List of Famous people born in Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Bernhard Grzimek

First Name Bernhard
Last Name Grzimek
Died on March 13, 1987 (aged 17)

Bernhard Klemens Maria Grzimek was a renowned German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West Germany.

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Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Josef Klose
First Name Miroslav
Born on June 9, 1978 (age 46)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Miroslav Josef Klose is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. He currently is a first-team assistant coach for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Klose is widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and holds the record for the most goals scored in FIFA World Cup tournaments.

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Judy Winter

First Name Judy
Born on January 4, 1944 (age 80)

Judy Winter is a German actress. She resides in Berlin.

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Aleksei Guskov

Алексей Геннадьевич Гуськов
First Name Aleksei
Born on May 20, 1958 (age 66)

Aleksei Gennadyevich Guskov is a Soviet and Russian actor and producer. He was awarded People's Artist of Russia in 2007.

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Kurt Masur

First Name Kurt
Last Name Masur
Born on July 18, 1927
Died on December 19, 2015 (aged 88)

Kurt Masur was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and also served as music director of the New York Philharmonic. He left many recordings of classical music played by major orchestras. Masur is also remembered for his actions to support peaceful demonstrations in the 1989 anti-government demonstrations in Leipzig; the protests were part of the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin wall.

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Theodor Kaluza

Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza
First Name Theodor
Born on November 9, 1885
Died on January 19, 1954 (aged 68)

Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza was a German mathematician and physicist known for the Kaluza–Klein theory, involving field equations in five-dimensional space-time. His idea that fundamental forces can be unified by introducing additional dimensions re-emerged much later in string theory.

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Dietrich von Choltitz

Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz
First Name Dietrich
Last Name Choltitz
Born on November 9, 1894
Died on November 5, 1966 (aged 71)

Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz was a German general. Popularly known as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the Royal Saxon Army during World War I.

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Rochus Misch

First Name Rochus
Born on July 29, 1917
Died on September 5, 2013 (aged 96)

Rochus Misch was a German Oberscharführer (sergeant) in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). He was badly wounded during the Polish campaign during the first month of World War II in Europe. After recovering, from 1940 to April 1945, he served in the Führerbegleitkommando as a bodyguard, courier, and telephone operator for German dictator Adolf Hitler. He was widely reported in the media as being the last surviving occupant of the Führerbunker when he died in September 2013.

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Max Friedlaender

First Name Max
Last Name Friedlaender
Born on October 12, 1852
Died on May 2, 1934 (aged 81)

Max Friedlaender was a German bass singer, music editor, and musicologist. He specialized in German Lieder.

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Peter Peschel

First Name Peter
Last Name Peschel
Born on January 26, 1972 (age 52)

Peter Peschel is a German former professional football who played mainly as a midfielder. He was with his family resettled as Aussiedler from Poland to West Germany at the age of five. Peschel was married to a gymnast Magdalena Brzeska, with whom he had two children.

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