List of Famous people born in Thuringia, Germany

Gerlinde Berk

First Name Gerlinde

Born on September 11, 1940 (age 85)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

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Barbara Syrbe

First Name Barbara

Last Name Syrbe

Born on October 12, 1954 (age 71)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

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Richard Adelbert Lipsius

First Name Richard

Last Name Lipsius

Died on August 19, 1892

Born in Germany, Thuringia

Richard Adelbert Lipsius was a distinguished German Protestant theologian.

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Rainer Ortleb

First Name Rainer

Last Name Ortleb

Born on June 5, 1944 (age 82)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

Rainer Ortleb is German academic and politician.

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Christian Schenk

First Name Christian

Last Name Schenk

Born on July 8, 1952 (age 74)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

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Bernhard Maaz

First Name Bernhard

Last Name Maaz

Born on January 1, 1961 (age 65)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

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Edwin Redslob

First Name Edwin

Last Name Redslob

Born on September 22, 1884

Died on January 24, 1973 (aged 88)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

Edwin Redslob was the Reichskunstwart under the Weimar Republic. Appointed in 1920, he was the only person to fulfil this role as the position was abolished following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933.

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Harald Henning

First Name Harald

Born on April 18, 1957 (age 69)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

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Egon Bönner

First Name Egon

Born on December 25, 1901

Died on April 12, 1981 (aged 79)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

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Hans Beck

First Name Hans

Last Name Beck

Born on May 6, 1929

Died on January 30, 2009 (aged 79)

Born in Germany, Thuringia

Hans Beck was the German inventor of Playmobil toys. He is often described as "The Father of Playmobil". He began to make toys at an early age and trained as a cabinet maker, before being recruited by toy company Geobra Brandstätter in 1958. Beck is responsible for developing the Playmobil figure, which, in 1971, was distinctive from existing toy figures by its movable parts. The Playmobil toy line was launched in 1974 and in 1975 became a global success.

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