

Lorenz Wilhelm Straub

1839 - 1926

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0449 ENTOMOLOGIST

Otto Hecht

1900 - 1973

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0450 JUDGE

Gottlob Dietrich Miller

1753 - 1822

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0451 POLITICIAN

Richard Eppler

Born 1924

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0452 LAWYER

Helmut Stuber

1925 - 2017

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0453 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Bühler

1926 - 2006

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0454 PRESENTER

Florian Weiss (Journalist)

Born 1976

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0455 OPERA

Adolf Sigmundt

1845 - 1918

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0456 STARB

Carl Sigmund Felix von Reitzenstein

1848 - 1897

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0457 ACADEMIC

Franz Greß

Born 1941

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0458 SONGWRITER

Andy Susemihl

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0459 CARVER

Martin Lebzelter

1492 - 1520

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0460 OFFICER

Armand Mieg

1834 - 1917

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0461 DIPLOMAT

Martin Jäger (Diplomat)

Born 1964

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0462 ARCHITECT

Werner Heyberger

1880 - 1914

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0463 FOOTBALL

Walter Kubanczyk

1952 - 2020

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0464 ACTOR

Barbara Scheck

Born 1951

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0465 ARZT

Hans Volkmar Wagner

1889 - 1952

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0466 AUTHOR

Marco Kerler

Born 1985

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0467 ACADEMIC

Lorenz Scheurl

1558 - 1613

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0468 MILITAR

Viktor Schobinger

1893 - 1989

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0469 COSTUME DESIGNER

Timo Dentler

Born 1971

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0470 GEOLOGIST

Carl von Baur (Geologe)

1836 - 1911

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0471 ABBOT

Jakob Denkinger

1589 - 1660

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0472 MUSIC

Hub Hildenbrand

Born 1971

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0473 ACADEMIC

Gottfried Hecking

1687 - 1743

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0474 POLITICIAN

Paul Otto (Politiker)

1903 - 1979

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0475 APOTHEKER

Karl Wacker

1837 - 1908

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0476 ENGINEER

Willy Stöhr

1905 - 1997

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0477 LAWYER

Friedrich List (Politiker)

1869 - 1940

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0478 ACADEMIC

Christoph Blanck

1480 - 1541

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0479 CHEMIST

Eugen Fischer (Chemiker)

1854 - 1917

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0480 DOCTOR

Johann Pfautz

1622 - 1674

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0481 AUTHOR

Friedrich Ludwig Bührlen

1777 - 1850

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0482 BUSINESS

Walther Steiger

1881 - 1943

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0483 ACTOR

Curt Wahl

1903 - 1972

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0484 POLITICIAN

Ernst Sindlinger

1883 - 1963

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0485 THEOLOGE

Paul Stritter

1863 - 1944

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0486 GOLDSMITH

Jobst Freudner

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0487 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Wechsler

1930 - 2012

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0488 CIVIL SERVICE

Carl Wilhelm von Heinz

1816 - 1887

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0489 JUDGE

Oskar Schmid

1880 - 1962

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0490 PHILOLOGIST

Johann Georg Hocheisen

1677 - 1712

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0491 POLITICIAN

Heike Dederer

Born 1969

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0492 IMMUNOLOGIST

Katharina Gaus

-

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0493 FOOTBALL

Larissa Hummel

Born 1989

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0494 POLITICIAN

Daniel Sigloch

1873 - 1961

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0495 ARCHITECT

Johann Georg Knoll

1644 - 1704

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0496 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Schöneck

1902 - 1974

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0497 PAINTER

Richard Götz

1874 - 1954

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0498 LANDRAT

Wilhelm Adam (Politiker, 1906)

1906 - 1989

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0499 AUTHOR

Karl Keller (Autor)

1914 - 1987

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0500 POLITICIAN

Ekkehard Stegmiller

Born 1952

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0501 POLITICIAN

Hugo Roller

1907 - 1990

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0502 ACTOR

Franz Pichler (Schauspieler)

1804 - 1873

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0503 THEOLOGIAN

Albert Frick (theologian)

1714 - 1776

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0504 OTOLARYNGOLOGIST

Walther Albrecht

1881 - 1960

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0505 ACADEMIC

Katharina Sophia Volz

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0506 PRESENTER

Viola Weiss

Born 1980

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0507 MOUNTAINEER

Ulrich Wieland

1902 - 1934

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0508 ART HISTORIAN

Paul Knapp (Archäologe)

1851 - 1908

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0509 FOOTBALL

Tatjana Hummel

Born 1990

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0510 REGIERUNG

Axel Bartelt

Born 1956

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0511 ACADEMIC

Gerda Ritschel-Beurlin

1927 - 1989

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0512 SOCCER

Markus Höhner

Born 1965

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0513 FOOTBALL

Siegfried Schneider (Fußballspieler)

1958 - 2010

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0514 ECONOMIST

Harald B. Giesel

1939 - 2012

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0515 BANK

Karl Mürdel

1894 - 1974

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0516 DANCER

Valentin Wunderlich

Born 1996

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0517 ROWER

Claudia Barth

Born 1975

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0518 PREDIGER

Johann Heinrich Weyhenmayer

1637 - 1706

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0519 RADIO

Dieter Zimmerle

1916 - 1989

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0520 ERZIEHER

Clara Weimersheimer

1883 - 1963

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0521 TEACHER

Hans Alois Schieser

1931 - 2020

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0522 MISSING

Johann Michael Lindenmayer

1796 - 1858

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0523 COMPOSER

Stefan Schäfer (Komponist)

Born 1963

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0524 TEACHER

Erika Schmid

1918 - 2003

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0525 OFFICER

Heinz Angelmaier

1918 - 2014

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0526 ORGANBUILDER

Daniel Raßmann

1790 - 1864

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0527 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Leidig

Born 1954

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0528 ARCHITECT

Louis Lehle

Born 1846

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0529 ARCHITECT

Heinrich Guter

1925 - 2015

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0530 LIEDERMACHER

Ariane Müller

Born 1980

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0531 POLITICIAN

Gustav Kauffmann (Politiker, 1894)

1894 - 1969

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0532 OFFICER

Theodor von Sprösser

1836 - 1907

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0533 POLITICIAN

Eduard Hartmann (Politiker, 1940)

Born 1940

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0534 SKIER

Samuel Kolega

Born 1999

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0535 ENGINEER

Peter M. Endres

Born 1953

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0536 POLITICIAN

Monika Schnaitmann

Born 1952

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0537 MANAGER

Otto Großmann

1908 - 1982

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0538 POLITICIAN

Elmar Stegmann (Politiker)

Born 1971

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0539 HANDBALL

Horst Singer

Born 1935

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0540 BASKET

Nils Dejworek

Born 1995

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0541 POLITICIAN

Thomas Reinhardt

1958 - 2019

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0542 POLITICIAN

Thomas Oelmayer

Born 1954

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0543 PHOTOGRAPHER

Uli Weber

Born 1964

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0544 OBSTETRICIAN

Jakob Friedrich Sprandel

1828 - 1895

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0545 BASKET

Christian Birkenfeld

Born 1978

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0546 BASKET

Kevin Bryant (Basketballspieler)

Born 1994

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0547 ACADEMIC

Hans-Joachim Pflüger

Born 1949

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0548 POLITICIAN

Erich Karl

1924 - 2009

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0549 ACTOR

Steffen Höld

Born 1969

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0550 OPERA

Konstantin Krimmel

Born 1993

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0551 DIPLOMAT

Ludwig von Landsee

1414 - 1451

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0552 OPFER

Bertha Rabausch

1874 - 1940

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0553 CIVIL SERVICE

Werner Drück

1909 - 1942

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0554 FECHTER

Constantin Böhm

Born 1991

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0555 BASKET

Lukas Rosenbohm

Born 1997

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0556 RELIGIOUS

Michael Ryssel

Died 1469

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0557 ENGINEER

Richard Koch (Fertigungsplaner)

1887 - 1972

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0558 WIDERSTAND

Madleen Pechel

1905 - 1991

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0559 MISSING

Nonus von Bailer

1820 - 1892

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0560 LANDRAT

Otto Barth (Oberamtmann)

1881 - 1947

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0561 PAINTER

Hubert Deininger

1928 - 2008

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0562 BELLFOUNDER

Thomas Frauenlob

1756 - 1822

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0563 POLITICIAN

Rolf Dick

1926 - 2001

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0564 POLITICIAN

Johann Jakob Besserer von Thalfingen

1753 - 1834

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0565 SKIER

Hannelore Basler

Born 1936

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0566 PHILANTHROP

Adelheid von Sulmetingen

1330 - 1400

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0567 LAWYER

Gunnar Simon

Born 1940

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0568 POLITICIAN

Anton von Bek

1807 - 1887

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0569 STONEMASON

Hans von Ulm (Herrenberg)

1460 - 1519

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0570 MANAGER

Lothar Zobel

1885 - 1945

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0571 BASKET

Frank Gaw

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0572 LANDRAT

Karl Kircher

1874 - 1939

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0573 ORGANIST

Tobias Eberlin

1591 - 1671

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0574 JUDGE

Karl Eduard von Lödel

1848 - 1924

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0575 RICHTER

Wilhelm Gilsdorf

1895 - 1965

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0576 LAWYER

Robert Ebner (Politiker)

1831 - 1894

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0577 LAWYER

Johann Philipp Gustav Wolbach

1826 - 1890

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0578 BUSINESS

Max Straus

Born 1861

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0579 BASKET

Berthold Bocsanyi

Born 1973

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