List of Famous people born in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow

First Name Friedrich

Last Name Bülow

Born on February 16, 1755

Died on February 25, 1816 (aged 61)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Graf von Dennewitz was a Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Jens Lehmann

First Name Jens

Last Name Lehmann

Born on December 19, 1967 (age 58)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

Height 188 cm | 6'2

Jens Lehmann is a German politician of the CDU and a former professional cyclist and double Olympic champion. Despite his many successes, he will probably be remembered best as the person caught by Chris Boardman riding the revolutionary Lotus Superbike, in the final of the 1992 Olympic individual pursuit in Barcelona. Lehmann was World Champion at that time.

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Fritz Martini

First Name Fritz

Last Name Martini

Born on September 5, 1909

Died on July 5, 1991 (aged 81)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

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Gerald Götting

First Name Gerald

Last Name Götting

Born on June 9, 1923

Died on May 19, 2015 (aged 91)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale)

Gerald Götting was a German politician and chairman of the East German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1966 until 1989. He served as President of the People's Chamber (Volkskammer) from 1969 to 1976 and deputy chairman of the State Council of East Germany from 1960 to 1989.

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Kurt Ranke

First Name Kurt

Last Name Ranke

Born on July 28, 1920

Died on February 26, 1999 (aged 78)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

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Freimut Börngen

First Name Freimut

Last Name Börngen

Born on October 17, 1930

Died on June 19, 2021 (aged 90)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

Freimut Börngen is a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets. A few sources give his first name wrongly as "Freimuth". The Minor Planet Center credits him as F. Borngen.

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Rigobert Günther

First Name Rigobert

Last Name Günther

Born on May 18, 1928

Died on April 2, 2000 (aged 71)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

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Gerd Höfer

First Name Gerd

Born on February 23, 1943 (age 83)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

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Johannes Wislicenus

First Name Johannes

Last Name Wislicenus

Born on June 24, 1835

Died on December 5, 1902 (aged 67)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

Johannes Wislicenus was a German chemist, most famous for his work in early stereochemistry.

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Gunter Heise

First Name Gunter

Last Name Heise

Born on April 19, 1951 (age 75)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt

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