100 Notable alumni of
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is 465th in the world, 167th in Europe, and 23rd in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
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Thomas Anders
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- singer-songwritersinger
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Bernd Weidung, known professionally as Thomas Anders ( German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈandɐs]), is a German singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the vocalist of the former pop duo Modern Talking.
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Klemens von Metternich
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 1794 studied political science and government and jurisprudence
- Occupations
- diplomatwriterpolitician
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Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, known as Klemens von Metternich or Prince Metternich, was a German statesman and diplomat in the service of the Austrian Empire. A conservative, Metternich was at the center of the European balance of power known as the Concert of Europe for three decades as Austrian foreign minister from 1809 and chancellor from 1821 until the liberal Revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation.
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Julia Klöckner
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1993-1998 studied political science, pedagogy, and theology
- Occupations
- editing stafftheologianpoliticianjournalistpolitical scientist
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Julia Klöckner is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as President of the German Bundestag since 25 March 2025.
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Kollegah
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 2009 studied legal science
- Occupations
- motivational speakerrapper
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Felix Martin Andreas Matthias Blume, known professionally as Kollegah, is a German rapper. He releases his music via his own label, Alpha Music Empire.
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Mario Adorf
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- audiobook narratorfilm actorstage actoractorvoice actor
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Mario Adorf is a German actor, considered to be one of the great veteran character actors of European cinema. Since 1954, he has played both leading and supporting roles in over 200 film and television productions, among them the 1979 Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum. He is also the author of several successful mostly autobiographical books.
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Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 2006 studied chemistry
- Occupations
- chemistscience journalistYouTubertelevision producerscience communicator
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Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim is a German chemist, science communicator, television presenter and YouTuber. In June 2020 she was elected to the senate of the Max Planck Society.
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Manuela Schwesig
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- civil servantpolitician
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Manuela Schwesig is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 4 July 2017, becoming the first woman to serve in that post. Previously she served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the third cabinet of Angela Merkel from 2013 to 2017. She was President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2024.
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Jörg Meuthen
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- university teachereconomistpolitician
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Jörg Hubert Meuthen is a German economist, academic and politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany from 2017 until 2024.
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Majid Samii
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- surgeonwriterprofessorinventorneurosurgeon
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Majid Samii is an Iranian neurosurgeon and medical scientist.
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Michel Friedman
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- juristlawyeropinion journalistpoliticianjournalist
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Julien Michel Friedman is a German author, former CDU politician, and talk show host. From 2000 to 2003, Friedman was vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and president of the European Jewish Congress from 2001 to 2003, when he resigned after being convicted in a case involving forced prostitution and cocaine usage. From 1998 to 2003, he had his own show on German television. Since 2004, he has been hosting a weekly talk show on N24 called Studio Friedman. Friedman is a lawyer by profession, and studied law and philosophy.
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Malu Dreyer
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- juristjudgepolitician
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Marie-Luise "Malu" Dreyer is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the 8th minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate from 2013 to 2024. She is the first woman to hold this office. She served a one-year-term as president of the Federal Council from 1 November 2016 – 31 October 2017, which made her deputy to the president of Germany while in office. She was the second female president of the Federal Council and the sixth woman holding one of the five highest federal offices in Germany. On 19 June 2024 she announced her resignation from the office of minister-president with effect from 10 July.
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Anne Spiegel
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- politician
- Biography
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Anne Spiegel is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She served as Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 8 December 2021; she announced her resignation on 11 April and was dismissed by the President on 25 April 2022
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Omid Nouripour
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 1996 studied German studies
- Occupations
- rappertranslatorpolitician
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Omid Nouripour is a German-Iranian politician who has been serving as Vice President of the Bundestag since 2025. A member of Alliance '90/The Greens, he has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2006, representing the state of Hesse. From 2022 to 2024, he also served as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Ricarda Lang.
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Hannelore Kohl
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied in 1951-1952
- Occupations
- interpretertranslator
- Biography
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Johanna Klara Eleonore "Hannelore" Kohl was the first wife of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. She met him for the first time at a school party in Ludwigshafen, Allied-occupied Germany in 1948, when she was 15 years old, and they became engaged in 1953. They were married from 1960 until her death in 2001, a span which included his entire political career. They were the parents of Walter Kohl and Peter Kohl.
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Marcel Reif
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- university teachersports journalistjournalist
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Marcel Reif is a Swiss television sport journalist and commentator
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Gerhard Ludwig Müller
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- university teacherCatholic priesttheologianCatholic bishoparchbishop
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Gerhard Ludwig Müller is a German Catholic prelate who served as the Cardinal-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 until 2017. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of cardinal in 2014.
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Béla Réthy
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- journalistsports journalist
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Béla Andreas Réthy is a German sports reporter of Hungarian ancestry.
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Ruth Pfau
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- nunphysician
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Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, FCM was a German–Pakistani Catholic Christian religious sister and physician who was a member of the "Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary". She emigrated from Germany in 1961 and devoted more than 55 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan. Pfau was honoured with Hilal-e-Pakistan, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam, and the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam awards.
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Peter Scholl-Latour
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- opinion journalistIrregular intelligence sourceeditor-in-chiefjournalistparatrooper
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Peter Roman Scholl-Latour was a French-German journalist, author and reporter. Scholl-Latour was regarded as one of Europe's most important journalists, akin to what Walter Cronkite was in the US. For over six decades, he was one of the continent's most influential voices. During the Vietnam War, he was captured by the Viet Cong and managed to secure unique film footage during his captivity.
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Jonas Mekas
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- screenwriteropinion journalistfilm directorartistpoet
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Jonas Mekas was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals worldwide. Mekas was active in New York City, where he co-founded Anthology Film Archives, The Film-Makers' Cooperative, and the journal Film Culture. He was also the first film critic for The Village Voice.
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Werner Forssmann
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- military physiciancardiologisturologistphysiologistsurgeon
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Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann was a German researcher and physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine (with Andre Frederic Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards) for developing a procedure that allowed cardiac catheterization. In 1929, he put himself under local anesthesia and inserted a catheter into a vein of his arm. Not knowing if the catheter might pierce a vein, he put his life at risk. Forssmann was nevertheless successful; he safely passed the catheter into his heart.
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Kristina Schröder
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- politiciansociologist
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Kristina Schröder is a German politician who served as the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2009 to 2013. She served as a Member of Parliament between 2002 and 2017.
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Sönke Neitzel
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- historianmilitary historiansociologistuniversity teacher
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Sönke Neitzel is a German historian who has written extensively about the Second World War. He is editor of the journal German History in the 20th Century and has written several books such as Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying; The Secret Second World War Tapes of German POWs based on recordings of German POWs held at Trent Park which he wrote with Harald Welzer. Neitzel edited the book Tapping Hitler's Generals (with Harald Welzer).
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Bettina Stark-Watzinger
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied in 1989-1993
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical economist
- Biography
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Bettina Stark-Watzinger is a German economist and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Minister of Education and Research in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet from 2021 to 2024. She was a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2017 to 2025.
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Thomas J. Kinne
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- writertranslatortelevision personality
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Thomas J. Kinne is a German translator, author, editor, proofreader, travel writer, movie expert, and comic-book collector. He became widely known in his home country for his frequent appearances as a contestant and winner on a wide variety of game shows on German and U.S. television. Since 2018, he is one of the “chasers” on Gefragt – Gejagt, the German version of the U.K. game show The Chase.
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Valdis Dombrovskis
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- economistpoliticianphysicist
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Valdis Dombrovskis is a Latvian politician serving as European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, and Commissioner for Implementation and Simplification. He previously served as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People (2019-2024), European Commissioner for Trade (2020-2024). European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (2016-2020) and Prime Minister of Latvia from 2009 to 2014.
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Rainer Brüderle
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- economistpolitical economistministerpolitician
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Rainer Brüderle is a German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He served as Minister of Economics and Transport of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1987–1998. On 28 October 2009, he was appointed Federal Minister for Economics and Technology in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Following his election in May 2011 as chairman of his party's parliamentary group, Brüderle resigned as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Technology.
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Hanns Dieter Hüsch
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- actorradio personalitywritercabaret performervoice actor
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Hanns Dieter Hüsch was a German author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator.
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Khola Maryam Hübsch
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- journalist
- Biography
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Khola Maryam Hübsch is a German journalist and writer of German-Indian origin. Hübsch is the daughter of the German writer Hadayatullah Hübsch. She is a prominent member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Germany.
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Franz Josef Jung
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1970-1974 studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Franz Josef Jung is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He became Federal Minister of Defence in the Grand coalition cabinet of Angela Merkel on 22 November 2005. In October 2009 he became Minister of Labour and Social Affairs but resigned a month later.
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Karl-Otto Apel
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- university teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Karl-Otto Apel was a German philosopher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He specialized on the philosophy of language and was thus considered a communication theorist. He developed a distinctive philosophical approach which he coined transcendental pragmatics.
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Hanns-Josef Ortheil
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- autobiographerscreenwriterliterary criticwriteruniversity teacher
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Hanns-Josef Ortheil is a German author, scholar of German literature, and pianist. He has written many autobiographical and historical novels, some of which have been translated into 11 languages, according to WorldCat: French, Dutch, Modern Greek, Spanish, Chinese, Lithuanian, Japanese, Slovenian, and Russian.
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Gitta Connemann
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1984-1990 studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Gitta Connemann is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2002. Since 2021, she has been serving as the chairwoman of MIT, the pro-business wing in the CDU/CSU.
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Sinem Öztürk
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- actor
- Biography
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Gözde Sinem Öztürk is a Turkish actress and presenter. Between 2007-2012, She played in youth series Arka Sıradakiler. She notably played the fashionably conservative role of Sukran in Turking TV series Huzur Sokağı (2012–14).
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Michael Ebling
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- politician
- Biography
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Michael Ebling is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as State Minister of the Interior in the government of Minister-President Malu Dreyer of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2022. From 2012 to 2022, he was the mayor of Mainz.
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Joseph Martin Kraus
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- choreographerconductorcomposeruniversity teachermusic critic
- Biography
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Joseph Martin Kraus, was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Holy Roman Empire. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm. He has been referred to as "the Swedish Mozart", although his music is rarely performed today. He is best known for having been a sacred music composer, while his symphonic output was much higher than is extant today. He composed in a wide array of forms, and took his greatest aesthetic influence from Haydn and Mozart. His competency and artistic skill was praised almost universally during his time.
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Johann Joachim Becher
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- university teacheralchemisteconomistchemistphysician
- Biography
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Johann Joachim Becher was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar, polymath and adventurer, best known for his terra pinguis theory which became the phlogiston theory of combustion, and his advancement of Austrian cameralism.
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Karl-Rudolf Korte
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- university teacherpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Karl-Rudolf Korte is a German political scientist. From 2002 till the beginning of 2025 he has been professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen on Campus Duisburg. He appears regularly in national media as a guest for election analyses.
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Alexander Schweitzer
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied in 1993-2001
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alexander Schweitzer is a German politician of the SPD. From 2021 to 10 July 2024, he served as Rhineland-Palatinate State Minister for Labour. On 10 July 2024, he formed the Schweitzer cabinet and currently serves as the 9th minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Anna Hahner
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- long-distance runnerathletics competitor
- Biography
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Anna Hahner is a German long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon.
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Theo Zwanziger
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- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Theo Zwanziger is a German lawyer and sports official. He was the president of the German Football Association (DFB) from 2006 to 2012. For his contributions to German football, he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz in 2005.
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Christoph von Marschall
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- historianopinion journalistjournalist
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Christoph von Marschall is a German journalist working for the daily Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. He is currently titled the diplomatic correspondent of the newspaper's editorial offices.
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Hans Belting
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- media scholaranthropologistuniversity teacherart criticcultural studies scholar
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Hans Belting was a German art historian and media theorist with a focus on image science, and this with regard to contemporary art and to the Italian art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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Susanne Schröter
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- anthropologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Susanne Schröter is a contemporary Social Anthropologist focusing primarily on Islam, Gender and Conflict Studies.
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Paul Josef Cordes
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- Catholic theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Paul Josef Cordes was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (1995–2010) and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007.
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Christoph Bernhard von Galen
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 1622 studied liberal arts education
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Christoph Bernhard Freiherr von Galen was Prince-bishop of Münster. He was born into a noble Westphalian family.
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Zsuzsa Bánk
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- writernovelistbooksellerediting staff
- Biography
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Zsuzsa Bánk is a German writer.
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Frederic Vester
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- opinion journalistuniversity teacherbiologistnon-fiction writerbiochemist
- Biography
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Frederic Vester was a German biochemist, and an expert in the field of ecology.
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Karl-Josef Rauber
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Karl-Josef Rauber was a German prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an apostolic nuncio from 1982 until his retirement in 2009. He was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015.
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Lisa Hahner
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- long-distance runnerathletics competitor
- Biography
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Lisa Hahner is a German long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon.
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Hans Friderichs
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- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Hans Friderichs was a German politician who served as the minister of economy from 1972 to 1977. He was also a jurist and businessman.
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Lee Charm
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- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Lee Charm, formerly known as Lee Han-woo (이한우), is a South Korean actor and entrepreneur. He was CEO of the Korea Tourism Organization from July 2009 to November 2013.
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Michael Weiß
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- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Hans Michael Weiß is a German football manager.
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Doris Ahnen
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied in 1984-1990
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Doris Maria Ahnen is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as Minister for Finance in the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2014. Prior to that she served as the Minister for Education, Research and Culture since 2001. She has been a part of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since the 2006 elections. She is also a member of the German Bundesrat for Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Herbert Mertin
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- politician
- Biography
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Herbert Mertin was a German politician for the FDP and was from 2016 to 2025 minister for justice in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Abbas Zaryab
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- literary scholarwritertranslatorhistorian
- Biography
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Abbas Zaryab or 'Abbās Zaryāb was a historian, translator, literature Professor and Iranologist. He was the author of several books, including a life of Muhammad, and articles in The Persian Encyclopedia (published in Iran), Western peer reviewed Journals as well as Iranica.
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Otto Brunfels
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- biologisttheologianuniversity teacherbotanistentomologist
- Biography
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Otto Brunfels was a German theologian and botanist. Carl von Linné listed him among the "Fathers of Botany".
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Klaus-Peter Willsch
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1979-1986 graduated with political economist in general economics and political science
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- politicianpolitical economist
- Biography
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Klaus-Peter Willsch is a German politician of the CDU and member of the Bundestag, representing Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg since 1998.
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Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
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- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, full German name: Karl Alexander Fürst von Thurn und Taxis was the fifth Prince of Thurn and Taxis, head of the Thurn-und-Taxis Post, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 13 November 1805 until his death on 15 July 1827. With the death of his father on 13 November 1805, he became nominal Generalpostmeister of the Imperial Reichspost until the resignation of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor.
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Uwe Conradt
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 2010 graduated with Master of Laws in media law
- Occupations
- merchantpolitician
- Biography
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Uwe Conradt is a German Christian Democratic politician who has been serving as Mayor of Saarbrücken since 2019.
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Anna Sauerbrey
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- journalist
- Biography
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Anna Sauerbrey is a German journalist and a member of the editorial board of Der Tagesspiegel.
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Albrecht Beutelspacher
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- university teachermathematicianwriter
- Biography
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Albrecht Beutelspacher is a German mathematician and founder of the Mathematikum. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Giessen, where he held the chair for geometry and discrete mathematics from 1988 to 2018.
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Susanne Wasum-Rainer
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied legal science
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Susanne Wasum-Rainer is a former German diplomat who has been serving as Germany's Ambassador to Israel between 2018 and 2022.
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Walter Krämer
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- writereconomiststatisticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Walter Krämer is a German economist. He is a professor for economic and social statistics at the Technical University of Dortmund.
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Felix Reda
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- graduate studentproject managerpolitician
- Biography
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Felix Reda is a German researcher, politician, and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. He was a member of the Pirate Party Germany until 27 March 2019, part of The Greens–European Free Alliance. He has been Vice-President of the Greens/EFA group since 2014. He was also previously the president of Young Pirates of Europe. After the 2019 European Parliament election, Reda was succeeded by Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party Germany), Marcel Kolaja, Markéta Gregorová, and Mikuláš Peksa (Czech Pirate Party).
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Michael Hartmann
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- politician
- Biography
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Michael Hartmann is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was a member of the German Bundestag from 2002 to 2017. Hartmann is a specialist politician for internal security and was the domestic policy spokesman of the SPD parliamentary group as well as the chairman of his parliamentary group in the Committee on Internal Affairs and a member of the Parliamentary Oversight Panel.
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Kees Moeliker
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- biologistornithologist
- Biography
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Cornelis W. "Kees" Moeliker is a Dutch biologist and former curator and director of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam. He is also European Bureau Chief of the Annals of Improbable Research.
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Johannes zu Eltz
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- Catholic priestjudge
- Biography
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Johannes zu Eltz is a German Catholic priest, who has served as Dean of Frankfurt, and a member of the cathedral chapter of the Diocese of Limburg. Trained as a jurist, he became a priest in important parishes in Hesse, Germany. In Frankfurt, he has pursued ecumenism and collaboration with other Christian churches and the Jewish community. He is a member of the Synodal Path, seeking reforms in the Catholic Church.
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Carl-Ludwig Wagner
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- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Carl-Ludwig Wagner was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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Armin Willingmann
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- politicianuniversity teacherlegal historianjuristminister
- Biography
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Armin Willingmann is a German legal scholar and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Research, Energy, Climate Protection and the Environment in the government of Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff since 2021.
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Hans Alfred Nieper
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- physician
- Biography
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Hans Alfred Herbert Eugen Nieper was a controversial German alternative medicine practitioner who devised "Nieper Therapy". He claimed "Nieper Therapy" could treat cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other serious diseases. His therapy has been discredited as ineffective and unsafe.
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Jens Beutel
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- chess playerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Jens Beutel was a German judge and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he served as Oberbürgermeister (mayor) of Mainz, the state capital of Rheinland-Pfalz, from 1997 to 2011. During his tenure, the city improved especially by building projects, including the new synagogue, and new parks.
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Axel Gehrke
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- physicianscientistpolitician
- Biography
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Axel Gehrke was a German politician for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and a member of the Bundestag from 2017 until 2021.
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Frederick Charles of Schönborn
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacondeacon
- Biography
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Friedrich Karl von Schönborn was the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1729 to 1746. He also served as Reichsvizekanzler (Vice-Chancellor) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1705 to 1734.
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Hans-Dieter Sues
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- paleobiologistgeologistcuratorpaleontologist
- Biography
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Hans-Dieter Sues is a German-born American palaeontologist who is a Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
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Katrin Eder
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Katrin Eder is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as State Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility in the government of Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer since 2021.
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Carolin Hingst
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- pole vaulterathletics competitor
- Biography
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Carolin Tamara Hingst is a German pole vaulter.
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Sabine Hark
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- university teachergender studies scholarsociologist
- Biography
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Sabine Hark is a German feminist and sociologist, and sits on the editorial board of the journal Feministische Studien (Feminist Studies).
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Randolf Stich
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- politician
- Biography
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Randolf Stich was a German lawyer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served as Secretary of State of the Interior and Sport of Rhineland-Palatinate from 2015 to 2022.
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Adam Lonitzer
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- university teachermathematicianphysicianbotanistnaturalist
- Biography
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Adam Lonicer, Adam Lonitzer or Adamus Lonicerus was a German botanist, noted for his 1557 revised version of Eucharius Rösslin's herbal.
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Adolfas Mekas
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- university teacherfilm directorwriterfilm editorchildren's writer
- Biography
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Adolfas Mekas was a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, director, editor, actor and educator. With his brother Jonas Mekas, he founded the magazine Film Culture, as well as the Film-Makers' Cooperative and was associated with George Maciunas and the Fluxus art movement at its beginning. He made several short films, culminating in the feature Hallelujah the Hills in 1963, which was played at the Cannes Film Festival of that year and is now considered a classic of American film.
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Claudia Schreiber
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- writerjournalisttelevision presenterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Claudia Schreiber is a German journalist and author.
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Eugen Eckert
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- writerhymnwritersocial workerpastor
- Biography
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Eugen Eckert is a German social worker, minister, singer-songwriter and academic teacher. He is known for his lyrics for new spiritual songs (Neues Geistliches Lied), and his oratorios and musical plays.
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Michael Cramer
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- politician
- Biography
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Michael Cramer is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019. He is a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Green Party.
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Rainer Blatt
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Rainer Blatt is a German-Austrian experimental physicist. His research centres on the areas of quantum optics and quantum information. He and his team performed one of the first experiments to teleport atoms, the other was done at NIST in Boulder Colorado. The reports of both groups appeared back-to-back in Nature.
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Franz Ludwig von Erthal
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied in 1745-1749
- Occupations
- Catholic deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Franz Ludwig Freiherr von Erthal was the Prince-bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg from 1779 until his death. He was buried at the Würzburg Cathedral (#45 diagram).
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Jürgen Zöllner
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicianpolitician
- Biography
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Emil Jürgen Zöllner is a German medical professional and politician (SPD). From 1991 to 2006, he served as Minister of Education and Science in Rhineland-Palatinate, and additionally as Deputy Minister-President from May to November 2006. During the 2006 to 2011 legislative period, he headed the Senate Department for Education, Youth, and Science of the Berlin Senate.
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Łukasz Opaliński
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Łukasz de Bnin Opaliński of Łodzia coat of arms was a Polish nobleman.
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Thomas Steffen
- Occupations
- lawyerjurist
- Biography
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Thomas Steffen is a German lawyer who has been serving as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025.
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Carlos Mateo Balmelli
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- writeracademiclawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Carlos Mateo Balmelli was a Paraguayan politician, who is the former President of the Senate of Paraguay. He belongs to the Authentic Radical Liberal Party.
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Gordon Hillman
- Occupations
- anthropologistarchaeologist
- Biography
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Gordon Hillman was a British archaeobotanist and academic at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. He has been described as "a pivotal figure in the development of archaeobotany at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London, through his research, publications and teaching had a major influence on the field worldwide."
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Astrid Epiney
- Occupations
- juristuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Astrid Epiney, born Wander is a German-Swiss jurist. She is professor of international law, European law and Swiss public law at the University of Fribourg, and became its first female rector in 2015.
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Elisabeth Scholl
- Occupations
- opera singeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Elisabeth Scholl is a German soprano and academic teacher.
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Mamoru Morimoto
- Years
- 1939-2021 (aged 82)
- Occupations
- athletics competitortrack and field coachmiddle-distance runner
- Biography
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Mamoru Morimoto was a Japanese middle distance runner who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. His daughter Tsuru Morimoto is a former footballer who played for the Japanese national team.
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Malte Herwig
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Malte Herwig is a German-born author, journalist, and literary critic.
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Hans Grauert
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied in 1949-1949
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Hans Grauert was a German mathematician. He is known for major works on several complex variables, complex manifolds and the application of sheaf theory in this area, which influenced later work in algebraic geometry. Together with Reinhold Remmert he established and developed the theory of complex-analytic spaces.
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Frank Schimmelfennig
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Frank Schimmelfennig is a professor of European politics at the Center for Comparative and International Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Martin Gerster
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1994-2002 graduated with Magister Artium in study of history, political science, and general economics
- Occupations
- political scientistpoliticianediting staff
- Biography
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Martin Gerster is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2005.
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Matthäus Zell
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Matthäus Zell was a Lutheran pastor and an early Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg. He joined the Reformation as early as 1521.
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Ferdi Schüth
- Occupations
- university teacherchemist
- Biography
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Ferdi Schüth is a German chemist.
