70 Notable alumni of
Leibniz University of Hanover
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The Leibniz University of Hanover is 871st in the world, 304th in Europe, and 38th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 70 notable alumni from the Leibniz University of Hanover sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ursula von der Leyen
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- equestrianphysicianpoliticianinternational forum participant
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Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German physician and politician serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding successive positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as minister of defence. Von der Leyen is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its EU affiliated group, the European People's Party (EPP).
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H.P. Baxxter
- Enrolled in the Leibniz University of Hanover
- Studied jurisprudence
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- master of ceremoniessingermusicianrappervoice actor
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Hans Peter Geerdes, professionally known by his stage name H. P. Baxxter, is a German musician who is best known as the lead vocalist of the German techno band Scooter. He founded Scooter with his friend Rick J. Jordan in 1993.
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Wolfram von Richthofen
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- military officeraircraft pilot
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Wolfram Karl Ludwig Moritz Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen was a German World War I flying ace who rose to the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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Wilhelm Busch
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- essayistpoetartistillustratorwriter
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Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published wildly innovative illustrated tales that remain influential to this day.
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Lars Klingbeil
- Enrolled in the Leibniz University of Hanover
- 1999-2004 studied political science
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- international forum participantpolitician
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Lars Klingbeil is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as the party's Co-Leader since 2021, together with Saskia Esken.
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Götz Kubitschek
- Enrolled in the Leibniz University of Hanover
- Studied in 1992-1999
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- publisheropinion journalistpolitical activist
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Götz Kubitschek is a German publisher, journalist and far-right political activist. He espouses ethnocentric positions and is one of the most important protagonists of the Neue Rechte (New Right) in Germany. Hailing from the staff of right-wing newspaper Junge Freiheit, Kubitschek is one of the founders of the Neue Rechte think tank Institut für Staatspolitik (Institute for State Policy; IfS). Since 2002, he is the manager of his self-founded publishing house Antaios, since 2003 chief editor of the journal Sezession, as well as editor of the corresponding blog Sezession im Netz.
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Harald Welzer
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- professorpsychologistnon-fiction writersociologist
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Harald Welzer is a German social psychologist. He studied sociology, psychology and literature at the University of Hannover. He has been a professor of transformation design at the University of Flensburg since 2012. His research is focused on memory, violence and the social impacts of climate change. His books have been translated into 15 languages.
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Jiří Drahoš
- Enrolled in the Leibniz University of Hanover
- Studied in 1985-1986
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- politicianteacherscientistchemistpedagogue
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Jiří Drahoš is a Czech physical chemist and politician who has been the Senator of Prague 4 since October 2018. Previously, Drahoš served as President of the Czech Academy of Sciences from 2009 to 2017, and was a candidate in the 2018 Czech presidential election.
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Yasmin Fahimi
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- politiciantrade unionist
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Yasmin Fahimi is a German trade unionist and politician who has been chairing the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) since 2022.
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Arthur Scherbius
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- engineermathematician
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Arthur Scherbius was a German electrical engineer who invented the mechanical cipher Enigma machine. He patented the invention and later sold the machine under the brand name Enigma.
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David McAllister
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- politicianlawyer
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David James McAllister is a German politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. He is the current Vice President of the European People's Party and he is also Vice Chairman of the International Democrat Union. He was appointed Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2017.
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Francis Buchholz
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- composermusicianrecord producerentrepreneur
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Francis Buchholz is a German musician best known as the bass guitarist of German rock band Scorpions from 1973 until 1992. Since leaving Scorpions, he has been a member of Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock.
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Pascual Jordan
- Enrolled in the Leibniz University of Hanover
- Studied in 1921-1922
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- university teachernon-fiction writerphysicistpoliticianacademic
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Ernst Pascual Jordan was a German theoretical and mathematical physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. He contributed much to the mathematical form of matrix mechanics, and developed canonical anticommutation relations for fermions. He introduced Jordan algebras in an effort to formalize quantum field theory; the algebras have since found numerous applications within mathematics.
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Düzen Tekkal
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- journalist
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Düzen Tekkal is a German author, television journalist, filmmaker, war correspondent, political scientist, and social entrepreneur of Kurdish descent. She is Yazidi.
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Belit Onay
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- politician
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Belit Nejat Onay is a German politician of Turkish origin for the Alliance 90/The Greens. He was elected Mayor of Hanover in 2019, and took office on 22 November.
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Gerhard Ertl
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- chemistuniversity teacherphysicist
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Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, which has helped explain how fuel cells produce energy without pollution, how catalytic converters clean up car exhausts and even why iron rusts, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
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Taner Akçam
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- historianfilm directoruniversity teachersociologisthuman rights activist
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Altuğ Taner Akçam is a Turkish-German historian and sociologist. During the 1990s, he was the first Turkish scholar to acknowledge the Armenian genocide, and has written several books on the genocide, such as A Shameful Act (1999), From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide (2004), The Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity (2012), and Killing Orders (2018). He is recognized as a "leading international authority" on the subject. Akçam's frequent participation in public debates on the legacy of the genocide have been compared to Theodor Adorno's role in postwar Germany.
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Christian Dürr
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- politician
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Christian Dürr is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017. Since December 2021 he has been leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
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Michael Braungart
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- entrepreneuruniversity teacheracademicchemistnon-fiction writer
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Michael Braungart is a German professor and businessperson. Braungart was founder of EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, and co-founder of MBDC McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Theodor Blank
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- politician
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Theodor Anton Blank was a German politician of the CDU. He was one of the founders of the CDU in 1945.
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Werner Gitt
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- physicistnon-fiction writer
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Werner Gitt is a German engineer and young earth creationist. Before retirement, he was Head of the Department of Information Technology at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt.
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Christian Otto Mohr
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- engineermathematicianuniversity teachercivil engineer
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Christian Otto Mohr was a German civil engineer. He is renowned for his contributions to the field of structural engineering, such as Mohr's circle, and for his study of stress.
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Ijad Madisch
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- virologistbusinessperson
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Ijad Madisch is a German virologist, founder and CEO of the research network ResearchGate and member of the Digital Council (Digitalrat) of the Cabinet of Germany (Bundesregierung).
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Edelgard Bulmahn
- Enrolled in the Leibniz University of Hanover
- Studied political science and English studies
- Occupations
- politician
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Edelgard Bulmahn is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She served as Member of the German Bundestag between 1987 and 2017. She was Federal Minister of Education and Research from 1998 to 2005. From 2013 until 2017 she was elected as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bundestag.
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Matthias Miersch
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- politicianlawyer
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Matthias Miersch is a German criminal defense lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Member of the German Parliament since 2005, representing the Hannover-Land II district. He focusses on environmental policy.
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Thorsten Heins
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- international forum participantmanager
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Thorsten Heins is a German-Canadian businessman and the former chief executive officer (CEO) of BlackBerry. He stepped down as CEO of BlackBerry and was replaced by John Chen on November 4, 2013. Heins later served as the CEO of Powermat Technologies.
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Konrad Dannenberg
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- aerospace engineerphysicistinventor
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Konrad Dannenberg was a German-American rocket pioneer and member of the German rocket team brought to the United States after World War II.
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Adis Ahmetovic
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- politician
- Biography
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Adis Ahmetovic is a German politician of Bosnian descent. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and a Member of the Bundestag.
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Patrick Döring
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- politician
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Patrick Döring is a German politician and member of the FDP in the Bundestag from 2005 to 2013.
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Hagen Kleinert
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- university teacherphysicisttheoretical physicist
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Hagen Kleinert is professor of theoretical physics at the Free University of Berlin, Germany (since 1968), Honorary Doctor at the West University of Timișoara, and at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in Bishkek. He is also Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Creative Endeavors. For his contributions to particle and solid-state physics he was awarded the Max Born Prize 2008 with Medal. His contribution to the memorial volume celebrating the 100th birthday of Lev Davidovich Landau earned him the Majorana Prize 2008 with Medal. He is married to Dr. Annemarie Kleinert since 1974 with whom he has a son Michael Kleinert.
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Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig
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- juristpoliticianuniversity teacherjudge
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Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig is a German jurist. He currently holds the chair for public law at the University of Kiel. A member of the Free Democratic Party, he served as Federal Minister of Justice in the Fifth Kohl cabinet between 1996 and 1998.
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Peter Andreas Blix
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- architectengineer
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Peter Andreas Blix was a Norwegian architect and engineer best known for designing railway stations and villas in Swiss chalet style. He was also occupied with the conservation of Norwegian stave churches and the construction of canals in 19th century Norway.
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Alfred Bucherer
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- university teacherphysicist
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Alfred Heinrich Bucherer was a German physicist, who is known for his experiments on relativistic mass. He also was the first who used the phrase "theory of relativity" for Einstein's theory of special relativity.
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Elke Christina Roeder
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- politician
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Elke Christina Roeder is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Since 2018 she is Lord Mayor of the city of Norderstedt, which borders Hamburg.
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Minoo Lenarz
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- university teacher
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Minoo Lenarz, born Minoo Moshrefi, was an Iranian-German Professor and medical scientist.
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Khouloud Daibes
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- engineerarchitectpoliticiandiplomat
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Khuloud Khalil Daibes, also transliterated as Khouloud D'eibes, is a Palestinian architect and former politician and diplomat. She was born on 16 April 1965 in Jerusalem
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Eduard Pestel
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- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
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Eduard Kurt Christian Pestel was a German industrial designer economist, professor of mechanics and politician. He was coauthor with Mihajlo Mesarovic of Mankind at the turning point, the second report to the Club of Rome in 1974 which expanded and reviewed the predictions of The Limits to Growth.
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Doris Maria Achelwilm
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- politician
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Doris Achelwilm is a German journalist and politician of Die Linke party.
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Markus Pieper
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- politiciangeographer
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Markus Pieper is a German politician and member of the European Parliament for Germany. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.
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Rudolf Grimm
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- university teacherphysicist
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Rudolf Grimm is an experimental physicist from Austria. His work centres on ultracold atoms and quantum gases. He was the first scientist worldwide who, with his team, succeeded in realizing a Bose–Einstein condensation of molecules.
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Dirk Hillbrecht
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- politicianmathematician
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Dirk Hillbrecht is a software developer and a former leader of the Pirate Party Germany.
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Wilhelm Launhardt
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- economistmathematicianpoliticianuniversity teacher
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Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Launhardt was a German mathematician and economist.
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Reinhold Baer
- Enrolled in the Leibniz University of Hanover
- Studied in 1920-1921
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- university teachermathematician
- Biography
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Reinhold Baer was a German mathematician, known for his work in algebra. He introduced injective modules in 1940. He is the eponym of Baer rings and Baer groups.
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Jan-Christoph Oetjen
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- politician
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Jan-Christoph Oetjen is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. In 2024, he became one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament.
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Carola Lentz
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- sociologistethnologistuniversity teacher
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Carola Lentz is a German social anthropologist and, since November 2020, president of the Goethe-Institut. She is senior research professor at the Department of Anthropology and African Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz.
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Jürgen Handke
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- linguistuniversity teacher
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Jürgen Handke is a German professor of English linguistics.
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Gesine Meißner
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- politician
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Gesine Meißner is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Free Democratic Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
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Heinrich Breling
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- painter
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Heinrich Christoph Gottlieb Breling was a German painter of historical and genre scenes. He was the first artist in what would later become known as the "Artists' Colony" at Fischerhude.
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Detlev Buchholz
- Enrolled in the Leibniz University of Hanover
- Studied in 1963-1965
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicisttheoretical physicist
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Detlev Buchholz is a German theoretical physicist. He investigates quantum field theory, especially in the axiomatic framework of algebraic quantum field theory.
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Paul Due
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- architect
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Paul Due was a Norwegian architect and significant contributor to the stations built by the Norwegian State Railways.
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Christian Christie
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- architect
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Eilert Christian Brodtkorb Christie was a Norwegian architect.
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Eduard Schönfeld
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- astronomeruniversity teacher
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Eduard Schönfeld was a German astronomer.
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Hjalmar Welhaven
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- architect
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Hjalmar Welhaven was a Norwegian architect, palace manager, and sportsman.
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Balthazar Lange
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- architect
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Balthazar Conrad Lange was a Norwegian architect.
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Hans Reingruber
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- politicianuniversity teacher
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Hans Reingruber was a German academic and the first minister of transport or traffic of East Germany.
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Haldor Børve
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- architect
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Haldor Larsen Børve was an architect from Ullensvang in Hordaland, Norway. Børve started an architectural practice in Porsgrunn in 1889 and designed numerous buildings in Telemark and Vestfold, many of them influenced by Dragestil and the Nordic National Romantic style. Among his best-known works are Dalen Hotel from 1894 and Porsgrunn City Hall from 1904/1905.
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Sverre Pedersen
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- architecturban planner
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Sverre Pedersen was a Norwegian architect and urban planner.
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George Niemann
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- building researcherarchitectuniversity teacherartistarchaeologist
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George Niemann was a German-Austrian architect and archaeologist.
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Henrik Thrap-Meyer
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- architect
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Henrik Thrap-Meyer was a Norwegian architect. He is most associated with a wide range of significant buildings, including churches and schools.
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Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe
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- architect
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Conrad Fredrik "Fritz" von der Lippe was a Norwegian architect.
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Torolf Prytz
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- politicianarchitect
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Torolf Prytz was a Norwegian architect, goldsmith and politician for the Liberal Party. He led the goldsmith company J. Tostrup of Oslo from 1890 to 1938, having inherited it from his grandfather-in-law Jacob Tostrup. He also served as Norwegian Minister of Industrial Provisioning from 1917 to 1918 and President of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1922 to 1930.
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Hans-Georg Wenzel
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- geophysicistSurveying technicianuniversity teachersurveyor
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Hans-Georg Wenzel, also known as George Wenzel, was a German geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer. His most important field of work was physical geodesy, where he worked after his dissertation on earth tides with geophysical measurements up to global models of the earth gravity field.
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Ole Falck Ebbell
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- architect
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Ole Falck Ebbell was a Norwegian architect. He worked primarily in Trondheim, but he was also responsible for the design of buildings in other parts of Norway.
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Edvin Bergroth
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- politicianbusinesspersonengineer
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Edvin Leonard Bergroth was a Finnish engineer, businessman and vuorineuvos.
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Waldemar Hansteen
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- architect
- Biography
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Albert Waldemar Hansteen was a Norwegian architect.
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Jens Krag-Juel-Vind
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- Amtmannjudge
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Jens Krag-Juel-Vind, Baron of Juellinge, was a Danish nobleman, Supreme Court justice and landowner.
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Geerd Diercksen
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- chemist
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Geerd Heinrich Friedrich Diercksen is a German theoretical chemist and a pioneer in computational chemistry. In 1963 he was awarded his PhD, supervised by Heinz-Werner Preuß at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main, in 1973 he was awarded his habilitation in Chemistry by the Technische Universität München and in 1983 he was appointed professor (apl. Professor). From 1965 to 2001 he worked as scientific staff at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik and since 2001 he works there as scientist emeritus.
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Wilhelm Christian Suhrke
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- politicianarchitect
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Wilhelm Christian Suhrke was a Norwegian architect and politician for the Conservative Party.
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Justus F. Krumbein
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- architect
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Justus F. Krumbein was an architect based in Portland, Oregon, United States, whose work included Richardsonian Romanesque designs and Italianate, cast-iron architecture. Little of his work survived the 20th Century.
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Pauline Van de Graaf Orr
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- 1861-1955 (aged 94)
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- suffragist
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Pauline Van de Graaff Orr was an American educator and suffragist based in Mississippi.
