100 Notable alumni of
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is 467th in the world, 162nd in Europe, and 24th 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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- singersinger-songwriter
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Bernd Weidung, known by his stage name Thomas Anders, is a German singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the only vocalist of the pop duo Modern Talking.
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Klemens von Metternich
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 1794 studied jurisprudence and political science and government
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianwriter
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Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, known as Klemens von Metternich ( German: [ˈkleːmens fɔn ˈmɛtɐniç]) or Prince Metternich, was a conservative Austrian statesman and diplomat who was at the center of the European balance of power known as the Concert of Europe for three decades as the Austrian Empire's foreign minister from 1809 and Chancellor from 1821 until the liberal Revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation.
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Kollegah
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 2009 studied legal science
- Occupations
- rapper
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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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Julia Klöckner
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1993-1998 studied theology, pedagogy, and political science
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
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Julia Klöckner is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. Since 2012, she has also been part of the CDU leadership.
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Mario Adorf
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- stage actorfilm actoraudiobook narratordub actorwriter
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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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Manuela Schwesig
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- politiciancivil servant
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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. On 20 October 2023, she was elected President of the Bundesrat. Her one-year term started on 1 November 2023.
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Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 2006 studied chemistry
- Occupations
- YouTuberscience journalistchemisttelevision presenterscience 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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Jörg Meuthen
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- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
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Jörg Hubert Meuthen is a German economist, academic and politician, serving as an Independent Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany since 2017.
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Majid Samii
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- writersurgeonneurosurgeoninventorprofessor
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Majid Samii is an Iranian neurosurgeon and medical scientist.
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Malu Dreyer
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- politicianjudgejurist
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Marie-Luise "Malu" Dreyer is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as the 8th and current Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate since 13 January 2013. She is the first woman to hold this office. She served a one-year-term as the President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2016 – 2017, which made her the deputy to the President of Germany while in office. She was the second female President of the Bundesrat and the sixth woman holding one of the five highest federal offices in Germany.
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Michel Friedman
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- lawyerjuristtelevision presenterjournalistpolitician
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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. 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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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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Hannelore Kohl
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied in 1951-1952
- Occupations
- translatorinterpreter
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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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Omid Nouripour
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 1996 studied German studies
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Omid Nouripour is a German-Iranian politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2006, representing the state of Hesse. Since 2022, he has also been serving as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Ricarda Lang.
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Béla Réthy
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- sports journalistjournalist
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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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- physiciannun
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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 the Hilal-i-Pakistan-, Hilal-i-Imtiaz-, Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam-, and the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam awards.
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Marcel Reif
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- university teacherjournalistsports journalist
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Marcel Reif is a Swiss television sport journalist and commentator
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Peter Scholl-Latour
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- paratrooperwriterjournalistopinion journalisteditor-in-chief
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Peter Roman Scholl-Latour was a French-German journalist, author and reporter.
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Jonas Mekas
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- film directorpoetscreenwriterartist
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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' 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 physicianphysiciansurgeonphysiologisturologist
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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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- sociologistpolitician
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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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- military historianhistorianuniversity teachersociologist
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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
- economistpolitician
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Bettina Stark-Watzinger is a German economist and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as Minister of Education and Research in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet since 2021. She has been a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2017.
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Thomas J. Kinne
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- television personalitytranslatorwriter
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Thomas J. Kinne is a German translator, author, editor, proofreader, travel writer, movie expert, 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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- physicisteconomistinternational forum participantpolitician
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Valdis Dombrovskis is a Latvian politician serving as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People since 2019 and European Commissioner for Trade since 2020. He previously served as European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union from 2016 to 2020 and Prime Minister of Latvia from 2009 to 2014.
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Rainer Brüderle
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- economistpolitician
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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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- writerradio personalityactorstage actorvoice actor
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Hanns Dieter Hüsch was a German author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator.
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Karl-Otto Apel
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- philosopheruniversity teacher
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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 called "transcendental pragmatics."
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Franz Josef Jung
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1970-1974 studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- 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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Hanns-Josef Ortheil
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- university teacherwriterliterary criticscreenwriterautobiographer
- Biography
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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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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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Sinem Öztürk
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- actor
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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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Theo Zwanziger
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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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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Gitta Connemann
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1984-1990 studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- politician
- 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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Joseph Martin Kraus
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- university teachercomposerconductorchoreographerpoet lawyer
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Joseph Martin Kraus, was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. 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", and had a life span very similar to Mozart's.
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Anna Hahner
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- athletics competitorlong-distance runner
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Anna Hahner is a German long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.
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Johann Joachim Becher
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- economistphysicianuniversity teacherchemist
- Biography
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Johann Joachim Becher was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar, polymath and adventurer, best known for his development of the phlogiston theory of combustion, and his advancement of Austrian cameralism.
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Hans Belting
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- university teacheranthropologistmedia scholarart historianart theorist
- Biography
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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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Christoph von Marschall
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- historianjournalistopinion journalist
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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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Lisa Hahner
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- athletics competitorlong-distance runner
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Lisa Hahner is a German long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.
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Frederic Vester
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- biologistuniversity teacheropinion journalistbiochemistnon-fiction writer
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Frederic Vester was a German biochemist, and an expert in the field of ecology.
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Zsuzsa Bánk
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- novelistwriterediting staffbookseller
- Biography
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Zsuzsa Bánk is a German writer.
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Karl-Rudolf Korte
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- political scientistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Karl-Rudolf Korte is a German political scientist and since 2002 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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Christoph Bernhard von Galen
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 1622 studied liberal arts education
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- priestCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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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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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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Lee Charm
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- television actoractor
- 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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Susanne Schröter
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- university teacheranthropologist
- Biography
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Susanne Schröter is a contemporary Social Anthropologist focussing primarily on Islam, Gender and Conflict Studies.
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Paul Josef Cordes
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Paul Josef Cordes is 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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Michael Weiß
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- association football managerassociation football player
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Hans Michael Weiß is a German football manager who is currently coaching the Philippines national football team.
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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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Maria Böhmer
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1968-1974 graduated with Doctor in pedagogy
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- politicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Maria Böhmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Under the leadership of successive ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2013-2017) and Sigmar Gabriel (2017), she served as Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office, primarily responsible for cultural relations and education policy.
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Otto Brunfels
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- university teachertheologianbiologistpharmacistphysician
- 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 economist in political science and general economics
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- politician
- Biography
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Klaus-Peter Willsch is a German politician of the CDU party and member of the Bundestag, representing Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg.
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Albrecht Beutelspacher
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- university teacherwritermathematician
- 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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Abbas Zaryab
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- literaryhistoriantranslatorwriter
- 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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Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
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- politicianbusinessperson
- 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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Hans Friderichs
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- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Hans Friderichs is a German politician who served as the minister of economy in the period 1972–1977. He is also a jurist and businessman.
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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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- university teacherwritereconomist
- 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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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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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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Christian Homburg
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- economistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Christian Homburg is a German marketing researcher, director of the IMU – Institute for Market-oriented Management and chaired professor for Marketing at the University of Mannheim. His special subjects are market-oriented management, customer relationship management and sales management. Furthermore, from 2006 until the 2010, Homburg was the exclusive managing director of the Mannheim Business School. In addition to his academic position, he is chairman of the scientific advisory committee of Homburg & Partner, an international management consultancy firm.
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Kees Moeliker
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- ornithologistbiologist
- Biography
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Cornelis W. "Kees" Moeliker is a Dutch biologist 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 Eltz
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- judgeCatholic priest
- 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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Uwe Conradt
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- In 2010 graduated with Master of Laws in media law
- Occupations
- politicianmerchant
- 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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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 is best known for his claims to be able to treat cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other serious diseases. His therapy has been discredited as ineffective and unsafe.
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Carl-Ludwig Wagner
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- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Carl-Ludwig Wagner was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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Jens Beutel
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- chess playerpoliticianjudge
- 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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- physicianpoliticianscientist
- 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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Felix Reda
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- graduate studentpoliticianproject manager
- 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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Herbert Mertin
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- politician
- Biography
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Herbert Mertin is a German politician for the FDP and since 2016 minister for justice in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Frederick Charles of Schönborn
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- Catholic priestdeaconCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
- 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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Armin Willingmann
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- legal historianuniversity teacherpoliticianministerjurist
- 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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Carolin Hingst
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- athletics competitorpole vaulter
- Biography
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Carolin Tamara Hingst is a German pole vaulter.
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Randolf Stich
- Occupations
- 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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Sabine Hark
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- gender studies scholaruniversity teachersociologist
- 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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Adolfas Mekas
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- writerfilm directoruniversity teacherchildren's writerfilm editor
- 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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Adam Lonitzer
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- university teachernaturalistbotanistphysicianmathematician
- 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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Claudia Schreiber
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- journalistwriterscreenwritertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Claudia Schreiber is a German journalist and author.
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Eugen Eckert
- Occupations
- hymnwriterwriterpastorsocial worker
- 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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Hans-Dieter Sues
- Occupations
- paleobiologistpaleontologistcuratorgeologist
- Biography
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Hans-Dieter Sues is a German-born American paleontologist who is Senior Scientist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
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Rainer Blatt
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- researcheruniversity teacherphysicist
- 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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Jürgen Zöllner
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- politicianuniversity teacher
- 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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Franz Ludwig von Erthal
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied in 1745-1749
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishopCatholic deacon
- 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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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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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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Elisabeth Scholl
- Occupations
- university teachersinger
- Biography
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Elisabeth Scholl is a German soprano and academic teacher.
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Gordon Hillman
- Occupations
- archaeologistanthropologist
- 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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Mamoru Morimoto
- Years
- 1939-2021 (aged 82)
- Occupations
- middle-distance runnertrack and field coachathletics competitor
- 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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Astrid Epiney
- Occupations
- university teacherjurist
- 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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Hans Grauert
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Studied in 1949-1949
- Occupations
- university teachermathematician
- 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. He became professor at the University of Göttingen in 1958, as successor to C. L. Siegel. The lineage of this chair traces back through an eminent line of mathematicians: Weyl, Hilbert, Riemann, and ultimately to Gauss. Until his death, he was professor emeritus at Göttingen.
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Frank Schimmelfennig
- Occupations
- political scientistuniversity teacher
- 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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Doris Barnett
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1973-1982 studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Doris Barnett is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 1994 to 2021, representing Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal.
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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
- chemistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ferdi Schüth is a German chemist.
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Ludwig Wilding
- Occupations
- university teachervisual poetpainterphotographervisual artist
- Biography
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Ludwig Wilding was a German artist whose work is associated with Op art and Kinetic art. Wilding was born in Grünstadt, Germany. He studied at the University of Mainz Art School.
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Martin Gerster
- Enrolled in Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- 1994-2002 graduated with Magister Artium in study of history, general economics, and political science
- Occupations
- politicianediting 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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Rolf Kreienberg
- Occupations
- university teachergynaecologistobstetrician
- Biography
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Rolf Kreienberg was a German gynaecologist and obstetrician.
