Surname |
Data |
Remarks
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Norbert Abels
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(* 1953)
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Publicist, musician, literary and musicologist, chief dramaturge at the Frankfurt Opera
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Theresia Albers
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(1872–1949)
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Teacher and founder of the order
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Thomas Astan
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(* 1942)
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Religious priest and former actor
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Tom Astor
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(* 1943)
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Singer, composer of the hit and country scene
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Julius Bamberger
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(1880–1951)
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Department store owner in Bremen
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Theodor Balzer
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(1874–1944)
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Architect in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
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Louisa Bartel
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(* 1965)
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Lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice
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Rötger Belke-Grobe
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(1940-2007)
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Farmer, entrepreneur and local politician
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Joseph Ernst Berghoff
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(1888-1919)
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philologist
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Friedel Birker
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(1907–1969)
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Lutheran pastor, church planter and founder of the Martinswek Dorlar
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Rudolf zur Bonsen
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(1886–1952)
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Administrative lawyer and district president
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Franz Dameris
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(1902-1991)
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Philosopher and painter
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Carl Johann Ludwig Dham
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(1809-1871)
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Lawyer, politician and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49
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Matthias Droste
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(1792–1864)
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catholic priest
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Heinrich Döpp-Vorwald
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(1902–1977)
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Educational scientist, philosopher, author and university professor
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Rupert Erythropel
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(1556-1626)
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Evangelical pastor and ancestor of one of the oldest Hanoverian scholar families
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Albert Falcon
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(1922-2010)
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CDU politician, member of the NRW state parliament (July 21, 1962 to May 28, 1980), federal chairman of the Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs from 1965 to 1969
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Hermann Falke
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(1933-1986)
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Painter and graphic artist
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Franz Falke
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(1885–1951)
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Textile entrepreneur
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Paul Falcon
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(1920–1990)
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Textile entrepreneur and mayor
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Johann Leonhard Falter
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(around 1735–1807)
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Baroque and Rococo sculptors and carvers
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Hans Frankenthal
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(1926–1999)
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was deported with his parents from Schmallenberg to Auschwitz, survived the Holocaust and returned to Schmallenberg despite the murder of his family.
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Franz Geueke
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(1887–1942)
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Journalist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
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Hinrich Grauenhorst
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(1919–1998)
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Sauerland artist, painter, illustrator, sculptor, architect and storyteller
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Joseph Grobe
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(* 1931)
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Chemist and university professor
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Paul-Heinz Guntermann
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(1930-2006)
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Consultant in the Catholic Foreign Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference and was its director from 1981 to 1993.
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Gottfried Heine
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(1849-1917)
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Teacher, musician and author
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Josef Hellermann
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(1885–1964)
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Teacher, school council and mayor of Recklinghausen as well as member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Jessica Henkel
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(* 1978)
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Radio presenter and editor
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Franziskus Hennemann
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(1882–1951)
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Mission Bishop, named Titular Bishop of Coptus in 1913, Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa)
from 1933 to 1949 |
Christian Hesse
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(* 1960)
|
Mathematician and university professor
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Joseph Hengesbach
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(1860-1940)
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Catholic publicist
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Franz Hoffmeister
|
(1898–1943)
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Catholic priest and founder of the Sauerland Heimatbund
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Hedwig Jungblut-Bergenthal
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(1914–1987)
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Dialect author and poet
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Matthias Kamann
|
(* 1961)
|
Journalist and author
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Thomas Kemper
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(* 1951)
|
Press spokesman for the CDU parliamentary group (1986–1992) and the CDU NRW (1987–1992), government spokesman and state secretary for media in North Rhine-Westphalia (June 8, 2005 to August 31, 2006)
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Jörg Kniffka
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(1941-2008)
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Pastor, theologian, sociologist and university professor
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Karl Knipschild
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(1935-2016)
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Politician and member of the state parliament
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Christine Koch
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(1869–1951)
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Poet of the Sauerland dialect. She received the Klaus Groth Prize (1939) and the Westphalian Literature Prize (1944).
|
Franz Joseph Koch
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(1875-1947)
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Teacher and author developed the Koch finger reading method
|
Heinrich Knoche
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(1831-1911)
|
Teacher and author
|
Johann Rotger Koene
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(1799-1860)
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Philologist, teacher, author and dialect researcher
|
Renate & Werner Leismann
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(1942–2016 and 1936–2015)
|
singing siblings from the field of pop hits and folk music
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Bernhard Menne
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(1901–1968)
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Journalist and publicist (including editor-in-chief of Welt am Sonntag)
|
Margret Mönig-Raane
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(* 1948)
|
last federal chairwoman of the trade union trade, banking and insurance (HBV) and then deputy chairwoman of the united service union, head of the ver.di federal department trade, vice-president of the Union Network International (UNI) and chairwoman of the association of substitute funds (VdAK)
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Johann Heinrich Montanus
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(1680–1743)
|
catholic priest
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Johann Caspar Nückel
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(1753-1814)
|
Lawyer, councilor and university professor
|
Emericus Quincken
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(1639-1707)
|
Abbot of the county monastery
|
Hanna Rademacher
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(1881–1979)
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Writer
|
Dieter Ruddies
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(1921-2015)
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Local politicians and entrepreneurs
|
Franz Schäfer
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(1879-1958)
|
Lawyer and university professor as well as President of the Saarbrücken Regional Court
|
Franz shuddered
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(1848–1910)
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Episcopal commissioner in Magdeburg and author
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Günther shuddered
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(* 1954)
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Archaeologist, former Deputy General Director of the National Museums in Berlin, since 2011 Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
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Heinrich shuddered
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(1882–1975)
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Professor of Religious Folklore and First Chairman of the Sauerland Heimatbund (1924–1928)
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Julian shivered
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(* 1988)
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Soccer player
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Karl Schneider
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(* 1952)
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District Administrator of the Hochsauerlandkreis (since 2005)
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Peter Schran
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(* 1949)
|
TV journalist, filmmaker and producer
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Heinz Schüngeler
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(1884–1949)
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Music pedagogue, pianist, composer and editor of musical textbooks
|
Josef Schüttler
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(1902–1972)
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CDU politician, member of the Landtag ( Baden , 1946–1949), member of the Bundestag (1949–1960) and Minister of Labor in Baden-Württemberg (1960–1968)
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Carl Siebert
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(1922–2012)
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Sauerland painter, engraver and sculptor
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Michael Soeder
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(1921-2008)
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Doctor and writer
|
Květoslav Spurný
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(1923-1999)
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Aerosol researcher and author as well as president of the Society for Aerosol Research
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Michael Spanner
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(† 1742)
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Baroque architect and builder of the Grafschaft Abbey
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Christine Teipel
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(1621-1630)
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Victims of the witch trials in Oberkirchen
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Heribert Vollmer
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(* 1964)
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Computer scientist and university professor
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Alfred Voss
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(* 1945)
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Energy scientist and university professor
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Reinhard J. Voss
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(* 1949)
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Historian, author and former general secretary of the German section of Pax Christi
|
Johann Benedikt Willmes
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(1743-1823)
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Lawyer, justice of the peace and university professor
|
Karl Willeke
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(1875-1956)
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Teacher and author
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