Axel Springer

Axel Springer

male, deceased (1985)
Axel Springer, was a German journalist and the founder and owner of the Axel Springer AG publishing company. Springer was born as Axel Cäsar S...
Ernst Reuter

Ernst Reuter

male, deceased (1953)
Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter (July 29 1889-September 29 1953) was the mayor of West Berlin from 1948 to 1953, during the time of the Cold War.
Richard von Weizsäcker

Richard von Weizsäcker

male, 89 years old
Dr. Richard Freiherr von Weizsäcker is a German politician (CDU). He was President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. He was born in Stuttgart as the s...
Robert Havemann

Robert Havemann

male, deceased (1982)
Robert Havemann was a chemist, communist and an East German dissident. He studied chemistry in Berlin and Munich from 1929 to 1933, and then later...
Blixa Bargeld

Blixa Bargeld

male, 50 years old
Blixa Bargeld, born Christian Emmerich on January 12, 1959 in West Berlin, Germany, is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and...
Christiane F.

Christiane F.

female, 47 years old
Christiane F. (full name: "Vera Christiane Felscherinow"), was born in Hamburg on May 20, 1962. Her family moved to West Berlin when she was a...
Farin Urlaub

Farin Urlaub

male, 46 years old
Jan Ulrich Max Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub (like German "Fahr in Urlaub!" ("Go on holiday!"), after his love of travelling) was born on...
Chris Gueffroy

Chris Gueffroy

male, deceased (1989)
Chris Gueffroy was the last person to die while trying to escape across the Berlin Wall. Together with his friend Christian Gaudian, Gueffroy...
Rainer Eppelmann

Rainer Eppelmann

male, 66 years old
Rainer Eppelmann (born February 12, 1943 in Berlin), is a German politician. He's known for his opposition in the German Democratic Republic and is...
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

male, 36 years old
Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (b. May 2 1973, Cologne) is an Academy Award-winning Austrian-German director and...