Famous people from Germany born on Wednesday

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G nter Goebel

G nter Goebel


Gnter Goebel was an Officer in the German Wehrmacht and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II.....
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G nther L tzow

G nther L tzow


Gnther Ltzow was a German Luftwaffe aviator and fighter ace credited with 110 enemy aircraft shot down in over 300 combat missions. Apart from five victories during the Spanish Civil War, most of his claimed victories were over the Eastern Front in World War II. He also claimed 20 victories over the Western Front, including two victoriesone of which was a fourengined bomberflying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.....
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Eberhard Bosslet

Eberhard Bosslet


Eberhard Bosslet is a German contemporary artist who has been producing sitespecific art and architecturalrelated works, such as sculpture, installation, light art and painting, all indoors and outdoors, since 1979. Born in Speyer, Germany, and living in Berlin and Dresden, he cofounded the artist group, Material amp Effect in Berlin in 1981, and since 1980, has been the codirector of the artistspace MOPEDS in BerlinKreuzberg that is involved in curating and managing nonconventional artshows.....
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Hans Arnold Stahlschmidt

Hans Arnold Stahlschmidt


HansArnold Stahlschmidt was a German fighter pilot and ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He scored all of his 59 victories against the Western Allies in North Africa flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Stahlschmidt was a close friend of the prominent ace HansJoachim Marseille .....
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Hans Joachim Jabs

Hans Joachim Jabs


HansJoachim Jabs was both a day and night fighter ace in the German Luftwaffe during World War II. 50 victories were scored. Jabs flew variants of the Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstrer heavy day fighter and night fighter.....
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Hans Bei wenger

Hans Bei wenger


Hans Beiwenger was a German 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. In 500160combat missions, Beiwenger was credited with 152160victories, making him the 34th highestscoring Luftwaffe fighter pilot of World War II. He was aceinaday twice, shooting down five aircraft on a single day. He claimed all ....
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Hans Hartung

Hans Hartung


Hans Hartung was a GermanFrench painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the French Foreign Legion.....
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Christian Schwarz Schilling

Christian Schwarz Schilling


Professor Dr. Christian SchwarzSchilling , is a German politician, entrepreneur, philanthropist and media and telecommunications innovator. He is the son of the composer Reinhard SchwarzSchilling and is married to the author MarieLuise SchwarzSchilling with whom he has two children. He is a Catholic. During a trip to Poland in 2003, SchwarzSchilling discovered that his mother, Polish pianist Dusza von Hakrid was in fact Jewish. In 1938 a German civil servant altered his mothers Jewish maiden nam....
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Heiner M ller

Heiner M ller


Heiner Mller was a German dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. Described as the theatres greatest living poet since Samuel Beckett, Mller is arguably the most important German dramatist of the 20th century after Bertolt Brecht. His enigmatic, fragmentary pieces are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre.....
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Heinrich Liebe

Heinrich Liebe


Heinrich Liebe was a highly decorated German Fregattenkapitn who served as a Uboat commander during World War II until transferred to Oberkommando der Marine . He sank 34 ships for a total of 187,267160gross register tons160, placing him fourth among top scoring Uboat commanders. 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 m....
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Heinz R kker

Heinz R kker


Heinz Rkker is a former German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II 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 shot down 64 enemy aircraft , all were British bombers.....
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Heinz Sachsenberg

Heinz Sachsenberg


Heinz Wimmersaal Sachsenberg was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe. 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. Sachsenberg was credited with 104 aerial victories.....
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Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem


Helmut Griem was a German film, television and stage actor and director.....
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Felix Wankel

Felix Wankel


Felix Heinrich Wankel was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named.....
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Georg Lassen

Georg Lassen


Georg Lassen was a German Uboat commander who served with Nazi Germanys Kriegsmarine during World War II rising to the rank of Korvettenkapitn . He was a Watch Officer on U29 at the outbreak of the war and later the skipper of the U160 and winner of the Iron Cross. He sank 26 ships for a total of 156,082160gross register tons160 during 4 patrols, leading to a remarkable average of 39,020160GRT per patrol. His total tonnage made him the 10th most successful Uboat ace of the war.....
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Georg Meier

Georg Meier


Georg Schorsch Meier was a German motorcycle racer famous for being the first foreign winner of the prestigious Senior TT, the Blue Riband race of the Isle of Man TT Races, in 1939 riding for the factory BMW team and the first motorcycle racer to lap a Grand Prix course at over 100160mph.....
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Georg von Boeselager

Georg von Boeselager


Georg Freiherr von Boeselager was a German nobleman and an officer of the Wehrmacht, who ultimately reached the rank of Colonel of Cavalry.....
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Gerhard Thiele

Gerhard Thiele


Dr. Gerhard Paul Julius Thiele is a German physicist and a former ESA astronaut.....
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Herbert Giersch

Herbert Giersch


Herbert Giersch was a German economist. He was one of the initial members of the German Council of Economic Experts in 1964, serving on the council until 1970, and also was president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy 19691989. Giersch was considered the most influential German economist during the chancellorships of Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, and Helmut Kohl.....
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Herbert Wehner

Herbert Wehner


Herbert Richard Wehner was a German politician. A former member of the Communist Party, he joined the Social Democrats after World War II. He served as Federal Minister of IntraGerman Relations from 1966 to 1969 and thereafter as chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag until 1983.....
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