51.1098° N, 17.0327° E

WROCLAW

Most Famous People Born in Wroclaw, Poland

Notable people
2,376
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1900
Most distinctive
Theologian 4.9×

A city that changed countries after 1945, and whose bench still reads like two cities layered on top of each other. Wroclaw's distinctive professions — theologians, authors, botanists, chemists, mathematicians, physicians — belong almost entirely to the pre-war German Breslau, a Silesian university town whose famous sons were Max Born, Fritz Haber, Bonhoeffer, and Edith Stein. The 19th-century bar is one of the heaviest in Eastern Europe, and almost none of that bench survived into the postwar Polish city.

Through the Centuries

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

What Wroclaw Is Known For

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Politician is Wroclaw's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (247).

Wroclaw over-indexes on theologian4.9× the global rate.

Wroclaw under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician247
  2. Actor120
  3. Painter113
  4. Writer97
  5. Academic85
  6. Author75
  7. Historian72
  8. Lawyer57
  1. Theologian424.9×
  2. Author753.7×
  3. Botanist353.6×
  4. Chemist303.6×
  5. Academic853.5×
  6. Physician523.2×
  7. Mathematician353.0×
  8. Judge332.9×
  1. Football550.2×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 209 of 2,376 notable people

0014 ECONOMIST

Reinhard Selten

1930 - 2016

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0029 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Michael O. Rabin

Born 1931

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0063 ACTRESS

Marlene Schmidt

Born 1937

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0065 WRITER

Peter Lustig

1937 - 2016

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0092 POLITICIAN

Hans-Ulrich Klose

Born 1937

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0177 ACTOR

Reinhard Glemnitz

Born 1930

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0274 DIPLOMAT

Hermann von Richthofen

Born 1933

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0282 HISTORIAN

Kurt Pätzold

1930 - 2016

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0287 MATHEMATICIAN

Detlef Laugwitz

1932 - 2000

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0303 DIPLOMAT

Gerold Braunmühl

1935 - 1986

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0316 PSYCHOLOGIST

Mordechai Rotenberg

Born 1932

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0327 WRITER

Fritz Mierau

1934 - 2018

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0355 PHYSICIST

Peter Fulde

Born 1936

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0372 BIOLOGIST

Günter Altner

1936 - 2011

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0388 WRITER

Frederik Hetmann

1934 - 2006

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0408 FOOTBALL

Lothar Buchmann

Born 1936

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0435 CHESS

Horst Rittner

Born 1930

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0471 LAWYER

Joachim Hruschka

1935 - 2017

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0502 SAXOPHONIST

Ekkehard Jost

1938 - 2017

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0504 CLIMB

Pit Schubert

Born 1935

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0510 ART HISTORIAN

Wolfram Hoepfner

Born 1937

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0541 THEOLOGIAN

Hans-Winfried Jüngling

1938 - 2018

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0556 CRIMINAL

Hans-Joachim Bohlmann

1937 - 2009

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0567 KILLER

Horst David

1938 - 2020

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0573 WRITER

Dorit Orgad

Born 1936

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0574 POLITICIAN

Johanna Grund

1934 - 2017

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0583 MATHEMATICIAN

Ulrich Kulisch

Born 1933

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0592 WRITER

Monika Taubitz

Born 1937

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0593 ACTOR

Klaus Manchen

Born 1936

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0594 DIPLOMAT

Harald Nestroy

Born 1938

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0595 JOURNALIST

Marianne Herzog

Born 1939

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0602 WRITER

Thankmar von Münchhausen

Born 1932

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0640 ACTOR

Annemone Haase

Born 1930

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0650 FOOTBALL

Dieter Lindner (footballer)

Born 1939

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0668 ART HISTORIAN

Andreas Franzke

Born 1938

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0672 ACTOR

Dorothea Walda

1931 - 2016

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0680 FILM

Siegfried Kühn (Regisseur)

Born 1935

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0694 PLAYER

Wolfgang Webner

Born 1937

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0703 ACTOR

Elftraud von Kalckreuth

Born 1937

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0746 SCULPTOR

Reinhard Dietrich

1932 - 2015

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0766 POLITICIAN

Eva Rühmkorf

1935 - 2013

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0771 WRITER

Friedrich-Ernst von Garnier

Born 1935

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0772 SCULPTOR

Christa Sammler

Born 1932

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0796 HISTORIAN

Norbert Conrads

Born 1938

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0802 SURGEON

Christian Herfarth

1933 - 2014

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0832 JEWELLERY DESIGNER

Dorothea Prühl

Born 1937

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0841 PSYCHOLOGIST

Norbert Bischof

Born 1930

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0844 PRIEST

Wolfgang Beinert (Theologe)

Born 1933

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0859 ACTOR

Elert Bode

Born 1934

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0868 ACTOR

Johannes Grossmann (Schauspieler)

1931 - 2014

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0872 LAWYER

Peter Przybylski (Jurist)

1935 - 2019

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0873 DIVER

Fritz Nöpel

1935 - 2020

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0874 DESIGNER

Karl-Georg Hirsch

Born 1938

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0896 PHILOSOPHER

Jochanan Trilse-Finkelstein

1932 - 2017

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0914 THEOLOGIAN

Peter Lengsfeld

1930 - 2009

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0917 PHILOSOPHER

Konrad Cramer

1933 - 2013

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0919 ACADEMIC

Reiner Kaczynski

1939 - 2015

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0922 HISTORIAN

Manfred Kossok

1930 - 1993

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0925 AUTHOR

Wolfgang Körner

1937 - 2019

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0940 BRYOLOGIST

Riclef Grolle

1934 - 2004

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0944 DRAMA

Armin Stolper

Born 1934

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0945 TRANSLATOR

Hubert Witt

1935 - 2016

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0949 JUDGE

Christian Starck

Born 1937

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0956 SCULPTOR

Margaret Raspé

Born 1933

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0961 INTERNIST

Martin Wienbeck

1936 - 2005

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0964 POLITICIAN

Klaus Schucht

1930 - 2001

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0969 SCULPTOR

Peter Schönhoff

Born 1938

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0973 AUTHOR

Bodo Heimann

Born 1935

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0984 POLITICIAN

Horst Milde (Politiker)

Born 1933

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0987 ACTOR

Katinka Hoffmann

Born 1939

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0989 HISTORIAN

Peter Nitsche

1933 - 2018

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0990 WRITER

Renate Tost

Born 1937

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0999 POLITICIAN

Peter Paul Gantzer

Born 1938

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1005 LAWYER

Klaus Dieter Wolff

1935 - 2007

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1036 JOURNALIST

Peter Pragal

Born 1939

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1038 THEOLOGIAN

Godehard Joppich

Born 1932

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1044 THEOLOGIAN

Helmut Burkhardt

Born 1939

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1057 WRITER

Peter Grohmann

Born 1937

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1065 ART HISTORIAN

Georg Brühl

1931 - 2009

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1077 PRIEST

Karl-Heinz Peschke

Born 1932

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1087 POLITICIAN

Gottfried Milde senior

1934 - 2018

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1111 WRITER

Christine Koschel

Born 1936

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1116 PHILOLOGIST

Lothar Bredella

1936 - 2012

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1117 LAWYER

Albrecht Kroymann

Born 1938

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1122 ACADEMIC

Joachim Dudeck

1932 - 2010

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1124 MATHEMATICIAN

Hans-Joachim Girlich

1938 - 2018

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1135 BÜRGERRECHT

Erika Drees

1935 - 2009

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1139 PRIEST

Winfried Pietrek

Born 1932

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1140 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Knittel

Born 1935

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1141 RABBI

Margit Oelsner-Baumatz

Born 1938

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1143 PSYCHOLOGIST

Bernhard Wilpert

1936 - 2007

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1151 ACADEMIC

Johannes Beck (Pädagoge)

1938 - 2013

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1157 ACADEMIC

Ekkehart Stein

1932 - 2008

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1167 HISTORIAN

Paul Mai (Geistlicher)

Born 1935

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1169 LIBRARIAN

Wolfgang Dittrich (Bibliothekar)

Born 1938

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1173 LAWYER

Hans-Rainer Frede

1932 - 2005

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1175 GERMANIST

Dietmar Sauermann

1937 - 2011

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1179 BIOLOGIST

Helmut Altner (Biologe)

Born 1934

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1195 COMPOSER

Dietmar Hallmann

Born 1935

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1197 HISTORIAN

Christian Hünemörder (Historiker)

1937 - 2012

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1207 ART HISTORIAN

Werner Schade

Born 1934

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1213 ACADEMIC

Karl-Otto Edel

Born 1939

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1219 EDUCATION

Klaus W. Döring

Born 1938

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1226 CHEMIST

Hans Neunhoeffer

1936 - 2018

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1239 MUSIC

Wolfgang Hirschmann (Musikproduzent)

Born 1937

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1244 THEOLOGIAN

Dieter Reiher

Born 1933

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1256 PHYSICIST

Volker Soergel

Born 1931

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1265 THEOLOGIAN

Ulrich Nembach

Born 1935

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1266 PAINTER

Siegbert Hahn

Born 1937

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1276 ART HISTORIAN

Thuri Lorenz

1931 - 2017

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1287 ACADEMIC

Hans-Ullrich Gallwas

Born 1934

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1299 MANAGER

Dietmar Kuhnt

Born 1937

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1306 PHOTOGRAPHER

Tana Kaleya

Born 1939

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1310 HISTORIAN

Hans Schleier

1931 - 2018

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1314 ENGINEER

Gerhard Zeidler

Born 1936

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1320 POLITICIAN

Renate Fölsch

Born 1938

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1321 PSYCHOLOGIST

Helmut Skowronek

1931 - 2019

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1323 POLITICIAN

Hubert Piske

Born 1937

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1325 ACADEMIC

Wulf Arlt

Born 1938

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1335 ACADEMIC

Hans Boldt

Born 1930

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1339 HISTORIAN

Arno Seifert

1936 - 1987

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1371 PHILOSOPHER

Dietrich Alexander

1934 - 1999

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1390 PHILOSOPHER

Horst Friedrich (Autor)

1931 - 2015

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1397 POLITICIAN

Dietmar Kansy

1938 - 2018

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1399 SCREENWRITER

Bernt Rhotert

Born 1934

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1419 LINGUIST

Norbert Boretzky

Born 1935

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1434 THEOLOGIAN

Wolfgang Langer

1934 - 2020

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1445 HISTORIAN

Hans-Joachim Krusch (Historiker)

1935 - 2004

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1450 AUTHOR

Udo Quak

Born 1935

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1455 PAINTER

Rainer Devens

Born 1938

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1459 ACADEMIC

Hans Schottmann

Born 1932

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1473 ATHLETIC

Vera Kummerfeldt

Born 1935

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1474 SWIMMER

Klaus Bodinger

1932 - 1994

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1485 PROFESSOR

Wolfram Funk

Born 1938

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1496 ACADEMIC

Hans Hilmar Goebel

Born 1937

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1501 ECONOMIST

Ingo Schmidt (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)

1932 - 2020

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1511 PHILOLOGIST

Udo W. Scholz

Born 1939

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1512 ACADEMIC

Eberhard Leube

1934 - 1991

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1513 PHYSICIAN

Gerhard Lehnert

1930 - 2010

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1527 ACADEMIC

Erhard Hexelschneider

1934 - 2018

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1541 GEODESIST

Christoph Reigber

Born 1939

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1549 POLITICIAN

Horst Jaunich

Born 1930

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1554 LAWYER

Karl Egbert Wenzel

1930 - 1998

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1561 PAINTER

Günter Glombitza

1938 - 1984

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1576 ARTIST

Olaf Hauke

Born 1935

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1586 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Jost Wiedmann

1931 - 1993

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1590 ACADEMIC

Klaus Knothe

Born 1937

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1597 ACADEMIC

Harald-Dietrich Kühne

1933 - 2011

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1599 THEOLOGIAN

Johann-Friedrich Konrad

1932 - 2015

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1617 WRITER

Renate Apitz

1939 - 2008

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1618 NEUROLOGIST

Konstantin-Alexander Hossmann

Born 1937

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1683 INTERNIST

Ulrich W. Schaefer

1938 - 2002

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1686 POLITICIAN

Horst Mehrländer

Born 1939

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1688 POLITICIAN

Eckhard Altmann

Born 1931

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1693 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Johannes Kuppe

Born 1935

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1696 JUDGE

Joachim Starck

Born 1938

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1702 THEOLOGIAN

Werner-Christoph Schmauch

Born 1935

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1710 JAZZ

Frank Selten

Born 1939

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1723 ACADEMIC

Reinhard Pfalz

1930 - 2014

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1744 PHYSICIST

Ruprecht Haensel

1935 - 2009

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1745 ART HISTORIAN

Werner Ballarin

1935 - 2009

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1772 JUDGE

Klaus Kutzer

Born 1936

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1783 DRIVER

Peter Hoffmann (Rennfahrer)

Born 1939

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1797 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Weber (Politiker)

Born 1939

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1852 RADIOLOGIST

Hans-Jürgen Eberhardt (Radiologe)

1936 - 2017

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1863 NUN

Sigrid Ehrlich

Born 1937

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1892 JUDGE

Eckhard Wolf (Jurist)

1932 - 2018

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1907 BEAMTE

Manfred Rademacher (Beamter)

1930 - 2012

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1950 PFARRER

Klaus Kuntz

1935 - 2018

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1956 POLITICIAN

Manfred Kolbe (Bürgermeister)

Born 1934

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1958 COMPOSER

Peter Dorn (Komponist)

Born 1931

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1961 WRITER

Siegrun Fernlund

1937 - 2019

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1972 ACTOR

Liselotte Kuschnitzky

1939 - 1980

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1975 CHEMIST

Joachim Heidberg

1933 - 2008

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1989 DRAMA

Klaus Mehrländer

Born 1938

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2000 CONDUCTOR

Joachim Widlak

1931 - 2011

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2023 ACTOR

Ulrich Popp

1937 - 2010

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2038 ACADEMIC

Wolfgang Heilmann (Volkswirt)

Born 1930

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2059 TRUPPEN

Walter Hayn

1939 - 1964

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2074 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Andreas Wacke

Born 1936

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2084 MOUNTAINEER

Karl Golikow

1935 - 1972

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2091 ENGINEER

Hans-Wolf Reinhardt

Born 1939

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2125 FOOTBALL

Wolfgang Wenke

Born 1939

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2136 ACADEMIC

Wilma Podewin

1933 - 1990

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2149 BUSINESS

Jutta Lowag

1939 - 2014

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2150 FOOTBALL

Klaus Taube

Born 1935

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2151 POLITICIAN

Gisela Gebauer-Nehring

Born 1937

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2152 PHYSICIST

Walter Mampe

1939 - 1992

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2159 PHYSICIST

Peter Sauer

Born 1938

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2162 PRIEST

Peter Kliegel

Born 1939

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2164 FOOTBALL

Marian Środecki

1935 - 2007

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2168 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Krause (Politiker)

1936 - 2020

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2176 POLITICIAN

Johannes Winter

Born 1935

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2177 SPRINT

Peter Wallach

Born 1938

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2198 POLITICIAN

Horst Homann

1934 - 2002

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2199 POLE VAULTER

Peter Laufer (athlete)

1936 - 2016

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2201 EDUCATION

Manfred Becker (Präses)

Born 1939

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2215 OFFICER

Norbert Wolff (General)

1935 - 2010

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2227 PHOTOGRAPHER

Georg Eckelt

1932 - 2012

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2234 OFFICER

Ingolf Fuhrmann

Born 1931

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2254 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Ebersbach

Born 1938

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2268 LAWYER

Hans-Joachim Franke

Born 1939

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2269 ENGINEER

Horst Langer (Ingenieur)

1936 - 2007

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2325 BASKET

Wessel Lücke

Born 1937

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2326 JOURNALIST

Horst-Dieter Schiele

Born 1933

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2327 POLITICIAN

Kunibert Becker

1934 - 2001

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2328 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Schnieber

Born 1933

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2357 POLITICIAN

Dietrich Ellger (Politiker)

Born 1938

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2374 BISCHOF

Manfred Gottschalk

1932 - 1982

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