Hint
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Born
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In
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Person
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Chancellor of Germany 2005–21
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1954
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Hamburg
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Angela Merkel
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founder of quantum physics, NP 1918
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1858
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Kiel
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Max Planck
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Romantic composer, one of the Three Bs
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1833
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Hamburg
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Johannes Brahms
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exiled writer (Buddenbrooks), NP 1929
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1875
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Lübeck
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Thomas Mann
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early Romantic composer (e.g. Wedding March)
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1809
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Hamburg
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Felix Mendelssohn
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historian and jurist (A History of Rome), NP 1902
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1817
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Garding
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Theodor Mommsen
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Chancellor of West Germany 1969–74, NP 1971
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1913
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Lübeck
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Willy Brandt
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physicist who discovered electromagnetic waves
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1857
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Hamburg
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Heinrich Hertz
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Chancellor of West Germany 1974–82
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1918
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Hamburg
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Helmut Schmidt
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showed quantum nature of atoms, NP 1925
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1882
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Hamburg
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James Franck
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physicist, confirmed the Bohr model, NP 1925
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1887
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Hamburg
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Gustav Hertz
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Emperor of Russia, husband of Catherine II
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1728
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Kiel
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Peter III
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Romantic composer known for operas
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1786
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Eutin
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Carl Maria von Weber
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eccentric fashion designer (Chanel, Fendi)
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1933
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Hamburg
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Karl Lagerfeld
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physicist, proposed nuclear shell model, NP 1963
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1907
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Hamburg
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J. Hans D. Jensen
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pacifist journalist, exposed rearmament, NP 1935
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1889
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Hamburg
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Carl von Ossietzky
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chemist, developed diene synthesis, NP 1950
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1876
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Hamburg
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Otto Diels
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exiled antifascist novelist, brother of #4
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1871
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Lübeck
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Heinrich Mann
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King of Denmark 1863–1906
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1818
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Schleswig
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Christian IX
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universal mathematician and theoretical physicist
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1885
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Elmshorn
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Hermann Weyl
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long-time striker for Hamburg & West Germany
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1936
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Hamburg
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Uwe Seeler
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leader of the German Kriegsmarine until 1943
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1876
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Hamburg
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Erich Raeder
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one of the founders of German sociology
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1855
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Oldenswort
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Ferdinand Tönnies
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physicist/chemist who did spectroscopy, NP 1971
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1904
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Hamburg
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Gerhard Herzberg
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communist leader during the Weimar Republic
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1886
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Hamburg
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Ernst Thälmann
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psychoanalyst who founded feminist psychology
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1885
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Hamburg
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Karen Horney
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King of Denmark and Norway 1534/37–1559
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1503
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Schleswig
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Christian III
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botanist who co-founded cell theory
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1804
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Hamburg
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Matthias Jacob Schleiden
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architect and pioneer of modern industrial design
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1868
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Hamburg
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Peter Behrens
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imperialist chancellor of Germany 1900–09
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1849
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Hamburg
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Bernhard von Bülow
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defender, scored winning goal of 1990 World Cup
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1960
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Hamburg
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Andreas Brehme
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Croatian striker (St. Pauli, Bremen, Bolton)
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1980
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Hamburg
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Ivan Klasnić
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King of Sweden 1751–71
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1710
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Schleswig
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Adolf Frederick
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astronomer and geodesist known for triangulation
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1793
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Hamburg
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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
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realist writer (Immensee, Der Schimmelreiter)
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1817
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Husum
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Theodor Storm
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German-Cameroonian forward (Schalke, Munich)
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1989
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Hamburg
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Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
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