List of Famous people born in Saxony, Germany

Frank Grimm

First Name Frank

Last Name Grimm

Born on May 25, 1930 (age 96)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Franz Pätzold

First Name Franz

Last Name Pätzold

Born on January 1, 1989 (age 37)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Uwe Steimle

First Name Uwe

Born on June 20, 1963 (age 63)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Actor

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Peter Gaehtgens

First Name Peter

Last Name Gaehtgens

Born on September 1, 1937 (age 88)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Peter Gaehtgens is a German professor of physiology. In 1999, he became president of Free University of Berlin after winning the associated elections against Gesine Schwan. He stayed in this position until 2003, when he was elected president of the German "Rector's Conference" (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz). Gaethgens was a leading proponent of the country-wide introduction of tuition fees at German universities. For this reason, he was heavily criticized in public.

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Walter Weidauer

First Name Walter

Last Name Weidauer

Born on July 28, 1899

Died on March 13, 1986 (aged 86)

Born in Germany, Saxony, Lauter-Bernsbach

Walter Weidauer was a German politician. He was the "lord mayor" of Dresden during the most intensive period of the city's rebuilding, between 1946 and 1958.

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Otto Baisch

First Name Otto

Last Name Baisch

Born on May 4, 1840

Died on October 18, 1892 (aged 52)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Sybill Storz

First Name Sybill

Last Name Storz

Born on June 4, 1937 (age 89)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Net Worth $3.0B

Billionaire

Sybill Storz is a businesswoman and daughter of Karl Storz. Between 1996 and 2018 she headed Karl Storz GmbH. She was among the recipients of the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille for 2004.

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Werner Felfe

First Name Werner

Last Name Felfe

Born on January 4, 1928

Died on September 7, 1988 (aged 60)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Axel Köhler

First Name Axel

Last Name Köhler

Born on January 1, 1959 (age 67)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Axel Köhler is a German countertenor and opera director. In 1994, he won the Handel Prize. Since 2009, he has been Artistic Director of the Halle Opera House.

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Herbert Gruhl

First Name Herbert

Last Name Gruhl

Born on October 22, 1921

Died on June 26, 1993 (aged 71)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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