Famous people from Germany born on Wednesday

Erich Alfred Hartmann , nicknamed Bubi by his German comrades and The Black Devil by his Soviet adversaries, was a German fighter pilot during World War II and is the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions. He claimed, and was credited with, shooting down 352 Allied aircraft345 Soviet and 7 Americanwhile serving with the Luftwaffe. During the course of his career, Hartmann was forced ....
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Erich Walther was a German general of the Fallschirmjger who served during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf is a German aviator, airline executive and religious leader. He currently serves as the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and is the eighth most senior apostle in the ranks of the church.....
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Dieter Thomas Heck is a German television presenter, singer and actor. He is known as the presenter of the TV program ZDFHitparade, featuring German Schlager music, in the 1970s and 1980s. As an actor, he starred in the TV play Das Millionenspiel in 1970.....
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Nabo Gass is a German painter and glass artist. He is counted among the artists who show innovative perspective in their association with glass.....
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Erwin Strittmatter was a German writer. Strittmatter was one of the most famous writers in the GDR.....
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Horst Niemack was a German general in the infantry, serving during World War II and in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Franziska van Almsick is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen.....
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Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer. His greatest achievement was the worlds first programmable computer the functional programcontrolled Turingcomplete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Thanks to this machine and its predecessors, Zuse has often been regarded as the inventor of the modern computer.....
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James Last was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist , his trademark happy music made his numerous albums bestsellers in Germany and the United Kingdom, with 65 of his albums reaching the charts in the UK alone. His composition Happy Heart became an international success in interpretations by Andy Williams and Petula Clark.....
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Otto Kretschmer was the most successful German Uboat commander in the Second World War and later an admiral in the Bundesmarine. From September 1939 until being captured in March 1941, he sank 47 ships, a total of 274,333 tons. For this he received the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords , among other awards. He earned the nickname Silent Otto both for his successful use of the silent running capability of Uboats as well and for his reluctance to transmit radio messages d....
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Otto Piene was a German artist. He lived and worked in Dsseldorf and Groton, Massachusetts.....
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Otto Albert Bernhard Wei was a German World War II Luftwaffe attack aircraft pilot and recipient of the coveted Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was the first attack aircraft pilot so honored. Wei flew more than 500 combat missions with the Henschel Hs 123 and the Messerschmitt Bf 109.....
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Otto Weidinger was a member of the WaffenSS in Nazi Germany and a regimental commander in the 2nd SS Division Das Reich during World War II. In this capacity, he was involved in the Oradour massacre in France in June 1944. He held the rank of SSObersturmbannfhrer and was a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross.....
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Paul Kelpe was a Germanborn American abstract painter. His constructions integrating found objects into paintings were the first such works created in the United States and he painted two of the five Williamsburg murals, the first abstract murals in the United States. In addition to his mural work for various American government projects, he was an innovative independent painter and university art professor. He was a pioneer of American abstract art, including his work in Chicago during a perio....
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Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union , who served as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1966 to 1969. He also served as Minister President of BadenWrttemberg from 1958 to 1966 and as President of the Federal Council from 1962 to 1963. Kiesinger was considered an outstanding orator and mediator, and was dubbed Silver Tongue. He was an author of poetry and various books, and founded the universities of Konstanz ....
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Kurt Grschke , was a German Fallschirmjger during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Kurt Hager was an East German statesman, a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany who was known as the chief ideologist of the party and decided many cultural and educational policies in East Germany.....
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Friedrich Fritz Geihardt was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, with its higher grade Oak Leaves, was awarded to recognise exceptional battlefield bravery or military leadership.....
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FriedrichErich Obleser was a German World War II fighter ace and was credited with 127 aerial victories achieved in 500 combat missions. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. For his postwar service in the German Air Force, he received the Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.....
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