100 Notable alumni of
University of Rostock
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The University of Rostock is 670th in the world, 241st in Europe, and 31st in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Rostock sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rudolf Steiner
- Occupations
- organizational founderchoreographerautobiographerphilosopherarchitect
- Biography
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Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published works including The Philosophy of Freedom. At the beginning of the twentieth century he founded an esoteric spiritual movement, anthroposophy, with roots in German idealist philosophy and theosophy. His teachings are influenced by Christian Gnosticism (for heresiologists it is little doubt that these are neognosticism). Many of his ideas are pseudoscientific. He was also prone to pseudohistory.
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Tycho Brahe
- Occupations
- astronomerastrologerwriterpoetalchemist
- Biography
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Tycho Brahe, generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations. He was known during his lifetime as an astronomer, astrologer, and alchemist. He was the last major astronomer before the invention of the telescope.
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Heinrich Schliemann
- Occupations
- writerpolyglottravelerentrepreneurarchaeologist
- Biography
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Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the idea that Homer's Iliad reflects historical events. Schliemann's excavation of nine levels of archaeological remains has been criticized as destructive of significant historical artifacts, including the level that is believed to be the historical Troy.
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Joachim Gauck
- Occupations
- university teacherpastorinternational forum participantnon-fiction writeranti-communist
- Biography
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Joachim Wilhelm Gauck is a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2012 to 2017. A former Lutheran pastor, he came to prominence as an anti-communist civil rights activist in East Germany.
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Paul Ehrlich
- Occupations
- university teacherpharmacologistbiologistchemistphysician
- Biography
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Paul Ehrlich was a Nobel Prize-winning German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology, and antimicrobial chemotherapy. Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure for syphilis in 1909 and inventing the precursor technique to Gram staining bacteria. The methods he developed for staining tissue made it possible to distinguish between different types of blood cells, which led to the ability to diagnose numerous blood diseases.
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Axel Oxenstierna
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- Studied in 1599
- Occupations
- military personnelland ownerpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of King Gustavus Adolphus and then Queen Christina, form whom he was at first regent.
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Anetta Kahane
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- 1974-1979 studied Latin American studies
- Occupations
- unofficial collaboratortranslatorwriterjournalistinterpreter
- Biography
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Anetta Kahane is a German left-wing journalist, author and activist against antisemitism, racism and right-wing extremism. From 1974 to 1982 she was an unofficial collaborator for the East German Stasi secret police. In 1998 she founded the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, which she has led since 2003. She has been a target of right wing hate campaigns since 2002 and of possible terror plans since 2015, which are investigated by the German General prosecutor.
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Ulrich von Hutten
- Occupations
- writerImperial Knightpoetpoliticianmonk
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Ulrich von Hutten was a German knight, scholar, poet and satirist, who later became a follower of Martin Luther and a Protestant reformer.
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Johann Heinrich von Thünen
- Occupations
- farmergeographereconomist
- Biography
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Johann Heinrich von Thünen, sometimes spelled Thuenen, was a prominent nineteenth-century economist and a native of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, now in northern Germany.
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Uwe Johnson
- Occupations
- writertranslator
- Biography
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Uwe Johnson was a German writer, editor, and scholar.
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Friedrich Hund
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacherchemistnuclear physicistnon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Friedrich Hermann Hund was a German physicist from Karlsruhe known for his work on atoms and molecules.
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Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann
- Occupations
- philosopherwriter
- Biography
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Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann was a German philosopher, independent scholar and author of Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869). His notable ideas include the theory of the Unconscious and a pessimistic interpretation of the "best of all possible worlds" concept in metaphysics.
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Fritz Reuter
- Occupations
- novelistdrawerwriterpoet lawyerscreenwriter
- Biography
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Fritz Reuter was a novelist from Northern Germany who was a prominent contributor to Low German literature.
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Albrecht Kossel
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicianbiochemistphysiologistchemist
- Biography
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Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel was a German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1910 for his work in determining the chemical composition of nucleic acids, the genetic substance of biological cells.
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Eugen Gerstenmaier
- Occupations
- evangelical theologianpoliticianresistance fightertheologian
- Biography
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Eugen Karl Albrecht Gerstenmaier was a German Evangelical theologian, resistance fighter in the Third Reich, and a CDU politician. From 1954 to 1969, he served as the third president of the Bundestag. With a tenure of over 14 years, he is, as yet, the longest serving presiding officer of the German parliament and also the only person to preside over the Bundestag during four legislative periods (the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Bundestag).
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Paul Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Occupations
- sovereign
- Biography
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Paul Friedrich ruled as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1837 to 1842.
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Michael Maier
- Occupations
- composermysticalchemistmythographerphysician
- Biography
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Michael Maier was a German physician and counsellor to Rudolf II Habsburg. He was a learned alchemist, epigramist, and amateur composer.
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Maxime Hans Kuczynski
- Occupations
- university teacherphysiciananthropologist
- Biography
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Max "Maxime" Hans Kuczyński was a German physician of Jewish origin. He was the father of the former President of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
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Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt
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- juristmilitary personnel
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Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt was a Swedish general, particularly known for his participation in the Great Northern War.
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Erich Salomon
- Occupations
- photojournalistphotographerreporterjuristjournalist
- Biography
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Erich Salomon was a German Jewish news photographer known for his pictures in the diplomatic and legal professions and the innovative methods he used to acquire them.
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Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt
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- university teacherpsychiatristneurologistneuropathologistjudge
- Biography
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Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt was a German neurologist and neuropathologist. Although he is typically credited as the physician to first describe the Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, this has been disputed. He was born in Harburg an der Elbe and died in Munich.
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Till Backhaus
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Till Backhaus is a German politician. As the German Democratic Republic approached its end as a standalone state, Backhaus was one of those who in December 1989 (re-)founded the Social Democratic Party, more than four decades after its suppression.
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Hans Brask
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- Studied in 1486
- Occupations
- priestCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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*Hans Brask was a Swedish Bishop of Linköping.
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Harald Ringstorff
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- 1960-1965 graduated with Doctor in chemistry
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Harald Ringstorff was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the 3rd Minister President of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He headed a coalition government of the SPD and PDS (since 2007 the Left Party, Die Linke) from 1998 until 2006, and subsequently headed a coalition between the SPD and CDU. He was the 61st President of the Bundesrat in 2006/07.
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George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Occupations
- monarch
- Biography
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George ruled the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg from 1816 until his death.
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Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Occupations
- librarianchess playernon-fiction writercryptographer
- Biography
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Augustus II, called the Younger (German: August der Jüngere), a member of the House of Welf was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel which he ruled until his death. Considered one of the most literate princes of his time, he is known for founding the Herzog August Library at his Wolfenbüttel residence, then the largest collection of books and manuscripts north of the Alps.
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Günther Kleiber
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Günther Kleiber was a former communist politician of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). He was a member of the politburo of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) from 1984 to 1989, and a member of the GDR government as minister for machinery, agricultural machinery and vehicle construction from 1973 to 1986. He was also a member of the SED central committee and the People's Chamber from 1967. He was Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1971 to 1989. From 1986 to 1989, he was the representative of the GDR to COMECON.
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Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach
- Years
- 1792-1847 (aged 55)
- Occupations
- university teachersurgeonphysician
- Biography
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Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach was a German surgeon. He was born in Königsberg and died in Berlin.
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Wilhelm Kettler
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Wilhelm Kettler was the Duke of Courland, a Baltic German region in today's Latvia. Wilhelm ruled the western Courland portion of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, while his brother Friedrich ruled the eastern Semigallia portion.
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Erhard Krack
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Erhard Krack was a German politician and mayor of East Berlin from 1974 to 1990.
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Georg-Henning Graf von Bassewitz-Behr
- Biography
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Georg-Henning Graf von Bassewitz-Behr was an SS-Gruppenführer who served as an SS and Police Leader in Dnepropetrovsk, Mogilev and Hamburg during the Second World War.
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Carl Hermann Busse
- Occupations
- literary criticpoetwriterphilosopher
- Biography
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Carl Busse (12 November 1872 – 3 December 1918) was a German lyric poet. He worked as a literary critic and published his own poetry and prose, occasionally under the pseudonym Fritz Döring.
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Camilo Escalona
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Camilo Escalona Medina is a Chilean politician. He was the President of the Senate. He served as chairman of the Socialist Party of Chile from May 2006 until January 2010.
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Nicholas Mercator
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- Studied in 1632-1641
- Occupations
- university teacherscientistastronomermusic theoristmathematician
- Biography
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Nicholas Mercator (c. 1620, Holstein – 1687, Versailles), also known by his German name Kauffmann, was a 17th-century mathematician.
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Caspar Bartholin the Elder
- Occupations
- university teachertheologiananatomistpolymathwriter
- Biography
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Caspar Bartholin the Elder was a Danish physician, scientist and theologian.
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Johann von Rist
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- writerpoet
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Johann Rist was a German poet and dramatist best known for his hymns, which inspired musical settings and have remained in hymnals.
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Christian Reiher
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Christian Reiher is a German mathematician. He is the fifth most successful participant in the history of the International Mathematical Olympiad, having won four gold medals in the years 2000 to 2003 and a bronze medal in 1999.
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Franz Grashof
- Occupations
- mechanical engineeruniversity teacher
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Franz Grashof was a German engineer. He was a professor of Applied Mechanics at the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe.
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Johannes Nikolaus Tetens
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- physicistuniversity teacherpsychologistmathematicianphilosopher
- Biography
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Johannes Nikolaus Tetens was a German-Danish philosopher, statistician and scientist.
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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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Joachim Jungius
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- In 1609 studied mathematics
- Occupations
- naturalistmathematicianuniversity teacherphysicistbiologist
- Biography
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Joachim Jungius was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher of science.
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Fritz Hofmann
- Occupations
- chemistpharmacistinventor
- Biography
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Fritz Hofmann was a German organic chemist who first synthesized synthetic rubber.
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Abraham Calovius
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Abraham Calovius was a Lutheran theologian, and was one of the champions of Lutheran orthodoxy in the 17th century.
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Monika Krause-Fuchs
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- sociologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Monika Krause-Fuchs was a German sociologist and sex educator who lived and worked in Cuba between 1962 and 1990. She was the first director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) and played a key role in the development and implementation of a modern, scientific and effective national program for sex education and family planning in Cuba.
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Philip II, Duke of Pomerania
- Occupations
- aristocrat
- Biography
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Philip II, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin was from 1606 to 1618 the reigning duke of Pomerania-Stettin and is considered to be among of the most artistic of the Pomeranian dukes. He married Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in 1607. The marriage remained childless.
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Friedrich Chrysander
- Occupations
- musicologistwritermusic criticediting staff
- Biography
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Karl Franz Friedrich Chrysander was a German music historian, critic and publisher, whose edition of the works of George Frideric Handel and authoritative writings on many other composers established him as a pioneer of 19th-century musicology.
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Kettil Karlsson
- Years
- 1433-1465 (aged 32)
- Occupations
- Catholic bishoppriest
- Biography
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Kettil Karlsson was a Swedish clergyman, diplomat, military leader and statesman during the Kalmar Union era. He was a member of the house of Vasa. At age 25, he was elected Bishop of Linköping. He rebelled against King Christian I in 1463, was Captain General (rikshövitsman) and de facto regent of Sweden from February to August 1464, stepping down during the brief return of King Charles Canutesson from exile. After falling out with King Charles, Kettil Karlsson was subsequently elected Lord Protector and Regent (riksföreståndare) of Sweden from 26 December 1464 to his death.
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Caren Metschuck
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Caren Metschuck is a German former swimmer and a multiple Olympic gold medalist. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she won gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay team and 4×100 m medley relay, becoming the most successful female competitor of the Summer Olympic Games that year.
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Johan Wilcke
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- university teacherphysicist
- Biography
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Johan Carl Wilcke was a Swedish physicist.
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Friedrich Syrup
- Occupations
- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Friedrich Heinrich Karl Syrup was a German jurist and politician.
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Rudolph Sohm
- Occupations
- juristauthoruniversity teacherlegal historian
- Biography
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Gotthold Julius Rudolph Sohm was a German jurist and Church historian as well as a theologian. He published works concerning Roman and German law, Canon law and Church History.
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Johann Jakob Engel
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- philosopherwriter
- Biography
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Johann Jakob Engel was a German author.
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Christen Sørensen Longomontanus
- Occupations
- university teacherastronomermathematician
- Biography
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Christen Sørensen Longomontanus was a Danish astronomer.
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Bernhard Quandt
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bernhard Quandt was a German politician (SPD, KPD, SED).
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Nikodem Caro
- Occupations
- chemistuniversity teacherentrepreneur
- Biography
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Nikodem Caro was an industrial chemist and entrepreneur. Caro was born in Łódź, and studied chemistry in Berlin at the Royal Technical College of Charlottenburg (now Technical University of Berlin) and got his doctorate from Rostock University. From 1895 on he worked in the Deutsche Dynamit AG with Adolph Frank on the development of calcium cyanamide as a means of fixing nitrogen, hence the Frank-Caro process. Caro became an important figure in the nitrogen fixation industry and a rival of Fritz Haber.
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Max Friedlaender
- Occupations
- university teachermusic historiancomposermusicologistphilosopher
- Biography
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Max Friedlaender was a German bass singer, music editor, and musicologist. He specialized in German Lieder.
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Charles Wiener
- Occupations
- explorer
- Biography
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Charles Wiener was an Austrian-French scientist-explorer. Born in Vienna, he is perhaps best known as the explorer who traveled extensively in Peru, climbed the Illimani and came close to re-discovering Machu Picchu.
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Jürgen Kurths
- Occupations
- astrophysicistphysicistuniversity teacherpedagoguemathematician
- Biography
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Jürgen Kurths is a German physicist and mathematician. He is senior advisor in the research department Complexity Sciences of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, a Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics at the Institute of Physics at the Humboldt University, Berlin, and a 6th-century chair for Complex Systems Biology at the Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology at Kings College, Aberdeen University (UK). His research is mainly concerned with nonlinear physics and complex systems sciences and their applications to challenging problems in Earth system, physiology, systems biology and engineering.
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Walter Romberg
- Occupations
- politicianmathematician
- Biography
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Walter Romberg was a German politician and finance minister of East Germany.
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Richard Wossidlo
- Occupations
- folkloristwriterphilologistteacher
- Biography
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Richard Carl Theodor August Wossidlo was a German schoolteacher and folklorist.
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Franz Eilhard Schulze
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- zoologistanatomistuniversity teacherbotanist
- Biography
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Franz Eilhard Schulze was a German anatomist and zoologist born in Eldena, near Greifswald.
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Christian Martin Frähn
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacherarabistnumismatistlibrarian
- Biography
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Christian Martin Joachim Frähn (4 June 1782 – 16 August 1851), German and Russian numismatist and historian, was born at Rostock, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
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Adolf Wilbrandt
- Occupations
- writerpoet lawyertranslatorplaywrightjournalist
- Biography
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Adolf von Wilbrandt was a German novelist and dramatist.
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Jakob Ulvsson
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- Studied in 1457
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Jakob Ulvsson was Archbishop of Uppsala, Primate of the Roman Catholic Church of Sweden 1469–1515 and the founder of Uppsala University in 1477.
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Christian Scriver
- Occupations
- theologianwriter
- Biography
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Christian Scriver was a German Lutheran minister and devotional writer.
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Daniel Georg Morhof
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacherlibrarian
- Biography
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Daniel Georg Morhof was a German writer and scholar.
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Karl Friedrich Adolf Konrad Bartsch
- Occupations
- philologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Karl Friedrich Adolf Konrad Bartsch was a German medievalist.
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Balthasar, Duke of Mecklenburg
- Years
- 1451-1507 (aged 56)
- Occupations
- university teacherpriest
- Biography
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Balthasar of Mecklenburg was a Duke of Mecklenburg and Coadjutor of the Diocese of Hildesheim between 1471 and 1474 and the Diocese of Schwerin between 1474 and 1479.
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Ewald Banse
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- university teachergeographerwriter
- Biography
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Ewald Banse was a German geographer.
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Johan Jacob Döbelius
- Occupations
- physicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Johan Jacob Döbelius, was a professor of medicine.
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Robert Brown
- Occupations
- explorerzoologistbotanistgeologist
- Biography
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Robert Brown was a British scientist, explorer, and author.
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Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
- Occupations
- astronomerpriest
- Biography
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Laurentius Paulinus Gothus was a Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala.
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Bernhard Moritz Carl Ludwig Riedel
- Occupations
- university teachersurgeon
- Biography
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Bernhard Moritz Carl Ludwig Riedel was a German surgeon, who was a native of Teschentin, Grossherzogtum Mecklenburg.
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Niklas Nienaß
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- Studied in 2013
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Niklas Nienaß is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
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Daniel Cramer
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Daniel Cramer was a German Lutheran theologian and writer from Reetz (Recz), Brandenburg. He was an opponent of the Ramists and the Jesuits.
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Pieter Pauw
- Occupations
- anatomistuniversity teacherbotanist
- Biography
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Pieter Pauw, (2 August 1564 – 1 August 1617) was a Dutch botanist and anatomist. He was a student of Hieronymus Fabricius. He was the first Anatomy Professor at University of Leiden.
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Martina Bunge
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Martina Bunge was a German politician and member of "die Linke" (The Left).
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Werner Kuhn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Werner Kuhn is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.
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Christopher von Dohna
- Occupations
- politiciantranslatorwriter
- Biography
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Burgrave Christopher von Dohna was a German politician and scholar during the time of the Thirty Years' War. He came from the Prussian family of the Burgraves of Dohna.
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Nils Turesson Bielke
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- Studied in 1588
- Occupations
- diplomatjudgecivil servant
- Biography
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Nils Turesson Bielke was a Swedish statesman, member of the privy council, son of Ture Pedersson Bielke.
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Henrik Klasson Fleming
- Years
- 1584-1650 (aged 66)
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- Studied in 1602
- Occupations
- military personnelland ownerpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Henrik Klasson Fleming was a member of the Swedish nobility and admiral, diplomat and lord marshal. He was the author of one of the first autobiographies in Swedish, a colourful depiction of his early life which he wrote for his children in a moralising purpose.
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Constantin Gane
- Years
- 1885-1962 (aged 77)
- Occupations
- lawyerliterary historianwriterbiographer
- Biography
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Constantin Gane was a Romanian novelist, amateur historian, biographer and memoirist. Born into the boyar aristocracy of Western Moldavia, he worked as a lawyer in Bucharest, achieving literary notoriety with his recollections from the Second Balkan War and the Romanian front of World War I. By the 1930s, he was primarily a writer on historical and genealogical topics, famous for his contribution to women's history. An apologist for Romanian conservatism and Junimism, Gane also completed in 1936 a biography of Petre P. Carp. He was editor at Convorbiri Literare and a columnist for Cuvântul, also putting out his own literary newspaper, Sânziana.
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Ernst Schmutzer
- Occupations
- university teachernon-fiction writerphysicist
- Biography
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Ernst Schmutzer was a German theoretical physicist.
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Friedrich Schlie
- Occupations
- anthropologistclassical scholarart historianarchaeologist
- Biography
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Friedrich Schlie was a German art historian and archaeologist.
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Johann Wigand
- Occupations
- priesttheologianuniversity teacherbotanist
- Biography
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Johann Wigand was a German Lutheran cleric, Protestant reformer and theologian. He served as Bishop of Pomesania.
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Selig Suskin
- Occupations
- politicianagronomist
- Biography
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Selig Soskin was an Israeli agronomist and an early member of the Zionist movement.
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Dietrich von Bülow
- Occupations
- juristCatholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Dietrich von Bülow was a German Bishop of Lebus-Fürstenwalde.
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Johannes Loccenius
- Occupations
- juristhistorian
- Biography
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Johannes Loccenius was a German jurist and historian, known as an academic in Sweden.
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Johann Oldendorp
- Occupations
- judgeuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Johann Oldendorp was a German jurist and reformer.
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Erkki Nghimtina
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Erkki Nghimtina is a Namibian politician and former military officer in the Namibia Defence Force (NDF). A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), Nghimtina served as member of the National Assembly of Namibia from 1995 to 2020. He served in various cabinet roles from 2005 to 2020.
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Stephan Praetorius
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Stephan Praetorius was a German Lutheran theologian and pastor.
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Nils Gyllenstierna
- Occupations
- military personnelcivil servant
- Biography
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Nils Carlsson Gyllenstierna af Fogelvik, a member of the Swedish baronial family of Gyllenstierna, was a Swedish field-marshal, member of the Royal Council, president of the Board of War, and governor-general of Bremen-Verden. Rewarded with the earldom of Fogelvik, he belonged to the cautious senior officers, who he hesitated when faced with Charles XII's aggressive plans, and allied with his son-in-law Arvid Horn in opposition to the King.
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Lena F Kourkoutis
- Years
- 1979-2023 (aged 44)
- Enrolled in the University of Rostock
- In 2003 graduated with Diplom in physics
- Occupations
- researcheruniversity teacherphysicist
- Biography
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Lena Fitting Kourkoutis was an American physicist working in the field of electron microscopy, and a professor of applied and engineering physics at Cornell University. Her research focuses on the use of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope, providing atomic resolution, at cryogenic temperatures (>77K) to study physical processes such as superconductivity and biological structures such as proteins.
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Daniel Nettelbladt
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopherjurist
- Biography
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Daniel Nettelbladt was a German jurist and philosopher.
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Henrich Smet
- Occupations
- physicianlyricistphilologist
- Biography
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Henrich Smet Heidelberg was a physician and humanist scholar.
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Bengt Oxenstierna
- Years
- 1591-1643 (aged 52)
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticiantraveler
- Biography
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Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna af Eka och Lindö, Baron of Eka and Lindö, in non-contemporary sources sometimes referred to as Resare-Bengt ("Bengt the Traveller"), was a Swedish diplomat and noble, Swedish Privy Councillor, and Governor-General of Ingria and Livonia. He is mainly known for his extensive travels, as he was one of the few Swedish contemporaries who travelled to Persia, Palestine and Egypt.
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Karl Johann Bernhard Karsten
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- metallurgist
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Karl Johann Bernhard Karsten was a German mineralogist known for contributions made to the German metallurgy industry.
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Christine Lucyga
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- politician
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Christine Lucyga is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and former member of the East German Volkskammer (March–October 1990) and the Bundestag (1990–2005).
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Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten
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- university teacherphysicistmathematician
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Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten was a German mathematician. In 1768, Karsten published a graphic representation of infinitely many logarithms of real and complex numbers. He was a professor of Mathematics at the Universities of Rostock, Bützow and Halle.
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Magnus Pegel
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- university teacherphysicianmathematician
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Magnus Pegel was a German doctor and mathematician. Pegel was born in Rostock in Pomerania/Germany and was one of the first authors to write (in 1604) about the theory of blood transfusions. He died at Stettin.
